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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1950)
TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday January it, HS6g fA'A I AS rami ucun, luqii Groups Meet At Annual Session - - ? " 0 !..().) ii $ Q . - - "" '14' .v(.fe) j J AIR AMBULANCE SHIP AFTER CHRISTENING Pictured above is "Rogue's Wings O' Mercy the air ambulance plane purchased recently by non-profit Mercy Flights, Inc., for service to Jackson county emergency patients at cost. The picture was taken recently after the plane was christened by Mrs. Monte Muir, who suggested the name. Standing in front of the plane are mem bers of the board of directors of Mercy Flights. From left to right, they are Dr. L. Paul Walker, Frank Perl R A. Skinner, Harold Frye, Vcrn Smith, George Milligan, chairman and originator of the air ambulance plan; the Rev. Harry Hansen, Miss Jeanette Thatcher, Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, Mayor Diamond Flynn and Sheriff Howard Gault. Cooperation Refusal Denied By Packers; NLRB Election Slated Officials of Bear Creek or chards and Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., yesterday "emphatl rallv denied" statements publish' ed in the Oregon Teamster to the effect that local employers "have indicated that they would flatly refuse to cooperate with thn national labor relations board in a scheduled representation election." DavlH Holmes, representing the management of Bear Creek orchards, said the employers are cooperating fullv in the bargain ing agent eieciion 10 pe ueiu here Thursday for employees of the two firms. Honest Criticism "However," Holmes stated, "the employers have an honest criticism of the NLRB decision to deprive seasonal workers of the right to vole." In a statement issued to the Mail Tribune Saturday after noon, Holmes said, "the local 962-A which petitioned for this election, both at Bear Creek or chards and Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., requested the NLRB election for all year-round main tenance workers only. The em ployers argued that all workers In those plants should be entitled to take part in the election. The NLRB ordered the election for so-called non-seasonal workers. We still do not see any justice in discriminating between seasonal and non-seasonal employees." The Oregon Teamster, a union organ published in Portland, Thursday quoted Alfred "Pat' Blair of the Industry Council of Southern Oregon as telling the NLRB "the employers would re fuse to take any part in the elec tion, would not furnish the NLRB with a list of eligible em- floyees, and would otherwise gnore NLRB procedures. . . ." Election Thursday Non-seasonal employees of the two firms will bo handed bullotij Thursday by the national labor relations board asking, "Do you wish to be represented tor purposes ot collective Bar gaining by Teamsters, Cannery and Fruit Packing workers, Lo cal 962-A, International Brother hood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Ar L.7 The NLRB supervised elec tion, to be held in the courthouse auditorium Thursday will deter mine the status of the union in the two voting units. Those eli gible to vote are all non-seasonal employees at the two plants who were employed during the pay roll period Immediately preced ing December 20, 1949. Exclud ed are all scasonnl workers, all office and clerical employees, guards, professional employees, and all supervisors. They may cast their ballots from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to fi:30 p.m. Thursday only. Long Campaign The election Is the culmina tion of a long campaign on the part of the union which began nearly a year ago with a drive to secure employees' signatures on bargaining cards. After the union was organized it began to seek official recognition by petitioning the national labor relations board for a bargaining agent election, involving only two of the 15 employers repre sented by the fruit unit of the Industry Council of Southern Oregon, A hearing, consolidat ing the cases of Southern Ore gon Sales and Bear Creek orch ards, was held in Medford last August and testimony taken as a basis for an NLRB decision. In reporting its findings, the board said it had determined there are approximately 300 em ployees hired during the peak or "plateau" season at the SOS plant. During the heighth of the seasonal operations at Bear Creek orchards, 700 to 800 work ers are employed, the board said. There are approximately 78 ycar-'round employees, of whom 12 are full-time supervisors. Thirteen do supervisory work during a portion of the year and 53 are non-seasonal, non-supervisory employees. About 45 of the latter are employed prin cipally in preparing the contain ers and other materials for use in gift shipments rather than the fruit packing itself. .