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
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Third Straight Spring Is
Marked by Trouble in
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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
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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
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