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Medford and Jackson County
History from the flics of Tht
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
The Candidates Revealed
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 2, 1950 (Thuriday)
The first and only candi
date for mayor of Central
Point filed hl nominating
petition juit before the dead
line Tuesday.
Final specification! for
new bridge across Bear creek
at Jackson st, have been re
ceived here from the state
highway department.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 2, 1840 (Saturday)
Oregon Senator Charles L.
McNary closed his campaign
' for the vice presidency of the
U. S. today with the charge
that the Democratic candidate
for vice president, Henry A.
Wallace, "sacrificed the far
mer In favor of a flabby good
neiqhbor policy,"
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "Th
postmaster warned last week
for one and all to do their
Christmas mailing, prontol"
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 2, 1830 (Sunday)
A heavy vote is expected
in' Jackson county Tuesday
when local voters go to the
polls.
Valley turkeys are now sell
ing for 29 cents per pound.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 2, 1920 (Tuesday)
Early returns from today's
election indicate , that the
county Is turning down
proposal to transfer the couiv
ty seat from Jacksonville to
Medford.
C. E. Gates has been re
elected mayor.
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. 2. .1910 (Wednesday)
The Rcgue River valley
won first prlte at the CanB
dian National Apple Show In
Vancouver, B.C., yesterday
with a carload of Yellow
Ncwlowns, "
A site agent for the bureau
of location of federal build
ings Is in Medford this week
looking over various sites for
a new post office building
After more than two months of campaigning,
the people of the United States may or may not
be a bit weary of it all. But they certainly have
Had ample opportunity to eye the candidates;
read and hear what they have to say, and con
sider the varying views of commentators and the
ever-present "political observers."
Most of them undoubtedly have made up their
iiiiuuo tvincii w ay Micy ic guiug iu vutc.
But still, if the pollsters can be believed, there
remains a small but tremendously significant
number of people who have not, definitely and
finally, made up their minds.
TTHIS small number of voters is significant be-
cause it is they who will decide the election.
Those who have already decided are so evenly
ciiviaea mat me unaecioed vote tne inde
pendents, the party-members who nonetheless
vote for man rather than party are the ones who
will make the big choice between the two candi
dates and will pick the next President of the
United States.
And that is a tremendous responsibility. .
So this essay is addressed to them.
WHY do we believe so strongly that Senator
.Tnhn Tfonnorlv ia hv far- tho hoftor nhnina fnv
President?
There are four principal reasons. .
First is the fact that the next Congress will
be controlled by the Democrats. That is virtually
certain. i
President Eisenhower has managed to get
along pretty well with Democratic congresses, al
though his 160 vetoes indicate that legislative
executive cooperation could have been far better
than it has been.
JBut an administration headed by a President
Nixon would not command the same respect and
attention and even affection in Congress as
the one headed by the war-hero President, whose
good faith and decency are so taken for granted.
A Democratic congress and a Nixon admin
istration would fight like cats and dogs, and the
country would suffer thereby. The job wouldn't
get done in the way it should.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina er tan carreer ia tuperlen
liven er eight l eKeelleari five ei
ii ft good.
1. Who Is the Primate of
the church of England?
2. What government depart
ment is charged with the
maintenance of light houses
and airways?
3. A brig has how many
masts?
4. Who went to the sea In a
beautiful pea-green boat?
5. What is the highest pos
sible poker hand which one
can hold In game with no
wild cards?
' 6. What are American cruis
ers named after?
7. Mr. Smith gave a party
for 50 couples; he promised
to give a $5 gift to every
woman present and a $10 gift
to each man. All of the wom
en attended but only half of
Hie men. How much money
did Mr. Smith give away?
8. What body of water di
vides Maryland in two sec
lions? 9. Name the world's largest
inland sea?
10. Who in the Bible had a
coat (if many colors?
Aniwerai 1, Archbishop af
Canterbury. 1, Deparlment of
Commerce, a. Tvo-tneln and
fore. I. Th owl and 'he puny
cat. .. Rural riiith. . U.S.
clfl-. T. j-SiiO. 8 Chesapeake
b--y. 9, Mediterranean. 10.
