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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
52nd Year One Section
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, The Bend Bulletin, Saturday, June 4, 1955
Eight Pages
No. 152
BEND
de, f 1 II J '
night, 48 11 1141 IK'S
today, 11 II II II 1 J
tomorrow, JLL .XL -I. II tfl
No Word Yet
On Release
Of 11 Airmen
By WENDELL MERK'K
I'llltcd Press Staff Correspondent
HONG KONG (UP) Authorities
waited anxiously, but without offi
cial information, today for Red
. China to make good on an tndian
editor's prediction that it plans to
free 11 more American airmen In
' a matter of hours.
The imminent release of th
fliers was. forecast by J. C. Jain,
!' managing director of the Times of
India, on his arrival in Manila
from Hong Kong Friday.
"I was informed in Hong Kong
tliat 11 more fliers would be re
leased, possibly within 24 hours,"
he said.
However, there was no concrete
Indication here of the release, al
though officials expressed a fer
vent hope the report was true.
Jain said he had received his
original Information from "(
source that is usually reliable."
Liaison Office Walts
T.t fnl. Owiehlon SimDson. U.S
Air Force liaison officer in Hong
Knncr coiH hp did not Dlan to eo
to the Red China-Hong Kong border
unless he receives more detinue
information.
The U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong
said it knew nothing "of the re
port. Radio Peiping. official voice of
Red China, made no mention of
the possible release on its latest
broadcast today.
tlniteH Nations hpndmiarters in
New York said it had no knowledge
ot the Impending release, dui
"hnfwt" thi rpnnrt was true.
In I.nndon. when told of Jain's
report. V. K. Krishna Menon, rov
ing Indian peace envoy whc
brought first word the first four
fliers were to be released, said:
"There can be no comment be
faiicn wa flrp in thp midst of con
sultations and it would be very
difficult to comment at tnis lime,
aiutp npnartmpnt Surorised
In Washington, the State Depart
ment expressed surprise at Jain's
prediction but said we most ear
nestly hope that the report Is true."
Thp airmen involved were mem
bers of a reconnaissance bomber
shot down while on a leaflet-drop
ping mission in Norm Korea dur
ing the Korean War. They were
oimirprt nnH convicted of "espio-
tiage" by .the Chinese Reds after
their plane crashed m Mancnuua.
They were Sentenced to prison
terms of varying lengths.
They have been identified by the
U.S. Air Force as:
Maj. William H. Baumer, Lewis
burg, Pa.; Airman 1-C Steve R.
Kiba, Arkon, Ohio: Airman 2-C
Join W. Thompson III, Orange,
Va.; Capt. Eugene J. Vaadi, Clay
ton N.Y.; Col. John K. Arnold,
Jr..' Montgomery. Ala.: Lt. Wallace
L. Brown. Montgomery, Ala.: Lt.
ohn W. Buck, Armathwaite, Tenn.
Airman 2-C Harry M. Benjamin.
Jr., Worthington, Minn.; Sgt. How
ard W. Brown, St. Paul, Minn.;
Capt. Elmer F. Llewellyn, Mis
soula, Mont.; and Airman 2-C Dan
iel C. Schmidt, Boise, Idaho.
Milk Price
War Reported
At Prineville
PRINEVILE (UP) A milk
price war has broken out in this
eastern Oregon section.
Hostilities began Thursday when
Tab Allen, manager of the Sunrise
raw milk from 90 cents a gallon
dairy in Prineville, cut prices of
to 60 cents.
Jim Vickers, an independent raw
milk distributor, said the slash
was an attempt to drive him out.
of business. Another large inde-'
pendent, the Bend Dairy, agreed
to help Vickers out by furnishing
him with both homogenized and
pasteurized milk. i
Vickers, who sold raw milk at
80 cents a gallon, said he would
be able to sell homogenized and
pasteurized supplies at the same
price. The same quality of milk
was sold at 88 to 90 cents by Allen.
Allen denied the price cut was1
an attempt to close down his com
petitor. He said the cut war
caused by a surplus of raw milk.
ANNl'AI. PARTY .
WASHINGTON (UP) One of
Washington's fanciest neighbor
hoods gave Its annual party for
Btreet cleaners today a lawn
party with Ice cream, soft drinks
and cookies.
