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o . MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MONDAY. MAY 7, 1962 J Fears Rampant on Both Sides as JFK's Trade Bill Hears Congress By VINCENT J. BURKE Washington - (UPB - Pocket book fears have gripped both sides in the impending con gressional struggle over Presi dent Kennedy's trade bill. Seldom has there been such widespread concern among American business, labor and farm groups. Many of them fear that prospective changes In the pattern of world trade threaten them with serious economic injury. The bill is now pending in the House Ways and Means committee. Democratic strate gists are trying to draft a re vised version capable of at trading the votes needed for House passage without any amendments. The legislation would em power the President to elimi nate all U.S. tariff duties on some items and to lower tar iffs on the rest by as much as 50 per cent. The tariff-abolishing author Ity would be restricted almost entirely to items for which the United States and the Eu ropean Common Market to gether account for 80 per cent of the free world's imports. The authority would be used by the President to nego tiate similar concessions from European and other countries. The tariff -cutting power greater than that granted any previous president would be available for five years. Twelve times in the last 28 years Congress has delegated tariff-cutting powers to the President. Request Unprecedented The big differences this time are that (1) Kennedy is asking for unprecedented au thority; and (2) Many of the groups supporting the admin istration bill are fearful they SUMMER SECRETARIAL COURSES A secretariat course this sum mer can raise your pay! Whether or not you have stud ied secretarial skills previously, whether you plan to go to a four-year college or expect to marry soon, there is a Secre tarial program sure to benefit you. Write or phone today for particulars on business posi tions and summer courses. Classes Begin July 2 ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SP 3-4264 40 No. Riverside, Medford r . A v JkS " A ?f ,svv Jz&rt - USES NEW METHOD Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker tries his hand at a fire fighting method recommended for fires in industrial laboratories. He is applying sand through glove port of a type of protective glove box used in laboratories at the Atomic Energy Commission's Hanford Works. Ap proximately 210 firemen from various Pa cific Northwest cities and from as far away as Maryland, Hawaii and Arizona toured the Hanford plutonium plant recently. will suffer pocketbook losses unless it is passed. As usual, employers and workers in import -sensitive industries are concerned they will be hurt if the President is empowered to remove or lower tariff barriers to in crease the flow of foreign goods into this country. They oppose the bill. The new element is that many business and farm groups engaged in production for export are convinced they may be facing the loss of ma jor foreign markets. They want the President to be giv en tariff-cutting powers to ne gotiate a better access for their products in Europe's new Common Market. The administration says frankly that the fears of both sides are justified. It has rejected the myth to which previous administra tions paid lip service that trade restrictions can be effec tively reduced in internation al negotiations without caus ing serious injury to some do mestic producers. Conceding there will be in jury, the administration has proposed a program of "trade adjustment" to help displaced workers train for new jobs and help the import-damaged firms get into new businesses. Notes Serious Threat The administration has warned that the Common Market poses a serious threat to continued shipment of U.S. grains and many manufactur ed products to Western Eu rope, unless the market's com mon external tariffs are low ered. This is so because the "in ternal" tariffs existing be tween Germany, France, Italy and other Common Market countries are scheduled ulti mately to drop to zero. Protectionists have chal lenged the administration's contention that a lowering of the transatlantic trade restric tions will create far more new jobs for Americans through exports than will be lost through imports. The administration con tends that tearing down of the transatlantic tariff walls would promote U.S. prosper ity by giving U.S. producers access to a vast new mass market in Europe. But opponents reply that it is wishful thinking to believe the United States car compete effectively in foreign mar kets against foreigners who now have access to modern machinery and mass produc tion techniques nd the bene fits of lower wages. Urge Further Protection What is needed to meet these new post World War II conditions, they contend, is greater protection of the do mestic market for American producers. Foes of the President's pro gram have expressed sharp resentment over the broad support given the President on this issue by the American j pr Rep. Tom V. Moorhead (R-Of.