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Thursday, April 7, 19S5
State Department Said Considering Statement on leak' of Yalta Papers
Ge neral Motors, CIO Union Open
Talk on Guaranteed Annual Wage
Detroit CU.P.) General
Hlotors meet today with the CIO
United Auto Workers union for
the first full-scale 'talks about
the union's demand for a guar
anteed annual wage.
Preliminary talks were held
last month to clear the way for
today's discussions but negotia
tors dealt only with the agenda
of the talks at that time.
The current phase of the nego
tions, unprecedented on any
large scale in labor history, be
gins discussions on issues which
pose a possible threat to five
years of labor peace in the auto
industry.
Could Affect Many Lines
In one way or another the
guaranteed annual wage propos
al, principal issue in the negotia
tions for a new contract between
the company and the union,
could affect the lives of almost
every American.
Unless the annual wage de
mand is resolved, the union may
call strikes which' could idle
hundreds of thousands of work-
Man Makes Mathematical
Calculations With Beads
Ogden, Utah (U.R) Did you
like to play with beads when
you were a child?
Well, Joe T. Shimmamura
did. And now he does it for a
living.
Only the beads ,Joe ''plays
with" now are strung on a
frame called an abacus, and the
lightning fast mathematical cal
culations he can do with this
apparently simple device are far
from child's play.
Joe probably is the only
bookkeeper in the nation who
tabulates his accounts on an
abacus, a device as old as the
early civilizations of. ancient
Greece and Rome.
What's more, Joe and his
"bead board" can figure ans
wers to mathematical problems
more rapidly than electrical
computing machines.
Rarely Uses Machines
Joe has a battery of electri
cal adding machines in his of
fice at an Ogden jewelry firm,
but he rarely uses them. They're
too slow.
Instead, Joe relies on his soro
ban, the Japanese version of the
abacus. He's so fast that he can
come up an answer multiply
ing, dividing, adding or sub
tracting as soon as he gets the
last number in a problem.
Such rapidity is not unusual.
In 1946, the Army newspaper,
Stars and Stripes, conducted
tests in Tokyo between abacus
operators and operators of the
most up-to-date electrical calcu
lating machines.
The abacus won easily.
Shimamura said he uses the
abacus because with it he is
surer of himself and isn't under
constant mental strain from
worrying over possible mistakes
on complicated electrical calcu
lators. The bead-c o v e r e d boards,
which sell for $1.50 to $5, are
used widely in banks, account
ing and other business firms
throughout Japan. In fact, Shi
mamura said, even Japanese
grammar school students learn
how to use the abacus.
Learned in Japan
Shimamura, himself, learned
how to use the centuries-old de
vice while a student in Japan.
In 1924, he came to the United
States and settled in California,
where he went to work for an
importing firm.
Joe was a salesman, but he
also had to figure the cost of
foreign-made goods, o c e ? n
freight, duty and other costs.
Since the abacus is small and
easy to carry, Joe used it to
figure these costs while on the
road as a salesman and the
novel device fascinated his cus
tomers so much that some of
them gave him extra orders.
That was good enough for
Joe. Since then he's shunned
electrical computers and stuck
to the device that his ancestors
were using in the 14th century.
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Report Card Forgery
Said Vanishing Art
Bay City, Mich. (U.R) The
fine art of forging dad's name
to the report card is vanishing
at the Baxman elementary
school near here.
School officials here have in
augurated the '"talking report
card." The Baxman educators
have parents come to the school
and talk over the children's pro
gress with teachers.
The educators feel this will
give parents a better over-all
picture of their children's ac
complishments than the usual
report card could. It permits
parents and teachers to work
together better in developing
children.
Students also benefit by the
new system because they are
marked on the basis of their own
adequacies and not as they com
pare with other students.
Teachers say the old card was
an instrument of mental tor
ture for children. The thought
of their parents' reactions was
rough on their nervous systems.
Discarded Mower
Makes Toy Tractor
Great Barrington, Mass. (U.R)
Necessity is the mother of inven
tion they say a n d Raymond
J. Kotleski agrees.
Because his young son wanted
a toy tractor, Kotleski was con
fronted with necessity. The in
vention or adaptation t o o k
shape out of a discarded lawn
mower, scrap tnetal and a num
ber of angle irons.