The Georgetown Progressive
Citizens Assn. said it puts on the
affair because "the ash, trash and
garden people always get recogni
tion or thanks ot some sort at
Christmas, but these people never
do." i
126 SENIORS GRADUATED - Commencement exercises for the 1955 Bend High School graduating class, last night in the school
gymnasium, were attended by a capacity crowd of the graduates' parents and friends. The graduates, in bius gowns trimmed with
gold, were seated at the front of the gym, and went to the stage one at a time to receive diplomas. Members of the class wore
musicians and speakers, with "Church, Home and School" as the theme for the talks. Next year's senior class had hoped to be the
first to be graduated in the new gymnasium, but the necessity of curtailing plans and calling for new bids has delayed the start of
construction. It appears now that likely one more class of graduates will receive diplomas In the old gymnasium. (Bend Bulletin Pho-to
Nobleman Offers
To Drive Trains
For Government
By DANIEL F. GILMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON (UP) The Earl ot
Lanesborou.;h, who owns his own
model railroad, offered today to
drive real trains to help out in the
growing chaos of Britain's seven-day-old
railway strike.
The 36-year old nobleman offered
his services as an engineer to the
strikebound nationalized railway
system, lie said he learned rail
roading as an army officer during
World War II.
When I had finished the course
I often acted as driver (engineer)
or fireman on local trains to the
Carlisle area," he said. "On some
runs I took my wife with me in
the cab."
But for the time being, the Brit
ish Transport Commission turned
down the offer with thanks.
Economic Stagnation
The government has not yet or
dered the use of troops or volun
teers to run the railroads, al
though Britain is plunging toward
mass unemployment and economic
stagnation because of the strike.
Less than 20 per cent of the na
tion's rail lines were in operation
following the walkout by 70,000
members of the Associated Society
of Engineers and Fireman (ASEF)
in a demand for premium pay.
The 20,000 non-striking engine
crews of the National Union of
Railwaymen (NUR) kept a greatly
reduced supply of fuel, food and
raw materials flowing to homes,
mills and factories. But their ef
fort was beginning to fail.
layoff Notices
Layoff notices already have gone
to 250,000 workers. Six steel mills
have closed in Wales and others
have curtailed production. This
means that In a few days much
heavy industry will be out of busi
ness.
The transport commission an
nounced that it will cut back skele
ton pas senger services over the
weekend to use the available en
ginemen for vital freight service
But nothing has eased tne situa
tion in what is basically a disa
greement on methods between the
ASEF and NUR. The ASEF called
the strike in support of demands
for skilled pay differentials of from
21 to 77 cents a week for its mem
bers, who now earn from $18.62 to
$27.30 a week. The NUR insists
that any pay increases go to all
railroadmen.
4 Bend Women
Gain Honors
Four Bend women, Mrs. J. S.
Grahtman. Mrs. E. C. Sullivan,
Mrs. Douglas Norton and Mrs.
Vern Larson, were winners in the
three-day Oregon Women's Golf
Association tournament, which
ended yesterday in eastern Ore
gon. Wednesday at LaGrande, Mrs.
E. C. Sullivan won low gross in
the B class with a score of 96,
and Mrs. Norton won low net In
class C. with a 77.
Friday at The Dalles, Mrs. J. S
Grahlman won in ciass A, with
83 net: Mrs. Sullivan in dans B.
with 82 net, and Mrs. Larson in
class C with 85 net.
There were no local winners
Thursday at Pendleton.
Mrs. Grahlman, Mrs. Sullivan.
Mrs. Norton and Mrs. Mert Waure
participated in aH three days of
may. They were Joined Fndav at
The Dalles by Mrs. A. C. Slip".
Mrs. Avery Grimsley, Mrs. J. D.
Van Huffei, Mrs. Kenneth Hicks
and Mrs. Larson.
crp if
Speaker Sam Ray burn Seen
Possible Demo Compromise
LAWTON. Okla., (UP) House
Speaker Sam Kayburn (D-Tex.
may emerge as a compromise
Democratic nominee for president
next year, Lyle Wilson, a United
Press vice president and general
manager of the Washington bureau
told Oklahoma editors today.
"There are Southern conserva
tives who would balk at Adhii
Stevenson, but who likely would
go along with Mr. Sam." the vet
eran Washington correspondent
said in a speech prepared for de
livery to an Oklahoma Press Asso
ciation meeting.
