SIXTEEK MEDrORD (OKECON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, August 8, 1356
Second Largest Firm
Signs Steel Contract
New York U.R The Beth
lehem Steel Co., the nation'i
second largest steel producer,
signed an unprecedented three
year contract with the United
Steelworkers Union Saturday.
The action completed signing
of contracts between the union
and the "big three" steel pro
ducers and brought to a virtual
end the costliest steel strike in
history.
The nation's biggest steel cor
poration, U. S. Steel and Repub
lic Steel, No. 3 of the group,
signed up with the union Friday
night.
Other companies that fell into
line shortly after U.S. Steel sig
naled the end of the 34-day, $2
billion walkout by accepting the
78-page contract agreement were
Wheeling Steel Corp. and Jones
and Laughlin.
Produce Half
U. S. Steel, Bethlehem and
Republic, the nation's top three
companies, produce more than
half of the nation's steel and
employ about hall of the 650.
000 workers who walked out 35
days ago.
Great Lakes, Armco, Colora
do Fuel and Iron and Allegheny
Ludlum expected to sign yesterday.
Inland Steel, Youngstown
Sheet and Tube and other hold
outs may sign. Local issues are
again involved.
Pittsburgh Steel signed early
Friday. Crucible, the first major
producer to reach agreement.
initialed the contract Thursday
night.
John A. Stephens, U.S. Steel
vice president -and chief industry
negotiator, initialed his com
pany's agreement with David J.
McDonald, steelworkers presi
dent, to the jubilant cheers of
200 union members present.
Long Peace Sought
Stephens and McDonald both
voiced the hope that there will
never again be a need for anoth
er steel strike.
McDonald introduced Stephens
at the union's Hotel Roosevelt
headquarters as "the greatest ne
gotiator in the world." The steel
workers gave Stephens an ova
tion. Then an ovation for Mc
Donald. Stephens told the boisterous
union members:
"The strike notwithstanding,
the final settlement of the 1956
steel wage negotiations was ac
complished with mutual respect
prevailing between U. S. Steel
and the United Steelworkers. We
regard this as the basis of better
and better labor management re
lations in the years ahead."
Prosperity Key Aspect
Stephens said the most im
portant aspect of the contract is
that it guarantees three years of
labor peace and "an opportunity
to achieve progress and prosperi
ty beyond the heights already
obtained.
The smiling, handshaking,
backslapping steelworkers pres
ent felt to the man it was a
damn good contract."
The union refused to disclose
why Bethlehem, Youngstown
and Inland have so far rejected
contracts similar to the pact
agreed to by U. S. Steel. Local
issues, in all three .cases, were
believed to be the bottleneck.
The new contracts will give
the steelworkers wage increases
and other benefits totaling 45.6
cents an hour and three years of
labor peace. There will be no
wage reopencr, a condition
agreed upon in previous contracts.
FIGHT TO A DRAW
Darsham, England (U.P.)
After a lengthy argument with
his angry opponent, farmhand
Peter Hubbard got into a fist
fight with a bull. The bull
charged the 23-year-old Hub
bard and fractured his thigh.
Hubbard, a six-foot, 200-pound-
er, retaliated with a vicious
right to the back of the neck.
The decision a draw. The bull
retreated shaking his head daz
edly. Hubbard crawled off and
was removed to a hosoital.
McKeon Sentence
Draws Indignation
Parris Island, S.C. U.R The
"death march" sentence of nine
months at hard labor and a bad
conduct discharge for Marine
S-Sgt. Matthehw C. McKeon
touched off a flood of indigna
tion today.
But the drill instructor, found
guilty of negligent homicide and
drinking in the non-com bar
racks, seemed to take his fate
philosophically while waiting
for the sentence to go up for
review.
Maj. Charles P. Sevier, Ma
rine prosecuting officer, said he
will need about two weeks to
prepare the record and deliver
it to Secretary of the Navy
Charles Thomas for review.
McKeon, 31, was kept busy
Sunday at his cottage home re
ceiving telephone calls from
persons in all parts of the coun
try who wanted to express sym
pathy.
