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Service Men
Where They Are
What They're Doing
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Carroll M. Robinson, who has
' been working in Albany as an en
gineer for the state highway de
partment, is to leave Saturday for
the east coast, where he will serve
as a petty officer in the naval
construction unit for a- training
station. i
James C. Darby, former cor
' poral with the state police in Sa
lem, has been selected as honor
student ' in the recruit . training
class at Puget Sound navy yard
"lor the ; first - week in November.
According to the announcement
published in the navy yard paper
Darby was selected over other
candidates in knowledge of man
ual of arms, rifle parts, signaling,
"general seamanship and other
subjects covered." His wife and
two small sons make their home
in ? Salem with ' his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. I. L. Darby, at 1805
South Church street. '
Harold Davis, 1138 Ruge street,
'West Salem, has joined the navy
and is now stationed at the tJS
naval training station in Farra
gut, Ida. Mrs. Davis will leave
next week to make her home in
Idaho.,
Pvt. Willard M. Glaze, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glaze of
'Salem route one, has been ad
vanced to regimental elerk in
charge of motor transportation
for his battery. He is stationed
at San Diero.' He was formerly
a bookkeeper at Ladd & Bosh
bank.
Earl Gilmer, a mechanic in the
artillery, returned to his station
at- Escondido, Calif., after spend
ing a two-weeks furlough in Sa
lem where he visited members of
bis family. '
PORTLAND, Nov. 17--En-listments
announced Tuesday by
the army included: Mark N, Se
leen, Brownsville; Wilbur F. Mil
ford, Dayton; Raymond L. Meyer,
Lebanon; Clarke R. Church, New
berg; Jack W. Bush, Lestern A.
Hemmingsen, Ralph R. Doerner,
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Legion Quits
Hall; USO
Only User
Capital post No. 9, American
Legion, passed a resolution Mon
day night to discontinue use en
tirely of Legion hall and turn it
over for the exclusive use of the
USO. Such a move is made nec
essary by the increase in the num
ber of service men now using the
building. The USO attendance
has jumped from 250 to 2500 a
week.
Important among the commit
tee' reports during the meeting
was that made by Membership
Committee Chairman Stanley
Krueger, who revealed that the
post's membership rolls now con
sist of many more names than at
this time last year.
Chairman of the dance commit
tee, Tom Hill, reported that the
Saturday night dances being held
at the armory are meeting with
unusual success.
Col. Carl Abrams, who was mas
ter of ceremonies Armistice day,
reported on the public response
for the activities that day and said
"It was one of the most success
ful programs in years."
"It was the American Legion
that sponsored the Armistice day
celebration years ago and the Le
gion was then; entirely without
support in this activity," the
colonel reported. "ince then,
however, one by one the other lo
cal organizations have joined in
until now nearly evern one of
them are being represented and
taking very active interest in the
celebrations."
The business meeting was fol
lowed by a program of entertain
ment featuring Pvt. Nick San
onia of Camp Adair.
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Kenneth S. Wherry (above). Si,
a republican. was elected by
Nebraska voters to replace the
veteran George W. Norris, ; SI.
: Independent senator and one of
- the most colorful furores fa
American politics. Wherry, v a
' lawyer, merchant an: farmer
as well as mayor. Pawnee City,
Nek, a " town ml 1S09 persons,
campaigned ; on an anti-new
eal platform. Ironically, the
voters gave Norris the retire
ment he had expressed a hope
fr a somber cl years age.'
rr::!i'?3 Press TelemaL
Service of the USO is lauded by
Robert Beecroft, Salem employe
of the Portland, General Electric
company, in a letter from Camp
Chaffee, Ark., to his "boss," W. M.