These conservatives do not
want H a r r i m a n (Gov. Averell
Ilarriman of New York). There is
no enthusiasm among them for
Sen. Estes Kefauver," Wilson sain.
However Wilson said "another
Eisenhower-Stevenson contest in1
1956 seems more likely than not"
although speculation has arisen
about a possible Kayburn compro
mise.
Stevenson Opposition Meeting
"Opposition to the renomination
of Stevenson by the Democrats is
melting." Wilson said. 'fThe strate
gy of some other Democratic hope
fuls seems at this time to be wait-
and-see. Gov. Averell Harriman of
New York, for example is firmly
Convocation
Set Tonight
By College
Central Oregon college. Bend, to
night will hold its first June con
vocation with a program to be
held, certificates of completion
awarded and students to be rec
ognized. The convocation will be in the
Allen grade school auditorium,
starting at 8 p.m. Don P. Pence,
college director, will preside, with
Glenn H. Gregg, chairman of the
Bend school board to present certi
ficates of completion. These will go
to Otto A. Kassner, June E. Scott,
Harry L. Granger. Frederick H.
Stenkamp and Dennis W. Trent.
Certificates of completion wIl
also be awarded in the division of
vocational education. Thirty - two
completed this work.
Speakers on tonight's program
and their subjects will be: W. M.
Loy. chairman of the COC advi
sory board, "In Retrospect"; Har
vey H. DoArmond, representative
in the state legislature, "Observa
tions of the Day," and Robert W
Chandler, publisher of Tbe Bend
Bulletin, "A Look Into the Fu
ture." Miss Scott and Fred Stenkamp
will be announced as winners of
two important scholarships. Other
awards to be made will include
one to the student having the high
est scholastic average for the past
year.
The program of music will in
clude number's by the college's
Singing Nite Hawks,"
Bean In Child's
Windpipe Fatal
PORTLAND (UP) An autopsy
yesterday showed that two-yea r-oM
Patricia Taylor of Portland died
after a bean became stuck in her
windpipe.
The girl died Thursday after
noon at a local hospital after being
strucken with convulsions while
olaying with white beans at h'
home.
Cause of death could not Im
mediately be established.
She was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Taylor. i
and publicly committed to Steven
son's renomination.
" Harriman 's declaration for Ste
venson is not regarded as taking
the New Yorker out of the race,
Instead it seems more likely to
have been designd to maintain
th very best of political relations
with the Stevenson elements of the
Democratic party." the Washingt
on newsman told the 250 editors
registered here.
"Then if Stevenson did not
choose to run, Harriman would be
in a good position to seek and per
haps to gain Stevenson's support
for his own nomination."
"Sen. Estes Kefauver." Wilson
continued, "hints that he is not
seeking the Democratic nomina
tion. This Is believed to be the
same brand of strategy.
"Sen. Lyndon Johnson, the
young Texan who is Democratic
leader of the Senate, is not an
avowed presidential candidate, but
he Is not endorsing anyone 'else zo
far, and Washington expects him
to be among the 1956 starters.
Russell Won't Kun
Georgia's Sen. Richard Russet'
who led the lost conservative
Democratic cause in the 1952 nom
inating convention says he will net
try again and evidently meaii3
it," Wilson told the Oklahoma
newmen.
"All this adds up to a rapidly
clearing field for Stevenson if he
wants to run. He is telling people
confidentially that the idea is Ire
ginning to sound good to him." I
Wilson said that on the Kepubh
can side, it is up to President Ei
senhower. He can '(have the nomi
nation on a silver platter," Wilson
said.
Mr. Eisenhower says he will an
nounce his plans in the spring of
next year, Wilson said.
The pressure on him to run
already is tremendous," the cor
respondent reported. "It will in
crease. The chancs now seem to
be that Mr. Eisenhower will run
again especially if he is reason
ably confident that he can win."
Mill Pond Not
Place to Play
The city police and official of
Brooks-Sea nlon, Ine., Joined to
day In cautioning pn renin of the
danger in permitting children to
play on the II rooks-Scan I on log
pond. The wnter Is deep, mid a
fall from a lug could easily re
suit In a fatal accident, tliey
warned.
Children an young an five-year-olds
have been observed playing
on the logs, and older children,
as well, frequent the mill pond
area. The danger Is Increased
now that school in out, it wan
puinted out, because often chil
dren are not closely ftiiervlMcd
In vacation time.
