8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 21, 1944
Serving Uncle Sam
Edited by Margaret Magee
Aviation Cadet Lyndon E.
Thomason. son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Thomason of East D
street, has completed his basic
training at Stockton field, Cali
fornia, and soon will begin his
advanced flying training.
In Salem on furlough is Pfc.
Marvin "Red" Olin, who arriv
ed Saturday and will leave New
Year's day to report back to
the presidio at San Francisco.
In the army for a year and a
half, Pfc. Olin, prior to being
stationed at the presidio, was
stationed at Camp Kohlor,
Calif., and Camp Davis, Calif ,'
where he was given teletype
training.
Transferred from Grand Is
land, Nebr., where he has been
stationed with the air cor ps, to
the Fourth Air force at Ham
ilton field, Calif., was Staff
Sgt. Dclbert W. Graber, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Graber. The
sergeant, who entered the ser
vice when the Oregon national
guard was mobilized in 1840,
transferred from the coast ar
tillery to the air corps two
years ago.
Pvt. A. Dean Laccy, who
spent his furlough at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray I.acey, has returned to Fort
Sam Houston, Texas.
ISth AAF in Italy Ball tur
ret gunner assigned to an AAF
B-17 Flying Fortress unit of the
15th airforce is Cpl. Jimmy L.
Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Michael of 150 High-Way
avenue, Salem, who in civilian
life was an electrician. A for
mer student at the Payette, Ida
ho, high school, the corporal
was, prior to entering the serv
ice January 3, 1043, an em-
, ploye of the Oregon Shipyards
' in Portland. He received his
gunner's wings in May, 1944, at
' Las Vegas, Nev.
Sailor in From Pacific
Twenty-one months of ser
i vice in the South Pacific have
, found PhM2c Samuel McRae,
i who this week arrived home,
'jnriinff in the care of mnnv Am-
erican wounded aboard the hos
'i pital ship Relies. Now on a 30
day leave, the sailor flew to
', Salem from San Francisco for
'. with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
i Samuel McRae of DSD Jeft'or
!. son street. A former Sacred
I Heart academy student, he took
his training at the Grent Lukes
naval station. On completion
of his leave, McRae, whose fath
er, the superintendent of con
struction project at the Pasco,
Wash., air base, came from that
- city to spend the holidays with
' him, will report to Treasure Is-
land.
Here from Louisiana on a 30
riay leave is the son-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. McRae, Lt. Rich-
aid David, stationed In Ark
ansas. His wife and their two
children, who have been resid
'.. lng in California, came north
to be with him. Another son-,'ln-law,
Cpl. Robert Meier, whose
wife and small son are making
I their home in fialeni, will ar
rive from Louisiana on furlough
' In January.
"Drawing Brings Honors
Staff Sgt. F. Loren Boulicr,
a Salem marine, has been
nwarded second linunrs for his
drawing. "Ad Requiem." at
Golden Gate park's de Young
' museum in San Francisco.
A total of 30.444 visitors saw
his contribution which was part
of a month-long combat art ex
hibited created by 17 leather
neck artists, which ended last
Friday.
Now on duty in San Francis
co, Sgt. Houlier is on military
leave of absence from the Ore
gon state highway department.
LI. Lynn K. C'rnncmillor. Jr.,
a United States army air corps
pilot at Yuma, Ariz., surprised
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
C'roneiniller, Sr., 17(10 South
Winter, by arriving home lale
last nighl on leave through the
. holidays. 11(. is in charge of
' the training mil department at
Yuma.
Silverlon Mrs. Alf. O. Nel
son has returned from a week
end visit in Kugene with her
youngest son, Jim, an air stu
dent there.
St. Paul Leslie Faher of the
TJ. S. navy is spending a 311
day leave at the home of Ins
mother. Mrs. Amies Faher. This
is the first visit home in 2Tt
'months of the navy man who
'.wears stars for five major battles.
paratroopers, who is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loren R.
White of route 2.
Another brother, Robert C.
White, is a seaman, second class,
(RM) on duty with the navv in
the South Pacific.
Grand Island Sgt. Harold R.
Tompkins, slalioned in Italy,
has sent Christmas V-mail sea
son's greetings to relatives and
friends here.
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Silverton Raymond L. Hall,
SOM3c, arrived at the home of
his parents, the Lewis Halls in
Silverton Hills district, Sunday
for a several days' furlough af
ter many months in the com
bat area of the south and cen
tral Pacific, where his group
participated in nine major en
gagements. He is of the opin
ion that the fighting with the
Japanese is a long way from
its close.
