S outhern Oregon News Review, Thursday, Deeembyr 26. 1946
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Packers Sign Wage Agreements;
G ra n t C a rrie rs Rate R e lie f;
Labor Awaits High Coart Decree
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ARMY CANCER CURE
WASHINGTON. — Walter
Reed
G eneral hospital has made some e x
cellent progress in tre a tin g cancer,
but i t ’ s kept such a hush-hush secret
th a t the doctor in charge of cancer
research, L ie u t. Col. M ilto n F re e d
m an, is about to be kicked up sta irs
because of a news leak.
It so happens th a t the am ount of
cancer in the a rm y is h ig h —so m uch
so th a t the num ber of cases is kept
secret. B ut one whole w ing at W a l
te r Reed hospital is devoted to can
cer, and D r. Freedm an m ade so
m uch progress th a t various editors
got w ind o f w hat was happening and
trie d to p rin t the story.
At this point. Surgeon Gen.
Norman Kirk stepped in. It was
made clear that medical corps
policy did not permit mentioning
the name of any hospital special
ist. Only the surgeon general's
office could be mentioned in
connection with cancer research.
lie ve w ill ever be, the p ro te cto r of
The cancer specialists d id n ’ t p a r
A m e rica n lib e rtie s and the rig h tfu l
tic u la rly m in d th is p o licy. B ut as an
p rivile g e s of in d iv id u a l citizens.
Packer Peace
H a vin g agreed to consider the a fte rm a th of this, K ir k wants F re e d
M eat conditions continued to look case d ire c tly fro m the fe d e ra l dis m an kicked up sta irs to an a d m in is
rosy fo r the A m e ric a n housewife tr ic t court, the high trib u n a l set Ja n tra tiv e post, where he w ould shuf
w ith the A F L and CIO p a ckin g u a ry 14 as the date fo r governm ent fle papers instead of p ra c tic in g m e d
house unions com ing to term s w ith and defense argum ents. Upon the icine T his F reedm an refuses to do.
the big packers on new contracts final decision not only rested w heth
M eanw hile, doctors c ritic iz e K ir k
w ith o u t re so rtin g to costly strikes. er the heavy fines against the U M W fo r continuing his w a rtim e p o lic y of
The A F L A m a lg a m a te d M eat C ut
and Lew is would s tic k but, m ore w asting medics. D u rin g the w a r he
ters and B utchers W orkm en set the im p o rta n tly , w hether governm ent- c o rra lle d 40 per cent o f the na
p a tte rn fo r peace in the in d u s try by operated in d u strie s could prevent tio n ’ s physicians, then le t m a n y of
agreeing w ith S w ift on a 7 *i cent
them spend about three m onths s it
w o rke rs fro m s trik in g .
an hour wage increase, h ig h er pay
tin g idle fo r e ve ry m onth they de
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g
a
lly,
the
issue
boiled
down
to
fo r n ig h t w ork, a b e tte r va ca tio n
voted to m e d ica l p ra ctice . Some had
plan, pay fo r eig h t holidays and re th is : Could governm ent operation so m uch free tim e , they even o r
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be
considered
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duction of geographical wage d iffe r
ganized so ftb a ll team s to keep th e m
e ntials. In clu d in g a ll benefits, the tia l to the ru n n in g of the govern selves occupied. M any w ould have j
ment? As the ru lin g power, the gov- j
to ta l h o u rly increase am ounts to 12
stayed on in the a rm y , but were fed
ern m e n t said a ll its actions were
cents.
necessary; on the other hand, the up w ith the re g im e n ta tio n of the
N o t to be outdone, the CIO U nited
U M W said the running of coal mines surgeon ge n e ra l’ s office.
Packinghouse W orkers of A m e rica
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was not w ith in governm ental prov
then signed w ith Cudahy fo r an
NORTH
CAROLINA
YANKEE
average wage increase of 15 cents, ince.
When a d m in is tra tio n frie n d s ap
e x tra n ig h t pay, a sick leave plan,
proached M ax G ardner, fo rm e r gov
com pensation fo r eight holidays and
e rn o r of N o rth C arolina, about being
e lim in a tio n o f geographical wage Royal Romance
U. S. am bassador to the C ourt o f St.
d iffe re n tia ls. A t the same tim e , the
G re a t B rita in , which takes its ro y James, G a rd n e r re p lie d :
CIO union also reached agreem ent a lty seriously, was bubbling a ll over
“ I ’ ve been bow’in ' and scra p in ’ to
w ith the Tobin P acking com pany of w ith the la te st regal rom ance, this
N o rth C a ro lin ia n s a ll m y life , and
F o rt Dodge, Iow a, on a new con one in v o lv in g P rince P h ilip of
in m y old age I ’ ll be darned i f I
tra c t p ro v id in g fo r guaranteed em Greece and Princess E lizabeth.
w a n t to be b ow in’ to anyone else
plo ym e n t o f 52 weeks.