4-H Stock Show
By phii, f. mto;,
Hitlletln Hlaff Writer
Central Oregon IKiS Four-H club
4ytk and sale, sponsored by the
Bend Rotnrians. moved into its Pi
nal phases this afternoon on Bru
in fWd.
Ideal evening weothor app"arnd
to be in prospect as directors of
me annual tri -county event pre
pared for the concluding features
a barbecue served by the Ro
tary Anns on Bruin field, a par
ade of livestock, armouwemerrt of
showmanship winners and the auc
tion of livestoxS(, headed by the
sale of the grand champions.
,A fine antmal raised, fed. and
groomed by Merle Eakin of Pow
ell Butte was announced at grand,
Settlement Hope
Held in Tieup
LOS ANGELES (UP) Nego
tiations between the AFL Team
sters and trucking industry repre
sentatives continued today with
Federal Conciliator John Fenton
hoping for a settlement of the 16-day-old
trucking tieup in 11 West
ern states by Monday.
An industry spokesman estimat
ed that the dispute has halted 99
per cent of the West's long-haul.
for-hire freight trucks. However,
the union said less than 30 per
cent of such operations have been
halted.
Negotiations resumed yesterday
afler earlier talks between both
sides recessed May 27 to give un
ion mmbers a chance to vote on
the industry's latest contract of
fer. The offer was rejected, almo.it
unanimously, according p union
officials. '
The employers offered nine-cent
an hour pay raises for the next
three years in Southern California
and a three-year total of 24 cents
for teamsters in other areas. Th?
union asked a 10-cent hourly boost
now, and eight cents more in each
of the next two years.
Offer Made
By Producers
PORTLAND (UP) A three-
point proposal which seeks to end
Portland's tour-day milk strike and
lockout has been offered toy the
Oregon Milk Producers Associa
tion.
Lester Adams, manager of the
association, said the proposal calls
for immediate removal of pickets.
Immediate resumption of milk do
liveries and resumption of nego
tiations by labor and management.
Milk deliveries In the metropoli
tan area ceased Wednesday afler
AFL Teamsters Union pickets ap
peared at Mayflower Milk Distrib
utors plant. Other distributors shut
down in sympathy.
Adams said the milk producers
association, which represents KioC
of the state's 2040 grade A dairy
men, felt tney were the victims
of the dispute, and resented the
fact that It came in June, which
s Dniry Month. A large - scale
public relations campaign had ben
planned for the month.
Adams said the dispute was
costing daii-ymen a total of $2,-
000 a duy, since powdered miik
manufacturers bought the product
at a lower price.
Teamsters last night said they
would not return to work until
management agreed to pay them
for time lost liecau.se of the lock
out. The Mayflower strike was
called over union demands fo
changed work schedules.
champion in the beef division.
This was (he third animal erttered
by Eakin in rhe five ytmre that
Hie shuw has been held that tool;
grand champion honors. His ani
rrvils won in vy.il, 'A and now ir
Crook county steers have taken
the bfp awards In the five years
of tbe show and sale.
A Southdown cross sheep en
tered by Donnalee Sargent, Bend,
was tops in the sheep division.
In the hog division, an srrtmal en
tered by the Young Stockman's
4-H clubs emerged as champion.
This morning, showmanship con
tests got under way at 10 a.m ,
with the all-around showmanship
Elmer V. Ward to Retire
From Mill Post on July 1
Elmer V. Ward, Brooks-
&.-a:ilon, Inc., ofiice manager and
member of the firm's staff here
for the past 38 years, has announ
ced that on July 1 he will retire.
His successor will be Marc
Bsles, who was born in Boles, Ida
ho, in the in-per Snake river coun
try, In 1918. He attended the Uni
versity of Idaho, and was gradu
ated as an accountant. For three
years he was with the Juneau
Spruce Co. in Alaska, where he
worked with Freeman Schultz,
new general manager of Brooks-
Scanlon, Inc.
Reiurn-lng to Portland, Boles was
with Haskins & Wells, certified
public accountants, until his re
cent appointment to fill the Bend
vacancy. He will be in charge of
the Bend ofice of Brooks-Scanlon,
Inc., including the pun-basing de
partment, a unit headed by Ward
for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. Boles have estab
lished their home in Bend.
lt was In 1910 that Ward came
to Bend, a youngster from the Uni
versity of Washington. With his
brother, John, now in business
in Sealtie, Wash., he walked part
way from the end ot the rails at
Shainko. That long hike was from
Shanikn down Cow Canyon and In
land to Madras.