Hamilton, division manager. "En
joyed very much a dance at the
USO,": Beecroft wrote. "You can
not understand how much ' the
USO means to us until you get on
the receiving end of their many
wonderful services. Keep up the
good work. I know the boys there
appreciate your kindness as we
do that of the fine -people here
and in little Rock, St. Louis, To
ledo and everywhere eke we
have been. It has been wonder
fuL"
Sgtt Jack Reynolds, stationed
with the army air corps at Eph
rata. Wash., spent the weekend
at the Homer V. Carpenter home
here, as the guest of Corp. and
Mrs. Ransom Carpenter. Sgt.
Reynolds' father, H. J. Reynolds,
is stationed at Fort Ord, Calif.
Corn. Carpenter returned to his
station at Payne Field, -Wash.
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo.
Moss E. Moore, of Salem, who
recently entered military service,
has arrived at the engineer re
placement training center here
for an intensive training program
in preparation for combat engi
neer duty.
James Thompson, who has
been stationed at' Lakehnrst,
NJ, recently wrote his mother,
Mrs. A. E. Pettit, 349 East Wil
son street, Salem, that he had
earned his aviation machinists
mate second class rating in the
Lakehnrst lighter - than-air
school and had received a pro
motion to second class petty of
ficer. Thompson was transfer
red to Santa Ana, Calif., after
completing his training in
Lakehnrst.
. Maj. Phillip P. Davidson, hus
band of Mrs. Jeanne C. Davidson
of 742 North Cottage street, was
recently transferred to the aerial
observation school at Brooks
field, Texas. Major Davidson, a
graduate of the US military aca
demy in 1939, was stationed at
Camp Adair, Oregon, prior to his
assignment to Brooks.
WEST SALEM Mr. and Mrs.
Fay Winchester have received
word that their son. Merle Win
chester, has been assigned to Pur-
Sue university, Lafayette, Ind., to
train for electrician's mate.
: Kenneth Wolfe, son of Mrs.
James Wolfe, is training to be
a machinist mate at Norman,
Okla.
Mr, and Mrs. Tom Dalke have
received word that their son, Har
old, has been sent from San Die
go to Farragut, Idaho. He is a
draftsman.
Kent McVey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roger McVey, has been sent
to the University of Idaho at Mos
cow, Idaho, to study to be a naval
radio technician.
Parish Provides,
Installs Camp
Room Furnishings
Furnishings for a day room at
Camp Adair provided by mem
bers of St. Joseph's parish were
taken over to the camp and in
stalled in the room Tuesday morn
ing by Rev. T. J. Bernards and a
committee of parishioners.
So much interest has been de
veloped in furnishing the first day
room that it is probable a second
room will be furnished at once,
Father Bernards said. The room
furnished Tuesday is for the com
pany under Col. Knight, who was
in St Joseph's church : Sunday
when Father Bernards told of fi
nal details of the furnishings. Col.
Knight immediately contacted the
Red Cross and Father Bernards
and arranged to have the furnish
ings for his company recreation
room.
Draperies for the room were
made by the women of the parish
and other furnishings include a
large bookcase, a radio, a piano,
a phonograph, several, library ta
bles and numerous chairs.
Roosevelt Okehs
Birthday Drive
NEW ; YORK, Nov. 17-(P)-Pres-ident
Roosevelt has authorized the
celebration ? of his birthday in
January for the annual fund-raising
drive in the fight against in
fantile paralysis, Basil O'Connor,
president of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, an
nounced Tuesday.
O'Connor's letter to the pres
ident disclosed that the founda
tion for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1942, made grants
and appropriations totaling $1,
152,191.17 in its fight against the
disease.'
Chinese Smash
Jap Operation
CHUNGKING, Nov. llHJPh
Strong Japanese forces which at
tempted the conquest of an exten
sive region in Shantung province
have been smashed in an. opera
tion1' which a Chinese high com
mang communique Monday night
described a major victory. - , -The
Japanese, the communique
said, assembled an army of 40,000
for a mopping up operation in the
foothills of the Yi mountains. The
Chinese said they killed or wound
ed SOGO and , forced the invadera
to withdraw 'many miles.
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Montgomery , Wardl?s Reply ' to the
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National Wad Labor Board
Department of Labor Building,
Washington, p. C.
