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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG', OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCR 2, 1943 Society and Clubs FOUR By LOTUS KNIGHT PORTfB P.T. A. MEETING IS HELD FRIDAY GLIDE, March 2. The Glide P.T. A. mot at the schoolhousc . Friday evening with the presi dent, Mrs. Floyd Hickman, con ducting the business session. It was announced that the servins of a hot dish at noon would be continued lor a time as there was money on hand to continue the project. The annual 4-H program ' will be held on March 19, tho regular meeting of the associa tion. Mr. Britton will show some pictures and several other num bers will be presented. The fifth and sixth grade room taught by Mrs. Gurtz presented a patriotic play. Those taking part were: Crystal Helms, Mil dred Hickman, Zona Willshire, Jane Glasscock, Jane Messing, Janet Stradcr, Jean Messing, Jaunita Wright, Louella Callahan, Eleanor Moore, Earl Hodges and Kobert Rodgers. A recitation was given by Itichard Armstrong. A skit was given by Mrs. John II. Robinson, Mrs. Vei n Shrum, Mrs. Floyd Hickman and Mrs. Dale Clark to commemorate Founders day and the birthday cake was brought in and the candles light ed. MRS. NORTHCRAFT IS HONORED AT SHOWER OLALLA, March 2. A very pleasant afternoon was enjoyed by the Olalla ladies when Mrs. Bertha Divine Invited them to meet at her house? Tuesday. The ladles then went to the home of Mrs. W. H. Northcraft a recent bride giving her a surprise show er, many beautiful And useful gifts were opened and passed around to be admired by the ladies. Lovely refreshments wcr. served to the following: Mrs. Northcraft, honor guest, Mau reene Muetzel, Garnic Falmsbee, Rone Jenkings, Mary Hodges, .Sadie Lcwellyn und daughter Darlene, Junta Byron, Lillic Reed, Mrs. Farley, Annie Dusen berry, Adda Ollivant, Elizabeth (lllivant, Melinu Perron, Millie Slallard, Julia Crawley and Bertha Divine. GIRL SCOUT TROOP ENJOYS HIKE SUNDAY CAMAS VALLEY, March 2.--The Girl Scout troop enjoyed a hike to the hill hack of Frank Browns Sunday afternoon and en joyed a welner roast celebrating the; birthday anniversaries of all the Girl Scouts occurring during the last summer and fall months. Sponsors present were Mrs. T. W. Slegel.and Mrs. Brown Wakefield the Scouts, Jeanne Moore, Marie Siegel, Marie Wakefield, Doris Wakefield, Lorlne Perry, Virginia Coon, Doris Church, Frances i Church, Pauline Parrot I. Virgin ia Thornton, Gall enure n, Louise Church, Joanne Lawson, Jeanne Church, Jerry Thrush, Dorenc Thrush, a n d Phyllis Crouch. P. E. O. TO MEET AT ALLEN HOME FRIDAY AFTERNOON Chapter BI of I he P. E. . Sisterhood will meet at 1:15 o'clock Friday uriernoon, March S, at the home or Mrs. Clair K. Allen at 237 Watson street. O. S. C. MOTHERS CLUB TO MEET WEDNESDAY The Oregon State College moth ers club will meet Wednesday at a one o'clock no-hosless luncheon at the Rose Hotel. All mothers of O. S. C. students are urged io attend the meeting. GLIDE BAPTIST LADIES AID HAS FINE MEETING GLIDE, March 2. The Glide Baptist Ladies Aid met in the church parlors last Wednesday with Mrs. W. F. Price and Mrs Asher Agee as hostesses. The president, Mrs. Agee conducted the business meeting. A discus sion was held regarding kal somining the church. A 1:30 not luck luncheon will be held at the. March meeting. Mrs. S. Shrum led the devotionals and Mrs. Floyd Hickman gave the missionary reading. Refreshments were served from a table covered with a lace clpth and with a centerpiece of greenery, 'those present were Mrs. Larken Rice, Mrs. Roy Bond, Mrs. H. D. Connine, Mrs. Annie 1-ranklin, Mrs. S. D. Chapman, Mrs. George Cascbeer and Rich ai d. Mrs. S. J. Shrum, Mrs. Floyd HicKman, Mrs. Vein Shrum. Mrs Lizzie Blakely, Mrs. Charles Vleck, Mrs. David Doerksen, Mrs, Fred Asam and Jeanette Asam, MRS. CURTIS IS HOSTESS TO CLUB AZALEA, March 2. -Mrs. Lowell Curtis entertained the members and friends of the Sun shine club at her home Wednes day afternoon. Tho regular business meeting was held and the president, Mrs. nenry liaeuecKo, appointed n committee consisting of Mrs Harry Cooke, chairman, Mrs Lowell Curtis and Mrs. Frank Young to be in charge of the Red Cross drive in this vicinlly. At the usual tea hour a dainty lunch was served on small tables to Mrs. Will tors, Mrs. Vernon Gaedecke, Mrs. Albert Guest, Mrs Henry Speaker, Mrs. Everett Roach, Mrs. Walter Kemp, Mrs, Jake Fisher, Mrs. Henry Gae decke, Mrs. D. H. Clare, Mrs. Dan Clare, Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. I-rank j ripp, Mrs. John Feld miller, Mrs. F. A. Farnam, Mrs. Paul Newman, Mrs. Martin New man, Mrs. H. H. Waltermire, Mrs. Cora Chadwick, Mrs. Champ Johns, Mrs. frank Young, Mrs. Stanley Jantzer, Mrs. William Janlzcr, Mrs. Ben Phelps, Mrs. Harry Cooke, Mrs. Jim Pickett, Mrs. Esther Thorpe, Mrs. Rollln Johns, and the hostess Mrs. Cur tis. