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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 16, 1945
(It was Tuesday)
. Grace Holms, Florence Bol
ton, Irean Grigsby, and Effie
Kurtz return from Portland
where Gthey attended district
conference of ?onta Interna
tionaL .
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The first
country sausage of the autumnal
season has shown up. There is
something wrong with it. It has
a decided pork taste and is not
overrun and overwhelmed by
soybeans, the over-worked food
stretcher. 20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 16, 1935
(It was Wednesday)
Jackson county budget com
mittee approves $526,050
budget, levy. of .. $355,940; set
hearing Nov. 6.
Jackson county Parent Teach
er association J issues plea for
new members.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 16, 1925
(It was Friday)
Public Service commission
holds hearing on W. S. Barnum's
request to tear up Jacksonville
Medford railroad tracks; delega
tion wants line continued to
Copper.
From Foots Creek items: Pre
liminary work at the Black
Channel gold mine is now under
way to prepare dwellings for the
men.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 16, 1915
(It was Saturday)
F. S. Bramwell, field mana
ger for Utah-Oregon Sugar com
pany, announces $500,000 avail
able for sugar beet industry de
velopment in Rogue valley.
From Sams Valley news: The
Sam's Valley . Telephone com
pany is procuring some fine
yew posts for the telephone line.'
These posts are expected to last
50 years -
- What's the8 Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Raperl
1. Most 1956 cars are expected
to have altogether different en
gines from their.-'55 counter
parts; right or wrong?
2. Most rmscarriages occur in
the first or the second half of
pregnancy, or is it 50-50?
"!3. There is less or more buying
of stocks fully for cash today
than some months back, or about
the same?
q 4. Which of these British La
Tor Party leaders have been
prime ministers: Attlee, Bevan,
Bevin, Gaitskell, MacDonald?
5. Average social security pay
ments to retired elderly .couples
are now considerably, less or
more than $100 a month, or
about $100?
6. Most pepper used in the
U. S. is grown here, or comes
from South America, India-Indonesia,
Italy, or Spain-Portugal?
7. In Washington . Marion B.
Folsom is a Senator, Cabinet
member, diplomat from Britain,
coach of the Redskins.or social
secretary to Mrs. Eisenhower?
The Answers: 1. Wrong. 2.
Most in first half. 3. More now.
4. Aillee and MacDonald. 5.
About 100 as average. 6. Most
from India-Indonesia. 7. Cabinet
member (health, education and
welfare.)
MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence
.
San Francisco, Oct. 14 With the mercury at 82 everyone
here it the hotel is remarking that it is too hot "for this time of
the year." We can't claim to be a San Francisco pioneer but we
have been here frequently enough since 1910 to know that 82 is
not unusual for "this time of year." In fact this is "the good old
summer time" for the Golden Gate area, while July and August
come under the heading of a cold and foggy Fall. We remember
the mercury hit over 90 during October some years ago, and over
at Berkeley the boys had to play football! It wasn't much of a
game as we recall it, but the boys in the stands got-a good sun-bath.
Very sorry to hear that Ralph Sweeney has had to retire from
the post of county treasurer. He has been on the job there for
many years, and as far as the voters are concerned could have re
mained there indefinitely. But characteristically, when he felt he
couldn't do justice to the job because of his health, he decided to
step out. We hope that with less
sibility his health will steadily
his place is highly qualified and
We can't figure out how the San Francisco area gets along
with so little rain. For a month now there hasn't been a drop and
"fair and warmer" is the week-end
ists and visitors but hard on the
Had an unexpected meeting
day and we agreed bii athletics if not on politics. The decline of
amateurism in college athletics and especially football was the
chief topic. The departure of Tony Trabert, tennis champion, from
the amateur ranks started the
young men, for he is married,
$80,000 a year for signing on the dotted line.. We hope, however,
the young Australian boys, Hoad and Rosewell, won't follow'his
example but they probably will. Who will be left to play tennis
good tennis that is? Probably the world title will go to Jugoslavia
or Indonesia. Well there might be compensations, the Anglo-Saxons
have had a corner on amalev.r tennis for a long time.
