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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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!
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