Joseph. i
CECOND, while the two candidates are not real
u ly very far apart on their overall beliefs as to
foreign policy matters of life and death in a
nuclear age we . believe that a fresh start by a
new; and vigorous administration would clear
away a lot of cobwebs, and get rid of the legacy
of ineptness which has characterized the leader
ship -of our state department for nearly eight
years. . i ,
We would see more action, and less simple
"i.n..Hn.-,' a ,.,ut.... tu. n si..
pun; we would see fresh, imaginative approaches
to tne neutrals, the uncommitted nations, the ris
ing hew countries of Africa and Asia.
We would see a greater comnrehension and
understanding of the world as it really is; less a
M,,AM ..2m... ! - 1 J 1 .' 1 . I .
myuiiit vjuvv ui uuw we wumu nne to nave it.
THIRD, there is the realm of domestic affairs.
needs of education, agriculture, the aged, unem
ployment, sagging production, lack of home
building, resource development, science, research.
space technology. But he is far from convincing,
Torn between the views of Governor Rocke
feller on one hand, and Senator Golclwater on
the other, Mr. Nixon has found it iirmossible to
spell out with any clarity a program of his own,
and has contented himself with vague generali
ties, promises, equivocations, and evasions.
He promises a brave new world, but fails to
say in what way it will be either brave or new.
Senator Kennedy, to the contrary, has the
advantage of a vigorous, forthright platform, as
well as a long legislative record nf pnnstrnct.ivfi
w -
support of specific programs and plans in all
tnese areas.
FOURTH, and not least important, is the char
acter oi the two men themselves, as it has
been increasingly revealed as the camuaign m-o-
greased.
Nixon, starting from the lofty pinnacle of his
adroit acceptance speech, has slowly but surely
descended to tne shrill, niggling, little-boy at
tacks of the last week, with more than a hint of
the "Old Nixon" of '48, '60 and '52, when in
nuendo and sneer took the place of honest debate
and advocacy. His slionervness on the issues, too.
never lets one know, for sure, how he stands at
the moment, or will stand the next day.
Kennedy, in contrast, has been remarkably
forthright and consistent from the start. He
doesn't hedge, nor dodge. Once or twice, when
he's slipped, he has corrected himself something
we've never heard of Nixon doing.
DOTH men have succumbed to campaign-type
" exaggerations. We don't think things in the
United States are Quite as bleak as Kennerlv
sometimes tends to make out although on the
'ntai'nntilMlol "lll-ftofln-ft" an,.-. 1 . -I
.v,.,ulmi pi covl(C 133MU, IIU 5 UUtMl HUSU-
utely right, and perhaps even conservative.
Nixon's .vou've-never-had-it-so-trnofl
are belied by the stark facts of international nf.
fairs, on one hand, and by half-capacity steel pro
duction, nousing siump, unemployment, and other
"recession" indications, on the other.
Discounting the political hoop-la, Kennedy's
talking sense; Nixon s talking nonsense.
America needs Kennedy. E.A.
Dennis the Menace
'rlgy. 0ONT 6RINQ BONE kHR! fjU
GET OL' RUS HAIRS All OVE? IT''
U.S. In the Middle, Like It or Not, In
Algerian Situation; Pressures Rising
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The support or at least the
sympathy of the United States
is a goal ardently sought
fet! by both sides
-i5M in t h e Alge
.mti-M rUi" war. To
a achieve it,
s.I dlDlomatic
b 1 a ckmail is
.l not an un
a" known tactic
Wf I The Alge-
ev I rian revolt
q a a i n 1 Ilia
puil newsom French rule
entered its seventh year on
Nov. 1. It costs the French a
billion dollars and the lives
of 2,500 French soldiers an
nually. Rebel casualties run
six or seven times higher.
