.S. Negotiators in Ottawa for Lumber Discussions
Economy, Politics
In Both Nations
To Be at Stake
Ottawa fUPIt U.S. negotia
tors Hew here today to begin
talks that will pit the econom
ic demands of the U.S. Paci
fic Northwest against the aus
terity program goals of Can
ada The issue is Canadian soft
wood lumber. This is a $2511
million a year necessity to
Canada in its balance of pay
ments crisis, but it is a job
stealing threat to the Pacific
Northwest, where lumber
mills have been shutting down
while imports of Canadian
lumber rise.
The stakes also Include poli
tics. In the United States,
many senators and representa
tives must go back to face
lumber-conscious voters in a
little more than two months.
In Canada, the government of
Prime Minister John Diefen
baker needs all the support it
can get for the austerity pro
gram it instituted a week af
ter losing its majority in Par
liament in late June's elec
tion. Trade Impact
Finally, the negotiations
will be watched for any light
they may cast on President
Kennedy's drive for tariff
slashing authority to expand
international trade. A protec
tionist attitude could make
other countries wonder
whether the United States
means what it says. Failure to
look out for hometown lum
ber interests could add to
Kennedy's troubles in getting
the trade bill he wants from
the Senate .
The U.S. - Canadian negoti
ations are one element of a
six-point program proposed by
Kennedy last month, after
months of pressure from lum
ber slate congressmen. Other
points cover measures to help
U.S. lumbermen compete and
to aid in modernizing the in
dustry. The other points are rela
tively uncontroversinl. The
idea of import quotas is
bristlingly sensitive.
Canada's share of the U.S.
softwood market has been
rising for the past 10 years.
In 1951, Canadian lumber ac
counted for 7.4 per cent of the
softwood market. In 1B81, the
Canadian share was 13.1 per
cent.
Softwood lumber brings
about $250 million a year inlo
Canada, which perennially
sells less to the United States
than it buys. Reports from
Ottawa have said Canada will
reject any suggestion that it
voluntarily cut Its lumber
sales to the United States.
But substantial segments of
the U.S. lumber Industry de
mand just this. They have ap
plied to the Tariff commis
sion, and Kennedy promisrd
to ask the commission to
speed its study of the Issues.
The subject is sure to come
tip as the negotiations prog
ress. "We haven't ruled oul the
idea," an authoritative Stale
Department source said last
week, "nor would we consider
this the onlv aspect of the
problem we would like to dis
cuss with Ihe Canadians."
Tile other aspects - where
chances of agreement appear
more likely - would include
steps lo equalize competition
and efforts to develop new
markets for the lumber of
both countries.
The U.S. team In the talks
will be G. Griffith Johnson,
assistant secretary of state (or
rconomic affair?. Jack N.
Jlchrman, assistant secretary
of commerce for internation
al affairs, and John A. Car
ver Jr., assistant secretary of
the interior tor public land
management. They will be
accompanied by technical ad
visers. No early solution is expect
ed. Tile first phase of the
talks, expected lo lasl only
a few days, will be devoted
In a thorough review nf the
situation and a cautious ex
ploration of possible action.
The demand lor quotas is
not unanimous. Two private
groups-the Canadian-American
Committee of the Nation
al Planning Association and
ihe liberal trade -minded
Committee for a National
Trade Policy -- have luted
against import limits. And
Sen. Maurine B. Ncuherger
(D-Ore. whose constituents
are vitally involved, has said,
"I'm not really in sympathy
Willi quote.."
But a large and vocal vg
mcnt of the industry and the
Facific Northwest congres
sional delegation favor the
view of Seattle lumberman
William Reed, president of
the Simpson Timber Co.:
"I hope our negotiators
have in mind Ihe welfare of
our economy al least as much
as the Canadians keep the
welfare of Ihctr economy in
mind," Reed said when the
talks were announced "They
haven't always."
ForBIgll
BRITISH ENVOY GOING TO WEST GERMANY
London-ITO-Sir Frank Robtrlt, British ambassador to the
Soviet Union, will leave Moscow Not. IS and will lake up
his new poll as envoy to Weil Germany nexi Ferbuary, it
was learned Monday.
Diplomatic sources said Sir Humphrey Trevelyan, deputy
undersecretary at Ihe Foreign Office, will 90 lo Moscow
Nov. 26 to replace Roberts.
