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Newspaper Page Text4 A- "Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune" PubhstTid Daily except Saturday by MEDrOHD PH1NT1NG CO 33 NorlhKir St, Ph. 772-6141 ROBERT W RUhX. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manage! GERALD T LATHAM, Bua Mar ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mm Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporu Editor OLIVE SI ARCHER Women'a Editoi DAJLEJ5RICJNIrcuJarMgr An Independent Newspapel Entered aa lecond class matter at Mcdford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance Daily and Sunday 1 year 1 18 00 Dailv and Sunday 6 moa 10.00 Dailv and Sunday 3 moa. 5.00 Sunday Only One year $5.00 Single Copy (Mailed) Mo By Carrier And Motor Route. Laily and Sunday 1 year $21.00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1.78 GnnHuv Dnlv 1 mn S00 Carrki ndVendori Copy 100 Official Paper of City of Medfnrd Official Paper of Jackion County United Presa International Jull Leaned Wire U. P 1. Tclephoto Newsplcturea "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC1. ATES Ol'lcea In New York. Chi catjo Detroit. San Francisco, Loa Ange!a Seattle. Portland Denver Member California Newspaper Publisher! Association Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from trie files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1953 (Friday) Gov. Paul Patterson will be the main speaker at the fourth r-hamhpr of Commerce forum- dinner Nov. 16 at the country club. Cattlemen of five counties will meet here today in connection with selection o( tne uatueman of the Year from District 5. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1913 (Saturday) Bob Watson scores all Med ford points as Black Tornado football team defeats Eureka, 13 to 0 in wet contest; win is "go ing away" present for Mcdford Coach Lome Arnold who is scheduled to become physical education director of Yankton college. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Joe Louis, heavyweight champion, was here Friday and held forth at Camp White. At one time your correspondent was close enough to kick him on the shins, but thought better of it." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1933 (Monday) Mrs. Oliver Overmeyer and R. W. Frame head campaign to get memberships for Mcdford Gleemcn. Frank Hull, general chairman of Mcdford Community Chest drive, speaks before Kiwanis club. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1923 (Tuesday) Dr. C. R. Kay scheduled to arrive in Medford to sell out Gold Hav property in Tolo area. Commander C. Y. Tengwald of Mcdford American Legion post announced plans for 00 servance of fifth anniversary of end of World War. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 30. 1913 (Thursday Reginald H. Parsons of Hill crest orchard leaves Medford for month's visit in Seattle. Bud Anderson, Medford, re ceives "little credit" in Oakland, Calif., for fifth round knockout of Louis Recs, Los Angeles, in lightweight boxing match. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Is Flickcrtail Slate the nick name of Wyoming, North Dako ta, or Idaho? 2. Do cranberry growers de termine the quality of their crop by ils color, or bounce? 3. Addis Ababa is the capital of which country? 4. The husband of a female soverign is called what? 5. Into what sea docs the Dan ube River flow? 6. Name the first Negro ever to pilch in a baseball World Series. 7. Which two composers are most famous for fugues? 8. What transaction was nick named Seward's Folly? 9. In what book is the proverb found, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"? 10. For which fall (lower is mum a nickname? Answers: 1. North Dakota. 2. fticimie. X Ethiopia. 4. Prince VtrM!l. . black Sua. , Satchel filH. 1 Umh Ut tlBrUlul. ft. 1'i..HKtr Mttto, ft tMtttf, JO; ChrysntlMiwm), 0 j fifiS NEWSPAMI jiASSOCIATION NATION A I tpiTOIUl iAc6T,gw w-igLiimimiiAiatM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 39, 1963 Au H2O Oregon Republicans went slightly ga-ga over Senator Barry Goldwater at the party's regional conference in Eugene and were somewhat less enthusiastic about Governor Nelsori Reckefeller. The fact that Oregon Republicans are so en thused about Barry is one of a series of events that indicate they are, as a party, pushing further into extremism and farther away from the mainstream of the voters. Among the other events was the departure from the party earlier this year of veteran leg islator Sam Wilderman, who became disenchant ed with the controls exerted by right-wingers over the party s destinies. And almost as if they were trying to prove that Wilderman was correct, the Multnomah County Republicans last wing extremist as their WE DID not attend gene: our impressions of it are based on the televised speeches of the two candidates and on press dispatches. But this is just about as close as the average voter gets to the candi dates anyhow. 