Observer, La Grande, Ore., Toes., Oct. 21 1958 -..Page 7
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three dispatches by Raymond .
Lahr, United Press Interna
tional political .writer, concern
ing the election year contro
versy over state right-to-work
laws. The dispatch deals with
how such laws have worked in
states which have them.
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By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press International
WASHINGTON IUPI - Labor
and industry spokesmen ppd.somc
state officials have conflicting ap
praisals of the impact of right-to-work
laws in. the,; 18 states
where they are in .force., ,
Union leaders frequently con
demn the laws as a brake on un
ion growth and wage increases or
as a threat to 'Stable labor-management
relations.. .
Industry leaders and some state
officials credit them with helping
attract new industry and with
forcing union officials to follow
the dictates of rank-and-file mem
bers. ' In this connection, supporters of
such laws have quoted some un
ion leaders as saying that too
much union security , can cause
union officials to become inatten
. tive to the views of their mem
bers. . Right-to-work laws, an election
issue in 10 slates this year, pro
hibit union shop and other labor
management agroement8 which
require workers to belong to .un
ions to hold their jobs.; Voters in
these states have, been., bombard
ed with arguments pro und con.
In Iowa, Ed Storey, director of
the State Development Commis
sion, says the state's righl-to-wrirk
law often figures in negotiations
about . the location of new in
dustry. "It is brought up more often
by owners of small businesses who
feel unions tend to make their
own operating costs somewhat
higher," he said. "They fepl they
can't compete with companies
who don't have unions. The ques
tion of right-to-work isn't too im
portant because Iowa doesn't tiK
to- sell on the basis of cheap
labor. v .
"The larger companies lend to
want unions in , their plants.- be
cause of the stability of opera
tion." , ' : ; . .
"Most , of our people like it,"
says Harry Linn, head of the Iqwa
Manufacturers' Association. "I
have also heard off the record
that laborer like it. The law pro
tects them because union leaders
have to serve them to keep them
as union members." - .i , -,
But . Iowa AFL-CIO President
Hay Mills says, the law -"puts the
unions which need protection the
inost out of business." He referred
specifically to unions'of restaurant
workers and retail clerks... He
said average weekly wages in
Iowa wore $3 below the national
average,
lh Indiana,' Gov. Harold W.
Handley, who let the right-to-work
bill become law without his
signature last year, and Lt. Gov.
Crawford Parker credit the law
with being primarily responsible
for 10 new companies locating
monthly in that state.
Dallas Sells, AFL-CIO president
in Indiana, says a law governing
labor relations should improve
such relations but that the right-to-work
law "appears to divide
rather lhan unify." He says labor
will be at. the door of the Indiana
legislature in January to press for
repeal.
Gordon Preble, president of the
Nebraska Federation of Labor,
Says he believes the Nebraska
law "has made strong unions
stronger and weak unions weaker,
even to the extent t'that some of
the weaker ones are going out of
business." .
Donald E. Devries,: director of
the Associated Industries of. Ne
braska, says the slate has enjoyed
good labor relations under the law
and that unions have continued to
grow. ' ,; i . i.
In one of its' publications last
month,' the- AFL-CIO. listed Ne
braska, along with Arkansas, Iowa
and North . Carolina,,- as a state
where it said "economic progress
slowed down" after enactment of
a right-to-work law,.
In .Georgia, State. Labor Com
missioner Ben T. Huiet says his
offices ..has had no c6mp!ainl,s
from labor , of, management and
that the Georgia law is "function
ing smoothly.". ' . . ' :
Harold B. Boyd, Virginia AFLr
CIO president, says it can be
shown that ' Virginia . wage levels
arc lower because .of Us right-to-work'
law. He says the. fight, for
enactment of the law was led by
"non - union shops paying low
wages'." j , ..,' i .
Chris H. Whiteman, industrial
director of the Virginia Chamber
of Commerce, f ays. the Virginia
law has been "among themajor
considerations'.' influencing' com
panies which' have built new
plants in that state. - '
The AFL-CIO contends the ma
jor factors in locating new plants
arc not righl-to,work . laws but
availability ' of markets, the cost
and supply of raw materials and
the supply of labor with necessary
skills.
