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Congressman Points Out Public
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By DICK WEST
Washington UPU Frankly,
I hadn't paid much attention
to this year's public works
bill until it
came up for
passage in the
House of Rcp
' resentat i v e s
late-last week.
What finally
a r o used my
interest was a
statement by
u est c n a i r m a n
Clarence Cannon of the
House Appropriations Com
mittee that "there is some
thing here for everybody."
Upon hearing that, I nat
urally acquired a copy of the
bill to see if J could find what
was in it for me.
Public works (pronounced
"pork barrell") is normally
interpreted to mean naviga
tion, flood control, irrigation
and power projects. Off hand,
there wouldn't seem to be
much there of direct benefit
to a suburbanite like myself.
For instance, I couldn't
understand at first how I
might stand to gain from a
$20 million appropriation for
harbor work in Flushing Bay,
N.Y. Then Rep. H. R. Gross
(R-Iowa) cleared that up for
me.
In trying to persuade the
Houu to eliminate the proj
ect, Groit alleged that Us
purpose was to make the
harbor better able to ac
commodate yachts that dock
there for the 1964 World's
Fair.
Well, sir, I might very well
visit the Fair and I certainly
hope that by that time I am
able to afford a yacht. So Can
non was right. There is some
thing in the bill for me.
Rep. Ben F. Jensen of
Iowa, ranking Republican on
the Appropriations Commit
tee, was even more expansive
than Cannon, a Missouri Dem
ocrat, in extolling the commit
tee's handiwork.
"Heaven is perfect, but God
purposely made the earth im
perfect," Jensen explained.
"We would have become a na
tion of drones if the world
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were perfect. It is our duty,
and the duty of every Ameri
can, to assist in making this
earth a little more perfect."
Under the terms of the
bill, we will be making our
part of the earth 4.6 billion
more perfect. Not having
any inside information, I
will have to accept Jensen's
word this puts us on solid
theological ground.
Somehow, the public works
discussion reminded me of an
incident related by Moss Hart,
the late playwright, in his
book "Act One."
Hart had been spending
vast sums of money to land
scape his country home, even
to the extent of moving giant
trees from one part of the
grounds to another.
When the project was com
pleted, he invited a friend out
to see what miracles had been
wrought. The friend was duly
impressed.
"It's beautiful, Moss, "Tie ex
claimed. "It's just like God
would have done it if he had
been rich."
Tomlin Lectures Conclude With Dr. Atkins Talk
LIVING COST STILL RISING BUT IT'S NOT INFLATION
Early next week, the U. S. Government will report that
our cost of living either is holding at the highest level in
history or more probably, again has risen slightly to another
all-time peak.
This will be disclosed in the monthly report of the Bu
reau of Labor Statistics showing that in July the consumer
-price index the only measure we have of living cost changes
in our country was at or a bit above the 105.3 mark it
hit in June. (The index has been updated so that the base
of "100" is now the period 1957-59. An index of 105 means
that today it costs $105 to buy the goods and services $100
bought in the closing years of the 1950s.)
The price index is up about 1.2 per cent from the level of
summer, 1961. It is almost one per cent above the level at
the start of 1962.
There is virtually no chance thai the index will decline
during the rest of this year. Rather, the odds are that when
the books are closed in 1962, the record will show prices
of typical goods and services in an average city family's
marketbasket 1 to 1V4 per cent over 1961.
When the statistic is released next week, it will be
frontpaged. News thai the consumer price index has hit a
new high always is headlined and it almost surely will
revive talk of inflation inflation even in this cycle of
sluggish business advance, strictly high unemployment,
excess plant capacity in industries throughout the nation.
Will this talk be justified? Is a rise of 1 to l'fc per cent
In the consumer price index in 1962 on lop of a rise of
'i per cent in the. index in 1961 "Inflation"?
It is not. I've said this before, I say it once more. The
2 per cent rise in 1961 was remarkable stability, so ex
traordinary it had few precedents in modern U.S. economic
history. A rise of the magnitude now foreseen for 1962 will
be reasonable stability.
The very idea of a price index holding absolutely steady
is unrealistic in a dynamic society such as our is; inherent
in the definition of dynamic is "change." The to-be-published
overall price index, for instance, probably will show food
prices have, risen because of seasonal forces while clothing
prices have declined because of summer clearances, the cost
of medical care has climbed because of hikes in hospitaliza
tion insurance rates while prices of new cars have slipped
because of concessions on 1962 models. Even more indicative
is the fact that a big questionmark in the July index is
the cost of gasoline with seasonal pressures suggesting
more costly gas while price wars suggest cheaper gas.
More of the same is shaping up for the balance of the
year. The cost of services will still be mounting month after
month, although the pace of the postwar climb is definitely
slowing and the signs are clear that service costs finally
are "catching up." Rents still will be going up a bit month
after month, but also at a slower pace, a reflection of the
increase in apartment vacancies and the softness in the
housing market in general. Food prices will be at least firm
with higher prices for restaurant meals pulling the food
index up.