1 On the basis of their TV appearances it is difficult to understand why our state's Repub licans favor the Arizona senator over the New York governor. Although they appeared sepa rately, there was a sharp contrast in the elec tronic image. Rockefeller came through as more capable, vigorous and articulate. To some degree he dealt in positive specifics. Goldwater, by comparison, seemed tired, worn and uncertain. The tone of his speech was one of negative vagueness. His attempts at humor reminded one of a second-rate comedian. How ever, his partisan audience responded to his sal lies at humor with frequent bursts of applause. HIS REFUSAL to accept Rockefeller's debate V a 1 1nn era 1 nfliiaf cxA Vi a la si Is-a i;l.af fVi a Knv. ing fraternity refers to seeing the two of them plain that Goldwater s dodgng of a debate was politically shrewd. He evidently remembers what TV debates did to Dick As a number of political pundits have pointed out, Goldwater's popular appeal has derived much of its foundation from the fact that he lives in a simple world. His remedies for solving com plicated domestic and international issues and political problems are simple, pat formulas. These have an immediate appeal to people grown weary of trying to understand all the subtle com plexities of modern life. Goldwaterisms that appeal to the frustrated and the simple-minded include: Get the U.S. out of the U.N.; abolish the income tax; bomb Cuba; give America back to the businessman; outlaw the union shop, etc. OOWEVER, since becoming a presidential candidate, Goldwater has been trying to hedge his previous extreme position on many issues so as to make himself more palatable to more voters. It is causing him no little discom fiture to have discerning observers compare what he has haid in the past with what he is saying now in his effort to make the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. Goldwater is no demagogue of the Huey Long and Joe McCarthy stripe. He isn't smart enough. But he might become one under the manipulation of Machiavellian advisors. For proof of Goldwater's inability to grasp the complexities of a problem and come up with a workable solution, try looking up the legisla tion he has authored in 11 years in the Senate. There is none. And even the department store in Phoenix was not his creation; he inherited it. In the wake of the current Goldwater groundswell many thoughtful citizens are becom ing concerned almost to the point of alarm, about the prospect of having Goldwater in the White House. THESE people disagree with those political professionals who regard the merchant of Phoenix as the Republican who'd be the weak est opponent for President Kennedy in 1915-1. While we can appreciate their concern, we really can't take too seriously a man who feels it necessary to rent a Univac brain machine to de termine what he thinks on the burning issues of the day. Goldwater recently did that to help sort out his own contradictory statements on various issues. If his Oregon TV appearance is any indica tor, we think Goldwater will, like many unla niented picture tube personalities, succumb to overexposure. Then, perhaps, we'll see a realization of the political slogan about Goldwater that we like best, namely; Rack to the store in '(54. j Vacation Patrick worked hard, saved his money and finally took a long vacation in Hawaii. But in the midst of his vacation Patrick had a heart attack and died. At the funeral home, two neighbor ladies were exclaiming over their deceased friend. "Doesn't Patrick look rested? said one. "Yes," murmured the other. "The trip cer tainly did nun a world or $ in Oregon week elected a right- chairman. the GOP confab at Eu- as "moxie." But, after in juxaposition, it is Nixon. Oregon Labi)!' Press good. CaUVolle Dl-rfj I G-iVrf J "You miss a vital point, young man. We cannot 'give' anything. The constitution gives them their rights and they are there to he taken!" Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mali Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of t paper, in fact the contrary Is often the case. Word of Gciil To the Editor: I have just read that a minister believes the story of Babel is "neither a scientific nor a historically true account of the origin of different languages. That it is a legend. In Deut. 32:8, when the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. God segregated the nations and races, before the flood but, as today, men have disobeyed. Noah and his wife were white and so were his sons. But Japheth had intermarried and so had Ham. Shem married a white woman. Japhath had mar ried a yellow woman, Ham a black. This preserved the yel low and black strains in the Ark, and brought them through the flood. Gen. 11:1 says, "and the whole earth was of one lan guage, and of one speech." The ninth verse, "Therefore is the name of it called Babel; be cause the Lord did there con found the language of all the earth and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth." Doesn't