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Portland/Observer Thursday. Sept. 9, 1971 McCall names Board of Health Consumer Protection C onsumer needs by I errance L . Kna|*|>et In the world of Urea there eeenia to be a never ending and over confusing selection. Just what do we know of terras like belted-bias ply, radial nly or hlaa-ply and |>olyglas? Ihese term s, designed to give Hie consumer the Impres sion of getting a sufrer tire , are misleading and tell us nothing. Wlien you purchase a set of Urea from a depart ment store you get as much tire as you get from a tire center or soivlce station. Some of n , | „ t,| wo money when purchasing from a store ratiiei than a station or a center: This Is seldom true. A t tire Ure shop tire tire sells fo r $¿8, yet st tire store tire ssme tire is $23.95. How is this possible? In most stor es you can’ t put chase a tire and have It mounted and balanced at no extra charge. Once them extra charges are •dded you can era) up (raying the same price as at tire station o r center. Tlrese charges are often Included in tire purchase price at lire centers. (ASK to Ire sure.) tire Is only half worn. We might go as fa r as to say (tie warranty becomes a trade-in allowance to he used at the sume store. 'U te companies like any other producer s turn out some lemons. So make sure you can return the tire fo r adjust ment to any dealer who sells that same brand. Il you can get an adjustment only from tire dealer from whom you bought tie tire , your warr anty won’ t do you much good if you rree.1 to replace a tire while you’ re on a trip . D O N 'T« A DO« D on't rnU r oiliaIs with hiss- ply or with belted-bias tires; such s nilxtur ecould seriously affect tlie handling charac te ris tic s of your c a r. Radial front tire s should he paired with radial snow tire s . You can probably m ix bias-ply tire s with helted-blas tires, do put two tire s of the ssme tyire on each axle. F or tie greatest amount of safety Governor Tom McCall announced last Thursday that he Iras appointed eight new members and reappointed sU to serve on the reorganized Oregon SUte Hoard of Health. New a|ipolntees to the state Itealth agency’ s (rollcy-maklng body are: • Gene Kanagy, Lebanon, ad m in istra to r of Lebanon Com munity llo s p iu l, a past presi dent of thwOtegon Assolcatlon of Hospitals; fo r six years, a member of the advisory Burton grant progr am. O r. Oonsld F . K elly, P ort land |avllatrielan; currently secretary - treasurer of the Oregon Medical Association and vice-president of tire Multnomah County Medical Society. M rs. M argaret A . juan, Portland, registered nurse, form erly on the Multnomah County Health Department s u ff; chairman of the program srxl [xrbllc r elations com m it tee fo r D is tric t I, Oregon Nurses’ Association; member of rite ONA com m ittee on government relations. D r. Noel B. Rawls, Astoria, Clatsop County Health Off leer; l>ast president of the Oregon Medical Association; since ley Community College; past 1959, a member of the ONA president and member of the Board of Trustees. board ofMalheurCountyOnlon D r. Richard C. Reed. P o rt Growers Association. land optometrist; (rest presi House BUI 1060, passed by dent of the Oregon Optometrlc tire recent Legislative Ass Association; a member of tire embly, enlarged the Board by SUte Hoard of Optometry fo r four and called for broader nine years; named Oregon represenution from tire Optometrist of the Year for health-related occupations. In 1967, addition to the professions of Verne C. Relerson, P ort physician, dentist and phar land, d ire c to r of the Center macist which have been long fo r Public Health Studies, represented in its member Portland SUte U niversity; ship, the Hoard of Health now form er chief of Environmental Sanitation Services, Oregon SUte Hoard of Health, 1954- 1965; current presklent of tire National Envlronm enul Health Association; past president of the Western Branch, American Public Health Association. U r. W ilfred W. T aylor, Portland chiropractic physi l i e curtain Is about to rise cian; a form er member of the on a new drama bi American Advisory Committee to the Labor Law. It is a drama Oregon SUte Hoard of Health; that, as the c ritic s might say, past