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Tajc-exempt lands have been get aside by the Dominian Re public for the settlement of Eu ropean refugees, both Jewish and non-Jewish, who are guar anteed full civic rights, but are forbidden to raise sugar, coffee, cocoa, or tobacco in competition with the natives. THEY KISSED WHILE HISTORY WAITED! i. SUNDAY SHERIFF'S POSSE 10 HOLD ANNUAL RODEO JUNE 30 Jackson County Sheriffs Mounted Posse will present its fourth annual rodeo and horse show at the Fairgrounds arena on the evening of June 30 and afternoon' of July 1, according to W. E. Thomas, captain. Although outside contestants and exhibitors are Invited to par ticipate, it is the Posse's main desire to give local horse breed ers and riders a chance to show their stock and "display their stuff," Thomas said. C. L. Fidler was named gen eral chairman of the event at a meeting held Monday, at which time details were announced. Others named to committees were finance and ticket sales, Dr. Charles Lemery, chairman, Roger Chrysler and Harry If you need to Dim To Monthly Losses If you loss 80 much during monthly periods that you feel 60 weak, "dragged out" this may be due to low blood-Iron 60 try Lydla B. Plnkham's tablets one of the greatest blood-Iron tonics you can buy. Plnaham's Tablets are also famous to help relieve symptoms of monthly functional disturbances. Follow label directions. Lydla L PinMiam's Y&SliTTS Rnmohurff? entries. Walter Hamby, chairman, Jim Warren and George Smith; arena ana grounds, Frank J. Cullen, chair man! narnde and drill. Shelby Tuttle, chairman: advertising. Chet Leonard, chairman, L,es Weisenberger and Walter Lever- crnclr and feed. Berny Thumler, chairman, . Frank Wooldridge, George l e i a, r.pnrrro Smith and Bill Dugan: exhibitors, Tony Boitano, chair man and traffic ana ponce, vn m iam Grenbemer, chairman, Bert Staats and Carl Bismarck. Ding Dong Daddy Sheds Tears At . San Quentin Gate San Quentin, Cal., April 12 (U.PJ Francis Van Wie, 58, San Francisco's benign little biga mist, cried as he entered San Quentin today to serve a maxi mum of 30 years. Fumbling with his battered old hat, Van Wie, who married 13 women but never was di vorced, stepped out of a station wagon in custody of guards. He wore coveralls. "Do you want any of your wives to visit you here?" he was asked. "I couldn't expect that, after what I've done," he said. "Which one would you want to see?" "You know," he replied. He has always expressed a prefer ence for Evelyn. "Well, be a good boy, said one of his San Francisco guards as he prepared to leave. "I will," said Van Wie, Then he cried. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. fjwmsup4u.4.iuiii...ji'i,uj.iisi t-..ry-y--,,S.-Si,P Hi igsjHsuwssaiiaavstssjsiy see youRE A CLOU OX "fwtooL INDEED IAM... FOR CLOROX' CLEANSING SAN ADDED SAFEGUARD T-1 urjITli f I S Ts."- Housewives naturally want "take every practical preeaut-on n protecting the health of the.r iaSes-Thafioneof the reason, Clorox is so popular throughou the nation. For Clorox disinfects used In routine cleans.ng of kitchen,bathroom"danger zones cS laundering it provide, sa nation, greater health proton. WHY TAKE CHANCES! ' .. I X 11.. its nygiemcuiiy clean yak 1 cleansing 'T:" j ary The simple, olassworei containers. towels; noorj, ""--' 0 -r-l r-', II I! Ml . 1 uk Bathroom "Danger Zones or Ceonl irbamroom, ordinary cl. 1, not enough, for bathroom surfaces may ook dean ye. be covered wh invisible J AnnJen. Here again Clorox pro VZ ! ,T.MaHn!.a.ionJn the cleansing of tile? enamel, porcelain, linoleum and wood surfaces. u l. whit llnms Beautifully Whltt. Sort. rk'. rflrox aen'ly bleaches while cot- And Clorox reduces rubbing Prolonging life of fabrics. ,ui tsMlTlTloN GUIDE riwmt ........ U,.CIoro to rem... .lolnt.deodorlie . i. ...,n. e earning and aiiiniw 01 oon.i Motbl Porcelain Kelrigs'otort Shower Floors Sick Room Ulemlli Sinks, Tils. Thermos ,olllel Toilet lowll rj0u;U09.,co'w,u,:,,,, oWot. Wood.. Simply folio direction or. th label f Satins Bothtubl Cofleo, Tea Pots Diihet Diihclolhs Drainboifdt Droinpipet Enamel Wart Food ilm rK jLJ mm .1 MEXICAN FLIERS IN PACIFIC WAR Mexico City, April 12 4U.PJ Mexico's first military force. to fight under its own colors air squadron 20X left for the Pa cific front from a U. S. west coast port March 27, the minis try of defense disclosed today. Air squadron 201, composed of 300 fliers and ground crew men, underwent lengthy train ing at Greenville, Texas, before leaving. Mexico has now Joined Brazil as the only two Latin-American countries with combat units fighting under their own colors. There are several thousand Mex icans fighting in U. S. combat foroes and in the British R.A.F. THE GRANGE Central Point Grange An 'unusually large attend ance and visitors from several Jackson county Granges attend ed the Central Point Home Economics group's minstrel show at the regular Grange meeting April 6. Encores were longest for the tap dancing of "Sassafras," Jane Kessler, and "Ebony" Ruby Twedell. Solos by Ruby Twedell, Dorothy Wil liams and Doris Hoover and a trio composed of Ruby Twedell, Dorothy Williams and Edyth Bohnert were well, received. Others who participated in the group singing and darky dialect were Nita Birdseye, Margaret Jensen Mary