Wednesday, August 24, 1955
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010 Asks Investigation of Price Increases in Steel, Automobile industry
FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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Detroit (U.R) The CIO has
asked Congress to investigate
the increase in steel prices and
the "rumored increase" in
prices of 1956 model automo
biles. CIO President Walter
Reuther said last night.
Reuther, commenting on the
Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
o port that tlae cost of living index
rose three-tenths of one per cent
in July, said the union asked
for the investigation to "get to
,the bottom of any price gouging
which could be tne Dreeaing
ground of a new inflationary
spiral."
Price Hikes Blamed
The CIO president blamed the
steel price increase and other
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shrunken savings and a wage
cut for millions of American
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The union chief, who also
heads the huge United Auto
O Workers Union, said the in
crease in the cost of living index
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O o increases for 650,000 General
O Motors and Ford workers and
O 200,000 in other industries.
O Greater Hardships
O But, he said, it will mean that
Q persons on fixed incomes won't
be able to buy as much for their
dollars as they could previously.
0lt means even greater hardships
to the 3,000,000 persons now un-
employed, he said. '
"The need is for lower, not
higher prices. We need to de
crease the spread between what
farmers get for products and
what consumers pay for them
rot increase it. We need to pass
along to the American con
sumers their proper share of the
C'ieiMjfits of the lower production
costs made possible by new ma
chinery," Reuther said.
Schmidt Happy
To See Mother
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Portland- (U.R) Airman
Daniel C. Schmidt, 23, said to
day "it feels wonderful to see
Gnother" after spending 32
("Jnonths. in a Red China prison
t'camp, but he refused to discuss
(3)is mixed-up marital life.
Schmidt slipped into Portland
ffftst night and immediately went
into seclusion at his mother's
Wnall auto court apartment in
twburban Hillsdale.
In an interview today,
Schmidt said "It feels wonderful
to see mother. I was very wor
ried? about her. She seems in
much better health than I ex
pected. It's wonderful to see her
s happy as she is."
43ut concerning his marital
trouble with his 20 -year -old
wife, Una, the airman had little
say.
"I still can't say anything," he
ld a newsman. "My problem
sjtill isn't worked out. When it is,
Fll be able to say something.
Schmidt's mother, Mrs. Nellie
Peters, chared his joy at their
reunion. o
"I couldn't be any happier,"
sjlbe said. "I was crying all over
the plane when he pulled in. I
thought he would be a lot thin
ner. He looks like he is in pretty
good snaps."
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Grain Combines Active
In Jefferson County
ftfodras, Ore. (U.R) Grain
combines have swung into action
this week in Jefferson county,
two weeks behind last year.
Eajrly returns indicated that
the crop would be below the last
frge years average of 10 to 15
bushels per acre.
About 22,000 acres of wheat
afld 17,000 acres of barley will
be harvested in the area this
year.
Milton-Freewater Rites
Set for Boat Victims
Milton-Freewater (U.R) The
b!ies of Bailey Stevens, a
banker here: his wife. Sally, and
daughter, Sonia, will arrive
here today and funeral services
have been set for tomorrow.
(The trio drowned last Sunday
ataSt. Mary s Lake, B. C. in a
boating accident.
Stevens was vice-president of
the Valley National bank
founded by his father.
BLUE LAW ENFORCED
Hackensack, N.J. (U.R) The
Fair Lawn Service Center filed
an appeal Tuesday from its con
viction on a violation of Fair
Lawn's blue laws. The company,
an auto laundry, was charged
with washing automobiles on
Sunday.
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ENLISTING FOR ANOTHER 6-year hitch, Lawrence Cnos
sen, 65, muleskinner at Fort Carson, Colo., stands with Ham
" bone, 19, famed jumping mule, now in thirteenth year of
service. Cnossen has 31 years in U. S. Army. (International)
Japanese Flood-Fighters
To Aid in Mass Prevention
Tokyo (U.R) Fifteen thou
sand Japanese flood-fighters are
holding mass drills this month
in an attempt to cut down this
country's annual $800,000,000
(July) flood damage figure.
Civilians and members of the
Japanese army ate checking em-
prppnrv rommiiniratinns trans-
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portation and facilities for aid
ing possible flood victims thru
out southwestern Japan.
They are making on-the-spot
surveys of the areas expected to
be rut the same every year
and for about the first time in
Japan's flood-ridden history, or
ganized advance steps to prevent
national distaster are planned.
The threat of floods this year
is the same as in 1953 and 1954
when overflowing rivers made
havoc in southwestern Japan.
The repair of broken bridges,
dikes and levees in the area has
not kept up with seasonal dam
age.
Longe-Range Effects
With heavy rains and a rough
monsoon season already striking
at river sources, efforts are be
ing made to bolster the levees.
But only 25 per cent of the anti-
flood measures have been com
pleted under this year's $100,
000.000 flood-fishtins budget
an insufficient stop-gap allocation.
The rainfall in southern Japan
averages five feet annually.
Every year loss of life from
drowning, landslides and ensu
ing sickness ranges from 250 to
1,000. And damage to farms and
homes runs close to one billion
dollars.
The long-ranee effects mean
more than , the visible damage.
Japan's delicate balance of food
gets thrown off and scanty sup
plies irom the drier areas have
to be diverted to aid the flood
sufferers.
Rationed rice disappears and
the "open market" price zooms.
