Simpson's Leader-Times from Kittanning, Pennsylvania • Page 8

New Railroads Want Equality Of Treatment in Industry Today's Grab Bag TM ANSWM, KHIt OP MMI-OUISS THINAMI Hard-pressed eastern railroads are seeking a new frontier, based on what the industry calls "equality treatment for all carriers--a well-balanced transport system geared to operate at top efficiency In the public interest." That is the keynote of a diagnosis of the railroads' maladies and a prescription for curing them, spelled out In "Eastern Railroads' Policies," a comprehensive set of objectives issued by the Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference. Boiled down, the railroads' policy proposals charge the pub- lis Is getting the "short end of -the transportation stick" because of what the industry calls "archaic regulations, top-heavy tax burdens and subsidized competition snarling the railroads." Railroad officials also said regulations have reduced the rail carriers to state of "economic slavery," in which they are too weak to give the public the first class transportation Job it needs. They complain that while the federal government a strong regulations on their in- dustry, It provides 'loopholes through which the railroads competitors prosper through subsidies. The public is the real loser in the present system of trans portation, rail official say, be cause it results in unfair prices inadequate and incomplete service and a generally inferior brand of transportation. In calling for equality in treat ment by government, the rail roads contend theirs is the mosl efficient form of transportation.

Railroads, industry spokesmen say, use only one-sixth the manpower and one-third the fuel thai trucks require to do the same job. They also contend their average charge is one-fourth tha the trucking industry. The railroad heads say they are seeking an "emancipation proclamation" which will en able thehm to be less restricted by government regulation. Industry officials say the fed Today's Garden-graph BAMBOO POTTED FOR TERRACE USE HEW RED PASSION FLOWER. Growing Plants in Containers By EDNA HALUOAY Distributed by Central Frets Association TODAY, more tftan ever be- up to 30 feet high.

It will survive 18 degrees belovr fore, people are really living gardens and enjoying their them. Many homes have swimming pools, Others barbecue areas. Patios and terraces are on the increase. Along with this trend more plants are being grown In plant tubs and various kinds of boxes. Hanging baskets are in rogue again.

So the gardener today considers plants many angles, some to grow in the ground, others hi tubs and still others to grow in the air. As shown to the accompanying Garden-Graph, bamboo is popular for tub planting. It exotic looking, yet very hardy. There is a tall bamboo with evergreen foliage which grows There to also a pygmy bamboo which grows only one to two feet There to also a tan indoor variety which grows six feet high. The passion vine, potted in a large container 'and placed where the sun can reach it, soon becomes a very handsome addition to any terrace or sun porch.

Most gardeners are familiar with the blue variety. As shown, a new red variety is now available and can be purchased potted. It must also have something to climb on--a sturdy trellis or heavy wire. In Africa this winter I saw the small white passion flower growing as a wild flower. The vines were heavy with fruit and flowers.

The fruits were edible. (O 1961. Syndicate, Inc.) SUMMER COURSES In Business Subjects This Summer yon can take a practical, pay-raising course In business office skill and have enough free time left to enjoy yourself: Intensive courses for beginners and advanced courses for those with previous training. We teach these subjects: Typing, Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Accounting, Business Administration, Office Machines, Key Punch, Basic Automation. Be ready sooner for a good office position.

Or, use your skills to get better grades hi college. Classes start June or June 12. Free placement service. Write or phone today for free 1961 Summer School Bulletin. New Kensington Commercial School 156 McCargo Street EDison 7-3611 EDison 5-6648 era! government spent $162 bil- lon on highways, airports, airways and inland waterways.

They contend this policy per- truck, barge and airline industries to undersell the railroad Industry and to gain business that would go to railroads if competitors had pay for the cost of theh public facilities they use free of charge "To correct this rail industry officials say, "The railroads urge Congress to establish a commission that would levy and collect users charges from the transport systems now enjoying federal subsidies In the form of free highways, airports and waterways." Rails spokesmen say the public would benefit in two ways from their proposal. First, the railroad industry says, less tax money would be spent for construction of airports, waterways and highways since trucks, airlines and barges would have to pay a greater share of the cost. Second, the railroad industry says user charges would sharpen competition in the transportation industry, thereby reducing consumer costs. Tinder the present policy, railroad officials say their industry pays its own way. They claim to to be the biggest industrial real estate taxpayers in the country, with 220,000 miles of track and all the land over which it runs.

They say not only do they pay full construction costs of track, but thehy pay the full cost of operating and maintaining their faculties, with no aid from the federal government or any other governmental subdivision. Li'contrast, railroad representatives say, airlines have received direct federal airmail subsidy of $580,909,000 from 1939 through I960, and from 1925 through 1960 the federal government has spent more than $2.5 billion to maintain and operate the federal airways system. Railroad officials said cost of running this system, which provides navigation aids and air traffic control for commercial, private and military aircraft, rose from $99 million in 1955 to S356 million In 1959. Railroads also claim the trucking industry is also getting a definite advantage from the federal government. Combined federal, state and local expenditures for roads and highways was estimated at $11 billion in 1960 alone, railroad officials said.

Estimates on a new federal highway system, a master plan for a new 41,000 mile coast-to- coast and border-to-border highway network, range as high as $50 billion, the rail Industry said. Railroad officials say tries policies have placed the American railroads at a "disastrous disadvantage" in trying to com pete for business and have weakened the entire transportation system. 1. From what the title derlrtt S. What to Junker I OK wtoat dM medieval chureh-fpen alt? 4.