president of Oregon is charged with conflict and Association of Naturopathic significance. It pits a cur Physicians. rent public Interest against Joe Y. Salto, O n u rlo aging labor legislation. It rancher, served on the SUte explores the tbeme of com Hoard of A griculture fo r nine pulsion versus voluntary years; Trustee, T reasurer agreement. In soap opera term s, it asks the question: "Can free collective bargain ing survive?" Before 1 describe the characters and speculate a consumer. little on how the plot may F o r years, many independent develop, perhaps I should set re tailers have complained that the scene with a little his they are In die ’ ’ hot seat" to rica l background. In dealing with dissatisfied The drama w ill take place customers seeking warranty in 1971 and the future, but services. The re ta ile r Is It lias its roots In the past. the one who usually explains It Is 45 years now since pass that die warranty is lim ited, age of the Railway Labor Act, that the manufacturer w ill not our fir s t m ajor piece of replace the defective part, that national labor law. It Is 24 labor charges are not cov years since the companion ered, etc. T a ft-H a rtle y Legislation was The F aieration has received enacted. These two laws many complaints from re ta il underpin labor-management ers on dlls problem, and on relations In the United States. the general level of workman They provide the framework ship in products which result fo r our collective bargaining in consumer complaints to the system. retailers. Well and good, o r per 11 manufacturers had to stand haps It used to be well and behind their fu ll warranties good. Today we recognize and make good on defective that time has wrought Its products. It’ s assumed by changes. F o r one thing. It business people that manu has revealed certain defi facturers would be more d ili ciencies In both statutes. Not gent about seeing that pro suprislngly, It has revealed ducts were made to last fo r more In the older than In the full length of the warranty the new law but some defi period. ciencies In both especially An e a rlie r poll of uxle- a deficiency in dealing with (letxlents showed 43 percent labor disputes that produce are In favor and 49 percent national emergencies. opposed to another Congres F o r another, the passage sional b ill which would set of time lias produced new up government machinery to conditions that require new and different accomoda tag durable consumer p ro tions. o u r economy has ducts with statements nf evolved into a complex sys "life tim e expectancy.” P er tem whose aprts are closely haps the Magnuson b ill engen intermeshed. If a key part ders more support because it fa lls, the whole Is often gets to the heart of the problem endangered. CXir society has of w arranties, and manufac developed a more questioning tu re rs ’ devious use of these attitude and changing values. documents, without creating It is more c ritic a l of pans new government bureaucracy. includes a d is tric t or county health o ffice r, a registered nurse, a sanitarian, and an optom etrist. Two members must be persons licensed as adminis tra to rs of general hospiUls, nursing home adm inistrators, podiatrists, chiropractors, naturopaths, veterinarians or masseurs. The general public is re presented on the board by two persons who do not qualify under any of die specifically named professions. Dept. of Labor News Obituaries MRS. JENNIE HOLLIDAY Funeral services were held F riday fo r M rs. Jennie Hol liday at Bethel AME Church with Rev. A. Lee Henderson officiating. Mrs. Holliday was born In Weatherford, Texas, Septem ber 3, 1885. She came to Portland In 1918. She was a faithful member of her church and a member of the Bethellte Club and a past pre sident of the Fannie Cook M issionary Society. She serv ed with the YWCA, the M ult nomah County L ib ra ry and during ww n with the USO. She was a charter member and past president of the Cul ture Club. She was a mem ber of the Portland Urban League and the NAACP. Surviving are a s is te r, M rs. Estelle Gragg, a brother, Guy Jamison, and many nieces and nephews. Vann's M ortuary were in charge of arrangements and interment was in Rose C ity Cemeterv. JACK DONALD MATHESON Page 6 Jack