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20 YEARS AGO
Miirch 22. 1941 (Saturday)
Four person! were fined
Jackson county yesterday
tlie rcsuu. in
lice crackdown on overloaded
trucks.
From Arlhur Perry
cmiirfop Pol" column:
"The
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price 01 sweei yii-ni- . -
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unl of
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the war in cuiu.
nave Decn
battle in a pickle factory
any
30 YEARS AGO
March 22, 1931 (Sunday)
Main st. Hunts would be re
placed by cluster lights under
a plan proposed by citizens to
the budget committee.
Pacific Air Transport has
announced thai Medford will
be a stopping point for its new
trl-motored airplanes.
40 YEARS AGO
March 22. 1921 (Monday)
A group of prominent Ore
gon citizens have formed a
company to take over Crater
Lake National park and "pro
vide adequate accommoda
tions for tourists."
Members of the American
Legion post here have been
invited lo a high school de
bate nn the problem of Japa
nese Immigration.
SO YEARS AGO
March 22, 1911 (Wednesday)
The Medford city council
has passed a "model liquor
law" providing tor the strict
regulation of liquor sales, and
requiring all saloons to close
at midnight.
The city attorney has been
Instructed to take steps to
annul a franchise, Issued last
year for an electric railway
that was never built.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine ar ten correct It sueerler;
seven or eight la eicellenti five er
ti I. seed.
1. What abbreviation for
Oregon Is approved by the
U.S. Post Office?
2. There are 63.360 Inches
In a quarter mile, half mile,
or mile?
3. Whal vegetable Is used
tn make sauerkraut?
4. Ladylnigs are, or are not,
beneficial in gardens?
5. Opiates are prescribed lo
Induce sleep, or sleeplessness?
fl. Corrcrt t h e following
sentence: "The patient seems
Insensible of pain."
7. Sophomore Is a name for
student in the first, second, or
third year of four year col
lege course?
8. The female human skele
ton has fewer, or an equal
number, or ribs as compared
to the male skeleton?
O nivmnll ! th- panllul n
which state?
10. A "Whodunit" refers to
w hat In present day slang?
Answtrs: 1. Oreo:. 2, Mil.
3. Cabbage. 4. Ar beneficial.
5. Induct sleep. I, ", , , lo
pain." 7. Second year. I.
Equal number. I. Washing
ton. 10. Myslery bosk or
.how.
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Transcontinental Notes-II
A bitterly cold wind, carrying before it de
luges of rain and sleet,
morning in New York.
We arrived in front
building in the midst of
innocence, left the cab
entrance a good block
the visitors entrance
ered our way there.
We visited the gift shop in the basement of
the impressive assembly building,' made a few
modest purchases, then took one of the frequent
guided tours of the three-building complex.
LJERE, more than anywhere else in the world,
41 perhaps, one finds
of earth. Is that distinguished-looking Negro an
ambassador from one
tions? Or is he merely
Harlem, or a small American town I
Is the lovely, sari-clad Indian girl a U.N.
employee? Or is she a visiting student from Barn
hard college?
Are the pig-tailed, uniformed girls, chatter
ing away in German, from a school in Germany,
or perhaps Switzerland, or Austria?
Is the heavyset man sitting next to you at the
lunch counter, and who asks in broken English
what a "hamburger" is, a Dutch diplomat? Or
a businessman on a holiday?
.
TTO ANYONE who is. conscious of the simple
fascination gained from watching all kinds
of people, such questions keep intruding.
Our own guide, for instance, was an attrac
tive Negro girl,' obviously extremely well-educated
and intelligent, who spoke with a slight accent
we could not spot immediately. It turned out,
however, that she was an American, and that
her "accent" was simply an eastern one not the
result of having learned
The tour itself was fascinating. It was new
to the HEW secretary, and exciting to both.
The colorful, intriguing council rooms, each
designed in different style by a different design
er; the huge assembly chamber which had been
put together by a committee of designers (and
looks it) ; the stately buildings, the gleaming cor
ridors, the clumps of international civil servants,
the delegates all these, we are convinced, con
stitute the best, though sometimes shaky, hope
for a world at peace. ,
"THE tour finished, the gifts purchased, the last
glimpses taken, we taxied to the Daily News
Building, where the writer visited the headquart
ers of the United Press
wife continued in the taxi, became caught in a
monumental traffic jam, finally decided it was
cheaper and quicker to walk, and wound up at
the box orfice of the Metropolitan Opera wnicn
was locked tight. So away she went to the hotel
for a much-needed nap.
lhe Url headquarters
and professional interest
worked for U.P., and now depend on it for out-
state, national and world
UPI s managing editor, Roger latanan, was
a gracious host, showing us through the two
large floors which UP1 occupies, including the
picture bureau which sends pictures direct to
the Mail Tribune office,
tering teletype machines which connect that of
fice with every major news center in the world,
both by leased wire and radio circuits.'
