EIX MTOFORD (OHESOm MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, June 7, 19SS
CIO Steelworkers Shoot for Reoord-Breaking Pay Boost in Negotiations
Labor Experts Expect
11-15 Cents an Hour
Jump in Wage Level
Washington (U.R) Labor ex
perts today predicted a jump of
from 11 to 15 cents an hour in
the general level of 1955 wage
hikes, perhaps tripling last year's
level.
Transmitter Move
To Soda Mountain
Planned by Station
An application has been submit
ted to the Federal Communica
tions commission by the KBES-
TV to move its transmitted from
Blackhill hill, north of Med
ford, to Soda mountain, south
east of Ashland near the Calif
ornia border.
Everett A. Faber, vice-presi
dent of the Southern Oregon
Broadcasting company which
operates the station, revealed
plans for relocation at the Jack'
son County Chamber of Com
merce roundtable yesterday.
Area To Increase
Faber said the station's view
ing area would increase greatly
with the change, but added that
no date has been set for relocat
ing the transmitter. The station
studio will remain in Medford,
he said.
Faber said the relocation
would increase viewing recep
tion not only in the Rogue Val
ley area, but also in Grants Pass,
Klamath Falls, and northern
California.
Faber reviewed problems in
starting operation of a television
station here . Since initiating
service, there has been an in
crease in TV sets to about 27,000
in the station's viewing area, he
said.
REED VICE PRESIDENT
Portland (U.R) Dr. Gerald P.
Burns, assistant to the vice chan
cellor for development at New
York University since 1952, yes
terday was named vice president
of Reed College here. He will as
sume his new duties next September.
They said they expect the
tora-uiu Auto workers agree
ment to give a boost to the gen
eral level of wage hikes rather
than set a guaranteed wage pat
tern in labor-management set
tlements this year.
Confined To Wages
They expect a steel industry
settlement to strengthen this
boost. The negotiations this year
between the industry and the
CIO Steelworkers are confined
to wages with the union sched
uled to take up the guaranteed
annual wage issue next year.
Last year's labor-management
settlements averaged around a
nickel an hour in pay increases.
Unemployment was high and
business in a slump. Wage hikes
have crept up this year to be
tween seven and eight cents an
hour, plus a variety of improve
ments in so-called fringe bene
fits such as pensions, health and
welfare funds, vacations and hol
idays. Strike activity also is on
the upsurge.
'Missed lhe Boat'
Labor experts explain it by
saying that unions feel they
"missed the boat" last year and
are out to cash in on the 1955
business recovery.
One government expert de
scribed the Ford-UAW guaran
teed wage plan as a "vote of con
fidence" in the economic future
of the company. But economists
said the plan is not likely to
have any impact on the nation's
economy immediately because
the company will not pay any
thing out to idle workers for an
other full year.
JOHNNY KIM SHOPS Kim Jong Koo (center) known
to newsmen around world as Johnny Kim. arrived in Tokyo
from Korea enroute to his new home in the U. S., and
didn't waste time. First thing on Johnny's agenda was a
shopping tour of Tokyo's stores. He is shown here with
Correspondent Robert Pierpoint (left) and Mrs. Suzuko
Hashimoto while purchasing some underwear.
Committee Approves
East's Nomination
Washington (U.R) The sen
ate Judiciary Committee yester
day approved the nomination of
Judge William G. East of Eugene
to be federal district judge in
Oregon.
Judge East was recently
named to take the vacancy cre
ated when Judge James Alger
Fee was elevated to the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals in San
Francisco.
Speech Development Conference Subject
Ashland - The Southern Ore
gon chapter of the International
Council for Exceptional Chil
dren will hold its mid-year con
ference Saturday, June 18, on
the Southern Oregon College
campus, according to Dr. Alva
Graham, professor of education
and president of the chapter.
The conference theme will be
"The Development of Speech in
the Child" how parents can
prevent speech problems from
occurring and what teachers and
parents can do for children who
have speech problems by the
time they enter school.
Bill Wensley, consultant in
speech correction for the state
department of education, Salem,
will speak.
The conference will be a half-
day meeting, beginning at 9:30
a.m. and ending with a noon
luncheon at Susanne Homes hall.
All interested persons, espec
ially parents and teachers, were
invited to attend the conference,
for which no registration fee is
to be charged.
Reservations for the luncheon
should be made by contacting
Dr. Graham at SOC.
EPLER TAKES JOB
Portland U.R) Dr. Stephen
E. Epler, well-known local edu
cator, will become administrator
of Reedley College in California
and the Reedley joint union high
school starting July 1, it was re
vealed today. Dr. Epler has been
associated with Portland State
College since 1946.
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US Steel First
To Hear Demands
For Wage Increase
Pittsburgh U.R) The CIO
United Steelworkers opened
steel industry wage negotiations
with the U.S. Steel Corp. today,
shooting for a record-breaking
pay boost to tide the union over
until 1956, when it expects the
guaranteed ', annual wage "to
drop in our laps."
U.S. Steel, the nation's big
gest producer, was the first of
the booming industry's top firms
to hear the 1,200,000-member
union's demands for a wage in
crease the union described only
as "substantial."
Amount Not Specified
The union did not specify the
exact amount it sought, but the
union-estimated 20 cent an hour
package won Monday by the
CIO United Auto Workers in the
Ford negotiations gave USW
President David J. McDonald a
likely target in wage talks, lim
ited under contract terms to
wage rates only.
