Republican Women Elect;
Labor Legislation Topic
Mrs. Robert J. Keeney was elected president of Jackson
County Republican Women at the January meeting held yesterday
at the YMCA. She succeeds Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, who has served
the group as president for the past three years.
Elected too serve with M r s.
Keeney are Mrs'. Wayne Stine,
first vice-president; Mrs. Roy V.
Rickard, second vice-president;
Mrs. Clair Larson, third vice--president;
Mrs. Howard Arant,
secretary and Mrs. Frank Ross,
treasurer.
Mrs. Nye was given a rising
0vote of thanks for her service
to the organization, and in re
linquishing her office said "I owe
you all a great debt of gratitude
for your loyalty and coopera
tion during my term of office."
Labor legislation was the pro
gram topic, with George Potu
cek, president of Medford Car
penters' local, Clyde Brummel,
-director of organization for the
Republican party in Oregon and
Alle Merriman, member of the
Republican party in Medford
and a labor leader, speaking.
Introducing Mr. Potucek, Mr.
Merriman stated that the views
of labor and the Republican
party did not always coincide,
and that "we should investi
gate ail avenues." Mr. Potucek
opened his talk by saying that
organized labor "is neither anti
Republican, or pro-Democratic"
and that labor merely wanted
to "elect our friends and defeat
our enemies,7 whoever they
might be.
Reviewing the legislative pic
ture in Oregon, Mr. Potucek said
labor thought the picketing laws
"should be examined," said la
bor opposed' a sales tax because
it falls most heavily on those
least able to pay, said the un
employment compensation laws
in this "state are unfair and in
adequate, declared that the "peo
ple should have their say on all
tax measures" and that the leg
islature should not have the
power ' to put an emergency
clause on tax measures" and
that public employees are "gross
ly underpaid" and closed by say
ing that organized labor oppos
ed the measure which requires
voters to sign a poll book, say
ing it would only slow down
the voting procedures.
Mr. Brummell began his talk
by saying he believed labor was
becoming "too slanted and too
political" and outlined Oregon's
record of legislation and bene
fits for labor which he said were
largely the result of the efforts
of the Republican party. The
speaker pointed out that Ore
gon was the first state to set
aside Labor day as a holiday
and that this state has a nation
wide reputation as a progressive
state in the field of labor legis
lation. He further pointed out that
Oregon was the first state to
create a state board of concil
iation and arbitration, the sec
ond state in the union to legal
ize and oversee the training of
youth in the skilled trades, one
of the pioneer states in assuring
all citizens the right to jobs re
gardless of race, creed or color,
and that Oregon's wage and hour
law -which dates back to 1913
set the pattern which other
states followed for decades.
He also spoke of the state's
record on wage standards, child
labor, hours, workmen's comp
ensation, the pay day law, the
wage collection law and the fac
tory inspection laws.
Mr. Brummell then said he
believed a laboring man should
not set himself up as only a
workman, but remember that he
is an American. He declared that
the workmen themselves have
no voice in the endorsement of
candidates, only the leaders.
He stated that a committee
has been set up to study the un
employment compensation laws
in this state to see if, they need
revision, and speaking of the
new poll law, stated that it was
the answer to the large numb
ers of voters who cast their
votes in precincts in which they
did not live in violation of the
election laws.
At this point he digressed to
speak of Sen. Wayne Morse, say
ing that a survey made of the
congress indicated that Senator
Morse is 56th among the sena
tors in point of effectiveness.
Mr. Brummell also spoke of
the party's national record on
labor . legislation and ended by
saying the Republican party is
"not a defeatist party but one, of
accomplishment and humanitar
ianism." He paid homage -to
President Eisenhower and. urg
ed his support.
Mrs. Frank Bash., chairman
of the Republican party for Jack
son county, introduced Mr.
Brummell.
Mr. Merriman was given
time to offer rebuttal of Mr.
Brummell's talk and spoke of
the need for a guaranteed wage
Coming Events
Announced by
West Side Club
Coming events were announc
er at a meeting of West Side
Mothers' club January 11, at
the home of Mrs. Phillip Hump
hreys, Ross lane..
In cooperation with the Heart
Fund drive which will start
February 26. members of the
club are asked to take their
donations to the next meeting
which will be February 15 at
the home of Mrs. E. D. Davis,
Neidermeyer lane.
Plans for a central library
to be formed at the school are
being made. A meeting will be
held soon to inform the stud
ents and parents of it's need and
how it will operate and benefit
the school.
The Jackson County School
Board association will meet at
the West Side school cafeteria
Tuesday, January 24 at 8 p.m.
