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Medford and Jackaon County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 30, 1952 (Wednesday)
Gov. Adlal Stevenson of
Illinois was scheduled to be
a Medford visitor briefly to
day; he has reservations on
the southbound United Air
lines plane leaving here at
5:25 p. m.
Dale Newton, who operates
a printing establishment on
Pacific highway, today Iden
tified himself as the one who
sponsored the "How Do You
Like the Smudge?" advertise
ment which appeared in the
Mail Tribune last week.
20 YEARS AGO
April 30, 1942 (Thursday)
Medford city otticials re
port start of construction of
Camo White has brought
cilv's nomilation to more than
1B.00O. compared with 1940
census of 11,281.
From Arthur Perryy's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "GasO'
line is being rationed In these
parts but there is still enough
for lively wrecks and fender
hustings."
30 YEARS AGO
April 30, 1932 (Saturday)
Woman claiming to be se
cret service Operative SMS
36 creates bedlam In county
jail by throwing chairs at the
walls and screaming.
Final tabulation of Literary
Digest's "Prohibition Poll"
shows residents of 46 slates
favor repeal; Kansas and
North Carolina only slates
voting "dry."
40 YEARS AGO
April 30. 1922 (Sunday)
Final Jackson county voter
registration figures for 1922
show 7,948 Republicans, 2.
874 Democrats, 133 Socialists
and 94 Prohibitionists.
Five members of Medford
American Legion post resign
when organization fails to
condemn "law violations" by
Ku Klux Klan.
SO YEARS AGO
April 30. 1912 (Monday)
Members of Medford Suff
rage cluh banned from using
city library for meetings; wo
man plan to fight library
board decision.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct li auptrier;
seven or eight is excellent; five er
six ll good.
1. Moonlight is only reflect
ed sunlight, true or false?
2. The prehistoric mam
moth most nearly resembles
the present-day bear, lion, or
elephant?
3. Was burning at the
stake, or hanging, the usual
mode of punishment for the
witches of Salem, Mass.?
4. Would a geriatrician most
likely specialize In diseases
of children, or aged persons?
5. Would you expect tn ob
tain malic, cilric, or suphur.
ic acid in lemon juice?
6 Is it the lion, or the ti
ger, that is called the king
of beasts?
7
correct the following,
"Neither of the girls prac
liced their lessons."
8. Helena is the capital of
which state?
9. When women use a hen
na rinse, does it give blond,
brunette, or reddish hair tint?
in. Are U S. destroyers
named for cities, states or
naval heroes?
Answers: 1. True, 2 Ele
phant. 3. Hanging. 4. Aged
parsons. S. Citric. 8. Lion. 7.
" . . . practiced her lesson."
I. Montana, 9. Reddish. 10.
Nival heroes. '
MONDAY. APRIL 30. 1IB2
Laws Equal Liberty
(Editor's note: The following editorial, which first
appeared in Crater Comments, of Crater High school,
was first place winner in the local Bar Association's
Law Day editorial contest for high school students. It
written by Mary Clare Stuart, at senior at Crater,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stuart, 2650 Beall
Lane, Central Point.)
Without law we would have more personal
and political libery. This is the sound of voices
raised against our laws.
It's true without laws we would have the
liberty to sit in our houses and pray that no one
would steal from us, assault us, or murder us. We
would have the liberty to drive our cars any
where, at any speed, and anyway we wanted. We
could walk on the grass, pick all the flowers in
the park and do exactly as we please.
lhere is only problem: 11 we did all these
things so would all the rest of the people. Soon
there would be no more grass or flowers in the
parks; there would be car wrecks blocking the
streets; there would be murders, and all decent
people would be afraid to leave their homes, or
stay in them.
The law is a protective shield and once in a
while, if it treads on our toes, just think what
the world would be like without it! M.S.
Fiasco
Recently we reported on the fiasco of the
Kerr-Mills medical assistance plan in West Vir
ginia, where doctors turned the program into a
costly shambles by profiteering on specialist
fees and prescriptions.
faced with financial
thorities had to cut benefits to a point where
they are almost meaningless to the indigent and
ailing older citizens who were supposed to be
aided by the program.
What is the record
program in Oregon?
It has been in effect
the first report has been made public. There are
no indications of profiteering or abuses by doc
tors but that's about
program's success.