this minister believe the word of God? God did start segregation. "But as the day of Noah were" (Matt. 24:37) so have men of today disobeyed. Mrs. Donald Turnbough, Route 1, Box 79F, Jacksonville, Ore. Are We Ready To the Editor: Once again the little man from Ethiopia has de livered his message to a world of war-like nations who profess a desire for peace, yet are arm ing for destruction. Once again he plead for the underprivileged African nations, and that they be not deprived of their natural resources and that they be al lowed their own rights to deter mine their form of government. The first warning came from tne emperor, Halle helassi. in .936. when he protested .he rape j of his country by Mussolini with his Legions from Rome. As he stood before the nations of the League, assembled, and assum ing that they were Christians, plead with them in the name of Christ to call off the butchery of his people, whom had harm ed no one. He warned Ihem also of a swift retribution in their failure ; to comply. Two major wars fol- j lowed close upon their decision. I Are those things mentioned in i Scripture Positively! Read, horn in the IHth chapter 0 L a.ah. "All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth, see ye. when he liftelh ; up an ensign on (he mountains: and when he bloweth a trumpet. 1 hear ye. For so the Lord said 1 unto me. I will lake my rest." (Isa. 18:3-4.1 i The Jew is returned to .lorn-; .-.,..... I''i'n- - "I -..,; in- pared for the Zion. above The Seventh Angel has been sounding since that time (Rev. 10:6-7). God is not tired, physi cally, but is tired of sin and sin ners and the instiuator of all rebellion, tne Devil and Sa- lan, ana 1 nnsi is soon in come to put an everlasting end lo this world as we now know il. He will save those that are trusting in Him and will destroy them that have taken another course. Friends, are we ready every moment of the time ' James Williams P. O. Box 441 Jacksonville, Ore. Todav'g Teenagers To the Editor: Weil, here I am again, this time backing Terry Bowles and his commit tees for a Teonage Center. I tun Mr a lot f yM, hoik strengly as we r i MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. Teenage Center, so let's come out and show them some sup port. Their meetings are being held Thursdays at 4 p.m., Room 14, Medford Senior High School. And on Wednesday, Nov. 13, a meeting will be held at the City Hall. So please come and help us support our group 01 teen agers. They are striving for a Teen age Center in Medford. Listed below are few incidentals that Terry and his group are very much interested in. 1. Adults and teenager back ing. 2. Adult supervision. 3. A building would be nice. 4. Financial help. 5. Moral support and boosters. Let's get in and show them that today's teenagers are won derful. Their first money rais i n g project will be held Saturday in Medford at different locations. Look for their signs. This is to be a cake, cookie, pie, etc., sale. By the way, anyone interested in donating pastries listed above, or Saran wrap, pie plates or cash donations, I will be per sonally responsible to see that it is given to Terry or his com mittees. You may mail dona tions to my address listed be low, or call 772-4462, 773-5580 or 773-3591. Thank you for reading and helping. Let's see our teenagers reach their goal!! Irene S. Kennedy 1417 Johnson St. Medford. New Device To the Editor: The following should be of interest to your reading public. Now being marketed through franchised agents on a lease basis, is a new fluoridation de vice. Designed for simple installa tion in the main water service line of a residence, the leased device will include continuous maintenance at a figure now set at $3.75 per month. 1 he issue of fluoridation which T, " T ' T a very great "bone of conten tion." This device poses resolu tion by assuring the citizens right of personal choice. Developed and tested over a five year period, it is reported ly approved by the U.S. Health Service. Ken Maver 817 Broad St. Medford. Hillmvcon To he E;,ior. Thf. , written by mv son. is his own idea and composi,ion No hc, Mc , n.i(n . P Po,.haps some o( vour $ rea(ors wolld ,ike (0 read i( jrs 11 Krueger 'ox i-j Eagle Point Ore o Boo. Boo, Boo. said the gob- ijn. Rattle goes the spook. Trick or treat, say the kids and thev get ennriv We have fun on Hal- lowocn I too hope you have fun I'm a spook. What are you? When you get through going to the houses why don't you give some candy to other kids? The old black cat is sittinc on the fence. The Jaek-o-lantern is i ail lit up Meet me in a space suit or a clown suit. Philip Krueger Eagle Point, Ore. 1 eight years old, third grade) Wasted on Frills To the Editor: First, I want to thank you for being fair enough to let us all be heard concerning this tax mess. I don't think the state officials really fear the people so much J because they know how to han dle most of them. They say now, "As long as rtu public keeps dflmading