Donald Matheson. M r. Matheson died Sept. 3 bi a local hospital. He was born Feb. 22, 1914 bi Aterdeen, Washington and moved to Portland In 1940. He was a member of Mach inist and Teamster Unions. He is survived by two daughters: Sally Chesney and Jacolyn Matheson; m e tie r, Ruth M. Luther and two grand children. Services were held at the Killingsworth L ittle Chapel of the Chimes with vault inter ment bi Riverview Cemetery. ANN ELLEN WATSON Funeral services were held Tuesday fo r Ann EUen Watson, 434 NE Holland at the K illin g - sworth L ittle Chapel of the Chimes. M rs. Watson had been a lifetime resident of Portland. She was born February 19, 1903. She died at a local hospital September 2. She is survived by her husband, Leslie L . Watson; two sisters, KathrynC ..M iller ol Portland and Pauline Lee of San F rancisco. LOOMAS HARRIS JR. Loomas H arris J r. 2023 NF 8th, died August 31. M r. H arris was born Sept ember 9, 1896 and had been a resident of Portland for the past 42 years. He Is survived by seven children: Christine Wilson, Portland; Jeanette Newman, Seattle; Bessie Lecock, Rich mond, C alifornia; Lonnie Har ris , Portland; Loomas H arris HI, Sacramento, California; Leonard H a rris, Sacramento, California and Lawrence H a rris, Hoboken, Mass. There are 19 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren also surviving. Services were held Saturday at Bethel AME Church with Rev. E llis Casson officiating. Interment was In Lincoln Me m orial Cemetery. Vanns M ortuary were in charge of arrangements. • that do not function w e ll. And It has noticed defects In our labor laws. It has observed that acts undertaken by a p ri Funeral services were held WATCH OUT FOR CHILDREN vate group In accordance with Tuesday for the fo rm e r owner a legally protected privilege of the Nite Hawk Barbeque, can produce a national emer gency. And It is beginning to question the wisdom of consequences ol one’ s own around and extended tire car believe it w ill be fascinating, actions. laws that grant such a p riv i fo r those of us who are insti rie r a loan to pay it — cer lege without applying a safe Bargaining has always teen tainly not a bad deal fo r at tution watchers, to see where guard. a pressure packed process. least one c a rrie r. Congress comes down on this use, however So much fo r the background. In these days of socail ferment problem. I believe it w ill It would be usless to fault use, however, use the same Now le t us turn to the unfolding and market fe rvo r It is doubly Congress fo r its actions in provide the key to whether type of tire on ail fourwhuels. so. Today hard pressed bar drama of new labor legislation these disputes. It would be collective bargaining has a What's In tire gurantees? Routing your tire s ruum- proposed to deal with national gainers are desperately look absurd to expect a body of future in the changing A m eri The nation's independent Anything fo r the buyer ? Not inely - switching (hem from emergencies created by labor ing fo r alternatives to settling can economic system. 535 work-burdened legisla business owners, who are out- like ly, fo r tire most (tart they one Conner of your ca r to disputes. th e ir problems on th e ir own. As you know, in developing tors to fam iliarize them s(>oken in opposition to some are designed to bring you track another - lielp«equalize wear, If we assign to the A m e ri In years gone by it was not selves fully with these com- proposal fo r legislation, of die proposals made uixler to the same place fo r addi (However, a few foreign car so. One alternative in p a rti can people the role of ples disputes and act on them the Administration has opted die taiuiei of "consum er pro tional money. Lot’ s go a little manufacturers do not recom with the wisdom of a Solomon spectators In this drama, It cular, Congressional action, squarely in favor of bargain tection,” do however favor further and examine your mend tire rotation; It Is sug under the time contralnts and used to be widely feared. As Is clear where th e ir senti ing. I would be less than making the words " fu ll in the crisis atmosphere that warranty. Many manufac gest»! you follow the advice ments He. Like any good the old bargaining sage Conrad candid