- There are five non-seasonal employees at SOS who operate refrigeration machinery, serving as maintenance men and receiv ers. Two of these five act as supervisors during the two month pear pack season. "Part of Unit" Regarding the employees serv ing In both supervisory and non supervisory capacities during the course of their year's employ ment, the board said, "We be lieve that to the extent that these employees are engaged as non-supervisory workers, subject Coos Bay Publisher Bank Account Frozen Oakland, Cal., Jan. 21 U.R Three bank accounts, his Pied mont home, and an automobile, belonging to Radio and Newspa per Owner Sheldon Sackctt were frozen today by court order. The Alameda, county superior court froze the assets to secure payment of an alleged $25,000 debt, for which Sackctt is being sued by Richard C. D. Bell of Oakland. Claims Money Loaned Bell claimed he loaned Sack ctt the money as part of a busi ness agreement for promoting a television station. The attorney for Sackett, John Ahcarnc, indicated he would file a cross-complaint against Bell, saying Bell was actually in debt to Sackett "extensively," and that the $25,000 waj a "purely personal loan." Sackett has Interests In radio stations here, Vancouver, B.C., and Coos Bay, re., and in news papers here and in Coos Bay. Coonskinners Honor Chief Coon At Party About 25 members of the Coon skinners, Medford booster and fun organization, met in honor of the birthday of Chief Coon Matt Freed at the Medford hotel Friday evening. Freed, manager of the Lippcrt theaters here, was presented with a pass to the city's theaters. it was dated to expire Friday. The two agencies of the farm credit administration the Southern Oregon Production Credit association and the South ern Oregon National Farm Loan association, held their annual meeting Jointly at the Central Point Grange hall Thursday with 213 members and guests in attendance. A luncheon was served at noon by the social club of Nevita chapter of the Eastern Star. En tertainment was furnished by Charles Bennett of the Southern Oregon Distributors, Inc., Med ford, with a performance of magic. A report was submitted to the stockholders of the Production Credit association by Arthur M. Boner, secretary-treasurer, ana a similar report was submitted to the stockholders of the Farm Loan association by Earl A Llntz, secretary-treasurer. Credit Is Topic H. L. DeLanev. district super visor from the Federal Land bank, Spokane, Wash., spoke on long-term credit financing. Otto Allgaier. who was to be the speaker for the Production Cred it association, was unable to at tend due to a delay in the train schedules. Ben Tucker, Jackson county agent, spoke on "Pros pectors in 1849 Compared to Prospectors in 1949," the main theme being seed production in Jackson county. J. W. Bigham, Eagle Point, and Lester Adams, Applcgate, were re-elected directors of the farm loarl group. Holdover directors include A. E. Stevens, Medford, president; Ben Hilton, Grants Pass, vice-president, and Fred W. Richards, Williams. It was announced that a cash dividend of 4 per cent would be paid later in the month to the stockholders of the National Farm Loan association. Earl A. Lintz, secretary-treasurer, report ed that the farm loan organiza tion closed new loans in excess of $161,000 during the past year. Ralph L. Cook, Medford, was re-elected to serve as vice-president on the board of directors of the Production Credit asso ciation for a term of three years, with J. E. Young, Roscburg, president, and Lester Adams, Lawrence Luy, Medford, and Wesley Chappell, Bandon. SOLDIERS' BONUS ASKED .... Olympia, Wash., Jan. 21 (U.R) Nearly a third of Washington state's 230,000 World War II veterans had armlied for their share of the slate's $80,000,000 oldiers bonus. to the same conditions of em ployment as the non-supervisory year-round employees, they are properly a part of the unit (in volved) and we shall include them in the unit for the period in which they are engaged in a non-supervisory capacity." But the board stipulated that "only those part-time supervis ors who spend 50 per cent or more of their time working as rank-and-file employees have a sufficiently substantial interest in the outcome of the election to entitle them to vote in it. The employers' representatives testifying at the hearing con tended that the only appropriate election unit is one wnicn con sists of employees of all 15 mem bers of the fruit unit of the in dustry council and that seasonal as well as non-seasonal em ployees should be included. The NLRB discounted both conten tions. At the Thursday election, each of the interested parties may designate an equal number of observers. - They will .act as checkers at the voting place and at the counting of ballots, assist in the identification of voters, challenge voters and ballots, and otherwise assist the regional di rector or his agent. NtV CI? J Gives a NEWV VVi FLAVOR DISTINCTION X rT L0VKA10RIE , wt ill Elrintf ). Boi 1027. Hellw). Caltf. IT BY THE BAKERS OF . JJnn . II FINE BREAD Caution On Highways Urged By Safety Men Salem. Ore.. 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