COR the world headquarters of an internation
r al organization, the UPI offices are remark
ably relaxed and informal but that's true of
every news office we ve ever visited.
We were invited to join one of the three-times-a-week
conferences of news department
heads, and listened with fascination to the off
hand comments concerning the problems of cov
ering the news in the Congo, Laos, and other far
off places to say nothing of the Johansson
Patterson fight in ftliami or Liz Taylor's physical
condition in London.
(Interesting sidelight: The "Liz" story the
day before was filed in London, but much of the
color came by way of Hollywood, where UPI's
Vernon Scott had telephoned Eddie Fisher in
London, put his notes on the wire to New York,
where they were incorporated with the copy from
London all within a few minutes,)
I T Pi's top executives are just as concerned as
others in the business with putting out a
rounded, complete, readable news report each
day, but they nave yet to solve all the problems
involved as have the newspapers.
We discussed these ana other related prob
lems with Earl J. Johnson, UPI's vice president
and editor, for a half hour, reaching no con
clusions other than that all of us have to keep
trying to find new, imaginative techniques to pro
vide for a bettor coverage and better display.
We found the top echelon of UPI executives
most interested and responsive to suggestions and
ideas, and certainly not set in any unbreakable
mold. And the job UPI does today, far, far bet
ter than the one U.P. did 18 years ago.
THAT evening the two Medfordites ventured
fii it in tn lU Kin- niti- nl. n .. ........ 1 1 .... I .... t 1
ifnv iiivu me ut ui , mc nil cAv.ciieiu fiect-iuuu
dinner at the Lobster Bar, and were fortunate
to obtain at the last minute tickets to "Irma La
Douce," the gay, saucy, ribald, tuneful musical
comedy which was a smash hit in Paris and Lon
don before coming to this country.
And so, weary but satisfied, back to the hotel
and bed. Another restless
breakfast at the coiner drug store (faster and far
cheaper than the hotel's pretentious coffee shop)
and then we divided, she to go museum-shopping,
he out to Columbia University. E.A. t.
greeted us on our first
of the United Nations
the deluge and, in our
in front of the official
and a half away from
so we sloshed and shiv
people from every corner
of the new African na
another visitor from
English abroad.
International, while his
were of both personal
to us, since we once
news.
and the banks of clat
night on the 26th floor,
Dennis th
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Communications
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certain circumstances th us of pan nam er initial for publication is permissible.
Th Mail Tribune reserres th right to adit ill letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Th Utters
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contrary ia often th ease.
Kapers' Success
To the Editor: Allow me to
take this means of expressing
the sincere appreciation of the
Medford Kiwanis Club and
myself for the work of every
Individual that made this
year's Kiwanis Kapers a suc
cess.
Whether a member of the
cast, stage crew, make-up
crew or audience, every par
ticipant had a part in the suc
cess of the show and therefore
in the continuation of the vi
tal dental clinic care for un
derprivileged boys and girls.
I m sure your readers will be
happy to know that this year's
show is a financial success
and that all proceeds will go
to the dental clinic and other
Kiwanis projects.
Too. I want to thank tne
Jackson county dentists, who
donate their time and energy
to this project. Without their
fine support the dental clinic
would not be possible. The 100
per cent participation by this
group In the Kapers indicates
their interest in the project.
The 13th annual Kapers Is
now history; so may I say to
all that I hope they enjoy
next year's show as much as
I know the Kiwanis Club will
enjoy bringing it to them.
Herb Partridge,
General Chairman,
Kiwanis Kapers, 10(1,
Medford.
Stamps and Fair Practice
To the Editor: I would like
to say thank you to Carroll
Powell and F. Smith for their
letters in the March 20 Mall
Tribune. They voiced my
thoughts and I believe those
of hundreds of other house
wives here in the Rogue val
ley. No one is forced to accept
trading stamps and I feel I
have received 100 per cent
value for every book I have
turned in. Besides, I think our
State Senators and Represen
tattns have more Important
business to look after than
wast their time and taxpay
ers money fooling around
with such a bill when they
need to give their time to
something that is really im
portant. I wrote lo each of our men
that represents us In Salem
from Jackson county, suggest
ing they consider carefully
when the bill came up as we
housewives have several times
objected with such interfer
ence, and 1 did receive kind
letters in reply.
