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PAPIB WORKERS MAKE DEFINITE
STATEMENT OF LABOR
CONDITIONS HERE
DEMANDS ARE PRESENTED
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Employee Want Flat Raise of 35
eat a Day and Extra Pay For
All Overtime Sunday and
Holiday Work
SCENES ATTENDING BIG PARADE OF THF JUNIOR NAVAL AND MARINE SCOUTS
(Th following statement of tba or
ganlied paper mill worker la pre
sented aa coming officially from an
official of the. local unions and la print
ed today verbatim and la ita entirely
for the Information of the public.)
(By a, Bd. Launer, Financial Secretary
of Palp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Work-
The policy of the employers of the
local paper mllla haa always been to
hold atrletly to the open ahop, but
which haa really been discrimination
agalnat union roan.
The open ahop policy, aa explained
by the company, la the right to belong
or not to belong to the union, and
there would be no discrimination on
their pert aa to union or non-union
men, but this Interpretation of the
open ahop haa not been carried out on
the part of the company, for many In
stances may be cited where men have
been discharged because of their af
filiation with unions and because of
agitation for better working conditions,
during the last ten or twelve years,
many men have been discriminated
against, "because of membership In
unions and tor aeeklng co-operation of
their fellow workers. Thla attitude
of the company does not apply alone to
the mllla In Oregon City, but to every
mill operated by the Crown Willamette
Paper company, as witness the whole
sale discharge of thirty-two members
of a anion that had just been organ
ised at Powell River, B. C. several
years ago.
A short time after this, the men In
Camas, Washington, formed a local
union, but thru the opposition of the
company and the threat to discharge
the members of the union, the organ
isation waa broken up.
No further effort looking toward
organisation, was made In Camas un
Ul the spring of 1917. when a strike
of the unorganised workers took place,
which resulted In a complete organisa
tion of the entire plant.
A few weeks later, organisation
work was started among the workers
of Oregon City, and the open shop
policy os practiced by the company.!
was immediately put into operation,
. for no sooner had organization pro
ceeded to tho point where temporary
officers were elected, than It jy Ott,
who was elected president of the Pr.per
Makers Union, was singled out and
discharged. Previous to his discharge,
every effort end pressure possible
were brought to bear upon hlra, as well
as others, to cause them to give up
their membership in tho union.
l-'pon Mr. Ott's refusal to give up bis
union affiliations, he was peremptorily
discharged. As a result of ibis action,
the fellow workers ceased work, by
going on strike, and the operation of
' tho mill was entirely suspended for
one week. Manager McDaln of tho
company then met a committee of the
union, and agreed to reinstate ell the
strikers, including Mr. Ott, without
discrimination because of the strike
"or membership in tho union.
Organisation proceeded until prac
tically all the workers in the C. W. P.
company were members of their re
spective cunlon.
On September 14th negotiations
were begun between committees rep
resenting the unions and the local man
agement, looking to some form of a
working agreement. These confer
ences being contluod at different
times, until October ICth, when the
committees met the officials of the
company in Portland, where the de
" mands of the men were presented, as
follows:
Time and one-half for all over time
end Sunday work.
The discontinuation of all unneces
sary Sunday work,
i A flat raise of 25 cents per day for
all workers above the present compen
sation. And the company to meet ft commit
tee to hear all grievances of the men.
The company positively refused to
grant any of the above demands, and
absolutely refuses to recognise the un
ion in any way; and all negotiations
between the men and the company
have thus been broken off by the po
sition maintained by the company.
Further, the men are willing to sub
mit their demands to arbitration, but
thus far, the company has shown no in
clination to do so. The attention of
the etate board of conciliation and
mediation has been called to the situ
ation, and it is hoped that their inter
vention may avoid a strike.
For some months, the employes
. have been, dlBsatlRiled with existing
conditions ,and have contemplated
asking a readjustment of the wages,
as many men in different departments
are doing the same work on a different
scale of wages..
It Is not the desire of the workers
to have industrial strike at this time
of our country's need, but believe that
a higher wage la necessary at this
time, and they feel that they have a
right to have their grievances heard,
whether real or fannied.