Long rum ored, the engagem ent of n o w ."
However, at th is d iffic u lt period,
the ro y a l couple loomed as m ore
Sue for Back Pay
and m o re o f a p o s s ib ility as the w ith B ritis h la b o r k ic k in g over the
As a re su lt o f a Supreme co u rt
B ritis h press continued to b u ild up traces against the B ritis h a llia n ce
decision of la st June 10 decreeing
the handsome, blond prince. M uch w ith rig h t - sw inging. R epublican-
th a t employees of the M ount C lem
ens P otters com pany were e n title d J ado was made of his a p p lica tio n fo r bent USA, G a rd n e r w ill m ake about
B ritis h citizenship. Steamed up over the best possible choice fo r A m e r
to compensation under the fa ir la
the ballyhoo, bobby-soxers jo in e d
ican am bassador—w hether he puts
bor standards act of 1938 fo r w a lk
otherw ise staid B ritis h e rs in b e lie v on knee breeches o r not.
ing to th e ir jobs on pla n t p ro p e rty,
State d e p a rtm e n t o fficia ls al
A m e rica n in d u s try faced the pros in g the m atch was “ su p e r."
W hile the p rin ce and princess
ready have w arned G ardner
pect o f being forced to shell out
made a fittin g couple, the ru m o re d
that he w ill have to h ire a valet
hundreds o f m illio n s of d o lla rs o f
rom ance was not w ith o u t its p o liti-
—w hich w ill go against the new
back pay.
am bassador’s homespun h u m il
W asting no tim e in ta k in g advan
ity . He also w ill liv e In B a r
tage of the co u rt ru lin g , the CIO
bara H u tto n ’s ornate fo rm e r
U nited S teelw orkers and CIO Auto
palace, surrounded by about 25
W orkers filed suits in the C leve
acres of p a rk, fe a tu rin g a s w im
land, Ohio, fe d e ra l c o u rt fo r back
m in g pool in the basement, gold
pay fo r 180,000 union m em bers. The
bathroom fixtu re s and iro n bars,
Steelworkers asked 56 m illio n dol
w
orked by pushbuttons, th a t
la rs fo r 148,000 employees o f Re
slide over the windows at night.
p u b lic Steel com pany and 38 m il
But, despite a ll the folderol, i f the
lio n d o lla rs fo r 30,000 w o rke rs of
B ritis h are wise they w ill know th a t
A m e rica n Steel and W ire. The Auto
th is astute but hum ble N o rth C aro
W orkers seek 1 2 'i m illio n d ollars
lin a Yankee at the C ourt of St.
fo r 2,000 employees of Ohio Crank-,
Jam es represents the backbone of
shaft company.
the USA fro m the grass roots up.
A t least one em ployer, faced w ith
and can speak s im p ly but whole-
the prospect o f being forced to pay
hea rte d ly fo r it.
help fo r tim e spent in reaching th e ir
PILOTED ROCKET PLANE . . .
Chalmers (Slick) Goodlin, 23, after
he piloted Hell XS-1 rocket-powered
plane, which In tests at Muroe.
Calif., reached a speed of 550 miles
per hour, lie will later try for rec
ord of 1.700 miles per hour.
LABOR:
BRITAIN:
jobs in the plant, settled w ith the
union. Dow C hem ical com pany of
M id la n d , M ich ., agreed to pay 1.200
employees of John L . L e w is ’ U M W 's
D is tric t 50 a to ta l of $4.656,000.
FREIGHT RATES:
Grant Boost
In te rsta te Com m erce com m ission
was unanim ous in g ra n tin g ra il and
w a te r c a rrie rs an average 17.6 per
cent fre ig h t ra te increase and p e r
m ittin g ra ilro a d s to m a in ta in a 10
per cent passenger fa re boost.
N o tin g th a t wage costs alone
since 1941 have mounted by $1,382,-
000,000 annually, ICC declared that
the new rates were necessary (1)
fo r m aintenance and developm ent
of the tra n s p o rt system to m eet na
tio n a l needs, and <2) to assure the
m ovem ent o f a hig h volum e of tr a f
fic e fficie n tly.