OREGON Foreign Policy Is Now Based on Ability To By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreljn News Analyst A world which for years based its foreign policy on the Soviet Union's ability to make war now finds itself in the midst of a curious reversal. Lord Home and ffi His Birth Defect By Arthur Hoppe V. j WILTON PARK, England The burning question in English public life today is: Does the new Prime Minister have the grit and fortitude to overcome the one overwhelming handicap to his leadership of the British people? Namely the fact that he was the 14th Earl of Home. Personally, I doubt that, strive though he may, he will ever be able to rise above it. For you know as well as I the deep-rooted feelings the British have toward the aristocracy, their hereditary leaders the deep-rooted feeling that they aren't fit to lead. Oh, I know Lord Home has re nounced his title. But will the public forget? Certainly the loy al opposition won't. "A peer for Prime Minister!" Labor party spokesmen are chortling. "It will cost the Conservatives a million votes." So while you must admire Mr. Macmillan's hire-the-handicap-ped policy it looks bad for the Conservatives for flying in the teeth of tradition a tradition up-dated and modernized in the new 19th Century English novel I just wrote entitled: "Wither ing Roots." It follows. Pamela, the beautiful scullery maid was sculling culls in the scullery, her sweet beauty ra diating from her pure soul, when there crept up behind her like the sly cur he was, Lord Robert of Edward, the 147th Duke of East Twyckham. His face a mad mask of passion, he attempted to seize her. "Here, now!" cried our Pam ela, dropping her cull sculler in pretty confusion. "Keep your hands to yourself, you. . . you. . . you 147th Duke of East Twyck ham, you!" "Oh, Pamela," sobbed the young Duke, dropping to his knees. "Forgive me. I forgot my station. But can you not forget the defect I was born with? Was it my fault my fa ther was the 146th Duke of East Twyckham? And that I was doomed from conception to be a member of the aristocracy? Oh, say that you can overlook this blot upon my escutcheon. Oh, say that you will marry me." "Marry the likes of ?" sneer ed our Pamela. "Ha, ha. 1 have my pride. And I will never mar ry a man who was not born to be a leader!" "But I will renounce my ac cursed title!" "People would remember." "But we will fly away across the sea to America and 1 will adopt my plain old family name." "What's that?" "Plain old Bobby or Teddy more services it will have to pay more taxes." But, the pub lic keeps demanding less spend ing, which naturally means, less unnecessary services, "not more." These stubborn offi cials refuse to see where the tax money is being wasted the most. An unreasonable sum is being wasted on unnecessary and unedticational (rills throughout the state in public schools. They remind me of cats, they have to have their noses rubbed into the mess be fore they can understand what's wrong. It's true that the state legis lators shall lew sufficient taxes to cover all appropriations it makes. But. it's also true that their obligation is to first give the people what they want. They are supposed to be the ser vants of the people, not the ser vants of college presidents, school boards, big businesses or any other pressure groups. There's too many cooks who are spoiling the broth. If there must be a vote on nmnthinn thon Ipf it h in o if the nonnle want tn keen Ihese ! big spenders in their jobs to run the people instead of the state government. And it no clear picture emerged from the over- whelming defeat of the legis- lature's tax measure, then we haven't got the right men to ! handle the job of running the state's business for the people, j And the people are not all so I stupid lo let them take the tax i money from their left pocket instead of from their right pocket. We could say. "It's the same thing, only different." John P. Gascon Route 1, Box 310B Central Point, Ore. . Make Peace, Instead Policy makers now must con sider the Soviets' ability to make peace. The question is a matter of serious debate and already has had an effect on U.S. relations with the U.S. SR. . For example, except for the present seeming cold war thaw, it scarcely seems conceivable that the United States ever would have considered lifting its embargo and seriously nego tiating with the Soviet Union for Kennedy." "I'll go," said Pamela. And they lived happily ever after, first in the Senate, then in the Justice Department, then in the White House. Which all goes to show you how times change. In Britain these days, they've got aristo cratic families who can't rule. But in America we've got rul ing families who can't be aris tocrats. Because in Washington these days it was never truer that a man's family name doesn't mean a thing. So long, that is, as it isn't Kennedy. Personnel Moves At Star Noted APPLEGATE VALLEY-Pete Neyhart from Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Lewis