I also suggested that the
bill on fair play practice was
much more important for all
the small businessmen and
women. That bill should have
teelh put into it, made Into a
controlling law, making it un
lawful for any business firm
selling another's product as a
loss leader, such as milk, but
ter, eggs, poultry, etc.
Many forced retired men
and women cannot live on the
small social security check
they receive. Many of these
senior citiiens have never
had the opportunity to be
under self employment for
long enough time to receive
a very large check, so they
get a cow and a few hens lo
supplement their Income and
try to sell a few quarts of
milk and a few dor.en eggs,
but, lo and behold, the chain
stores ship In all their mer
chandise, advertise them be
low wholesale and have the
audacity lo call them farm
fresh when they ship them in.
It Is an Insult to the house
wife's Intelligence to think she
can't tell a farm fresh egg
from one that may be weeks
old and sometimes months
old.
I sav lo our Senators, pul
leelh into th Fair Practice
law and don't waste their time
on stamp bills.
Mabel Harmon,
in.t. Cherry at.,
Medford.
Menace
,
Easter Rabbit
To the Editor: Little chil
dren sometimes ask If Easter
Bunnies lay the Easter eggs.
When we lived in Chico,
Calif., over 30 years ago, there
was a woman named Mrs.
Rabbitt who bought and
helped to place colored eggs
in the park for the children's
Easter hunt.
i Mary E. Atkins,
1634 Orchard Home dr.,
Medford.
A Reply
To th Editor: This is In
answer to J. P. Wlrth's letter
which appeared in your paper
Monday.
Mr. Wirth shows bv his let
ter that he is a very "percep
tive and critical analyrer
of our capitalistic system. If
I believed this statement I'd
be just as unperceptive as Mr.
Wirth is. I would just like to
point out to Mr. Wirth that
in our capitalistic system, in
dividual gain is attained
through Individual initiative,
Mr. Wirth implies In his let
ter that our capitalistic system
Is falling. But I think that
his reason for saying this Is
a very simple one. Mr. Wirth
is not satisfied, perhaps he is
not getting what he considers
is his due gain under the sys
tem. But as I said, gain is
brought about through initia
tive. Perhaps he had better
re-examine his initiative abil
ity, for it would aeem that he
lacki it.
But with one foot in his
mouth, Mr. Wirth goes on to
make room for the other. I
quote from his letter . . . "take
your religion and your church
membership to the grocery
store and see if they honor II."
I'm not a religious idealist but
I've never read a more Irreva
lent, bigoted statement con
cerning the value of religion.
Religion is one means by
which we can form morals
and principles. In a society
such as ours which is ideally
based on Christianity, a good
life results from the practice
of religion-founded principles.
Perhaps Mr. Wirth should
use religion for this purpose
rather than to fill his stomach.
He would be happier, I'm cer
tain.
Doug Randies
Junior in Psychology
University of Oregon
310 Laurel at.
Medford
Aid and Comfort
To the Edtior: In her letter
In the MT of March 19 Miss
Anna M. Streed made refer
ence to me, then concluded by
implying that people who
make derogatory statements
of a duly constituted commit
tee of our Congress (give) aid
and comfort to the enemy."
The good lady should know
that our Constitution guaran
tees freedom of speech and as
sembly and that this freedom
Includes the right to criticize
any offical or agency of gov
ernment, Indeed, only eternal
vigilance against attempts to
restrict free speech assures
the maintenance of all our
freedoms and keeps govern
ment responsive lo the elector
ate.
I also should like Miss
Streed to know that my con
cern about communism and
warnings against its menace
go back all the way to the bol
shevik revolution of 1917.
Serving as a YMCA secretary
attached to the American Ex
peditionary Forces in Siberia.
1919-1920, I had a narrow es
cape from death at the hands
of th bolsheviks. I traveled
elsewhere In communist Rus
sia and other countries under
her control, and In fascist It
aly and narl Germany: and I
have lectured on the evils of
these totalitarian systems in
many part of this country
and abroad. I hardly need any
lessons on the subject from
Miss Streed or anyone else in
clined ta indulge In reciess
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE
Wilson Describes Dilemma Facing Demo
Party in Building Image in Public Mind
BrLYLEC. WILSON
Washington - IUPD - What
the Republican party needs
right now is some political
magic, the
wisdom of
Sol omon, or
both.
