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o Wednesday, December 7, 195S MEDTORD (OREOON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE B rged Unions Faced With Firs nternal Controversy o o Indusfry-Wide Organization Meeting Topic New York (U.P.) The new AFL-CIO deals today with its first major internal dispute at a meeting called to form the In dustrial Union Department of the huge new labor organization. Walter P. Reuther, former president of the CIO, was slated to head the new department which will consist of some 51 separate unions with 6,000,000 members. James B. Carey, for mer secretary-treasurer of the CIO, was expected to be named Reuther's assistant. The controversy raged over regulations for admission into the IUD, by far the biggest divi sion within the 16,000,000 mem bers AFL-CIO organization. Limited To Industry Unions Tba men who brought the AFIrand the CIO together into one organization had ruled that the new department would ad mit only those unions with members organized on an industry-wide basis. " Many specific problems arose In unions which have members organized both by crafts and on an industry-wide basis. Most of the opposition came from Dave Beck, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. As head of the 1,400,000-man union he has held extensive power in the Ameri can labor movement. Qn AFL-CIO Executive Coun cil ruling Monday night was ex pected to reduce his power con siderably. It permits only about . half of Beck's union members those organized on an industry wide basis to join the IUD. The remainder would be routed into other sections of the new labor organization. To Abide By Decision Beck originally attempted to have his entire union admitted into the IUD. He agreed later to abide by the decision oof Presi Hpnt fipnruo Meanv tn admit 0 j only membera organized on an industry-wide basis. He said these would inctde dairy, can- q ning, taxicab, production and over-the-road truck drivers. q A few hours before the initial IUD meeting today Beck said he would not pull, out of the AFL-CIO as long as his union got theCeame treatment as every one else. He said he would re fuse to cooperate if the new or ganization did not operate under "one rule book". . Reuther, who still heads the powerful United Auto Workers union, said it was not his inten tion to make the IUD into a ' union within a union," and he said he did not plan to make the department a power bloc in the new organization. Portland Safeway Store Robbed Again rftwianrl (U.R) A funmail held up a Sandy boulevard Safeway store last nignt ana thpn teieDhoned oolice to say four employees were locked in 1he cooling room. pniifp said the susoect. who apparently hid in the store until closing time, made olf with tne HavV receiDts. About 9:45 p.m. police received a call from a man who said the employees were Clocked in the cooler." The employees managed to es cape before police arrived. It was the third time this year the same store has been held up. Liberal Franchise Agreements Asked of Big Three Auto Makers Washington (U.R) Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney demanded today that the Big Three auto manufacturers liberalize fran chise agreements to guarantee that dealers can be "independent businessmen." The Wyoming Democrat praised the General Motors Corp. for extending the period of its dealers franchises from one to five years. The action was announced Tuesday by GM Pres ident Harlow H. Curtice. But O'Mahoney said his was only a "short step" which "does Several Ordinances, Other Items Approved By Medford Council The Medford city council last night decided not to be respon sible for any further charges made by the Southern Oregon Humane society for disposing of stray and unwanted animals. The decision came after City Manager Robert Duff reported the society has notified the city that prices would be increased after Jan. 1 to $2 per cat, 84 per dog, and $7.50 for emergency cases. Councilmen agreed that own ers of animals which are unwant ed should assume the cost. The charges quoted by the society are for disposal whether the an imal is brought to the society or picked up, Duff said. Duff said the proposed new rates are about double present charges. He pointed out that dead animals found within the city are disposed of by police and city street crews. He. said present Humane society charges average about S30 per month for animal disposal. Duff had recommended the rates and services of the Hu mane society to be accepted sub ject to review and analysis at a later date. The council authorized purch ase of four new police cars at a cost of $3,491. Crater Lake mo tors, which was low bidder, was awarded the contract. Price includes transfer and installation of existing sirens and lights, and trade-in values on present po lice cars. A plan to Install bicycle racks between the sidewalk and the curb at St. Mary's school was authorized. The council last month passed an ordinance au thorizing construction of racks on approval of the council. Approval also was given ,by annexation in the Medford Rural Fire Protection district. Voters authorized the annexation Mon day. The