"I'd like to thank all the peo
ple in the country honest to
God, I would," McKeon said.
The sentence also included
reduction in rank to private and
forfeiture of $30 of his monthly
pay during his nine month sen
tence, which probably would be
served at a Portsmouth, Va.,
naval rehabilitation base.
But the sentence may be re
duced or suspended entirely by
Secretary Thomas, who is to re
view it as the authority conven
ing the trial, or still may be
appealed.
Quotes From the News
ONE OF HER BOYS
Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) Mr.
and Mrs. Cleodis Lee decided to
get married because both were
lonely. The new Mrs. Lee, whose
second husband died four years
ago, said of her 41-year-old third
husband: "He seems more like
one of my boys than my hus
band." Mrs. Lee is 70.
By UNITED PRESS
London Lt. Col. Lindsay Fawkei, commander of the British
aircraft carrier, Theseus, which sailed for the Mediterranean with
almost 2,000 battle-hardened paratroopers aboard:
I cannot say where we are going, but wherever it is, it is go
ing to be warmer than it is here."
Chicago Paul Butler. Democratic national chairman who has
repeatedly expresied doub that President Eisenhower will run
again, on whether he is finally reconciled lo the President's seek
ing reelection:
"There is a possibility the President's health and disinclination
to put himself on the block for the peope around him may result
in his not going on through after the nomination."
Port Royal, S.C. SSgt. Matthew C. McKeon who was sen
tenced to nine months it hard labor and a bad conduct discharge
from the Marine Corps for leading six recruits to their deaths in
a night swamp march:
"In nine months. I'll be free physically. But mentally I'll never
forget those six kidsor their parents either."
Ridgecresr, N.C. Vice President Richard M. Nixon to a reli
gious conference en the role of religion in setting a moderate ap
proach to race relations:
"I wonder if, in this cue, the forces of religion could serve as
a conciliator."
San Francisco Leonard Hall, Republican national chairman,
on his opposition to a debate between President Eisenhower and
Adlai Stevenson:
"Debates resolve nothing. They never resolve who is facing the
facts."
London The cook for Marilyn Monroe and new husband Ar
thur Miller on the couple's honeymoon bliss in England where the
blonde actress is making a film:
"Sometimes all they seem to want to do is to relax in each
other's company except when Miss Monroe comes into the
kitchen to ask me how to make goulash, which she seems lo be
eating all the time."
Washington (U.R) Close
associates of Sen. Estes Kefauv
er (D-Tenn.) reported Saturday
that he is available for the De
mocratic vice presidential nom
ination but is not actively seek
ing it.
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Case In Week Recess
Rep. Hinshaw of
California Dies
Washington (U.R) Veteran
Rep. Carl Hinshaw of California
died Sunday night at Bethesda
Naval hospital. The 62-year-old
Republican had been admitted
to the hospital on July 27.
The hospital said death re
sulted from extensive pneu
monia, complicated by conges
tive heart failure It said
Hinshaw responded briefly to
oxygen therapy, antibiotics and
cardiac stimulants, but succumb
ed following an overwhelming
toxemia.
Hinshaw, a member of the
House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee and the
Joint Congressional Committee
on Atomic Energy, represented
the 20th District of California.
The 20th District includes the
Pasadena - Glendale area near
Los Angeles.
He is survived by his wife.
Roberta; two sons, John V. Hin
shaw of New York Citv. and
William R. Hinshaw of the Uni
versity of California; and his
mother, Mrs. William Wade Hin
shaw of Washington.
He was elected to the 76th
Congress Nov. 1, 1938, and has
been returned to each succeed
ing Congress.
NATO Says Iceland
Needs U.S. Troops
Washington (U.R) The
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion said Friday Iceland will
risk "occupation and the extinc
tion of its freedom if it insists
on withdrawal of U. S. troops
stationed there.
iceiana claims The troops are
no longer needed. But the NATO
Council said the international
situation "has not improved to
such an extent that defense
forces are no longer required
in Iceland."
