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MEDFORD MAIL TK1SUNG. MEUFOKD, OKEGOM TUESDAY, OCTOUEH 29, 1063 Expenses Noted In Campaigns on Tax Proposal SALEM (UPI) -The Citizens Committee for a Yes Vote on Ballot Measure 1 the income tax increase spent $28,781 in its unsuccessful attempt to encour age the people to uphold the tax increase. The measure was defeated to 1 at the Oct. IS special elec tion. Deadline for filing statements on funds spent in the election campaigns was Friday. Appar ently not everyone has yet filed a statement. The state elections office said there was no report from Uni versity of Oregon students who pledged breakage fees for use in the campaign. Opposition Files Two organizations which op posed the measure have filed their expense statements. The committee for economy and equitable taxation, headed by Albany weekly newspaper editor J. Francyl Howard, spent $3,834, but received only $830.60. Biggest contributor to How ard's campaign was the Oregon Voter, a weekly newsmagazine published in Portland, which gave $150. The Multnomah County Citi zens Committee for Economy and Equitable taxation received $59.35 and spent $56 in opposing the measure. Biggest contributor in the bat tle to salvage the bill was the Oregon Education Association. It provided C19.833 in cash and services and supplies valued at $4,698.61 a total of $24,532.52. Other Contributors The Oregon State Employes Association and Georgia Pacific Co. each contributed $500. Contributing $250 were West ern School Supply, J. K. Gill and Don A. Ellis, Portland. Listed as contributing $100 were the Oregon Association for Retarded Children, Oregon School Employes Association, Lane County Oregon Education Association, Graham's NW Text book Depository, John and Ra chel Wallen of Portland, Edwin and Esther Ashenbrenner of Portland, William Webber of Beaverton, and Robert Fitzger ald of Portland. Fish Protein Concentrate for IVJass Consumption Running Into Difficulty A 5 Q1 FATHER, SON COLLIDE ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPD-Two motorists collided today. When they got out to face each other, they found they were father and son. Donald Akers, 23, driver of a car belonging to his employer's company, had a jammed accel erator a n d a flat tire which caused him to lose control and collide with his father's auto. Neither man was injured seriously. A. ROBERT SMITH Mill Tribune Washington Correspondent (Second of two articles) WASHINGTON - The Ken nedy Administration is looking for a way to resolve a bureau cratic conflict between New Frontiersmen who want to pro duce cheap fish protein concen trate for mass consumption him the old line Food and Drug Administration which UiinKS there is something very lisny about the whole project. A mwliminarv attempt to talk out their differences resulted n theatrics by the chiet rivals in the dispute, Interior Secretary Stpwart Udall. who has convin ced Congress to put up nearly $1 million for tne project, enu r un. Commissioner George P. Lar rick, who is adamantly opposed. Udall played host at a lunch eon attenaera Dy Liarm-it aim other high ranking government officials as well as rresiuem Kennedy's sister, Mrs. Eunice Shriver, wife of the director of the Peace Corps. Dr. E. R. Pariser, a Cam bridge - educated bio-chemist who heads the fish protein re search team, was explaining to the luncheon guests the searcn for a low cost source of pro tein for consumption at home and abroad. As Pariser's vision of a great humanitarian ach ievpment was developed, Com missioner Larrick whipped out a full color picture of the guts of a fish and cried: "Is this what you are asking the Amer ican people to eat?" Udall quickly countered by holding aloft a small sack of odorless powder and asking his guests, "Or is wis.' Illustrates Conflict This exchange illustrates the conflict. When Larrick thinks of a product made from whole I 1,- it ac "filthv" UMI, I1C ICgmua it w v.v because the fish has not been cleaned in the customary way by removing head, tail and en trails. But Dr. Pariser sees a product which is pure because the fish has been cleaned chem ically without removing any of its parts. The question comes down to this: when is a cleaned fish clean? Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Ken nedy's science advisor, pointed it up during that luncheon con ference by asking Larrick whether he would have any ob jections to a concentrate made from fish cleaned by machinery. Larrick said such a product would be approved by FDA Wiesner wanted to know why then, FDA would object to a concentrate made from fish that are cleaned chemically.. Larrick maintains that the U. S. food and drug act requires FDA to disapprove such a product for American consumption. This issue was raised in a case before his agency in 1961 62 when an Illinois firm pro posed manufacturing "whole fish flour," made from whole fish. When FDA invited public comment before ruling on the product, it received over 2000 communiques sharply divided pro and con. Object To Name Flour milling interests object ed to the term fish flour, hence its change to fish protein. The National Milk Producers Fed eration said "adequate amounts of nonfat dry milk are available and there is no current or fore seeable need to resort to fish offal as a source of protein." The thought that fish flour might become an ingredient in bread drew fire from the wheat industry. The Oregon Wheat