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Luce Testifies0 for Initial Call on Northwest Power Washington- ll'PD -Congress was told Monday that if the Pacific Northwest is not given first call on federal power produced there some of its industrial plants might be closed. Bonneville Power Adminis trator Charles F. Luce so testified before the Senate reclamation subcommittee on ' Denau oi legislation to give the Northwest such priority. Bonneville has asked for the legislation to meet ob jections to proposed extra high voltage transmission lines to carry surplus power from Columbia river dams as far south as Los Angeles. 'Doesn't Make Sense' Luce said the legislation Is needed to prevent Califor nia preference customers from getting a firm claim on Pacific Northwest power at the expense of private cus tomers in the northern area. "It doesn't make sense to shut down an aluminum plant at Vancouver, Wash., to serve a preference custom a thou sand miles away," Luce said. Interior Committee Chair man Clinton P. Anderson, (D-N.M.) indicated he agreed with the view but expressed doubt that the legislation is needed. Federal Power Commis sioner Joseph C. Swidlcr ap peared before the committee to give grudging approval to the legislation, which he said might be needed in order to assure construction of the proposed Pacific Northwest California intertie. LJLr?.( AUTOMATION WIPING OUT 200.000 JOBS A YEAR Automation of our country's production facilities will wipe out a minimum of 200,000 jobs each year during this decade. This is a minimum of what the economists call "discm ployment, decreases in employment associated with in creased productivity" or, putting it in plain words, a measure of tne jobs lost when modernized factories can turn out the same amount of goods with fewer workers. It is a minimum because the estimate docs not reflect the dis omployment which occurs when obsolete plants shut down or transfer their activities to another updated plant. Nor docs it reflect the discmploymcnt which occurs when plants or industries lose markets to more progressive competitors, to new products, to new materials. It is a chilling projection which dramatizes the magni tude of the employment problem we're facing in this era and which warns us we must get down to the core of the matter, find the ways to speed our economy's growth, take the steps necessary to achieve this. At the 21sl American Assembly, devoted this time to "Automation and Technological Change" and held at Arden Mouse, New York, recently, Ewan Clague. Commissioner of Labor Statistics, and Leon Greenberg, Chief of the BLS Division on Technological Developments, submitted a back ground paper in which the 200,000 a year estimate of dis cmploymcnt appears. Clague and Greenberg based it on exhaustive studies of what increased productivity arising from technilogical changes has done to jobs in past periods. In 1953-59, a period 'of slow growth in our economy, auto mation displaced 1,131,000 production workers in manu facturing, or about 200,000 a year. In 1947-57, a period of rapid growth, automation displaced 883,000 workers in manu- jactunng, or nearly au.uuo a calculations, they came to the In Clague's and Grcenberg's words, "Gross National Prod uct must grow enough to take care of the nearly 3,000,000 jobs accounted for annually by the over-all growth in pro ductivity plus the new entrants to the labor force." Our economy is not growing enough to do this now. This is only part of the problem, of course. While hun dreds of thousands of jobs are disappearing, the new jobs opening up are changing, the opportunities are shifting. As Clague and Greenberg say. we already know from "the long wcep of industrial-occupational changes that have occurred in the last 50 years," that the farm is no longer a job haven for millions, that mining has declined in importance, that the automobile has cut into jobs in public transportation, etc. What we are witnessing and will continue to witness is a long-term shift from blue-collar to white-collar types of jobs. 'I'he proportion of farm workers will decline further. There will be increases in opportunities tor skilled workers, slight declines in opportunities for the semi-skilled, sharp declines In opportunities for the unskilled. Training and retraining these will become the passwords to the job market in the years ahead. As one illustration, Clague and Greenberg mention the electronic computer, which is now making rapid inroads in offices and factories where large numberi of clerical workers are employed. The computer, he emphaiiiei, could have "very serious implications" for young women employ ed as clerical workers, will displace men with clerical and semi-professional skills, too. The "great need for train ing or retaining for new kinds of occupations" is obvious. Tho rinmrnsinns of the Droblem must be grasped. We must speed our growth. We must provide for training and and regulations. I still try to retraining, upgrade the education of our labor force across 1 live up to the terms of my the board. We must overhaul our tax system to spur, scout oath, modernization of our plants so we can compete aggressively But when I rpad that high in ih world markets. We must do intensive research to discover where the jobs will be and what they'll demand of workers. It was on Feb. 15. 