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,3s or? r i t a A VAVE THROUGH U.S. LABOR ckets Committee Findings umble Many Union Leaders By WILLIAM J. EATON ' UPI Staff Writ.r WASHINGTON I'M i The Sen ate Rackets Committee's findings have led to the downfall of at least a dozen national union leaders in the past 2'i years. Pave Heck, ex president of the Teamsters, was the best known victim of the committee's inquiry into luhor-manngcmeiit misdeeds. Hut many others were ousted in the wake of the Senate investiga tion that sent a shock wave through the American lahor n io veil lent and touched off bipar tisan demands for union reform legislation. As a direct result, the AFL-CIO lmulcd out the Teamsters on charges of racketeer-domination (Hid ejected the Bakery & Confec tionery Workers and the Laundry Workers unions on the same counts. Top officials of the United Tex tile Workers, Jewelry Workers, 0rating Engineers. Distillery Workers and Allied Industrial Workers weer toppled in a house cleaning campaign by the AFL CIO Ethical Practices Commit tee. :. Fail To "Get" Hoffa The liackets Committee failed to "get" Teamsters president James K. Holla but may have laid tle groundwork for his even tual removal by court-appointed monitors on the basis of testi mony it received. Deck, who was being pushed out of his top post by Hoffa anyway, decided against running fur re election after being accused of "taking" hundreds of thousands of dollars of Teamster money. He was later convicted of income tax evasion and pocketing the f'inds from sale of a union-owned Cadil lac. The Rackets Committee acted as godfather of one new union the American Bakery & Confec- Governors Make Little Progress With Reform Bills Thanks To Labor By RAYMOND LAHR Unittd Press International WASHINGTON L'PP Pres sure for lahor reform legislation splashed over from Congress into state legislatures this year but failed to make much headway in the face of u;:ioa opposition. In 46 states with 139 legislative sessions, only New York has enacted a general lalwr reform law to deal with corruption in un ions. A more limited law in North Dakota would bar convicted fel ons from holding office in unions. The Nebraska Legislature enacted a law prohibiting second ary boycotts, and New Mexico lawmakers passed bills to regu late organizational and mass pick eting. Proposed restrictions on both secondary boycotts and or ganizational picketing are in volved in the congressional battle over a labor reform bill. Labor Opposed Stat Bills Labor leaders generally opposed state labor reform measures. They argued that Congress was dealing with the issue at the na tional level and states should not tackle it piecemeal. There were spirited battles in some legisla tures, however, before such bills were killed. I.iibor opposition to the New York law was relatively mild The law requires financial report ing by unions. It makes union of ficials resixinsihle for funds han dled, forbids them from having a financial interest in tiie business of employers with whom they deal, and bars them from taking gifts worth more than $1(10 from these employers. The New York law was passed under siwnsorship of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's new administra tion. Two Democratic governors of big stales Edmund G. Brown in California and Michael V. Di S.illo in Ohio backed lalwr re form measures which died. Brown supported a labor-backed bill to repeal the state law against jurisdictional strikes. When it was killed, labor moved in to block passage of his code-of-ethics bills to govern the con duct of internal union alfairs. DiSalle also favored a bill to regulate internal union conduct despite protests from labor lead ers who supported him in his electjon campaign last year. The bill was defeated in the House by a 58 to 54 vote. In Indiana, a stalemate between the Democratic House and Repub lican Senate blocked passage of both a labor reform bill and a measure to repeal the state right-to-work law. In Iowa and L'tah, the labor movement also fought but lost battles for repeal of right-to-work laws, which outlaw contracts re quiring employes to join unions to hold their jobs. The New Mexico Legislature refused to submit a right-to-work proposition to a ref erendum vote. Lalwr reform bills were intro duced in several other state leg islatures but got less attention. Ono of them died ln,,pommittee In the Washington Legislature aft er Gov. Albert D. Rosselini said state action was not needed. QUOTES FROM THE NEWS Unittd Pratt International Quotes From The Nowt (Rag. U.S. Pat. Off.) United Pratt International HAVANA Fidel Castro, at tacking Dominican strongman Ra fael J. Trujillo in a radio-television speech following the disclo sure of an alleged invasion plot: " lie has) constantly engaged in promoting trouble with Cuba no matter who is governing." WASHINGTON - The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- tionery Workers (AFL-CIO). This organization was formed when the old bakers' union