I
People Feted
Ls Luncheon
club for iU
Fjrf Lions International.
feed W. . .,n o hnv of
-net was "- T
Z the club, the guests
"".j wniiams. Gene-
?L Mr. and Mrs. A.
I'JSvMr. and Mrs. Al
fciSson, David Robblns.
a u'oiipr Garrison.
,tHow'.
Hurtle buna was in
L V Dr. J- a y '
; master
' n introducing the
...ni was made that
j, due befeie the next
seeking 10
- parrv wnne canes.
expressed, favor for
IP1-' .1.-
mrtng music .u.
.i.h.r on the musical
u p Waldo Davis, accom-
Wr-... U.reM.,.1
Aim OH
H. Webster, pastor
, First Baptist cnurci, was
liMiker, his topic being,
, the r -n1"1"" ""'H
mi It la not appropriate
lit f. WW rhrlitmai" sreet-
ffftt boys undergoing herd-
, u the rojtnoies, h i n0
-iit to say "Merry uitm
. ,ni who have lost
dill year, nor ti it appro-
, to,-rtena sucn prnmi
i, women wno nave jusi
I those telegrams lnform-
tbm of their nusDanas
u (hi speaKer earn.
n. .nmthlnir deeoer than
that makes Christmas,
0t" Dr. Webster said, and
um tinnot stop Christmas
J, t Is In the hearts of
,j, ind because you cam
kindness and thoughtfulness
I In spirit of giving, -wow,
, thin ever, tne spini oi
is needed," ne con-
T Tula
u,Mr Snell will be in Eu
L i. ntMii for the Lions club
L MnwIiT. this to be an
t meeting for all interested
Iharing Snell. Kiwanls club
wi will be euests. since
fenjulsr meeting falls on
Ciiy, Christmas day, and they
few k meeting on schedule.
Era committee for the month
l.nuiry ss announced oy uiui
Hwflum, president. Includes
smiil TT. Tvler. Glendon
bo, Elmer Oberg and Russell
Eiini.
G. Knox and Stanley Wil
mm vera announced aa new
febtrs, the two to be initiated
11
4a iMI. flu... I. ih. ... J
tssiMMv iiwi aa mux vacMtssMi aun
pUe to INSULATE. Twin
Around Oreoon
By Associated Pi-ess
Annual meeting of the Oregon
Council of the American Pioneer
Trails association will be held In
Portland, Dec. 29 B. E. Mal-
ing Inc.'a 372 employes at Hills
boro voted to affiliate with the
AFL, Cannery Workers union. . . .
The state liquor control com
mission served notice it would
not purchase any of 15,000 cases
of imported wines still standing
on Cregon retail shelves. . , . Ore
gon smokers, who lost a full car
load of cigarettes in a freight
train fire in Montana, were ad
vised that a substitute truckload
Is coming up from San Francisco,
Funeral services were held In
Portland today for Wallace Mc
Camant, former state supreme
court justice and Portland attor
ney. . . . n. L. Dustan, 21-year-old
Sherwood farmer, was fined $50
at Portland on a charge of selling
milk without a permit. . . .
A 4000-foot dike built in 1892
on the Willamette river near Port
land is being removed by the port
of Portland to improve navigation.
Smiling Irishman
Won't Smile At This
NEW YORK W.B James J.
McDonald had the birthright to
day to be an Irishman, the God
glven right to be happy and the
license , to sell automobiles, but
the state supreme court said he
couldn't do business as "The Hap
py Irishman."
That, said the court, was tread
ing en the toes of non-Celtic Ice
land Holzer, who sells automobiles
under the legally-approved title
of "The Smiling Irishman."
"Happy" McDonald once work
ed for "Smiling" Holier and sold
so many cars he went into busi
ness for himself as "The Happy
Irishman." Holzer claimed this
was a trespass on his good name
A third car dealer, presently
trading as "The Laughing Irish
man" wasn't commenting,
Court- Of Honor 3
Date Set Ahead
Because of the Christmas holi
days, the January Boy Scout court
of honor for the Lane district has
been set ahead one week to
Thursday. Jan. 11, Walter H.
Banks, chairman of the Oregon
Trail council advancement com
mittee, announced today.
Ordinarily scheduled on the
first Thursday of each month, the
advancement award meeting was
changed at the request of scout
masters whose regular troop meet
ings are on Monday, Banks said,
and who found it necessary to
cancel two regular meetings be
fore the court of honor.
