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Page Eight BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON Mothersingers Are Re-organized Here The M oth ersin gers of th e P.-T. A., fo rm erly u n der direction of Mrs. Lloyd M orris, g ath ered at ’he hom e of Miss W oodw ard last W ednesday evening. T he group enjoyed singing fa m ilia r songs, ind plans w ere m ade for re -o r ganization. L adies atten d in g w ere Mrs. Bob Stanhurst, Mrs. M. C. Beem, Mrs. J e rry W atson, Mrs. H astings, Mrs. S m i t h, Mrs. B ernadine S teele, Mrs. Nichols. Mrs. M ary M endenhall and th e hostess, Miss R uth W oodw ard. LOCAL N EW S M ost of th e h eavily trav eled ‘ tre e ts of tow n have been put nto shape by the Ross P u tn a m ruder th e p ast week, thus elim- n atin g m any of th e big holes which caused m otoring to be an> -• ¡ng but a joy on th ese s tre e ts ’robably in w o rst condition w ere ‘io n eer Road, M em ory L ane and .'asy S tre e t. •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a Chick C hats »ize of Fiock Vfrects P rofit Flock size h as an Im portant ln- uence on th e profits earn ed * \ p o u ltry -ra ise r. To Illustrate, t's consider a laving fiock. and ' ow the size of th at flock to a r,ge ex ten t determ ines its proi bility. F irst, we m ust recognize th a t it th e larg e laying flock th at ings in the most money. Nnti - ly, d u rin g periods of high e r ’ Ices f a r m s w i t h la r g e Hoe! > • t'n m uch h ig h er incom es th i'i ose w ith sm all Hocks. OUR R K A S O X 8 T h ere are loin principal re • •ns why larg e laying Hocks are u ally most profitable. No. 1. he raiser h as m ore to work ith. He has m ore eggs and moi • u ltry to sell. Any profit on i 'zen eggs or a pound of |x>ulti\ lent is n a tu ra lly increased as te size of th e flock increases, ills producing m ore income. On te o th er hand, th e ow n er of a lull flock enjoys less to ta l proft. course, in tim es of poor prices e larg e Hooks w orks at a dis- I v an tage. In this instance, how- ' er, fav o rab le egg-feed ra tio s .h en feed prices com pare ta \ ahi\ w ith egg p riecsi usuallv Ip offset t h c etTects of low tees. Secondly, a la rg e laying Hod, able» the ra is e r to utilize hr* bor, equipm ent and buildings >re efficiently. F o r exam ple, iblmg the size of the Hock does t alw ays double the am ount ot lx>r, eq u ip m en t and buildings luirecl. T herefo re, the cost of nduction is less, rYZ.V(/ 4 M ) SFLLLVG An ow tier ot a la rg e tlock also s c e rta in buying and sidling ad- m tages. By p u rc h a sin g large lounts of lend, the ra ise r often ts a discount in price And In ¡»plying m ore eggs ¡x>r shipm ent • can freq uently get prem ium ccs from egg buyers. F inally, th e re is little differ ee in the n u m b er of eggs hud r hen in sm all and large flocks, th e egg production of individ- U birds does not vary sigifie- tly according to the size of ck. The n u m b er of layers a raiser m id h av e depends on am ount lab o r av ailab le, th e buildings leh can be used, and the ft. ices on hand But in any p n il -raising p ro je c t th e p o u ltn - n should ad ju st his tune and *or at a level w hich will ert- e him to m an ag e a flock lai mgh to provide a good pie F eed a n d S e e d P roject leaders from nine C u r ry county extension units will re ceive train in g on “M ending T ips” a t the com m unity church, Gold Beach, Nov. 13, beginning at 10:30 a. m. Miss M urle Scales, clothing specialist from OSC, will tra in the wom en who in tu rn will conduct d em o n stratio n s in th e ir respective u n its in Decem ber. A teh phone call from Mrs. Ed F. Ackley to her husband the first of th e week, sta te d th a t she had left the hospital a f te r h er su rg ery ot less th an two weeks ago, and w as a t the hom e of h er m o th er at S a n ta Cruz. A pparently all seem s to be well. A happy m an is P au l Davis of Davis T ru ck & T ra cto r, since he has his tra c to r club organized P au l is a g