refused to oust President James G. Cross after he was cha'ged with mis use of union funds. As a result, the Cross-led group was bounced from the AFL-CIO. These other union leaders left office some pleading ill-health after corruption charges were leveled at them: Quit Undar Fir United Textile Workers Presi dent Anthony Valcntc and Secretary-Treasurer Lloyd K 1 e n e r t. Both men were accused of mis using union funds to make down payments on lavish homes. Operating Engineers' Presi dent William E. Maloney, charged with running the union like a dic tator and enriching himself in the process, stepped out under fire. He said his health was too poor to continue in office. Distillery Workers' President Joseph O'Neill, who was accused of failing to take action against welfare fund thieves, gave poor health as the reason for resign ing. Allied Industrial Workers Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Doria was forced out of office after charges that he mishandled un ion funds. Jewelry Workers' President Joseph Morris and Secretary Treasurer llyman . Powell both quit after they were accused of using their union posts for person al gain and tolerating exploitation of Puerto Ricans in New York. Rations Undar Pratture Meat Cutters Vice President Max Block resigned under pres sure attcr the committee accused him of failing to account for un ion funds. Bakers Vice President George Stuart, accused of milking Chica go area locals of $40,000, resigned after testimony before the com mittee on his alleged misdeeds Operating Engineers' Vice Pres ident Victor Swanson was ousted by the union. Later testimony in dicated that he shared profits of $47,000 as the result of a land deal swung with union funds. Carpenters' Union President M. A. Hutcheson and two other top officers in his union have been indicted in an Indiana high way scandal, but not yet tried. Meanwhile they have been re elected to office. Hutcheson has retained his seat on the AFL-CIO Executive Council although he re fused to answer questions by the Senate group and was later cited for contempt by the committee. (ration, announcing the failuro of an attempt to put a 12-foot bal loon satellite into orbit: "Preliminary data available in dicates that the first Jupiter stage worked O.K.. but after separation of the Jupiter guidance depart inent the altitude control erred..." WASHINGTON Chairman Francis E. Walter D-Pa. of the House Un-American Activities Committee, protesting reported plans for flying Russian flags in Washington to welcome Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev: "To extend to Mr. Khrushchev the most elaborate welcome this nation is able to accord to any of its guests is really adding in sult to injury." Phillipines Is Built In The American Image TOKYO (UPI The Philip pines is the only country in Asia built In the American image. To day many, if not most, Filipinos are hurt, baffled and angry over attacks at the hands of the Amer icans who brought them into the modern world. The most popular parlor game among the many Americans who travel in Asia is attacking graft, corruption and indolence in the Philippines. Prominent experts deplore the sad state of these lush islands and magazines and newspapers find themselves de nounced for their statements and dispatches on the Philippines. Without minimizing the faults of the Philippines, most "experts" on the nation forget, or . under play, one most important factor: Most Fraa Atian Nation The Philippines is the most truly FREE nation in Asia. The press is so free that many newspapermen themselves think some of the stories in the news papers (always the opposition newspaper, of course) go too far. Politicians' private lives make for some lurid reading, for example. freedom of speech is so un bridled that political campaigns in the Philippines make a good. old fashioned American name calling contest appear like an Elk s club testimonial night. With these freedoms, also go freedom to graft. And grafters there appear to be a-plenty in the Philippines. A recent visitor to Tokyo showed a letter from a customs official who was brazen enough to spell out exactly what he wanted to clear some goods through the pier. During the past IS months, Asia has seen Pakistan, Burma, Thai land and Indonesia take steps to ward Totalitarianism or Authori tarianism. South Viet Nam, the Republic of China, and Korea- all supported by the U.S. have "strongman' governments. In that time, there has been scarcely a whisper of any such thing in the Philippines although earlier this year there were re ports of a military plot against President Carlos Garcia. The "plot" came to nothing. The Philippines is rare in Asia in that it has plenty of land for its population in fact, it has been estimated that it could ac commodate at least twice its pop ulation with no trouble. The Filipinos were America's staunchest ally during World War II; and despite the fact they don't think they have gotten a fair shake of foreign aid a de batable point), they