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Productivity Should Be Based On Single Accepted Data Standard By ERL'CE BIOSSAT V,. 2 ? ,T ,0 'ake- And ,hat' " " V of ttfe that must be nounshed on sound factual information If it is to As an example, note Hie cur rent fact-findinc inquiry in New York on the issue of (he United Steel Workers' wage and pension ut'manus. ter frequently crucial to wage disputes and there should be some standard gauge for calcu- Led by Philip Murray, presi- ,a,!n tt The National Labor Re- -nl 01 ine l m th ,ti ,,.i. iti aent 01 tne 140, the steel work ers' union nrppnti a . - - r - - v i --.i; l uu l ed in the claim that steel wages have gone up far less in recent lions board, aided bv the Bu reau of Labor Statistics, could determine iuch a measure. Set against an accepted stan mF mi n-vs in recent -lr years than has worker pi oductiv- "ar(i. productivity has either uy in me inaustry. gone up more than wages or it The contention is. In other h not. It cannot do -both. And words, that steel workers are not i e are frankly tired of beitis being rewarded in keeping with Mold, in effect, that it can. LvrJ.?,'raSinR col,llil'u'on 1" 1 One might argue that is the Prwuv.. ,, fact finders' Job to decide whelh- Hobeit K. Nathan, well known I er the unions or the industry's labor eomomist appears to have1 claim is correct. Our belief 's marshaled the figures in support that the board should not have of the unions view. If the sta- to weigh a matter ti.at belongs t slice are valid, they certainly in the realm of settled, known strengthen the union's rase. fact. Productivity should be as But along comes Dr. Jules firmly established bv some ree Backman for the steel industry, ular agency as Is the Weather He tells the fact finders that steel Bureau's report of yesterday's workers wages in recent vears temperatures, have shot up twice as much as j In too many areas of business has worker productivity. Almost and government the vaunted sta the exact opposite of the union's listic is being twisted to the uses claim (-and Backman has fig. of propaganda. The only figur-s ures. too ,),e Amf.rican e)pie care about sow there may be different are those which document a case ways ol measuring productivity, honestly. But output per worker is a mat- Somebody once said of the Rus- Uw;. . . i t V. ' 1 ' X J i v i j. ... v. ai RUIN BECOMES RESTAURANT Stores occupy lower floor of this Berlin build. Ina uklla wtuf varflit la nti uhif bu Kf-ond tffjor. aflr hoinh-lnrn nmvr stnrv ua rtnAvH sians: "If it's documents you more Judicious use of statistics! Phenomenal waves ten to 13 want, they are only too happy to in argument, they will bring feet high, traveling as much as supply you with them In great down upon themselves the same i 43 miles an hour, are formed by number. All false, of course." sort of discredit the Russians the spring tidal "bore in the Unless our leaders in govern- earned by their phony doc'i- mouth of the Amazon river, sajs ment, business and labor make ments. I the Encyclopedia Americana. Higher Education Schools Opening Dates Are Listed KUCENE. Aug. 25. (Special Fail term college classes at the institutions o the State System of Higher Education w ill 'begin in Eugene and Corvatlis Sent. 2(. nd in Ashland, LaWrande and Monmouth, Sept. 27. Deadline for registration at the schools is Oct. 8. All will have Thanksgiving vacations Nov. 24-27, and the terms will end Doc. 2d. Some University of Oregon stu dents will begin arriving on that campus Sept. It for rush week. New student week and registra tion is set for Sept. 13-21. Oiejon State college wilt have registration and orientation week Sept. 1S-24, wish registration the j last three days. First rush w eek is set for Sept. 22-25. and second tusn won, ept. Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, and Oregon College of Education, Monmoutn, have set Sept. 22-26 for freshman days and registration of enter ing students, and Sept. 2!i for registration of returning students; Eastern Oregon College of Ed ucation, La Grande will have freshman day and registration ot entering students Sept. 2224, ivvith Sept. 2U for registration !of returning students only. f Va iport Extension Center, at Portland, will have a similar schedule, opening as follows: iSept. 19. placement examinations Thur., Aug. 25, 1949-Tht Newi-Re!w, Roseburg, Or. 13 for new students; Spt 20, ad visement for new students; Sept. 21-21. freshman week and reg istration. The t'niversity of Oregon Med ical and Dental schools, also In rorttana. will star! a little later. is Oct. 3-4, and classes will be gin Oct. 5, The Medical school schedules examinations for re moval of deficiencies on Oct. 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