But this Ronnie Knox case at UCLA really got busy on our
respective blood pressures. This is the young man who first went
to Berkeley but when Papa Waldorf didn't come through with vari
ous and sundry emoluments, Ronnie's fast working father-in-law
stepped in, and ordered his athletic prodigy to Los Angeles. Now
father-in-law says Ronnie has a bad shoulder and should not play
until the injury is entirely mended. If Coach Saunders doesn't
obey ?then it is hinted the young man will accept some of the many
fat pro offers he has received. We hope Coach Saunders says ok
and lets him join the pros. That is where he belongs anyway.
Moreover if he stays with UCLA when they play Cal, Ronnie might
have something worse than a sore shoulder to complain about
before the final whistle.
We note from the MT that Frank Jenkins, Klamath Falls
editor, told a luncheon meeting of Republican women at the Hotel
Jackson that, quote:
"I am sure they (Senators Neuberger and Morse) would
rather see Southern Oregon a desert than allow develop
ment of private power." i
Surprised that our courteous and considerate colleague should
repeat this mendacious and malicious accusation originally coined
by one of the rabid up-state partisans of private power.
As has often been remarked in this department we have never
been able to understand why this highly complicated and contro
versial issue can't be argued by both sides without indulging in
name-calling, irrelevant personalities or intemperate language. It
isn't essentially a political but a business question which method
of development in any particular case would best advance the pub
lic, welfare. Senators Neuberger and Morse believe one way, Edi
tor Jenkins another. Let them agree to disagree, and confine their
arguments to facts, without impugning the characters or motives
of those who think otherwise. ...
k The complete absurdity of such a charge becomes Immediately
apparent to anyone familiar with the situation in Southern Ore
gon. For here the California Oregon Power company, a private
corporation, has operated for several generations, and has steadily
extended its field of operations and control, with no effective com
petition from any federal project
therefore to talk of ANYUNiS least oi ail representatives oi uu
state in Washington preferring to see this section of Oregon be
come a desert, rather than allow further developments of private
power! R,W.R. -
Washington
HOGS. PRICES AND POLITICS
Washington The Eisenhower
administration is today faced
with an acute political problem
because of a moderate but po
litically exploitable decline in
farm prices.
Actually the Administration
faced the same kind of acute
problem in 1954 because of a
moderate "but politically exploit
able unemployment.
In last year's "unemployment
crisis" which was purposely ex
aggerated by some the Admin
istration stood by its principles.
Despite political pressure and
temptation, despite the oncoming
Congressional election, the Ad
ministration did not rush pre
cipitously into a large program
of made work and mass scale
deficit spending. It made money
for capital expenditure easier
to get by .lowering the interest
rate and it cut taxes to increase
consumer purchasing power. It
refused to be panicked into
throwing its own economic prin
ciples out the window.' Its course
has -now been proved prudent,
sound and equal to the need. The
economy by its natural strength
righted itself without massive
government intervention. Every
body is better off. Employment,
wages and profits are running at
an all time high and the prophets
of gloom and doom have been
proved not to be our wisest or
best friends.
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NOW the Administration is
faced with exactly the same
kind of decision because of a
decline in farm prices of about
the same proportion as the de
cline in employment in 1954.
Only this time the political pres
sures are greater because so
much of rock-bottom Republican
voting strength stems from states
with large farm populations.
This time the political tempta
tions are greater because both
the Presidency and the Congress
are at stake at a time when a
small shift of votes could turn
the results either way.
