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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in the premise that only a"live"
virus can produce the lasting
antibodies to bestow lasting im
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overwhelming proof to change
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And not until all scientifically
4-H Club News I
Sew and Sew
The Sew and Sew 4-H club
met at the home of Beulah Car
ver on March 19. The assistant
leader, Zelma Kenner gave the
lesson which was making stuff
ed toys. The refreshments were
served by Beulah. The next
meeting will be held at the home
of Kathy DeWitt on April 16.
Judith Van Gordon.
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qualified authorities were con
vinced, would all public health
doctors and other physicians
start using the "killed virus"
vaccine wholesale. Hence, the
need for mass-testing.
Of the 1,800,000 children be
tween 6 and 8 who took part last
Jacksonville High
School Play Slated
Jacksonville Juniors and
seniors of Jacksonville High
school will join to present the
annual play Friday. They have
chosen the three-act comedy,
"Rest Assured," by Donald Pax
ton. The play will be presented at
the Jacksonville High school
gymnasium at 8 p.m. Friday. It
is being directed by Thayer Tar
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The play deals with the prob
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spring. 440,000 were vaccinated
with the vaccine, 210.000 were
vaccinated with an inert sub
stance which could no more ef
fect the antibody producing ma
chinery than a smile could, and
the remainder merely were re
corded by names, ages, and
addresses.
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.
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antibodies in the blood and
bodily wastes of all the children,
to show how many had devel
oped great increases in anti
bodies and in polio viruses after
they were vaccinated, or
weren't. This will be the com
plex part of the report, which
stands in need of interpretation.
But it will be the telling part of
physicians and other scientists.
Meanwhile, the National
Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis has 27,000,000 cubic centi
meters of the vaccine distrib
uted to public health authorities
in all parts of the country. Nine
million dollars worth, enough
for 9,000,000 children, will be
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first and second grades and to
all unvaccinated children in last
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