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X MilDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1963 detergent Foam Found Endangering Streams of World (ANIEL RAPOPORT At Drescnt. both are lnsino I Rnll h. ni . , 1 t ..... .. . , j BT M W By DAN1LL HAPOPORT At present, both are losing United Pres. International the fight. But Rep. Hen'y Washington 'tPI Hamlet's Reuss (D-Wis.) is hopeful thai castle at Elsinore and the with a little help from Con city of Altoona, Pa., have a gress, Altoona, and perhaps problem in common Both are many more communities, can battling suds from detergents, win. Gorham Silver Plate Cadroom Border DOUBLE VEGETABLE DISH Regular $62.50 Value SPECIAL ( 52995 I ALS FREE 4 matching serving pieces sugar spoon, butter knife, cold meat fork, pierced serving spoon . with the purchase of SO piece service for 8 COSTUME JEWELRY Priced from Ml Mi i 0 i Eight timeless GORHAM STAINLESS designs to choose from. Crafted by the makers of famous Gorham sterling. Service for 8 in carefree Gorham stainless start at $49.95. Seulhm Oragoa't Diamond Ctf 21 K CENTRAL Ejl 1903 Convenient Terms If Desired! Reuss has opened a person al and legislative campaign to make all American commu nities safe from frothy, moun tainous detergent foam which is fouling up water and sew age systems and polluting streams. The culprit, he says, is a petroleum derivative used in the manufacture of most de tergents which came into their own here and in Europe after World War II. Unlike soaps made from animal fats, they do not decompose in sew age systems or septic tanks. Foam Builds Up As a result, the foam builds up in treatment plants and rivers and lakes. In some areas it even finds its way into the drinking water. Reuss says studies have shown that the -foam can kill fish or drive them from their streams and lakes, but that the major danger Is fouled water supplies and clogged sewage systems. Reuss made his first move by introducing a bill that would forbid use of deter gents as they are composed today. By 1965, detergents sold in the U. S. or imported would have to decompose in sewage systems "reasonably quick, and completely." The U. S. surgeon general would set the standards. Reuss says he has been bothered by the problem for a long tune. Last year he traveled through Europe, and saw some illuminating sights. Europe Has Problem "At Heidelberg, for exam ple, I witnessed clouds of de tergent foam floating down the river Neckar not far fro j where the Student Prince sang to his love," he told the House. "Today it is possible he would not be able to sing 'Overhead the Moon Is Beam ing.' He would not be able to see the moon because of the piling up of detergent foam on the Neckar.'' Turning to Denmark, where Shakespeare set his tragedy, "Hamlet," Reuss said: "At Elsinore, where Prince Hamlet confronted the ghost of his murdered father, on the rampart overlooking the sea, I saw what seemed to be either the ghost's ectoplasm or a gigantic iceberg come down from the north. By all the logic of oceanography, there could not be an iceberg there, and sure enough, there was not. The iceberg was a mountain of detergent foam, floating serenely along on the water." Reuss Has File Reuss has an impressive file to prove that he has thor oughly researched his subject. He has examples of detergent foaming in areas such as Suf folk county on Long Island, Starved Rock park in Illinois. Benton Harbor, Mich, and ol course, Altoona. The congressman feels th; t detergents are not only es thetically unpleasing, bi t are an actual health hazard. They not only contribute to the pollution of water supplies, he claims, but prevent other sewage from being treated. He points to the detergent makers as the people who could cure the problem if they followed an example set by their counterparts in West Germany. He maintains that the German manufacturers confronted with a law similar to his bill devised a deter gent in which 80 per cent of it disintegrates. Further, he says, the product is only slightly more expensive to produce. Manufacturers Object The American detergent manufacturers take sharp ex ception to most of what Reuss holds to be self-evident. They say his proposals are both impractical and unnecessary. In addition, according to the Soap and Detergent Man ifac turcrs association, the foam is a symptom of pollution, and not pollution itself. (Reuss disputes this point and has some backing from the Public Health service.) The association also asserts that the industry is now con ducting a $5 million annual Foods Held Under Refrigeration Top Previous Figures Washington - fUPIl - There was an inventory of 66 bil lion pounds of farm - pro duced foods held under re frigeration in warehouses on Feb. 1, according to the ag riculture department. This was a record for the dale. This is 8 per cent more than stored a year earlier and 26 per cent more than the Feb. 1, 1957-61 average. 1 Orange concentrate hold ings moved up to 49 million gallons by Feb. 1, a gain of 9 million from the previous month. The gain was about equal to the average increase for the month, but was 25 per cent less than a year earlier. Supplies of orange concentrate were about 62 per cent larger than on Feb. 1, 1962, and 87 per cent more than average for the date. Frozen vegetable supplies J 8 million were in controlled were reduced by 103 million pounds to 1,180,000,000 pounds on Feb. 1. For the date, these supplies are 5 per cent more than last year and 48 per cent more than the 1957-61 average. Holdings of all frozen vegetable items ex cept mixed vegetables and french fries were lowered during January. Frozen fruits in storage on Feb. 1 were down 56 million pounds from a month earlier to 472 million pounds. These stocks are 13 million pounds less, than last year but 31 mil lion more than average stocks for the date. The prin cipal reduction, 22 million pounds, was for strawberries, which were down to 137 mil lion pounds on Feb. 1. Sup plies of fresh apples totaled 25 million bushels of which atmosphere rooms Buttered Lowered Supplies of butter were lowered seasonally during January and the 7 million pounds net withdrawal left 311 million pounds in stor age, compared with 239 mil lion pounds stored on Feb. 1, 1962. American cheese holdings totaled 360 million pounds. Warehouse stocks of meat totaled 501 million pounds after a January net decline of 5 million pounds. Beef sup plies were 165 million pounds, pork 247 million, turkey 200 million, and other poultry 126 million. '"xbU - 'leaning 1 " l" otilifc 1 tall I UU U LC L'V I! LT H SFW3tfP IVC an ant ram n... nr. a, ..I lutants from a water sunnltr Part of the plan, ironically, as well as eventually remov would involve using deter-1 ing itself is very much aware of deter- anything about changing the tern. gems, bui ine agency looks form in which detergents are upon them as part of the over-'manufactured, it is trying to An adjustable ceiling spot light aids the student of piano or ' organ by adding needed light to the score and key board. ' mA Friday Cr Saturday Only! IIP jf:p p3 .n WOOL SKIRTS TO CLEAR! Values To $22.95 $00$(S)00 N D Wham! Slam! Bang! Down Come Prices! SAVE! Selected Group Of JEWELRY y2 Price Selected Group Of Fine LEATHER BAGS 1 L2 Price SPRING DRESSES A Selected Group! Values to $79.95 s 1 An exciting array of Colorful Prints or Solids in One Piece Dresses or Jacket Dresses. 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