SWISS ARMY ENGAGES IN WAR GAMES I
Mirinaen. Switzerland-U'PluThe Swiss army began five 1
days of war games Monday
stretching from Lake Geneva
ing the Alps.
Military sources said about
vehicles and 1,600 hones were
EUPHRATES DAM FINANCING TO BE DISCUSSED
Bonn-HiPli-Rudolf Fechler. Ihe West German ambassador
to Damascus, returned lo Bonn Monday to prepare for ne
gotiations on financing of the Euphrates dam.
The negotiations are expected lo begin here on Sept. 25.
Indications are that West Germany will finance up lo S12S
million of Ihe dam's cost.
FRANKFURT TO ASSIST JEWISH SCHOOL. NEEDY
Frankfurt, Germany-illl'li-This city will give $5,000 toward
a Jewish school lo be built in Haifa, Israel, and $2,500 lo the
German Red Cross for the relief of needy Algerian children.
The city council approved both measures in a meeting
Monday.
FUND RAISED FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Rome-UI'li-A fund for the relief of victims of the recent
earthquakes in Southern Italy reached the $800,000 mark
Monday night.
A campaign (or the fund is being directed by the stale
owned radio and television network. Most of the money will
be used to rebuild homes in areas where thousands of persons
were left homeless by the series of tremors.
Regional Edition
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2B, 1!)B2
Stocks Turn Soft
As Several Issues
Dip Point or More
New York - IIIPII - Stocks
turned soft today.
Steel and motor .shares were
unchanged lo small fractions
lower and so were most of the
international oils and leading
chemicals. Utilities held fair
ly steady but rails reacted
moderately after eight consec
utive sessions of advance.
Aerospace issues also sold
off a bit, apparently influ
enced bv profit taking. IBM
lost nearly 4 and Texas Instru
ments, Litton, Motorola, Ze
nith and others at least 1
point. Polaroid and Xerox lost
nearly 2 apiece.
Air products, General Out
door Advertising, Beneficiul
Finance, Corning Glass, Chi
cago Yellow Cah, Hercules
Powder, Pitney-Bowes and
Procter & Gamble were all
losers of a point or more.
New York iHPIt Dow
Jones linal slock averages:
30 industrials 612.57, oil
1.17: 20 railroads 125.16.
up 0,82: 15 utilities 121.22.
olf 0.05. and 65 slocks
212.98. up 0.03. Sales Mon
day were about 3.14 million
shares compared with 2.B9
million shares Friday.
Monria'i price nn leleiMed
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Ani-rtt-an Air Line j
American Can
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Dow Chrmlcal 4'.
lilt Pont
K.jnliiiKn Koitak IPI1,
Klii-Mon
Large Purse Seen
Al Pendleton Event
Pendleton The annual
Pciulleuin Roundup will be
gin this year Sept. 12. willi
pri.e money and enlry Ices
totaling $42.0011. the Inrgcl
purse recorded in recent
years.
Stock purchased for the ro
deo this year includes that of
the Tucker siring, from
seph. Ore., ohlained by the
Chrislensen brothers of Eu
gene: Canadian slock from
Harry V ild: calves Irom tiie
Ivm Mann Flying M ranch,
llermiston. and sierra from
Mciev
I Call ropers will he led by
j Ihe current champion and
I leader Dean Oliver. Caldwell.
I Idaho
EXPECTED TO REUNITE
WflyhiiiKtmi 'IT.t
Kennedy tuny In
with his wtfe and
this week end at
Prrsiden!
reunited
diuiKhter
Newport .
R.I, Mrs, Kennedy und duutfl)
ter Caroline hit M'hrduled to
relurn Friday (mm a vaca
tion in 1 1 h I y and the Presi
dent is rxpeeted lo fly to
Newport f"r reunion with
them.
BnsfS
that will cover operations
to the Austrian border, includ
29.000 soldiers, 4,000 motor
involved.
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Porllander Held
On Murder Charge
Pol l land ll'rn Bernard
j Heidelberg, HH, Portland, was
hold here loday on a charge
I of firsl degree murder.
! He wtis accused of the lata!
shunting of Waller Jackson,
4 I. Portland. Police said .l.tck
t sou was shot with a rifle al
! his apartment Sunday.
He died al a Portland hos
i pitnl.
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Extension of Jobless Payments
Killed by Vote
Action Follows
Kennedy's Praise
-1 Off Congressmen
Washington -lUPli- President
Kennedy's request for another
extension of jobless payments
was killed today by a House
committee, blighting a new
bloom of optimism over the
administration's legislative
program.