with you, however, and w arranty" mean exactly what always attends th e ir appear turers offer a <0,000 mile in your owner's manual.) audience, they are looking for I would fool no one in this Cooper once expressed it, ance on the Congressional tie consumer thinks they w arranty, yet Ore actual Take tlrese things Into action. They are looking for audience, if I said our pro "Y ou simply never know what agenda. mean. adjustment Is made on the acciunt when (*rtchasing: something that w ill put an end Out of ail this, then, we posal allowed unfettered free te rrib le thing Congress might In a nationwide poll, tie baala of Head west . If the A. What are you paying lor? to national emergency dis collective bargaining. It does draw three conclusions. The do.” Or, as the old axiom National Federation of Inde- Ure proves defective before B. How strong Is your guar putes that endanger the whole not, h it it comes as close as public w ill no longer fear Con has It, "T he devil you know perxlent Business finds busi 1/16 ol Ure tread is worn off antee? economy and cause wide an emergency situation w ill is te tte r than the devil you gressional action as they once ness owners, by a 3-1 margin, usually you can get a new C. How tough a lir a do you spread disruption of American don’ t.” allow. d id , so more and more dis Thus fo r years ap- favoring legsllation by Senator tire at no extra cost with the really need? life . Through media expres There were basically two putes w ill end up In the lap prenension over what unpre Warren Magnuson of Washing exception of excise tax; after Always shop and compare sion, through a succession of o f Congress. Congress thus approaches we could have dictable and horrifying ton which would require manu that point you gel an adjust [. le fo re you buy. opinion polls, through aser- things the Congressional devil has a choice of equipping it taken. We could have facturers to stand behind their ment or trade-in allowance tlon of political pressure, and they didn’ t know might do se lf to get heavily into the la developed a procedure which, full warranties by making according to the amount of bor dispute settling business through a dozen other means conditioned each party to bar while It would handle this good on re pair or replacment tread wear. You may also o r it must enact some new le Among consumer finished the people make this sentiment gain with the devil he did now. problem, would put p rim a ry of defective products...withno he charged again fo r having gislation to forestall assump goods, foods dropped 1.6 per clear. They want something Thus they tried harder to set emphasis on encouraging "o u ts " In die fine p rin t. tion of this unwanted burden. cent largely as a result of Ore tire s mounted srxl bal better. settlements without work tle their disputes between There Is no other choice. low er prices fo r fresh fru its The average consumer la anced. The characters on stage do themselves. stoppages. We chose the latter and vegetables, eggs, and beef confused or misled by many Let us then assume the drama Rea.! your warranty terms not so clearly share this view. course. i t seemed by fa r A ll this is changing. Con and were 0,5 percent higher w ill unfold around the choice warranties and guarantees, ca re fu lly. Unfoirunatelymost Among the dram atis per- gressional intervention has the sounder way to go. It than u year e a rlie r. Con aixl probably needs a legal of enacting new legislation. m anufacturer* make ad|ust- sonnae are business and labor, embodied the two central sumer nonfood finished goods occurred, and it hasn’t proved What kind of disput settling opinion to understand Ils ments on the basis of arbi and labor in pa rticu la r does objectives stressed by the were up 0.5 percent In July all that horrible to the parties. legislation should Congress lim its of protection offered by tra ry “ adjustment prices’ ’ of a fte r no change In June. not share the public’ s senti President in submitting our The possibility of Congres the manufacturer. tire now tire rather than the entertain? The puopose of Within this grouping, nondur ment. It is exceedingly proposal to the 91stCongress. sional action in a dispute no The Federation’ s poll found such legllatlon