River Wash., accepted a position at Star Ranger station this month as highway engineer. At the same time Wayne Sed- wick from the Quinault District of Olympic National Forest be came a member of the staff as a forestry technician under re source management. Werner Bruckner is expected to arrive this week from Penn sylvania to become a forester on the staff at Star, succeeding Don Perala, who inlisted in the Air Force. Other new members of the staff include John Kaiser, tim ber management assistant, who came here from Bly, Ore., in the Freemont National Forest, where he held the same position, and Rodney Strahm, highway engineer. Strahm is a graduate of Oregon Sate university and worked on dam locations in California last summer. Others leaving Star recently are Logan Evans, resident en gineer, who is with Ford Borth ers in road construction at Grants Pass. Robert Reider, engineer, was transferred to ProsDect District of the Rogue River Forest dur- ing the summer. Sports Development Application Denied PORTLAND (UPI) - Appli cation for a winter-sports de velopment inside the Mt. Jeffer son Primitive area on the east ern slopes of Three Fingered Jack has been denied by the u. b. forest Service. Regional Forester J. Herbert Stone said resorts, roads and Bravery or cowardice are more mechanized equipment are ex-la matter of childhood exper cluded from primitive, wilder-: lences tnan an indication of ness and wild areas of the Na- baslc character, tional Forests. j Humanity has always respect- The application for the winter ed physical courage, but high sports development was made by Western Star Development Co.. Salem. Proposal for reclassification of the Primitive Area to Wild Area status was announced by the Forest Service in August. School Custodian Salary Tops That Of New York Mayor NEW YORK (UPD-The sal ary of a Brooklyn high school custodian last year topped that of Mayor Robert F. Wagner, it was reported Tuesday. Eugene E. Hult, superintend ent of design, construction and nhvsiea n ant for New York!"""-" " "" ut'eii munu mat aui.uuu Kilograms. A Kilogram is Citv. identif ed the hiBh-nnced janitor as D. Paul Bishop, 66. Hult said Bishop made $53,000 as against $50,000 for Wagner. The onlv public official in the nation with a higher salary is the president. Hult said it was reported last week that Bishop supervisor of a 15-member janitorial staff at Bushwick High School made $43,695. However, a d 0 u b 1 e check of the contract arrange ments revealed the higher fig ure. A special commission appoint ed by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel-; ler has been investigating the, nign cost 01 custodian an as 1 the sale of $250 million worth of wheat. Wheat long has been on the list of strategic materials banned for sale to a potential enemy. And in the United States it has aroused debate whether such a sale and a revision of U.S. trade policies furthers the cause of peace or simply tides the Soviet Union over an emer gency from which it can emerge to press still harder the cause of aggressive world commu nism. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris tc) Field Enterprises. Inc. KINDS OF COURAGE In a recent issue of the Atlan tic Monthly, I was interested in reading an interview with Stir ling Moss, the pre-eminent rac ing driver of our time. Among other things, Moss con fessed that his great courage on tne tracK does not extend to oth er activities; for instance, he would under no circumstances dive from a 30-foot board into the water, even though he "knew1 the water was deep enough and sate enougn tor the dive. We tend to do with the word "courage" what we do with the word "intelligence" we assume that it is indivisible, when ac tually there are many different kinds of courage and many dif ferent kinds of intelligence. And those who possess one special kind of courage or in telhgence tend to think that those who lack it (even though possessing some other kind) are wholly without the virtue. Physical courage, for exam ple, is most admired in our so ciety; yet a good case could be made out that not only are there differing forms of phys ical courage, but also that there may be superior kinds of courage that make the physically brave man look like a coward, I was imprssed some years ago listening to the rcbroad cast of a BBC talk given by Gen. Sir William Slim, former commander-in-chief of the Al lied Land Forces in South East Asia, in which he began by saying that "Moral courage is a higher and rarer virtue than physical courage." He went on to point out that no other army has ever pos sessed "massed physical cour age" as the Japanese did. The Japanese generals, he added, shared their men's physical bravery, but lacked moral courage. "Thus, we played on this weakness and destroyed their armies." Moral courage must be taught, he said, because so few, if any ! have it naturally, and "most men with moral courage learned it by precept and example in their youth." The