Other victims are those
caught in between the 500,-000-man
army in Algeria and
the Algerian rebels who fight
their will o' the whlsp war
from ambush, by the knife
across the throat in the night
or by a bomb tossed through
Report Tells of Problems in
Cuba; Difficulties Mounting
Br LYLE C. WILSON
Washington -IUPD- A respon
sible and to a degree an of
ficial rundown on the overall
economic situation now pre
vailing m Fidel Castro's Cuba
makes these
points:
Castro's na
tionalize Won
of Cuban in
dustry has ere
a ted several
mm
if
Communications
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papri in fact th contrary Is often th case.
tortions which Mr. Sweet-
i ... .i. Who Pays?
1CIIID iui i.ic . ,. rj... r ,J 1
bile C WUhi
Cuban econo
my, such as:
1. The gov
ernment controlled adminis
tration of nationalized indus
tries has imposed program
of levelling of salaries in
which the skilled employees
are reduced to or near the
level of the unskilled. The
ensuing displeasure of the
skilled technicians has tended
to weaken their support of
Castro and to cause them to
escape Cuba if they are able
to do so.
2. Most of Cuba's industry
is being equipped with U, S
machines and is operated with
U. S. ' manufacturing tech
niques. Therefore, the U. S
embargo against replacements
and spare parts to Cuba Js
likely to apply a heavy braKe
to the Cuban economy,
Basis of Economy,
Sugar is the basis of Cuba's
agricultural economy. It has
cost Cuba in the past about
four cents to produce a pound
of sugar. The current world
market price is approximately
3.25 cents a pound.' Cuba re
ceived in its barter deal with
Russia only 2.90 cents a
pound. Until a policy change
this year, the United States
bought a great quantity of
Cuban sugar at a subsidized
price ranging from two to
three cents above the world
market price..
Cuba now is producing sug
ar at a loss, unless the differ
ence between production costs
and prices is made up by two
advantages of the nationaliz
ation program:
First, the nationalized sugar
operations need not pay taxes
and, second, they need not pay
Interest on any debts Incurred
by private management.
Castro has cut the wages of
sugar workers in an effort to
make the Industry profitable.
These workers also are affect
ed by a detectable food short
age, even of such staples as
rice and beans.
There is a U.S. dollar
shortage In Cuba, created by
withdrawal of the U. S. sugar
subsidy and by the shift of
U. S. tourists away from Cuba
Castro's public relations
spending to recoup the tourist
business has been a failure by
choice of the U. S. citizens at
whom the effort was directed.
Bid For Negroes
Castro bid to make Cuba a
vacation land for U. S. Ne
groes. The Negroes did not
bite. Lush Havana hotels' do
their business now largely
with persons visiting Cuba at
the expense of Castro's gov
ernment. The famous Hotel
Naclonal recently was the
scene of what appeared to be
Beatnik convention. The
conventioneers were members
of the International Work
Brigade, a Young Communist
outfit.
The Catholic Church In
Cuba has taken a recent but
strong stand against Castro's
Communist commitments. The
church itself, however, is in
a weak position. Approximate
ly 500 of 700 priest in Cuba
arc foreigners. Castro could
obtain dismissal of the for
eign clergy.
'This,' the report stated.
'would be a death blow to
the church. Castro has Indi
cated that he would like to es
tablish a national clergy and
there arc some priests who
can be counted on to carry the
banner for him in
jpect."
Dr. Ray L. Castcrline's letter
in the communications of last
week. Yes we admit that Dr
Durno's bill passed and the
doctors were assessed $5 ex
tra, but who really paid the
bill? Why the patients, of
course, a part of that assess
ment was paid by each and
every patient that visited tho
doctor's office. Look at your
doctor bills today and what
they were three and four
years ago
There never was a law
passed yet to raise or increase
taxes, whether it be manu
facturer's, wholesale or re
tail, or doctor's services, but
what it is passed to the pub
lic. II is added to each and
every article that is sold and
service rendered.- 1 1
In regard to Dr, Durno try
ing to turn the clock back
35 or 40 years, it can not be
done. Can he doctor the way
he did 35 or 40 years ago?