Taylor. Sally Puhl, Betty Potter and Eudora Bohnert. Bellview Grange representa tives asked for performance of the group at their meeting April 17 and Sams Valley Grange also asked for a visit from the "blackfaces." Roxy Ann and Jacksonville Granges also were represented. Eagle Point Grange Lecture hour at the April 3 meeting of Eagle Point grange was devoted to the Easter story, read from the Bible during a beautiful stage setting. Members were urged to en roll in the Blue Cross plan for hospital care, before the dead line, April 15. Third and fourth degrees will be conferred at next meeting, April 17, and drill team practice is scheduled for Sunday, April 19, at 2 p. m. Serving committee for the April 17 meeting Is Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ousterhout, William Perry, Mrs. Augusta Seefield and Mr. and Mrs'. Harry Ward. Clerks Needed for Census Compilation An appeal has been made by the Bureau of Census for young people for work In Washington D. C, compiling farm data col lected by census enumerators throughout the United States, according to Paul N. Plank, lo cal supervisor for the 1945 Cen sus of Agriculture. Young people, not now en gaged in other essential war work, preferably high school graduates with agricultural background, would be well qualified for the work, Plank explained. The Bureau of Cen sus also has openings for typist; and stenographers, with or with out experience, it was stated. Closing time for Sunday Too Lato ro uussuy o:au aaturaay aiiernoon Please remember FREED IN EUROPE Washington, April 12 flJ.R) Allied armies in' Europe have released nearly 10,000 U. S. prisoners of war from the nazls, according to the best estimates available today. Liberation of others Is Imminent. The Germans marched allied prisoners away from threatened fronts in an effort to prevent their liberation. This has caused great congestion and confusion in central Germany, and the nazis no longer are able to move prisoners as desired or feed them adequately because of transpor tation difficulties and food shortages. "Conditions will get worse for our prisoners before they get better," Brig. Gen. B. M. Bryan, army assistant provost marshal general, said. He recalled one repatriated American who said Here Is an out- tindintt war de velopment which helps ears as sissies helo and rest eves. Come in today for absolutely free demonstration or send for free book! S. C. Mitchell, Dealer 214 Miner Bids., Eugene, Oregon Medford Hotel Sat-Mon. Apr. 14-lt 1 to 8 P.M. Thursday April 12. 194S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIVX prisoners were glad to put up with their growing hardships be cause they were a sign libera tion was near. Lily Pons Refuses Chevalier Concert New York, April 12 U.R) Lily Pons, opera soprano, who with her husband, Andre Koste lanetz, orchestra leader, has just returned from a 33,000-mile USO tour, said today that she had re fused to sing with Maurice Chev valier at a USO canteen concert in Paris. "I was told by people who should know that he was a col laborationist and I won't sing with him," she said. The Franks, from whom UNCLE SAM TO HAND OUT 44,200,050 EXTRA RED POINTS The greatest windfall of extra, red points ever la going this month, and each month follow ing, to American housewives throughout the country. S3 million extra red points, ap proximately, will be handed out by meat dealers to customers who turn In used fats In a great Victory drive for this essential of medicines, gunpowder, synthetlo rubber, soaps, paints and a hun dred other necessities on the battlefield and home front For each pound of fats turned In. every housewife is enUtled to 3 red point. The need for used fata Is still urgent Women are urged to save every drop, every spoonful of grease possible and fceep savins; until Anal Victory over bout Germany and Japan. France derives Its name, ware really a Teutonic people, and la Roman dmes most of the Inhabi tants of present-day France wer Celts. M (Reftone M0N0-PAC wWtt, caw and gcfrmtntil 11 to wtifthl l ml hMrfeg ctMil AMirkii fastMl-MDEng qatlHy tWtrfaf tit! Cccnplctil? coaUinod in mm eofapod, pc ioB-buill unit. th MOfttvrAG offer toa mv freedom, axnfort, aitd dmrw, ridtm kmrii rf NOW F59 ....i...... ........ Mr I orpetc mm mt Jutt OMolB4yAtUt)e tnc tettnm you'll Lik to thtt iMtioanyfmm to better briD! 5m H- Try ill James N. Taft & Associate 611 Lumbermon'i Bldg. Portland, 4, Oregon Jamta N. Taft fc Associates Stru ritow tnJ aooMat m IflTONI Mane-toc Q fleoto tsffvnyo tfotssOMlrojatsM tt BUTONI Moo-rM. Or .. SHOULD MANAGEMENT BE UNIONIZED? A Statement by General Motors M HE National Labor Relations Board has ordered a bargaining election among the foremen and other supervisory groups of a Detroit automobile company. This company is not a part of General Motors, but we are concerned with the principles involved. This confusing action by the Board means that it is sanctioning and pro moting the unionization of management personnel,' in spite of the fact that the National Labor Relations Act includes as an employer ". . . any person acting in the interests of an employer directly or indirectly." We are sure that Congress did not intend to approve unionization of man agement when it passed the Act The results if applied throughout