re a t believer in boy. and likes to w ork w ith boys and he feels confident th a t ir th e next couple of y ears his boys in the 4-H tra c to r club will b heard from m any tim es. Boy S couts m et at the Odd F e l lows hall, M onday night. All boys 11 y ears old o r older are invited to become m em bers. Mrs. C h arles G rayshel is at P o rtlan d for a com plete physical check-up. Mrs. Bill Brow m an, one of the ow ners of the E u-L ee’s D ress Thursday, November i, 1951 shop, had he nam e misspelled re a lty agency, w ere in this a re a last week in these colum ns. It last week, seeking a new spot was listed first as Bow erm an. to estab lish som e type of business C arolyn K err, who is em p.cye and will re tu rn soon. They at Coos Bay, is visiting h er p a r •* leisurely tim e re tu rn in g home, try in g to ta k e in as m any of the en ts here this week. co a sta l sig h ts as possible. P a r S to res will announce a for m al opening w ithin the next week R obert, son of Mr. and Mr». or ten days, in the New Goetz Cecil Young, of S an Francisco, building on M ain S tre e t. Mr. and arriv ed by plane last T h u rsday. Mrs. M. A. “B ud” P h ettep lace, He accom panied his fa th e r to owners, will be in ch arg e w ith Los A ngeles for special tre a tm e n t Mrs. R uth T u ttle as assistan t. The j T uesday of this week. Mr. Young sto re will handle h aid w are. a u to has been ailing for som e weeks. m otive accessories, toys and a I Jo h n C arlson of C a rp e n te rv ille line of sp o rtin g goods. will assist Mike P age in the m eat Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Griffiths of d e p a rtm e n t of F re e m a n ’s C hetco Hillsboro, who recen tly sold th e ir store, s ta rtin g w ith this week. 90% For! 10% Against R a ilro a d w o rk e rs a re re p re s e n te d by 2 3 s ta n d a rd unions. By m utual a g re e m e n t, 2 0 o f th e s e unions— com prising a b o u t 1 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 m en, or m o re th a n 9 0 % — a re w o rk in g u n d e r w a g e s a r d rules a g re e d to by th e m and th e ra ilro a d s . But le a d e rs o f th r e e unions— w ith o n ly a b o u t 1 3 0 ,0 0 0 m en, or less th a n 1 0 % —still refu se, a f te r m o re th a n a y e a r o f n e g o tia tio n s , to accept sim ilar w a g e an d rules a g re e m e n ts . These a re e v e n m o re fa v o r a b le th a n th e te rm s reco m m en d ed b y th e Em er g e n c y B oard a p p o in te d by the P re s id e n t. Ye», if certainly seems to fee Ih a lly about tim e th at the leaders of the three unions stop their d e la y in g ta c t ic s — t h e ir q u i t t i n g . But the leader.' of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Br>.'herhood o f locom otive Firemen an 1 Eaginemen, and the O rder of R ailw ay Conductors continue io refuse. They continue a course of dfllying and d ally in g . It is d efin itely tim e to ( hi Juno lo. 1950, an Emergency Board appointed by the President under the terms of the Railway Lalx»r Act —an Act largely f ilhered by the unions themselves made its recommendations on certain wage and working conditions ('‘rules” in railroad language) which had lx*en in dis pute lx*tween employes and the railroads. More Than 90% of Employes Accept Since then, terms equal to or better than the Board recommendations have lieen accepted by alxiut 1.200,(MM) railroad em ployes more than 90% of the total of all workers. They are represented hv 20 of the 23 standard railroad unions. Less Than 10% Refuse But three unions with about 130,000 men, or less than 10% of the total - have relused to accept, even after months of negotiations. Those throe unions are the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Ixicomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and t he ()rder of Railway Conductors. These are three of the so- ealled "operating’ unions. Already the highest paid men in the industry, their leaders demand still further advantages over ot her workers. 