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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1951)
Thursday, August 2, 1951 ,„■1 I, .....u ................ ...... ........._——___________ - BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS. OREGON Del Norte Fair Set For August 17-19 CRESCENT CITY — Eentries for the 1951 Del Norte county fair closed Monday, Aug. 6, Les McClure, secretary-manager, an nounced early this week, as com pletions of plans for the biggest fair in the Del Norte history be gan to shape up. McClure announced that all booths in the commercial exhib it have been filled for the past six wetks. The floral show this year promises to be as large as last year’s at least. Entries in the chicken and rab- bit divisions also are higher this year and in the beef cattle divi- sion, entries are doubled. A bigger horse show and more races also have been scheduled for the fair-goers this year. Five races each day already have been scheduled and $800 in purses wil be awarded, plus the entry fees for each division. One chariot race also is scheduled for the races Saturday afternoon and on Sunday afternoon. Fair dates are set for August 17, 18 and 19. Forest Service Move Engineer GRANTS PASS The transfer of Daniel D. Olin to the Siskiyou National Forest with headquar ters here was announced the first of the week by H. C. Obye, forest supervisor. Olin assumed his du ties this week as highway engi- ncer n the Siskiyou National Forest where his assignment will be primarily in connection with the location, construction and m "nt crance of th- j st roau system. Olin comes to the Siskiyou from the Willamette National F orest where he has been in charge of timber management ac- . tivities on the Oakridge Ranger district for the past four years. He is a veteran of World War 2, having served in the army as a member of the coast aritillery a icraft regiment, later recciev- ing commission and assignment to the signal corps. He left the military service with the rank of captain in February, 1946. Olin is a graduate of the University of Washington school of forestry, a member of the Society of Am-i erican Foresters and Xi Sigma । Pi, honorary forest fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Olin have two children, Millicent age 2 and Stephen age 4, and will make their home at Grants Pass. Estate Herschel P. Weter Notice To Creditors No. 1290) In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Curry. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executrix of the estate of Her schel P. Weter, deceased, by the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Curry, and has qualified. A 11 persons having claims against said es tate are hereby notified to pre sent the same, duly verified as by law’ required, to the under signed at Room 10, Central Build ing, Brookings, Oregon, within six months from the date hereof. Dated and first published, Au gust 9. 1951. Last Publication. Sept. 6. 1951. Estate Herschel P. Weter, /s/Hilda C. Driskell, Executrix ^Samuel A. Hall. Attorney for ) Executrix. Central Building, ' Brookings, Oregon. A Message to all Employees West Coast Telephone Company panics in the Northwest. Consequently, the increase resulting from such a compromise would be wholly unjustified, Furthermore, we had already offered the maximum in- crease which we believe we could justify under the regulations of the Wage StabiH- zation Board. In support of this statement we are setting forth below a comparison of wage rates presently in effect for a few job classifications in comparable commun ities in the State of Washington: To Our Employees: You have been informed of the previous negotiations which we had with the com mittee of the Union and the several pro posals which we had previously made, cul minating in our offer of 10c per hour for certain wage groups and 11c per hour for others; also, the Union’s demand for 15c per hour from which they did not recede. In an endeavor to end the strike which has been in progress since July 24, we again met with the Union’s Negotiating Commit tee on August 3 and 4. During these nego tiations, we made further offers in a desire to arrive at a settlement. One such proposal was a two-year con tract, including the wage adjustments pre viously offered, together with a proposed reduction in the progresesion schedules from 72 months to 60 months effective July 1. 1952. the differential between the 60-month and 72-month rate to be spread equally over the other progression steps. Further- more, in order to protect you against fur ther increased costs of living, we offered to include a provision that the Agreement could be re-opened for wage adjustments at any time after January 1, 1952, provided that the Bureau of Labor Statistics Cost of Living Index increased 6 points or ap proximately 3% over the July, 1951, Index. This offer was rejected by the committee unleess we would also agree to increase our previous offer of 10c to 12c per hour and our offer of 11c to 13c per hour, respectively. The committee offered to arbitrate the difference between 8c per hour and 15c per hour. We rejected this offer because, in our opinion, it would have been nothing more than a compromise between the 11c and 15c per hour. Our wages are equal to or higher than the wages of other telephone com- Cities Top Wago For 40-hour Week Splicer or Telephone Switchboardman Operator Everett Bellingham $78.00 $8o.OO $48.80 $46.80 $47-00 Comparison of similar job classifications in other communities in the States of Wash ington and Oregon uxmld show similar re sults. With respect to our offers, you have un doubtedly read in the public press that the recent telephone strike in the State of Ore gon was settled within the 10% formula al- owable under Wage Stabilization regula tions. You will also recall that our offers made prior to August 3. 1951, were equiva lent to an average of 12.3%. We have earnestly and conscientiously tried to arrive at a settlement which would continue to provide wages comparable to those in our own industry and also in other indust ríes for jobs of equal skills. Through out the entire negotiations, we had offered various changes and plans in a desire to make a reasonable settlement but found agreement impossible. Further negotiations appear futile at this time. In order to end the unnecessary loss of wages Being experienced by our cm- itications, retro-active to July i, 1951, and will forthwith apply to the Wage Stabilization Board for approval of an additional 2c or ^c per hour, respect ively, in line with our previous proposal, which amounts would become cf- We arc inviting you to join those of your fellow employees who are now working to enjoy with them these higher wage scales. Under the provisions you cannot be discriminated against by the Union if you return to work. In this conntction. Section 8 of said “Section 8 (a) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer - (3) . . . provided further, that no em- ployer shall justify any discrimination against an employee for non-membership in a labor organization (A) if he has reason- able grounds for believing that such mem bership was not available to the employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, or (B) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that membership was denied or terminated for reasons other than the iailure of the em ployee to tender the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformally required as a condition of acquiring or retaining mem pership; (b) It shall be an unfair labor practice for a labor organization or its agents - (2) To cause or attempt to cause an em- pinyer to discriminate against an employee in violation of Sub-Section (a) (3) or to discriminate against an employee with re spect to whom membership in such organi zation has been denied or terminated on some ground other than his failure to tender the periodic dues and the initiation fees un- iformally required as a condition of acquir ing or retaining membership;” /111 employees of this Company Will be accorded their full rights under ap- plieable State and Federal Labor Laws. SINCERELY, RAY DALTON Vice-President and General Manager West Coast Telephone Company. TfLKHIOAE (iimn rn
