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VISIT SHAKESPEAREAN THEATER More and more
frequently, public study groups are journeying to . the
originating center of Elizabethan production experience
in North America: the Oregon Shakespearean Festival in
Ashland. Accompanied by teachers Mildred Black and
. Deane Roberts, this group of four seventh-grade classrooms
from Gold Hill Elementary school followed its Shake
spearean study, plan from book to theater, and made the
pilgrimage on Shakespeare's 399th birthday recently. Fes
tival Board President Virginia Cotton and the theater's
Founder and Producing Director Angus L, Bowmer mark
ed the occasion by cutting a birthday cake for the young
visitors. Next year, the Festival will launch a spirited
observance of the Bard's 400th birthday.
Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
TRANSPORTATION 'CRISIS' CONTINUED-H
' Is our nation's transportation system in a state of crisis
which can be relieved only, as President Kennedy has told
Congress, "by greater reliance on the forces of competition
and less reliance on the restraints of regulation" among the
different types of freight carriers? Is David I. Mackie, chair
man of the Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference, justi
fied In urging, as he did in a recent interview in this space,
removal of the Interstate Commerce Commission's mini
mum rate regulation on bulk and agricultural commodities
chipped by rail commodities largely carried without regula
tion by barges and trucks? 1
The barges do not agree with Kennedy or Mackie, as
yesterday's column underlined. Neither do the truckers.
Mere's an "equal time" interview for the truckers via their
' spokesman, Clinton L. Sanders, president of the American
Trucking Association, Inc.
Porter: Do you think we have a transportation crisis?
' V Sanders: We in the trucking industry see no crisis in
transportation. Even if the railroads were in extremis, which
they are not (a colleague calls them the "permanent invalid
of American business robust on Wall Street, at death's door
in' the public prints and in the halls of Congress"), we would
have a crisis only in railroading, not in transportation
generally. . , .
The railroad's real problem is you and your cars. They
are making good money competing with us on freight. In
1BB1 the railroads netted $945 million on freight before
deducting a $408 million loss on passenger operations, while
truckers netted $119.5 million.
. Portert How can our transport system be made more
efficient?
Sanderu If we must change the status quo on rate reg
ulation, we would rather have an extension of regulation,
because we think that's the only way to have orderly trans
portation; If the railroad's succeed In selling Congress on
the deadly idea of removing from the ICC minimum rate
control power over bulk commodities and agricultural prod
ucts, there will be a crisis in transportation.
Porter: Why is the railroads' proposal "deadly"?
Sanders: With their tremendous financial power and bar
gaining leverage, the railroads, if free to set their own rates,
could selectively pick off the core of a truck line's business.
. Once the truckers have been put out of business, who
is to say the railroads would not put their rates back up?
The fact is even with ICC minimum rate control, the rail
roads now charge considerably less for hauling the same
products the same number of miles where there is competi
tion from trucks and barges thtn where there is no com
petition. Without ICC regulation, truckers would have no real
recourse against predatory raid activities by railroads.
The railroads actually are asking for freedom from ICC
regulation and simultaneously seeking to continue to enjoy
their exemption from most anti-trust laws.
Porter: Mackie said in this space that our annual freight
transportation bill could be reduced by several billions of
dollars if competition were increased and current restraints
slashed. Do you agree?
Sanders: Who's getting those billions now? Are the rail
road: implying that we have this staggering waste in trans
portation? Are transportation profits hurting the economy?
Railroads already have plenty of freedom to compete if they
wish to lower rates. The ICC docs not Initiate rates, it merely
passes on those submitted by the roads.
Porter: Are American taxpayers in effect subsidizing
trucking through federal roadbuilding programs, as Mackie
charged? -
Sanders: All of the approximately S3 5 billion the federal
government will spend on highways this fiscal year comes
from the federal highway trust fund, which in turn derives
its revenues only from special federal taxes on highway
users. There Is no other source. Trucks comprise less than
18 per cent of the vehicles using the highways, yet pay
37-38 per cent of the special highway users taxes. We feel
we are more than paying our way.
r Porter: To put it mildly, you're against Kennedy's pro
gram? Sanders: It would create chaos in transportation. Yes!
(Porter Postscript: With this lulu of a three-way battle
going on, the. odds on railroad legislation in 1963 would
seem dim indeed.)
Museum Grants To Finance Expedition
Eugene - Grants from two
museums will help finance the
scientific expedition of a
group of University of Oregon
graduate students to the South
Pacific.