IN FIVE months, administrative costs of the
Ol'flrrnn npnrrroin 1-i.nm linan 190 ftHft ttrliila
benefits paid out in
$112,000.
And less than 4,000
rolled in this program
administer than it has paid
t his is the program hailed by the American
Medical Association as a "superior substitute"
for the King-Anderson bill health care for the
aged under the Social Security system.
THERE are two things wrong with the Kerr
Mills program, enacted by the Eisenhower Ad
ministration in an effort to stave off the Social
Security approach to medical care :
1 Its benefits are only given as charity to
those who are willing to take a degrading
"pauper's oath."
2 It doesn't work.
If you want health care in your retirement
years as a matter of right (not charity) under
social security, write to
senators and tell them
aerson dhi.
Recent news reports
passing the King-Anderson bill in this session of
Congress look brighter every day. Your letters can
help make it a reality. Oregon Labor Press.
Let Them Strike
Some strikes harm only the conuianies and
workers directly involved.
convenience to the public and often result in a
holdup of the poor unorganized consumer.
It assessing strikes, we try to keep hands off
the former kind. And we ti-v to renrpsent the
public interest in the latter. But we almost never
point to a strike situation and cheer.
In Britain, however, a strike has been threat
ened that we heartily endorse. We hope the work
ers waiK on the job lorever u their penny-pinching
employers refuse to triple the wage. And we
hope the employers hold out forever to prevent
their grasping workers from bankrupting the
business.
Yes, we favor the threatened strike of the
television wrestlers. Salem Capital .Journal.
Bottles
The roadside beauty crowd, may their tribe
increase, express concern about a relatively new
development in beer the "no deposit, no re
fund'' bottle. This, the anti-litterbugs say, is an
open invitation to beer drinkers to litter the land
scape with their empties. And bottles, the few
that don't break, can lie around hundreds of
years, just waiting for tires and bare feet.
A country as wonderful as this, a country that
talks seriously about luittinir a man on the moon.
ought to think of something. The Salem Capital
Journal wondei-s about a plastic that will remain
firm as long as it's moist on the inside, but will
Ishrivel and blow away when it dries.
E ALREADY have the forerunner of the ideal
TT beer bottle. It's the plastic milk carton, so
handy for starting fires. Perhaps this is the line
along which researchers should work, (let that
carton tight enough to keep the fizz in beer anil
cheap enough, too, and the problem is solved.
The industry could advertise, "Dead soldiers
start fine campfires."- Eugene Kegistcr-Guard.
ruin. West Virginia au
of the same Kerr-Mills
here for five months, and
all you can say for the
the same period were
Orecon citizens are en
which has cost more to
in benefits.
your concxessman and
you want the King-An-
sav that the chances of
Others are of exeat in
Dennis the Menace
1 A j
'SoMesopYm to puy in our wrd!
wui i-tNU: it wejvtf"
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper: in fact the contrary Is often the case.
Political Participation
To the Editor: Reference is
often made in news stories,
concerning political meetings
to the small attendance of
such events. Even though it is
often embarrassing to us can
didates to have the public
know how small our political
meetings usually are, it is in
the public interest that they
should know this fact.
The people have, in Oregon,
an excellent record in show
ing themselves to be intelli
gent and concerned voters.
But they leave too many po
litical decisions in the hands
of a very few persons who are
interested in the activities of
parties and committees. The
strength and wisdom of De
mocracy lies in the active po
litical involvement of a large
proportion of the people, yet
the number of those interest
ed seems to be growing small
er each year. If this state of
affairs continues, it is possible
that our freedom of political
choice may someday be jeop
ardized. , I urge the people of our Dis
trict to inform themselves
continually about activities of
political candidates and about
their points of view on all is
sues. I further urge them to
lake part in the many commit
tee meetings, party gatherings
and discussions where de
cisions of great importance to
our government are made. Po
litical activity is the only
means by which the citizens
can translate their views into
positive action.
Robert W. Straub
State Senator,
Lane County
Eugene, Ore.
Power Lawn Mowers
To the Editor: Yesterday
afternoon I visited with My
Little Guy. He is 5 years old
and a very special friend.
Last Monday night, he got
mixed up with a power lawn
mower in a neighbor's yard.