But the increases will be moderate, spotty nothing like
the big across-the-board rises we saw in past inflation periods
and alert managers of the household budget easily will be
able to sidestep many of them.
And most important is the picture that emerges when
the 1962 price climb is placed against the 1962 employment-pay
background. For the fact is that tens of millions
of Americans do have jobs and are gelling pay increases
that average substantially more than the increases in the
prices of goods and services they buy-They are not only
matching the cost of living rise but also beating it by
around lwo per cent on average, gaining "real" purchasing
power.
Not sharing in this good fortune are the unemployed and
their families. Their plight is the blackest spot in our
economic pattern.
Also not sharing are millions entirely dependent on fixed
pensions. They lose every lime a price of an essential product
or service climbs.
But bitter though this part of the story is, it cannot
hide the shining fact that the higher incomes of the vast
majority of U.S. families have more than offset living cost
Increases in recent years and in 1962. this vast majority
again will be enjoying the best bread-and-butter year of
their lives.
Jackie Kennedy
Honorary Citizen
Ravello, llaly -IUPP- Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy, 30, was
today named an honorary cit
izen of Ravello, a distinction
that escaped such illustrious
guests of the past as King Vic
tor Emmanuel III, composer
Richard Wagner and actress
Greta Garbo.
Mayor Lorenzo Mansi said
the American first lady would
be officially huonored a week
from Tuesday for her charm
and natural dignity and in
the hope she will return.
"We want to express our
gratitude to Mrs. Kennedy for
picking Italy in general and
Ravello in particular for her
vacation. If she is a citizen
of Ravello she will have to
come back," he said.
Wagner, Garbo and the late
king in the past spend holi
days in this picturesque town
on the Amalfi Coast. But they
were never given honorary
citizenship. Mrs. Kennedy, in
a setting of old world charm,
Sunday night accepted an
award as "the most elegant
woman of 1961:"
Dr. Hedley John Barnard
Atkins, guest lecturer from
Guy's hospital, London, Eng
land, concluded the John Tom
lin Memorial lectures on Can
cer of the Breast last week at
Rogue Valley Country club
under the auspices of the i
American Cancer society.
Speaking to eoctors in gen-.
eral medical practices he
stressed the importance of
early diagnosis and treatment.
Conditions which might be
confused with cancer of the '
breast also were discussed.
As an unswerving rule he j
advocated removal of any
nodule or lump in the breast, 1
followed by total removal of
the breast if cancer was found I
in the lump. Breasts that con- '
tain many fine and at times
painful nodules usually reprc-1
sented a normal physiological ;
process, he noted.
Slides Are Shown
Slides were shown of an op
eration, and the use of x-ray
for treatment of intermediate .
and late cancer was discussed.
In addition to surgery and
x-ray, various hormones also
are used in the treatment de
pending on the extent of the
cancer. j
An after-dinner lecture ear
lier in the series, on the life i
of Charles Darwin was well
received by the 132 doctors :
and wives present. !
Final Lecture j
The final lecture dealt with
the research aspects of the ;
treatment of breast cancer. An I
outline of the program in pro
gress was presented.
A panel discussion by Dr.
Atkins, Dr. Clifford E. Allen,
radio - therapy department,
University of Oregon medical
school in Portland, Dr. Oscar
Heyerman, internist, Medford,
and moderated by Dr. Harvey
Baker, surgeon, of Portland,
gave the audience an oppor
tunity to question panelists on
many points in the treatment
of brpist cancer.
More than 100 doctors from
Oregon and northern Cali
fornia were registered for a
series of lectures.
Charman Dr. Brian String
er, Medford, expressed has
appreciation for all those who
helped make the meeting a
success. The Tomlin commit
tee has noted with satisfac
tion the yearly increase in at
tendance at the lectures.
MEDFORDJiiifeTRIBUNE
SECTION B
QUITS TEAMSTERS
Washington (UNI Sam
Baron, a Teamsters' union of
ficial who accused President
James R. Hoffa of slugging
him, resigned his $17,000-a-year
job Sunday and demand
ed $50,000 severance pay.
Baron said in a letter to Hof
fa that he hoped to "serve
the Teamsters again but not
as long as you are president
of that great organization."
Salem Man Fails
To Get Signatures
Albany (UPIl Don Belling
er, a Salem contractor, failed
again Sunday to secure 250
signatures at a convention for
a petition to run as an inde
pendent candidate for gov
ernor in the November elec
tion. Bellinger, who also failed
Saturday, said he will try
again Wednesday night.
Under state law, the 250
persons signing the petition
must attend the convention
at the same time. The petition
must be turned in to the state
elections office at Salem.
He hopes to run against
Gov. Mark Hatfield, the Re
publican nominee; Atty. Gen.
Robert Thornton, the Demo
cratic candidate, and Robert
Wampler, another indepen
dent, in the gubernatorial
election.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1962
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