The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, January 17, 1964, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textt- - is & INFORMAL DISCUSSION grew out of a public hearing Thursday in the Douglas County Courthouse grand jury room to make it what Sen, Alfred Corbett of Port land called one of the best hearings so far in the series being held around the state by the Legislative Interim Committee on Technological Employment. Cor bett held the hearing with the assistance of committee executive secretary R. C. A. Moore, right ot table. The County's three legislators sat in as honorary members of the committee. Rep. Sidney Leiken is seated at the left end of the table, and Sen. Al Flegel, second from left at table. Rep. Mrs. W. 0. Kelsay had stepped out when the picture was taken. (News-Review photo) i Local Industry Leaders Deny Automation Cuts Labor Force Fri., Jon. 17, 1964 The Newt-Review, Page 3 Myrtle Creek Council To Get Storm Sewer Report At Meet City Engineer Don Martin ad- Couneil at its meeting this week that results of study made on storm stv'wer needs of the cilv will be ready by next council meeting. It was also reported that the water committee plans to meet at 8 p.m. Jan 21 in the City Hall to give further considera tion to water supply and filtra tion needs. Request for a loading zone in front of the new furniture and appliance firm of Groom Wit son was denied pending an over all study of loading zones within the city. The planning commis sion was instructed to make the study with an eye to con formity for all businesses af fectcd. Under department reports, City Supt. Darrell Bowman said three vehicles owned by the city, including a back hoe, graaer ana scoopmobile, were not licensed nor marked with city signs. A decision was made Sloeum To Chairman Platform; Committee For Demo Meeting to pay the required $1 each for licensing rather than provide for the much higher cost of painting signs on the sides of the vehicles. Either meets le gal requireents, according to Lorraine Birenbaum, correspond ent. A 50 by 100-foot vacant lot adjacent to the police building and city . jail, sought for pur chase by Uie city, will be ap praised by two real estate firms and the fair market price decid ed upon will be offered by the owner who has indicated he is willing to sell to the city. Park ing will thus be provided and the jail may be fenced from the street, Mrs. Birenbaum said. Correspondence from the state Highway Department re vealed that, following earlier request by the city, exit speed from the south had been chang ed from 25 .to 35 miles per hour with the 20-mile per-hour speed limit at the north end of town to remain the same. Randolph Sloeum, attorney, has been appointed chairman of the important plat form and resolutions commit tee for the county Democratic party platform convention to be held in Koseburg Jan. 25-26, according to an announcement made Thursday by Dr. Jason Hoe, county chairman for the pprty. According to tfoe, Sloeum has been for many years an active and vigorous member of the Democratic party. All sessions of the convention are scheduled to be held at the Umpqua Hotel. Slocum's committee will con sist of the chairmen of nine sub-committees in important fields such as taxation, civil rifchts, party responsibility, ed ucation and labor. Sloeum stat ed the subcommittees will meet prior to the convention and pre pare tentative drafts of the party's platform. Resolutions and additional planks will be re ceived until 5:30 p.m. on the first day of the convention. "We will begin our dclibcra- Roseburg lions at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and the best political convention work all night if necessary to'ai JJougias county has ever hammer out a liberal and pro-nd' . . . . . . . -riv nl.tfnrm fnr rnnsirier. According to a statement by alion by delegates attending the f'f un' .""day. the names of convention, said Sloeum Dr. Roe stated: "This will be i-1 1 iL f J- i, s- the subcommittee . chairmen will be announced Saturday, Jan. 18. Sloeum said member- ship of the subcommittees will be made up of persons from all parts of the county, "Demo- crits who believe in the basic principle that human rights . ould be placed above property rights." 2.5 i ACCEPTS CHAIRMANSHIP WASHINGTON (UPD-Prcsi- dent Johnson accepted the hon orary chairmanship of Brother-. hood Week of 1984 and said the Feb. 16-23 observance would come at "a time of deep ap praisal for all Americans." J.i RANDOLPH SLOCUM . , Democratic appointee Why Wait While Your Clothes Wash & Dry WE DO IT FOR YOU Roseburg Laundromat Main 4 Court Sti. 673-3011 Industry spokesmen told Sen. Alfred Corbett and the Douglas County legislative delegation Thursday that a new emphasis on vocational education might help solve the prorlems of un employment. And most of them disagreed with the premise that automation was a major cause of unemployment. A host of the spokesmen gave testimony at th ninth in a se ries of Legislative Interim Com mittee on Technological Em ployment hearings being held around the state. This hearing was held by a subcommittee on manpower and development, In charge was Sen. Corbett, Also on the panel of legislators were Sen. Al Flegel and Reps. Sidney Leiken and Mrs. W. L. Kelsay. ' . Problem Outlined Sen. Corbett set the tenor of the hearing by noting that "we've been seeing the effects of automation, particularly in loss of jobs for the unskilled." He said the rising number of unskilled unemployed and the shortages of skilled laborers are manifestations of the problem. He said it Wan 'the purpose of the committee to determine what communities are doing to meet the problem and how the state can help in opening new job opportunities. On hand to express views were representatives of indus try, as well as civic leaders and administrators. Speaking for the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce were President Phil Quiscnber ry and Dave Pratt. Pratt said the accomplishments in the Roseburg area were consider able. He listed the Payroll De velopment Committee, salutes to Industries of the Month, reform ation of a local development cor poration, a i subcommittee to help new industry establish here, and a promotion and in formation committee to tell the public the problems facing the timber industry and how to solve them. Suggestions Made Quisenberry suggested the state might help local develop-! ment corporations and expedite