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Champ Johns. WEST MELROSE CLUB HAS ENJOYABLE MEETING MELROSE, March 2. Mrs. Ray S. Polreiiin anil Mrs. K. M. Seeley entertained the West Mel rose club nt the former's home in Slymon valley. Thursday. A very pleasant afternoon was spent visiting and sewing. Books were brought to be donated to the use of the soldiers. A lovely lunch was served by Mrs. Seeley to: Mrs. O. A. Keonal, Mrs. Harold E. Evans, Mrs. Max Meyers, Mrs. 11. M. Cox, Mrs. Pctrequln, Mrs. B. A. Gann, and Mrs. 11. G. Thompson. The next meeting will be hold Thursday aflernoun at Mrs. Secley's, with Mrs. Thompson in charge of the lunch. Red Cross sewing will be continued. HOME EC CLUB DOES RED CROSS SEWING pDDDDQDIg n The Week's a BEST BUYS D n n m in 2 bedroom home, fire place, screened back porch, stationary tubs, modern bath room. 2 lots good soil, chicken house, garage. Weil I'.nsoliuig. Price $1900.00. 2 bedroom hum.' close in. large coiner lot nc.ir river, paved si reels, very good lawn and lots ol shrubs and garden. Ga rage. $3000.00. 2.'ti acres on pavement, n e w 1 y built modern home, furnace, fireplace, balli. modern kin lien, full concrete basement. 1 f laken soon, sheep and goals Included. $8500.00. 4 acres witli house and roadside stand, on pave, mcnl, all good garden land. Dill.ird district. D O D a a a n a Q Several choice Garden Valley tracts and two Q e i ii i p p v i chicken ft i.hmIics. U If Wiley Advtrriis Q Them Thoy'ro Good g! "earlmey-"0 Hotel Rost Bldg. Q ' Phone 726 R mm ' GLIDE, March 2. The Home Economics club met at the home ol Mrs. John Alexander last Wed nesday to do Red Cross sewing. A pot luck lunch was enjoyed at noon. II Is planned to hold the next sewing day at the grange hall providing arrangements can be made for the loan ol sewing machines. Ladies ol the coininuni I ly are invited to meet Willi the group and help on this project. I I hose present were: Mrs. Herbert Connine, Mrs. S. D. Chapman, Mrs. Geo. Cascbeer, Mrs. Livie Rl.ikcly, Mrs Vein Sliriini ami Mrs. John Alexander. EASTERN STAR TO ENTERTAIN VISITING MEMBERS THURSDAY Visiting members w 111 tic guests nt the Knseliiug Chapter ol 1-1, isl et u Si.u Thursday evening at H o'clock al ttie Masonic temple. Miss Glads II, Stinnc. wuilln matron, will preside nor , in ch, ipicr ineeltile, and Mrs Guv Col don ami Mrs. Waller Kerch it will he co chati men ni the evening A program has boon inned for the occasion iiuiud lug piano solus by Mis. France l.inlott and vocal solus by Mrs. Floyd Lewis BAPTIST WOMEN'S SOCIETY TO MELT The Riiseliuig Baptist Women's society will meet Thursday at two o'clock at Hie church parlor? with Mis R. I . Kniggc. presi dent, in rli. n ge and Mi s. Jennings conducting the devotions. Nomination u! new oflicers uill he made apd the new olliceis will lie installed, mcmlii-is an urged to ho pi esent. GARDEN VALLEY WOMEN'S CLUB TO MEET THURSDAY Tho Garden Valley Women's cluli uill meet Thursday at ihe home of Mrs. Clem Schneider. All mcmhcis are cordially io Ml I'd to be piesriit. : (tflmfdgmm'v Wcoird's Statement TO THE H0NM National War Labor Board Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: WAR February 27, 1943 A National War Labor Board panel has recommended that the Board issue another order against Montgomery Ward and Co. imposing upon Wards' six large stores in Denver, Detroit and New York City: 1. A form of closed shop, ca'.ied "maintenance of mem bership," together with a check-off of union dues from wages. 2. Compulsory arbitration of any question the union wishes to raise. Wards objects to the proposed order for these reasons: 1. The War Labor Board is without authority. Congress, the only law-making authority under the Constitu tion, has not empowered the Board to order any employer to adopt these requirements. 2. The War Labor Board, by ordering a closed shop in this case, will be furthering disrespect for constitu tional authority. The Board is attempting tossumc a power to make rules and laws by executive fiat alone. The public is being deceived into believing that the Board's orders have the force of law, when in fact they have no such effect. Employees are being confused and deceived into believing that their government desires them to join labor unions when in fact the national policy as declared by Congress is that employees are free to join or not, as they wish. Thus the Board is destroying the very essence of democracy, the right of the people to make laws through those whom the people elect for that purpose. 