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2 C THURSDAY. AUGUST 41, 19S3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Chances for Bracero Extension Improved by Senate Bill Passage .. 'h r mm By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special)-Capi tol Hill observers think chances of Congress extend m ing the Mexi ran farm In. 'i b o r program 71 I A(h, U.S. J were substan A 1 1 a 1 1 y I m proved by S e nate adop tion last week of a modified . Baku bmitM Dill, i n e House in May refused to ex tend the bracero bill under . which Mexican workers are brought into the country for temporary employment un der contracts with farmers and food processors who claim they can't secure adequate American workers. The pres' ent law expires Dec. 31 unless extended by Congress. In Oregon, over 300 Mexi cans have been employed chiefly in the Rogue River valley fruit orchards. Oregon's two Democratic senators split sharply on the Mexican labor bill when it was debated in the Senate. Sen. Maurine Neuberger op posed the extension of the law and supported efforts to modi fy the existing act. Sen. Wayne Morse supported ex tension of the program and opposed changes in it. When it was debated in the House, a comparable split developed when Rep. Robert B. Duncan of Medford voted to salvage the program and Rep. Edith Green voted to kill it. The Senate's approval of a new bill is likely to raise the whole issue again in the House, which votea earlier 174 to 158 against extending the bracero act Mrs. Neuberger told the Senate she considered it "simply amazing" that Con areas should sanction the iirv nortation of "hundreds of thousands of Mexican farm workers at a time when there is a great deal of unemploy ment in rural America." "Sharply increasing mecha nization reduced agricultural employment in this country by 300,000 last year and the toll is increasing," said Mrs. Neuberger. Sen. Morse said the pro cram ooeratina under a treaty with Mexico, has help ed strengthen relationships between the U.S. and Mexico. He said he rejects the argu ment that it docs injustice to American labor. The fact is that Mexican workers are being supplied in certain agricultural areas where other labor is just not available; American farmers have not been able to get it," said Morse. Mrs. Neuberger said the ar gument that the growers can t get domestic labor "is non sense. "American farm workers are eager for the jobs," she added. "They need them. Of course, growers may have to pay higher wages than 60 cents an hour in Arkansas but I do not believe it is the func tion of Congress to maintain substandard wages." Proponents of the bill point ed out that the use of bracercs is "rapidly phasing out," that the number of Mexicans im ported has declined annually from 445,197 in 1956 to about 195.000 last year. Those using braceros last year consisted of 2,264 individual employers, 57 food processors and 231 led in the total hirer! work associations composed of 24,-1 force on farms of 258.000. Tha 492 members. i average number of Mexicans Sens. Warren G. Magnuson and Henry M. Jackson, both Washington Democrats, and Sens. Thomas Kuchel, Repub lican, and Clair Engle, Demo crat, of California, all sup ported extension of the pro gram. Son. Engle pointed out that California employs far more domestic workers than bra ceros and that he favors grad ual elimination of any need for braceros. He said in Sep tember the peak harvest month last year in California, 73,000 braceros were employ- employed in California was 32,000 last year, which he said represented a steady de cline for the sixth stra-ght year since the average in 195 was 52.000. Sen. Eugene McCarthy ID Minn.) how ever, observed that California brought in a total of 127,000 Mexicans last year while the state reported 295,000 persons unemployed. Sen. Kuchel countered by say ing that was like adding ap ples and oranges because the unemployed aircraft workers in Los Angeles don't consider tomato and lettuce picking suitable job opportunities. Kuchel said average wages for work performed by bra ceros in California ranged from a high of $2.80 an hour for loading carrots to SI. 18 an hour for picking oranges. He said this compared fairly with wages in various indus-1 so much work. vision would require them ti offer domestic workers occu pational insurance or work men's compensation coverage, free housing, and the cost of transportation to the job com parable with what the law requires them to offer the Mexicans, and guarantees of trial ooccupations in which domestic workers are en gaged. Sen. McCarthy succeeded in getting an amendment adopt ed which would require em ployers to make farm work more attractive to domestic Americans before they hire Mexicans. The McCrathy pro- McCarthy pointed out that the Mexicans would still re ceive better treatment than domestics because the pro gram requires employers to recognize the right of Mexi cans to bargain collectively, to provide non - occupational accident and health insur ance, to furnish tools and ' equipment to braceros, to sup ply good drinking water, to offer protection against im moral influences, to provide meals at a cost of not more than $1.75 per day. None of these benefits is required for domestic workers under any federal law. Mrs. Neuberger was one of the co-sponsors of the tc. Carthy amendment. It was adopted by a vote of 44 to 43. Sen. Morse voted against it. Always Refreshing! f m Taxi in Tokyo May End Up at Police Station for Advice Br ROBERT CRABBE United Press International Tokyo