19H2, that President Kennedy said "the major domestic challenge of the 1960s is to maintain full employment at a time when automation is replacing men." He said it-now on with the action. CUTTER REPELLENT New cream formula is concentrated so that a little SH goes a long, long way. Non-greasy, non-sticky. Pleav ant-smcUing, easy to use. Comes in a pocket sue, unbreakable flask. "In principle we are against j regional preferences because they stand in the way of best uses of the nation's resources in the interests of the whole country," he said. The only outspoken critic of the legislation was Rep. Charles S. Gubser (R-Calif). Gubser said the bill would give private industry in the Pacific Northwest priority over California preference customers. The latter, he con tended, had a "superior right" to the Bonneville power. The California Republican said if the bill is passed he would introduce legislation "to provide California power consumers the same right to Northwest Power that this bill gives to the Northwest cus tomers." Auto Crash Kills K. Falls Youth Weed, Calif.- WPD -Gregory Will Bernard, 19. Klamath Falls, Ore., was killed and two other persons injured Monday when a car driven by Bernard failed to make a curve and plunged over an embankment. California Slate Police said the accident occurred on High way 97 some 10 miles north of here. A frost-covered road was blamed for the accident. Hospitalized was Gary Lew is Mattos, 20, and Larry Gene Ash, 19. Both are of Klamath Falls. Mattos was reported in serious condition. Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc. year. By a series oi painsiamng projection for the future INSECT "IStCl HfftUNT BUS DRIVER'S HOBBY Roy Harnden, one of Lone Pine school's bus drivers, holds some of his embroidery work. He has de veloped the making of pillowcases, aprons s-Zf - - FANCY PILLOWCASE This closeup shows the design Roy Harnden, Lone Pine school bus driver, embroidered on a pillowcase, School Bus By DOT SIMMONS Mail Tribune Correspondent Lone Pine-Roy Harnden, one of Lone Pine school's bus drivers, spends many of his spare moments making pil lowcases, aprons and scarves. The aprons are emborider ed and have been made with out sewing other than cross stitch embroidery, Harnden developed this hob by one day when he saw an Dictatorial Attitude Neighbor Catches Dick West Disobeying By DICK WEST Washington-IUPD-Amone the newer developments in the exterior decorating field is a quick - drying latex house paint that en ables the user to wash his brushes with soap and wa ter. This is a b i g improve ment and I can under stand whv the companies that make this type of paint are proud of their product and want it to be used in a manner that will provide the best results. But one of the companies has taken what I regard as a rather dictatorial attitude about this. On the lid of the can it has printed in large red letters the following edict: "Use this unusual new paint as directed or please don't use it at all." Now in all of this far land I doubt that you can find any one more tractable than I am. I believe in obeying the rules Officer Returns From Conference Lt. Lyle C. Perkins, head of the oetective division of the Medford city police de - partment returned to Medford 'Ifi Sunday after spending last at the Central Illinois contcr wcek dt the annual Western ence at MacMurray college, States Crime Conference in I Jacksonville, 111., in 1050. Tacoma, Wash. As a student minister he Perkins was a coordinator ! served at Marqnam, Ore., for of the conference, which was ! two terms while attending attended bv law enlorcemcnt ! Willamette university and officers from if wester states and Canada. 0 Among several prominent guest speakers at the confer - ence was Frank C. Ramon, chief of the Seattle police de - partment. 1, 0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON . - JuJL ' J c and scarves as a hobby. He saw an apron he liked one day and set about to make one similar to it. The hobby grew from this beginning. - ! one of numerous pillowcases, scarves and aprons he has made as a spare-time hobby. Driver Embroiders apron he liked, made one similar to it and sent it to a sister in Missouri. His sister entered the apron in a county fair, whereupon it won first prize among 42 others in competition. She sent the prize blue ribbon to Harnden, and this gave him more interest in his hobby than ever. Harnden has been making Rules on Paint Can handed decree the paint com pany has imposed on its cus tomers, something came over me. After making certain I was not being watched, I went out and began using the paint not as directed. In thinking that I could get away with it, I underesti mated the curiosity of Harvey Twcedlc, my next door neigh bor who pads around in rub ber sole shoes. I had barely gotten started on my illicit enterprise when I became aware that he had managed to sneak up behind me. Minister Appointed Assistant Professor The Rev. Charles P. Ander son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Os car Anderson, 218 Winema Way, has been appointed as sistant professor in t h e de partment of religious studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., for the coming school year. