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ROSEBURG" NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, 'AUGUST g, W45 SEVEN Vets' Reemployment Right Siill Weighty Issue Despite Supreme Court's Decision By BRACK CURRY WASHINGTON Many thorny legal questions involving vet erans' reemployment rights still must be settled in the courts despite the Supreme Court's decision on the so-called superseniority question. Searcy L. Johnson, chief of the Justice Department's Veterans Affairs Section, says the decision "does not determine all of the re-employment rights of veterans because all of the rights were not involved in the case." The Justice Department repre sents veterans free of charge In re-employment cases. In the superseniority decision, the Sum-erne Court held that World War II veterans have no' preferential seniority standing over non-veterans when there are contrary seniority provisions in a union contract. The court did hold that veter ans accumulated seniority during their period of service which must be added to seniority they held on entering- service. Some Problems Remain What are the problems which still must be clarified? Johnson lists six examples: L 1. To whom does the Selective V Service statute, guaranteeing vet ( erans' reemployment rights, ap i ' ply? 2. What Is a "temporary" posi tion and what are the legal rights of a "seasonal" or "part-time" em ployee? 3. What Is to be done when the Veteran's old Job has been abol ished or changed? 4. What would be proper dam ages for a court to assess when a veteran is denied re-employment? 5. How must the veteran prove his Qualification for his old duties? 6. If the employer has trans ferred or sold his business, what are the veteran's legal rights to his old job? Some of these questions al ready are headed for the Su preme Court. Johnson says Attorney General Tom Clark "takes the position as the veterans' lawyer that all rea sonable doubts should be resolved Jn favor of veterans' rights. In this he follows the wording of the Selective Service statute. "Likewise, the Supreme Court In the Fishgold (supersenioritv) case said the statute had to be liberally construed in favor of the veteran." Cases In Point Johnson cited a court case to Illustrate problem No. 1 for me. A doctor had been employed by en industrial firm before he en tered service." "Although a doctor is general ly regarded as having an inde pendent contractor refationship," Johnson explained, "this one had ' regular hours as the company ""doctor. When he sued for his old 1 job, the court ruled that he was an pmployee and entitled to re employment." What is a "temporary" position and what are the legal rights of a "season" or "part-time em ployee"? "Many companies," says John son, "are trying to get around rehiring veterans by contending their prewar jobs were tempo rary. ... "All employment contracts are indefinte. The average employer in hiring a man just says some thing like 'you're on." We contend that the employer had to make clear to the employee that the job would end within a specific time limit for the lob to be con sidered temporary." Johnson says the department feels that seasonal work is not temporary work "If there is a regular recurren relationship be tween the employer and 'the em ployee." "In a recent case," he told me, "a tobacco company refused to rehire an auctioneer who had worked once a year at an auction for $10,000 before entering the service. The court held that he was not a seasonal worker and had to be re-employed." When a veteran's job has been abolished, the Justice Department holds that "if a comparable posi tion exists he must have it," Johnson says. "The act holds that he must receive his old job or one of like seniority and pay." About Damages Proper damages? Johnson says the department contends that: "When a veteran applies for his old job and doesn't get it, he must be paid until the time he starts work and then re tained for a full year. A Kentucky court recently upheld this con tention, forcing a company to pay damages to a veteran up to the time they put him on and then give him a year's job." What test must the veteran meet? "We hold that he must be given a fair opportunity to reacquire his old skill, even if a more skill ful man is on his job." What if the employer has transferred or sold his business? "We hold," Johnson says, "that . . . the job continues to exist if the business continues. In a re cent case in Ohio, a parent com pany took over a subsidiary com pany and refused to rehire a vet eran. The court held that the bus iness was being continued so the job was still there." -. ' This case has been appealed to the supreme court. igKesfAwar'd ' i - f : M l V ") '"' if (NKA telephoto) Mrs. Caroline Krotlak sobs as she kisses Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously awarded her son at Chicago, pvt. kjouuk aiea wnen no threw himself over exploding Jap grenade to save comrades of 37th Division on ijuzon. Millions for Baubles WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 WP)- Americans shelled out $1,200,000. 000 for jewels and baubles last year. Coming up with this estimate. the Bureau of Mines said it was record sum and tooDed the 1944 total Dy iz percent. Africa contains 40 per cent of the world's potential water power. Diamond dust saved from cut' ting is used for fine polishing. No part of England is more than 100 miles from the sea. Ceilings Upped on Canned Vegetables, Work Shirts, Logs WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 UP) OPA yesterday raised retail price ceilings one to two cents a can on corn, peas, tomatoes, and tomato products to offset can cellation ol suosiuy payineius. The increases are effective im mediately, along with a price boost of one cent for 12-ounee packages of frozen corn and peas. OPA also removed price con trols on canned and frozen snap beans packed prior to last March Ceilines on these vegetables which were packed later were removed some time ago. Shirt Prices Upped OPA also authorized retail price increases of two to three cents for cotton flannel work shirts. The Increases, effective Aug ust 12, are being granted under terms of the old price control law. OPA has announced that fur ther cotton clothing price hikes of six to eight percent, required under the new law, will go into effect soon. In other actions today, also effective August rz, UFA grant ed: A 1314 percent increase in wholesale and retail ceilings on oilcloth. A five percent retail increase lor vegetable ana iruit insecti cide sprays. OPA also authorized Wednes day an increase of $3 a thousand feet in ceilings for most west coast logs. The price hike meets a re quirement that ceilings for soft wood logs be set at a level which will permit producers to recover current costs of production. OPA said no increase is being granted for wood logs, "since such action would cause diversion from essential fuel wood produc tion." The agency said wood ana cull logs represent such a small percentage of total output that the minimum requirements of the new law "will De met even tnougn their ceilings are not increased." Korth started back across Lake Sammanlsh. He sighted a float ing bill fold. : He picked it Up and found it was his own with $80 in It. He didn't know he had lost it. v iv tx ii n i, ui,niii Chester Cook and Ruth Nailine urunum, both ol urants rass. A Good Find SEATTLE, Aug. 8 P) After three hours of rowing Ralph Phone 128 SAW DUST Prompt Delivery 16" MILL WOOD DENN-GEnRETSEN CO. I.. 402 W. 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