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Never In the history of New York was a minor organization mm enthusiastically received than the Junior Naval and Marie Scouts : as they
marched through the city, 1,500 strong, for the future American sailors and marines were cheered along the entire line of march, and the youngsters,
thrilled by the great reception, marched on with a steady tread and with eyes to the front. Scent No. 1 shows part of the parade and one of the largest
American flags In the country; No. 2, George Chu, a Chinese boy, who made aa appeal for recruits; No. 3, Blake Carpenter, A. B., of the navy, and Mrs.
Oliver llaniman, one of the notables who viewed the parade, and No. 4 shows Commander John Grady, U. S. N, and Mm. Margaret Crumpacker, an
other prominent member of socltey, who turned out to see the future nghters.;! 1
LEE V. SHANNON IN
FRANCE WRITES TO
FRIENDS IN CITY
A. L. Obst Is In receipt of the follow
ing letter from Lee V. Shannon, now
on active service In France:
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Sept.
.(A. L. Obst, Oregon City,, Ore
gon) Dear Sir: Ton probably will
be surprised when you see this, but
I am not going to apologise, as I know
I should. I am going, to tell you that
"Home was never like this." Tou can
believe me, can't yout
But all Joking aside. This is truly a
wonderful country. It has sunny Cali
fornia beat a mile. The last two weeks
here have been very warm, that is
trne, but I am becoming used to it
I don't believe they have any winter
here at all, because some are Just
planting their gardens. The grapes
are about ready to be clipped now and
the fruit Is coming In strong.
I would like to tell you where we
are, so you could look us up on thel
map ana una us in a second, but toe
censorship Is very strict This being
Friday the camp la pretty well crowd
ed with visitors women no men,
there are none. I am here In my un
dershirt, and there are no electric fans
either. . ,
I dont suppose you will be of have
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Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, who was Miss Louise Wise, relative of Mrs. Flagler,
who later became the wife of Judge Bingham' of Louisville, is here shown
with her young husband at golf on the links at White Sulphur Springs,
Va. They have been interested in the. ' Investigation of the causes of the
death of Mrs. Blnghaty, who left the young woman $60,000,000.
When war was declared the Ameri
from the deck to hunt out enemy
didn't count. Now many warships
photograph shows one just about to
scout for the enemy.
can fleet hud no dirigibles to sail
ships, or so few of them that they
are equipped with them, and this
tail from the decks of a battleship to
Hints on Food Conservation.
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SERVE INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS; 1
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been called in the draft yet, have you?
Tell me all the fellows who have gone.
The boys here all say hello and prom
ise to write you soon. We have just
about got settled now, but don't know
when we will move. We never know
anything.
I suppose you know that Blake had
been made a corporal. Everyone is
well and I think happy. We all fooled
around about those pictures until we
started on our journey, and now it is
too late, we can't send any pictures
from here.
I had a big picture of the whole com
pany sent home before I left so you
get that from mother if she has re
ceived it and put it in your window. I
am writing her today so will tell her
about it. j
Give all the boys my regards and tell
them I said their country needs them.
Tell John that I would like to put my I
feet under one of his tables and have !
a good feed and a nice long chat.!
Tell him we will do that yet, and it
won't be long either. Do you go to the
club very often. . .
I often wonder if Mass or Long or
Green or any of those fellows ever
joined.
Tomorrow is pay day, the first one
for months, or since we left the Lake,
August 1st. That is an awfully long
time to go on $30, and let me tell you
things cost money in this country.
Onr Top Sergeant paid $35.00 for a
pair of high top shoes in London.
How is business, Alwin. The stores
over here are very odd. You probably
know that the buildings are never high
er than three or four stories and a
clothing store is only on the ground
floor, then on each side of it there will
be a wine shop. Everywhere you, go
you will find a wine shop. We bad
quite a timo when we first arrived
here, making ourselves understood,
ALBERT M. SCRIPTURE
WRITES OF JOURNEY
. TO OLD ENGLAND
Otis Scripture, son of S, P. Scrip
ture, of this city, Is in receipt of "a
letter from his brother, Albert M.,
who has gone to Europe with the en
gineering corps, and which Is of much
Interest to people of this city.
