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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY M, 1961 Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- JOHN STRALEY tells of a recruit on guard duty who had orders to admit no car to the post unless it carried a special license tag. In the shank of the evening a four-star general came along with no tag at all on his car. Hearing the brass hat or der his chauffeur to zoom right through the gate, the recruit cocked his rifle. "I'm kinda new at this, Bub," he told the general. "Do I shoot you, or the driver?" Two ladles eating1 eream-ed-something- or -other to gether were bludgeoning an absent mutual friend. "Her new husband was a judge, wasn't he?" asked one. "Everybody thought so," sniffed the other, "until he married HER1" An 8-year-old girl pupil received a big heart-shaped bos tf caramels from her ardent swain for St. Valentine's Day. En Closed was a card reading, "For Mary with all my allowance, 1961. by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS U.S. electrical manufactur ing companies found guilty of violating federal antitrust laws have been fined about two million dollars. In addi- . tion, seven executives of these concerns have been sentenced to jail terms. There can be . no appeal from the fines and jail sentences, since all the convicted corporations and men had pleaded guilty. All the defendants were charged with price-fixing and . bid-rigging in the sale 01 elec- '. trical equipment for generat ing, transmitting and distrib uting electrical power. IT IS inexcusable, of course. Deliberate violation of the law is NEVER excusable. But- Let's look at the whole pic ture. If asked why they did it, these representatives of one of America's largest industries might say something like this: "In employing labor, which represents one of the largest items in our production costs, we are faced by a giant mon opoly. We can't deal with in dividuals on the basis of what each individual asks in the way of wages. We must deal with giant unions that have MONOPOLY POWER to en force their demnds. "If we are to make a profit, under such restrictions, we must get HIGHER PRICES. If we are to get prices high enough to yield a profit on our investment, we must ELIM INATE COMPETITION AMONG OURSELVES. "That is about the only re course left to us." IT ISN'T an adequate answer of course. But, inadequate though it is, It poses this searching ques tion: If we are to forbid combin ations in restraint of trade, in cluding agreements on prices to be charged, among those who represent industry, must we not eventually forbid simi lar combinations among those who represent LABOR? SOONER or later, we must find an answer to that question. Or Sooner or later WE WILL FIND OUR SELVES PRICED OUT OF WORLD MARKETS. THAT raises another ques tion: If we are priced out of the world markets, how are we going to FIND EPYOYMENT for all of our people who must have jobs if they are to sur vive? The problems raised by these antitrust convictions call for a lot of serious thought. Mali's Program May Start Feuds Washington-IUPII - Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall has announced resumption of a five-point basic electric pow er program that may fan new feuds between private . and public power interests. Udall, in a statement to de partment employees, said Monday the policy declara tions of President Kennedy and Congress would be follow ed, but the foundation would be these five basic goals out lined under the Truman ad ministration in 1946: -Federal dams shall, where feasible, include facilities for generating electrical power. -Preference in power sales shall be given to public ag encies and cooperatives. -Power disposal shall be for the particular benefit of do mestic and rural consumers. -Power shall be sold at the lowest possible rates consist ant with sound business prin ciples. -Power disposal shall be such as to encourage wide spread use and to prevent monopolization. BEEFEATER BEEFEATER the imported English Gin that doubles your martini pleasure Uncqvalled since 1320 BEEFEATER GIN 94 PROOF . 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS K0BRAN0 CORPORATION NEW YORK 1, N. 1 Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan i YOUR PROTECTION IS OUR BUSINESS! 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Mark Hat field has three speaking en gagements this week, two in Portland and one in Eugene. Wednesday evening he will address Lewis and Clark alumni and Thursday night the Banquet of Champions at University of Portland. Friday morning he ad dresses the Oregon Press con ference at the University of Oregon campus. Las Vegas, Nev.-WPD-Alice Harris, 18, daughter of for mer actress Alice Faye and Phil Harris, today weds S. Ted Alcus III, 23, at Christ Church Episcopal. Alcus is the son of a New Orleans, La., investment broker. Valley Salesman Gets Award, Cash Virgil Pfcifer, 803 West Jackson St,, was named Sales man of the Year for Oregon last Friday by the Physicians and Hospital Supply com pany, Portland, the firm for which Pfeifcr is southern Ore gon district salesman. He re ceived a prize of $1,000 cash. Pfeifer, who has lived with his family in Mcdford for the past year, was a salesman in Portland for the firm prior to that time. The award is based on the percentage of quota attained by salesmen in their particular districts. Legislative Briefs Salem -il'PH- Surveys to de- tcrmine the extent of radio I and television audiences i would have to be filed with the secretary of state under terms of a bill introduced in the House. The measure is HB1469. The sponsors are Reps. Kessler Cannon (R-Bcnd), Carl Fisher (R-Eugenc), and John R. Dcllenback (R-Mcdford). Cannon and Fisher are in the news business themselves. Failure to file such material would result in a S250 fine, 10 days in jail, or both. Salem -ll'PH- A bill has been introduced that would place women on an even footing with men as far as carrying firearms is concerned. It de letes discriminatory provisions referring to men only. Salem - lUPli - A bill that would allocate $233,243 in the Pacific International L i v e stock Exposition in Portland has been introduced in the House. It would reimburse the PI for some expenses already incurred which the state pays and certain future expenj-es. The bill came from the Ways and Mean Committee. Salem - illl'li - Discharged mental patients who have homicidal tendencies would have to check in periodically with local or district health boards under terms of a bill introduced in the House today. Rep. Ed Elder (R-Eugcne) is the sponsor. A 5 Salem - HOT - A joint me morial has been introduced urging Congress to appropri ate more money to the Bureau of Land Management and a census child and be paid for by a 3-ccnt cigarette tax. 1 His school support increase would be on top of other in creases pending in other bills before the legislature. Holder's increase would bs effective only if the cigaretta tax passes. SOUND-PROOFING ASKED Salem - IUP1) - A bill provid ing S8.500 for sound-proofing legislative committee rooms in U.S. forest Service for re- the capitol was introduced habilitating Eastern Oregon Monday. grazing lanos. 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