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4 6 SUNDAY, ratic Supply 1 , mmmmm i i v -? ' i i-rr "-c-jf mjtans i i BAZAAR-LIKE STORE Moscow's Gum deportment store, Soviet equivalent of Macy's, is shown in this picture taken in recent years. The bazaar-like store has more than a mile Figures By CHARLES LA ROCHE United Press International ZURICH, Switzerland (UPI) Little Switzerland is enjoying an economic super-boom. Fig ures tell the story. No number is quoted with more pride than the 142 unem ployed counted last Aug. 31 in a population of 5,800,000 a rec ord that's no one-shot economic quirk. There were only 148 un employed at the end of July, and only 171 at the end of Septem ber. This situation reflects not merely the "total employment" formerly regarded as just an economic theory. Switzerland suffers from a severe case of over - employment. At the end of August, 1963, there were 690,000 foreigners working in Switzerland on short term ncrmils. an increase of 7 per cent over August, 1962. This would be comparable to the United States importing the whole population of Canada within one decode to keep its economy going. Some Are Foreigners Thirty - five per cent of all industrial workers in Switzer land are foreigners; in some branches, such as textiles, 50 to 60 per cent. . But these are not the only stunning figures. Since 1951, when the super boom really started rolling, pop ular income doubled from 19, 020,000,000 Swiss francs ($4,423 000,000) to an estimated 3R.000, 000,000 Swiss francs ($8,840,000 000) in 1962. The basis of the boom is un doubtedly the sustained demand for Swiss goods and services both at home and abroad. Curiously, the Swiss were helped, in a way, by a grave miscalculation on the part of their notoriously overcautious and pessimistic government. Permitted Bucking Expecting an economic crisis and large - scale unemployment after the war, the government permitted a backlog of public works to accumulate during the war, when military service si' phoned off enough workers to eliminale the unemployment problem. At the same time, private in' dustry was nudged into creating crisis reserves , for the ex pected post - war slump. With Swiss banks, their vault bursting with money, cheering from the sidelines, ;?wiss Indus try, as soon as it saw there would be no world economic crisis, went on tho biggest in vestment binge In Swiss history. New factories were strewn over the landscape by the hundreds but nobody bothered to reckon seriously how these factories would be populated In a country that never had much unemploy ment before. Investment Spree The big investment spree was, of course, helped not only by the "crisis reserves" and the cheap credit, but also by Swit zerland's low taxation, the low est of any highly industrial ized country. The low taxes cased the ploughing back of profits into expansion. Seven hundred thousand for eigners brought into Switzerland to fill the work force gap did their share to stimulate sales and home constructions. The Swiss themselves mod estly attribute their unique boom largely to a combination of lucky coincidenres. But eco nomic discipline played lis part. . Switzerland's business leaders demanded "discipline" not only from their workers, among whom a work week of 44 hours or less Is still the exception rather than the rule, but also NOVEMBER 10, 1963 wmmm Tell Story of HIGH EMPLOYMENT Economic theory of "total employment" is pretty much in force in Switzerland, which counted only 142 unemployed in its 5,800,000 population Aug. 31 this year. In this picture, Richard Schemer of Buren works in Zurich is shown working in a watch factory. (UPI) from their stockholders, who got relatively meager dividends. The argument was that sus tained expansion was more im portant than short-term wealth. Discipline Necessary Discipline also was necessary to withstand the temptation to let workmanship and quality nl goods slip. Tho efforts of de cades to build the image nt Swiss exports as not exactly cheap, but always worth the money, from watches to cheese, from machine - tools to choco late, from turbines to pharma ceutics, were sustained. Today, Swiss business leaders are beginning to worry about keeping this high standard, be cause they fear many of the foreign workers imported can not match their Swiss counter Medford Man After Accident in City A 4tt-year-old Medford man, was arrested on a drunk charge Thursday about a half hour af ter he was Involved in a two car collision at Crater Lake Highway and Biddle Road, ac cording to city police Lodged in city jail and charg ed with being drunk in public Power Outages Are Reported in Area Several power outages, all confined lo small areas, were reported Kriday by the Pacific Power and Light Co. Principal business effected was KBES-TV. Trouble on a circuit originat ing at the Ashland substation for the Valley View area was re ported at 4 a.m. with Intermit tent outages from then until 10 a.m. Causing the problem were two insulators and trees blowing against a distribution