Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 16, 1963, Image 20

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Newspaper Page Text8 B- MONDAY. Ill fcMBKR Hi, IM3 MliDKORD MAIL THIBUNE, MEDKORD. OREGON The Problems of Automation --Part I tit in 1921 Unfolded Story of Median BY IIAHKY FKHOUSOX Lead PLAY!) Col lied WASHINGTON (UPD- Pocls and playwrights frequently are years ahead of scientists in pre dicting the shape of Ihinss to come. In 1921 a play by Karel Capck called "R.U.R. - Hos urn's Universal Roberts" was produced in Prague and unfold ed the story of how an army of mechanical men rebelled and destroyed their creators. II was not a sensational hit, i largely because most people! thought the idea of mechanical men was so far fetched as to be laughable. The robots in the play had human form, intelli-. gence. strength and memory, but were devoid of feeling. H "HUH were produced today, few people would laugh. The idea of machines doing the work of human beings hits loo l close to home for millions of Farm Price Dispute In Common Market Remains Unsettled A dispute over price s be tween France and West uer many I"1 coul1 W' I . Son Market shows no solu- tion in sight. The crisis Acm hcn Fiance and Germany, the m.u rrtwomostpowerlulnat.ons indicated they had no intention of backing down. In Paris, the cabinet endorsed President Charles dc Gaul es rrmlicd threat to quit He -m-Z' Market if the six-nation economic community (a s o aRrcc on a joint farm policy by Dec. 31. . The cabinet sent Agriculture Minister Edgard Pisani bock o today's talks in Brussels with firm instructions to insist on the deadline. IMy I)r tiaulle rl,n-Mliir l.urlwig in muni, -.,..,. Erhard's cabinet confirmed its defiance of Dc Gaulle's stand by demanding lliat the Com mon Market agree cn a mil led stand at next year's world tar iff talks at Ihe same time it works out the farm price ques tion. If Dc Gaulle pulls France mil of the Common Market or boy cotts its ministerial sessions, the community could collapse not only as a trailing bloc, but as a force for carrying out the dream of European unity. Such a breakdown would also leave Ihe market nations with out an elleelive voice in Ihe Ge neva tariff lalks next May, crippling the lalks mid perhaps choking Western economic growth. There appeared liHle. likeli hood lhal agreement could lie reached before II"' Common Market foreign minisleis are scheduled lo meet in Brussels si ai ling Wednesday. Want Low Prices France, with Europe's l.ugcsl fond prodiiclinn surpluses, is pushing for a common (arm policy based on low prices and I small government subsidies. It would like to give its farmers more access lo food markets m Germany and oilier market na tions, llius raising farm income and placating Ihe rebellious French larmers. This would also give France a dominant position in Europe Foreign Aid Bill Again on Agenda WASHINGTON (UPH - Con gress today began what leaders hope will lie final week of this congressional .session conlionlcd with the mauled loreign aid bill Congress, which already has authorized a $;i(i billion aid pro gram to continue another Near of economic and military help to other nations, still mm-! ap propriate the money. The House Appropriations Committee has approved a reduced tt billion i appropriation bill that House leaders were expected lo debate today. Despite plea- by Piesidenl .liihnsoii and oilier g.iuM imicnt ' officials to restore binds to the trimmed measure. Icailei s ap parently planned no battle lo re place the lnitiies . The aillllllilstl a'loll oi igm.dly had requested 51 .'i billion, but Congress letusetl to authoi ie mote than ;! t billion An dr u' to restore Ihe nunc;, ap piai cd hopeless to House li .id ols who apparently have decid cd lo coneenlrale on pn-vvntuig further cuts during House de-bale. on the basis of its agricultural I and industrial wealth. The German government I would like lo keep ils farmer I voters happy by continuing present high (arm subsidies. ' Germany also wants to keep : buying foodstufls from nations ; like Ihe United States, which arc good customers for German I industrial goods. I The French want price regu lations on beef, veal, rice and dairy products completed by Ihe end of the year, they also want agreement on a single common market farm fund to replace national subsidies and price support payments. workers. The word lor it is "au tomation" and it is a fighting word. It spreads lear. A few years ago workers in several Midwest industrial cities were asked lo list the things they feared most. Russia came first and automation second, but it is an even-money bet that if a poll were taken today the order would be reversed. Those who don't fear automa tion are irritated by it. The other day Sen. Paul Douglas, D-III., delivered a whither-are-wc - drifting - view with alarm speech. He said some men in California had invented a ma chine called Electro-corn which could