While hunting a summer job In
Bend, Ward by chance met a man
he knew in Centralia, Wash. That
man was the late Robert B. Could,
Bend and Deschutes county engin
eer for many years.
From Gould, Ward got a Job, as
an assistant In surveys ot town-
site additions that are now parts
of Bend. Ward went back to Wash
ington at the end ot the summer,
then returned here In 1911, to
make his home.
In 1912, Ward, who played a full
back position while attending the
University of Washington, served
as Bend High school's first full-
time football coach.
Ahvays interested in youth ac
tivities, it was Ward who spear
headed Hie move that resulted in1
the sponsorship by die Bend Ro
tary club ot the trl-county 4-H club
livestock shows and sales, tilth ot
which ts beine held here today,
Ward In earlier years also
served onfthe advisory council of
the Order of DeMoioy. lie serven
for four years as advisor. He also
served for five yeara as a guartll
an lor Jdbs Daughters. Ward's ln-i
lerest in youth activities here x
tended over a period of a quarter:
of a century.
A native of Kansas, Ward was
raised In the Centralia community
of Washington, going from there
to the University of Washington,
Mr. and Mis. Ward live at luou
Harmon boulevard, on the Des
chutes river In Bend. D. G. Ward,
operator of a motor firm here, !s
their son.
Ausrians Tell
Of Americans
In Slave Camps
VIENNA, Austria (UP) Aus
trian war prisoners returning from
long Rusvian captivity said today
they saw "many" Americans in
Soviet slave camps.
The Austrians said the Ameri
cans Included at least four U.S.
Air Force fliors.
One returnee said some of the
Americans may now be dead. He
said he tried unsuccessfully to
bring out snapshots of a group nf
American fliers. But he said the
Russians seized the films a few
days ago.
A trainlnad of 2h0 Austrians and
'ethnic Germans" those of Ger
man background reached freedom
in Austria today at dawn after,
serving Soviet prison terms dating
back to early World War If. I
They were the first big batch of
prisoners to be freed by the Rus
sians under terms of the newly-
signed Austrian state treaty. 1
An elhnic German, captured
while fighting with Adolf Hitler's
forces during the wur, said he met
nnd got photographs of four U.S.
airmen in 19-18 at a slave labor
camp In tbe Karungunda region
some 1100 miles southeast of Mos
cow.
Climax
winner to be announced ot 6 p.m.,
Just prior to the start of the auc
ion. Merle Enkin has bern four
imes winner of this cuvetnl Hon
ir. Persons attending the barlMVue
ind auction this evening have been
iKked to enter Bruin field through
'he Franklin street entranre, at
the north side of the arena.
.All animals to be auctioned this
eveniny have been judged and
graded. Animals (trading commer
ektf or lover cannot be sold.
Frank E. Wink of Redmond will
be auctioneer when the prime 4-H
livestock in Central Oregon (toes
on the block this evening. The sale
wQl be in an auction ring directly
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IN STAFF CHANGE Elmer
V. Ward, top, office manager
and purchasing agent at
Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., for many
years, is to retire at the end of
this month. Below Is Mrc S.
Bowles, his successor. ?
No Campaigning
- Unless Asked
CLEVELAND, Ohio (UP) For
mer President Tinman said Fri
day night ho will not campaign in
105C unless requested by the Dem
ocratic , National Committee but
will support any presidential can
didate selected by the national con
vention.
Mr. Truman Indicated he will
support unsuccessful 1952 Demo
cratic candidate Adlal E. Steven
son for the nomination.
Maybe I'll have some Influence
on the choice," the former Chiel
Executive said. He was In Cleve
land to address a JlOO-pcr-plate
dinner to raise funds for his Tin
man Memorial Library at Inde
pendence, Mo.
Will a duck swim?" the 71-yepr
old former Chief Executive coun
tered when a newsman asked If
he still favored Stevenson.
Rival Purchases
Raleigh Paper
RALEIGH, N.C., (UP) The
News and Observer Publishing Co.
today announced purchase of the
Raleigh Times.
The sale ot the Times, nn utler-
noon daily, lo the News and Ob
server was announced simultane
ously to siatf members ot both
papers at separate mcetiilKS this
mornun;.