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Klamath Union High school and attended Southern Oregon college. He was grad uated from Willamette uni versity and attended Union Seminary. New York City, on a Danforth fellowship. He at tended Columbia university for two years working on his doctorate degrrc and is cur rently doing research work at the Pacific School of Rcli- lgion Berkeley. He was or- dained a Methodist minister was active at the Riverside cnurcn in r.ew York andid field work in East Harlem.; 1 He is married to the former j I Patricia Ann Harris, Myrtle 1 Point, and the couple has, three children. I I .XV aprons about and other items lor year now. It takes him about 13 hours to make one apron, he explained. In addition to making them as a hobby, he also offers them for sale. Harnden also embroiders dresses his wife has made and embroiders pillowcases, after which his wife crochets around the edges. 'What's that you're doing?" he said in an accusatory voice. "Oh, just painting, Harv," I replied, feigning innocence. "Giving the old fence a little touching up. Nothing wrong with that is there?" Depends on Paint "It depends," he said stern ly. "What kind of paint are you using?" "It's one of those new la tex outdoor paints," I said. "Don't the directions say to scrape off the old paint and apply an undercoat before you use it?" he persisted. He knew he had me, and I knew it. "You're not going to squeal on me arc you, Harv?"I said. "As a good citizen, it's my duty to report this to the paint company," he replied. "Any action they might take is up to them. I haven't heard from the company yet, but I'm hoping I can settle out of court. If not, I'll plead temporary in sanity. Three-County Judge Contestants Picked Corvallis - Wl) - Stewart Weiss. Linn county attorney, and Dan W. Poling. Lincoln county attorney, will compete for a circuit judRe post In the Benton-Linn - Lincoln judicial district in November. The two won the highest number of votes among five candidates. They arc after the judicial chair in Lincoln coun ty. Poling, who was third in Lincoln county, won most votes in Benton and Linn counties, to give him a total of B.558. Weiss, who was sec ond in Linn and Benton coun ties ar.tl fourth in Lincoln county, accumulated a total of 8.876 to place in the final race. Others and their votes were Eugene Richardson, 1M,-; Fred Allen, 665, and A. B. Mc Mullen, 630. Georgia-Pacific's Lumber Practices Noted in Article By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special)-Many members of the lumber indus try feel that Georgia-Pacific Corp., the fastest growing big lumber company, has "threat ened the im age the indus try has en deavored t o build up" by its rapid cut ting practices in thn Panifir 1 Northwest, ac- iV'ii cording to ftlbUj Fortune mag- smim azine. there is no doubt that in certain areas G-P at present is cutting its own timber above the maxmium allowable to main tain level operations in the future. When its' heavy servic ing of debts is paid off with harvest, G-P will have to re duce its cut in these areas to maintain its options to cut its own timber in the longer fu ture when both product and Agricultural Extension Groups Heading Overseas By United Press International Four groups of agricultural extension workers will leave next month to explore the problems of expanding mar kets for American farm prod ucts overseas. The extension teams will visit four major areas, one going to Western Europe, a second to Africa and the Mid dle East, a third to Southern Asia and the fourth to the Caribbean area. The four teams will leave about June 15, and return about July 23. Their goal will be to help give American farmers and professional farm workers a better understand ing of the food and fiber needs of foreign countries, and some of the problems of modern export sales. To Include Economists The teams will be drawn from state extension services across the nation. A total of 21 extension economists will oe included In the groups. They will represent slate land grant colleges from Califor nia to Vermont and from Min nesota to Florida. Each of the teams will also be accom panied by Agricultural De partment experts in the areas to be visited. When the teams return, they will develop discussion material for use In alerting farm people to the particular needs of the export market. SOC Reunion Set For Aug. 10, II Ashland - Further plans in preparation for the all-time Alumni Reunion of former Southern Oregon college stu dents, graduates, and faculty members, were made at a meeting of the reunion com mittee recently, according to Hugh G. Simpson, director of alumni affairs. The reunion is scheduled for Aug. 10 and 11. Committee members d I s cussed a publicity campaign, the methods