Commission said it would be "a disheartening setback to an outstanding sanitation and pur ity program." Western Wheat Associates, Inc., Portland, Ore., said: "The wheat producer, warehouseman, flour miller and baker have been concerned dur ing recent years with elimina tion of insect and rodent infes tation in grain and flour to be processed into bread. Approv ing .. . whole fish flour would make a mockery of this whole program." In counting 736 adverse com ments and 1036 favorable to the product, Larrick noted that 21 state officials said whole fish concentrate would conflict with STIFFEL In the best Strffel tradition lighting that endures. Lighting that reflects your own good taste for years to come. Typical: Famed Stiffel Lampole; in sleek walnut and brass finish. Classical Quality To Compliment Your Good Taste! 220 NORTH BARTLETT Next to Greyhound For Your Convenience Use Our Parking lot Next Door Home Schedules Visit With Kennedy LONDON (UPD-Prime Min ister Sir Alec Douglas-Home will fly to Washington within six weeks for talks with Presi dent Kennedy, the London Daily Sketch said today. The Sketch said Douglas Home's trip to Washington his first as prime minister will come in December at Kennedy's invitation. He will not go until he wins a seat .in the House of Commons and leads the government in de bates on Lord Denning's report on the Profumo affair, the newspaper said. The talks with Kennedy, it said, "are likely to lead to an intense initiative following up the improved relations with Russia (and) will be the first swift move by Sir Alec to stamp the policy and character of the new government on world af fairs. state laws regarding inclusion of filth.' Larrick concluded that "consumers in the U. S. gener ally would regard the product described in the proposal as filthy" and that it violates the food and drug act which bars sale of adulterated food products containing "any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance. FDA ruled that fish flour would be approved only if made from an "edible species of fish" which has been "properly pre pared to remove and discard the heads, fins, tails, viscera, and intestinal contents." Donald L. McKernan, direc tor of Interior's Bureau of Com mercial Fisheries which is con ducting the government's fish protein concentrate research, said such a standard is self-de feating for the project because "fish flour processed only from fish fillets is prohibitively cost ly." The object of the project is to produce a concentrate which would supply an individu al's protein requirements for as little as half cent per day, to put in within reach of impov erished peoples who need it most. Interior officials and scien tists think FDA's attitude is based on aesthetics and the non-scientific objections of some consumers. The National Fish eries Institute, speaking for the fishing industry which strong ly favors whole fish, noted wry ly that "millions of pounds of sardines are consumed annual ly in this country with their viscera and tail intact." Conceding this point, FDA As sistant Commissioner J. Ken neth Kirk adds that Americans also eat "chocolate covered ants and French fried caterpillars but they know what they are eating." FDA argues that con sumers using fish concentrate might not realize it contained the whole fish, especially if mixed in bread or other prod ucts. "It boils down to this," said Kirk. "What do people in this country decide is filthy?" Tomato Case filed Having fought hard for san itary food standards against processors who cut corners to increase profits, FDA officials evaluate fish protein concen trate in this context rather than in the context of the culd war Kirk likens the issue to the case of the ketchup maker who used rotten tomatoes but added enough spice and vinegar to make it palatable, until FDA re quired the use of fresh toma toes. FDA recognizes that there would be economic gains for the commercial fishing industry in this proposed product. FDA sus- Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- pects manufacturers of fish, tious product can be made from meal for livestock are promoting j whole fish" and that "all por the fish protein concentrate : lions of the fish can contribute campaign because if reined for ! to the nutritional value." It human consumption it would : recommended further research bring higher profits. on what species of fish would be Whole fish concentrate "is the I acceptable, and is suggested key to Pandora's bix," declared : that FDA might develop stand Kirk, aids to insure these desirable Kirk feels that FDA must results rather than to oppose hold the line against whole fish the entire product. (lour or FDA will have difticul-1 1 ne paradox of the Kennedy ty resisting other possible' administration's dilemma ,:a that schemes, such as processing fish protein concentrate can al- in the United States, but FDA objects; but the price is still too high for marketing it wide ly in countries where it is most needed, but where FDA's atti tude involves political risks even if the scientists can lick the cost problem. Hence a le gal - political breakthrough for U.S. consumption and an eco nomic breakthrough for mass foreign consumption are need ed before fish protein concen trate can fulfill the high des- garbage or manure into nutn-: ready be produced at a price tiny hopcully marked for it by nous looa supplements. : im uuia mane it marketable ' its staunch advocates