What the
D e m o c r als
need, they
have, with a
little bit of
luck to spare.
For example,
wiiirTn consider me
minimum wage proposal now
coming up in the House of
Representatives.
That will be a close one.
The Kennedy administration
may be voted down on $1.25
an hour and coverage of about
4.3 million new workers. If so,
the alternative will be a lesser
proposal identified with the
Republicans and conservative
Democrats. This lesser pro
posal would fix a $1.15 min
imum, with new coverage for
1.4 million workers: There are
and baseless accusations of
"giving aid and comfort to the
enemy."
If Miss Streed is not too
prejudiced, perhaps she may
heed the counsel of former
Vice-President Richard M
Nixon who is quoted in the
Oregonlan of March 19 as
having written to the Los An
geles Times: "I can well un
derstand how many well-in
tentioned people, who are jus
tifiably concerned about the
threat which subversive
groups present to our free in
stitutions, tend to reach the
conclusion that the only ef
fective way to fight such or
ganizations is to use the same
evil methods they employ. . .
But there could be no more
dangerous fallacy."
As to sources of my infor
mation regarding the HUAC
film, "Operation Abolition"
and its distortion of the truth
trie sort of un-American prop
aganda deplored by Mr. Nix-on-I
cite the following, among
others: The New York Times,
Medford Mail Tribune, Life,
Saturday Evening Post and
The Christian Century; also a
dozen or more House reports.
Miss Streed might be enlight
ened further by reading the
detailed account of the film's
falsifications of the San Fran
cisco incident given in the
Christian Century's issue of
March 22. just out (available
at the Public Library).
Arnold Eugene Jenny,
Rogue Valley Manor,
Medford.
Retraction Requested
To the Editor: I noticed the
article in your paper, concern
ing an Assembly of God mis
sionary, and his broken-down
truck and trailer. As we knew
our church organization does
not send missionaries( out in
these circumstances, we have
investigated.
We found this was not an
Assembly of God man. We
wish you to retract this story
on the first page as you print
ed it. This can cause moral
damage to our organization. I
will be watching your paper.
Rev. Laurence Ray
Pastor, Assembly of
God Church
Box 70
Prospect, Ore.'
o
Editor's note: While we
understand Mr. Ray's concern,
we see no reason lo' "retract"
the story. The individual des
cribed in the story was the
source of the information con
cerning his faith, and on that,
we will accept the word of
any man, for each is free to
choose his own. However, we
understand he has no "of
ficial" connection with the
named church, and we make
note of that, and express re
grets if the story caused any
one undue embarrassment.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERT
tTo DEMONSTRATE th fertility of the imagination of
i- baseball reporter particularly at the spring training
camps where rel news is virtually non-existent one in
genious scribe solemnly
reported that when a
holdout player reluctant
ly capitulated and signed
a contract for $5,000 lees
than he had received the
previous season, he phil
osophically mused (I am
quoting the scribe now):
"Better a handful of dry
dates and a cup of brack
ish water, than ta own
th Gait ot Peacocks and
ba kicked in the teeth by
a broody camL" Oh,
iur!
"Get a load," boasted a chortna ta hr atdeJriek, "of the mink
tttnl my boy friend gv ma."
"It's mink stole, you dope." corrected thi sidekick.
"Hae it your way," conoedad th ehonni, "but he's being
nlnod tomorrow,'' A 4
some qualifying details in both
proposals.
These alternatives confront
the Republican leaders with a
sad choice. They must choose
between the administration
proposals which have a direct
pocket book appeal to 4.3 mil
lion persons plus relatives,
and their own proposal which
will help weld all 4.3 million
more firmly to the Democratic
party.
Out of this vote will come
reinforced images of both par
ties. The Democratic party
will look even more like the
people's friend, the party of
compassion for the common
man. The Republican will
look even more like the peo
ple's enemy, the party of the
uncommon man.
