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Cuba
Suffers From Food Shortage
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Miami, Fla. -1IPH- Cuba is
suffering from a severe food
shortage, according to refu
gees from that country.
The food crisis is particular
ly acute in Santiago de Cuba,
a region that has been known
for its rcbcllionsness ever
since the struggle for inde
pendence more than half a
century ago.
Travelers from Santiago say
the people of that city have
on several occasions resorted
to rioting in the streets to de
mand more food. They also
fay that all protests have been
violently repressed by the
shock troops of the integrated
revolutionary organizations,
the only party remaining in
a country ruled by Fidel Cas
tro. Have to Wait
The situation in Santiago
is so bad now, according to
reports, thai some families
will have to wait until next
January to buy chicken, re
gardless of the rationing laws.
In Victoria de las Tunas,
another Oriente city located
in the central region near
Camaguey, the local authori
ties have not allowed any beef
cattle to be slaughtered for
consumption within the last
50 days.
However, say the recent ar
rivals, the situation was quite
different when Castro was get
ting Santiago ready for the
celebration of the 28 of July
the anniversary of the be
ginning of his movement.
Butchers were recruited ev
erywhere to prepare a mam
moth feast for the. farmers
over the country.
coming to Santiago from all
Although the butchers pro
tested they had no intention
of feeding strangers while
their neighbors had nothing
to cat, their was little they
could do but comply.
By that time, the people of
Santiago had not had beef for
38 days.
Of the refugees interviewed
by United Press International,
those from the interior of
Cuba said that the govern
ment excused itself from feed
ing them on the pretext that
it was sending so much food
to Havana. The ones from Ha
vana said, however, that the
rationing is also very strict
there and food is scarce.
Asked why the agricultural
production in Cuba appears to
be so low, the refugees agreed
that the reasons lie in the in
difference of the farmers, who
are being forced to serve a
system of production and sale
that has no premium for them.
More Lenient
In attempting to fight the
farmers' passive resistance,
the national institute for ag
rarian reform has promised
them that it will be more
lenient in the future and per
haps even allow them to sell
their produce freely. But even
the "most liberal" promise
contains a clause that virtual
ly cancels it: the farmers will
not be allowed to transport
more than 25 pounds of mer
chandise at any one time.
Thus, the farmer of Cuba
is caught on both sides. On
the one hand he is pushed to
the point of disaster b; the
insufficient profits he makes
on permitted quantities of
merchandise. On the other he
knows if he transports what
would be enough for him, he
will lose his vehicle to the
government.
Boa! Speed Limit
Suggestion Made
Salem-IUPD-A fivc-mile-per-hour
boat speed limit around
all public launching ramps
was suggested Wednesday at a
State Marine Board hearing.
Marion and Polk county
sheriff's departments asked
for a similar limit under the
three bridges crossing the Wil
lamette river at Salem.
The spggetion for a general
boat speed limit around
launching ramps developed
from the Salem speed discus
sions.
Marion County Deputy
Sheriff John Wilkerson said
at speeds above five miles
many boats have a large wake
that can cause accidents and
property damage to other
boat's.
Board member Don Wells
of Salem said the low speed
limits would also eliminate
problems with water skiers
who ski too close to ramps.
Wells said both recommen
dations probably will be ac
cepted by the board next
month.
The board also will desig
nate a swimming area in the
Willamette near Salem.
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Bridge Erected in Venezuela
Maracaibo, Venezuela-lUPIl-Just
a little over four and a
half centuries ago, a Spanish
explorer named Alonzo De
Ojeda sailed Into this bubble
necked lake and was impres
sed with the houses he saw
on stilts.
He was so impressed, in
fact, that he called the land
"Little Venice," and that is
how Venezuela Spanish for
Little Venice got its name.
The houses on stilts have
all but disappeared, but in
later years it acquired thous
ands of "stilts" . of the oil
derricks sucking black gold
from what became one of the
world's biggest single oil
pools.
Bigger Structure
Now L3ke Maracaibo has
still another and bigger struc
ture on stilts the world's
largest pre-stressed concrete
bridge.
On August 24, President
Romulo Betancourt cut the
ribbon opening the 310-mil-lion
Bolivar ($20 million)
bridge, ushering in a new era
for Maracaibo and all of
Western Venezuela.
The bridge, the largest sin
gle public works project done
entirely during the Betan
court administration, connects
Carl Fisher Speaks
At Medford Coffees
Fourth District GOP Con
gressional Candidate Carl
Fisher said in Medford Wed
nesday that "we shouldn't be
come so impressed with Rus
sian accomplishments in space
that we overlook the necessity
for keeping up our guard
against those who spread the
Communistic idealogy at a
less spectacular level."
"Let's not stare at the skies
and remember too late that
there are those whose primary
job is to bore from within,"
Fisher said at a coffee at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Gatter, 28 South Groveland
ave Medford.
"This quiet process of cre
ating self doubt in this nation
is not so easy to recognize
as the ballyhoo about an or
biting cosmonaut, but the dan
ger it poses is very great,"
Fisher said.
"The average citizen cannot
contribute more than his
share of tax dollars to sup
port our efforts in space, but
he can help to win the ideal-
ogical battle," he said.