In Utah, the authors of the law
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BIG ISSUE IN SOME STATES An important and ccntrovaisial side issue to the up
coming congressional elections is the so-called ''Right-to-Work" question. Nowcnup above
spots the six states which will vote on proposed R-T-W legislation Ln November, plus those
which now have, or once had, such legislation. Also indicated are numerous states, includ
ing the six voting on it this year, which have previously rejected It-T-W, either oy rcl
crendums or in their legislatures. In other states R-T-W has not yet become an isiue.
enacted in 1!)55 say it has pre
vented unions from "organizing
from the top by coercion" in .40
cases and that it serves as a con
tinuing deterrent against the start
of any such action.
Backers of right-to-work laws
sometimes contend that the laws
are a weapon against corrupt un
ion leaders because they allow an
escape from the union for mem
bers disgusted with racketeering
officers. To this argument, the
AFL-CIO replies: .
"The question of eliminating
corruption is not a question, of
union security but of establishing
necessary legislation of a police
nature to allow prosecution of
wrongdoers." . ,
Secretary of Labor James P..
Mitchell, an opponent of the laws
despite the neutrality of the Ei
senhower administration, recent
ly cited a Tennessee case devel
oped in the Senate investigation
of labor racketeering as evidence
that a right-lo-work law does not
prevent corruption.
Supporters of the laws . argue,
however, thal.it is significant that,
among the many cases whih got
attention in the Senate inquiry,
the Tennessee case was the only
one nvolving unions in a state
with .n right-to-work law...
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
TUESDAY
. 6:45 p.m., Kiwanis club, Saca-
jawea.
7:30 D.in.. Planning Commis
sion meeting, City Hall.
7:30 p.m., souiti 40 club, saca-
jawea.
8 p.m.. Veterans of Foreign
Wars, VFW hall. Business meet
ing. WEDNESDAY
7:30 D.m.. La Grande Citv
Commission, City Hall.
Grand Tour
Answer to Previous Puzzle
ACROSS
1 French city .
4 Swiss
mountains
8 Heavenly city
(var.) -
12 Mountain In
Asin Minor
13 Shakespearean
-king r ,,,
14 Learning
15 Decimal unit
1G Soaks food
18 Persian rulers
20 Elongated
circles
21 Pronoun
22 Goes astray
24Caucla4
appendage
20 Unwelcome"
plant .
27 Footlike part
30 Hindei
32 Broadest
34 Slips
35 Card game
30 Article
37 Globule
39 Girl's title
40 Refuse from
grapes
4 1 Edge
42 Watches
furtively
45 Rubbers
40 Fought
51 Faucet
52 One time
53 Evergreen
tree
54 Japanese
outcast
55 Afternoon
parties -
56 Deeds
57 Hot Hax by
exposure
DOW.V
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in rivers
2 Notion
3 Mrs. Socrates
4 Dancing girls
5 Jump
a i riliL .eart
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religious sect
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Europeans
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10 City in -Soviet
Union
11 Cape . .
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19 Irritates
23 Marry again
24 Tip
25 Oriental nurse
26 German river
27 Boundary
28 Superlative
suffixes
29 Female saints
(Ob.)--,
31 Lower
33 British
noblewomen'
38 Sharp
40 Allots -.
41 Infernal
region .
42 British .
,. Islander
43 Cornbrcad
44 Peruvian
Indian
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47 Grade
48 Petty quarrel
50 Health resort
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XXVIII j
HE started back to his desk,!
when the desk officer called him.!
lie walked over and took the slip
of paper the man had just writ
ten. "The state police just called in.
They found Hal Verhey. At least
they found what is left of him."!
, Morrison turned an inquisitive
glance on the desk man and
asked, "I didn't know Verhey was
gone." .
"He tried io get by another car
up in Sagun Pass.. I guess it was
a blind curve, because he met a
tanker and trailer, head on.
They're still fighting the fire. One
of the state patrolmen knew the
car he was driving, so they were
able to identify him. The car be
lgnged -to an old guy that owns
a enrage up there."