Rates on com m odities other than
those especially tre a te d were in
creased by 20 per cent under the
ICC o rd e r w h ile ta riffs on a g ric u l
tu ra l products and liv e s to c k (except
fru its and vegetables) w ere boosted
15 per cent. M a x im u m increases
w ere allowed on m a n y item s to
m a in ta in the c o m p e titiv e balance
between d iffe re n t regions.
SUPREME COURT:
W eighty Decision
In c a llin g off the costly soft-coal
strike , John L . L ew is o f the U nited
M ine W orkers was content to leave
d e te rm in a tio n o f the issue to the
U. S. Supreme court. Said John L.
“ The Supreme c o u rt is, and we be
Princess E liza b e th and P rince
P h ilip shown as they attend re
ception in London.
cal im p lica tio n s. Such a ro y a l m a r
riage would bind B rita in m ore
closely to Greece, w hich occupies a
s tra te g ic position in the eastern
M e d ite rra n e a n and pre se n tly is a
d ip lo m a tic
b attleground
between
B rita in and Russia in the fig h t for
co n tro l of the N ear East.
FOREIGN MINISTERS:
Germ any Next
H a vin g cleaned up the B alkan
peace pacts, the fo re ig n m in is te rs
of the B ig F o u r agreed to undertake
the th o rn y issue o f a G erm an tre a ty
in Moscow next M arch.
The decision cam e as the U. S.
and B rita in d e te rm in ed to u n ify th e ir
tw o occupation zones to speed up the
economic re co ve ry of w estern G er
m a n y and tr im th e ir re lie f burdens,
and continental Europe, once de
pendent upon the Reich fo r essential
supplies, continued to la g in recon
struction.
U. S. consent to conduct the p a rle y
in Moscow was fo rth c o m in g only a ft
e r Russian F o re ig n C om m issar M o
lo to v prom ised S ecretary of State
Byrnes th a t newSmen w ould be g iv
en both freedom and fa c ilitie s fo r
re p o rtin g the m eeting. B yrnes in
sisted th a t newsmen had not been
afforded suitable accom m odations
d u rin g the la st confab in the Soviet
ca p ita l.
. IK KY SEVEN . . . 1 eft to right, front. Barbara Jones. Dawn Rao
LCtKY .NEtl
Krlkson. Louise Campbell, Norma (hrlsto-
,n Rog. “» and liiveriy L ob es. T h e s e se v en s ,„ d e n ts of
l i s a ’d ena’ Junior college were chosen as members of the royal court
which Include«! the queen, of the Tournament of Roses, at the annual
New Year’s Day celebration.
aw arded se v e n m eda ls
. . .
Ex-ariny T/Sgt. Llewellyn M. Chil-
son, Akron, O., and Malvern, Pa.,
who accounted for more than 300
enemy in fighting, is shown with
wife and daughter after he had been
decorated with seven medals by
President Truman.
BLIND GOLFERS HOLD TOURNEY . . . Excellent scores were made
when blind golfers held their championship meet at Inglewood. < allf.
le f t to right, caddy Bruce Schwarts; ex-blind golf champion. L. E.
Russell, caddy Billy Fincher, and Marvin Shannon, present champion
of the blindmen golfers. They were aided by their caddies In obtaining
the proper line and distance to the cup on the putting green, as a
guide dog looks on in approval.
DUCHESS SEES Q U E E N K ISSED
. . . The Duchess of W indsor served
as judge a t “ L ittle S ister Beauty
C o n te s t," held at Boys’ club, New
Y o rk . V ic to ria D obrow olskl, chosen
queen, is being given a regal kiss
by her proud b ro th e r, F ra n cis.
F R IE N D OF V E T E R A N S
One in te re s tin g th in g to w atch in
the new GOP congress is w hether
the R epublicans c a rry out the La
F o lle tte -M o n ron e y congressional re
o rg anization b ill.
A lre a d y the w hisper is going
around ca p ito l cloakroom s th a t the
R epublicans w ill take the increased
s a la ry and pension benefits derived
fro m the re o rg a niza tio n b ill, but
th ro w overboard provisions fo r in
creasing congressional efficiency.
A lre a d y some Republicans are m a
neuvering to p re ve n t consolidation
of o v e rla p p in g com m ittees in order
to preserve fo r them selves cushy
ch a irm a n sh ip s and e x tra money fo r TO SW ED ISH POST . . . Louis G.
c le ric a l h ire.