And at this time and at this
stage the Eisenhower Cabinet
without Mr. Eisenhower present
is divided. So far it has been
unable to reach a sufficiently
united decision so that Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson
can privately know or publicly
affirm that the 'Administration
will . continua to .stand . behind
Sunday, October 16, 1955
confining work and less respon
improve. Karl Janouch who takes
should prove a worthy successor
a
prediction. Nice for the tour
truck gardeners we should think.
with another "Old Grad" yester
argument. It is hard to blame tne
has no money and will get around
in the picture at all. How silly
Roseoe Drummond
its own farm policy. There are
some in the Cabinet who are
so jittery over the farm vote that
they want to "do something"
as they say which means they
want . to "'do almost anything"
to show that they, not the Demo
crats, are the farmers' best
friends. V
Obviously these do-something,
do-nothing members of the Cab
inet do not say would not say
that they want to retreat from
the Administration's basic farm
policy. They just want to retreat
from it without saying so. They
know that Secretary Benson will
take short- term, emergency
measures to deal with real crisis
conditions if they develop. 1 But
they suspect that Mr. Benson
will not go far enough soon
enough, so that the Democrats
will appear to be .outbidding
them.
And that is perfectly true. He
won't not any more thari the
President did in dealing with the
decline of employment in 1954.
He holds that a government
managed farm, economy, is no
more possible in its competitive
enterprise system than a govern
ment managed industrial econ
omy and that steps which lead
continuously away from bring
ing farm production into, bal
ance with consumption will end
by hurting the American farm
er, not benefitting him. .
SECRETARY Benson has faced
revolt in the Republican party
ranks before and with the back
ing of the President, won out.
When beef prices were off, some
time back, the Republican farm
bloc Congressmen took, out after
Benson. Their cry was: "Benson
must go." Mr. Eisenhower de
cided otherwise and cattle rais
ers are doing very well today.
Now the same issues .arises Over
hog prices.
The drum-beats of another
"get-Benson" crusade by some
panicky Republican Senate and
House farm politicians can now
be heard in the distance and they
are going to get louder before
they get quieter. :
There 'are two reasons why
Vice-President "Nixon is trying
to resolve or compromise the
Cabinet division as quickly as
possible. Sherman Adams feels
that a divided, controversial Cab
inet paper should not be put to
President Eisenhower -at this
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To the Editor: The Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United
States is a voluntary organiza
tion of men who have honorably
served outside the United States
in the armed forces of our coun
try during time of war and up
rising when the lives and prop
erty of Americans were in peril.
One of our principal purposes is
to honor our dead by serving the
living. Steelhead Post No. 6881,
at Shady Cove, is a subordinate
unit of "the federally chartered
organization.
We, as an organization, have
no political aspirations nor do
we endorse any political party
or candidates thereof. We lay no
claim to being better morally
than any other group of like size
of good Americans. However we
do share, through our order and
service to our country, a great
love for the United States of
America, its laws and institu
tions. We believe the Constitution
of the United States is a good
and just document and that it,
together with its various amend
ments, should be the guide for all
Americans. It guarantees to us
certain rights and privileges
but also imposes responsibilities
upon us.
We can enjoy our freedoms
and liberties only so long as we
protect them and must be con
stantly alert since we have ene
mies boring from within as well
as the threats to our liberties
from outside sources. The polit
ico who uses his influence for
the . benefit of a few is just as
much an enemy to our way o
life as the foreign power that
tries to conquer us, and the of
fice holder who puts his polit
ical party above the best inter
ests of all the people is no
better.
There are three things we de
mand from our local govern
ment COMPETENCE, HON
ESTY AND IMPARTIALITY.
"Dan F. Krotz II,
. Chairman for .
Community Service,
Steelhead Post, VFW,
Shady Cove, Ore.
Dreary Sameness
To the Editor: There is a rap
idly growing number of people
who, like myself, are becoming
very concerned with the regu
larity of labor union's demands
for higher and still higher rates
of pay, fringed with longer paid
vacation and other benefits. Now
the union leaders must know,
and the rank and file also, that
as their demands increase the
cost product of the labor, so too
must the price be increased to
the consumer. All this as every
one knows leads directly to spir-
aling inflation that left uncon
trolled, leads directly to national
debt repudiation. Kaiser Wilhelm
of Germany, realizing he could
not carry on World War
against the great debt of his
country, went through devalua
tion that pauperized once
wealthy people, the mark so low
people carried the change in
large baskets. Some GIs caused
a rift between the USA and
France by papering their coach
compartment with the devalued
Franc notes.