Gentlemen:
We have the National War .Labor
board's order of November; 5. In this or
der the boar ! demands that Montgomery
Ward & company enter into a contract es
tablishing a form of closed shop called
"maintenance : of membership," together
with a check-iff of union dues from wages.
Under this fcrm of closed shop, the eni
ployees who ! are "members of the union
would not be free to resign from the union
without being discharged, and Wards
would not be free to retain a competent
worker who liad resigned from the union.
This making i of union membership a con
dition of employment is the essence of the
closed shop, whatever form it may take.
"Maintenance of membership" is the start
ing phase which inevitably leads to the full
closed shop.
The president of
quoted as having said,
government of the United
States will not order, nor
legislation ordering, the so-called closed
shop." Wards is n agreement with this
statement and believes that the board's or
der is not in accordance with the president's5
principles. Wards believes that the board's.
demands not
principles of
unsound and
the National
only violate the fundamental
liberty but are economically
jare illegal under the terms of
Labor Relations act. If the
board's order
against Wards is enforced.
the pattern will be established by which all
unions in all i ndustries can secure a form of
closed shop as id checkoff merely by appeal
ing to the War Labor board. The board fur
ther ordered a form of compulsory arbitra
tion for Wards. Wards is not opposed to
voluntary arbitration. However, Wards'
management should not, as demanded by
the board, abandon responsibilities which
have been vested in it bv the owners of the
corporation, and so surrender to outside
arbitrators the final decision on all mat
ters wpich the union may wish to treat as
grievances. Tie board further ordered that
Wards guarantee its wages and other work
ing condition s for a one-year period. Wards
believes that a fixed duration for one year
is unsound in these uncertain times. Wards
operates in a highly competitive field com
posed of one jmillion seven hundred fifty .
thousand retail establishments. It is unfair
lo impose burdens upon Wards , and not
the United States is.
on November 14,
will congress pass
This Order Affects Ward's Mail
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upon those with whom it is in competition.
Wards efforts tq preserve the essential
freedoms between itself and its employees
have not been prompted by any feeling of
anti-unionism. Hie report of. the mediation
panel expressly recognizes this fact. Wards
policy has been to obey the law. Wards has
twenty-nine union j contracts with -both
A. F. of L. and C. I. O. unions. Wards has
already given its employees the increases in
wages previously recommended, by the
board. Wards did this even though its wages
were already as high as or higher than those
prevailing in the industry and had been in
creased an average of over-21 since Jan
uary 1941. Wards is willing to include
these increases in a contract with the union.
-There is no issue over wages. The War La
bor board was created by the president to
replace the old defense mediation board.
The mediation board was destroyed by the
resignation of the union members follow
ing the board's vote of nine to two against
a closed shop in the captive coal mine, case.
The War Labor board, in name only, is
composed of representatives of the unions,
of industry, and of the public. The union
representatives are men chosen for leader
ship by the unions, and have actually pro
tected the interests of the unions. On the
other hand, neither industry nor the pub- .
lie have had any voice in the selection of
those who presumably represent them. By
their decisions, the supposed representa
tives of industry and of the public have be
cause of inexperience, prejudice or lack of
understanding, abandoned the interests of
those whom they were appointed to repre
sent. Under the constitution, congress is
the sole law-making authority. If closed
shops and compulsory arbitration are to be
come requirements upon employers,- it is
congress and not the War Labor board
which should make them so. Congress has
not empowered the board to order any em
ployer to do any ,of the things it demands
of Wards.; Accordingly, Wards rejects the
order of the board. ? If congress imposes
closed shops, compulsory arbitration ; or '
contracts or a year's duration on employ
ers,, or if the president of the United States,
as commander-in-chief in time of war, di
rects that Wards accept the board's rulings,
which we earnestly believe are illegal and
uneconomic, we will respectfully obey. - '
Yours Very Truly, .. ' . i . '
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Bloiitgomery Ward & Company
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Order House and Store Chicago
.;'. " President .