The setback came a few
hours after the chief execu
tive had praised Congress for
recent progress toward writ
ing some of his major propos
als into law.
Kennedy offered the praise
at a White House breakfast
with Democratic congressional
leaders. They told him in re
turn that he could anticipate
more favorable action on his
lisl of priority bills.
But the Ways and Means
committee promptly dashed
this optimism by voting 13-12
to shelve the jobless bill.
Bill Said 'Phony'
1 n another development,
Republicans said the next
White House "must" item up
for House action-a big public
works bill-was a "complete
phony." They said it should
be defeated.
Kennedy had listed the job
less bill, which would extend
benefits to workers who had
exhausted them, as one of sev
eral that should be enacted to
help the government fight re
cession without an immediate
tax cut.
Labor Secretary Arthur J.
Goldberg, present for the
vote, called the action unfor
tunate and voiced hope it
could be reversed. But House
leaders saw no immediate way
of achieving this.
1 The vote appeared to come
as a shock to House leaders.
The legislation has had bipar
tisan support in the past. On
the showdown, nine Republi
cans and four Democrats
voted againsl it.
President Pleased
Kennedy told his Democrat
ic legislative lieutenants at a
While House breakfast he was
nleascd with action so far to
ward passage of his latest list
of priority bills. He was es
pecially happy by House ac
tion Monday giving final con
gressional approval lo a con
stitutional amend m e n I to
abolish the poll tax in federal
elections.
Speaker John W. McCor
mack said Ihe public works
bill was a $1!I0 million anti
recession measure designed lo
pump extra construction
money Inlo areas hard hit by
unemployment.
The House scheduled two
days of debate on the measure
beginning today.
Boord of Healfh
Gets $ 1 9,500 Grant
Porl land -WW - The Oregon
Board of Health said today it
has received a $19,500 federal
grant for metropolitan hos
pital planning. It said the
grant will be used for coop
erative planning for uon-prolit
lu.siiitals in Portland and in
Multnomah. Washington,
Clackamas and Columbia
counties.
MESSY HIGHWAY
I Lafayette, Ind. HTIt - A
truck collision spewed 130
I cases of ketchup c.do U. S.
I Houlr 52 Monday and high
1 way department workers were
I called in to mop up Ihe mess.
IRE
$10 Shrinks Again
Living Costs Reach Record
Figure as
Washington - UPD - Higher
prices for major food items
and services pushed the cost
of living to a new all-time
peak in July, the Labor de
partment reported today.
The increase chipped anoth
er two cents off the buying
power of the consumer's $10
bill. It also triggered penny-an-hour
pay raises for 050,000
workers in auto, farm equip
ment and aerospace industries.
The department said its
Sherri Finkbine
Returns To States
Lawrcnceburg, Ind. IUPII -Mrs.
Sherri Finkbine, 30, has
returned to the United States,
tired but full of confidence
"my friends will understand"
who she underwent an abor
tion in Sweden.
The Phoenix, Ariz., televi
sion personality and her
school teacher husband, Rob
ert, landed in Chicago after
a flight from London Sun
day. Following a brief meet
ing with newsmen the couple
flew to Cincinnati, Ohio, Sun
day night.
The Finkbines flew lo Swe
den and obtained permission
from the Swedish State Medi
cal board for a lawful abor
tion on the ground that her
pregnancy might cause a men
tal breakdown.
Following the operation in
Sweden, Mrs. Finkbine's hus
band announced that medical
evidence showed her child
would have been deformed.
Al Cincinnati, the Fink
bines were met by the teach
er's father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Finkbine, and
the younger Finkbines' daugh
ter, Terry, 7.
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in House Committee
Food, Services Up
consumer price index rose by
two-tenths of one per cent
last month to 105.5 per cent
of average 1957-59 prices.
A spokesman said the ad
vance was in line with season
al expectations, however,
since the index has climbed
in July every year since 1950.
Higher prices for pork, milk
and eggs were the major
causes of a rise of three-tenths
of one per cent in food prices.
The price of services - medical
care, haircuts and public
transportation and similar
items - also helped push up
the index.
The July increase put the
index at 1.1 per cent above its
year-ago level. Most of Ihe
increases occurred during Ihe
first six months of this year.
In the housewife's terms,
the index means it costs now
$10.55 to buy the same goods
and services that could have
been obtained for $10 five
years ago.