Scoutmasters will have until
Tuesday, Jan. t. to eemnlata
boards of review and to have
court of honor applications at the
Boy Scout office for the Jan. 11
wuun ui nunor. Banns staled.
.
Removal Of Beavers
From Reedsporr Planned
REEDSPORT-Complalnts
that beavers' dams are interfer
ing With th rlnln -I u-
gates along the Umpqua, Smith,
ana bcnolield rivers, resulting
in flooded land, are being in-
, vntlnted here. ,
Fred Sankey, state game com
mission beaver control expert
here touring ranches, said many
of the beavers would have to be
taken from the district.
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Eugene Register-Guard, Thursday, Dee. 21, 1944 Page 3
MONTGOMERY WARDS'
REPLY TO
THE WAR LABOR BOARD
December 18, 1944
National War Labor Board,
Washington, D. C.
Your telegram of December 14, demanding that Wards comply with the war labor board's order
covering Ward3 four Detroit stores, was obviously Intended to give lo the public the false impression
that wages are the major issue.
The board knows very well that Wards has offered to adopt the minimum wage rates recom
mended by the board. The board knows very well that Wards' policy Is to pay wages as high as or
higher than those paid by other employers in the community for similar employment. The board did
not base Its wage recommendations upon the survey of competitive rale3 made by the bureau of labor
statistics. H. Davis, chairman of the war labor board, deliberately attempted In his December 16 press
release to mislead the public into believing otherwise. Wards' only objection to any of the board's,
wage recommendations has been in those instances where the bonrd ha3 arbltiarlly demanded that
Wards substantially increase its rates above those of Its competitors In the highly competitive retail
field.
The board knows very well that the real Issue arises from Us attempt to Impose upon Wards a
closed shop In the form of maintenance of membership, together with the check-off of union dues from
wages. Wards has refused to agree to any form of closed shop, or compulsory union membership,
because the closed shop violates the American principles of liberty and freedom. The board Is well
Informed as to Wards' position.
Mr. Davis Is quoted In the press as threatening the cancellation of Wards' priorities, the denial o!
scarce materials to Wards, and the seizure of lis business If Wards does not comply with the board's
demands. These are the tactics by which the board has coerced innumerable employers into granting
pedal privileges to labor unions.
The board knows very well that Its orders cannot be legally enforced by such punishments.
Congress, which ls the sole law making authority under our constitution, omltled from the war labor
disputes act all provisions which would have given board orders the force of law. Congress included
In the original draft of the law a section which would have made board orders enforceable in the
courts. Congress later removed this provision upon the wrlllen nijfciest of Mr. Davis, who asked that
board orders be left as "mere declarations" which no one could be compelled to accept. Mr. Davis'
express reason for his request was that the board would then not be "subject to court review of lis de
cisions." The board knows very well that lis orders are consequently unenforceable. The court of appeals ol
the District of Columbia has held, at the request of the attorney general acting as counsel for the board,
that orders of the war labor board are merely "advice" which no one has any legal duty to obey. The
court held that anyone who refuses to comply with orders of the war labor board ls not defying a
eommand of the government and thai, since the orders are merely advisory, no government official has
the right to impose punlshnjents on those who do not comply. The supreme court has refused to alter
this decision. -
The board knows very well, since lis orders are legally unenforceable, pnd since congress hai
not aulhorized any punishment for those who reject the advice of the board, that the reprisals with
which it threatens Wards are necessarily illegal. The president of the United States knew this when he
recently explained to Mr. Petrlllo of Ihe American Federation of Musicians why lhat union could not be
compelled to obey a board order.
Wards has violated no law, nor denied to any union a privilege to which It Is legally entitled.
Wards has many times informed that board that lb closed shop demands would require Wards to
violate the national labor relations act. Wards cannot In good citizenship accept the board's advice,
and give to the union special privileges which Wards believes to be not only unfair and uneconomic,
but Illegal. .
The lime has come for Ihe board lo cease its threats of reprisal upon those who reject Its advice. The
board's policy of granting special privileges lo unions has led lo a breakdown of colleclive bargaining
and has encouraged strikes In lime ol war. The board's disregard of Ihe fads and lis pretense of an
authority which It doo3 not possess have destroyed Ihe confidence of labor, Industry, and the public.
The usefulness of the war labor beard In the solllemen! of warlime labor deputes has boen destroyed.
The best interest of employees and employers and the welfare of the American people, demand
that congress face the realities of the country's nesd. The great problem of wages and the closed
shop In time of war should be governed by law and must be solvod by congress.
If the board desires a further hearing, Wurds, aa always, will be happy to attend
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