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Meadville Mayor Loses Nomination MEADVILLE, Pa. (UPI)--Fred erick A. Metz, who maintains he never spent a penny on political campaign advertising defeated in George X. Simonetta for the Democratic mayoralty nomi nation in Tuesday's primary elec tion. Final unofficial returns a Metz 556 votes to 313 for Simo netta.

Metz formerly served one term as mayor in this Crawford County city. On the Republican side, William C. Arthur was the mayoralty win ner over Francis T. Rice by a margin of 1,626 votes to 879. 1--Another of President John F.

Kennedy's Harvard boys is pictured here. Like most of them, he is young--42. Unlike moat of the President's appointees, however, this man is a Republican. He grew up; with Kennedy, in Boston, then mav- ericked by taking 1 his degree at Yale, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He was a political analyst for the Council of Foreign! Relations when he began to lecture at Harvard in .1949.

By 1951 he was associate professor of government there, and two years later became dean of the arts and sciences faculty. He has co-authored "On Active Service" and edited "Pattern of Responsibility." Kennedy has made him scecial assistant for LEADER-TIMES, KITTANNING, PA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1961 ly LILLIAN CAMPBELL Central PNM national Meurity Who to he? critic of Kennedy's appointment of thie nan above is thli governor, who claims is "completely unqualified" for post Of Irish-Italian cestrv, he is the son 6f a famous neuromirgeoR and a fellow Tale alumnus of the man above. By profession he is a lawyer; by avocation, a writer. George Do It!" under the name of John Foster, a satire on ward.

politics, brought critical praise. He was a TJ. representative from 1942 to 1953, then served as Massachusetts state treasurer before becoming governor in 1957. Who is her at bottom of column) HAPPY BIRTHDAY To actor Jean Cabin and tress Maureen O'SuUivan. HOW'D YOU MAKE OUT? 1.

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4. Quebec. 5. Niall MacGinnis. 1 Roof Control Remains Top Problem in Mining of Coal CLEVELAND--Despite the tremendous technological advances made during the past years in all phases of coal mining, roof control still remains the greatest problem.

George L. May, division superintendent, Cambria Division, Bethlehem Mines Ebensburg, told a Haulage and Power session of the 1961 Coal Show of the. American Min- ng Congress here today. Safety and productivity of every working place are governed roof control limitations and by our ability to safely, support he exposed roof, he declared. May outlined the difficulties his Company encountered with pre- riously uncontrollable roof prob- ems and how they were finally olved though the application of Yieldable Steel Mine Arches.

The effective use of these arches have certain limita tions, May stated, however, from a safety standpoint, we are convinced that the use of Yieldable Steel Arches is the i most important development in roof support since the introduction of roof bolting. The arches protect the worker at all times from falls of mine roof. Considering the permanency of Yieldable Steel Arches installations, May-declared, we believe that they are not only the safest answer but are also best economical answer to the many problems of roof control. We believe the Yieldable Steel Arches are of great potential benefit to the coal mining industry, he said. Air Force Awards General Electric $1 Million Job SCHENECTADY, N.

Y. (UPD- The General Electric Co. has been awarded a $1 million Air Force contract to build the world's most powerful magnet. The magnet, which GE said can develop a magnetic field 500,000 times greater than produced by the earth, is scheduled to go Into operation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's new $6 million national magnet laboratory, Cambridge, Mass. The laboratory is expected make possible the discovery new knowledge about properties and behavior of atoms and atomic particles.

General Electric departments in Erie, Salem, Va. and here will join forces to build the electrical power system. On the Farm Front Freeman Co About Farm By GAYLORD P. GODWIN United Press InteraaUonal WASHINGTON (UPI) Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman is "confident" that the administration will get a farm bill 'rom Congress "that meets our objectives." Freeman said he expected Congress to make some changes In pending omnibus farm never get everything I want." He added that In this case he is hopeful of getting most of what he wanted.

Freeman discussed the omnibus sill and other agricultural matters with members of the Newspaper Farm Editors' Association meeting here for their annual spring Some 90 farm newspaper writers from IS states were present. The secretary said the administration was not submitting a wheat bill "for the time being." He said department thinking on a wheat bill was "fluid," and that wheat legislation should be "good economically and practical He said advance payments to farmers participating In the emergency feed grain bill should be "very stimulating" to the national economy. He estimated that the administration's farm program would stimulate income by more than 1 billion. Freeman was asked if he intended to impose controls on beef cattle, pork, and poultry 'In the event the farm bill as enacted would give him that power. "I have no plans to Impose controls on anything," Freeman said.

He added that programs developing because of the omnibus hill would be run by producers. "This will help take government out of agriculture," he said, "not put government In. "In any program of 'supply adjustment, you've got to have producer support. This is the only way for it. to work." He reiterated that in management of the feed grain program he did not propose "for those who say out of it to profit at the expense of their neighbors who par- Hew lion aa jhums these year.

Asked planned here i any artrae he eff chemic tobacco Stri PITT Bourg, Twn polls dent dead mortal 1 TH i mf m. I r'l 1 1 11 Ivr tlf IMS URN 1 -c. He estimated that some 18 million acres of corn and grain sor- would be diverted from hese grains during the 1961 crop if the department planned to discount price support on tobaccos which had been with MH-30. Freeman said were no plans to impose unts. He said the de- is making a study of ts of MH-30.

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