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Recreation Group Slates Meeting Salem Um- The 25 mem ber Oregon Outdoor Recrea tion Council, created by Gov. Mark Hatfield last month, will bold its first meeting Dec. 19. The all day meeting will Urt at 9:30 a.m. in the state highway building here with remarks by the governor. . The council will elect of ficers and adopt rules, devot ing much of the day to brief ings by park officials on such topics as county parks, forest recreation, recreation on fed eral lands and private lands. : A draft of a proposed policy statement for the council's consideration states that the council will act as a subcom mittee of the governor's natural resources committee. Among other things, the Statement says the council Should work to determine Oregon's outdoor recreation needs now and in the year SjOOO - recommending ways to meet these needs. SECTION B i'AUKS 1 to 12 T T MedfordMTribune The Republican Wins In Minnesota J St. Paul, Minn. -IUPP Minnesota Canvassing Board has declared Republican Gov Elmer L. Andersen the winner of the closest gubernatorial race In Minnesota s history. . Lt. Gov. Karl Rolvaag, An dersen's Democratic - Farmer Labor party rival, announced immediately he would demand a recount of the vote in the Nov. 6 election. The board acted after it was ordered by the Minnesota Su preme Court to count disputed amended vote returns from 10 counties. The amended returns had put Andersen ahead by About 140 votes. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1962 Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndictt, Inc. Considering Type of Child Important In Selecting Gift German Freighter Listing at Sea - Boston OJPB A German freighter with 29 men aboard listed dangerously in heavy Seas 750 miles east of here to day when the cargo shifted suddenly. The Coast Guard reported that the Erwin Schroeder, a 835-foot motor vessel, tilted about 15 degrees in 22-foot waves but managed to main tain headway of about eight knots. , The 327-foot cutter Spencer out of New York was dis patched to aid the vessel. A rendezvous was expected about noon (PST), the Coast Guard said. A spokesman said officials did not feel the Schroeder was in any Immediate danger of sinking. Grants Approved For Sewer, Park ' Washington -IUPD- The Com tnunity Facilities Administra tion Thursday announced it has given a $167,643 grant to Xastside, Ore., to pay for half the cost of new sewer facil Hies. ' The grant was made under the accelerated public works program. The Urban Renewal Admin istration announced it has giv tn a $6,630 grant to Salem to help in purchase of 21 unde veloped acres of land for San tiam. Park about two miles outheast of Salem. BEHIND THE STEEL SQUEEZE Slashes in steel dividends ... A lagging demand for steel even in the face of a boom auto year and the Cuban showdonw . . . Steel prices being cut in dramatic contrast to the attempt of the industry last spring to hike prices across-the-boaid . . . Drastically shrinking profit margins, intensi fying competition to steel from other materials at homo and from an increasing volume of lowcost foreign steel imports What is wrong? Why? What is the outlook? Here, from Roger Blough, chairman of giant U.S. Steel and the man who triggered last spring's steel price rise crisis, are answers to key questions about one of America's most basic indus tries. Porter: Which is the most important force behind the recent steel price cuts competition from foreign steel pro ducers or compctilion from manufacturers of rival materials or competition among the U.S. steel companies themselves? Blough: Lower-priced foreign competition has certainly been a very major factor, but the competition among U.S. steel companies has been just as important, possibly more so. The impact of competition from aluminum and plastics has been more on new products than on prices. We would even tually have developed "thin tin" (which competes with aluminum), but the competition may have influenced the timing. In the case of foreign steel the lower prices often simply reflect the much lower hourly labor costs in foreign coun tries. Also, it has been charged that foreign steel is being dumped" into this market by foreign producers who are selling it for less here than they do at home. We have anti dumping statutes in this country, and I understand that the Treasury Dept. already has started some investigations o this. Porter: How are you going to moct the competition from foreign steel imports? Blough: One way we cannot meet it is by reducing our prices below our costs. Foreign steel prices run from $20 to $40 per ton under our domestic prices on the same pro ducts. Taking a composite average price for all types of steel products, the current price of steel in the U.S. runs about $70 per ton. Last year steel industry profits on sales (after taxes) were 5.2 per cent, about $9 a ton. Clearly, we absolutely could not reduce our prices enough to meet the foreign competition. One thing we can do is offer better service, such as prompt deliveries and expert technical guidance on manu. facturing problems. We already have a large edge here. We also can offer quality which is second to none. Then, we must keep developing new products. We have more and better research centers in the steel industry today than ever before and the products coming out of them (at a rale of one new or greatly improved product a month for U.S. Steel alone) are constantly increasing in usefulness and value to the consumer. We can develop new types of steel to serve completely new purposes. Finally, we must improve our steclmaking plants to com pete with foreign stgeljnaking equipment, which is mostly new since World War II. We have been having trouble on how to pay for this investment but I think we are beginning to make progress. Porter: Now that costs and wages are rising rapidly in other countries, won't this tend to equalize prices and help the steel industry regain lost markets? Blough: In percentages European prices are going up faster than here, but steel is sold in dollars and cents. The fact is out total employment costs, including fringe benefits, are roughly three times costs in the Common Market and six times costs in Japan. We must hold down our costs, improve our plants and equipment, develop more ingenious management techniques. Porter: What is your judgment of the outlook then? Blough: Despite the problems, I am more optimistic now than I have been in several years about the future of our industry. By DAVID NYDICK UPI Education Specialist During the approaching hol iday season, millions of dollars will be spent on gifts for chil dren. Naturally, you would like these gifts to be enjoy able, appropriate, and usetul. All gifts cannot fulfill all purposes. Perhaps you would be doing quite well if your gift achieved two of the above aims. This will depend upon your knowledge of the indi vidual receiving the gift. Children usually are most interested in recreation - type gifts (toys, sports, books, cameras, etc.). Most people feel that all toys are enjoyable to children. This is far from true. You probably know of many in stances when expensive toys are discarded lor inexpensive ones. Discouraging? Avoid this by making the choice person al. Consider the type of child and his interests. Don't buy a quiet game for an extremely active child and don't buy a baseball glove for a child who dislikes the game. Choose an item which meets the likes of the individual. A gift is appropriate when it is proper for the age level and reasonable for the par ticular home. A toy, game, or other item which is too diffi cult for the child to use will quickly end up on the shelf. A game with complicated in structions to read is not for the pre-school child. A 10 to 12- year-old girl will not be inter ested in a play stove when she is permitted to help with and do actual cooking. Clamp roll er skates arc not appropriate for a 14-year-old who is ac customed to shoe skates at a roller rink. Many people feel that a gift does not have to be useful. They should consider that use fulness often creates interest. A gift which encourages exer cise can be valuable and fun. A pull toy can be most help ful for a child just learning to walk. A model kit. which is not too difficult, will develop a child's ability to use his hands. There are many kinds of educational toys which aid with academic skills. You may have noticed that many items are now marked for age levels. The only caution is to con sider the child's development which may be higher or lower than his actual age. Books arc excellent gilts for some chil dren. They are available at all ; levels. A personal library can be a treasure for many young-1 sters. Tools allow a child to be creative. He will learn i much from and enjoy playing : with the objects he makes. Proper equipment based on the child's desires will en-: courage participation. The cor- reet baseball bat will improve hitting. A good telescope will allow for exciting discoveries. I In total, a well chosen gift will be greatly appreciated. Its value is not necessarily re lated to the actual cost. An inexpensive gift can give many hours of enjoyment. 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