8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Sept. 26, 1949
SELF-INTEREST OF LEWIS AND OPERATORS
Idle Coal Fields Raise
Question of Anti-Trust Acts
New York, (Special) With the nation's coal fields Idled once
more by a United Mine Workers strike. Fortune magazine psoposes
a remedy for the chronic Illness of the coal industry.
"Congress must find a way to make the antitrust acts apply to
labor without hamstringing labor's legitimate functions," Fortune's
' editors declare In an article en
titled "Coal vs. the People" (to
be published In the forthcoming
October issue of Fortune).
John L. Lewis has seized the
opportunity provided him under
(he Clayton Act (which exempts
labor from the anti-trust provi
sions of the Sherman Act), For
tune points out. He has "stabil
ized" the soft-coal industry to
the advantage not only of his
400,000 miners but of the 7,000
independent operators as well.
"The pure self-interest of John
L. Lewis and the pure self-interest
of the operators are re
markably close," Fortune points
out. "The use of coal is declin
ing fast; the soft-coal industry
seems certain to suffer increas
ingly from too much plant and
loo much manpower.
"Under such circumstances,
the primary problem of John
Lewis Is not to get more out of
the operators; if he got all their
profits, the Individual miner
wouldn't notice It. Lewis' pri
mary aim therefore Is to see
that the industry as a whole gets
the biggest possible share of the
national income regardless of Its
contribution to said income."
The least efficient coal oper
ators are obviously beholden to
Lewis, Fortune continues; and
even the most efficient may pre
fer Lewis-protected prices, for
limited production, to unknown
prices in the free market for
more tonnage mined In longer
work weeks.
The only solution, Fortune as
serts, "is to try somehow to fit
coal mining Into the modern en
terprise system, which has dis
covered how to compete with
out committing hara-kiri.
"Some way must be found of
preserving a measure of compe
tition. It might not be so hard as
it sounds, either." Since the de
pression, Fortune points out,
wealthier, more concentrated,
the coal industry "has become
and more efficient.
Given prosperity and, of
course, a strong union or unions.
it may be able to commit itself
to rivalry without committing
itself to massacre.
"At all events, the subject
should be explored thoroughly
and soon. If John L. Lewis and
his industry are entitled to main
tain and increase their share of
the national income regardless
of their contribution to that In
come, so is every other union
and every other Industry."
Exhibit Starts
At Elfsfrom's
A good attendance marked
the opening of t h e exhibitions
Saturday in the third floor gal
leries at Elfstrom's in which the
photography of Don Dill and wa
tercolors by Larry Boulicr are
featured.
Dill, an ex-army air force pho
tographer, has some interesting
character studies of the Chinese,
taken while he was stationed in
north China during the latter
stages of the war. Also he has a
series on the production of a
daily newspaper for national
newspaper week from October 1
to 12.
The exhibit of watercolors by
Boulier, who is again director of
the local galleries, Is made up
of seascapes and landscapes done
during his period of absence
from the galleries. Popular
scenes are "Freedom," "Inter
lude" and "Gathering Showers."
Preparations are under way
to exhibit the oils of Carl Hall,
artist-in-reside n c e , Willamette
university. Saturday will open
this showing which includes the
oil paintings that have not been
shown In Salem due to New
York committments last year.
Electrical Workers
Consider Strike Vote
New York, Sept. 26 1IB A
Joint meeting of the General
Electric and Westingliou.se lo
cal conference boards of the
United Electrical Radio and Ma
chine Workers (CIO) was held
today to consider a strike vote
against the two companies.
Negotiations between UE and
the companies over the union's
demand for a $500 annual "pack
age" for its members in the
form of a wage boost and other
fringe benefits have been stale
mated for some time.
Proper Spanking Saves
Drowning Child's Life
LaSalle Col. (UP) When the
two-year-old son of Walter
Chnnnell fell Into a pool of
water, crude but effective arti-
fical respiration saved the lad's
life.
The father, a caretaker at a
Young GOP Group Ignores
Power Domination Charge
Bend, Sept. 28 ) The policy committee of the Oregon Young
Republicans Ignored officially at its session here a charge that
power companies have packed its roster.
The committee wound up a two-day session last night after
approving a power policy which condemned the proposed Colum
bia Valley administration and
fish hatchery, pulled the child
out of tlie water, held him up
by his ankles and whacked him
on the back until the youngster
started breathing again.
Lt. Col. Marion Carl
Marion Carl
In Portland
Portland, Sept. 26 IIP) Ma
rine Corps Flying Ace Lt. Col.
Marion E. Carl was in town to
day for a week long series of
appearances as guest of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce dur
ing Aviation week.
The Hubbard, Ore., native
landed a fast Grumman F-9-F
jet fighter here yesterday. His
comment on a recent report that
he had flown 700 miles per hour
was brief "they do it all the
time in dives."
Realistic Advertising
Goes Over Too Well
Denver (U.R) A promotion
stunt designed to lure custom
ers Into a theater didn't go over
so well with the police judge.
In keeping with the movie, a
picture about prisons, the oper
ator hired two slapstick artists
one dressed as a cop and the
other as a convict to run
through a cops-and-robbers rou
tine in front of the box office.