area annexed is west of Griffin Creek rd., north of Poor man Creek rd., and along Grif fin creek to the Jacksonville Phoenix rd. The area includes the Griffin Creek school and grange. A request from the Jackson County Disaster Car association was referred to the building de partment. The association re quested information relative to acquisition of city-owned prop ert at 10th and Washington sts. The group pointed out that there are no housing facilities for the Disaster car, which is partially equipped. The council approved expendi tures of $8,390 for installation of a storm sewer system in the Laurelhurs addition. Duff point ed out that during normal rain fall the area is seriously affect ed by surface water, and that considerable damage resulted during the Nov. 19 and 20 rain storm. The drainage area, he said extends as far east as Valley View dr. Duff pointed out that there are several adverse conditions in the city, but believed the Laur elhurst addition condition needs immediate attention. It was in cluded in a program several years ago, but funds were not then available. A warehouse at the airport was rented to the International Harvester company for $100 per month. The warehouse has not been used for several years, Duff said, and the company agreed that the minimum rent al, will be 12 months. Funds for Audit An ordinance was adopted providing funds for the 1954-55 audit by Yerger and Meyer, Medford Certified Public accountants. Cost of the audit will be $1, 400. Funds were made avail able to design an, accounting system for the city at a cost of $500 and for supervision of the change-over to a new system at a cost of $600. Yerger and Meyer also were employed to audit the city books for the fis cal year starting July 1, this year. Ordinances calling for public hearings Jan. 17 also were ad opted. One hearing will be for a change of set back in East wood subdivision to erect a car port, and the other will be on vacation of a portion of street in Verde Hills. Both have been recommended by the planning commission. The council adopted an ord inance approving the assign ment of a lease to Alley Lum ber company to George Milli gan and Robert H. Larson. The lease i sfo r a private hangar at the airport, where Milligan and Larson, doing business as Max Sig, Communications, operate a radio repair, service and sales business. Other ordinances accepted the Oak st. paving project be tween Second and Jackson sts., and authorized assessments for paving Hamilton st. between 13th st. and 106 feet south of 11th st., and East Jackson st. between Lindley st. and Berk eley way. An ordinance accepting the Eastwood Sanitary sewer pro ject, completed recently by W. H. Conrad company, was tabled until next meeting. not deal with fundamentals, as example the fact that the term ination of the contract can be made in exactly the same man ner as before." GM dealers still will be "told by the factory exactly what they must do to win renewal," al though they will be relieved of the pressure of annual renewal, O'Mahoney added. Dealer Franchise Contracts He expressed hope that Ford and Chrysler will join General Motors in liberalizing dealer franchise contracts. He said the Senate Monopoly subcommittee, of which he is chairman, had not received any complaints from dealers of the smaller auto mak ers. The subcommittee, which is investigating General Motors i impact on the nation's economy, j called top GM executive for questioning today about auto bootlegging, advertising and "loading cars with extras." The Nebraska New Car Deal ers association, in a telegram to O'Mahoney, charged auto manu facturers with "failure to con trol bootlegging" and "coercing franchised dealers into using un ethical advertising of 'crazy dis count' gimmicks" in a wild sales race. No Volunteer -Answers Curtice said he didn't intend to offer answers to these and other charges of unfair prac tices made against the manu facturers by the Nebraska deal ers. But the Senate investigat ors indicated they would ques tion the GM executives about them, anyway. One of the dealers' complaints was that their profits had drop ped to an all-time low while the Big Three auto manufacturers were enjoying their greatest profits. Curtice has denied that this is now true of GM dealers. He listed their profits for the first nine months of this year at $414,- 000,000. He said that profits of GM dealers sagged last year because of competition with "distress selling" of another manufactur er's autos which did not meet with public approval. General Motors reported after taxes profits of $806,000,000 last year. They are expected to 6e about $1,000,000,00 this year. OPEN EVERY Wednesday Night Until Christmas! BUSH Home Furnishings Pae. Hwy. North of Big Y FACE TO FACE General Motors President Harlow H. Cur tice (left) and M. H. Yager (right), Albany, N. Y. Pontiac dealer, sit face to face in Washington as they litsen to Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (Dem., Wyo.), chairman of Sen ate monopoly subcommittee, read a letter from Yager de nouncing Curtice as an "arrogant, selfish dictator." 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