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.
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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.
A little investigation and
thought will increase t h e
quality and sincerity of any
gift.
Kennedy Fuel Oil
Offering the best in:
Oil Heating Equipment
Fuel Oil
Oil Burner Service
Dial 779-1515
Pendleton Request
Refused by CAB
. Washington JUPI)- The Civil
Aeronautics Board Thursday
refused to let the city of
jPendleton, Ore., transfer is-
aues relating to air service
between Pendleton and Spo
kane. Wash., from one in
vestigation to another one
Both cases are pending be
fore the CAB.
The issues are now being
considered under the West
Coast Airlines "use it or lose
h investiagtion, which is
broad route alignment case
The city requested that the
matter be considered, instead,
as part of the service to Spo
kane case.
No useful purpose would be
lerved by the transfer, the
CAB said.
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WINDOW FILIGREE
SLIDING DOORS
CABINET GRILLES
RADIATOR COVERS
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Highway Death
Toll Sets Record
, Chicago - WD - American
motorists drove to a record
death toll of 33.430 for the
first 10 months of 1962, the
National Safety Council re
ported Thursday.
- It marks the highest num
ber of traffic deaths ever
recorded for this portion of a
year, the council said. The
previous high, 32,357, was set
In 1857.
The council said 1.17 mil
lion people incurred disabling
injuries.
October traffic accidents
claimed 3.830 lives, a jump of
8 per cent over the 3,650
deaths counted in the month
last year. It was the 12th con
ecutive month to show an
Increase from the same month
In 1961.
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