1.1 all. then*an*alxiut 270.(MM)operating employes. But not all of them, by anv means, are represented by BLE. BLF&E. or ORC . .As a m atter of fact, leas than halt 132,(MM) to lx* exact — an* in these th r e e unions. More th an half about 1 lt),(XM) an* in other unions, principally tlu* Brotherhixxl of Railroad l'rainnicn. What makes the whole situation so hard to understand is that these 140,000 op erating employes an* working under wages and rules which the leaders of the other 130,000 say they cannot agree to. W hat Do (he Railroads Offer? They offet these three unions the same settlement which was contained m a Mem orandum of Agreement signed at the White Hons«* on December 21, 1950, by four brotherhoods and the railroads. Later th ese brotherhoods sought to repudiate this agreement. But oti May 25, 1951, the Brot herhood of Railroad Trainmen signed a complete agreement carrying out the principles of the Memorandum Agreement of December 21. They have been working under this agreement since May 25. W hat About Wages? Under the terms of the agreement, yard engineers, firemen and conductors would now lx* receiving a wage increase ot $.34 an hour ($2. <2 a day and road engineers, firemen and conductors would now lx* re ceiving an increase of 19*2 cents an hour ($1.5b px*r day). Large sums of retroactive pay have already accrued and if the agree ment is carried out, will lx* paid promptly. What About “ Cost of th in g ” Increases? I lie W bite H ouse * Agreement includes an ’’escalator” clause under w hich wages will lx* geared to changes in the Government’s eost-Af-living index. Two such increases April and July. 1951 have already been paid to thi* 90 9 of railroad employes cov ered by signed agreements. W hat Alxiut the 40-1 lour Week? I lie W Hite House Agreement calls for the establishment of the 40-hour week in prin ciple, for employes in yard service. The employes can have it any time after Jan uary I, 1952. provided the manpower sit uation is such that the railroads can get enough men to perform the work with reasonable regularity at straight time rates. If the parties do not agree on the question of availability of manpower, the W b ite H ouse * Agreement provides arbitra tion by a referoeappointed by t he President. What Else Do the Union Leaders Demand? The continued quibbling of the leaders of the three unions has to do principally with rules changes, which have already been agreed to by the Brotherhood of Railroad Irainmen. Of these, the principal one seems to be that having to do with so- called interdivisional service*'" — runs which take in two or more seniority dis tricts. I hi* union leaders would bar progress and efficiency in the industry, and better service to the public, by maintaining a situation where they can arbitrarily stop *!. railroad from establishing such inter- divisional runs. The carriers propose* that if a railroad wishes to set up an inter divisional run. the railroad and the unions should try to agree on such run and the conditions which should surround its es tablishment, and if the railroad and the unions can’t agree, the m atter will lx* sub mitted to arbitration. But the three union leaders still refuse. Rules Can Be Arbitrated The railroads have not only offered these !i rtu u ^ lo,w, the rule8 agreed to by the BR I and covered by the White House Agreement, but have even agrt*ed to sub mit such rult*s to arbitration. The Industry Pattern Is Fixed With the pattern so firmly established in the railroad industry, it seems fair to sug gest that the leaders of BLE, BLF&F and ORC stop their quibbling and take action to make the railroad labor picture 100% complete. Certainlv today’s eco nomic and international situation calls for a unitt*d front. And certainly no good rea son has been advanced why these three unions should be preferred over all other railroad employes. •a’Z ? t l.u. and other advertisements to talk to you . first hand about matters which are important to everybody. w