Of course not. He cannot go
back to the horse and buggy
days with doctoring or leg
islation. He -is to old for the
job. I will not vote for any
candidate over 50 years old
The older ones cannot keep
abreast of present day times
and conditions.
Fletcher S. Spencer
Murphy, Ore.
No" on D.S.T.
To the Editor: For all the
information to be found in the
current Voter's Pamphlet one
would think that there is one
side only to the "D.S.T." ques
tion.
Considering how many
times Oregon voters have had
to squelch the foolish old
hoax, one would think that
those upstate legislators,
(whose arms must have been
twisted) who signed the silly
spoof, should be aware that
with the 40 hour week, Sat
urdays off, fast freeways and
too fast cars, few suffer for
lack of daylight. -
Perhaps the most Incredible
statement, "D.S.T. will make
healthelr, happrer children
What state has "healthier
healthier, happier children
gon? The school population is
increasing partly through the
influx of folks fleeing from
those "progressive" neighbor
ing states which have "D.S.T.
Rurai folks who long have
used all the daylight there is
and more, do not need any
one to tell them that "fruits,
berries and beans can be pick
ed in tne early morning
hours.
Remember how fast war
time nationwide "D.S.T." was
knocked out when Congress
had a .chance to vote on It?
It was sneaked back through
the Votes of the minute urban
area. Over the vast rural ex
panse, the idea is despised and
as far as1 possible ignored.
Oregon has always flown
with her own wings." Just be
cause other states choose to
do crazy things, does not
mean that we need to emulate
them.
On Measure 2, Nov. 8, vole
another resounding NO.
John Q. Stewart
933 NE 12th St.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
Attacks Protested
To the Editor: Please allow
me space in your editorial
columns to protest the attacks
being made against Monroe
Sv.'cctland. Democratic nnm-
this re- Inee for Secretary of Slate of
1 Oregon. In addition to the dis-
land's opponent has systemat
ically indulged in for the
duration of the campaign,
Mr. Sweetland is now the vic
tim of outright slander from
the crackpot and lunatic
fringe of the Republican par
ty. This same crackpot group,
which once attacked Senator
Robert A, Taft as a socialist,
is now out to destroy Mr.
Sweetland here in Oregon by
insinuaUng that because he
knows a bit about the prob
lems of our century and pro
poses to do something about
them he doesn't measure up
to the standards of American-
Ism set by the pre-McKinley,
post-McCarthy, 150 pef cent
patriots who compose the
Neanderthal wfng of the Re
publican party. !
The facts are that Mr.
Sweetland has never, in the
25 years I have known him.
advocated any action or pro
gram except within the frame
work of our American consti
tutional system. The facts
are that In the period 1946 to
1B48, when the Communists
for the first and only time at
tempted to infiltrate and in
fluence the Democratic party,
Mr. Sweetland and I stood
shoulder to shoulder in the
successful fight to defeat and
remove them, first from the
Young Democrats, and then
from the Democratic party it
self. There were other people
in that fight, but none was
alerted earlier and none
fought more effectively than
Monroe Sweetland. What were
his crackpot critics doine
while that fight was eolne on?
The facts are that they were
helping the Communists
slander him - exactly as they
are doing now.
It is bnd ennuirh tliaf Mr
Swoetland's opponents are cir
culating criminal libel con
cerning him in the midst of
an election campaign and are
apparently escaping the arrest
and prosecution prescribed
for tliem by law.
But it is far worse that they
should be circulating these
particular libels against
man who has fought the good
fight for human decency and
irecdom as lias Mr. Sweetland.
It is well known that Mr.
bwectland and I have not ai
ways agreed on all matters of
tactics and strategy, and that
sonic of our disagreements
have been lengthy and strong
ly sustained on both sides. I
hope those facts lend addi
tional weight to my state
ments.
I hope everyone in both
parties to whom decency and
fair play arc more important
than winning an election will
Join me In voting for Monroe
Sweetland for Secretary of
sjiaie.
Howard Morgan
Black Butte Ranch
Sisters, Ore.
the doorway of a sidewalk
cafe. Torture has been a tactic
lamlliar to bot.i sides.