The two parties presented
those images to the electorate
last November and for some
Heavy Investment in
Italy Is Paying Big Dividends
Br PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
One hundred years after
Giuseppe Garibaldi and his red
shirt volunteers brought north
and south
r'Vsl Italy together
as a single
nation, the
tr a ditionaily
I m poverished
south is under
go i n g an
economic face
lifting. In its own
way it is a
revolution almost as great as
Garibaldi's, which brought an
end to the private realms of
princelings and city states and
paved the way for establish
ment of the kingdom of Italy
on March 17, 1861.
Today, hundreds of millions
of dollars in private and state
money are pouring into south
ern Italy to turn a poor and
barren land into an industrial
empire.
The problem of the "two
Newsom
In the Day's News
By FRANK
The Roseburg News-Review
the other day contained this
interesting little story:
"The Umpqua valley town
of Oakland is ahead of Capis
trano. Cal Bowles, who lives
near Oakland High school, re
ports that on Wednesday,
March 15, he saw some swal
lows in his yard.
'He added that the swal
lows appear at his home
EVERY YEAR on the 15th
day of March."
WHAT about their annual
arrival nf the swallows at.
Capistrano, which allegedly
occurs with unfailing regular
ity each 19th of March?
First, let's take a look at
the historical background of
Mission San Juan Capistrano,
near San Gabriel, In Southern
California. Its site was chosen
by Junipero Serra, the Father
of the Missions. It was the
seventh of the series of mis
sion hospices, located a day's
travel apart and designed to
bridge the Journey from San
Diego to the San Francisco
Bay area.
TS first beginning - consist
ing of planting a cross and
hanging two bells in a tree -was
on Oct. 30. 1775. Build
ing materials were assembled.
But about that time an Indian
uprising occurred, which de
layed the work. It was started
again on Nov. 1, 1776, just a
year later. Between then and
the end ot 1777, a little adobe
chapel was completed.
This little chapel survived
lhe vicissitudes of time lo be
come California's oldest build
ing today. Around it grew a
structure so lovely that II was
known as the Jewel of t' ;
years before. The voters di
vided about equally last year
but the record reflects a basic
political fact It is this: Since
the Democratic party began
identifying Itself - with th
have-nots in the early Roose
velt era, th; Democratic party
has become the majority par
ty in the United States.
The House vote on min
imum wage will tend to in
crease that trend for the Dem
ocrats and to increase the Re
publican handicap in propor
tion. This unhappy situation for
Republicans surely will con
tinue until there is a realign
ment of political parties in the
United States. The existing
party alignment is mad, right
out of "Alice in Wonderland."
The one-party South usually
votes conservative in local
and congressional elections
Italys", the rich, industrial
north and the impoverished
south, is one that has plagued
successive Italian govern
ments. With the loss of
colonies and the end of World
War II, it became a pressing
problem.
The late Premier Alcide de
Gasperi's government tackled
the problem first.
His program centered on
land reform to break up large
estates and on such badly
needed public works as roads,
land reclamation and irriga
tion. Living standards went up
but the economic gap re
mained.
The second stage places
heavy emphasis on industriali
zation, with the state blazing
the path and private enter
prise following suit. Results
so far have been little less
than phenomenal.
The big turn came in 1957,
with a law under which state
controlled companies, making
up half of Italy's heavy in-
JENKINS
Missions. The job of building
it took 19 years. It was finish
ed and consecrated on Dec. 7,
1806.
rTHEN
-- On Pec. 8, 1812, it was
practically destroyed by a vio
lent earthquake. The glory of
the towering church thus end
ed in disaster after a life of
only six yeara and three
months.
tK)R roughly a century, the
Jewel of the Missions lay
in ruins. But in the early
1900's sentiment for restora
tion of the missions began to
rise in California. In 1910,
Father John O'Sullivan ar
rived at San Juan Capistrano.
From then until his death in
1933, he labored unceasingly
to preserve and restore the
ruins entrusted to his care.
By the time of his death,
Mission San Juan Capistrano
had been re-created to about
the form in which it now
stands. No one who sees it
can fail lo be deeply impress
ed by its beauty and charm.
If you haven't seen it, you'd
better pay it a visit the next
time you are in Southern Cali
fornia. You will be well re
warded for your time.
CO much for the old mission
and its background. Let's
now get back to the swallows.
In his fascinating book. The
Franciscan Missions of Cali
fornia. John Berger says:
"The gardens and the ruins
are alive with birds of many
types. But these birds merely
form the background for the
famous flichte n' th swallows.
