MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1962
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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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