It all happened so fast, no
one really knows what hap
pened, but. My Little Guy
had to have surgery and skin
grafting and now he has two
toes missing on his right foot.
Children have such keen
minds and inquisitive ones,
that adults have to be on their
toes every minute, when they
are around.
Not only power lawn mow
ers but all power tools are
dangerous for small children.
You can't be too careful.
This little boy only got his
feet mixed up this time, but
what about next time?
Every family that has child
ren should have a special in
surance to take care of acci
dents oilier titan their own.
ll happened once. It could
happen again. Next time, it
might tie your child. Who
knows1
A word to the wise should
be sufficient.
Lillian Green
2411 Sunset Court
Medford.
MacLaren School
To the Editor: If you know
nothing of V.acLaron School
don't knock it. They have Ihc j
best teachers in the state" ,
Thry have to he, for they arc !
dealing with boys who need
understanding, guidance and
learning, and encouraging In
it.
I was surprised, delighted ,
ami depressed upon seeing j
and visiting MacLaren school
Surprised at how home like
they try to make it and at li s
in crcrnw dodness. An exam
ple !ili hoys m a building
built to house "5 and at Ihc
two bright new buildings
being creeled, and at the
many young children there.
Pclighlrd at how well lhc
manage tn do, also wllh a
limited budget. They hae a
MEDFORD
full athletic program includ
ing a year round swim pool,
excellent guidance counselors,
a modern clinic for medical
care. To some boys MacLaren
is their first real home in the
sense of security.
I was especially depressed
that our son was here, it is a
blow akin to losing a loved
one in death. It wasn't only
for him though, but the
thought that In this bright
and promising land we must
have such places for our
youth.
There are two camps on the
Oregon Coast (forestry), an
extension of this school, one a
full work camp - that is, the
boys at this camp work a full
schedule, they are paid a
small wage, which is put in
to their account, they are al
lowed a dollar a week to
spend. The other is sent to
them upon their release.
The other forestry camp is
a half day work, half day
school arrangement. I've no
idea the ratio of rehabilita
tion, but, I do know this, most
of these boys can and will be
good citizens, given help and
encouragement at the proper
time.
I believe firmly that the
county should give deep and
profound thought to the estab
lishment of a camp here in
our county. Let's not let these
youngsters down, a strong
helping and guiding hand is
needed, or can you measure
Ihe value of human life in dol
lars and cents? And remem
ber, busy hands are one of the
best corrective measures.
Please, delete my name and
address. I do hope that peo
ple will know or learn a little
more about these agencies.
(Name on File)
Central Point, Ore.
Strictly Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
c) Field Enterprise. Inc.
DOES MAN DESERVE?
The biggest problem fac
ing the human race has noth
ing to do with Communism
or the atom bomb or the pop
ulation explosion or any of
the other popular forum top
ics. It is a problem that has
always been with us only
today, its consequences are
more threatening than ever
before. We can see it more
sharply; but we are no nearer
a solution.
And the problem is this:
that intellectual knowledge
is additive. while moral
knowledge is not. What this
means is that each genera
tion knows more than the
last, but acts no better.
Man is Ihe only learning
animal. Man's brain permits
him to store and transmit
knowledge through history.
My six-year-old boy knows
more about space than the
wisest man in the world did
500 years ago; whereas no
beaver or lion or horse knows
more than his grandfather
did.
Bui in terms of moral
knowledge the kind thai j
elfcetively makes our will'
turn toward the good -- we
are no further advanced than
men at the dawn of history.
What Jesus taught, or Lao-
Tsc. or Socrates, is still some-
w hat beyond our grasp; we .
may accept it in principle, but
repudiate it in fact
Hut if intellectual knowl-1
edge increases at a startling
ratio, and moral knowledge
remains at its antique lcel. !
it is evident that the more
control we achieve oer na
ture, the more capable we be-;
come of annihilating our
selves . Who would hand a j
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEOFORD.
Foreign News: Red Propaganda
French Strikes Expected; May Day Plans
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
Propaganda Campaign
The Bonn government main
tains that the Soviet Union
and East Germany soon will
launch a mas
sive hate-prop-g
a n d a cam
paign against
the Western
powers de
spite present
i-wj-i
I la ' I 1 8 n s to tne
I rl 1 contrary. The
I I campaign will
have three
Newtom main objec
tives, according to the West
Germans.