iUPIl Grab a cab In this ancient city and odds are, if it's far you're going, you'll end up at a police station. Not for a complaint, but for information. The streets have no names, the houses no num bers and thousands of police ' men do nothing but sit in bandbox neighborhood sta tions telling people how to go where they're going. Now, with the coming of the 1964 Olympic games and thousands of foreign tourists, the city has begun to tack up some street signs - something it hasn't done for the last 150 years. Nam Soma Streets During the occupation era the United States Army tried to get the Japanese to get the hang of the American way They named a few streets and put up some signs. But along Tokyo's notori ously crooked streets today (at least one Intersects with itself), the Army's weather beaten yellow signs can still be seen. The Japanese are too polite to take them down and Two People Hurt In Area Accident Two persons were injured Wednesday in one of three ac cident investigated by Ore gon state police. Treated at Josephine Gen eral hospital In Grants Pass nd released were Ordclta Irene Hagel, 26, of Queens Branch rd.. Rogue River, and a passenger in her car, Roger Yilek, S, of the same address. The car was southbound on East Evans Creek rd. near Rogue River about 8:30 a.m. when it skidded on loose gra vel and went into a ditch, knocking down about 32 feet of fence. Both were treated for scalp lacerations. In the second accident at 11:45 a.m., cars operated by Willie Dalton Vandergriff, 31. of route 1, box 717, Eagle Point, and Austa June Bor Buett, 27, of Myrtle Point, were westbound on Rogue River highway near Rogue River when the Borguett car started to pass as Vandcr- ariff started to make a left turn. Both vehicles received moderate damage but were driven from the scene. At 7:40 p.m. an accident in volving a motorbike and an automobile occurred on Ross lane near the KMED studios. According" to state police a westbound car operated by Albert Edward Goeppinger, 63, of Talent, changed lanes to make a left turn, falling to see the eastbound motorbike operated by Clyde Otis Lov ell, 17, of 33 Hawthorne st. No injuries were reported, po lice said. Subscribers To report Improper or non dtUvtry of the Mall i"r'hun In Matflord, phont 77J-14t; Aah Una call at 4 IS Brldia ft., or phone 42-3002; Vreki, phono Victory 3-280S before :( p m. daily and 10 JO a m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrlvaa ahortly alter you call pleaat notify office, thin eliminating pedal meaMnger aarvlee. too indifferent to paint them. So far, about 50 streets have been newly named and the government says eventually every street down to the humblest alley will be hon ored so. But it's going to take a while. One Country Towns The world's largest city is an immense collection of what were once country towns be fore the city overran them, much as Los Angeles swal lowed up Its orange grove communities. About 15 per cent of Tokyo - the downtown area - looks a lot like down town Los Angeles or down town Cleveland. But the Japa nese don't think in terms of streets. They still see things In terms of districts. The Tokyo system of locat ing yourself and writing your address is a quaint hand-me- down from medieval Japan and, when a friend gives you his address it's only an ap proximate guide to his house, Nevertheless, the depart ment stores deliver packages to Tokyo homes and the mail arrives on schedule twice every day, seven days a week (unless, of course, your mail man is new and he's as con fused as you). Typical Address Consider the case of "Mrs. U.S. Doe." Her address is typical: Setagaya-ku Kitazawa 3-Chome 264 Tokyo, Japan When Mrs. Doe gets mail from stateside, the sorter at the main Tokyo post office notes that she lives in Seta- gaya, one of the 22 adminis trative districts of Tokyo. He sends the letter to the Seta- gaya post office. The letter goes on to one of the neighborhood post of fices in Kitazawa. Japanese towns are broken up into chomes - or postal districts -and Mrs. Doe happens to live In 3-chome. In 3-chome, the houses do have numbers, but there is no system to it. The houses are numbered roughly in the or der in which they were built. At 3-chome 264, Mrs. Doe might find herself next door to 3-chome 301, instead of 262 or 266. The letter carrier has mem orized the entire district and knows where every number is. Host Draws Map When a Tokyo friend gives you his address and invites you over for dinner, you go by train if you want to do it the easy way, and have him meet you at the station near est his home. If you Insist on having a taxi or driving your own car, your host draws a map. (Sometimes the map works; sometimes it doesn't). Usually, the taxi driver Just takes you to your friend's town and then stops at a handy store to start asking questions. He usually ends up at the police station but the ciuiua nit-re are Often not up to date. In desperation, the people In many neighborhoods band together and have a map of their area drawn, showing every house with the owner's name written on It. They post it on a signboard but of couse this is no help to the struESline fnrei une map is in Japanese.) The chome system seems bout to fade Into history and Americans have begun to eye the new street signs with Joy. As one of them put it: "This may seem funny from 3fr. But it's no fun r us." jaTAMPJ QarAMpaJ lTAMPJ wjToTvfry IsTAMPftl IstampkJ m EES m PIGGLY WIGGLY Istamp! PIGGLY WIGGLY tjcRCEKl ISTAMPSl from . . . 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