dial your telephone num ber, deliver a sales pitch, say goodbye and hang up. If your line happened to be busy, Ihe machine would wait three min utes and dial again. "Our personal rights would be invaded," Douglas said. "Our personal lives would sudor and many would boycott any prod uct of a manufacturer who ap plied such obnoxious sales tech nique in their home." Maybe so, but it is going to take more than angry speech es in the United Slates Senate to halt Ihe march of automa tion. The man who argues I againsl automation is, in the final result, arguing against progress. To stop the develop ment of automation could be disastrous to the United States in the cold war. Russia estab i lished a ministry of automation ' in 1956. It already has about 20 automated factories and is push i ing hard (or more. American j corporations are selling their i computers allovcr Western Eu rope. Progress demands that scien tists have complete freedom of action in developing whatever their ingenuity can devise. It is Officials Confer on Reduction of Forces MADRID (UPI) - Spanish Vice President Agustin Munoz Grandcs conferred with U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Stanley J. Donovan Friday night on pro jected reduction of American garrisons at jointly operated bases in Spain. Informed sources said the talks centered on reductions at the big Strategic Air Command base at Zaragoza, which was expected to be turned over lo the Spanish military (orccs dur- I ing 19(14. just as illogical to demand a halt to automation as it is lo tell medical researchers they musl stop their search for a cure for cancer. Automation was born out of dire danger to the nation. It was developed lo speed up the production of airplanes and tanks in World War II. It played a part in the develop ment of the atomic bomb and it was indispensable in making the giant leap from the atomic lo the hydrogen bomb. It re leased men from factories and sent them lo the fighting fronts. It would be natural to assume that labor unions would be in the forefront of those opposing the development of automation, but such is not Ihe case. No leader of a big union is on rec ord as fighting automation as such, but all of them are de manding that the nation act now and decisively to prepare for the day when the machines will throw an intolerable number of men out of work. That is the real drive behind the demand of the unions for a 35 - hour work week without reduction in pay. "Though society cannot smash the machines, we must take whatever steps are needed to insure that the machines will not smash society," says A. J. Hayes, head of the machinist union, and that neatly sums up i the worries of the unions. But j tempers are getting short, and j the other day George Meany, I president of the AFL-CIO, com i plained to his national conven tion that the big corporations were ignoring the consequences I of automation: j "Every big corporation in America is in a mad race lo I produce more and more with ; less and less labor. Their plans for expansion are staggering. Every one of them calls for more and more push-button op eration with machines to push the buttons. There has got to be a change in thinking. Many eventually supply more jobs. I don't know what they have to prove this, but I am quite sure a good many sincerely believe it. But what happens until that takes place? Do we get our pur- EXPORTS REACH HIGH PORTLAND (UPI) - Log ex perts from the Pacific North west lo Japan reached an all time high of 321 million board feet for the third uarqtcr of 1863, the U.S. Forest Service said Saturday. chasing power from push but tons?" The late President Kennedy, projecting the requirements for a stable, prosperous economy, said in the near future the na tion would have to open up 10, 000 jobs a day. The population explosion and the desire of women to work is expanding the labor force at a tremendous rate. Last month the rate of un employment in this country rose to 5.9 per cent, which means 3.9 million persons couldn't find a job. One economist said he occa sionally had nightmares, but the scene was always the same: "I see thousands of persons clamoring at factory gates try ing to get in and apply for jobs. But they can't get in because the doors are crowded with peo ple carrying pink discharge slips who are trying lo get out." Next: Automation Does It cause serious unemployment? "Oil To Burn" S&H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. Phone 772-2111 5. Arm 1 A City loan can help you through the Holidays! We gladly make prompt cash loans for just such a worthwhile need. Give us a call and see for yourself. We can put the money in your pocket. si CITY FINANCE COMPANY 185 E. Main St. Phone: 482-2431, Ashland Life insurance available on all loans at low group rates 2522 TO 150022 Open Saturdays 9 A.M. to 12 Noon During Holiday Season There Must Be An 1'hf!rr is! 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