Members of the jnothers' club
will be hostesses for the even
ing. Students are again making
plans for the annual hobby
and said that the state's unem
ployment compensation laws
were adequate when they were
passed in 1913, but that they
had not kept pace with the cost
of living index. He offered fur
ther material to show that a
sales tax is not fair to low in
come groups and declared that
Mr. Brummell was in error in
saying that labor leaders chose
labor's candidates. "It is a grass
roots choice," he added.
Mr. Merriman pointed out
how close the Republican and
Democratic registration figures
are in Oregon, and said that if
the Republican party legislates
against labor, it . will lose the
state. "We must do something
in our party to prove that the
Republicans are fair to labor,"
he declared. Mr. Merriman char
ged that in some instances leg
islators from Jackson county
had even refused to meet with
representatives of organized la
bor to discuss measures of vital
importance to labor.
During the question and an
swer period Fred Robinson ask
ed the two labor leaders if -labor
had any suggestions as ' to
how Oregon could raise further
tax money, if not by a state sales
tax which is employed by almost
every other state in the union.
He added that "our tax structure
is driving away new industries
and causing established ones to
move from the state." Mr. Mer
riman answered that the entire
tax system needed overhauling.
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
Uftited Press Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) The sur
prise news of Grace Kelly's en
gagement to a dashing prince
from Monte
Carlo brought
good - humor
ed gags as well
as congratula
tions from her
colleagues
around Holly
wood. The movie
colony is a
Aline Mosby narrow, intim
ate world of its own. A note
worthy activitiy of a resident
sends comedians rushing to their
writers, columnists to their type
writers and everybody else to
the telephone. -
Grace's pending wedding to
mustached Prince Rainier from
the storybook land of Monaco
inspired Producer Jerry Wald
and Oscar Levant, the witty
pianist, to propose that Beverly
Hills be made a tax-free prin
cipality, too.
' "We will petition Los Angeles
to let us secede and be like
Monaco," declared Wald. "We
have a city hall and postoffice
that could be turned into ca
sinos." For the "Prince" of Beverly
Fleet Reserve Unit
To Hold Meeting
Crater Lake post, Fleet Re
serve association, has planned a
meeting for Wednesday, Janu
ary 18. It will be held at 8 p.m.
at VFW hall, 42 North Front
street, upstairs.
All retired Navy and Marine
corps personnel and their wives
are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served
show in February. Parents who
wish to display hobbies may do
so. Date of the s,how will be
posted later.
Spring vacation for the West
Side school will be the week of
March 19-23.
Hills Wald and Levant suggest
handsome Attorney Greg Baut
zer or millionaire Howard
Hughes. Marlon Bando, says
Levant, can lead "the revolt of
the insurgents."
The local columnists have had
a field day. Bill Kennedy wrote,
"the Rainier Beer Co. in Seattle
has a great chance to capitalize
pn the wedding of Prince Rain
ier and Grace Kelly by putting
on the ad campign, 'Rainier, The
Prince of Beers' ".
Rainier Eludes Gabon
Columnist Mike Connolly re
ports, "Jollie Gabor is furious
because her daughters let Prince
Rainier slip through their fing
ers. Her strategy has shifted
to the Prince of Hanover. To
arms, Eva, Magda and Zsa Zsa!"
Army Archerd writes, in Daily
Variety, "No, Grace won't team
with Hope and Crosby for 'The
Road to Monaco' ". Also, "This"
is a coupe de Grace."
Producers Capitalize
Independent movie producers
are always quick to draw on
the headlines. Clover Produc
tions registered two film titles,
"Her Grace and the Prince" and
"The Prince and Her .Grace."
The King Bros. Productions reg
istered a title, "The, Man From
Monaco."
Comedians got into the act,
too. Stuttering comic Joe Frisco
wailed at a local nightclub, "If
I'd been Grace Kelly's agent
I'da p-packaged . a . deal that
w-woulda netted me ten per
cent of the action at Monte
Carlo."
Tuesday, January 17, 19S6
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Juvenile Delinquents Problem in Vancouver
Vancouver, B. C. (U.R) Ju
venile delinquents are becoming
a major problem here.
Recruiting officials for the
Canadian armed forces yester
day rejected a suggestion that
they should take the city's young
hoodlums into the service, fol
lowing the start of an intensive
police drive to halt delinquency.
One military spokesman said
"We're not running a reform
school."
' The course of action was sug
gested by new. Police Chief
George Archer who said hood-1 forces
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
. Nyssa (U.R) Richard Ha
worth, 53, Fruitland, Ida., was
killed and his wife was injured
critically Sunday in a three-car
accident east of here.
lums should either be sent to
jail, driven from the city or
"volunteered" into the armed
FLIGHT DELAYED
Auckland, N. Z. (U.R) The
non-stop return flight of four
United States planes from the
U. S. Antarctic base at McMurdo
Sound has been delayed 24 hours
because of bad weather. Officials
said the planes will try the trip
tomorrow if weather conditions
are favorable.
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