"What was Verhey doing in a1
car that didn t belong to him and
way up there?"
"They didn't say. The wreck
started a fire and they've been
busy with it. They'll call as soon
as there s something to tell.
"O.K. Keep me informed. I'm
going to talk to the captain.'
Captain Harris was ready to
leave, but when he saw" it ,wasi
Morrison, he went back to his
desk. .
. "You should bo an aiuMiorityl
on where to have shoes repaireay'l
he said mildly. "Did you find:
anything of value?"
"I think so. One man is. sure
the repair job on the heel was his
work, but he doesn't remember
who he did it for. Fleck and
Grimes are trying to let him get
a-look at anyone that could fit
Dr. Murdock's description.
"That sort of work is time-
consuming but valuable. Was
there something else?"
Morrison looked at the placid
man and wondered if anything
ever got through his thick veneer.
He knew and respected, the man's
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brilliant mind, but he couldn'tl
help wondering if he ever con
sidered the people with whom he
dealt in any but a clinical way.
Verhey is dead, he said
shortly, and was pleased to see
the captain show some surprise.
"How did it happen?"
"It was an auto wreck. Therci
aren't too many details yet. He
hit a gasoline tanker and, it
started a fire.- The slate police
have been too busy to give us
much, yet." . ...
State police? what are they
doing on it?"
The wreck occurred on the
east slope of Sagun Pass."
"I see. Was he running?"
M
"I DON'T know. It looks fun
ny. He was told not to leave town,
but he did. lie had no reason
to run, though; his alibi checked
out.
"You said he seemed frightened
when you talked to him," the
captain reminded him. ,
Morrison pulled out another
cigarette and lit it. "Maybe it's
just a run-of-the-mill accident."
"In faagun i'ass.'" ,
"Yeah, I know," he answered,
but was saved from saying any
thing further by a knock on the
door. - r ,-
It was the desk officer with
more information on the wreck.i
He handed his notes to Morrison
and left. '
Morrison read the new infor
mation, and felt sick.
"He was running, Captain. He
told the guy that loaned him the
car that something was wrong
with his and that he had to mane
a service call and fix a freezer
that was full of food, in Sultana.
There. was nothing wrong with
his car and the grocer in bultano
where he was supposed to go says
there isn't anything wrong with
his freezer. Mac got his answer,
too. Verhey. took a fall for rob
bery four years ago, in Joplin."
'Something to, hide," the cap
tain said, softly, "or rather some
thing he thought he had to hide,"
'Even so," Morrison asked bit
terly, "he didn't kill the kid, so
why run?"
' "You've forgotten one of your
first lessons in police work, Lieu
tenant. You can't account , for
people's actions. They do things,
and that's that. Never try to fig
ure out why. Leave that to the
psychiatrists."
THE dress shop where Helen
Verhey worked was only a few
blocks from the. station, but he
took the car anyway. No matter
how carefully he worded the
news, it was bound to hit her
like a 10-ton truck, and she'd be
in no condition to get home alone.
He opened the door and stepped
into the perfumed interior. The
floor was carpeted in a nubby
gray and there wore little-groups
of low fat chairs, upholstered in
a kind of pinkish velvet. ,Thero
were large mirrors on all the
walls, and they had a pinkish cast
to them too. .
Once used to the indirect light
ing, Morrison examined the room
more thoroughly, and there
wasn't a single dress to be seen.
He was so busy looking, and try
ing to overcome his feeling llfat
he had blundered Into the ladies'
room by mistake, that he didn't
hear the woman come up behind
him.
The woman looked as' a dow
ager duchess should look but sel
dom does. Silvery hair, waved
softly above an unlined fore
head, that could only be called
nuecniy. She was dressed simply.
Hut every line and seam of the
dress looked as though it had
been placed with calipers. The
bright blue eyes gazed at him
so steadily, he felt she must be
putting price tags on everything
ho was .wearing... . , .
"I'd tike to sec Mrs. Verhey,"
he said politely.
"Our ladies are not permitted
to have personal visits during
working hours." , . -
He wondered what a kick in
the rear would do to her dignity.
(To Be Continued)
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