For the French, the stakes
are pride and the riches of
the Sahara. For the rebels it
is nationalism and their
claims to independence.
Many in France are desper
ately weary of the war, of the
endless stream of casualties
and of the financial burden.
. The one million European
settlers in Algeria, fearful of
being engulfed by 10 million
Moslems, and ' the French
army brought about the
downfall of the French
Fourth Republic With the cry
that "Algeria is French."
Now the pressure from stu
dents, intellectuals and the
left-wing of French politics
seeking an end to the war al
most equals ' that from the
soldiers and the aettlers.
The result is a rip-tide of
violence and Intrigue that
conceivably could lead to the
downfall of President Charles
de Gaulle's Fifth French Re
public which came to power
on a promise to end the con
flict. With this rip-tide, the alti
tude of the United States
takes on added Importance.
In recent weeks, two new
elements have been added.
On the heels of Soviet Rus
sia's "de facto" recognition of
the rebel government has
come the threat not only that
Soviet and Red Chinese arms
will reach the rebels but-that
Chinese "volunteers" will
join them as well.
Algeria's neighbors, Tuni
sia and Morocco, .threaten im
form a "federation", with, th
Algerian rebel government.
And Rebel Algerian Premier
Ferhat Abbas, backed by th
promise of Communist .aid,
remarks ' meaningfully' that
future Algeria will .remember
its friends. : :
Tunisia and Morocco and
Abbas himself lean' toward
the West. ' ' .."
But Abbas' '- words' ar a
threat, especially to the Unit?
ed States, that it may 'not al
ways be so. ' ' ' "
De Gaulle goes hti way tit
lonely grandeur but With th
clear understanding that in
Algeria as elsewhere4 Franc
expects loyalty of its' allies.)
These are some of the pres
sures and the United States'
dilemma. '
Here are facts and figures
regarding the veterans loans:
The Oregon veterans farm
and home loan program earn
ed a net operating revenue
during the last fiscal year
$1,228,281, the highest in the
history of the department
veterans affairs, according
H. C. Saalfeld, director.
This brings the depar
ment's loan earnings to $5
488,493 since the program
started in 1945. Earnings re
sult 'rom the favorable dif
ference between the 4 per
cent interest veterans pay on
their loans, and the present
2.868 per cent cost on $150
millions in bonds outstanding,
Last year was the highest
in net loans granted, with
4,345 veterans borrowing
$44,783,150. Only about $12
million will be available this
fiscal year, however, bec-au
of shortage of loan funds, un
less- Measure 13 is approved
by the voters in November,
That measure would author
ize the department to issue
another $135 millions in loan
bonds, making available suf
ficient funds for an additional
13,000 loans. Fifteen per cent
of Oregon's eligible veterans
have now obtained s t a t
loans.
As a veteran and service of
ficer of Ashland Post 3423
V.F.W., I recommend th
tax-payers vote "Yes" c
Measure 13.
E. H. Braunig
. : Route 1, Box 104
. Talent, Ore.
Standing Up for Medford
To the Editor: Enclosed
you will find a clipping from
the J Medford : High - school
newspaper, "The Medford Hi
Times." It is -an editorial by
the edltor of the paper giving
a Medford view on an article
In your paper from the Ash
land newspaper. Thanks, Jim
Frake, for standing up for
Medford.
fName on File)
Medford
Editor's note: The Hi-Times
editorial follows:
Not too long ago the Ash
land daily newspaper ventur
ed the opinion that Medford
is wrong in its approach to
athletics.
As. later re-printed locally
the editorial requested a re
examination of values to de
termine if the Medford em
phasis on athletics was worth
while. In short, the writer
expressed disapproval, and
didn't try to hide his thoughts,
Editorially speaking, the
whole squib was in poor
taste. The writer failed to rec
ognize that the majority of
local athletes are tops aca
demicnlly. He Ignored the fact
that athletics and physical
education is a basic unit of
American education. He re
fused to admit that competi
tive activities stress sports
manship and getting along
with society. Generally, he
missed the boat.