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
A JUDGE OUT WEST shot a puzzled look at a stout lady
being sworn in before him and asked, "Haven't you
appeared as a witness in this suit before?" "I have not,"
icwiiea mtr stout jaay
indignantly. "Last time I
had on my grey, pin
striped gabardine."
And in another court
room a district attorney
dropped charges when the
attorney for the defense
inarched his troupe of
witnesses into view. "You
won't catch me trying to
win against that bunch
of witnesses," said the D.
A. "I've used them my
self from time to time
and they're the best!"
When Wood row Wilson was President, he often, complimented
Author Oliver Herford, and, in fact, like to repeat Herford'a
better quips in his political speeches. This didn't please Herford
at all, because he considered Wilson a. political accident and a
piece of bad luck visited on a helpless populace. So the dedica
tion of Harford's next book, "This Giddy Globe," ran: "To Presi
dent Wilson: with all his faults he quotes me still."
"As soon as I finished acting In The Honeymoon Machine',"
confided rising starlet Brigid Bazlen, "I flew off on a vacation
to forget things and when I opened my suitcase, J discovered
that I had."
O 1962, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
Drummond Reports
(Walter Lippman is in Europe. Roscoe Drummond reports from
Washington in his abience.) (c) 1962 New York Herald Tribune Inc.
KENNEDY AND CONGRESS
Washington - Congress is at
its mid-point. Much of the
time this has looked like a do
little Congress. The appear
ance is deceptive. More has
been happening than meets
the eye. Important legislation
will be forthcoming in the
next two - and-a-half months.
The outlook is as follows:
Although President Ken
nedy will get only a small pro
portion of what he has asked,
he will get a large part of
what lie expects.
II will be a significant legis
lative record. From the stand
point of the Administration,
in the fall elections it will be
a politically valuable record.
Legislation cannot be meas
ured by the yard or by the
number of bills passed. It can
only be measured by its
quality and its importance.
Only one piece of legisla-
machine-gun to a moral idiot?
There is more hate and fear
and rivalry in the world to
day than there were during
Biblical days or during the
Greek and Roman eras. Along
with this, there is a far great
er capacity for destruction.
Wars used to be fairly local;
now every local war contains
the seeds of global disaster.
Can mankind he trusted
with its vast intellectual
knowledge? The answer
would seem to be "no." We
have not learned how to live
together, and we are not ex
ploring the means for doing
so. Instead, we are spending
most of our money and ener
gy on "defending" ourselves
and mutual fear and sus
picion keep both sides gear
erf for imminent war.
If Marx had never existed,
if Communism had never
swept over Russia, there
would he some other creed,
some other dogma, some oth
er eneniv. It is the iamn ni.t
confict, with different names;
and slogans.
Moral knowledge does not
seem to increase from gener
ation to generation. All we
learn from the past is to com-!
nut the same mistakes in I
greater volume and with
more permanent consequent j
es The final question may
well he does man deserve a
world" i
ADA NAMESCH AIRMAN !
Washington 4ft - Amen-
can for Democratic Action!
i a n , c I.... .... I
........ uiiuh, riccieo jonn r
Roche, chairman of the de
partment of polities at Bran
dels university, as Its national
chairman. Mrs. Eleanor Roo
sevelt was named ADA honor
ary chairman.
OREGON
inese win De to "prove
the Western powers have bro
ken the Yalta and Potsdam
agreements, to "prove" that
West Germany has treated the
judgments of the Nurenberg
military tribunals as being
without legal validity, and to
"prove" that West Germany
leans towara lascism
French Strikes
A rash of strikes on various
French labor fronts may be
confidently predicted for the
summer. New Premier Geor
ges Pompidou introduced his
government last week with
nice words about the worker
getting a better share in the
higher standard of living. He
also promised a general talk
on wages and salaries at the
Stop Me
tion has been enacted into law
since January - the Manpower
Retraining Act designed to
help the unemployed acquire
new skills. To some this has
looked as though both House
and Senate were standing
still. Congress has thus far
been relatively quiet on the
floor. Where bills are passed,
but busy in its committees
where legislation Is shaped.
