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2 g SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TBIBUNE. MEDFORD, OBEGON . World Trade s Biggest Boost Since Marshall Plan To Be Discussed By WILLIAM ANDERSON .. United Press International Brussels OJPB Trade min isters from 35 nations gather in Geneva starting May 16 to discuss plans for giving free world trade its biggest boost since the Marshall Plan which saved Europe in the 1940s. But the boost could turn out to be a bust if mutual ac cusations of "protectionism" by the United Stales and the Common Market are carried to the conference table. Nobody can predict accu rately the outcome as min isters from the United StBtes, Britain, Latin America, Asia and Africa converse on the lakeside Swiss conference center. The center of the stage will be occupied by the United States and the giant economic newcomer the Common Market. The six Common Market countries, combining 170 mil lion industrialized people, are now the greatest single trading bloc outside Russia and the United States. Since they got together un. dcr the treaty of Rome in 1958, France, Germany, Italy and the three Benelux coun- tries (Belgium, The Nether lands and Luxembourg) can talk on equal economic terms with anybody In the world The United States may find this out at Geneva where, for the first time since the war, America is in the position of having to ask-as much as she is giving because of her deli, clt in balance of payments. What is bringing all these nations together Is tho Amer ican trade expansion act .n , ... fH?' O 1 truly outstanding performance LONG TV LIFE '' fj 'ii i ini ib i' in i y in S l71w.ln.rid.sk.HM ' """SMkfyr 44 The Bay View model K2004-2 BUILT AS ONLY; 0, ZENITH $15995 WOULD BUILD IT HANDCRAFTED for Long TV Life Every connection hardwired, handolderd for greater operating dependability and long TV Ufa. No production shortcuts. 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Powers Were Granttd These sweeping powers were granted because previ ous tariff cutting talk had bogged down in item by- item haggling. Year - long tariff talks in 1061 resulted only in cuts of 8 per cent. affecting but one - fifth of American trade What the United Slates may run up against in Geneva is a European feeling that Amer icans need the tariff cuts more than the community does. The Europeans have been In a booming economic period since 1058. Some member countries, es pecially France, also feel the Common Market should first consolidate itself before it starts negotiating with "out side" powers. This includes: Part of this European "hard to get" attitude undoubtedly is shrewd posturing in prep aration for some hard bar gaining. Although France may not be over enthusiastic, Germany, Belgium and Hol land are all in favor of the tariff cuts. But, as the British found out, if France says "non" then non it is because under the treaty of Rome the six must have common external tariffs by the end of 1068. Farm Policy Not Decided France has said she will not discuss anything until the Common Markets own farm policy is decided probably not before 1864. The United States says agricultural prod ucts must be included In the tariff cuts or there's nothing doing. This international poker game has been going on since President Kennedy's special representative for overseas trade, Christian A. Hcrter, first contacted Common Mar ket authorities here last Jan uary. It will go on until offi cials actually sit down next spring and start the real bar gaining for the tariff cuts which will come into opera tion only in 1865. There are many fundamen tal problems that will have to be solved before any tariff cuts can be made. Some U.S. tariffs are as high as 80 per cent. Europeans argue that even If they get a 30 per cent tariff cut the re sulting 30 per cent is still an unsurmountable barrier to goods in this category. The Europeans point out their top tariffs are 25 per cent and argue that "across the board" cuts as foreseen in the TEA will favor the United States. Id.. Is Te Cut Tariffs The United States says the idea is to cut tariffs and not to harmonize them. Although the U.S. "highs" are higher than the Europeans, the U.S. "lows" are lower and thus concessions will balance out, say U.S. negotiators The Europeans reply that the average European tariff is S.8 per cent and the aver age American tariff 7.1 per cent, and that a no "balance. U.S. statisticians disagree and say the gap is much less. Community grain prices are -rar jr.. i.uwc..i 1 ii.K ... TUOAL r"L-fc-T -,ZJ:..- f' . aPl -jT 1 l'ii'A','ii, 31 r 5- CENTER OF STAGE-The United States ain (black), which the U.S. had expected and the European Common Market will to be a Common Market member by now. occupy the center of the stage when trade In bottom picture, French farmers begin ministers from 33 nations meet in Geneva their harvesting. In tariff bargaining, May 16 to discuss free world tariff reduc- France is expected to contend that its tions. Newsmap shows the six Common farmers needs protection from competition Market countries (shaded) and Great Brit- with mechanized U.S. farms. (UP1) the key to the farm policy. The German farmers get high government subsidies on grain and want them kept high. French farmers get low subsidies and the French therefore want the grain price as low as possible. This ar gument may last a year. France expects to double its farm produce within a decade and become the com munity breadbasket. It is in French interest to exclude American farm produce which because of Ameri can efficiency and knowhow can clear stiff tariffs and still be marketed on a com petitive basis in Europe. So France wants a heavily pro tectionist agricultural policy. Helping Europe Out But the U.S. counters some of this argument by pointing out her heavy defense spend ing is helping turope out eco nomically, especially in