indus try would be bad for the management groups involved, bad for industry, bad for labor, bad for America. Bad for Foremen We think It would be bad for foremen if American industry should be com pelled to make a change in its proven type of organization, which would un avoidably reduce the foreman's status, diminish his responsibility, authority and influence, decrease his opportunities for personal advancement. In General Motors, foremen have always had important responsibilities and authority. We have always guarded the status of our foremen, and have provided special training to improve their abilities, in crease their efficiency and enhance their opportunities for promotion to even more important management positions. The great majority of General Motors' principal executives at one time were foremen. We are convinced that it would be Im possible for a foreman to follow both management and union leaderships at the same time, and under those condi tions to carry on all his duties as they now exist All elements of management must have a common objective. It would obviously be impossible, for instance, for him as a fellow unionist with those under him, to perform his functions which relate to their working ' conditions, wages, promotions and as signments on the unbiased basis which is essential to good management Bad for9 Industry From our experience both before and during the war, we are certain that the THE POSITION OF FOREMEN IN GENERAL MOTORS lit General Motors, foremen art Iht MANAGERS of their departments. Tbey participate in establishing man' agement policies in both production and personnel matters. Tbey bavi full authority to approve or disap prove the hiring, lo supervise the work, and lo make work assignments of the employes under their super vision. Tbey initiate wage increases, transfers and promotions. Tbey art directly responsible for the efficiency and safety of their group. Tbey bavt full authority when necessary to take immediate, appropriate disciplinary action for violation of shop rules, and other improper conduct of their employes. They are the first point of management cvntacl and make the first management decision on all matters relating lo the employes under their direction. accepted American method of sprending managerial authority and responsibility among foremen-so that management is in close, direct contact with compara tively small groups of workmen-is the best and only sound method of handling day-to-day relations with the thousands of employes engaged in modern mass production. Anything which would require a change in this set-up would interfere with employer-employe relations and with pro duction. For example, there have been many strikes in war production plants, par ticularly in Michigan. Charges have been made that workmen have been loafing in plants engaged in war pro duction and that they are being paid high wages for not working. We are conscious that the public feels that there must be something wrong. The attempt to tear down the position and authority of foremen and to unionize members of management is importantly contribut ing to this condition. Bad for Labor As a matter of fact, the close-contact method is about the only way that man agement and labor can work harmonl ously together in large organizations. ' Much is said these days about coopera tion. It would be a serious handicap to any hopes for teamwork and tie pursuit of common interests, if anything were done to remove this facility for knowing and understanding each other. It is our firm, sincere belief that loss of this close contact would make har monious relations between management and labor almost impossible and would interfere with practical collective bar gaining. Bad for America The removal of foremen from their present position as a vital, integral part of management would require reorgani zation of factory management on a basis far more complicated and decidedly less effective. Necessary factory discipline would suffer, worker efficiency would be impaired. We believe the effect on iou-on the public as a whole would be very real. It would interfere with the war effort It would make war materials cost more. It would slow up postwar reconversion to civilian production. It would delay adequate postwar output of cars, refrigerators, ranges, furniture -all the things people need so much and have waited for so long. Finally-and, in the long run, perhaps most important of all-it would so in crease production costs as to boost prices and the cost of living, and make the problem of reasonably full employ merit much more difficult Action Called For When people have as deep a conviction about anything as we have about union izing management they ought to do something about it If the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act can be so confused as to promote unionization of management and thus impair the effectiveness of the American production system of which we are all so proud-then the meaning ought to be cleared up. General Motors believes and hopea others will feel the samethat it is a patriotic duty, a duty to the foremen, to industry, to labor, and to the public as a whole-to oppose the unionization of management by every proper and law ful means. That is our intention. GENERAL MOTORS