D re y fu s J r ., 57, Santa B a rb a ra ,
In th is connection one im p o rta n t C a lif., who sailed re ce n tly fro m
backstage b a ttle is aim ed at prevent N ew Y o rk C ity to take up his new
ing m o th e rly GOP Congresswoman d u tie s as U nited States ambassador
E d ith Nourse Rogers of Massachu to Sweden. He was appointed a
setts fro m becom ing ch a irm a n of the co n su la r assistant in 1910. He is a
veterans co m m itte e .
M rs. Rogers c a re e rm a n .
has been a tire le ss w o rke r fo r the
veteran and, as ra n k in g Republican
on the veterans com m ittee, she au
to m a tic a lly should become its c h a ir
m an. H ow ever, because of her long
ru n n in g feud w ith ro o tin ’ tootin'
John R a n kin of M ississippi, several
R epublicans and D em ocrats are
c o n sp irin g to have h e r passed over.
F a ir-m in d e d Joe M a rtin , the pro
spective new speaker, has prom ised
M rs. Rogers th a t she w ill get the
jo b , but despite this, the sub-rosa
w ire -p u llin g ag a inst her continues.
I f she is passed over, however, C api
to l H ill is sure to witness a veterans'
m a rc h of protest.
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C A P IT A L C H A F F
So m uch surplus A m e rica n w a i
m a te rie l has been sent to the C hi
nese N a tio n a lis ts —in cle a rin g off our
fro m whooping cough, com pared to P acific islands—th a t the Chinese are
1,361 deaths fro m polio and 422 looking fo r A m e ric a n businessmen
deaths fro m s ca rle t fe ve r. P re lim to serve as b ro ke rs to resell to South
in a ry figures fo r 1945 show 1,726 A m e ric a . . . . P resident T ru m a n has
deaths fro m w hooping cough, com authorized S ecretary B yrnes to ask
pared w ith 1,189 fro m p o lio and 349 the R epublican congress to appro
fro m s ca rle t fever.
p ria te 400 m illio n d ollars fo r re lie f
The n u m b e r o f cases o f whooping w o rk in A u s tria , Greece and Ita ly
cough c lim b s ste a d ily throughout d u rin g 1947.
There w ill be no
the w in te r months, re aching a high A m e rica n m oney a va ila b le fo r re
In M a rc h o r A p ril, i t was said
lie f in Soviet-dom inated countries.
C U S TER H ER O GETS P U R P L E H E A R T —F IN A L L Y . . . C h a rlie W in-
dolph, 95, firs t sergeant under G eneral C u ste r’s co m m a n d , one of tw o
liv in g s u rv iv o rs of the b a ttle o f L ittle B ig H o rn , fin a lly has been
decorated w ith the P urple H e a rt fo r wounds re ceived in the h is to ric
engagem ent in Ju ly, 1876. The aw ard is being pinned on by Col. Paul
W. M apes a t the W indolph home a t Lead, S. D . W lndolph Is the oldest
liv in g holder of the Congressional M edal of H onor.
Whooping Cough Takes Surprising Toll
W hooping cough k ills m ore c h il
dren each y e a r th a n
In fa n tile
p a ra lysis and s c a rle t fe v e r com
bined and m a n y hundreds of unnec
essary deaths occur a n n u a lly be
cause of exposure of c h ild re n to this
dangerous disease, acco rd in g to a
health w a rn in g fro m N o rth w e ste rn
N a tio n a l L ife Insurance com pany.
In 1944 the U n ite d States P u b lic
H ealth service recorded 1,878 deaths
H U N D R E D Y E A R S O LD . . . M rs.
M a ria B u sa la cch l, M ilw a u ke e , W is „
as she ce le b ra te d h e r 100th b irth
d a y a n n iv e rs a ry . N e a rly 200 re la
tiv e s attended the b irth d a y p a rty .
M E X IC O ’S N EW P R E S ID E N T . . . N e w ly-in sta lle d p re sid e n t of M e xico ,
M ig u e l A lem an and M rs. A lem an are shown as they a rriv e d fo r the
d ip lo m a tic reception at the national palace d u rin g the in a u g u ra tio n cere
monies. A lem an succeeded Gen. M anuel A v ila C am acho. In a u g u ra tio n
cerem onies w ere the m ost co lo rfu l and e la borate in the h is to ry of tho
re p u b lic. R epresentatives of 39 countries attended the d ip lo m a tic recep
tion