SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, July 28, I95S
OectBon off 'Good Legislators' Viewed as Labor Aid by Nilsen
Labor can help itself by sup-i on our side."
porting the state bureau of labor i Asks Support
and by electing good legislators,
Norman O. Nilsen, Oregon la
bor commissioner, told delegates
at the 53rd annual convention
of the state Federation of Labor
here yesterday.
Nilsen was one of four speak
ers yesterday afternoon at the
Craterian theater, where the five-
day convention is being held.
Some 25 resolutions were read
and submitted to committees
during yesterday's opening ses
sions. Nilsen blamed legislators for
the failure of the state minimum
wage law in the recent legisla
ture. "I hope they will be
changed," he added.
Cites Gains
He noted that a 75-cent hour
minimum wage, which was pro
posed, would give a family of
three a gross income of only
S120 per month, and he added
that living expenses for a family
of three are more than S200 per
month. However, labor made
gains in recent legislation, he
said, and cited a wage increase
for state employees.
He told more than 400 dele
gates and guests that "there is a
close relationship between the
lunch box and the ballot box."
The state bureau of labor, Nil
sen said, safeguards labor, and
one of its main duties is govern
ing workingjconditions for wo
men and minors. He noted that
there are 163,000 women em
ployed in Oregon, representing
26 per cent of the labor force.
He said of the total employed,
some 260,000 are not represented
by unions.
Merger Forecast
George Brown, secretary-treasurer
of the Oregon CIO, indi
cated that both the Federation
of Labor and the CIO may be
combined in the near future.
"We can do much better," he
said, "as one larger, stronger
organization. We will be work
ing together all the time, not
just cooperating." He said he
may not be speaking before the
federation convention another
year, but that he may be partici
pating in a convention for both
organizations.
Brown spoke briefly on phas
es of legislation and problems
common to both labor groups.
He noted that in 1954, the con
vention discussed the "necessity
of electing people who would
better represent the people" ra
ther than representing groups.
He said the results can be seen
in the last legislature, where
there were several who "were
Brown, who is a member ot
Gov. Paul Patterson's emergency
transportation committee to sur
vey the railroad boxcar short
age, asked the federation for its
support in making the study a
success. The yearly boxcar
shortage, he said, disrupts the
economy and puts many people
out of work.
Harry H. Lewis of Seattle,
Wash., regional director of the
federal mediation and concilia
tion service, and Samuel M.
Bowe, Grants Pass attorney rep
resenting the American Legion,
both spoke briefly.
Lewis told delegates the med
iation service attempts to "help
in labor relations generally" and
one of its major problems is
grievances. He noted that labor
might better serve itself and the
mediation service if labor rep
resentatives were better educat
ed on how to conduct bargaining
in mediation conferences.-
Bowe, who represented Ore
gon American Legion Comman
der Carl R. Moser, said the Le
gion and the Federation of La
bor have many common pro
grams, and that "the labor move
ment itself is one of the prime
movements against subversive
organizations."
Educational Activities
Miss May Darling, chairman of
the standing committee on educa
tion, reported activities of the
committee during the past year.
She noted that the committee
examined over 40 prospective
textbooks for use in Oregon
schools last year upon invitation
from the textbook commission
to inspect social studies text
books to determine which books
were unbiased, accurate and rea
sonably complete in discussions
of labor unions.
Miss Darling also noted expan
sion of the federation's scholar
ship program. She said 271 stu
dents submitted examinations
for the scholarships, an increase
of 100 per cent over 1947 when
130 examinations were submit
ted. Scholarship awards will be
presented tomorrow morning.
Stanley Culy, 21 Washington
st., Medford, valedictorian of
this year's Medford High school
graduating class, will receive one
of three S500 scholarship awards.
Other awards will go to Carol
Allen of Portland and Gary
Wheeler of Salem.
Third Medford Student
Culy is the third student from
Medford to receive such an
award during the nine years
which scholarships have been of
fered by the Oregon Federation
of Labor.
Miss Darling also noted that
there is an increasing number
of Oregon schools which are in
troducing labor union study
classes in addition to labor man
agement classes.
Among resolutions introduced
yesterday, and which wilr be
acted upon later in the week, was
one requesting Governor Patter
son to replace T. Morris Dunne
as chairman of the unemploy
ment compensation commission,
and instructing federation offic
ers to investigate the feasibility
of seperating the administration
and unemployment law and in
dustrial accident law.
The resolution called for a
new chairman who is "not as
biased and one who would be
more understanding of worker's
problems." The resolution, sub
mitted by the federation execu
tive committee, stated that the
commission was made up of
I three members, one representing
employers, one labor and one
the general public.
Can't Expect Sympathy
The employer representative,
the resolution stated, is chair
man of the commission, and
"unemployed persons may not
expect much sympathy from the
chairman." The report of feasi
bility of separating administra
tion and two laws will be given
Musicians' President
Says Tax Unjustified
S. Vernon Marshall, president
of the Medford local of the AFL
American Federation of Music
ians, said recently the 20 per
cent amusement tax is unfair and
unjustified. He referred to the
tax imposed by the government
during World War II. It calls
for a 20 per cent tax whenever
a bar, night club or restaurant
patron dances or enjoys some
other form of entertainment such
as a floor show.
James C. Petrillo, president of
the national union, has urged
all members to work against the
tax. He said that he intends to
prove to the government that
the $38,000,000 return from the
tax last year is "piddling" com
pared to what could have been
brought in from income and cor
porate taxes "if they'd let our
people get back to work."
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Another of the 25 resolutions
submitted for study requested
that federation officers support
adoption of a constitutional-am
endment to provide for election
of a lieutenant governor who
would be first in line of succes
sion of governorship in case that
office became vacant.
The resolution pointed out
that the present succession goes
to the president of the senate
and the speaker of the house,
and that either or both may rep
resent a comparatively small
legislation district. Such a sys
tem, the resolution adds, "denies
citizenship of the state a voice
in his selection" to the guberna-1 ence In passage of bills connect-
torial office.
Among other proposed resolu
tions were:
Endorsing aims and purposes
of the Oregon Historical society,
and asking unions to become
S25 sustaining members; pro
testing the federal amusement
tax and opposing a state sales
tax; supporting Hell's Canyon
dam, and requesting members
of Congress to use their influ-
ed with it; favoring amend
ments to social security to pro
vide payments on basis of a
worker's most productive years,
lowering the age from 65 to 60
for benefits, and providing ben
efits for disabled workers; op
posing unfair import practices;
supporting Sen. Wayne Morse,
and several dealing with changes
in present labor laws.
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