The firmly worded statement
was signed by all of the NATO
members except the United
States and Iceland, which did
not vote on the declaration But
a State Department spokesman
said the council's views "coin
cide entirely with the views of
the United States." . r
Iceland has asked the Coun
cil, under terms of the 1951
NATO defense agreement, to re
view the necessity for maintain-
Pendleton Roundup
Cuts Ticket Prices
Pendleton U,R) The Pen
dleton Roundup, that (rand
daddy of Oregon's western
shows, will have a reduction in
ticket prices for many people
attending the 45th annual show
next month.
A special area in the center
of the grandstand has been
created with $12 buying a seat
for the four-day show. Ticket
prices in the steel reserved sec
tion also have been slashed and
a wholesale price has been put
on wooden bleacher seats for the
opening day show.
The Roundup is scheduled io
open sept. 12 and continue
through the 15th.
ing 5000 American troops in the
area. Unless the controversy is
resolved the agreement could
end on Feb. 1, 1958 18 months
from last Wednesday when Ice
land asked for the Teview.
A 'DUKE BOX'
London (U.R) The latest
rage in Britain is the "Duke
Box," a juke box with royal
trimmings operated by a duke.
The first duke box is at Woburn
Abbey, where the Duke of Bed
ford has opened a milk bar to
help pay the estate inheritance
taxes. The chrome and glass
duke box alone netted him
$11.20 the first week.
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San Francisco (U.R) Spe
cial Master Simon K. Rifkind
has recessed the complex Colo
rado River water suit lor one
week to take care of matters
connected with his personal
practice in New York.
Prior to the recess Friday,
Rifkind indicated that he wish
ed California to open its case im
mediately after Arizona finish
ed. Arizona hoped to complete
its direct testimony this week,
but three Arizona water engin
eers are still to be cross-examin
ed before the state can rest its
case.
The engineers are H. P. Dug-
an, an employee of the Denver
office of the Bureau of Recla
mation; Royce J. Tipton, a con
sultant civil engineer from Los
Angeles; and Ralph Meeker, 78-year-old
consultant engineer
and hydrologist with the Ari
zona Interstate Stream commis
sion.
Arizona characterized the
men as three of their most im
portant witnesses. Their testi
mony concerned the theories of
Virgin River flow and beneficial
consumptive use of water.
Prior to Recess
Rifkind said he hoped Cali
fornia could get its case under
way prior to the calling of the
several months recess some
time in September.
"I think it would be well, and
I would strongly urge upon you
the wisdom and expediency of
utilizing every last minute of
time by immediately presenting
at least the openings on behalf
of the several California defen
dants," Rifkind said.
California chief counsel
Northcutt Ely said that he
would follow Rifkind's wishes,
but added that California had
"never weakened in its resolute
belief" that the United States
government should present its
case before California.
Arizona filed the suit with the
Supreme Court to establish title
to 3,800,000 annual acre feet of
Colorado river water. California
opposes the bid, claiming 5,363,
000 annual acre feet. There is
not enough water to supply
both demands.
Rifkind Appointed
Rifkind was appointed by the
Supreme Court to recommend a
verdict in the case, which also
involves the U. S. government,
Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
Earlier Friday, Ely cross-examined
Dr. Paul D. Christian
sen, a Utah professor, regarding
his testimony on the waste of
water in the Imperial and Coa
chella valleys of California.
Christiansen admitted that he
had spent only 24 actual hours
inspecting the irrigation prac
tices of the Imperial area, and
said he had no technical know
ledge of the amount of water
needed in the Imperial area to
control salt balance of soil.
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Released by Reds
Hong Kong U.R) Fran
ciscan Bishop Ambrose Pinger
of St. Bernard, Neb., was re
leased from a Communist pris
on in Shanghai Friday.
News of his release was re
layed to the U. S. Consulate
here by the British Embassy. -
Bishop Pinger was jailed by
the Communists five years ago.
His sentence was to have expir
ed Sunday.
Contacted by telephone in
Shanghai, the Catholic bishop
told the United Press that, "I'm
all right and have no com
plaints." He said he planned to come
to Hong Kong in about a week.
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