McDonald indicated last month
that the USW might be after a
hew high in wage boosts when
he said, "In the past we've got
ten increases of I8V2 cents an
hour (in 1946) and 16 cents an
hour, but I don't say that is a
substantial figure as of today."
'Big Six' Talks
The USW-Big Steel negotia
tions opening here will be fol
lowed by similar sessions each
day this week with other mem
bers of the industry's "Big Six"
producers Bethlehem, Repub
lie, Jones and Laughlin, Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube and Inland
Steel. These six firms employ
more than two-thirds of the basic
steel industry's 600,000 produc
tion workers, who now earn an
average hourly rate of $2.23.
The guaranteed wage settle
ment won by the auto workers,
the only CIO union bigger than
the USW, buoyed the confidence
of McDonald that the steel in
dustry would match the settle
ment within a year and drop the
guaranteed annual wage in our
laps." The USW began pressing
for a guaranteed annual wage
back in 1937.
"We'll get the guaranteed an
nual wage next year that's for
sure," one union negotiator said
"What we want now is the
money we're earning for the
steel companies."
Near-Record Production
Top producers in the steel in
dustry have been reporting near-
record production and earnings
this year with production ex-
pected to continue at high lev
els for the rest of 1955.
McDonald feels the steel in
dustry will be compelled to fol
low the auto industry's lead on
the annual wage because auto
mobile manufacturers are the
biggest steel consumers, utiliz
ing some 22 per cent of total
steel production.
In framing this year's de
mands, the USW Wage-Policy
Committee emphasized it want
ed the guaranteed annual wage
issue settled "at the earliest pos
sible moment," under the pres
ent limitations of the two-year
contract signed last June.
Union negotiators said they
were confident of reaching a
wage settlement before midnight
June 30, after which the union
will be free to strike. While re
affirming the union's traditional
no-contract-no-work policy, Mc
Donald said he felt that the three
weeks remaining before the
strike deadline left sufficient
time for a peaceful settlement.
Grange
Upper Applegaie Grange
Uoper Applegate Grange met
May 26, with Pearl Byrne, mas
ter, in the chair. On roll call
executive committee memDer,
James Winningham and agricul
ture chairman; Harlan Cantrall
were found absent.
The Charter was draped in
memory of Harry Whitney.
The degree team put on worn
in the third and fourth .degrees
for those members who had not
received full ritual initiation.
Those present to receive degree
work were Mr .and Mrs. J. W.
Sutton, Mrs. Nellie E. Rose, Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Buck, and Mr.
and Mrs. Wilfred Pearson. -
Several of these members at
tended Central Point Grange,
May 28 for initiation in the
fifth degree.
The chaplain announced that
Mrs. Bert Harr is recuperating
from injuries received in' a re
cent fall. .
Lecturer Anna Scott stated
that the program for the next
meeting would be supplied by
the 4-H club and directed by
Nancy Lou Redhead.
This will be an open meeting
to allow 4-H members and par
ents who are not Grange mem
bers, to attend.
The youth group of the Grange
will serve refreshments for this
meeting. The committee will be
Nancy Lou Redhead, Shirley
Dunlap, Gary West and Robert
Cantrall.
Dea1 line Sunday Classified Is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday tot
Monday; uuraari JO srvioui4a.
Farmers' Market
Slated at Talent '
Talent An open-air Farmers'
Market will open at 10 a.m. Fri
day at the corner of New st.
and Pacific Highway. The mar
ket, which will feature fresh
vegetables and fruit, is owned by
Seiber's Shopper center.
The market will remain open
between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.
every day each week throughout
the summer, Al Seiber, owner,
said.
Farmers have rented all but
one of seven booths in the mar
ket, Seiber said. One booth will
be used as a refreshment stand.
FAITH SHAKEN
Daytona Beach, Fla. -i-OJ.R)
Tom Daughtery of the local Pig
eon Club had his faith in the
navigating ability of pigeons
somewhat shaken today. He
found a homing pigeon with a
band on its leg addressed to
"Ronald C. Chang, Honolulu."
College Group To Sing
For Phoenix Nazarenes
Phoenix The King's Heralds,
musical group from Northwest
Nazarene College, Nampa, Ida.,
will present a program at the
Church of the Nazarene, Third
and Pine sts., 7:30 p.m. Thursday
evening.
In addition to vocal numbers,
the King's Heralds feature selec
tions by a trombone quartet and
a brass quintet. Richard Ivester,
a 1954 graduate, will speak
briefly on the work of the col
lege. The Rev. W. V. McArthur,
pastor of the Church of the Naz
arene, has invited the public.
OREGON CHALLENGED
Salem (U.R) The state of
Washington has challenged Ore
gon to a strawberry growing
contest. Gov. Arthur Langlie of
Washington issued the challenge
to Oregon Gov. Paul Patterson
yesterday. The state with the
greater number of growers with
a per-acre yield greater than five
1 tons would be victor.
Phoenix Councilmen
Submit Resignations
Phoenix The Phoenix city
council last night accepted res
ignation from two councilmen.
Leo H. Bohls, who has been a
councilman for several years, re
signed to move to Medford, and
Al Sorenson resigned because he
is moving to California.
The vacancies will be filled
by the council at its next meet
ing, July 11.
No action was taken on the
Phoenix sewer system last night.
The system was approved re
cently by Phoenix voters, who
also approved connecting to
Medf ord's disposal plant through
the South Bear Creek Sanitary
district
Mayor Dan Adams said action
was delayed pending receipt of
figures from engineers on the
system.
Dead line Sunday Classified to at
noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday lor
Monday- other day 5:30 orevtous day.
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