by which con tacts with the alumni could be made, the timing of such contacts, and the form of the registration materials which should be sent out. Because of the need for determining how many of the alumni would be attending the Shakespearean Festival at special group rates Aug. 10, it was decided that advanced registration forms would have to be mailed at least a month in advance in order to give a more accurate attendance fig ure to the Festival associa tion manager, Bill Patton. Other activities during the event will be a dinner for those not attending the Festi val production, welcoming ad dress by President Elmo N. Stevenson, and a talk by Dr. Herman Soullen, Corvallis, president of the Old Timer branch of the alumni associ ation. Members of the origin al staff of the college will be honored and a business meet ing will be held to elect alumni association officers. A banquet, tours of the val ley, and a dance will also be included. Lawnmowers Sharpened MOTORS REPAIRED Large Stock Mower Tire and Paris Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop 23 North Fir 772-2472 timber prices may be higher," says Fortune. The financial monthly, in a lengthy article, traces the rise of G-P from a relatively small firm little more than a decade ago to one of the big three in timber holdings on the Pa cific const, after Weyer haeuser and Crown Zeller bach. The company has dem onstrated a knack for absorb ing other firms with relative ly small investment capital and showing a 700 per cent rise in profits from 1952 to 1061. Daring Strategy "The company's strategy has been daring and peculiar ly 'rational'. G-P has shown little interest in the conven tions and traditions of the in dustry where these seemed to collide with its own ration ales," says the magazine, not ing that G-P has been criti cized for slashing away at old timber and for challeng ing the industry's old and es tablished way of grading ply wood. Fortune tells in detail of a titanic struggle between G-P and U. S. Plywood for control of the Booth-Kelly Co. and its 140,000 acre tract of some of the finest old-growth Doug las fir in the Northwest near Eugene, Ore. As one successful deal fol lowed another, G-P increased its fee holdings from 300 mil lion board feet in 1951 to some 12 billion board feet now. It also acquired "a breathtaking debt - to - net -worth ratio of three to one" because it swung most of its ventures on borrowed money. In 1956 alone its debt rose from $16 million to $126 mil lion. G-P raised this capital from Bank of America and First National Bank of Ore gon ($43 million); Prudential and Metropolitan Life ($49 million); and the balance from debentures, sale of some as sets from newly acquired com panies and sale of cutting rights to other timber opera tors. Security for the loans were cutting contracts, Fortune re ported, and "payments on the loans were linked to a har vesting schedule over a peri od of years." In self-defense, G-P asserts that it is not harvesting faster than anyone else. But Fortune reports that its rapid cutting will force lt to buy from the government or find more low' cost private timber to buy up in the years ahead if it is to avoid cutbacks in production. Leads In Production G-P leads the nation in soft wood plywood production, ahead of U.S. Plywood Simp son and Weyerhaeuser. It has also entered the pulp and paper business, just as Crown Zcllcrback has entered ply wood. Weyerhaeuser, chiefly lumber and paper, is "coming up fast in plywood:" Its ac quisition of Roddis Plywood Corp. gave Weyerhaeuser 58 additional warehouses for ply wood distribution. G-P is pioneering sale of white speck" plywood, In which the inner plys are made of Douglas fir which has suf fered from white speck fungus disease. G-P owns a lot of this timber south of Eugene. Tliis provoked controversy among those who said it wasn't as strong as regular plywood, but It has since been certified by the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. G-P snys it plans to reduce the normal growing cycle to harvest trees faster-say on a 40 to 60-year cycle instead of the convention 80 to 100. For tune predicts that one result of "G-P's fast harvesting of trees is that in the near fu ture its growth is expected to rest on paper and new products . . . derived from younger trees." Lions Pick Baker For Next Meeting Salem -IliPII- Delegates to the state convention of Lions International have chosen Ba ker as the site for next year's convention. The delegates, at a three day convention here, picked Cons Day for their 1964 con vention and Klamath Falls for 1965. Four new district governors were named. They are Paul Eikelman of Portland, Man ville Heisel of Medford. Fred Hicks of Hood River, and Ted Schwartz of Yachats. TUESDAY. MAY 22. The Medical (f- Can Drugs Shrink Large Prostate Gland? I keep getting letters from elderly men who are faced with an operation for an en larged prostate gland, and do not like the idea. They say "Surely, there ought to be some medicine that will shrink the gland." But I have to an swer that, for 25 years, I Alvarea worKea along side of