From the standpoint of its
ability to lead and persuade
the Congress, the Kennedy ad
ministration will stand or fall
this year on the fate of the
President's "Big Three" bills:
the trade expansion program,
medical care for the aged, and
tax reform. The prospects for
all three are favorable.
Trade Bill - The objective
is to give the President au
thority to negotiate reciprocal
trade arrangements so that
the U. S. will be in a better
position to compete in the
European Common Market.
Unexpectedly wide support
and little opposition have de
veloped. Organized protec
tionist sentiment has not been
strongly apparent. Most busi
nessmen and most Congress
men appear convinced that a
sound working relationship
with the Common Market is
desirable.
Health Bill - The objective
is to provide financial assist
ance through Social Security
to help elderly citizens get
medical care. This looked
wishful last January when 15
of the 25-man House Ways
and Means Committee were
opposed. But the White House
has been winning some Demo
cratic and Republican re
cruits. There is now a better
than even chance that it will
pass, perhaps along the lines
of a measure fashioned by
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of
New York. This would re
move the element of compul
sion; that is, if the recipient
did not wish medical care, he
could take the money instead.
This would be money con
tributed through a ' of 1 per
cent increase in the Social Se
curity tax.
Tax Bill - The objective is
to provide a t?x incentive to
enable American industry to
carry out a modernization of
plant and equipment in order
to compete more effectively in
world markets and thus pro
vide more jobs. The proposal
by the Kennedy administra
tion is a 7 per cent tax credit
to business for this kind of
capital investment. Most busi
nessmen would prefer a dif
ferent method - a liberalized
depreciation allowance - but
many conservatives in Con
gress w ill support the Admin
istration bill if no hettcr al
ternative is attainable.
If the Republicans are alert,
they can earn and claim a (air
part of the credit for much of
this legislation. They re-shaped
the Manpower Retraining
end of the summer. But the
labor unions are not likely
to wait that long.
Moscow Capers
The Soviet Union will cele
brate May Day Tuesday with
the usual Red Square mili
tary parade in Moscow, but
observers are betting the gen
eral emphasis will be on in
ternal affairs and foreign pol
icy. The usual statements from
Soviet leaders are expected
to be relatively mild, reflect
ing what appears to be cur
rent Kremlin tactics to place
an aura of hope around the
prospects for a Berlin settle
ment and perhaps an eventual
summit.
Vietnameie War
Observers in Saigon
are
Washington Report
By William
(cl United Feature Syndicate
PROFOUND MEANING
Washington - Operation
commonsense has succeeded
operation hope-and-maybe at
1 the present
heart and cen
ter of Amer
ican foreign
and military
policy.
This is the
profound, cen
tral meaning
o f President
Kennedy's re
sumption o f
nuclear testing, with total Re
publican support, so as to
maintain intact the free
world's one ultimate shield-
American superiority in atom
ic weapons.
But there are other and
less obvious meanings as well.
Item: This country has de
cided to put its last faith in
honest realism rather than in
"image-making" to please
world opinion." Item: This
country has decided that prop
aganda should follow but not
control policy itself. Item:
This country has decided that
while we wish other peoples
to continue to like us, we can
not longer risk the safety of
this nation - and the safety
of other peoples, including
some now "protesting" our ac
tion - by a so-called morator
ium on testing already long
since broken by the Soviet
Union.
UE HAVE waited and wait
" ed and appealed and ne
gotiated, in the face of more
than 40 Russian blasts after
the armistice they dishonored.
At long last, we have acted.
The effect here is bracing,
to all but those pacifists and
half-pacifists who have con
vinced themselves that be
cause fallout from tests is
bad we can somehow just for
get the infinitely worse al
ternative of an earth over
shadowed by predominant So
viet atomic power.
They have warned of all
sorts of dreadful political con
sequences to our "image"
abroad, and so on, but this
curious fact remains: men
who ought really to know
something about political con
sequences, the politicians
themselves, have been at the
forefront in urging the presi
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Hodgepodge in the news:
British Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan, speaking last
week in New York to about
1800 persons at the annual
dinner of the Bureau of Ad
vertising of the American
Newspaper Publishers as
sociation, put it this way:
"President Kennedy's de
cision to resume nuclear tests
in the atmosphere is a TRAG
EDY." But
He then added
"The world must realize
that the responsibility for the
tragedy is not President Ken
nedy's. IT IS KHHUSH
CHEV'S." Not a bad crack.
