Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 02, 1961, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MONDAY, JANUARY i, 1961 B 3 Westerners Believe Red China Creating Artificial Crop Shortage Other Communist Nations Thought Having Troubles By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign New Analyst Red China and Soviet Rus sia have both admitted disas trous crop failures. 0 Communist China an nounced that agricultural set backs involving half of the 300 million acres under culti vation also had hit hard the country's production of con iumcr goods. A Moscow announcement said that Soviet Minister SJ Agriculture Vladimir Matske vich had been fired and re placed by Mikhail Olshansky, a relative unknown. Output Disappointing A report to the Supreme Soviet last week acknowl edged that the output of grainP had been disappoint ing, and had in turn affect ed Oneat production. N o n - Communist official weather observers in Asia doubted Peiping's report that wealhisr was responsible for 0 the crop failures and the shortages which foretold more suffering for the Chinese peo ple. The weatherman said Red China's rainfall had been about normal and that Cen tral China, where the Reds said no rain fell for nine months, had better than nor mal moisture. Artificial Shortage Charged They suggested the Commu nists werecreating an arti ficial internal shr-tage in or der to have more grain for export and more foreign ex change with which to pur chase machines for its lagging intjwstrial program. The Soviets did not dis close this year's grain produc tion figures, but there were 1 indications tfney might egen fall below 1959's disappoint- ing total of 47 million tons which were 9 million tons below the banner year of 1958. e There are indications that Red China anc the Soviet Union afta not alcSie flmong the Communist nations expe riencing fterious sgriculturl . setbacks. Trouble in 3olad Polish leaders have admit ted that thigr greatest failur has been their attempt to en list support of Polish peasants who have successfully resist ed collectivization and whose ouMjut has fallen off drastic ally. Resistance o f Hungarian peasants forced the govern ment last spring to resort to s capitalistic practices Jp in crease farm production. Pri vate plots were assigned .to farmers who were permuted a profit motive. Communist East Germany boasted that its farmlands were 100 per cent collectiv ized bi admitted shortages hrnueht about primarily by sabotage and the flight of East zoifce'armers to the West. Economic, Fiscal Problems Will Dominate Session of Congress For Aw&ile Orange, N.J - (UNI - Police Capt. Joseph McCartney was amused. L,OOK at uiuae riding their dikcs on uiai driveway," he said to Tsgt. Herman Paccarelli. Paccarelli was more than amused. He dropped the re port he was reading - it con cerned a bicycle theft - ran out into the cold and collared the "crazy kids." The two boys, both 13, said they mereljshad borrowed the bikes. iQcy were released in their parents' custody. m Pharmacy PHaote From GENE WESTLAND When you cVie to us forhe filling of your doctor's prescription, we are the 'drug business' to sQJ-A-tuillv there is more to the 'drug Pl business man our When vour doc tor's filled prescrip tion is handed to you, 't'S-jn any more things than a container of cap sules or tablets or a bottle of liquid. It's the result of ,the combined efforts of many dif ferent people. 'First there has to &)epert research with thousands Vif man-hours spent in finding the health-olvino drug. Then it has to "be mass-Pf.duccd . to be of vaQ: .to the puSffc. There's no point in Vnass production if it cannot be made available to Mi when you need it, so highly-orgjniieQm-'tnbution system is maintained. Fi nally, when you come tcQis, we Wfer you the results of this great 'partnershipof-four' for your con 'tinued better health. " Every family needs many small, personal items, such as tooth brushes, to keep the daily routine rof life rolling smoothly along. We carrv many such small items heie at McLain s Drug Centre and will be glad to show them to you whenever you come by . 8 No. Central, N'.4dford. adv. Washington (CQ) -A long, tough, and expensive agenda awaits the 87th Congress, as it convenes this week. Details of the legislative program to be proposed by President-elect John F. Ken nedy won't be known until after his inauguration Jan. 20. But th-sre is ample evi-. dence that it will keep his fel low Democrats on Capitol Hill busy for the next six months or more. o With controlling ngjrgins ffi 65-35 in the Senate and 262 175 in the House, Democrats are expected to respond quick ly to the next President's an ticipated request for a batch of anti-recession measures. Economic ana nscai pruu- lems We certain to dominate the session. The deDarting Ei senhower fidminisation will leave a tagging ecuuuiuy, gold crisis, and (in all P ability) an $82-billion bullget, all of which will shape much of the legislative output in the first months of the Kens nedy Administration. Dofieit spending is clearly Just abound tlO corner. riere, in capsuie lunu, ia the outlook for major items on the upcoming legislative agenda: e Pump-priming. To count er the recession, tne new President is expected to rec ommend a variety of $ndingj and credit-easing steps, in citing the enactment of five measures stymied in 1960: grants for school construc tion ana teacners tjaiarie medical care benefits for the aged under social security, grants and loans for economic ally depressed e,ras, incread mortgage