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.
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Plans Told For
Teen-Age Group
An organizational meeting
will be held Tuesday, Feb.
21, at 7:30 p.m. for a Service
Club for Teen - agers. The
meeting will be held at the
Jackson County Juvenile De
tention home court room at
7:30 p.m.
Valley civic groups, lodges,
and members of the Jackson
county juvenile department
and others interested in the
proposed group are invited to
attend. It was announced that
one of the planned projects
for the club will be a teen
agers' forest camp.
For additional information
contact Larry Tweedy at the
juvenile home, SPring 2-3877.
Hatfield Has Three
Speaking Engagements
Salem-rtlPD-Gov. 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. I
Sponsors are Rep. Robert
Smith (R-Burns) and Sen. An
thony Yturri (R-Ontario).
Salem - lUPli - Rep. Doug,
las Heidcr (R-Salem) has
introduced a bill that would
hike basic school support $10
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