The very foundation of our
happy golden age is crumbling
under the demands of. higher
and still higher wages by organ
ized labor, especially the big.
power hungry ones, who set the
demands for other unions, many
of which would prefer to main
tain the status quo, to live and
let live.
There is a reason for it all.
My personal observation says it
is loss of pride of accomplish
ment. The union steward told
me, when, sourly viewing my
own devised double-cut tool
that reduced the roughing out
of a 600 lb. slug of steel for the
valve carrier in the triple-expansion
engines we were building
for Liberty ships, from a full
eight hours to three hours ana
twenty minutes, " Pop, we don't
want any speed-up here, put in
your time at what s to be done.
When the whistle blows, that's
it."
No . lift for the worker in
happwy eagerness to better qual
ity and quantity of his day's
product. Same old dreary same
ness day after day till the em
ployee is ready for a strike or
anything to break the deadly
monotony of dreary sameness of
waiting for the whistle to blow.
It is not a question of wages that
are ample now for a good way
of life, far better than most of
the world's people. Powerful la
bor leaders should heed what
happened to our railroads in
stage of his recuperation.' Sec
ondly, if Mr. Benson cannot soon
affirm a clear and strong White
House position, the initiative will
be grabbed by every vote-scared
farm-bloc Republican Congress
man, support for the Adminis
tration's program will be drop
ped piecemeal off the rear of the
political train and the Repubil
can party will be a house di
vided against itself on one of the
basic policies for which it has
stood since Mr. Eisenhower's
election.
. - - Copyright. 1955,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
Matter of Fact By Joe and Stewart AWp J
RUSSIANS BEARING GIFTS
Washington Assistant Sec
retary of State George Allen
has returned from his hasty trip
to Egypt with
the report to
the State De
partment that
there is serious
danger of a
full - scale re
newal of the
Arab - Isra e 1 i
war.
The slow
match was
tossed into the
powder keg
Stewart AIsop
when the Kremlin offered sur
plus Soviet arms to the Egytian,
Syrian and Saudi Arabian gov
ernments. .
It can further be stated on
undoubted authority that com
parable Soviet arms offers have
now been made to Peru and Ecu
ador. Hints of a possible arms
deal have been dropped in Mex
ico City. An there is a good
possibility of a future Soviet
arms oner to
Brazil, where a
left - wing gov
ernment head
ed by Juscelino
Ku bitschek"
seems to be com
ing to power.
The Soviet
arms offers in
South America
have caused
the extreme
disquiet among
the Eisenhower
Joseph Also
Administration
policy-makers. But they repre
sent nothing like the immediate
threat of the Soviet arms deals
in the Middle East.
Assistant Secretary of State
Allen was sent hurrying to Cairo
in the hope of preventing the
Egyptian-Soviet deal, which is
by far the most important. The
hope proved vain, and Allen re
turned with his report of war
danger, which has, until now,
been closely guarded by the
State Department.
What is expected to be major
test of the acuteness of the dan
ger wiU occur within a day or
two. The Arab states are then
due to give their verdict on the
deal for sharing Jordan river
water with Israel, which Eric
Johnston has been trying to ne
gotiate as President Eisenhower's
representative. .
If the Johnston proposal is ac
cepted by the Arabs, the war
danger will be considerably
down-graded. But if the Jordan
river water agreement is. again
rejected, as it has been once al
ready, it is thought that the sit
uation may move toward the
crisis stage. , ,
.
THE connecting link between
Soviet arms for Egypt and
Jordan river water is the mood
of the Israeli leaders. They will
be importantly reassured if the
water agreement 'receives Arab
approval.
At present, however, the ten
sion in Tel Aviv is stated to be
extreme.
