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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1937)
The CUE G ON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, ilarch 21, 1S37 Lumber Strike Outlook Faced Flag of Chains Made by Pupils ' Of Turner Grade PAGE SIXTEEN ir !! r - r i Third Straight Spring Is Marked by Trouble in - j Leading" Industry By ROBERT L. THOMAS PORTLAND. Ore., March 20.- (jPt-SvTlne ushered into the Fa cific northwest today for the third straight year aJMg question -mark to thousands of men who earn their living in tlmberland's luxuriant forests do we work or : strike? . On a. horizon darkening omin ously, leaders of: the lumber and sawm'll workers' union and em ployers exchanged statements, de mands and oilers, wltb a striae rash already appearing in the Puget Sound sector, first signs of & deadlock gripping the great Co- 1 lumbia basin region of Portland and a few Washington mills al ready past the himp by meeting - union demands. : Recent Lowacs Big In 1935 and 1936 March lifted the curtain to strikes, disorders, bloodshed and huge i.nancal losses to employe and employer alike. Two years ago, strikes closed most of the mills and logging camps and by mid-July it was-es timated that 30,000 of 40,000 -workers were Idle. The Portland chamber of commerce estimated payroll losses at JlO.OClkOOO and the total cost to business at $25, 000,000. Lumber production dropped from 100,000,000 board feet in late April to 24,000,000 in late-May. Jurisdictional disputes between unions ' stained the 1936 strike with bloodshed, two men being thot to death in a riot at a Sea side, Oregon, lumber camp. Beat ups left many a man with bat tered body. i Prior to the 1935 strike, the minimum pay under NRA was 42 cents .an hour. The union wanted 75 cents and recognition. The settlement 'was 50 cents. 40 hour! week and partial recogni tion. In 1936, the union asked a 10 per cent raise. The agree ment; was 7 per cent, a min imum increase of' five cents an hour,: which brought minimum pay here to 55 cents. lU-Ceut Raise Asked This March sees, new dema'nds raised again. The union demands a horizontal 10-cent-an-hour in crease. The employers, agreeing that increased wages are neces sary because of increased livfDg costs, says mills cannot stand a 10-cent increase and countered with 1 W cents. The union replies it is ready to "enforce1' Its de mands. :.i Not alone from itself has the Industry suffered. 'The maritime strikes of 1934 and 1936 para lyzed It,1 the West. Coast Lumber men's association estimating that the 1934 tie-up of ports sliced 38,00,000 off payrolls in Wash ington alone. Corresponding losses were estimated for last year, : -. Lumber strikes ! are no new comer to the northwest. Forty four years ago, strikes wrecked the Industry. Prior1 to the latest era of labor disputes, the worst was in 1917, when 50,000 men lay idle from western Montana to the Pacific shores. Campus Y.j W. to Choose Officers Mary Jeannette Sargent is the 'only nominee for president of the Willamette campus ' T.W.C.A. for the coming year. .Miss Sargent served as rice-president during the past year. Other nominations Include: Vice-president, Suzanne Curtis and Patience Prlesing; secretary, Leone Burdick, June Bras ted and Betty Williams; treasurer, Barbara Chapter, Olive Clemes and Belle Brown. The election of officers will take place early in the first week after spring vacation. The annual Y.W. retreat to Keswokin will be the weekend of April 9 at which tfme the new officers will assume their duties. - ... Senior members i of the Y.W. cabinet include Julia Johnson, piesiueui, j una fnup, juarian Wakefield. Helen 'Purvine and ITelen Burdick. . TURNER, March 20. Turner grade school is busy, with hand work of which the pupils are just ly proud. The primary room is completing a 3x6 foot paper flag made of chains of red, white and blue.' A small stage has been ar ranged to be used for their puppet shows and room entertainments. The third grade has m a d e a moving picture and also scrap books in connection with geogra phy work; The fourth grade is working on a clothing project showing the kinds of garments worn in the various parts of the world. 4 The fifth grade made booklets on a trip to Alaska illustrated by picture and story. These pupils will write a play for their pup pets, and they also have a bird club. ; Tfe eighth grade ranks first in the recent county spelling contest in three room schools and the seventh grade ranks third. Lebanon Seniors' Play Is Success Dinner and Dance Given in Honor of CCC Boys Who Leave for Homes : LEBANON, March 20. The three-act comedy of five scenes. "The Charm School," put on by the senior class of 1937 at the high school auditorium Thursday night, drew an unusually large audience and much favorable comment; many saying it stood at the head of all plays recently presented. Miss Kay Buchanan was director. .. i A farewell dinner and dance was given at the armory Friday evening to the "7 CCC boys of Crabtree camo whose term of en listment has expired. The com munity will serve a tfinner In the camp. in their honor Sunday, and on' Monday they will leave for their homes in Connecticut. : At a meeting of the Crowfoot community club at the home of Mrs. J. G. Medler Thursday the program led by Mrs. Anna Paschal reflected the Easter season and exchange of flower seeds and plants added to the interest. Mrs. Grace Coyle was winner in two contests and also In guessing the originals of old time photos. Little nests of Easter confec tions were an attractive Part of the refreshments. Woman Is Injured Mrs. Alice Elliott is recovering at the home of ; her niece, Mrs. M. E. Crane, from a disloca'ted right shoulder which she suffered from falling down the steDs at th Church of Christ. , - A. sF. Bahrke of Lebanon htm purchased the Hancock property Just out of the eastern limits of Albany and has resold- It to his son. Ed, who owns the adjoining lot. ' Funeral services for Ja nips Kruml were conducted Saturday at the N. C. Lowe mortuary with final rites at the mortuary at Sa lem. ,: Mrs. Nettie Larton of Ohin i the guest of her sister. Mrs. W h Kent. Mrs. Layton spent the win ter In California and 1 a otnnntn r here on her return home. Green of Old 'Ireland Decorative Scheme For Sunshine Club Meeting HAZEL GREEN. March 20! The green of old Ireland made the home of Mrs. Melvln Van Cleave gay Wednesday afternoon when Mrs. Van Cleave and cousin. Mrs. LeRoy van j Cleave, were hostesses to the Sunshine Sewing club. Mrs. Theodore Rostveld, Ei leen Clemens of Scotts Mills will be hostesses March 31. Mrs. B. C. Zielinsik is unend ing the weekend in Portfand as guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Gene Carol, Rosa Zielinski, and her sister. Sister Marie Nestor. Lawrence Zielinski is at Sheri dan grafting, sawing wood and training berries for his uncle, Ed ward Zielinski. STEVENS-BROWN ! 1 . - '. t Anniversary Celebration CONTINUED MONDAY if MiEi 'AFFOMLS1 I i AL.mai .it n ii J BECAUSE OUR SUP PLY of Daffodils which we gave each lady vis iting, our store Saturday was ( exhausted ) before evening we have ordered a fresh supply and will . give these flowers to each lady visiting our store Monday afternoon. STEVENS-BROWN 184 N. 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