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TWO MKDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, July 1. 1958 Police Force To Be Increased by 4Men52Man-Hours This Year The Medford police depart ment will be increased by four men and 12 man-hours per week during the new fiscal year, which starts today. This is in theory, according to Chief Charles Champlin. It is based on the full number of men allowed the department in the budget for 1956-57. Actual ly, some' time will pass 'before the police can reach full budg eted strength. " The new budget provides for 25 patrolmen where only 21 were allowed under the old. The rest of the staff remains the same; one chief, one lieutenant (a pos ition now vacant), one detective sergeant, one services sergeant, and two platoon sergeants. 40-Hour Week The other major, change to come with the budget puts the police, with every other depart ment of the city except for fire, on a 40-hour working week. The law men have been working 44 hours per week; that is, every man taking one and a half days off per week (one day off one week, two days off the next. This is how the new budget, with its added men and short ened hours, will affect the de partment: The police work in platoons. There are three of them, each one taking an eight hour shift every day. The first platoon works from midnight to, 8 a.m. and consists of one platoon sergeant and six patrolmen. Required Strength The required strength (num ber of men that should be work ing every night) is five; three on car beats, one on a foot beat, and one on the desk. The sergeant is the desk man. Under the old budget, then, seven were on duty 44 hours per week, for 308 man-hours per week. Under the new budget, a pa trolman will be added to the platoon. This means that five nights out of the week, six men will be working where a mini mum of five is required. With one more than minimum strength on duty, the sergeant is given time to train the new men and to supervise street of ficers. New budget totals are eight on duty 40 hours per week for 320 man-hours per week. There is a gain of one man and 12 man-hours per week in the first platoon. Second Platoon The second platoon is on the day shift, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is made up of a platoon ser geant and seven patrolmen. The platoon sergeant here is given the official title "services ser geant," for aside from his desk duties, he must , spend part of his time taking care of equip ment, property, identification, communications, the city jail, and various other jobs. The required strength is six; one on the desk, three on car beats, and two on parking meter check beats. Under the old budg et, the department had eight on duty 44 hours per week for 352 man-hours per week. This year, another patrolman will . be added to the platoon. Tnus, new budget totals are nine on duty 40 hours per week for 360 man-hours per week. There is a gain of one rrfan and eight man-hours per week in the second platoon. Others on Shift Also working the day shift but not part of the platoon, are the chief, the lieutenant, the detec tive sergeant and one patrolman to assist him. Under the old budget here, four were on duty 44 hours per week for a total of 176 man hours per week. For the new fiscal year, a pa trolman will be added to the staff of the detective sergeant, giving him two assistants instead of one. New budget totals are five on duty 40 hours per week for ?00 man-hours per week. There is a gain of one man and 24 man-hours per week in these non-platoon employees. Third Platoon The third platoon works from 4 p.m. to midnight. In it are a platoon sergeant and seven pa trolmen, for a total of eight. The required strength is six; one on the desk, three on car beats, and two on foot beats. Under the old budget, eight were on duty 44 hours per week for 352 man-hours per week. The new budget calls for an added patrolman. Four nights a week just the required number will be working. The other three nights, one more than that will be on, making possible more training for new men and bet ter street supervision of the of ficers, as in the first platoon. New budget totals are nine on duty 40 hours per week, for 360 man-hours per week. There is a gain of one man and eight man hours per- week in the third platoon. This completes the police force picture for Medford dur ing the fiscal year from July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957. Grand totals are: Under the old budget, 27 on duty 44 hours per week for 1,188 man-hours per week. Under the new budget, 31 on duty 40 hours per week for 1,240 man-hours per week. Thus, the 1956-57 budget pro vides Medford with four more men and 52 more man-hours of work per week in its city police department. Contract Awarded for AEC Building at Arco Idaho Falls, Idaho (U.R) The ward of a $232,000 contract to Teller Construction Co., Port land, Ore., for the construction of a maintenance building at the National Rerctor Testing Station near Arco was announced Friday by the Atomic Energy Commis sion. The AECs Idaho Falls opera tion office said Teller's bid was the lowest of two opened June 22. The building is to be construct ed in the chemical processing plant area of the NRTS. HAS A SECRET Navy Secy. Charles S. Thomas adjusts his glasses as he testifies before Senate armed services subcommit tee in Washington. Thomas i disclosed tnat the Navy has developed a secret weapon "which will revolutionize anti-submarine warfare" but would not reveal the nature