Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 24, 1963, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Texto Issue of Russian Trade Threatens Republican Split WASHINGTON Is , (he "wheat deal' local? with Russia Some Republican leaders are charging that it violates the spir it, and perhaps the letter, of the law, and they want to make an election issue of it. But not all Republicans. In fact, it now appears likely that if trade with the Soviet bloc is made an issue, Republicans would find themselves decplyy apm. aim ulii apun.aiui.ii duu business groups have been call ing for increased East-West trade. The law in question is a "pol icy" statement made by Con gress in 1961 that subsidized farm goods, which sell for a higher price in the United States than on the world market, should not be sold to "unfriend ly" nations at the lower, world price. These are the terms on which the Soviets are buying the wheat. Otherwise, they might buy it elsewhere at the world price. The policy statement came about in the following way: Before 1961 the Government had allowed sales of most foods to the Soviet Union on the theory that food is strictly a consumer item and would not contribute to the U.S.S.R.'s national defense. However, most foods which en joyed export subsidies i.e. for which the U. S. Government paid the exporter the difference be twecn the domestic and world prices were not allowed to go to the Soviet bloc. To 'Friendly' Nations Under PL, 480, the law under which Government - supported surplus agricultural products are sold abroad for local currency, agricultural goods so sold may go only to "friendly" foreign na tions. The law defines a "friend ly country" as any but (1) the U.S.S.R. or (2) any area "dom inated or controlled ... by the . . . world Communist move ment." Poland and Yugoslavia were the only Eastern European nations permitted by the Exec utive Branch to receive PL 480 food, under both the Kennedy and Eisenhower Administra tions, on the grounds that they were not "dominated" by Rus sia. The PL. 480 law did not re strict regular commercial sales for hard cash or short-term credits. To unload some of the surplus foods that were piling up in Gov ernment storage bins, the Com merce Department, which ad ministers trade licenses, an nounced June 22, 1961 that it would case restrictions against exports of subsidized agricultur al products. It planned to sell surplus subsidized foods to other areas of the Soviet bloc for dol lars or for currency convertible to dollars. Congress reacted by adding to the Agriculture Act of Will a declaration that it is "the policy of Congress" that the U.S. should "in no manner either subsidize the export, sell, or make available any subsidized agricultural commodity In any nations other than . . . friendly nations." The declaration re ferred to the definition of "friendly nation" in PL, 480. Fol lowing enactment of the amend ment, Commerce suspended its plans. During debate on the amend ment, its sponsor. Rep. Delbcrt 1,. Latin (K-Ohio) argued that selling any subsidized foods lo the Soviet bloc would give bloc countries the benelit of subsidies paid by the U.S. Commodity Corp. to producers and export ers. Because the CCC is authorized lo sell subsidized agricultural commodities owned or controlled by it for export at less than the domestic price, Latta argued that under the Commerce pro posal, "the American taxpayer will now (be) picking up the dif ference between the world price and the domestic price House Agriculture Committee i Chairman Harold D. Coolev ( D- NO areued lo Ihe rnn'lrnrv that the American taxpayer had ; already "picked up" not only the difference between the world j price and Ihe domestic price, hut Ihe entire amount ol Ihe domes tic price. The net result, there fore, of exporting subsidized goods would be to reduce the I TTH PU"J j j LOW IN PRICE j ! SKPPY ! iTOPS IN QUALITY.'