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m Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hill Syndicate, Inc. MedformIIWTkibune SECTION B MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1962 PAGES 1 to 8 Durno Only Oregon Solon To Oppose UN Bond Purchase By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington -(Special)- All members of the Oregon con gressional delegation who are seeking reelection this ;'i lion aumonz- ing President Kennedy to lend $100 million to the United Na tions. The on ly Oregon so lon to oppose Smim was Rep. Ed win R. Durno, Medtord Republican, who is retir ing at the end of this term. Sen. Maurine Neuber- mmli BEEFEATER BEEFEATER tnuioioll-' ' k the imported English Gin that doubles your martini pleasure Unequalled since 1820 BEEFEATER QU 94 PROOF 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS K0BRAN0 CORPORATION . NEW YORK 1, N. Y, ger, who is not running this year, didn't vote when the bill passed the Senate last April but she was announced in favor of it. Those voting for it were Sen. Wayne Morse and Demo cratic Reps. Edith Green and Al Ullman and Republican Rep. Walter Norblad. In contrast to the strong support for it from the Ore gon delegation, more Wash ington state lawmakers were against it than for it. Sen. Henry M. Jackson supported it but Sen. Warren G. Mag nuson, who is up for reelec tion, opposed it. In the seven member House delegation, four Republicans opposed it; and one Republican and two Democrats supported it. Congressman Norblad said that "at first I was against it" when President Kennedy first asked Congress for au thority to rescue the UN from its financial distress by pur chasing $100 million in UN bonds. But the congressman said several provisions added by Congress swung him around. Cuii Annual Share "One is that the loans shall be used to apply on future dues of the United States," he explained. "Also, this will cut our annual share of UN costs from 47 tier cent to about 32 per cent of the UN budget." The UN is in financial dif ficulty because there is a def icit of over $25 million in un paid assessments to cover costs of the UN Middle East oper ations along the Israeli-Egyptian border, and over $51 mil lion unpaid for the UN Congo operations - the two chief world trouble spots in which the UN has taken an active role in recent years to avert war. AH UN members have been assessed shares in the costs of these two special op erations, but some UN mem bers, chiefly the Communist bloc nations, have refused to pay up. Some congressional critic ism was voiced in the House debate lasFweek over the ex tra assistance the -United States has pumped into the UN via the foreign aid route to make up for some unpaid Farm Bill Called 'Serious Mistake' Portland lUPtl Former Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft ' Benson says the House passed farm bill is a "seri ous mistake." Benson was here during the week end to attend an area conference o the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Benson said the government should stop trying to control farm production. The Eisenhower cabinet of ficer said under his own pro grams the government would have withdrawn from farm production controls within a year or two after he left office. assessments. This had the ef fect of raising the American share of the UN budget from its customary figure of 32 per cent, to 47 per cent. The reg ular budget, aside from these two special operations, is $74 million for 1962, of which about $70 million has been paid up by members. Others Pledge To Buy The UN General Assembly last fall authorized issuance of $200 million in 2 per cent bonds to keep it from founder ing for lack of money. As of Aug. 1, some $27 million in UN bonds had been purchased by 17 nations, and 29 others had pledged to buy another $45 million's worth, for a to tal of $72.7 million from 46 countries, including two non members, Germany and Switzerland. Under the bill approved by Congress, the United States could not invest any more than all the other nations com bined, or a maximum of $100 million. The only Oregon House member to participate in the floor debate was Mrs. Green, who pointed out that Ameri ca's share in NATO military costs is 30 per cent and that our UN costs ($27 million an nually for regular budget plus about $150 million thus far for the Congo and Middle East op erations) are "just a pittance" compared to the costs of mil itary activity in Berlin and Korea. She said she voted for the bill "because the United Na tions is working for peace by diplomacy, mediation by truce observation and by policing some of the most dangerous trouble spots in the world." a awiim iii urn iii inn iiibi imh nmmmmmmmmmmmimmmiimmmmm ' I! 