-u; .-s cumpi.-iueu mui po litical cartoonists depict pro tectionists "as greedy fat" cats luxuriating atop towering tar iff walls that bar the entry of Winema Area Roads In Mountains Open Klamath Falls The Che mult Ranger district of the Winema National forest re ported some of the main roads in the north end of the forest are dry and open to traffic. The Three Creeks rd. and Williamson River rd. are open to the Jackson Creek guard station. Bear Flat rd. is open to the Silver Lake rd. which is open from Highway 97 to Silver lake. The Rock Creek rd. is open to Davis flat. The higher roads in the panhandle area next to Crater Lake National park and in the Miller lake area are still covered with snow or are too wet to travel, rangers said. foreign products and victimize the consumer. "... I have never seen a 'fat cat' in my district," he added. "I have known many lean ones who are out of busi ness today because foreign products have come over the low tariff walls that still ex ist." Democratic strategists work ing on the bill now in the Ways and Means committee are trying to find ways to pla cate various interests. The "trade adjustment" pro vision has presented them with a dilemma. Some House conservatives who otherwise would support the legislation vow they will oppose any new federal aid program for work ers. Leaders of the AFL-CIO on the other hand, have in sisted that inclusion of the provision as the price for its support of the administration program. Fisher Plans Tour of Foyrth District Area Eugene -A campaign tour covering Jackson, Linn, Jose phine and southern Lane coun ties has been scheduled this week by State Rep. Carl Fish er, Eugene .GOP candidate for the fourth district seat in Con gress. He will spend Monday in Linn county and Tuesday will participate in a tour of the Sand Dunes area sponsored by the Florence Chamber of Com merce. He will be in Jackson coun ty all day Wednesday and Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon he will be in Grants Pass. On Friday Fisher will campaign in the Lane county area. Charter Group May Not Be Reappointed Salem - IUPII - There were some indications Saturday that Marion county's home rule charter committee won't be reappointed when the members' terms run out in October. Last week the charter study drew the fire of two of Marion county's three county court members - commissioners Pat McCarthy and Henry Ahrens. The study was defended, how ever, by the third court mem ber, Judge Rex Hartley. McCarthy said he isn't sure he will vote for reappoint ment of the nine member charter group. He said that 2V4 years "is long enough" and the committee should have presented a proposed charter by now, Ahrens said he is undecided about whether to vote for reappointment. BICYCLES & TRICYCLES REPAIRED Large Stock Tires and Parts Many Foreign Bike Parts SIMS CYCLE & HOBBY SHOP 23 North Fir SP 2-2472 Children Improve At Lake Oswego Portland -ll!PI- The most severely injured of four Lake Oswego children who were beaten by a :ender youth was on the road to recovery to day. Police continued to search for the children's attacker. Marsha Foley, 12. was re moved from the critical list at a Portland hospital during the week end. The conditions of her small brother and sister were listed as good. Anothe victim did not require hospi talization. The attack occurred last Wednesday at Lake Oswego near the children's homes. Po lice said it was an unprovok ed assault. A possible suspect in th( beating who was picked up rnday night by police at Ore- gon City was cleared Satur day. X HARRY E. HAWK Republican Candidate for COUNTY JUDGE Decisive Progressiva Pd Pol. Adv. by Harry Hawk 1 163 Bellvitw Ave., Ashland United flights from Medford connect with United jets East Morning and evening flights connect in Portland with United jets to more cities in the East than any other airline. Also convenient connections with United jets to California, Call United Air Lines, SP 3-6233, or your TYavcl Agent. THE EXTRA CARE AIRLINE UNITED 'aw. i.m OUT THEY ' "I?; hT GO! g ALL SPRING COATS and SUITS YOU SIMPLY MUST NOT MISS OUR COAT AND SUIT SALE . . . this is the season when "little" coats and suits are truly a hit . . . 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