The letter is as follows:
GRANTHAM, England, Sept. 23.
Dear Brother: Will drop you a few
lines from over the sea. We arrived
at Liverpool on the 15th, and from
Liverpool 1 went to Southampton,
where we remained for four days, and
then we came to this place.
I am in the machine gun detach
ment, and will attend school for 14
days, where I will learn the Vicker
gun, and then to be sent to another
place for about three weeks for more
Instruction on other guns, and then
to be sent to the flying field for a
course of instruction In flying, All
machine gunners have to learn to fly.
I am enjoying myself immensely.
Enjoyed my stay in Halifax, where we
remained for ten days.
We were ten days la crossing, and
did a great deal of lig-sagglng. We
"got" one submarine fourteen hours
from Liverpool. I was standing on
the forward port deck when a sub
periscope appeared about 700 yards
off our port bow. Our destroyer Im
mediately fired a couple of shots at
the periscope which submerged as it
launched a torpedo. Our destroyer
wag right on the spot and gave us
warning, so our boat just had time
to shift around as the torpedo went
past the bow by 100 feet Our des
troyer then dropped one of the depth
bombs down, timed to explode at a
certain depth. As it exploded a mass
of water, smoke and wreckage filled
the air. Our destroyer was about
400 yards from the submarine when
it appeared; being so close that it
was able to follow the wake Of the
submarine as she sped under water
until the bomb was dropped over
board. The concussion was so great
that it seemed as if a large solid mass
hit our ship amldshlp. She just seem
ed to tremble all oyer. We were
about 1000 yards away when the ex
plosion of the submarine occurred.
The boys thought a torpedo hit our
boat The whistle was blown for the
life boats. We all got in, nl e
captain told us to unload. This hap
pened at 7:15 p. m.
I like the Canadians, the New Zea
landers and the Australians quite well.
They speak more like the United
States than the British. There are
Jamaican "coons' here, and are what
you would call BLACK.
All you can see here are uniforms.
There are a lot of German prisoners
in this camp. Ail of the saloons have
barmaids to wait on the patrons, and
most of the street cars are operated
by girls. They certainly look "stun
ning" in their pretty little uniforms
of blue, and you could have a dozen
new girls every evening it you wanted
them. . -
After night the towns are all dark,
excepting a very few small lights with
coverings on top. About all you do
is to go "bumping" around people.
Although the boys can get all they
want to drink here, you see very little
drunkenness among the soldiers.
This is certainly a most Interesting
and instructive trip, as well as enjoy
able to me. A person does not realize
how big the Atlantic is until he once
crosses it. It is one mighty expanse
of water.
There were thirteen ships coming
across in our armada, five of these
being transports, "eight freighters. We
had two auxiliary cruisers with us
until we hit the war zone, then each
transport was given a destroyer for
protection. .
The Britishers are great to use the
expression "bloody." That Is a great
swear word with them. It represents
the word "horrible." It is amusing
to notice the expression on their face
and to watch their eyes "bulge" when
some of our toys use the lubrious and
breezy slang:
Believe me, old first line boys wel
come us fellows. About all of the
"Tommies" you meet have been shot
from once to six times.
We do not expect to go to France
tor throve ut Utur inonihs. we are alt
well fed, housed and comfortably sit
uated.
Will any goodbye, and write mm
and more. I am not sure about my
address, but will give you ons n.
way. Tour brother,
ALBERT M. BCRIPTURB.
31st Aero Squadron,, A. K. f
England.
MR. E.CIIARMAN
WRITES FROM
FRENCH CAMP
SOMEWHERE! IN FRANCE. Sept.