Walter M. Frederick s e n,
teaching assistant in anthro
pology, has received notifica
tion of grants from the Kon-
Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway,
and the Bishop Museum m
Honolulu, Hawaii, Amounts
of the grants were not dis
closed. ,
Fredericksen and his wife,
Demaris, also a teaching fel
low, accompanied by Richard
E. Ross, teaching fellow, and
his wife, Barbara, will sail
for the South Pacific in late
June or early July aboard
their unusual three - hulled
trimaran. The Fredericksen's
5-year-old son, Erik, will also
be along on the expedition. '
Under the Bishop Museum
grant, the group will do
archaeological work on Wash
ington and Fanning islands in
the Line Island group, not far
from Johnston and Christmas
islands.
The group is due in the Mar
quesas Islands in September
to do an archaeological sur
vey under the Kon-Tiki
Museum grant. They will be
working on behalf of Thor
A Gay Littlt) Sport
Game of Place-Dropping Scored in
Fashionable, Remoteness Categories
pi
Washington - WPD - Place
dropping is a gay little sport,
the rules of which are very
similar to
those of name
dropping. The main
difference is
that in place
dropping the
players w i n
points for
where they
have been,
w.it rather than
for who they have been wilh.
It is possible to place-drop
and name-drop at the same
time, but this tends to get
complicated and should only
be attempted by the more ad
vanced players.
Place-dropping points are
awarded in two categories
the fashionable and the re
mote. For example, Monaco
has a rating of 30 points in
tiie fashionable category and
Samarkand is worth 50 points
for remoteness.
Some places, such . as
Hyannis Port when the
Kennedys are at home, are
classed as remotely fashion
able and are scored in both
categories.
A player must, of course,
be able to drop the place into
a conversion in order for
the score to count.
During my recent trip to
Venezuela (10 points), I trav
eled with a group of highly
skilled and dedicated players,
all of whom were more far
flung than I.
I found myself badly out
classed and, in desperation,
began to drop places I had
been as a soldier in World
War II. Resorting to involun
tary wartime military travel
is considered bad form.
When the other players dis
covered what -I was doing. I
was ejected from the game for
unsportsmanlike conduct.
The winner by a wide mar
gin was Myron Glaser, a far
flung travel writer for the
Washington Daily News. How
ever, it was a tainted victory.
His occupation gives him
professional status and ama
teur place-droppers ordin
arily do not compete against
the pros except in open
tournaments.
Glascr took a commanding
lead in the third round, or
chukker, Ijy dropping Old Rag
Mountain, Va. It caught the
other players completely off
Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthra
pologist and author of the guard.
best-selling book, "Kon-Tiki." I He not only scored 15 points
for remoteness, but received
a 25-point bonus for dropping
a place where the other play
ers hadn't been and a 50-point
bonus for dropping a place
they had never heard of.
After the match, I asked
Glaser if such a place actually
existed or whether he had
been bluffing.
Grange News
Upper Rogue Grange
Upper Rogue Grange met
recently with good attend
ance, Master Roy Vaughn pre
siding. The third and fourth degree
obligation was given to Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Chandler by
Past Master Herb Carlton,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dits
worth of Bellview Grange
were walcomed as visitors.
Agriculture Committee
Chairman George Moore re
ported that the market for
local hogs was good, and Herb
Carlton spoke . on the frost
drmage to citrus fruit in Ari
zcha, and the water situation
in that state, where, because
of the low jainfall all crops
are irrigated.
Legislative Committee
Chairman Paul Torrance com
mented on bills before the
Legislature. Reporting on
roads, Roy Vaughn stated the
Elk Creek bridge was being
widened, and spoke on the
proposed access road from
Prospect to the new highway
now under construction.
HEC co-chairman Georgia
Bishop announced a clean-up
day at the Grange hall Thurs
day, May 9, at 10 a.m., mem
bers to bring a sack lunch.
The HEC meeting will be
held following lunch when
further plans will be made
for the Father's Day ham din
ner to be served to the public
at the hall June 18.
At the next regular meet
ing of the Grange on June
6 Upper Rogue Grange will
be the host for the visitation
meeting. The meeting will
start at 8 p.m.
Refreshments were served
at the close of the meeting
by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bar
ber. )
The Grange social night
will be held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bishop
Thursday, May 16, at 8 p.m.
Those attending are asked to
take their own sandwiches
and cookies.
"Yes, Virgil, there really Is
an Old Bag Mountain," ho
said. "Some day I'll take you
there."
Our expedition is scheduled
to get under way within a few
hours from the time I write
this. The current American
expedition to Mt. Everest may
overshadow ours somewhat,
but we are not doing it for
the glory.
If all goes well, my next
dispatch will come from the
summit of Old Bag. Don't miss
it if you can.
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