The reason for the tension is
the Israeli government's pas
sionate belief that the Egyptians
quite certainly, and the Syrians
and Saudi Arabians quite possi
bly, mean to use their new- So
viet arms -against the Jewish
state in Palestine. Israeli Prime
Minister-designate David Ben
Gurion has already stated pri
vately but most positively that
Israel cannot afford to remain
passive in the circumstances.
At present, Israel's armed
strength appears to be greater
than the strength of Israel's hos
tile neighbors. But if the Egyp
tian Armje is to be massively
strengthened with Soviet MIG-
15s, medium bombers and other
arms, the balance between Is
rael and her neighbors will be
proportionally altered. There
fore, in effect, the Israelis want
a showdown now, because they
are convinced that their neigh
bors' acceptance of Soviet arms
will surely mean a show-down
later, and on much worse terms
for Israel.
It is even possible to indicate
the point where the show-down
may begin. Some two years ago,
the Egyptian government mount
ed artillery on the small islands
of Sanafir and Tiran, which com
mand the approaches to the small
ft
their one-time
ed" policy.
'public be damn-
F. J. Clifford
1211 West Main St.
Medford, Ore.
Thanks
To the Editor: May we express,
through this column, our sincere
appreciation for the assistance
we received in the recent Bible
film showing at Rogue River?
Especially are we indebted to
contributors of both time and
money, to exhibitors of our plac
ards, to the VFW Rogue River
Post 4116, for the use of its hall,
to Glen Wooldridge for the loan
of his projector, and to Elza
Abel for his excellent opera
tion. We also wish to express our
appreciation for the radio sta
tions' very helpful broadcasts
and for the writeups appearing
in the Mail Tribune, the Times
and the Grants Pass Courier.
Our heartfelt thanks to one
and all! The Lord bless it to each!
Mrs. Irene Moreland,
For the local group,
Laymen's .Home
Missionary Movement,
- - Route 1,'Box 536,
Gold Hill, Ore.
J
Israeli port of Elath at the head
of the Gulf of Aqaba. Since then,
the Egyptians have twice fired
on ships thought to be destined
for Elath, most recently on a
British ship two months ago.
At this juncture, therefore,
Prime Minister-designate Ben
Gurion is reportedly thinking
about demanding that the Egyp
tians demilitarize Sanafir and
Tiran. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser,
the ambitious Egyptian Prime
Minister who made the arms
deal with the Kremlin, could
hardly meet such an Israeli de
mand without a" catastrophic
loss of political face at home.
But if deadlock ensued, it would
have all the makings of a war
crisis.
As can be seen from the fore
going the war danger, though
held to be serious, is not held to
be immediate. The hostile parties
have not yet taken final posi
tions, at least in public, and all
the resources of American diplo
macy are now being used to pre
vent a flare-up.
TiJO CONSIDERATION is being
given any longer to the plan
to persuade the Egyptians, Syr
ians and Saudi Arabians to ac
cept American arms instead of
Soviet arms. It is regarded as a
weak sort of yielding to black
mail in the first place; and in the
second place the Egyptians seem
to have refused to give the usual
guarantees that the arms will
only be used defensively, which
are required from all recipients
of U. S. military aid.
On the other hand, some con
sideration is being given to the
Israeli demand for a guarantee
of Palestine against aggression.
With such a guarantee, the -Israeli
leaders would probably
feel enough self-confidence to
ignore the strengthening of their
hostile neighbors by Soviet
weapons.
The cause of this new Middle
Eastern crisis is in itself an in
tensely significant phenomenon,
and as indicated above, , it is by
no means limited to the Middle
East. What the Kremlin is doing,
in effect, is to extract big po
litical dividends frorri an other
wise valueless by-product of the
vast Soviet armament program.
Since the war, the Soviet
army, navy and air force have
been re-organized and re-equipped
from top to bottom. The Russian
air force, in fact, is now in the
process of being completly re-
equipped for the second time,
with postwar MIG-15s being re
placed with newer MIG-17s and
the even better "Farmer" fight
er, iu- DomDers giving way to
"Bisons" and "Badgers," and so
on.