purchase authority and a lower FHA interest rate, and a minimum hourly wage of $1.25 plus Extended cov erage. National Security. Hav ing campaigned on a nledge tn strengthen the armed for ces, the Presiden-elect is like lv to proposa tf'net increase in defense spending, already slated to approch mi on- lion i 'fiscal 1982. Congress till b mors receptivs to the hirWr outltys thsn to a ma jor reorganization of the De fense Departme-nt, which has been urged on th9 new Presi dent by Sen. Stutrt Syming ton (D-Mo.) but is not likely to be undertaken in 1M1. Ex penditurcs for spec programs are certain to rise. Soreign Aid. The Ken nedy sdministration may well actr- fnr lone-term ana increas ed finincinf fo? th Develop ment L,cn jcuna, 10 siep uu U.S. assistance to underde veloped areas. But it is prob ably too late to undertake any bajsic revision of the catch all Mutua? Security Program in 1961, and a critical Con gress is no less likelyoto cut the requests of a Democrat ic President than those his Republican predecessor. Trade Policy. With the Sugar Act due to expire on March 31, along with the President's authority to cuW Cuba out of the U.S. sugar market, quick action is an ticipated to extend the law, at lea through 1961. The Senate will be asked to rat ify U.S. membership in the new Organization for Econom ic Cooperation ajnyj Develop ment, but the tickfeih prob lem of extending the Presi dent's authority to Ctrl tariffs under reciprocal trade agree ments won't arise until 1962. Taxes. Whether taxes will be cut, increased, revised or simply extended in 1901 is an open question. Tax reduc tion, although favored as an anti-recession mcUsure, ap pears least likely in the light of prospective revenue need But the recession itself all but rules t any acroS-tte-bofy-d increase; Best bet: s$ne revisions, possibly including higher depreciation allowanc es to spur new investment, offset by the clo&ig of such Democratic - labeled "loopg holes" as $ie 4 per cent tax croiit on aividend income. Highways. Congress will almost certainly be asked 9 rescue ,-the federal nignw?g forlsCvi(3 be made to improve the farmer's lot through ad ministrative action and less contrGfrersial measures, such as the expansion of farm cred it and increased disposal of surplus commodities home and abroad. City Problems. A .cab inet-level Department of Ur ban Affairs Is a mfflor goal of big-city Democrats, who want a bigger voice in Wash ington and are in a good po sition to get it from the President-elect. Three programs of special concern to cities -federal grants for urban re- O newal, aii(5ort construction, and water pollution corf?rol -come up for certain extension and probable expansion in 1961. Another good bet: fed eral loans to cities to develop commuter services and mass transportation systems. Jobless Benefits. As a long-time advocate or mini mum federal standards for unemployment compensation benefits, the President-elect is likely to ask for suii a bill in 1961, either in place of or as a sujjjileroent to any anti recession proposal fj a tem porary extension of current state benefits. ActiSii might be deferred uil 1962, how ever, In the interests of speed ing approval of more pressing measures, Debt Ceiling. Nothing is more certain in the coining session than another increase in the ceilingon the public debt, whicUreverls from $293 billion to $585 billion on June 30. The only question con cerns the size of Viie increase. With deficit spending in store for fiscal 1961 and poss ibly 1962, the Treasury might call for at least a temporary increase to $300 billion. (Copyright 13.60. Congressionl Quarterly Inc.) Bids on Freeway Work Scheduled for Opening Salem - Bids for work on the Evans Creek-Rock Point section of the Highway 99 freeway between Rogue River and Gold Hill will be opened by the slate highway commis sion Jan. 24. The JacksonQ-ounty project includes 5.88 miles of paving. some structure widening nd signs. r3"his Cs one of 1 1 such projects worth an estimated $5.5 million for will be opened. which bids ANNOUNCING oThe OPENING of The A.L Tailor Shop Expert Work irj, Men's Tailoring, ladies' Suits and Coats Fluhrer Bldg. Phone Room 210 SP 3-3335 I - mi ' -MMMMiiiMiiiMMiMBeaaMiiiiiiMMiiiiiiMaMMenMiiiiBir mttnximiamBmummmBmmmttmmmtammimmmmmmmmimJl JS?SS9JT,S&&t&sSP fV . SAVE THRIFTY GREEN STAMPS! North Coast i, f ' Y"r Groceteria Bonus Ex,ral f Regular 6 for $1 II f f fff If i j f U ffi bJ fcf S jAifcS T I 1 TP" Start Hie Rett Year wilh a Big Savings at GroMlsfia! 3 f roll Cod taiefrai - FRUITS - fail ; Asparagus cw ruin a Dcaii) oreen Deans West Crost (All Green Spears). 300 size can Hunt'i No. Vi size can Huos. program from collapse in 1961 if only because Qone-cem in crease in the gas tax imposed in 1959 is due to expire on June 30. Since the multi-billion-dollar expenditures for roads are a vital economic stimulant, it's notkely that the program will be cut back. That means Congress will have to find the money to cover the deficit in the High way Trust Fund, either by raising user taxes (like the gas tax) or absorbing the add ed costs in a deficit-bound budget. Farm Policy. Despite the campaign pledges to restore farm income and cut the wheal surplus by instituting a new farm-program, there is a good charR'e that neither the Kcnncdv Administration nor Congress will attempt to write 'major law in 1961. But ef- PlB'j (Sligp) 9iskiya (farrtbttj) feogue (Fancy filartltOts) Mission (Sliced) Church Pesih les Pe;ofs Pijisapp! 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