The United States has been
coming to the aid of flood-stricken
areas every "year with food,
medicine, manpower, clothing
and construction equipment. But
American authorities here are
beginning- to feel Japan should
do more to prevent floods in
stead of going through a yearly
emergency after they happen.
Various opposition Japanese
political parties, notably the
Communists, blame the govern
ment for not taking adequate
flood-control measures and for
campaigning while making pub
licized donations to the sufferers
Red China last year donated
several thousand dollars to the
flood victims in Kyushu to the
accompaniment of tremendous
amounts of propaganda over the
official Peiping radio, blaming
the Tokyo administration, the
American Army and Washing
ton's foreign policy for the sit
uation. The Red propaganda tied in
the problem of big American mil
itary bases in Japan always
a touchy issue in this land-short
country with the lack of food
supplies after the flood.
And the flood sufferers them
selves, while dressed in . U.S.
supplied clothing and eating U.S.
Army-donated food, listened to
the Communist line because they
were cold, wet and still hungry
after missing their usual heavy
rice meal.
The Japanese government's an
swer is that it is doing all it can
do with the funds available.
And traditional Oriental fatal
ism about natural disasters adds
to a general lethargy to take any
steps to minimize them. The feel
ing is usually summed up in the
words: "It can't be helped."
Wife Uses Lockout
Tactics on Husband
To Force Strike End
Chicago (U.R) Mrs. Esther
Quigley used lockout tactics to
day in her battle to make her
husband quit striking and go
back to work.
The redoubtable housewife is
waging a one - woman battle
against her husband and other
leaders of the CIO United Auto
Workers strike at the Hamilton
Sheet Steel Co.
The slight, blonde housewife
told her husband yesterday that
their home was tog small for
both of them as long as the walk
out lasted.
He Left Instead
She said she was leaving. Like
a dutiful husband, Quigley left
instead.
Mrs. Quigley said the "sight
of my empty refrigerator is
keeping me going" in her battle
against the strikers.
What's more, she isn't too
sure she will take her husband
back when the strike ends.
She said he promised her three
years ago that he would give up
union activities, but "now I find
that he's been a shop steward for
a year and a half and is partly
responsible for the fact that the
workers didn't stay on the job
during negotiations."
Rallying Other Wives
. Mrs. Quigley, the mother of
two small children, is rallying
other strikers' wives in her fight
to get the 400 Harrison em
ployees back on the job while
negotiations are in progress. '
The men walked out last week
demanding a 20 cent pay boost
and other benefits. Mrs. Quigley,
35, said she had already had
enough of it.
"Our kids need milk and so
do the families of all the other
strikers," she said. "We got our
last pay checks Friday and there
won't be more money until this
is settled."
Portland Furniture Firm
Padlocked by Creditors
Portland -(U.R) The Multno
mah county sheriff today pad
locked the doors of Gilbert
Bros., downtown Portland furni
ture and appliance store, in at
tachment proceedings brought
by the firm's creditors.
Sheriff Terry Schrunk said he
did not know whether the store
would be reopened to satisfy
creditors' claims or would be
placed on the sheriff's auction
block.
Attachments totalling $19,789
have been filed against the com
pany, in addition to a county tax
lien of $34,735.
Average length of a xsugar
stalk is about 12 feet.
Two Youths Admit Series of Thefts
Two 17-year-old Ashland boys
have admitted the theft of sever
al gallons of gasoline and equip
ment from at least four estab
lishments in the southern Jack
son county during the past few
months, according to Jackson
county sheriff's officers.
Among establishments which
were burglarized was Dunham's
Warehouse' on Valley View rd.,
Ashland, where the boys admit
ted taking about 35 gallons of
gasoline, an air hose and a knap
sack, officers said.
The youths also admitted tak
ing gas from cars on the Lithia
Motor company's lot in Ashland,
and from White Fir Lumber
company trucks in Ashland. Of
ficers said the boys admitted
breaking into a cabin in Kla
math county and taking gas from
a logging operation location off
Hiatt lake rd.
The thefts occurred between
February and last week, officers
said.
Mussel Chowder Feed
Offered at Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach (U.R) Anyone
for mussels?
Cannon Beach will ladle out
free mussel chowder to all com
ers tomorrow at 1 p.m. as the
community's part in the current
Clatsop county Lewis & Clark
sesquicentennial celebration.
Gold Hill Timber Firm
Files Incorporation
Salem (U.R) Articles of in
corporation were filed hereto
day for Gold Hill Timber Com
pany, Inc., of Gold Hill. They
were signed by William R. Bar
ret, Clyde Crenshaw and O. J.
Crenshaw.
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conditioning equipment had re
volutionized the demand for
electric power, according to L.
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Louisville Gas and Electric Co.
The peak demand for electri
city used to be in the winter,
but now the highest demand
comes on the hottest days of
summer, he pointed out.
Dahl said the new demand for.
electricity created by air condi
tioning means his company will
have to double its operations
within the next 10 years, and
then double again in the fol
lowing decade. Power consump
tion in the Louisville area, he
estimated, will go from two bil
lion kilowatts in 1955 to eight
billion in 1975.
Increased industrialization in
the area also accounts for much
of the increased demand, Dahl
told the state's Utilities Commission.
Straits tin, from Malaya, was
used in making the tin plate for
91 " out of every 100 tin cans
manufactured in the U. S. last
year.
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