is simple—to actual selling p rice , often able finished goods rose 0,5 apprehensive about any legis The fir s t of these objec - - a t least one of them-as assure that any action taken in 72 percent of the business die “ adjustment p rice ” Is percent, principally reflecting lation that m ight re s tric t the fearful and unacceptable. And tives was that the health and connection with a labor dis people in favor of Senator considerably higher. Sty higher prices for apparel and strike rights of its members. safety of the Nation must be put w ill not produce a national why should it? Just who has Magnuson’ s legislation, only you’ re being allowed $15 on tire s . The m ajor reason for The affected industry’ s had a labor dispute go to protected against damaging, emergency. There are many- a 0.4 percent ris e over the 24 percent opposing It. and you old tire towards s new position is not so easy to Congress in recent years arxl ways to assure th is, and each widespread work stoppages. month for consumer durables the remaining 4 percent on one with an adjustment price pin down. The industry way has its advaocates and And the second was that has emerged much the worse die fence. ol $50. Ih s t’ s not worth much was a price increase fo r (Mes usually asks to see specific senger cars. collective bargaining should its detractors. Whatthe ques fo r it? Res(Kinses of oregun InJe- If you can d rive In o il the proposals and then examines be as free as possible from Producer finished goods tion essentially boils down to Examine, fo r instance, what (rerxlents add up to 71 percent str eet and simply buy the same the spec ivies in term s of the rose 0,3 percent , the same government Interference and is this: in achieving our happenaj whenCongress acted In favor, 25 percent against tire fo r $37.50. Thus In rate as In June, largely as tradeoff between loss of con that any legislation should goal shall we try to save in the railway dispute last die measure, and 4 percent some cases, the warranty Is a result of advances fo r ma tro l and continuance of opera serve to enhance rather than collective bargaining by undecided. December. a Presidential pt a ctlcslly worthless s lie r tie chinery and trucks. tions. its position is thus reduce incentives to bar strenghtening it or should we Board has recommended a Senator Magnuson hopes to gaining. somewhat ambivalent. It is try to come up with an al hefty wage increase schedule make die term " f u ll war less concerned with strike ternative to it? fo r four unions and coupled ra n ty" really meaningful by rights, of course, but it has You w ill remember I cast this to some needed work It s back-to-school time requiring die manufacturer to come to accept free collective collective bargaining as the rule changes sought by again and the PORTLAND comply with some 14 dis bargaining as a useful insti heroine in our little drama. management. Congress put the closure requirements which tr a ffic safety C ommis tution. Her fate hangs in the balance. rate increses into effect but sion suggests that you keep would leave no doubt as to F inally, there is a third W ill Congress ride to the res not the work rules — certainly your eyes peeled fo r the bright die scope of warranty cov character — Congress. If cue and snatch her from the no great setback to the unions red stop flag of the school erage. W arranties not meet we ask who the protagonist jaws of peril? o r w ill she involved. And when one of patrol. Watch fo r the school ing these Federal standards of our drama is, who is the survive to live happily ever the c a rrie rs contended it patrol men with the yellow could be called "p a rtia l central character, the answer after? lacked the cash o r cre d it to helmets. They’ re helping out w a rra n tie s," but not " fu ll certainly must be the Con We should be seeing how pay the increase Congress w arranties.” 