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The "Truth In Packaging" bill will be sent to an ap propriate subcommittee at once, will die, of course, when this Congress adjourns. There is no thought of its passage this year. Rather the strategy of its supporters is to give all who would be affected by this revolutionary legislation am ple time to study, debate and probably improve the propo sals - so that when the bill is re-introduced at the next ses sion its chances of passage and of a sympathetic response from industry will be enhanced. It's a short, simple bill, covering only consumer or non durable products we buy at retail for our personal or house hold use - what might be called most of the familiar "kitch en and bathroom" items. It's the result of axhaustiva hearings hold by Senator Hart and his subcommittee which gathered mora than a half million words of testimony - all of which led to the conclusion that existing Fadaral laws and regulations are simply not adequate to control many of the practices for packaging and labeling marketbasket Hems which are now prevalent. . The legislation falls into two major parts. First, the bill would direct the Food and Drug Admin istration and the Federal Trade Commission to draft across-the-board regulations to establish minimum standards for stating the net weight and net content of a package contain ing the consumer product covered and for requiring dis closure of this information on the front panel of the pack age in unqualified terms. You could see the weight or con tent of a package by looking at the prominently displayed label and understand what you're seeing. It would direct the two agencies to draft regulations pro hibiting manufacturers from stating or implying that they're offering a product at a lower than customary retail price since manufacturers haven't control over what retailers charge. Banned under this would be the "cents off" pro motions which aren't real price reductions but just come-ons. It would direct the two agencies to draft regulations to prevent the use of illustrations and pictures on packages which deceive buyers. Banned under this would be pictures of luscious cherry pies on packages which contain only in gredients for making a pie. Second, it would give the Federal Trade Commission discretion to establish standards for specific lines of products or categories if the FTC finds these standards necessary to preserve competition between competing products or to help the consumer make rational price comparisons. The FTC might set up standards preventing a befuddling variety of sizes of packages for certain products; for instance, this might prohibit dozens of different size packages for the same amount of potato chips. It might set up standards reg ulating the distribution of products in package shapes, sizes or dimensions which mislead or deceive the consumer; for instance, if a package was only partially filled, there'd have to be a sound reason for this. It might set up standards mak ing size designations meaningful; for instance, if a two-pound package is a medium size package for a product, it couldn't be hailed as the super-super two pound package. It might set up standards for designating servings; for instance, if a one pound frozen dinner is a serving for two, it couldn't be called by a maker a serving for four. It might also set up standards for measuring lhe con tent of a package where net weight is meaningless! lor In stance, if weight doesn't have meaning for a detergent, the manufacturer would have to measure the contents In a way that does. It might sot up standards for disclosing what's in a package, without asking disclosure of any trade formula, of course. Controversial? Obviously - particularly if lhe FTC were to set up standards banning "cents off," curtaling package sizes and shapes, demanding disclosure of ingredients. But the Hart bill also would require the FTC to consult in ad vance all who would be affected by the rules, to ask industry to inform it "what you can live with." The bill is in. Now it's up to businessmen who would be affected to offer whatever constructive suggestions they have. For we're going to get this sort of legislation, and if there is to be a law that will benefit industry as well as consumers the time for industry to cooperate on its scope and form is now. Duncan Visions Courts for Peace Portland - ItlPI) - Peace will come only when all of the world's peoples accept the rule of law in courts of inter national justice, Oregon House Speaker Robert Dun can (D-Medford) said here Saturday. The Democratic nominee for Congress from the Fourth district spoke at a banquet honoring Donald E. Clark, Democratic c a n d i date for Multnomah county sheriff. Duncan said economic con ditions are the primary causes of war and he praised pass age of President Kennedy's trade bill as a step toward a worldwide economic union. He said even when the eco nomic causes of war are re moved, police forces will be necessary to carry out the mandates of world courts. Until that day comes, he said, the U.S. must keep its defenses strong because it is only the fear of mutual de struction that keeps the So viet Union in check. ' Vofe Scheduled for New High School The Dalles- IUPD -A special election on a $947,000 bond issue for construction of a new high school has been scheduled Oct. 22 for voters in a recently consolidated school district near here. The district was consolidat ed from the Chenowith, Ro wena and Mojier districts. The high school would serve the new district. Salt is essential to the nutri tion and physiological proces ses of all animals, including man. I Bedford, Pa. - IUPH - State Troopers Newton Robbins and I Bernard Zukus went skin diving this week end in Cum berland Dam lake. They found a safe stolen from the : Bedford Steam Laundry in j August, 1961, and an auto , reported missing by a Colum bus. Ohi motorist in May, I 1960. 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