some of the ablest urologists (kidney, bladder, and prostrate specialists) in the world, and I never saw them giving anyone medicine for a large prostate gland. Some persons may ask, "Why should a large prostate give trouble?" Because it is situated around the oulet of the urinary bladder, and when it enlarges, it is likely to obstruct the urethra (tube which carries the urine from the bladder to the outside). The gland supplies most of the semen. If a man has to rise several times at night, and has to strain to urinate, he had bet ter go quickly and be operat ed on, before his kidneys are damaged by the backing up into them of the urine. In 1926, when I first went to work at Mayo's, most sur geons in -the world used to perform one of the big open operations for removal of a big prostate gland, and when the man's kidneys were large ly destroyed by backed-up urine, there was, in perhaps 14 per cent of the cases, seri ous post-operative trouble. Later, when in practically all cases, the urologists at Mayo's reamed out the obstructing Reading Group Is Organized in Area The Rogue Valley Council of the International Reading association was organized May 16 at a meeting in the confer ence room in the county court house. Oliver Erickson, Medford, was elected president; Miss Marie Prcscott, Ashland, presi dent-elect; Mrs. Agness RuppJ fnocnix, secretary ana itaipn Humphries, Eagle Point, treas urer. Some 40 teachers from throughout Jackson county at tended the meeting. Kenneth Raymond presided and intro duced Miss Esther Oherlng associate professor of educa tion at Southern Oregon col lege, who spoke on the func tions and purpose of the or ganization. Lee Mcrriman pre sented the by-laws which were accepted by the group. Committee chairmen ap pointed were Miss Jean Thompson, membership; Miss Ohcring, program; Mr. Mer riman, publicity, and Mrs. Erma Bohn, social. Five teachers who attended the International Reading con ference In San Francisco earl ier this month were members of a panel who presented the evening's program. They were Robert Lawrence, Ashland, Lincoln school principal; Mrs. Dorothea Bushncll, teacher of first grade at Ashland's Lin coln school; Mrs. Belle James, Rogue River Elementary school; Mrs. Glorianna Litt man, Hcdrick Junior High school, and Mrs. Eunice Smith, McLoughlin Junior High school. Girl Treated After Fall With Horse Janie Corcoran, North Ross lane, was hospitalized at Rogue Valley hospital Sunday night for injuries received when her horse rolled over on her that afternoon. Sheriff's deputies who were called to the scene of the ac cident on Ross lane said ap parently the ll-ycar-old girl's horse ran away with her, skidded on a curve and went over on Its side. She was released Monday morning. 1 Mechanical Trades Bidding Depository NURSES HOUSING, Rogue Villey Memorial Hoipittl Medford, Oregon Bid Dipoiirory Cloting Time: Mechinlcel Sheet Mtil, etc. May 23, 11:00 .m. Machenicil t Genorel Sheet Metal May 23, 1:00 p.m. Bide will be received from the following crafti at the Induatry Council Ottlca, 40 S. Fir Street, Medford, Oregon for Gener.il Sheet Metal, Mechanical: I.e. Plumbing, Heating, Mechanical Sheet Metal, Jemparature Controls. For bid formi. envelopei and Information, call Fred Morlan, lid Custodian Induitry Council of Southern Oregon and Vicinity, Inc. 40 S. Fir St., Medford, Oregon Telephone: 772-3073 or 773-3044 A 13 Roundup ImecIlM Comullanl In Mayo clinic Cmirttnt Professor of Mtdlcin Mayo Clinic (Register and Tribun SyndlcaU, 1963) part of the large gland, there was practically no mortality, and so little shock that, often, the patient was up and walk ing around within a few hours. Obviously, then, if the man with a big prostate gland can find an expert, who knows how to perform what is called the "trasurethral op eration," he need not be wor ried or afraid. A Charlie Horse Some people write to say that when they exercised too violently at the beginning of spring they got a "Charlie Horse," or a very sore muscle in one leg. One friend of mine got it playing a rapid gams of tennis the first day the nets went up at the club. An other got it trying to show his boy how to kick a football, and another got it running for a bus. It is possible that these men tore a muscle fiber, or they caused an old fibrositis to flare up. Fibrositis is a sort of mild younger brother of arthritis. Many people suffer from it on occasions thoughout their lives. On a Monday, a man may come to see me complain ing of great soreness in the right side of his chest. Per haps his doctor fears a heart attack. Often, In a minute, I can see that his shoulder mus cles are sore to the touch, and then I learn that on Saturday. he painted the walls of a room. Or, his wife will come In with the same very sore shoulder muscles and I will learn that, on Saturday, she papered her pantry shelves, or put up curtains. All these peo ple have are sore muscles, and in a few days they will be well. Spots before your eyes? They probably are harmless, but see your doctor about any puzzling symptoms. 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