Thursday, August 2, 1951
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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,
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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.
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