The Y. M. has moved Into camp and
111 Improve the opportunity of writing.
I am thinking of father and you there
at home, constantly; and trusting you
are well and not too lonesome as the
summer drags along into fall. I am
very glad that we are here in "La Be'le
France," instead of some U. S. army
camp, and I am thankful I Joined the
18th and got over here. Tbene are
days full of new experiences. When I
return 1 hope to know something of
European customs and people, and
also to speak French well. I bare a
good start and have made many Inter
esting acquaintances through my In
adequate but helpful smattering of
French. In the large city near our
camp there are many interesting
things. Every other building contains
a wine-shop and the French seem to
drink nothing else. Their water U so
poor that Jewell filtered water would
seem like nectar to them.
It is common to see a large group of
French men and women stand admir
ingly around an American soldier who
speaks a little French. As the lan
guage and monetary system are new
to most of the boys, I have employed
a good deal of spare time buying at
the shops for them, making dates, ex
plaining mistakes, inquiring, etc.
The French papers publish morning
editions the afternoon of the day previ
ous, and it Is quite novel each after
noon to skim over several columns of
New Tork news written In French.
We are at work. Earl is in the
band and has so far escaped manual
labor. I rather enjoy It although 7
or 8 hours on the pick and shovel
brigade digging in the pebbles is quite
enough for a day. We have a very
nice camp and three big meals daily:
beans, coffee, tea, rice, "war" bread,
chops and gravy, are staples of the
diet, and alt that one could ask 4000
miles from the seat of government
We are all hoping that the war will
soon end. It is not when speaking to
the soldiers, but to the village men
and women, that we realize what
France has sacrificed since August,
1914. With love, ELBERT,
Co. E-18th Eng. By. A. E. F.
WILLAMETTE LOCALS
Bert Zerkel, a member of the draft
army is visiting at the home of his
parents in Willamette. The young
man when first drafted was assigned
to the artillery branch of the army
and later transferred to the quarter
masters department.
" Seventeen blocks of the new cement
sdiewalks being laid by the city under
supervision of contractor Doty of West
Linn have been completed.
Willamette will soon be the possess
or of a complete fire fighting outfit,
the new hose cart having arrived with
sufficient supply of hose and tho hy
drantts recently ordered are ready to .
be Installed. ,
Wheat, flour and potatoes hare ex
perienced a slight decline in prices
while eggs have gone in the opposita
direction. Wheat is quoted at $3.90,
flour $2.75 and $2.S5, potatoes taking
the greatest drop from $1.75 to $1.25.
Eggs went up five cents making 55
cents the price per dozen. The early
frost of last Saturday night had a bad
effect on vegetables causing consider
able damage to cucumbers and toma
toes, grapes also suffered somewhat.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
but we are learning pretty well.
This is some letter isn't it? I just
ramble around, but it is awfully hard
to write an interesting letter, when
you can't say anything. Tell me what
is the C. W. P. & C. Co. doing for the
boys. How is the union, and all of the
boys. Is Slim running yet? Tell me
about all the changes. Write me a
50-page letter, will you, and tell all
the boys to write. It gets pretty lone
some over here without somo town
news when all you hear is war or war
talk.
If you go to lodge tell them that the
absent brothers are all well and hap
py, but miss the rest of the herd. Tell
every one you see that you have heard
from us and that we send over our best
regards and our love for the old town.
We are very comfortably fixed, but
as I said before, home was never like
this.
Wishing you luck and good health,
I remain your friend,
PRIVATE LEE V. SHANNON,
Co. F, 18 Eng. Railway American Ex
pedition Force, via New York.
Marriage licenses were issued by
the county clerk Tuesday to Hettie E.
Erb and George Wachtman, of Hub
bard, Oregin; Louis M. Feyer and A. G.
Johnsin, of Molalla. Oregon; and
Verna Creasin and David M. Ruther
ford of Estacada, Oregon.
MEXICO MAY SEVER RELATIONS.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22. Severence
by Mexico of relations with Germany
is expected by newspapers here, which
base their opinion on the recent secret
session of the senate.
Reminding Her,
"I heard htm call you 'Duckle,' an.
nounced the small brother.
"Well, wht of it?" demanded his
sister.
"Oh, .nothlu' much,", answered the
small brother. "I was only thlnkln'
maybe it's because of the way you
walk, but it ain't very nice of him."
Loudon Telugiuph.
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