Wilh a rem'-rlty that has be
come 'r7cndary, a small
fcuao.jn of scouts announce
""'i spring the imminent ap
proach of the main body of
migrants. Punctually, for
more than a century and a
half, so the legend relates, on
Saint Joseph's day, March 19,
the main flock sweeps in from
the ocean In such numbers
that, like a cloud, they darken
the whole patio. They lose no
time in settling themselves in
their mud nests scattered
along fh corners and arches.
"Then, with equal regular
ity, the visitors depart on Saint
John's day, Oct. 23. So de
pendable are the perennial ar
rival and departure that
crowds of visitors annually
witness the a c c a m panying
fiesta, for which a colorful
background is supplied by the
natives of the mission village,
who deck themselves out in
the red and yellow costumes
of the Old Spanish days. The
uninterrupted precision of this
religious miracle has never
been effectually explained."
TN view of
this legend, Cal
Bowles' statement
to the
News-Review that the swal
lows arrive unfailingly at his
home in Oakland, in Southern
Oregon, each year on the 1 5th
day of March li Interesting.
and votes Democratic In presi
dential elections. This doesn't
make any sense, but that it
the way it is.
In this situation, the South
has some political inriueiv.
for its conservative convic
tions in Congress. The South
has little influence, sometime
none, in presidential politics.
This works to the advantage
of the Democratic party which
gets a free ride from Southern
voters in presidential elec
tions and depends on con
servative Southern voters to
establish and to maintain
Democratic control of Con
gress and its committees.
There is nothing for Repub
licans or Southern conserva
tives in all this except the un
avoidable opportunity to im
prove in the North the politi
cal situation of the Democratit
party.
Southern
dustry, were to devote at least
40 per cent of their new In
vestment to the south.
Industry Minister Emilia
Colombo told Parliament last
month that state and privat
industrial investment in th
south during 1960 totalled be
tween $550 and $640 million
dollars.
That figure probably wilt
be exceeded in 1961, Invest
ments in the next five years
may total $4 billion, providing
jobs for a half million work
ers. In the port city of Taranto,
a state-controlled company is
building a $320 million steel
mill. Private interests are ap
plying for space in the Taran
to industrial area.
In Bari, a precision equip
ment factory is to go up, along
with tobacco, beer and auto
repair plants.
Methane gas, credited with
a major role in Italy's general
prosperity, has been discover
ed in Ferrandina in the instep
of the Italian boot. New plants
going up in what had been
Italy's poorest region will
supply jobs for 6,000 workers.
Grain Surplus on
Senate Agenda
Washington (UPD The Sen
ale is today expected to ap
prove a compromise version
of President Kennedy's pro
gram to cut down th feed
grain surplus.
The bill, designed to trim
surpluses by raising support
prices for farmers who cut
their acreage by 20 per cent or
more, was passed by th
Hous Tuesday.
It was worked out in a joint
conference committee after
both chambers originally pass
ed differing versions. It re
tains th major provisions of
the bill the administration
presented.
In general, the bill offers
farmers higher price supports
if they cut their feed grain
acreage by 20 per cent. A
further 20 per cent reduction
-a total of 40 per cent-would
be paid for in feed grain.
Agriculture Secretary Or
ville L. Freeman, who would
administer the bill, says h
would raise the support pric
for corn from its present $1.0
per bushel to $1.20.
UPI Newspicfure
System Improved
New York-mPIl-United Press
International has activated an
improved system of wired pic
ture transmission which gave
newspaper and television sub
scribers on its 32,000-mil
U.S. - Canadian newspictur
network photographs of high
er fidelity, sharpness, and
clarity, .
The change represents a
half - million - dollar improve
ment program in equipment
and methods. It is the result
of an eight-year effort of th
UPI engineering department
to achive finer definition in
news photographs serviced by
wire.
The improvement includes
better separation of half-tonts
resulting in more faithful
tonal reproduction of light
and shadow.
Yturri Mentioned
As Foe for Morse
Portland-JWn - Stat Sen.
Thomas R. Mahoney Tuesday
mentioned Senate minority
leader Anthony Yturri R
Ontario) as a possible Repub
lican candidate against U. S.
Senator Wayne Morse in 1962.
Mahoney told the Down
town Kiwanis Club "if you
are looking for a candidate to
oppose the senior senator from
Oregon you might do worse
than pick Sen. Yturri."
Mahoney, a Democrat, al.
predicted that Gov. Mark Hat
field may be on the national
Republican ticket In the near
future.
Both Mahoney and Yturri
appeared her to discuss th
current legislative picturiA