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."
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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. Union and management
U;pokesmen reaffirmed time and
again inai iney were nopeiessiy
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Portland (U.R) Agreement
on a two-year labor contract be
tween web pressmen's union lo
cal 17 and two Portland news
papers was signed here Friday.
The agreement effects some
130 pressmen and nearly 40
news paper handlers employed
by the Oregon Journal and. the
Portland Oregonian. It calls for
pay increases, a new method of
handling disputes and adjust
ment of work schedules.
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
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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. "We're will
ing to meet the companies half
way, not one inch more," a top
union leader said.
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