! lMITTI0N$JgJ THURSDAY. OCTOBIilt 21, 1961 cost to the taxpayer by the amount of the world price Justice Department Position Before President Kennedy ap proved the wheat sale, he asked the Justice Department to draw up a memorandum on its to gality. In the memorandum, the At torney General and his advisors took the position that the Latta amendment was simply a policy declaration intended to be given consideration by the Executive, but not binding upon it. I hey said that Congress could have taken the opportunity to embody the sense of the amendment in binding legislation. But House Minority Leader Charles A. Halleck (R-Ind.) Oct. 10 charged that the wheat sale violates the Latta amendment. Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon called it a "major for eign policy mistake The following day the Repub licans on the House Agriculture Committee in a joint statment also said the Latta Amendment had been violated. They added that "trading with the enemy is morally wrong" and that "the vast majority of American farm ers, like the vast majority of all Americans, are unwilling to sell out a high moral principle, even for solid gold." Other Republicans, however, aren't so sure. Sen. Milton R. Young (R-N.D.), who represents a wheat-producing state, took to the Senate floor Oct. 11 to ask where Republican leaders "got all of this authority" to make the wheat sale an issue. "This is one political parade 1 will not be marching in," said Young. He noted that "all over the farm belt there is widespread and strong support for this sale." Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.) called the wheat sale "the hu manitarian tiling to do." This schism in GOP ranks on the wheat sale reflects a general division of opinion on whether it is immoral to have any dealings with ihe enemy or whether a dollar earned Is a dollar earned, and one which might have been a franc or a Deutsche mark at that. The United States' allies have never been as strict about trade with the Soviet bloc as has the U.S. This has been a matter of no small frustration to I.'. S. businessmen who arc told that they cannot sell for security reasons where they see their European counterparts selling. More Trade Wanted A recent meeting of U. S. bus inessmen convened by the White House ended with a resolution calling for more U.S. trade with Ihe Communist bloc. The Cham ber of Commerce of Ihe U.S. has taken a similar position, argu ing that "good two-way trade cements peaceful relations." Ironically, these pressures come on Ihe heels ol a year when the don't-dcal-with-the-dcv- il theory seemed lo hold sway. In 1902, there were loud outcries in Congress that the U.S. was too lax in its policies governing trade with Ihe Soviet bloc. Congress lightened the Export Control Act which is the major law govern ing East -West trade, and direct ed the President lo suspend "most - favored - nation" tariff treatment for Poland and Yugo slavia "as soon as practicable." This meant that Ihese two coun tries would no longer enjoy Ihe tariff cuts granted by the U. S. lo other nations. The Adminis- tralion has not yet suspended j "m(n." hopeful that Congress , will reverse itsell on this ques tion llns year. And then there was Ihe 1962 right - wing campaign against purchases from Poland and Yu goslavia. Consumers who bought Polish hams and Yugoslavian baskets were reminded that these came from a Communist regime. Sales of such goods dropped sharply. Pressures against expanded I East-West trade, therefore, are "T"?'. "5 wlnp Darning man jum Rran' groups who will never for- -"'""'" "V ! h,t h ,ot'k ov,'' MWr Wwrll,i ,!" . ., i mere is incmuie im way in tell at this juncture which way the pendulum will swing, (t opyright IIIK.1, Congressional Quarterly Inr.) Interference With Allied Patrols Seen REItLIN il PH-lnterfrrence wilh Western Allied patrols in East Berlin may be Ihe next Communist moie lo restrict Western rights here. The East Germans have opened a propaganda campaign against the lours of East Reriin made manv limes dailv hv American, British and French military sedans. The Western Allies consider' Ihe regular patrols a sign that I all of Berlin is still under four-: power rule. The Russians claim this rule no loncer exists Significantly, the nrooaEanda nltacks have coincided with ! Russian harassment of Western Allied convoys on Ihe highway lo the West through East Ger many. 