outstanding impression of courage he car ried away from the retreat from Burma in 1942 "was that of In dian women refugees, and not of the fighting man." One man fears heights, anoth er speed, and still another wa ter. One man will make the most heroic attack and then faint if a hypodermic needle is ! P'unsed into his arm. Physical 1 moral courage usually meets with contempt or martyrdom in its own time. How many men have been "brave" in an unjust war simply because they lacked the moral courage to resist the force of public opinion? turned up several instances of where custodians made more than $40,000 yearly. About 50 custodians have been subpoenaed for Question- i ln the investigation in I ,tBM man.v Janitors earnea at least $25,000 last year. Although the custodians have to pass civil service tests, they are independent contracts who! receive a flat sum to clean the j schools. The amount includes I salaries for helpers and for equipment, lne contracts keep the rest as salaries. About 850 custodians are under contract I to the city. The Board of Education ex pects to begin negotiations Fri day to readjust the amounts paid for school cleaning and to provide a limitation of about $25,000 for the annual salary of a cusioaian, USSR's of War Less directly related but a factor is the same question in the reaction of West Germans to the successful airlift of an entire U.S. division to Ger many. Despite U.S. reassur ances to the contrary, it aroused in Germans the fear that the U.S. intends to reduce its troop strength in Europe. . Timing And Intent Involved in the Soviets' abil ity to make peace are matters both of timing and intent. On the matter of timing, it is noteworthy that Soviet foreign policy took on a greater degree of caution immediately after the Cuban crisis just a year ago this month. The question of intent is even more important. In the present thaw, did Ni kita Khrushchev jump or was he pushed? The evidence is that he was pushed, despite the fact that co existence with the West has for years been a proclaimed Soviet policy. Devious and secretive as are the ways of communism, its practitioners often are amazing ly frank in discussions of inter nal difficulties. And recent discussions in So viet publications indicate Soviet planners expect Russian diffi culties to get worse before they get better. Points Up Troubles Khrushchev's announcement of the Soviet Union's withdraw al from the moon race has been taken as a measure of the country's economic difficulties. Russian grain harvests are estimated at between 15 and 20 per cent below average. New dust bowls are threatened as result of a policy which ordered grasslands plowed up for plant ing. Fertilizer and irrigation programs will take years to implement. These are factors which "pushed" Khrushchev into his present position. They are no measure of intent, and are but momentary in any measure of the Soviet desire to make peace. 1 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Washington the other day: A license for export of 30,000 LONG TONS of corn to Hungary has been granted by the Com merce Department. This is the first export license granted for shipment of grain to Eastern European nations since Presi dent Kennedy approved the sale of subsidized farm products to the Soviet bloc a couple of weeks ago. QUESTION: How much corn is that in terms of bushels? WELL, in this case the Com merce Department figured it out for us. It says that 30,000 LONG TONS of corn come to 1,200,000 bushels, valued at $1,929,384. Dividing the dollars by the bushels reveals that the price obtained for the corn is about $1.60 per bushel. So that's that. OUT D Suppose you were a Midwest corn farmer, on a rather large scale, and some foreign buyer came along and made you an offer of $1,929,384 for 30,000 LONG TONS of corn. Just how would you go about finding out HOW MUCH PER BUSHEL the offer represented? VOU'D have quite a job of research ahead of you. First you would discover that there are several kinds of tons. pOR example: " The ton is a measure of weight and capacity in the Eng lish system, upon which our sys tem is based. In both Britain and the United States, the ton is equal to 20 hundredweight. But In Britain, the hundredweight is equal to 112 pounds. So the British ton is equal to 2,240 pounds. In America, the hun dredweight is equal to 100 pounds. So our ton is equal to 2,000 pounds. In practice, the 2.000 pound ton is called a SHORT ton. The .240 pound ton is called a LONG ton. THEN Thero is fh MTTTRIf tnn The metric ton is equal to a unit 01 mass and weignt in ! the metric svstem. It is eaual to 1.000 grams, or about 2.2 ; pounds. So- A metric ton is approximately 2.200 pounds, give or take a few grams. THE point? It is this: If you start selling your corn or your wheat or your barley in terms of tons instead of bushels, you will want to be very sure indeed just what kind of tons you are dealing with. Otherwise, you may lose your shirt. I-' o o o o (65)