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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1962 A 5 If.-.,."' - r. K-j- i - l ' lrTrTiVr TI 1 lumber Problem rAiTimbermen Fear Trend of Mill Closures To Continue BODIES INSPECTED - North Korean army surgeons, in while coats, inspect bodies of two of three North Korean soldiers killed in a truce-zone clash with South Korean troops. Two North Koreans were also cap tured by the ROK troops. Communist North Korean troops, left, and Allied forces riRht, watch as surgeons examine the bodies. (UPI) .Slogan Contest Set I By DAY Chapter A contest for a slogan to be - used as a theme for Veterans 'Day activities is being con ducted by the Jackson county chapter of the Disabled Amer ican Veterans among members . of the Veterans Administra tion Domiciliary at White '.City, chapter officers have an nounced. ., The slogan is to be on a .."nation to nation" level and . is to declare antipathy to Communism, without radical -.-references which would infer . accusation of fellow citizens, .officers pointed out. The contest will close Sept. 30. Judges will be members of the VA personnel at the .'domiciliary. ' Four slogans will be select 'ed by the judges for which Farm Organizations Bend Efforts for Political Friends Editor't note: The Western lumber industry hu suffered mill closures, job lost and loss of markets during the past iwo years. Lumbermen have blamed Canadian imports, high costs, and U.S. limber policies. This it the last of three dispatches analysing the problem and the outlook lor the future. drop in its parliamentary ma-, As to negotiations with jority last June. (Canada, lumbermen remain The home market-import I pessimistic. Washington -H'PIi- The na tion's major farm organiza tions are officially non-partisan, or bi-partisan in presi dential and congressional poli tics. This doesn't mean, however, that farm leaders take a com pletely hands - off attitude when election lime rolls around. There already are signs that a number of farm leaders will be actively trying j prizes will be awarded by the DAV. Members of the Vet erans Allied Council then will decide which of the four to adopt for the Veterans Day theme. Try and Stop Me : By BENNETT CERF rpHE LATE FRED ALLEN, one of the canniest and best- J- loved personalities in all show business, spotted the drift in television early in the game. "The only performers who will last in this me- SEE THAT PELLOW... dium," he predicted ac . curately, "will be the 'pointers.' Pointers never ,do anything themselves, r They merely stand in the center of the stage, point '. to another performer, and -' announce, 'See that fel " low? He's going to do the darndest trick you ever saw!' Then the other 7 fellow comes out and does '' the trick. A week later, ,' the pointer is back ges turing at somebody else, l but the fellow who did the great trick has already given his all and is out in the .. cold. TV can eliminate pointers if times get lough enough. .They can teach dogs to do the same routine simply by r smearing meat on the actors!" i A law school professor was warning a first-year class what to expect on the final examination. "It will be at least twenty pages long and you'll need about five hours to answer every .. thing properly." When the class looked stunned, he added, con i tolingly, -Don't worn-. You'll all be in the same boat." Yeah." groaned a young man in the last row. "The Titanic!" Old Mrs. Vandermeer held a cookie up before her overfed miniature poodle and commanded, "Speak! Speak!" The poodle lowered its eyes demurely and answered, "I hardly know what to say." 1962. by Bennett Off. Distributed by Kmf Features Syndicate to help their friends win seats in Congress this fall. One signal of this kind Address Plates Used came recently from Illinois from the head of the Illinois Agricultural Association, the largest state unit of the Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation. The IAA recently used some of its address plates to ad dress envelopes used in the campaign of Republican Con gressman Paul Findley. The Republican was running against Democratic Congress man Peter Mack in a district which has been merged by re-apportionrnenl. Mack asked the Illinois farm group why it was help ing his Republican opponent, (n reply, he got a letter from the IAA president, William J. Kuhfuss. The letter told Mack lhat the farm bureau unit needed to support congressmen who followed its policy line in their voles. The letter added, "We feel, also, that we need to replace those congressmen who turned a deaf ear to the concerns of farmers." The National Farmers Union also has indicated an interest in this fall's congres sional races. The Farmers Union, via a statement 'his week, said Con gress should have acted this year to approve the Kennedy Administration's programs of supply management for farm products. To Continue Efforts The Farmers Union state ment went on to say the or ganization would continue to use all its resources to get this kind of legislation