3. The War La hot1 Board, by promiscuously granting some form of the closed shop, is destroying the laws constitutionally enacted by Congress. The National Labor Relations Act endorses, guarantees and encourages the process of collective bargaining. The orders of this Board, however, have led the unions to abandon collective bargaining. The union in this case has rushed to the War Labor Board in the conviction that the Board will grant more than il could obtain through collective bargaining, the procedure which Congress has sought to protect and encourage. Other unions are following the same course. Thus the Board, by this proceeding and by its policies as proclaimed in other proceed itis of this nature, is nullifying the public policy of the na tion as declared by Congress and set forth in the National Labor Relations Act. Laws passed by Con gress, the only law-making authority under our Constitution, can not legally be repealed by execu tive decree. 4. The proposed order would require Wards to violate the law. It would require Wards, first, to interfere w ith the free choice of its employees to resign from the union; second, to give support to the union by a check-off of union dues; and third, to discriminate against employees if they resign their membership in the union, all in direct violation of the National Labor Relations Act. .,, 5. Wards operates in a highly competitive field com posed of one million seven hundred fifty thousand retail establishments. It is unfair to impose burdens upon Wards and not upon those with whom it is in LABOR mm competition. If the retail industry is to be sub jected to the closed shop and arbitration require ments, they should be legislated by Congress and applied uniformly against all retail establishments. 6. The proposed order would require Wards to sur render to outside arbitrators the final decision on all matters which the union may wish to treat as griev ances. Thus Wards' sixty thousand shareholders would be deprived of the right to direct, through the management they select, the affairs of the corpo ration they own. 7. Under this "maintenance of membership" form of closed shop, employees are not free to resign from the union without losing their jobs. Wards is com pelled to discharge every union member who fails to maintain his union membership in good standing (non-payment of dues, etc.). "Maintenance of mem bership" is the starting phase which inevitably leads to the full closed shop and a labor monopoly. 8. The proposed order violates the fundamental prin ciples of liberty. Liberty requires (hat an employee be free to join, to refuse to join, or to resign from a union without losing his job. Liberty requires that an employer be free to employ the person best suited for the work. 9. Wards has consistently defended these principles of liberty. In times of peace, Wards successfully de nied all demands for the closed shop in any form. Two ye?rs ago the Teamsters' Union, in an effort to force a closed shop, maintained a vicious seven months strike against Wards' retail stores and mail order houses on the Pacific Coast. Two mail order houses and six retail stores were forced to close, forty-three other stores were picketed, and Wards suffered damages exceeding two million dollars. Employees were slugged, customers abused, and property destroyed. The railroads, the express com panies, the truckers and finally the United States Post Office obeyed the demands of the union and, with total disregard for their obligations to thi public and in violation of law, refused service to Wards and its customers. Nevertheless, Wards, while announcing its willingness to bargain and to contract with the union, refused to compromise the principles it was defending. The strike did not end until the union, in writing, withdrew its demand for a closed shop. Even if the War Labor -Board had the authority which it lacks, it should not, in time of war, when sacrifices are demanded of all, grant to any union a privilege it could not have obtained in time of peace. Wards has no quarrel with legitimate union practices. However, Wards strongly opposes the War Labor Board's illegitimate attempts to sabotage our laws and to socialize all industry, ostensibly as a part of the war effort. Wards desires to continue to obey the law, to preserve constitutional government, to maintain management by ownership, to remain competitive, and to leave its employees free to belong or not to belong to a union as they wish. in accordance with these principles Wards must reject any proposals which require it to enter into' contracts which it believes to be illegal, or to surrender principles which it considers to be fundamental. In so doing, Wards is taking the course which good citizenship requires. MONTGOMERY. WARD AND COMPANY Si(ntd) iLU ILL Al l RY Presiicnt