of the weapon. Aluminum can be rolled into foil so thin that 5,000 sheets would be needed to make up the thickness of one inch. Government Arrests 50 for Conspiring Buenos Aires (U.R) The government held at least 50 per sons in the federal penitentiary Saturday on suspicion of con spiring in a series of attacks on members of the armed forces. The 50 were among 200 per sons rounded up in police raids in the suburb of Ezeiza Friday. The head of the federal police, Navy Capt. Jose Antonio Delle piane, said the suspects were supporters of ousted Dictator Juan D. Peron. In the past eight days, four members of the armed forces, including Navy Chief of Staff Capt. Mario Robbio, have nar rowly escaped injury from gun men or bomb throwers. Dellepiane said the mass roundup was designed "to stop the series of attacks." A full-grown elephant will consume 150 pounds of hay a day and drink 50 gallons of water. Economic Wealth of Country Hinges on Steel Wage Talks DOtsy H(D By ROBERT G. SHORTAL United Presi Correspondent New York (U.R) Saturday was D-day in the dramatic steel wage talks that will profoundly affect the lives of every Ameri can. The final decision reached by negotiators for the United Steel workers of America and the in dustry's "big three" producers will determine whether it is "war or peace" inthe steel industry. On this vital decision hinged the economic health of America, the jobs of countless millions of Americans in various industries dependent on steel. If the four - man negotiating teams for union and management fail to hammer out a new con tract for 650.000 steelworkers, the worst steel strike in history will be underway. . All signs pointed to a rug ged day of negotiations aimed at heading off a strike that in a mat ter of weeks would cripple a large segment of the nation's dy namic economy. -Launch Last-Ditch Effort , The negotiators launched their last-ditch effort to avert an economy-crippling strike against a backdrop of decling production and rising unemployment in"the steel industry. " The industry has been cooling its multi-billion dollar furnaces since Wednesday night as a pre caution against a steel strike. As furnaces were taken out of pro duction, steel-workers were laid off. The big bone of contention be tween union and management was the length of the' new con tract under discussion. - The industry offered the un ion a five-year contract calling for a package increase of 65 cents an hour per man. including direct wage hikes averaging 7.3 cents each year. The offer also called for 52 weeks of layoff pay, improved shift differentials, and vacation pay, another paid holiday and a premium for working Sundays. Many of the fringes offered be come effective in future years, a point which angered the union, Union Rejects Offer The union rejected the offer as "shockingly inadequate" and "shameful" in a year of record prosperity. However, the union never stipulated just what it con sidered a "substantial" wage hike. The companies stated they would stand firm on their five- year offer. The union said it would never accept a five year agreement. It became apparent both sides would have to yield if a strike was to be averted. Many industry experts stated for days that a compromise three year contract would prove the so lution to the seemingly hopeless deadlock that has brought the na tion to the brink of economic pa ralysis. As the days passed, hopes of averting a criDDline strike dwin dled. 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Wage increases of $4 per week the first year and $3.50 per week the second year of the agreement were provided for pressmen, giv ing them a weekly scale of $112 to $116 per week the first year and $119.50 top the second year. 9 GLACIER 4 days from Seattle Through Inland Empire, Idaho, Montana to shimmering glacierj and alpine peaks. Includes 5-day Glacier Park Tour (7 meals)... trops at Lake MacDonald. Marrf Glacier k Glacier Park Hotels... trip on Two Medicine Lake. De partures Julv 9, Aug. 13. Jfc Twin or double room 21 "J IW rate, per person, plus I tax. from Medford. 'Price subject to change. m moot luwremnoii, iwra loons, mi sieiromne, hk nems id some cases. GREYHOUND Msdford Depot 212 North Bartlert Phone 2-2202 Oi sa you f Avoerrt turn AGtwt deadlocked. Both sides admitted a miracle was needed. Everyone hoped it would come. The union and the "big three" U.S. Steel, Bethleham and Re public began joint talks on a new contract in Pittsburgh May 28. The talks were moved to New York on June 6 in hopes a "neutral" ground would speed a contract settlement. Tried Individual Bargaining At one stage of the negotia tions, the union broke off joint talks with the "big three" and attempted bargaining individual ly with 12 companies in an effort to break the industry's united front. This divide and conquer move failed when company after com pany presented the USW with the same five-year contracts that had been presented by the "big three" and rejected by the union. The union resumed the joint talks. But both sides became snagged on "practically" every contract issue and they exchang ed charges of forcing a steel cris is on the nation. The union's top officers met with its Wage Policy Committer Friday to discuss the deteriorat ing situation. The committee' members were said to be "very hot" under the collar and "bitter ly resentful" of the companies' stand. Committee members asserted flatly they would never accept a. five-year contract. 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