The end result was a tractor,
capable of carrying a 200-pound
load at six miles per hour for
about eight hours on a gallon of
gas.
The vehicle, built over a
period of six weeks, is four feet
long and 28 inches high. , It
weighs 100 pounds and is pow
ered by a lawnmower engine
which is started by a rope and
controlled by a throttle and
clutch.
The hood has been cut down
from a 1940 auto and the wheels
are of the stock wagon variety
two in the rear and one in front.
Dead line Sunaay Classified is at
noon Saturday: 1 a. m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
ers, including many who work
for supplier firms.
Ford Negotiations Next '
Ford Motor company will be
gin similar discussions with the
union next Tuesday.
The negotiators will have
less than two months to work
out an agreement. General Mo
tors' five-year contract with the
union expires May 29 while a
similar Ford contract expires
June 1.
Together the two auto in
dustry giants employ 500,000
UAW workers and turn out
three-fourths of aM cars made
and sold in the United States.
Contracts between the union
and Chrysler Corp. and three
smaller auto producers expire
later this summer. The smaller
companies are expected to fol
low a lead established by the
current negotiations.
Both company and union rep
resentatives said they hoped the
issues, which also includes de
mands for higher pay, bigger
pensions and improved health
benefits, could "be settled with
out costly strikes.
Building Strike Fund
But the union is backing up
it demands with a $25,000,000
strike fund approved by union
members at a convention in
Cleveland, O., since the prelim
inary discussions.
Although the union hasn't
spelled out yet exactly how
much more it wants, the annual
wage proposal was considered
the major stumbling block in
the negotiations and some labor
observers said it could cause
strikes idling thousands.
The, union is seeking the an
nual wage to eliminate season
al layoffs which long have
plagued the auto industry. But
industry leaders said it could
wreck many small industries
and other, lass drastic steps,
are being taken to produce the
same result.
Orchestra Hired
For Deaf Dancers
Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) When
Aaron Bluestein's orchestra
plays at a banquet Saturday
night the dancers won't hear a
thing.
The Society for the Deaf hired
the orchestra so they can "feel"
the rhythm vibrating through
their sensitive hands and feet.
SWIM MEET OPENS
Daytona Beach, Fla.. (U.R)
The three-day annual Women's
National AAU indoor swimmine
and diving championships get
underway today, with 1954 triple
title winner bhelley . Mann ' of
Arlington, Va., back to defend
one of her titles in the four
events on tap for opening - day
action. The 17-vear-old Miss
Mann, a member of the Walter
Reed hospital team which last
year won the 400-yard freestyle
relay and the 400-yard medley
relay events, defends in the 400
yard individual medley today.
GOES ALL OUT
Richmond, Va. (U.R) No one
will ever say Enos (Country
Slaughter) doesn't go all out for
his kinfolk. Slaughter's relatives
traveled from Roxboro, N. C,
to Lynchburg, Va., to see him
perform Wednesday and he chip
ped in with a homer, double and
a pair of singles to lead the
Yankees to a 19-2 massacre over
Lynchburg of the Piedmont
League.
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Sparkman Claims
Plan Being Made
To Admit Role
Washington (U.R) Sen.
John J. Sparkman (D-Ala.) said
today he understands the State
Department is considering issu
ing a public statement that it
' leaked" the papers of the World
War II Yalta conference as part
of a definite plan.
Sparkman, a member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, said he had heard that
the department is planning to ad
mit its role in letting one news
paper have the Yalta documents
in advance. The department was
pressured into making them pub
lic before that newspaper could
print them exclusively.
Sparkman said such a state
ment would make it clear that
the "leak" was deliberate.
Printed in Entirety
The State Department gave the
documents first, and for a while
exclusively, to the New York
Times. The Times received them
on condition that it would print
the lengthy texts in their en
tirety. The State Department was ex
pected to claim it favored the
Times deliberately to be sure
that all of the controversial
documents were printed rather
than only portions which might
be lifted out of context.
Sparkman's comment to news
men came on the heels of pub
lished reports that Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles is pre
paring to tell the Foreign Rela
tions Committee that his own top
information official. Assistant
Secretary of State Carl W Mc
Cardle, handed the Yalta docu
ments to the Times.
Portland Hearing on Hells Canyon Dam Said
Used by Morse To Reveal Reelection Issue
Wall Street
New York (U.R) Railroad
shares pushed today to new high
ground since April 10, 1930.