Even after Chinese and other
satellite requirements have been
met, the supply of Soviet arms
obviously exceeds the demand,
for the Soviets manufactured no
less than 15,000 MIG-15s, for in
stance, before beginning to re
place the MIG-15s with better
models. . . ...
The huge resulting stocks of
unwanted aircraft, and indeed of
tanks and guns too, have now
been turned to account in a most
astute manner. There has been
no pressing or over-eagerness on
the part of the Soviets. In the
case of Egypt, for example, the
first overture was made by the
editor of "Pravda," Dmitri T.
bhepilov, in the course of his
interview with Colonel Nasser.
f GYPT and the Soviet Union.
said Shepilov, ought to have
closer relations on all fronts
Even military relations of a kind
were not impossible. Whv
should not the Egyptians buy
Soviet arms on credit, paying off
over a long term with Egyptian
cotton, for example? From this
seemingly casual and unofficial
beginning, the Egyptian deal
grew. In the same manner, the
Saudi Arabian deal grew from a
seemingly routine diplomatic
call by the Soviet Ambassador to
Teheran on King Saud, when the
Arabian ruler was visiting the
bhah of Iran.
The Soviets have been careful
to avoid putting any strines on
the arms they offer. Substantial
credits are being extended in
the case of Egypt as high as $75.-
000,000. The Czechoslovaks are
being used as ostensible inter
mediaries; and in South America
the arms offers seem actually to
have been made by Czechs. Fin
ally, the local Communist parties
have been ordered to reduce
their activities to the point of
invisibility, in order to lull the
possible fears of Soviet interven
tion among the prospective re
cipients of Soviet arms.
Altogether, there has been no
finer manifestation of the Ge
neva spirit.
(Copyright, 1955. New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
Fire Debris Cleared '
At Hansen Building
Debris from a fire in the Will
Hansen building,- Bartlett and
Sixth sts., was being cleaned up
late last week, but plans for
future building are pending,
Hansen said.
The building was gutted by
fire last July with damage esti
mated at more than $100,000.
The building housed Medford
Furniture company and Walke
field Drapery company, which
have since moved to temporary
locations.
Hansen said plans have not
been completed for restoration
of tne building. - x
POTLUCEC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
Now this is real complicated,
so read carefully. It involves
three different newspapers,
three newspapermen and at least
two babies:
Not long ago, Bob Chandler,
editor-ef the Bend Bulletin, be
came a father, and commented
(anonymously) on the fact in his
editorial column. His comment
was picked up by the Albany
Democrat-Herald and reprinted
by Editorial Writer George
Turnbull, with appropriate com
ment. In turn, the D-H's com
ment was reprinted by the Coos
Bay Times. Here it is as it ap
peared in the latter two papers:
- '"A new-born baby we know
(weight 5V. pounds) has the oth
er five members of her family
(collective eight 475 V pounds)
hopping at her every sneeze, cry
and burp.' This is the way Rob
ert W. Chandler ... announces
a fourth child in the family. He
is discovering again what par
ents keep forgetting, that the
smug dictatorship of the recent
ly born is, roughly, in inverse
proportion to their weight."
As printed in the C-B Times,
the item was headed, "Yes, We
Know, Grandfather," which is
confusing until one realizes that
Kenneth E. Johnson, managing
editor of the C-B Times, is the
son-in-law of Albany Editorial
ist Turnbull, and recently went
through a similar experience.
Wayne Morse, senior United
States senator from Oregon,
is known to political friend
and foe alike as a fiery or
ator. Which may or may not have
anything to do with the fact
that during a talk at St.
Mary's school last week, the
fire alarm sounded for a rou
tine drill and the students dut
ifully filed out of the auditor
ium, leaving the senator tem
porarily without an audience.