circuit, it was reported. About 11:30 a.m. two Insul ators on the 66 kilovolt line north of Tolo faulted. A burned guy wire caused a short cir- cuit In Ihe line to the television station. Power was turned off for about 5 minutes In the Sams Valley area for repair at 1:05 p.m. 1 of counters and features, among give you perfume at 10 kopecks a parts in skill. But enough of the reputation of high quality re mains to permit the Swiss to beat the Common Market bo gey: while neither a member of "The Six" nor associated, Swit zerland has steadily increased it j export to the Common Mar ket countries over the lost four years. Experts see. some dangers in the present situation. For ex ample a stroke of the pen by some Italian official, calling homo the 400,000 Italian short term workers in Switzerland, could spell disaster to Swiss production. But empty factories, because there are no workers around, are still preferable to empty factories because there are no orders on the books. Arrested was Jav C. Skncos i:ma Mnr. row Road. Police said lie was the driver of a car which cnl. lided with a vheicle operated by Clarence Carl Wienecke, 26, of ,Hi!i Utile Hock Road, about 9:56 p. m. Skates was arrested about 10:30 p. m. Two persons were slighllv In jured in a three-car collision about 2: IS p. m. Thursday on mil in mversine Avenue near ine Austin Street Intersection Hurt but not requiring first aid were Patricia Estella lie uass, m, ot 1!C9 Scenic Drive, and Sharon Kay James, 1H, Central Point. Miss rc llass was a passen ger in a vehicle operated hv Melvin Wayne Fields, 21, of 411 Beatty St. Mrs. James was a a passenger in a car driven bv Markey Lee James, 21, Central Point. Oilier driver involved was Francis Lavern Harper, 31, Central Point. No citation was issued. Medford police said Dana Lor raine Marchbanks, 16, of 14564 Spring St., was the driver of a car, which struck a vehicle reg istered to Janice Marie Hasler, 3064 Crater Lake Ave., about 11:44 a. in. while it was parked in front ot 807 S. Central Ave Miss Marchbanks was cited for violation of basic rule and lor not having an operator s li cense. She was not injured, of- I ficers said. MEDFORD Syst 1 ittJfc . 1 . 1- other things, machines that squirt. (UPI) yilJ Jj Switzerland's Two Zone Two zone change requests ran into opposition at the Thursday night meeting of the- Medford City Council and ended up being deferred for two weeks. The disputed requests in volved properties located on the south side of Crater Lake High way, north of Delta Waters Road, and at the northeast cor ner of Crater Lake Avenue and McAndrews Road. Several residents in the neigh borhood of the Crater Lake Highway - Delta Waters Road property appeared before the council to register opposition to the requested zone change from single family to limited com mercial. Seek Sentiment In view of the opposition, the council voted to defer tho re quest, but urged the residents in tne meantime to circulate a petition among their neighbors to determine an accurate indi cation of sentiment about the zone change. Medford Developer Mark Gol- dy appeared before the council to seek a zone change .from sin gle family to multiple family for the "only remaining lot in the Blossom Hills subdivision." Goldy said he had been un able to sell the corner lot for a single family residence and planned to erect a "three or four-plex" if the request were granted. Against Request Councilman Robert B a c c u s said he was against the change since he could find no lustifi- cation" for a multiple family development on the edge of a single family area. when asked, Planning Direc tor Ned Longford said the Plan ning Commission considered the proposal a "reasonable use of the land, and had fround no opposition to the request. lwo motions by Baccus to postpone consideration failed, but a motion for approval fail ed to gain the necessary three- fourths majority for a first reading, and the matter will come up again at the next coun cil meeting. In other action, the council voted to: Sewer Is Approved Approve installation of a sanitary sewer on Stewart Ave nue and Chestnut Street Approve a change of zone from multiple family to com mercial for property located at the northeast corner of W. Main street and Western Avenue Postpone action until the Dec. 5 meeting on a proposal to annex to the city property lo cated at the northwest corner of Prune Street and Columbus Avenue. Remove Ihe Columbus Ave nue right-of-way acquis! lion from the Torrence title system in order for the city to secure title insurance. Contract Awarded Transfer items within the Park and Recreation Depart ment budget for the purchase of LIVE AT THE HOTEL GRAND THIS WINTER Stsm heated roomi TV In th. lobby Frea Phonet Parking Area $50.00 per month HOTEL GRAND MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, emm By JAY AXELBANK United Press International MOSCOW (UPI) - Just 150 yards from Lenin's tomb is the Macy's department store of Mos cow. It sells North Vietnamese ornamental tea strainers, elec tric