The indext, a barometer of
inflation and the buying pow
er of the dollar, measures
prices changes in 300 items
bought by the average city
wage-earner.
Changes in the index fre
quently trigger wage in
creases for workers whose pay
is tied to living costs through
escalator clauses in labor con
tracts. Labor department price ex
perts have conceded that (he
index has shown that infla- j
tion is being held in check de- j
spite the gradual upward i
creep of living costs.
They have noted that prices
are rising more rapidly in sev
eral European countries that .
are going through postwar i
production booms.
Average annual increase in :
prices has ranged from 1.5 lo
'-nw,'i.')ri.-ta.'i;rjj i I j
2 per cent in recent years and
forecasts call for a similar ad
vance in 1962.
San Francisco - ll'PIl - Retail
average prices of goods and
services in the Portland area
rose 0.9 per cent between
April and July to a new all
time high, the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor's Bureau of La
bor Statistics said today.
The over - the - quarter rise
brought the Bureau's all items
index for Portland to 104.8. a
rise of 0.4 per cent above the
1961 figure.
Food prices increased 0.6
per cent with the advance tak
ing place the first two months
of the quarter.
A decline in prices of house
furnishings was overshadow
ed by increased rents, up 0.3
per cent. Reading and recrea
tion rose 4.6 per cent. Trans
portation costs went up 2 4
per cent.
Increased doctors' and den
tists' fees offset lower drug
prices. The result was a 0.5
per cent rise in the medical
care group. But average
prices of items in this group
were still 0.4 per cent below
the year ago level.
Apparel costs declined 0.3
per cent.
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SAN FRANCISCO
September X-:
ISCi
Two weeks of things to do and things to see
when you visit San Francisco, the eventful city.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
"Barbary Coast Fandango," a two-day, two-night festival,
turns back the clock to the turn of the century -with contests,
shows, dancing and costumes. Sept. 1-2 on Pacific Street be
tween Montgomery and Sansome. "The Ice Follies," Sept. 1-2
at Winterland, Post and Steiner Streets. "Ringlins Bros. Bar
num & Bailey Circus," Sept. 1-2, at the Cow Palace. Morriaon
Planetarium, Golden Gate Park, presents "Man and the Stars,
the Story of Tycho Brahe," Sept. 5-30.
THEATRE
The original D'Oyly Carte Opera Company presents a pro
gram of Gilbert & Sullivan at the Geary Theatre, Sept. 1-8.
"Kiamefwith Alfred Drake and Anne Jeffreys at the Curran
Theatre through Sept. Maurice Chevalier presents his
"One Man Show" at the Masonic Memorial Auditorium Sept.
11-15. "The Boy Friend" can be seen every night at the Shera
ton Palace Hotel's Garden Court Dinner Theatre."The Wonder
ful World of the Brothers Grimm" is the Cinerama presenta
tion at the Orpheum Theatre. Little theatres are numerous
with performances usually on Friday and Saturday.
SPORTS
Baseball San Francisco Giants vs. Cincinnati, Sept. 1, 2;
Chicago, Sept. 7, 8, 9; Pittsburgh, Sept. 10, 11, at Candlestick
Park. Horse Racing -at Golden Gate Fields, Albanv, Sept
10 -Oct. 30.
MUSIC
San Francisco Opera Season opens with "La Boheme," Sept.
14; "Wozzeck," Sept. lo, at the War Memorial Opera House.
ART
Exhibit of Tutankhamen's Treasures (King Tut) opens Sept.
to al the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Selection"
of American Decorative Art, Sept. 10-Sept. 30 at the M.
H. tie Young Memorial Museum. Two exhibitions, the"NewArt
of Brazil" and "Art for the Collector" are on display in Sep
tember through the 23rd at the San Francisco Museum of Art.
Right noif in the bent time of the
SAN FRANCISCO VISITORS BUREAU
YES Both the "Sporty Ones" live
at Whitney Olds now. What a team
- OLDSMOBILE and TRIUMPH!
Get that "OLDS feeling" or that
"TRIUMPH thrill" by test driving
either of these two great cars. Any
salesman will be delighted to take
you for a spin (they enjoy driving
these on company time.) Do it to
day while clearance prices are in
effect.
SLUG BILL APPROVED
Washington - lUPf) - The Sen
ale Judiciary committee Mon
day approved a bill that would
make it a federal crime to
manufacture or sell slugs that
could be slipped into vending
machines.
.is jm
I f 3T7,
year in San Fi'ancisco.
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