'
Mrs. D. Kirkland West, who
spent many years in China with
her missionary husband and fa
mily, was an interested listen
er last week as Dr. Walter Judd,
himself a former China medical
missionary, spoke here. During
his talk he mentioned how his
growing daughters at one point
objected to their "fuddy-duddy
missionary father," but how as
the years passed they came to
appreciate him more.
After the meeting Mrs. Wesf
related that her son, Bruce, was
sitting-with her during the talk.
At that point in the speech, she
said, she reached back to pinch
his leg to call his attention to the
speaker's point about children of
missionaries. '
"But in the darkness I think
I pinched the wrong leg," she
said. "Then I didn't dare look
around to see who it was." .
Chuck Riss't, who operates
a downtown service station,
was taking care of somebody's
English-made, hand-braked bi
cycle the other, day, and was
to put it in the back of a sta
tion wagon. Ha decided to ride
it across the station lot, rath
er than push it, and as ha ap
proached the car, was seen
pedalling madly backwards,
yelling, "How do you stop this
darn thing?!!l"
'
William T. Jeffery, 521 May-
ette st., Medford, recently found
it necessary to furnish proof that
he was not ex-President Harry
S. Truman.
Jeffery, in Washington, D. C,
on a business trip, noticed some
one staring at him as he was
watching a World Series game
on television in a hotel lobby.
The starer approached and ask
ed, "Say, aren't you Harry Tru
man?" . .
Jeffery assured him he wasn't,
but the man would not let it go
at that. Jeffery finally produced
his identification.
"Well," the other said, "you
could pass f orTruman any day."
Jeffery said perhaps that is
why, no matter where he went
on the eastern trip, people con
stantly stared at him.
Staff member's definition of
a pear: A banana with its
girdle off.
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A week from today Marie
Myers (Mrs. H. P.) Bosworth is
to help officiate at a tree-planting
ceremony at E. H. Hedrick
Junior High school in observance
of United Nations week.
"A contributor is amused by the
fact that, some 40 years ago,
Mrs. Bosworth (then Miss Myers)
helped out at a tree-planting at
the then-new public library.
In the first ceremony, Miss
Myers danced a highland fling;
during the second, Scotch bag
pipes are to be heard, which
proves,' our contributor declares,
that history DOES repeat itself.
wage earners
rights
in Oregon
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL
WORK
The 1955 legislature added
an "Equal Work Law" to Ore
gon's wide-reaching legislation
enacted to protect women
workers. It entitles the wo
man wage earner to the same
pay as a man whose work is
the same as her own. The
following answers to equal-pay
problems are provided by the
Bureau of Labor.
.'
Q. The firm .where we ere"
employed has aower wage scale
for women than men because,
it claims women are off work
more. Is this a fair reason?
A. The extent of absences
from work has been shown to
vary with individual workers,
not necessarily differing between
men and women. Most employees
must be on the job regularly
to hold their jobs. Excessive ab
sence may affect any individu
al's right to the job or oppor
tunities for promotion. It does
not justify discriminatory wage
rates between men and women
holding comparable jobs.
Q. We employ a man and a
woman on the same type of
job. The man consistently; pro
duces more than the woman.
Can't he be paid more? ,
A. Yes, higher wages-may be
paid on the basis of production
records. They may be based on
piecework, an incentive system,
bonus plan or merit system.
Equal rates of pay must be paid,
however, irrespective of sex;
A. Does equal pay allow a dif
ference in wages because of sen
iority of service? ".;
; A. The law permits a differ
ential in wages based on the
length of service as long as it
applies equally to men and wo
men employees. .
if you have' a" question ; you
may write Commissioner Nor
man O. Nilsen, State Bureau of
Labor, Salem, Ore. ,'
La Grande Fire Chief
Resigns; 'Needs Rest
1 La Grande (UP.) Fire
Chief Harley Hutchison said yes
terday he was resigning from the
department effective Nov. 1.
Hutchison has been a member of
the department for 33 years.
'Hutchison said, "I feel like a
rest." A successor probably will
be named within the next week,
according to City Manager Jess
Parker. 5
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