It's the plain truth.
ll'HAT to do about it?
" Prime Minister Macmil
lan offered this advice to the
West:
"Be firm, but patient. Nev
er YIELD, and never give
ground But never take PRO
VOCATIVE action ourselves.
If the Free World follows
Act and helped pass it. Re
publican votes will be essen
tial to pass the trade expan
sion bill and the tax bill.
Mr. Kennedy has showered
upon Congress a veritable
rainstorm of requests-24 mes-1
sages and more than 40 legis-1
lativc proposals, some of them I
to furbish his "liberal image."
But the President continues
to keep his eye on the politi
cal renter where his three big
bills, trade, medical care, and
tax reform, are at stake. If he j
wins these three, he w ill have
done W'ell. j
Campaign;
convinced from on-the-scene
inspection and from Commu
nist pronouncements that the
battle against the Reds in
South Viet Nam will be a
long, bitter and expensive one.
It appears unlikely that Red
North Viet Nam and Commu
nist China will willingly sac
rifice the Communist rebel
movement. In fact, there are
indications that the rebels are
getting even more foreign help
than before.
Diplomatic Machinery
Look for President Kenne
dy and British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan to set up
diplomatic machinery for con
tinuous negotiations with the
Russians over the next few
months. Macmillan is the driv.
ing force behind this idea.
S. White
dent to go back to testing.
CTRONG support for his de-
cision has, of course, coma
from the military in the Pent
agon. But it has come in no
degree less from the elected
politicians in congress, In both
parties.
The Republican leaders have
been at the president's ear
for more than a year urging
just such a course. So have r
Democrats of high and low
station, fhe joint congr-ssion-al
committee on atomic en
ergy - every man of it a pol
itician from way back - has
said repeatedly to Mr. Ken
nedy only one thing: "Go on
with it." Senator Henry M.
Jackson of Washington, for
one, said just that to him on
the very day of his inaugura
tion as president.
Among those who said
"don't do it" was United Na
tions ambassador Adlai Stev
enson - though Stevenson's
superior. Secretary of State
Dean Rusk, was on the side
of test resumption. Another
was the president's chief sci
entific adviser, Jerome Wies
ner, OUT, even putting aside the
" basic and mortal matter of
this country's security, are
such men wiser, on political
questions, than the whole mas
sive rank of professional poli
ticians who advised the presi
dent to go ahead, "image" or
no "image?" This correspond
ent, recognizing the complete
decency if extraordinary
logic - of the "don't do it"
people, thinks that even in
political terms they will turn
out wrong.
For a favorable "image,"
if "image" we simply must
have, cannot long last unless
it has one ingredient even
more priceless than the
world's liking. This is the
world's respect
This being so, the greatest
hope of all from our renewal
of testing - somber though,
thac necessity is - is the hope
that as : nation we are done
for good with any idea that
we can kiss off any of our
manifest responsibilities on
this world simply because
those responsibilities will in
evitably carry pains and per
ils. JENKINS
this policy, trie Russians - in
maybe one, maybe two gen
erations, maybe MORE - will
be ready for a better peace
than the one preserved by
MUTUAL FEAR."
He's probably not far from
right.
FROM New York:
The nation's two largest
steel producers. United States
Steel and Bethlehem, were
indicted last week along with
two smaller firms on federal
charges of RIGGING BIDS
and FIXING PRICES on steel
forgings.
IHfAT is to say:
The government says these
units of the steel industry
have fixed prices and rigged
bids. It adds that they MUST
NOT fix prices and rig bids.
Fixing prices and rigging
bids, when done by business
concerns, are AGAINST THE
LAW because they amount to
MONOPOLY, and a monop
oly of business is illegal.
But
The unions with which the
steel manufacturers must deal
in arriving at the price they
must pay for labor - their
largest item of cost - also fix
prices and rig bids.
The government says they
CAN do it. because a monop
oly of labor IS LEGAL.
IN OTHER words:
The law permits monopoly
of labor but forbids monop
oly of business. In these mod
ern days, that doesn t seem to
make sense. One can't escape
the conclusion that if monop
oly is wrong on one side of
the fence it is also wrong on
the other side of the fence.