face massagers and even a whiff of perfume at 10 kopecks (11 cents) a squirt. But when this correspondent went into Gosudarstvenny Uni versalny Magazin (state depart ment store) known as Gum he couldn't find a white shirt In his size or an ordinary room theremomeler. ! The erratic supply system in this country makes shopping in Gum (pronounced goom) a treasure hunt and often drives Westerners and Russians alike to desperation. Railroad Station Appearance Gum, housed in a huge,, gray building that fronts on Red Square across from the Krem lin, looks more like a Victorian railroad station than a depart ment store. But you can't say Gum doesn't try. Recent window displays have had that "department store look" so familiar to Amer icans and other westerners. One window featured black lace bras and slips. Only a year ago authorities proclaimed the right of Russian women to wear black lingerie to make them selves beautiful. Stalin, who is buried only 250 yards from Gum would turn over in his grave to see such a display. In his regime, women's lingerie was often in short supply, black was Change Requests Are half-ton truck. Contract for the truck was awarded to Cra ter Lake Motor Company, which submitted a low bid of $1,764.99. Approve plans and specifi cations and call for public hear ings on proposed sanitary sew ers on N. Berkeley Way and Murphy Road. . Accept tne following com pleted projects: sanitary sew ers m Brookhurst Villa No. 2, Blossom Hill No. 3, and Block 4, Siskiyou Heights; paving work in Brookhurst Villa No. 2, on Highland Drive, Siskiyou Two Psychiatrists Open Practice Here Two psychiatrists, Dr. George Sakurai and Dr. Joseph Ball, have opened practice in Med ford, bringing the total in this area to three. The two native Oregonians, who formerly practiced in Port land and Salem, have offices at 650 Royal Ave., and have come to Medford, they said, because of the specific need presented to them for psychiatrists in South ern Oregon. Both are graduates of the Medford Employes Complete Course Five city of Medford em ployes, members of the public works department, have com pleted a study program con ducted by Oregon State Univer sity and the Oregon Stale Board of Health, Public Works Direc tor Vernon Thorpe has an nounced. Certificates of completion have been awarded to the men by the Sewage Works Operators Certificate Committee of Ore gon. The volunteer program Is planned to provide educational assistance and to help train per sons in the vitally important field of water pollution control, according to a letter received by Thorpe from Martin E. Northcraft, secretary of the certificate committee. Receiving t h e certificates were Eugene H. Davenport, Ralph H. Glass, John M. Inlow, Isaac E. Morris and Jan Rae Nichaus. The Following Stores Will Be CLOSED In Honor of Veteran's Day MONDAY NOV. 11 Laurine's Carpet Houso S-W Floor Cover Shop Jim's Floor Covering Shop Modern Tile Co. OREGON Slows unheard of and "socialist" women didn't wear such things anyhow. Another window this fall showed what the well dressed Russian male should be wear ing this year a one button, baggy brown suit. In tho mane quin's hand was a suitcase and he was facing a sign advertis ing "Aeroflot" the nation's airline. "Be well dressed for that important trip in your life," said a sign in the background. Appeal for . An aDDeal for donations for the Christmas Gift Project of the Jackson County Mental Health Association has been mailed to community and church groups of the Southern Oregon area asking for assist ance in providing gifts to the more than 300 persons in Unit 6 of the State Hispital in Salem. Unit 6 is the housing area for patients from Jackson, Jose phine, Douglas, Coos and Curry counties under the new plan of dividing the State Hispital into small hospitals. The director of social services at the hospital has listed as pa tients from the Southern Ore gon area 134 men, 172 women and 10 teen-agers. About 20 pa tients are entered from Jack son County each month. Emphasis is being given to providing gifts of a personal na ture which will be useful or en Economic Boom extension, Olwell Way, 11th Street and the widening of Jack son Street; storm sewers on Fir Street and Crater Lake Avenue; and water mains on Bessie, Jackson and Lindley Streets. Assessment Ordinances Establish assessment ordi nances for paving Olwell Way and 11th Street, and for installa tion of water mains on 10th Street and Crestbrook Road. Grant a contractor's request for an extension of time on the Bessie Street water main proj ect. University of Oregon Medical School and have had experience in medical practice in other fields but plan to confine their practice here to a broad range of psychiatry, in wnicn botn are well qualified and experienced. Dr. Sakurai is now psychiat ric consultant in Roseburg for Douglas County and Dr. Ball is psychiatric consultant for Yre ka, Calif. They will continue these services while carrying on their practice here. The two doctors are not psy chologists, b u t psychiatrists, Dr. Sakurai