Then he put a siren in the back
ground. The siren was his undoing.
Police moved in with arrest war
rants after several motorists
complained that they confused
the siren for a real one and had
pulled their cars over to the
curb.
Victor Spouse, manager of the
theater, was fined $25.
favored curbs on federal agen
cies. Some members were indig-
.i-.jj nant over charges by John H.
Travis, Hood Kiver pubiisner.
He had accused the private util
ities of unduly influencing the
political organization by hav
ing key employes active in the
republican unit. No formal ac
tion was taken on the charges.
Chairman Mark Hatfield, Salem,
said during the power policy dis
cussions that the committee
would "stick to policies and not
personalities."
The power policy resolution
called for early authorization of
projects In the coordinated pro
gram of the army corps of en
gineers and the bureau of recla
mation. It also favored placing
all federal power enterprises un
der the federal power commis
sion "or a suitable substitute as
provided in the Hoover report."
The group suggested priorities
on the use of federal power be
listed: 1 Municipal corpora
tions, public utility districts and
public distributing agencies; 2
regulated (private) utilities; 3
other public utilities and dis
tributing agencies, if any, and 4
special industries that use
large power blocks and are able
to buy direct from either public
or private utility systems.
Other resolutions covered 11
topics. These included renewal
of the state severance tax in
forestry: a state cigaret tax to
permit an increase of $80 the per
child payments under the basic
school support bill; appointment
rather than election of the state
superintendent of public instruc
tion; elimination of salary dif
ference between grade and high
school teachers meeting like col
lege requirements; "equitable
and just recovery" from assets
of deceased welfare recipient.- to
reimburse the state fund after
dependents' needs are met; use
of court injunctions in labor dis-
Negotiations May Fail
Eugene, Sept. 26 W) Unless
the war assets administration
and the Hudson Brothers of Am-
ericus, Georgia, reach an agree
ment by October 1, negotiations
for lease of the Springfield al
cohol plant will be discontin
ued. This was revealed in a let
ter from Representative Harris
Ellsworth to the Springfield
Chamber of Commerce. The let
ter said the Hudson brothers had
recently filed "a letter of in
tent" with the federal govern
ment setting the October 1 deadline.
putes when no agreement Is
reached after an impartial de
cision has been made and to givt
the government the right, in
case of seizure, to pass judgment
on which party was at fault. It
was suggested the use of the in
junction must be "carefully safe
guarded."
On taxation, the committee
favored abolishing double tax
ation on stock Income and sug
gested studies on the merger
of tax functions of counties. A
provision opposing a sales tax
as "not economically sound" was
stricken from the final statement.
Smoke Pall Due to
Pass 'Out and Up'
Portland, Ore., Sept. 26 U.R
The weather bureau today said
a smoke pall that hung over the
Pacific northwest four days was
on its way out and up.
The smoke, that extended
from Roseburg, Ore., to Olym-
pia, Wash., rose from controlled
slash fires and was confined by
mass 01 "stable air. '
Four of the big Elater fireflies
Mexico or Brazil can throw
enough light by which a book
can be read.
Three Arrested in
Raid on Portland Club
Portland, Sept. 26 m State
liquor control agents and city
vice squad officers raided the
Melody club here early yester
day, arrested two men and c
waitress and confiscated 52 bot
ties of whiskey.
State Agent Gordon McReary
said one man was found mixing
drinks in the unlicensed club
and customers were being serv
ed in cream pitchers. Charged
with maintaining a common
nuisance and illegal sale of
liquor was Gus Hiller, club
manager. Patrick Murphy and
Carol Dow were charged with
illegal sale of liquor.
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Until you've experienced the si
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Packard calls it the "Limousine
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vancements were first developed
for the magnificent Packard
limoiuinc. Hut the first and fore
most secret of its superiority lies
in Packard's advanced "self-con
trolling" suspension system,
"Self-controlling" means it com
pensates automatically forchanges
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340 North High St.
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Marshall-Wells hardware build
ing on West Sherman. Upon com
pleting of the move, the hard
ware company will expand floor
space to include that now occu
pied by the Slsson business.
Got Her Man Model Elea
nor Jolly kept a date with a
thug and so did the New York
police. Miss Jolly was robbed
of $158, jewelry and so forth.
Later, one of the three bur
glars phoned and said he'd re
turn some of the stuff if she'd
give him a date. She'd be de
lighted, she said. The cops
were along and they were de
lighted, too. Another burglar
ious lothario called and got
the same routine. She's ex
pecting a call from the third
burglar. (Acme Telephoto)
Wheat Experts to
Seek Orient Market
Portland, Ore., Sept. 26 (U.R)'
Wheat experts from Oregon and
Washington will leave for the
Orient soon in search of more
markets for northwest grain.
Ed Bell, Oregon wheat com
mission administrator, will head
the delegation, according to Jens
Terjeson, Pendleton, commission
chairman.
Archie Camp, La Crosse,
Wash., wheat farmer and presi
dent of North Pacific Grain
Growers, Inc., will represent
Washington wheat growers. A
U.S. department of agriculture
chemist will study milling and
baking techniques in the Orient.
The U. S. produced about 800
million tons of steel between
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