"One of the best methods
is to remember that patriot
ism is not a suit of clothes
which is worn only on special
occasions," Fisher said.
"We should familiarize our
selves with the spectacular
failures of Communism in
such areas as agriculture and
housing as well as their suc
cesses in space," he said.
Fisher also spoke at coffees
at the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
John Dumas, 1149 Leland St.,
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C.
Haas, 1615 Crown ave., and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mansfield.
900 Siskiyou blvd.
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By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
"FINAL STAGES OF THE RECOVERY'
Editor's note: This Is the first ot two columni on our
business outlook.
William F. Butler is a vice president of the Chase Man
hattan Bank of New York, president of the National As
sociation of Business Economists and an economist who not
only has a national reputation for accuracy but also has an
endearing habit of saying what he thinks without frustrating
us, ands and buts.
At a private luncheon at the Chase bank this week, Butler
did just that put himself on the line with answers to a
series of searching questions. Since he has no axes to grind,
is informed, objective and cares deeply about what happens
to our country and us, in this and tomorrow s column 1 11
pass on to you what he said to me.
Q. Where does the economy stand now?
A. Overall, business activity it at record and "with
the major exception of steel, business is very good when
measured by past standards. However, il is not as good
as it ought to be." Tha recovery since early 1961 has not
been vigorous and the heavy goods industries those which
produce capital goods ara not operating at a high enough
rate lo support general prosperity."
Q. What is the immediate business outlook?
A. We are "in the final stages of a recovery period.
Business activity has leveled out." Butler thinks the level
will hold for another few months say three to six months
"and then turn down." In short, we are heading into a busi
ness recession, the tilth of post-World War II.
Q. Why is a recession imminent?
A. Because of the blows dealt lo confidence by events
earlier this year the failure of profits to rise strongly, the
steel price episode, the stock market decline, "Thus, we
have not had much of an increase in business spending for
new plant and equipment and next year's investment may
be lower. Business has cut back sharply on steel inventories,
there are signs of reductions in other inventories. Surveys
show a reduction in consumer plans to buy autos and other
durable goods." All this is the stuff of which recessions
are made.
Q. How severe is this fifth downturn likely to be?
A. Once a downturn starts, no one can be sure how
far it will go and Butler doesn't rule out the possibility
that this recession will be more severe and protracted than
previous postwar declines. But he believes "the odds are
high it will again be moderate, comparable in intensity and
duration to the four previous postwar declines." He out
lined several "things that could go wrong" a collapse in
credit, a crisis in our balance of payments, a slump in con
struction but concluded, "I think we'll work through our
problems and have no more than a relatively moderate re
cession." Q. Wlien the next upturn conies, how strong w ill it be?
A. Unless the government takes "some affirmative ac
tion." the recession will run Irom about the end ol this
year to "a low point in the fall of I9S3. The economy
should be moving ahead again by the end of 1963. But
unless action is taken to revise our tax system, this will be
another weak and abortive recovery." Here lies our real
problem. For six years, we have been in a phase of slow
growth, not achieving lull prosperity, "And we will remain
in this pattern of slow and sluggish growth and incomplete
recoveries through 1964 and possibly longer unless we do
something to stimulate growth." In this six-year period, our
growth rate has been around 2' j per cent a year. Butler
believes a rate of 4 per cent or more a year is "our real
potential."
Q Why has our growth slowed?
A. An examination of the facts reveals consumer spend
ing has been rising almost 5 per cent a year since 19S7
which is satisfactory. There has been no lag in government
spending this has gone up 7 per cent a year since 1957.
But business spending tor new plants and equipment this
year will be no higher than in 1957. This is the area of our
economy which has failed to move ahead. "It is the lag in
business investment in plant and equipment which under
lines the slow-down in economic growth and explains our
lailure to achieve full prosperity."
From here. Butler went into the reasons for the lag in
biftincss investment and submitted his program for pulling
us out of this pattern ot slow growth, persistent federal
budget deficits and into a cycle of strong upturn. This part
of the report tomorrow. ' r
Venezuela's second city and
the entire western region with
the eastern bulk of the
country. Until now, the only
way acros the lake was by
boat or plane.
The bridge, 27,471-feet
long, was built with the aid
of U.S., European, Latin
American and Venezuelan
technicians. The five center
spans are 164 feet above
water, high enough to permit
the passage of the biggest
super - tankers to the big
petroleum pumping and stor
age stations around the lake.
Mammoth Celebration
. The government made the
bridge dedication the focus of
mammoth celebrations. Public
works ministers of all Latin
American countries were in
vited, and a shuttle service of -planes
carried thousands of '
other dignitaries to this city ;
of half a million for the week- ;
long celebrations.
The bridge is an old dream
of "Maracuchos" the in
habitants of Maracaibo who'
felt themselves isolated from
the rest of the country. The
oil boom starting 45 years ago .
and the growth of the Zulia
region as a cattle-growing'
center made the dream a
necessity.
Now government planners"
and private businessmen alike)--hope
the opening of the-'
bridge wil spur new economic
activity to help Maracaibo out
of the economic slump that
started with a cutback in oil
drilling three years ago.
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