5 3 2 9 N . E. U n io n A v o n u o Room 2 0 4 at school crossings to avoid gress. It occupies middle ordained. Congress turned the plot develops soon. 1 a tragic accident. The b ill sets as minimum stage with a troubled con- Federal standards of a full stitutency on either side and warranty die manufacturer’ s a demanding public crying fo r responsibility ol repairing or action from the balconies. replacing any malfunctioning F inally, there is another o r defective product within a character to be mtroduced- GREAT VALUES FOR reasonable time after (vir- - our heroine, not little Nell chase with no charge to the ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A CAREER Exit a big institution — col bargaining its e lf. It Unni fri/touJÙMQé OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE AP is lective her fate that Congress w ill PRENTICESHIP PROGRAM? IN ADDI have to decide, influenced by For S ale TION WE WILL RECRUIT, PR EP, AND the demaixls of the audience and the pleas o r emerging by FOLLOW UP ON TWO NEW GROUPS. opinions of labor and business. V e te ra n s What alternatives does SKILLED CRAFTSMAN WHO HERETO Congress have? To sta rt with, FORE WERE UNABLE TO SECURE it can presumably do nothing. A d m in is tra tio n H a v e Surprise B irth d a y P a rty fo r Doing nothing wouldn’ t make JOURNEYMEN STATUS AND SEMI a very good play. But practi • Special DELICATE FABRICS set 310? N. Houghton St. SKILLED CRAFTSMAN, MECHANICS C a ro ly n H in to n m em bers s ta n d in g cally speaking. Congress ting provide just the rig ht amount WHO ARE UNABLE TO MEET APPREN ideally does not have this o f wash time to clean dainty $11,700. B illie L e ic h m a n , J o A n n C h ilds If it does not do things. TICESHIP REQUIREMENTS, WHO WITH alternative. Term s: $600. down, plus something in the way of basic • NORMAL cycle allows compensat- reserves for taxes and in C h arles H in to n , C a ro ly n H in to n ADDITIONAL TRAINING CAN ACHIEVE legislation to deal with ing for type o f fabrics and size of surance. Balance on 25 year national emergency labordis load. contract at 7 1/2% Interest. JOURNEYMAN STATUS. _______ L in d a Lewis Joe M asse y seated putes, then it must do some • Efficient a g ita to r scrubs clothes thing bi the way of preparing SEE YOUR BROKER clean, yet knows how to pam per M e lv a Throw en an d D o ra Jam enson | to act with ever increasing FOR ACCESS delicates. frequency to resolve indivi • Compact, fits into 24 space NO DISCRIMINATION E m a n u e l H o s p ita l now in te rv ie w in g dual c ris is one at a time, If Power spray rinses fre e flo w It chooses this course, I draining, 3-point suspension fo r fo r C o m m u n ity W o rk e r fo r Fam ily ANYONE CAN BUY believ it must set up a special rig id ity many other features staff arxl go Into the disput P la n n in g C lin ic . P le a s in g p e rs o n a lity settling business on a big w ith tr a d e , o n ly la n d a b ilit y to w o rk in clin ical e n v iro scale. To Illustrate, within a year’ s span recently Con ment. P rio r tr a in in g not required. C are’ gress has had to act three times in labor disputes. In Fulltim e position, the future ltw lll probably have Get <i jump on these tool summer mornings to act with increasing fre some w eeken d a n d e v e n in g w ork. Also prepare for next winter quency. M u st h a v e v a lid d riv e rs license. All CASH deliveries of 200 gallons or more Why has this new burden lE x c e lle n t s ta rtin g s a la ry frin g e b en efits] fallen on Congress? rhe will be priced at $ 16.00 per-hiindred answer is simple. The bar CALL NOW FOR DETAILS Free p a rk in g . gainers have lost their old tear of letting th e ir labor Contact Personnel O ffic e in person. 287-3797 disputes go to Capitol H ill. 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Whirlpool The prospect of Congressional (Monday thru Saturday) intervention on longer ch ills th e ir bones, in fact a case SHOP 9 TO 9 can be made to the contrary. M O N THRU FRI SAT Til 6 P M It reduces the incentive fo r ( I W f 3 2 0 0 not shown) serious bargaining and pro 30th and S. E. D IVISIO N • 234-9351 Equal O p p o rtu n ity Em ployer Portland, Ore. 97211 2330 N. E. A lb e rta St. Phone 287-3797 mises an escape from the "Full Warranty’ Views Relax and Enjoy an evening nt Geneva’s PROJECT OUTREACH 2 8 8 -6 3 6 1 L illi EASIER WASHDAYS Autom atic WASHER W h ir lp o o l Distinctions Social Club HELP WANTED Geneva’s SUMMER SPECIAL °" *168 "w‘ “ “ Cart Sept. 9 Sept. I I , 1971'' NATE HARTLEY Fuel Oil EMANUEL HOSPITAL 2801 N. Gantenbein St. Portland,Oregon DRYER *118