Because FDA s jurisdiction is MESSRS. LAPIDUS and Moskowitz,. two wealthy and highly respected merchants from New York, were making their first visit to Israel, and in the course of same, dropped into a Tel-Aviv night club where a new comedian had scored a sensational success. His entire monologue was de livered in Hebrew. Lapi dus listened to it in si lence without clacking one smile, but Moskowitz roared with laughter at each sally. When the comedian had quit the stage, Lapidus said, "You certainly en joyed that fellow's rou tine. I never knew you understood Hebrew." "I don't understand one word of it," answered Moskowitz. "If that's true," countered Lapidus, frowning, "how come you laughed so much at what he was saying?" "Aha!" beamed Moskowitz. "I TRUSTED HIM!" Ql'OTABLK: "Had it not been for Thomas A. Edison, people today would be watching: television by candlelight." Dave Gardner. "The real wit tells jokes to make others feel superior. The half-wit tells them to make others feel small." Elmer Wheeler. "The secret of making; one's self tiresome is not to know when to stop." William J. Bryan. "All modem men arc descended from wormlike creatures but it shows more on some people." Will Cuppy. 1963, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Futures Syndicate limited to food consumed do mestically it has no legal ob jection to manufacturing a con centrate for export. But other officials raise a political objec tion which takes the issue be yond the parochial hygiene de bate to the level of international rivalry for spheres of influence in Asia, Africa and Latin Amer ica. In Rome last summer officials of the UN's Food and Agricul ture Organization reported hear ing propaganda that the U.S. was promoting a fish product that American were prohibited from eating, obviously poison ous. Administration officials vis ualize more anti-American prop aganda charging the Yankees with selling "filth" for profit, unless FDA reverses its atti tude or is overruled by higher authority, say the federal courts or Cangress. W holesome Product Possible To get an authoritative, in dependent opinion, Udall asked the National Academy of Sci ences whether a wholesome, safe, nutritious product can be made from the entire fish. The Academy selected a commit tee composed of distinguished medical doctors, nutritionists and marine biologists. This committee concluded that "a wholesome, safe and nutri- Insurance at its Best . s (red K. I "Mr. Brenrun, CIA Insurance" Lowell A. 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My poor brother is a s c h m o e, the way he lets Joanne ride roughshod over him. He won t speak up, but I will because it's embarrassing to the family to have to keep defending her behavior to oth ers.. If she won t stop, at least I'd like an explanation. She runs off on weekend vacations alone, goes to restaurants and shows without Myron, has closets full of clothes while he has two shabby suits. Joanne S. I knew Carla would want a showdown sooner or later. She's mystified over how Myron and I can possibly be happy, when he's alone so much. It's none of her business really. Myron tells me not to listen to his sisters. But there's nothing to hide. He's a stay-at-home by choice. He's fair enough not to insist that I be the same. When I return, he enjoys my reports. I'd rather go with him but he won't budge. The Council: It's this type of case that makes us glad our column listens to both sides. Listening to Carla alone, we'd envision a combo of Maggie Jiggs, Medusa and Tugboat Annip ns her sister-in-law. push- ine her browbeaten brother around like a puppet. And we'd delve into ways of rescuing Myron. But with the circle rounded by Joanne's contribu tion, the problem changes. What ' can be done to rescue Myron and Joanne from busybodies, "cats," t r o u b 1 e-makers like Carla? In the guise of solicitude for her brother (who, we gather, hasn't sought it), she vents her annoyance and, yes, envy of a sister-in-law who seems to be "getting away with" things Carla can't get away with. . . . Deep in the sacred con.'ines of their home, Joanne and Myron have probably come to their - nf (ha FAfraatinn "problem." If Myron's unhappy ! about it, he knows where to turn. Certainty not to Carla ,mmimlt mi niMiiin mil iiiaiMijiiiwiiMi Mi m il I sin I nrlli llll 1 I ! Iillll IW1 1' iT mi n nmn aiMUfli Only this could come between Chevrolet and Chevy II. The Chevelle is a highly polished enr nn a trim llo-inch whcclbase. "With iU weight down in the 3,000-pound range. All of which makes it a sweet-handling, easy-to-manouver automobile1. But it's roomy and relaxing inside, with (be land of ride you'd expect in a bigger car. And it's styled with a lively grace and refinements, (curved side windows and pil lars, for example) that make its modest price all the more remarkable. A neat trick? We agree. But not so dillirult really when you have the skills of sea-oned Hody by Fisher craftsmen lo draw upon. And the advantage of Full Coil suspension developed by the fame. Art Cftrtitlf Mdttbn Sport Coupe Jortyromul) u ttlt Molibii Super Sport Coiicerlibl engineering talent that; came up with the Jet-smooth Chevrolet's ride. And that irrepressible Chevrolet spirit in a choice of four engines YS or G including op(ional-at-extra-cost versions all the way up lo 220 hp. Small wonder this one turned out the way it did. Did we say one? 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