Gains in the rails ranged to
more than a point with a few
stocks showing much wider
gains. A few specialties also met
demand. In the main list, im
provements were limited to
around a point.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T 180
Anaconda .-. 61 Vz
Chrysler 73
Curtiss Wright 22
General Electric 5034
General Motors' 95?s
Montgomery Ward 77 12
Penn. R.tR 27
Penney, J. C. 93
Radio 43 34
Southern Co 20
Southern Pacific unquoted
S. Oil of Calif 79
Texas Gulf Sulphur 40
Transamerica .'. 41
Tri-Continental 27 Vs
United Aircraft 74
U. S. Rubber 43z
U. S. Steel 81
Youngstown 79
Portland Livestock
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 100. Utility
heifers $12.50-14.50; canner-cutter
cows $9-11; utility cows $12.50-14:
commercial grade $15; cutter-utility
bulls $12-12.50; heavy Holstein bull
$17.25.
Calves 25. Good vealers $23-25:
Good vealers $23-25; choice to S28 or
above: utility-commercial S14-21.50.
Hogs 150. Choice 180-235 lb. butch
ers $19.25-20; one 267 lb. $18; choice
320-450 lb. sows $15.50-16.75; heavy
medium grades $14-14.50.
Sheep 200. Good-choice lambs $19
$21: good-choice feeder lambs $16.50
17.50; good-choice ewes S8-9.
Portland Produce
Portland fU.P.1 Eggs To retail
ers Grade AA large. 51c doz.: A large
49-50c doz.; AA medium. 49c: A me
dium 47-48c doz.; A small, 44c doz.;
cartons. l-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: AA grade
prints, 66c lb.: cartons. 61c: A prints,
66c: cartons. 67c: B prints. 64c.
Cheese To retailers A grade Ched
dar Oregon singles. 42'i-45'2C: 5-lb,
loaves. 46'2-491,2c. Processed Ameri
can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39!,3-41c lb.
Farm Market
Northwest potatoes and dry onion
prices held firm today, offerings at
East Side Farmers' market were lim
ited to 5 scattered lots of potatoes,
turnips, onions anJ Zaster lillies.
Poultry,' Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2i to
4 lbs., 30c lb., at farm 29c: roasters,
ranch, light hens. 18c: heavy hens, all
wts.. 21c lb.: old roosters, ll-12c lb.
Dressed Chickens No. l dressed to
retailers Fryers. New York style. 41
42c lb.: whole drawn. 51-53c. cut-up
56-58c lb.: roasters. N.Y. style. 42-43c;
hens, light-type. New York style, 30
31c lb.:, cut-ups, 42-45c; hens, heavy
type ,N.Y. style. 33-34c; whole-drawn.
44-46c lb.
Turkeys To retailers. A grade hens,
ready to cook. 48-50c: N. Y. dressed.
37-3Bc lb.; A grade toms. oven ready.
40-44c: N. Y. style. 34-35C lb.
Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b.
killing plants) Live white. 34-4 ',j
lbs., 21-23c jip: 5-6 lbs.. 7-19c: colored
pelts. 4c under: old does, 10-12c lb. a
few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to re
tailers, 57-60c; cut up. 62-65c.
Portland Cash Grain
Portland Rrices as reported fcv the
TJSDA market news service: Wheat.
No. 2 eoft white. $30.50 a ton bulk,
prompt -delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2
white oats 38 lb. test Coast delivery
S"4.50-55 ton: Portland delivery. $52
S53: No. 2 Western barley. $52.50 ton
f ob. Portland Coast delivery; sov
bean meal. $83-89 ton cars, orombt
delivery Portland: standard millrun.
S41. 50-42 ton cars, prompt delivery
Portland: No. 2 yellow corn, $65 ton
f.ob.. Portland.
Wholesale hay prices No. 3 green
alfalfa, baled, f ob. Portland. $38-40
ton, true or rail. Timothy mixed hay,
$40 a ton. f.o.b. rail car. Seattle.
Portland grain exchange: Wednes
day's close Bid
Soft white .$2.38
Soft white, no rex 2.33
White -dub 2.38
Portland (U.R) Sen. Henry
Dworshak (R-Ida.), said today
that the Portland phase of the
Hells Canyon dam hearing was
a "vehicle" for Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) to announce he
would seek reelection on the
Hells Canyon issue.
