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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Demand for Guaranteed Annual Wage in Auto Industry Said Result of Ups and Downs Thuriday, March 24, 1955 Arguments Come Easy in Detroit As Plan Debated Editor's Note: This ii the second of two-part series dealing uith a guar anteed annual wage plan proposed in the automobile industry bv the CIO Lnited Auto Workers L'nion. By REY W. BRUNE United Press Correspondent Detroit U.R) Getting into an argument in Detroit nowadays is just as simple as saying 'guar anteed annual wage." There isn't a topic more on the mind of the auto industry or its workers. Those three words threaten to turn Detroit again into a labor battleground. About the only thing people agree on about the guaranteed wage is that it resulted from a problem the seasonable ups and downs which make the au tomobile industry a booming or dragging operation. For the workers, the problem has been one of keeping solvent during the "down periods. For the car makers, the seas onal nature of business brings costly labor turnovers, labor shortages during "up" periods, sprawling factories built to handle the boom which stand Idle at other times. Industry Tight-Lipped The CIO United Auto Work ers is now putting to General motors and Ford their GAW plan. Roughly, it calls for all its members to get a guarantee of 52 weekly paychecks a year with 40 hours of pay. The auto industry has kept tight-lipped about its feelings, stating it will make its position known at the bargaining table during the next two and one- half months. But others, like the National Association of Manu lacturers, have come forward with arguments against the plan. - They contend: - 1. Shutting down many small supplier firms which now turn out auto parts will be an inevita ble result. They say the car mak ers will take over manufacture of their own parts to pfcrnit bet ter balancing of work loads through the year and prevent a shortage of supplies from caus ing a work stoppage. Higher Cost of Products 2. The added costs of the plan would raise the cost of products, thereby cutting demand and ac tually resulting in less work for employees. 3. That the plan would en courage idleness and lessen in centive of laid-off workers to find other jobs. ' 4. That the added costs would eat up money needed for expan sion and research, thereby cut ting job opportunities. 5. That the companies would tend to hire fewer workers to reduce their risks under the i plan. The main argument against GAW is that the cost would be o great it would bankrupt even the biggest firms. An example cited is Chrysler Corporation whose layoffs were high last year when the com pany's models didn't appeal to the public and its share of the market was 12 to 13 per cent instead of its usual 20 per cent. The union has these answers: Parts suppliers already would have been gobbled up if that had been profitable to the auto makers. The union contends that with more stable production, the companies would be able to ne gotiate lower prices with sup pliers. Would Eliminate Turnovers The union contends the plan shouldn't raise the price of cars or operation costs. It says costly labor turnovers would be elim inated, unemployment compen sation payments cut. The union denies it wants pay for idleness. It says all it asks is steady work. The union believes the com panies will find a way to end the seasonal nature of the busi ness if the plan is adopted. "Management ingenuity will find ways to sharply reduce, if not eliminate, these seasonal ups and downs when they have to pay a financial penalty for failure to do so," a union state ment said. Pacificus Still Tied by Dispute : Long Beach, Calif. (U.R) The freighter Pacificus, center of a long standing union jurisdic tional dispute, remained at pier six today after a meeting be- ;tween the International Long shoremen's and Warehouse men's Union and the AFL Sail ors Union failed to bring results. . The argument concerns un loading a cargo of newsprint from hatch No. 4 on the Coast wise Lines freighter. I There was speculation the owners might leave the hatch lunloaded and sail for Portland, the Pacificus' next port of call. ! Vesotiators for management ; the unions met all day yes ; lay without settling which ! on should unload the hatch. ,he same dispute recently idled the Pacificus in San Pedro for three months before a tempor ary settlement was reached. Use of 'Killed' Viruses in Salk Anti-Polio Vaccine Brings Forth Controversy Among Scientific Believers By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York (U.R) Scientifical ly the only controversial thing in the Salk anti-polio vaccine is that it uses "killed" viruses of all the three types which cause the disease. WHERE 66 PERISHED Rescue workers stand near the still smouldering tail section, largest intact piece of wreckage left from the crash of a Military Air Transport Service plane The plane, en route to California, was returning to Hickam Field in Hawaii after encountering radio trouble when it hit ML Palikea. Nine crewmen and 57 passengers died in the fiery crash. Ground Observers Need Skywatchers For Night Hours The Medford Ground Observ er corp is in need of several per sons, preferably men, to fill watches at the post after mid night on several days. Mondays from midnight to 2 a.m., Tuesdays for the same per iod, the second and fifth Fridays from midnight to 2 a.m. and every Wednesday from 2 to 4 a.m. are open for volunteers, who may register by calling Mrs. Lucille Brock at 2-8217. Also open are watches from 6 to 8 a.m. every Tuesday, and from 8 to 10 p.m. every evening of the week. First Aid Class Earl Sterigere, post supervis or, reported at the last GOC meeting that the American Red Cross First Aid class for GOC volunteers will be held every Friday starting April 1, from 7:30 to about 9:30 p.m. at the Elks temple. The class will be instructed by Dean DuBarry, and will take nine weeks to com plete. Any GOC members who is interested in taking the course and has not signed up, may do so by calling Sterigere at 2-4106. The only cost is for the textbook. Sgt. Bernard Moore describ ed the work of an air filter center to the group and explain ed the proper way to report planes. He also displayed an Air Force may of the world, and showed how the flying time has been lowered with the new type jet-bombers now in use. He ex plained how radar does not spot every plane. Without civilian volunteers, enemies could pene trate deeply into the United States before being spotted. Post Among Best Lt. Lew Ayres, who is being transferred to Portland, spoke briefly, stating that the Medford GOC is rated one of the best in Oregon. It has been the first post in several instances to spot planes from Canada, who have gotten this far south without be ing spotted on radar or by other GOC posts. Several plans for future activ ities of the local post were dis cussed, one being the repaint ing and fixing up the post buil ding. Plans were also made to hold a box social at the next meeting, on April 18. Wings were presented to Roena Fugill, John Fugill, Mari lyn Gangstee, Lucille Merri field, and Ronnie Pruitt. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ray Daniels and her social committee. 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The simplest outline the forthcoming Francis Evaluation Report could take would be that none of the children vaccinated with the vaccine got polio but that some who were vaccinated with the inert matter and some of those not vaccinated at all, did have paralytic polio. A Rare Disease But even something as simple and forthright as that wouldn't prove the vaccine beyond doubt. Paralytic polio is a rare disease, 19 to 20 cases in a population of 100,000 is said to be an epi demic. So, any given 440,000 children could go through a po lio season untouched. However, non-paralytic polio is quite common, otherwise, the paralytic kind wouldn't be so rare. The viruses get into the body readily, they produce anti bodies and natural immunity, and the individual hardly knew Bad Check Suspects Held in Montana Missoula, Mont. (U.R) A pair of "bad check" suspects from Oregon who used a four year old girl as a "front" were held by police today. They were identified as Rich ard E. D. Seidel, 25, and Mar jorie Saville, 22, both of Coos Bay, Ore. The child who charmed pros pective victims was the wom an's daughter. Police said the woman had kept a record show ing where each check had been cashed on the back of a box, which was stuffed with blank checks from banks throughout the northwest. The record listed checks cash ed at Roseburg, North Bend and Coos Bay, Ore.; Yakima, Red mond and Ellensburg, Wash., and Sandpoint and Coeur d'Alene, Ida. The couple was ar rested yesterday when a grocery store clerk became suspicious after he had cashed a check from the woman and followed her. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday BRANn Sm- CO tteo.tu.JTo "nai. eoiimTioM ! 1 (l M m he was ill, if he knew at all. 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