emphasized. He said the local need for men in their field was first pointed out to them by the Mental Health Division of the State of Oregon. Dr. Ball also has had consider able experience in public health work. The Sakurais are making their home temporarily on Smith Street in Medford. They have four children, Steven Neil, 8, Larry, 6, Leslie Jannine, 5, and Scott Randall, 4. The two older children are attending Roosevelt School and the little girl is in kindergarten. The Balls have three chil dren. Kimberlee Jo, 4, Jacque line Ann, 3, and Jon, 2. They are at home on Cherry Lane. SPACE DISTRESS SIGNAL GENEVA (UPI) - The Inter. national Space Conference Thursday set up an "SOS" m dio frequency for spacemen in distress. It is 20,007-kilocycles, and came after a Soviet request for action on "traffic rules" for space. A Westerner lured into enter ing Gum for the first time is in for a surprise. Instead of the dazzling atmosphere of a Macy's or Nieman Marcus, he finds rows of old fashioned, multi storied arcades. Adding to the railway station atomsphere is a glass roof. The bazaar -like store has more than a mile of counters. Accord ing to Soviet statistics it grosses more than 1,000,000 rubles ($1, 112,000) a day. A Soviet source Holiday Gifts Being i. u nnm. I staff tnr tvrannins and addinc joyable, according to the com' mittee worKing on me projen. Add Name Cards The Jackson County Mental Health Association hopes to have the project completed by early December because of the time required to prepare the gifts for transporting and the time needed by the hospital Condemnation Suif Filed for Highway A condemnation suit has been filed in Jackson County Circuit Court by the Oregon Highway Commission against the Elk Lumber Co. for 3.45 acres of land in the Siskiyou mountains for construction of Interstate s. The property is a strip of land of variable widths on the west side of the highway, according to the complaint. Deferred Approve the request of Tex aco for extra width driveways at the site of the bulk plant at Court Street and Central Ave nue. Approve an applica 1 1 o n from Oregon Food Stores, Inc., for a Class B package liquor license at its Stevens Street market. All councilmen were persent at the 45 minute meeting except Jack Edson. Mayor James Dun levy presided. The next regular meeting of the council is slated for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. 4 with a new automatic Phone 772-5281, Medford Shopper said customer traffic has been known to reach 400,000 a day. Stocks Many Items Gum stocks about 30,000 items including food. But like so many other articles, it is catch -as -catch-can. Good steaks, for in stance, are available only about once a month. Some things are reasonable by Western standards an iron at 10 rubles ($11.12), a sola seat ing four at 70 rubles ($77.84), a floor lamp at 10 rubles. But by contrast a woman's gray staff for wrapping and adding name cards lor tne noliday ob servance. , A number of Medford indi viduals have volunteered to. act as recipients of the donations. They are Lindsay Vinsel, Adult Education department, Medford High School, telephone 773,7220; Mrs. Herbert Gifford, 2336 Table Rock Road, 772 - 6080; Mrs. Henry Padgham, 2707 Springbrook Road, 772 - v 4248; Youthful NOLES BLEND-VUE lenses eliminate the objec tionable tattle-tale age line caused by old-fashioned bifocals. No age line! They can be fitted into any fashion frames you desire! Convenient Credit We Give Green Stamps COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER 772-9990 casual shopping with convenient parking it's coming... NATURAL GAS will ypu be ready for it? i"ilJ:l GAS CLOTHES DRYER Washdays are happy days when a modern GAS clothes dryer takes over in your laundry. Dry clothes come out clean and sweet, soft and fluffy. No flying soot or smoke can spoil your day's work. No wind or weather can spoil your day's work. Best of all, you choose your own washday, regard less of thrcatening.clouds, because you make your own drying weather with an automatic GAS clothes dryer. see your gas appliance dealer now Caliform a-Pacific Utilities Co. VOUB AATNt IN WISTIRN PROQMtS cloth coat (not particularly fash ionable) is 80 rubles ($88.96). Steak Is 4 rubles ($4.45 a pound. The average Russian earns 80 rubles ($88) a month. Because it fronts on Red Square . Gum x has a tourist attraction air. While loudspeak ers blare shopping tips to "com rade customers" ("see the fine selection of shoes on4he first arcade"), one can see Russians buying ice cream, doughnuts or putting kopecks into the perfume squirting machines. Made i Mrs. Robert Mini Mrs. Robert Minear, Route 4, Box 331, Old Stage Road, 773 1277; Mrs. Chester Guches, 2677 Griffin Creek Road, 773 - 2713; and Mrs. Una B. Inch, 602 Cath erine St., 773-1073. Anyone wishing to add mes sages or memorandums may leave them with Mrs. Bruno Rath, secretary of the Mental Health Association at Rath's Fashion Shop, 214 East Main St., Medford. LET LIME BIFOCALS SHOW YOUR AGE! 4 482-2116, Ashland