Medford, both the high
school and the city, has much
to be proud of. both scholas-
tically and athletically, not
forgetting top performance in
the music, drama, speech
business, and scientific fields
Look at the record!
Comment - the derogatory
statements from the south
should have been printed on
green paper to match the
writer's envy!
Yes" on 13
To the Editor: Referring to
two articles in Communica
tions the past two weeks, sub
mitted by Everett Mitchell,
secretary of a "credit" organ
Ization, telling taxpayers to
"Vote No" on Measure 13.
The reasons he stated arc
not the true reasons, but are
that his business associates
are worried about how much
high-rate interest they may
lose. There Isn t another bond
issue that I know of that
pays the state treasure over
a million dollars per year.
Thinkl
To the Editor: Mr. and Mrs.
Social Security receivers
when you open your next pay
envelope think of the party
that made it possible for you
to get it.
And then again when you
make a deposit in the bank
think of what party made the
bunk guarantee your deposit.
And then think again when
you vote.
A. J. DuQuette
3479 Table Rock rd.
Medford
Value to County
To the Editor: Voters, when
you go to the polls Nov. 8,
keep your eyes open for Meas
ure 13, the War Veterans
Bonding and Loan amend
ment. The Oregon Veterans
Loan program has provided
homes and farms for nearly
1100 war veterans In Jackson
county since 1945. The
amount of these loans from
the State of Oregon was near
ly $9 million.
Last year, 144 war veterans
in Jackson county borrowed
$lVi million from the veter
ans loan program to acquire
their own homes and farms,
That is quite a contribution to
the economy of Jackson coun
ty, but unfortunately-it can
not last unless voters approve
Measure 13 on the ballot th
coming election day.
If Measure 13 is defeated.
funds will be available this
year in Jackson county for
ONLY about 37 veterans in
the amount of $400,000,
which is quite a loss to our
county. --.f
The nice thing about Meas
ure 13 is that it will NOT cost
the taxpayer a penny because
the bonds are repaid from the
veterans monthly loan pay
ment. Measure 13 will-not in
crease your taxes as it is not
a tax measure. . .
Keep this valuable loan pro
gram alive oy voting, YES
on Measure 13!
Jerry V. Bianconi
Veterans Service Officer
for Jackson County
Medford
Rynning Criticized
To the Editor: I note, with
regret, your endorsement of
Paul B. Rynning for .county
commissioner, "on the basis
of his experience."
If experience results in the
low pay, certain ready-made
jobs,, and the low morale of
the county road department,
then we're all for a new man
with less experience, but new
ideas.
Although Mr. Rynnins is of
ficially, retired as county, en
gineer, he still is very much
in evidence, ' behind'1 the
scenes, as an adviser. A busi
ness which was run the way
our former engineer and prea
ent county commissioners
have been running th road
department, would be bank
rupt in a month,
Let's clean up the road de
partment and give the tax
payers of Jackson county
break.
Please do not print
name. I need my job.
(Name on File)
Ashland, Ore.
my
Surveyor Dispute
To the Editor: The present
county surveyor and his depu
ty, who Is my opponent, by
letters to tne editor have at
tempted to justify the use of
public facilities for' private
business. They claim that the
surveyor s office ' has used
their private equipment for
public purposes at no cost to
the county. An extreme ex
ample of such logic arid reas
oning would be that a county
employee could use a county
car or county gasoline for a
private vacation because he
worked overtime for the coun
ty without compensation..
The people of this county
ao not expect nor demand
that an office holder' should
spend his personal funds or
use his private equipment to
operate a public office. To do
so would put public offices on
the auction block to be sold to
the highest blddsr.
If elected, I would use Pub
lic facilities only for Public
purposes. If by chance I used
my personal equipment for a
pumic purpose, I could con
sider such use as a gift or do
nation to the public and not
as an excuse or 'Justification
to use public property for my
private business.
Edward A;"McGlnty
(Candidate for
County Surveyor)
Medtord.