'O Geologic Study of Diamond Lake Area Is Being Completed A geologic study of the greater , are possibly the county's most : Dr. Purdom received the B. S. Management in Nevada, before between 1 and 12 million years jointing (resembling posts iJiamona iaae necreauun rea i ls now being completed by the , Umpqua National Forest, ac- cording to Vondis E. Miller. Roscburg. forest supervisor. A geologic brochure of (he , will be published early next ' year which will be available to ha nnhli. Thrf.nnh thic anrl nth. the public. Through this and oth-i'. er means, the multiple-use ob-; jecuves in managing me nation-, al forest heritage will be real-; Miliar vni.in The brochure is part of the 1 ?.bout .tw0 miljon,0I abou' one-: geology field camp for the Uni U. S. Forest Service's visitor in- ",tn tnat of a" 01 Australia. versily of Arizona. From 1900 to formation service program. 1 1962, he was assistant professor The Diamond Lake area in The deepest known spot in of geology at Ihe University of eastern Douglas County includes Lake Superior has been record- Oregon then was employed as Ml. Thielsen and the lake, which I ed at 1,290 feet. geologist for the Bureau of Land Sf hirAMI'J '"""--r-MiiM il" Pure, Fresh and Loan U.S. Choico or Swiff's Premium m Ground Chuck II ... o if 3-oz. Pkg. Assorted Flavors ii im i3 c if TYVSsn PI" S&H Green Stamps 4 !y Al3 ) iIIWi..Wl I GREEN I fejjjT SUPERMARKET g- ff frozen " (I STOCK UP lC MEOI OHIJ popular mountain playground. Miller. throuRh U.e Uniwrsity , f,.,.n r,S,.n na,...Y,( r T ",' u, L n n3 brought ur. William B. Purdom m iko ih,c ,.,m,ri,. , ., .... , jr;;i , ;'.'. h,nranlnni h. t whh have 'produced ,he in- 1 r . .:,,: ri . j.. !; i0fms, ; b & , , Sydney has population 01 , PIGGLY rj I iS1 19 Plus S&H Graan Slamm rfV MAIL TRIBL'NK. MKIHOKIJ. OREGON ;" - - ' - " i-imi.-ia.ry V in,h19' 'arn.!d ' Forest this summer. He ; his Ph. D. from the University;. ....... . . of Arizona. His experience in-1 . . nuiura a iuui as iiuimig Kc'ji'JK'M m Cuba, a summer with Shell Oil Company mapping geology ; in northern Alaska another sum-1 mnl- Ulth S.l,l-nllV.Mnhll fill ( rr. mer with Socony-Mobil Oil Com- pany enRageu- j interpretive j anu anayiuc geological worn in Vpnnvnpljt por ,wo summers he taueht a WIGGLY gCc coming to the Umpqua National urn"? 10 leatning post at the University of Oreenn this : ,, - - - Oldest Exposed Rocks Dr. Purdom's report indicates Ihn nMnc nvrwcnA cu.tc in tk the oldest exposed rocks in the Diamond Lake Area to be be- iween 12 million ana 60 million 1 years old. Ihese lavas are j I rom the glacier-carved slopes mostly covered by the High Cas- of Mt. Thielsen to the columnar cades lavas, represented by such ' pointing in the North Umpqua peaks as Mt. Thielsen and Mt. I Canyon, Dr. Purdom's report re Bailey. On both these peaks, the I veals a fascinating history por climbcr is rewarded with out-1 trayed in the rocks, standing exposures of the stormy I Unique geologic forms, such volcanic activity which occurred i as pumice that floats, columnar j jj J Boneless, rolled chuck roast from U.S. Choice or Swift's Premium lean, aged beef. 1 Regular 33c Each No. Vi Tin lf'T5tar-KstJ AigaaBBawMiwwwi KING SIZE PACKAGE Rinso Blue King sizo pkg. 99c PLYMOUTH Bleach gg 49c PLYMOUTH Mayonnaise fnq.rt 49c PLYMOUTH Salad Dressing 39c PLYMOUTH Syrup .... Big 24-ot. bottle 3 " 99c KOPPER KETTLE Jam Ass't varieties Big 43-01. jar 69c Lwmmnttntirn LARGE 40 OZ. PKG. asu About 6,600 years ago. Dr. Purdom s report continues, a ..giowing avalanche" of pumice ?'"'" irom aii. .iiazama rusnea down across Diamond Lake, moving at speeds sometimes in excess of 100 miles per hour. The ava- ,..).. A fj t:i. lanche snapped off trees like matchsticks, engulfing them in the now. 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Forest visitors are invited to ask for information on the loca tion of these phenomena Everybody's Favorite! 12-oi. tin 59c f I ()