written into law. And the statement wound up with this sentence: "Farmers Union members are acutely aware that this struggle begins at home with the kind of people we send to Congress." The number of congression al districts in which farm voles are decisive has been reduced by reapportionment. But in areas where farm vot ing is a major factor, farm leaders will be trying to per suade their friends to vote on agricultural issues. By JAMES DOYLE Portland - (UPI) - There is a feeling of foreboding in the lumbering towns. In many parts of the West ern slates, when a lumber mill closes, a town dies. For many small communities, lum ber is the only year-around payroll. This foreboding was voiced recently before congressmen and the president. Lumbermen fear that a trend of mill closures will continue in the face of high costs of production and ship ping, and Canadian competi tion for U.S. markets. The big lumber unions have tried to ease the blow. The International Woodworkers of America rescinded its de mand for a wage hike this year. Lumbermen express the fa miliar complaint that the ad ministration is not favorable to business. Yet, they admit that the administration is caught in a three-way bind. Quota Asked The industry has asked that a quota be imposed on Canad ian imports which have taken 15 per cent of Ihe U.S. mar ket. They say they can live with 10 per cent of the mar ket in Canadian hands, but no more. But neither the Canad ian government nor the U.S. government has shown any indication this would be done. Many lumber state cong ressmen have pressed for ac tion. But the urgency is not unanimously felt. Sen. Maur- ine Neuberger (D-Ore.) has said, "I'm really not in sym pathy with quotas." The softwood lumber dustry is a $250 million neces sity to Canada in its balance of payments crisis. And good neighbor though she is. Can ada remains a job-stealing threat to the Pacific North west. In the U.S., many senators and representatives must turn to home states this No vember to face lumber-con- scious voters. Canada has an equally lough problem. The government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker needs support for the auster ity program it instituted week after suffering a huge squeeze of the lumber in dustry has progressed to the negotiation stage. But any positive results were negated by statements of businessmen on both sides of the border on the eve of the talks which be gan Aug. 28. It has been maintained that any effort to limit import of Canadian lum ber would impair friendship between the countries. At the same time, the situa tion is being watched for any light it may cast on President Kennedy's drive for more authority to cut tariff and ex pand international trade. Kennedy has proposed six points to aid the industry. One of the points amendment of Ihe Jones Act to lower the cost of intercoastal shipping is believed to be nearly im possible in the face of over whelming opposition. Of the other five, only the question of import quotas remains a sensitive one. The others cover additional funds for forest development, increase in allowable cuts, es tablishment of preference for American products in lumber purchase by the defense de partment, and freer loan applications. Bank Executor Of Indian's Estate Portland -IUPU- The Oregon Bank has been named execu tor for the estate of Harold Franklin Thornton, a Rogue River Indian who became wealthy when a court decided 10 years ago he and anothe Indian had been duped in sal of their government grant land near Gold Beach. Thornton, who died July 23. left an estate of about $400,000. He and Jasper Grant, who now lives in Los Angeles, had sold their prop erty for $135,000. 11 ultimate ly was valued at $1,175,000. Wallace Turner, then a porter for the Oregonian, won the American Newspaper Guild Heywood Broun award for his work on the case. Thornton's will specified his estate was to be divided equally among his children except one son who was left S500. and a woman who has since died. While this Is a step in the right direction," said Mor timer Doyle of the National Lumber Manufacturers Asso ciation, "the solution to our immediate problem is not at hand." He referred to the imposi tion of an import quota as a "clear cut mandate." The matter of tariffs is complicated by the Presi dent's request for a freer trade policy. Lumbermen say this will only intensify their problem. As the situation is now, the lumber industry can not hope to penetrate Euro pean markets. Even if it could compete with Canada, it cannot hope to compete with Russia and Sweden. A wider door to U.S. markets would add European imports to Canadian imports, lumbermen contend. They ask, how many ways can the pie be cut? There is fear that the issue if it hasn't already will be a political football and be come so hot with each pass that no one will score. With this In mind lumber men expect little positive ac tion this year. And the "feel ing of foreboding" is entrenched. 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