What Do You Think?
To the Editor: Would you
believe that the Veteran's Ad
ministration, as it is adminis
tered by the present adminis
tration at White City, refuses
to let the members bf the
domiciliary express their per
sonal opinions, in a straw
vote or poll, as to which way
the country would vote in the
coming election?
This cross section result
as to have been published in
our Domiciliary monthly pa
per called the "Domlnews,"
nd would have given the
man's name and comment as
to his opinion, only. ; .
We are all of voting age
nd we know that the Vet
eran s Administration .is non
political, but It it my personal
'I
belief that this is carrying
censorship a -little too far,
What do you think?
Malemute Slim
(Owen C, Gearhart Sr.) i
White City, Or. . f
Actions and Words
To the Editor: I le: by on
of his ads that "Durno i$
Labor's Friend." .
How can this be?
.. HE SAID he -believed; la '
collective bargaining. , - .
HIS RECORD SAYS ' he)
voted against the bill-' pre- -vidlng
for collective bargain
ing for slate employees. v f
HE SAID he'believes in th ;
right of labor to organize. " f
HIS RECORD SAYS h !
voted against the repeal of th S;
so - called organizational -pic-1
ketingblll. -. ; .... I' ' '
HE SAID he was concerned
about the unemployed lumber
and sawmill worker. ,
HIS RECORD SAYS' hi
voted against a bill which
would allow lumber and saw
mill workers ' having Wag
claims against a bankrupt
firm to have a labor leiri to
supersede the warehouse re
ceipts lein, , f-
If he can't fit his aclioA to
his words he . should fit,. hi!
words to his actions., ,' , - :
Anne Chambera
. Assistant Director Cdpg
610 Willamette t.. J-.
Eugene, Ore '
Th V.A. and Housing' ' .,
To th Editor: Oregon u;
greatly dependent on the lum
ber marketwhidh isthe main
source of employment;'
also know that the market has
not been gdod the last cdupl
ui years, rtouse building con- -tributes
to the lumber ma.r
ket. in Oregon, hdirie build
ers are among the largest
users of lumber products, but
if the builder can't make
fair profit, he soon has to go.
out of business. " ' V
I have had to sell three
houses in the past two years
at a loss. This Is a situation
most builders have exneru
ienced, as the market ;,for
homes has been slow,. du to
poor financing. There are
more people in. residential
building trades eoine broke
than in any other :type: ot
business, ' . ... ' .
The Veterans Admin ittra
Hon has been contributing to
this problem. The only, fair:
way to appraise th true valu
of a new house Is en the basii
of material plus labor eost
plus overhead plus profit (if .
any). And any work done to
the satisfaction of the govern-
ment costs a fair sum abav
the average building. ' .
I recently Wrote tti Vetor.
ans Administration protesting
an appraisal on a horn which ',.
actually was below the cost of ;
construction. I told them that
it to 15 builders have eon'
out of business in Hliis area,
and have flooded the market ;
with houses which a being
sold at a loss, and that ,th '
cost of building has increased
100 per cent since 1949. I '
said "Your method of apprais-i
ing at bankrupt prices will
soon be able to break all lh
builders." . .
They replied that they- do
not contemplate any increase,
and that the "comparison: or
market, approach" in apprais
ing will continue to be used.
in my case, I know the com
parisons were made to homes
built by men who had to quit
the business because they
were not making any moriey;'
Is this the way to keep our
economy from golrg broke? , '
E. J. Fordyce 1
" 202 otwell Way
Medford. '
UL. P -' &
(tw oays . , , f j
To the Editor: In AcIa.
ing Dr. Durno's vote against
repeal of the "unfair" ami
picketing law, Mr. Glen 'A.
Wellman . asked: "Who says
it is 'unfair?' "
Among a great many other
on both sides of the politfcal
fence, Gov. Mark O. Hatfield
said it was "unfair" and h
asked for Its repeal In his in.,
augural address. '
Kenneth E. Johnson'
Research. Committe
Demooratic Party of
Oregon
Salem, Qr.
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