Major Gouler Home
Completing an encirclement
of the globe, Major Homer Gou
let arrived in Salem Sunday to
spend a 21-day furlough with
his family. Going first to Af
rica and from there to Sicily
and Italy, the major has recent
ly been slationed in India,
where he was executive officer
of a bomber squadron. Prior
to being appointed executive
officer he had served the squad
ron as group adjutant.
Major Gimlet docked on the
Pacific coast on the return trip
Col. James Lupcr, former Sa
lem man, reported missing over
Germany in October, whose
mother, Mrs. Harry M. Boury,
of Portland, received word
through the Red Cross recently
that he was a prisoner of war
in Germany. A graduate of
Hill Military academy in Port
land and of the United States
military academy at West Point
in 1938, the colonel was com
mander of a B-17 Flying Fort
ress group, stationed in Eng
land. Prior to his going down
over Germany Luper's group
had passed the century mark in
the number of daylight, pre
cision bombing assaults success
fully carried out against vital
military and industrial installa
tions scattered throughout the
length and breadth of nazi-oc-cupied
Europe. The wife of
the colonel resides in Philadelphia.
Two Salemires Meet
It is a small world, even in
war time, with former Salem
ites often meeting at the most
unexpected times, as was prov
en by the letter received re
cently by Mrs. Clifton Mudd
from Lt. Mildred Ann Bohrer,
former Salem resident, who told
of being with Mrs. Mudd's son,
Lt. William Mudd.
Lt. Bohrer, a Red Cross
nurse, was in charge of the
train of wounded that carried
Lt. Mudd to the hospital in
France after he had been
wounded in action early in
November. Written November
13, her letter, saying that Mudd
had been wounded in the upper
right arm and shoulder, stated
that he was making rapid im
provement and would soon be
back in the lines with his com
pany. Noting that Lt. Mudd had re
ceived no mail from any of his
family for over five months, the
Red Cross nurse asked Mrs.
Mudd to write to her son in
care of Lt. Bohrer, with the
hope of overcoming the long
delay incurred in delivering
mail directly to the men in
that area, many of whom have
not received mail for a num
ber of months.
and from the place of his ship's
landing went to Fort Lewis,
where his leave was issued.
On completion of his leave he
will report to Santa Monica for
reassignment.
Lt. LaRaur Improves
Injured in a bicycle accident
in Scotland in October, Lt. Al
thea LaRaut of the nutrition
division of the army medical
corps, has written her grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. La
Raut. that she has been on a
liquid diet since October 21.
Her jaw broken in two places
and the bones pushed so far to
the left that at first it was
thought her ear had been in
jured, her hand broken in three
places and her elbow fractur
(Conellldpd on pace 9)
After spending six months on
duty in the Aleutians. Ph. M.
2 c Ellis B. White of the I'nited
; States navy is spending a l!fi
jriny leave with his wife, the
'former Janrose Winier, and
their small son, Phillip Lynn.
Also in the city is a brother
of the navy man. Pvt. Loren
, J. White, on a 10-day furlough
om his duties with the army
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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 war labor
board's order covering Wards four Detroit stores was obviously intended to give
to 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 recommended 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 com
munity for similar employment. The board did not base its wage recommendations
upon the survey of competitive rates made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mr.
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
board has arbitrarily demanded that WTards 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 its 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 pri
orities. The denial of scarce materials to Wards, and the seizure of its 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 special privileges to
labor unions.
The board knows very well that its orders cannot be legally enforced by such
punishments. Congress, which Is the sole law-making authority under our consti
tution, omitted 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. Con
gress later removed this provision upon the written request 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 its decisions."
The board knows very well that its orders are consequently unenforceable. The
court of appeals of 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 any
one who refuses to comply with orders of the war labor board is not defying a
command of the government, and that, since the orders are merely advisory, no
government official has the right to impose punishments on those who do not com
ply. The supreme court has refused to alter this decision.
The board knows very well, since its orders are legally unenforceable, and
since congress has not authorized any punishment for those who reject the advice of
the board, that the reprisals with which i t threatens Wards are necessarily illegal.
The President of the United States knew this when he recently explained to Mr.
Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians why that union could not be com
pelled 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 its 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 time has come for the board to cease its threats of reprisal upon those who
reject its advice. The board's policy of granting special privileges to unions has
led to a breakdown of collective bargaining and has encouraged strikes in time of
war. The board's disregard of the facts and Its pretense of an authority which it
does not possess have destroyed the confidence of labor, industry and the public.
The usefulness of the war labor board in the settlement of wartime labor disputes
has been destroyed.
The best interest of the employes and employers and the welfare of the Ameri
can people, demand that congress face the realities of the country's need. The great
problem of wages and the closed shop in time of war should be governed by law
and must be solved by congress.
tend.
If the board desires a further hearing, Wards, as always, will be happy to at-
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
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