The sale whs closed in final ne
gotiations at 3 a.m., Frank Daniels,
vice president nnd general man
ager ot the News and Observer
saltl.
Tonight
In front of the umndstand.
First animals to be suM this
evening when the auction starts nt
6:30 will be (lie grand champions
and the reserve champions in tin
various divisions.
All b.ddnu; will be on the poiim!
basis.
Rivalling Ihe damp went her tint
hnndi(anjed earlier siinws. Four
H clilb leaders nnd Rotnrians were
hapny this morning when storm
clouds broke from Central Oregon
skies.
iForecBsts catl for partly cloudy
and mild weather this evening,
with fair and wanner weather n
the offing for Sunday.
last niht enjoyed warmest wea
ther of tbe year, 48 degrees.
Union, ford
Believed Near
Agreement
DETROIT (UP) Ford Motor
Company and the CIO United Auto
Workers were reported by a union
negotiator to be near agreement
today on the union's guaranteed an
nual wage demand.
Carl Stellato, president of UAW
Local 600 and a member ol tho
union negotiating team, told offi
cials ot the local, which is the
world's biggest, "There will be no
wage demand.
Other company and union
spokesmen, however, declined to
comment on 'the Stellato state
ment. But Stellato, CIO President Walt
er Reuther's most powerful opjio
nent In the union, raised the threat
of a strike over other issues.
Other Issues In Doubt
He told newsmen he would cuH
out the 48,(X) workers at the huge
Rouge Plant In suburban Dearborn
unless all matters at dispute are
settled.
The union was counting on a fate
ful weekend of negotiations with
Ford and General Motors to wrap
up new agreements with both
firms. .
What happens at the weekend
talks could have an important
bearing on the entire national econ
omy. Besides Uie Issue ot labor peace
or strikes the question of the Kuar-
anteed annual wage was at stake.
If the talks fall through, the na
tional economy could' be hit sharp- .
ly by a crippling auto strike. A
strike would affect many other In
dustries dependent on automobile
production.
Could Be Extended
If the union wins the annual
wage for the nearly halt million
workers at Ford and General Mo
tors It would quickly be extended
to the union's other members.
Other Industries might also follow
milt Just as they have followed
other precedent-setting stepB of tho
auto Industry In the past, such as
the cost-of-living contract In 1950.
CIO President Walter Reuther
appeared hopeul that weekend
talks scheduled with both compa
nies would help him bring to bear
enough pressure to force through
his annual wage demand.
The union contract with Ford
will run out Monday and the union
has said It will strike unless a
settlement Is reached before then.
The General Motors contract runs
out Tuesday. The union has re
ceived a favorable strike vote by
GM workers but hasn't set a strike
deadline yet.
News Leaks
Despite news blackouts at wage
talks with both companies details
of offers made by both firms have
leaked out. Union sources told
newsmen that Ford had offered to
set up a 55-mlllion-dollar fund to
supplement unemployment com
pensation for workers when they
are laid off.
Within 24 hours union sources
also leaked the news that General
Motors had ottered higher pay
raises and higher pensions than .
Ford.
It appeared some of the leaks .
might have been a deliberate part
of union strategy to put pressure
on the company. The union by
leaking the news of company of
fers might have been trying to
make the two firms edgy.
Automation Not
Thing to Fear
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) John
H. Shallenberger, an official of tho
Stanford Research Institute, savs
American workers should welcome
rather than dread Increasing
uiitomatiun In Industry.
Shallenberger sjoke yesterday
it the closing session of the 8'2nd
annual forum of the Nntional Con
ference of Social Work. He debated
Ihe Issue of automation with Stan
'ey H. Rnttenberg, of Washington,
'he CIO's director of education
ind research.
The research Institute official
scoffed nt the suggestion that the
'nerense of the use of merhanlcM
tools would mean wide-spread un
employment. "In the short run. the cumula
tive effect of automation and nil
Iher technological benefits con
elvahle in scientific laboratories
'odiiy could not possibly, within
he next 10 years, disemnloy ts
Tiany people as will find them
selves without lobs bv the end of
this summer if the Ford workers
;o on strike." he said.
"Furthermore, If then had been
no mechanization nnd no automn
tlnn in tbe list 20 years, the re
would be 90 her cent fewer per
sons emnloved In the automotive,
steel and electrical Industries than
we now have."