Germany. The upshot may enable the United Slates to maintain its volume of farm trade with Europe, but Common Market agricultural chief Sicco Mans hift has said "The U.S. must have no illusions that she can expand this market." In addition to tariffs, the Geneva talks will have to go into other hindrances to trade expansion. In this category the Europeans point accusing ly to the buy American act first mooted to protect stra tegical industries. In return the United States can rightly point to some un. busted European trusts, to the inward looking attitude of the Common Market and French moves against increase in American capital invest ment in the community. As to who is hurting most under present conditions, the United States can point to a $2 billion trade deficit last year, much of it due to ex ternal aid programs. But the Common Market countries bewail a $1.3 billion deficit due in part to helping out African nations. Observers give the talks a fifty fifty chance of success. The odds could increase if the economic upturn now be ing predicted materializes. Term Suspended For Valley Man George Howard Harper, route 1, box 84, Jacksonville, received a one year suspended sentence to the Oregon State penitentiary on charges of non-support when he appear ed in Jackson county circuit court last week. He had pleaded guilty earlierl Harper was directed make proper support of his family, and to follow the pro bation regulations. Gareth George Flansburg, 25, route 2, box 24B, Jackson. ville, was sentenced to two years In the Oregon State Cor rectional institution on a charge of receiving and con cealing stolen property. 7i 4 par 11 ID with complete confidence at . . . Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Assn. Homt Office-2 E. Main, Medford Ashlind Brjnch-337 E. Min, Ashland JO Research Projects By Faculty at SOC Noted in Report Ashland-Four research prot ects by Southern Oregon col lege faculty members have been described in a report to the Committee on Studies of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Dr. Richard H. Byrns, pro fesssor of English, will pub lish the results of "A Survey on Reading Interests in High School," a project concerned with materials and methods relative to the teaching of literature in the junior and senior years in high school and the freshman year in col lege. "Sclf-motivaled Speech Im provement Lessons for Chil dren" is the topic of a re search by Dr. Leon Mulling, head of the speech and thea ter arts department. The study is aimed toward a new con cept in providing for the child, pnrent, and teacher ma terials that will carry over naturally into the home and will promote improvement of speech problems. Third Project Noted A third project utilizing 240 students split into two equated groups, is "A Pilot Study In the Effects of Frequency of Writing Upon the Improve ment of Writing." One group has written a theme a week throughout the year. The other group has written a theme a month dur ing the same period. Both groups will be retcstcd on the STEP (Sequential Tests of Educational Progress) eassay test at the end of the year. Involved in the writing study are Dr. Arthur Kreis man, director of general studies and chairman of the humanities division; Dr. Rich ard Byrns, professor of Eng lish; and Dr. Donald Moore, associate professor of English and education. Dr. Krcisman also has initi ated a research questionnaire to 300 freshman students ask ing specific reasons for en rolling at SOC, the date at which the decision wns made, persons influencing that deci sion, and the academic pro gram which the student planned to follow at the college. Sales Tax Proposal Reviewed by Cof C Governmental Group The sales tax proposition, recently tabled by the Ore gon legislature, was described as the "one tax that could have saved the day for Ore gon," when Clarence Young, vice president-manager of the Rogue Valley branch of the Oregon Bank, spoke before the government operations committee of the Medford Chamber of Commerce. Reviewing in detail the ac tions of the Oregon legisla ture in seeking answers to current tax problems, Young said the House had passed on to the Senate a heterogenous number of bills designed to meet state expenses. In his opinion, he repeated, It would have been much bet ter to have settled on the sales tax. Recommend Strong Stand Hpralri T.ntham. husiness manager of the Mail Tribune, I recommended that the cham-1 ber of commerce take a strong stand "even at this late date" in favor of the sales tax, a proposition which could be submitted to the people in next May's primary or the general election. He moved that the com mittee go on record favoring a sales tax as an off-set and relief on property and income taxes and to obtain the need ed 15 to 20 per cent increase in tax money. The commit tee approved the recommend ation with unanimous vote. Latham also proposed two other actions by the commit tee, which received unani mous approval. First, he ask ed that the local committee forward to the University of Oregon a criticism of the student team from the uni versity which visted Medford recently presenting a taxation form before the chamber's roundtable. Those in attendance, it was pointed out by Latham, felt that the students had not giv en adequate research to the subject. Favor Modest Fee In a second action; Latham asked that the committee go on record favoring a modest use-fee on the newly develop ing recreational areas of the county. The county, he said, will be "hard pressed to meet all the financial require ments for proper develop ment of the areas related to the Talent and Rogue Basin projects. A small fee per family or per car, Latham said, would make possible more rapid de velopment of present areas and would make possible the development of other areas at an earlier date. Col. W. H. 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