Dworshak was the only Re
publican congressman present
yesterday as a Senate Interior
Subcommittee wound up three
days of hearings in the North
west on a bill to authorize fed
eral construction of a high dam
on the deep canyon on the Oregon-Idaho
border.
Morse was allowed by his
Democratic colleague, Sen. Rich
ard Neuberger, who presided, to
make a statement on his bill in
which he charged the Federal
Power Commission was "preju
diced" against federal develop
ment of the Snake river site. The
FPC has under advisement appli
cation by Idaho Power company
to build three low dams at the
site.
Dworshak said the hearing
served "as a vehicle for the
senior senator of Oregon to for
mally announce that he will seek
reelection on the Hells Canyon
issue."
Morse attacked the stand of
Republican Govs. Paul Patterson
of Oregon and Arthur Langlie of
Washington, who opposed the
high dam bill, and indicated he
would make it a campaign issue.
"The place to fight his battle is
on the floor of the Congress and
next year at the crossroads of
Oregon," he said.
Langlie cited figures to show
why he thought the three . low
dams would be better. Patterson
said he believed other projects
Ashland Council To Limit Licenses
Ashland The Ashland city
council this week adopted a pol
icy resolution against approving
any new liquor outlets within
1,000 feet of any public school,
including Southern Oregon col
lege. The policy would not affect
existing licenses, but in the fu
ture would favor licenses in the
central business district rather
than in outlying areas.
The council also considered
the possibility of increasing
rates for municipal electrical
service, but the proposals will
be given further study.
W. E. Bartelt was named city
recorder, effective April 18. He
succeeds John Austin, who lost
the job because, he was absent
from work longer than statute
permits. Bartelt will serve until
after the general election of
1956. He has been manager of
the insurance and loan depart
ment of Selby Chevrolet comp
any for the past five years.
The section of the country
with the largest proportion of
older persons is New England,
although many older people
have settled in both California
and Florida in recent years.
should get priority.
The governors and Morse were
followed by a large number of
witnesses for and against the
project. Many who could not be
heard left written statements
with the subcommittee.
The hearings started in Boise
Monday, moved to Lewiston,
Ida., that afternoon and to Pasco,
Wash., Tuesday.
Porland (U.R) Hells Canyon
dam hearings were -halted here
briefly yesterday afternoon
when a witness collapsed and
died shortly after he testified.
Winford Thompson, 60, of
Otis, was rushed to Emanuel
hospital -where he was pro
nounced dead on arrival.
Thompson had just returned
to his chair after testifying
against the proposed federal
'dam on the Sriake river when he
couapsea. ne was a past masici
of the North Lincoln county
Grange employed at Benson Ac
counting Company, Oceanlake.
Airport Manager
Building Own Plane
Paulus Valley, Okla. (U.R)
Charley Davis, local airport man
ager, is carrying the "do-it-yourself"
craze a little farther than
most men who like to tinker
he's building his own airplane.
Davis has designed a midget
plane 14Vi feet long and weigh
ing about as much as three average-sized
men. He calls his pet
"Little Monster."
The project is a result of three
years of spare time work.
Davis said he can roll his tiny
plane around with one hand and
it rolls right under the wing
of an average light plane. Its
wing span is 17 feet and it is
powered by a 75-horsepower en
gine. "I've been building things all
my life," the genial .manager
said. "When I got into this fly
ing business, I decided I would
build an airplane."
CLOSED ON SUNDAY
Portland (U.R) The Port
land Used Car Dealers Associa
tion last night voted 18 to 10 in
favor of remaining closed on
Sunday.
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Examples are SET. . .
...NOT SPOKEN
Looks like his dad .. .
Walks like his dad . . ,
. Acts like his dad...
Chances are, he'll grow up to think
like his dad. For Pop's the hero '. .'.
and the way he does things, the way
he acts, is "the right way.
Think of that next time you're tired
when it's tune to go to church or
Light their life with faith
synagogue ... and you'd like to grab
forty extra winks. You can't blame
him, years from now, if he hasn't faith
in God ... in life ... in himself. . . if
you haven't shown him where to look
fork.
IIINO f HEM TO WOlSHtf
fMIS WIEK
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