probably are today. Certainly you hear no anti nuclear talk in the Philippines: President Garcia has welcomed the latest weapons into his coun try. What particularly bothers Am ericans is, of course, that their "baby" is a little less than per fect. But when you take overall stock of the progeny of colonialism in Asia, the American "baby" perhaps doesn't come off too badly. At least it can wail as loud as it likes. Observer, La Grande, Ore., Sat., Aug. 15, 1959 Page 6 Price Support Eligibility For Barley Crop Broadened Washington (UFl me nave oeen made would be .3W),' Agriculture Department today broadened the price support elig ibility for 1959-crop barley to in clude grade no. i and grade no. 5 garlicky. The department said this action would provide greater price pro tection to growers of this year's barley crop, which has a high proportion of thin barley due to unfavorable weather conditions, particularly in North Dakota. To determine the loan rate for specific lots, no. 5 grade barley will be discounted 18 cents a bushel below the basic support price for grade no. 2 or better, in addition to other applicable discounts. Prior to this change, price sup ports on this year's crop had been limited to barley grading no. 4 or no. 4 garlicky, or better. WASHINGTON (UPI) The Agriculture Department estimat ed today that production of six important vegetables for com mercial processing in 1959 would be 5 per cent lower than in 1958 but 13 per cent above the 10-year average. The department forecast that total production of the six crops for which production predictions 000 tons. This compared with 6,680,000 tons in 1953 and a 10 year average of 5,620,000 tons. These six crops usually account for about seven-eighths of the total tonnage of the 10 process ing vegetables for which official estimates are made. I The department predicted these' production increases over last year: Snap beans, up 7 per ceoU cabbage for kraut (contract), 1 per cent; sweet corn, 22 per. cent; and spinach' (winter and spring1, 5 per cent. WASHINGTON (UPI) The, Rural Letter Carriers Association has reelected Charles R. Larson, of Bertrand, Neb., to be its presi. dent for another year. It's the FOLEY GRILL For undaij fanner STEAKS ROASTS CHOPS SEA FOOD Grilled Pan Size Trout ...$1.35 Delicious Meals Budget Priced Watch For Our 3 VALUABLE MERCHANDISE AWARDS TO BE GIVEN AWAY! SEE MONDAY'S OBSERVER La Grande Furniture Warehouse EAST ADAMS AVENUE Guard Is In Grave Condition SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-A Brinks' guard gunned down dur ing a daring $18,442 holdup was in "very grave" condition today. Converse Sallwood, 43. of South San Francisco, was shot four times in the arm and in the abdomen by two gunmen yester day as he carried a sack of re ceipts through the service en trance of the Stonestown branch of the Emporium department store. The two robbers seized the sack he was carrying and fled in a 1956 auto which was later found abandoned in nearby Daly City. A Brinks spokesman said the sack contained $6,442 in cash and $12,000 in checks. The well-planned crime occur red at the exact time the Brinks truck waited outside the store's entrance to pick up the firm's I receipts. Store manager E.W. j inaycr said the truck comes to the store daily from 3:25 to 3:30 p.m. Smallwood was leaving the store when he was accosted by the gunmen. Six shots rang out. A second guard, Jacob Siegal, rushed toward the entrance just as S m a 1 1 w o o d his uniform stained with blood staggered out. Sicgel took Smallwood to the armored car and was about to re turn to the store when the rob bers got the drop on him and forced him to lie on the ground while they fled in their car. This was the latest in a record number of bank and major hold ups this year, including 21 bank robberies. Most of them have been attributed to amateurs, but police inspector James O'Neill conceded Friday's robbery was a professional job. Francis E. Bitz, a salesman who witnessed the crime, said the two gunmen "paid no atten tion to anything other than the sack of money." He added that their car nearly ran down three or four persons as it sped through the store's giant parking lot. Mrs. F. Golding Services Planned For Tuesday Mrs. Flora Elizabeth Golding, 76, of Elgin died Thursday in a local hospital following an ex tended illness. ! Funeral arrangements are under the direction of The Daniels Fun eral Home. Services will be held in the Elgin Christian Church, Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Lcs Wells will officiate under the aus pices of the Rebekah Lodge. Burial will be in the Elgin Ceme tery. I Mrs. Golding was born at Elgin Sept. 11, 1882. She had been a ; resident there all her life. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, General Federation of Women's Clubs and the Rebekah Lodge. Survivors are two brothers. William J. Knight of La Grande. .and Sam Knight of Joseph; two sisters, Mrs. Viva Ballen. River side. 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