the establishment of a com munity college. Pratt added the possibilities of tax breaks for new industry. He said areas which cannot offer tax breaks and industrial parks don't stand much of a chance. Corbett said he would like to have more information on t h e specific types of tax break sug gested. Much of the discussion during the 2yi-hour hearing was de voted to establishing new indus try, but not everyone agreed that automation was the cause of job shortages. M. L. Hall mark of Douglas County Lum ber Co. said he didn't think automation had affected many jobs. "It takes just about as many man-hours per thousand board 1eet as it did before me chanization," he said. . Inspiration Needed He said one of the major needs for young people headed for the labor market is the in spiration to secure training and move ahead. He suggested the possibility of shunting some youngsters in their second year of high school from academic to vocational courses. Fred Sohn of Sun Studs Inc. of Roseburg also questioned the loss of jobs to technology. "Some of us have felt techno logical changes haven't displac ed employes. He said the more likely cause for displacement is market fluctuations. He suggested the state con sider subsidization of research which industry is already carry ing on, in order that the re search can gain more depth. He also saw benefits from more apprenticeship programs, and vocational education oriented to the industry. Corbett Says Cities Need New Industry To Survive Oregon must create 300 to 400 new jobs each week "just to keep even" in the race with automation and natural popula tion growth. So says Sen. Alfred Corbett of Portland, member of the Legislative Interim Committee on Technological Employment. He was the featured speaker Thursday at the Roseburg Ro tary meeting. Sen. Corbett sees economic development on a community level as a way of meeting that challenge for creating new jobs. He sees another reason for de velopment of industry on local level survival of the com munity. "We're convinced that there's a point of no return for a com- GRAY'SlOR together to create new jobs,' he said. He said the way to lay the groundwork for creating such job potential is to have an ac tive community organization de signed to bring in new industry developments. He also suggest ed an over-all economic survey of assets, labor, water, land and other factors. Looking at the makeup of the unemployment problem. Sen. Corbett said the lumber and agriculture industries particul ar. v have been replacing un skilled workers with machines at a rapid rate. Thus, a sur plus of unskilled labor exists, while a shortage is evident for skilled workers. He had these suggestions as possible solutions to the prob- Still another nan taking the tack that automation was no bugaboo was Gene Card of Roseburg Lumber Co. "Auto mation, as such, is no problem to the forest products industry because the industry is not sus ceptible to automation," he said. ."We've had mechaniza tion, but that is all that saved the 'industry." He said this mechanization had made it pos sible for his employer (Kenneth Ford) to start 27 years ago with 20 employes. Now his various enterprises employ 1,800. Card also saw the need for more vocational courses. Efficiency Stressed Robert Taylor of Hanna Nick el Smelting Co. said his Riddle company, too, will use every means to become and stay ef ficient. But he denied that me chanization caused unemploy ment. "Mechanization in the long-run creates employment means higher pay and a higher standard of living," he said Taylor did note that mechaniza ation caused temporary dis placement. William Forrest of Forrest Industries Inc. of Dillard also saw mechanization as a boon. He said he started with 45 men in 1951 and had "automated myself to 300 men today." He also liked the idea of com munity college or vocational ed ucation schools oriented to for est products industry. Richard Hughes of Evans Pro ducts in Winchester said schools need to train youngsters how to approach employers for a job. he also questioned the state's tax climate, particularly in un employment compensation. Teacher Teaching Needed Bruce Bowan of Paul B. Hult Lumber Co. of Dillard suggest ed that teachers be given orien tation courses to determine what industry wants tajght in voca tional and commui.ity college courses. County Commissioner R a v Doerncr called for more efforts in public schools to weave the forestry subjects into courses at school. Frank Riley, supervisor of the Koseburg Employment Service office, indicated that prepara tions are being made to assist in the training and retrainine business. He said the plan is 10 organize a committee to find out what the requirements by inuusiry, lor training are. Thnn it will try to set up an cduca-l tionai program to meet those requirements. 1345 NE Stephens ARRIVED TOO LATE FOR CHRISTMAS WE CAN'T EAT 'EM . . . SO YOU CAN HAVE 'EM AT AS MUCH AS 50 OFF . . . IF YOU HURRY! Movie Showtime mumty it "s people ooni Bijiem 1. Increased vocational train ing facilities. He noted persons in the present society may have to change fields of work two or three times in their life times, which calls for retrain ing. Those who do not change jobs and professions must con PrMay, Jan. 17, 1M4 lumaM THEATRE Doors own JO. Comolate shows 7:00-?:. Prlifi tbi rnv drive-in Gales open a' pm. snow starts at :js om timially work to improve their Fair" and "T-,;- Told Tales. GRAND THEATRE (SutrrertHtl "The incredible Journey" and "Black Gold." CLOVERLEAF DRIVE-IN (Sutherlinl Box office ooens at a:4S. Show starts al 7:00. "Fancy Panti" and "The Bounty Hunter." Serertfav, Jan. It. ltM INDIAN THEATRE Kiddle Matinee skills. 2. Establishment of a com munity college with courses tied in closely with local industries, so training can be tailored to needs of an area. 3. Preparation for the entry eoori ooen at t oo. correlate mow at into a field of industry other i . -a ana pa nenw o wfc-'than umber and logg ng so the Donald's Farm", plus 1 Stooges, Joe- . . iT l j Enter and 3 cartoons, out at 3:is - economic oase can oc broaden Eenino doors wen . complete j jje suggested recreation as shows 7:00 and t.jo. "The Prue" at, . , j . . . . vki ind ss I'ucii an industry fitted perfect- cloverleaf drive-in isutherimi - y for Douglas Countv. Box office opens at 65. Snow at 7 00. 1 ... . . . tr . . Fancy Pams" am "The Bounty Huni. 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