Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 20, 1956, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextBIX MZDrOHD (OREGOrT) MAIL TRIBUHB MondT. August 20. 195 Republican Platform Pledges To Revise, Improve Taft-Hartley Labor Law Minimum Wage Exlension for Many More Seen San Francisco 'U P) Republic can platform writers today pledged their party to "revise and improve" the Taft-Hartley labor law and to extend mini mum wage coverage to many more workers. The too convention's Resolu lions Committee hewed out labor plank that also advocated federal help for areas with chronic unemployment. A tentative welfare plank pledged "extension and perfec tion of a sound social security system." It promised renewed efforts to get through Congress some such school building pro gram as failed of passage this year. The 106-member Resolutions committee worked far into Sun day night in a drive to complete work on a 1956 campaign plat form which will be submitted to the national convention Tues day. Ciril Rights Plank Approred One major hurdle was cleared when the committee approved early today a compromise civil rights plank that both northern and southern delegates pro nounced acceptable. Southern delegates had been fighting against a proposed plank which would have pledged the party to carry out the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public schools. Text of the compromise was not immediate ly made public, but southern members said it was a toned- down version they could live with politically. The Republicans did not pro pose any increase in the mini mum wage, which now is $1 an hour. In the platform adopted at their convention last week Democrats pledged to increase it to $1.25. The recommended GOP labor plank proposed to "revise and improve the Taft-Hartley Act so s to protect more effectively the rights of labor unions, manage ment, the individual worker and the public." This would be ef fected by amendments recom mended previously by the Presi dent, a softening of the law's closed shop provision. Bargaining Strengthened The plank pointed with pride to the relatively short duration of the steel strike this year, "in contrast to the six months' up heval, presidential seizure of the steel industry and ultimate Su preme Court intervention" un der the Truman administration. "The process of free collective bargaining has been strengthen ed by the insistence of this ad ministration that labor and man agement settle their differences at the bargaining table without the intervention of the govern ment," the plank said. The Republicans said labor has never had it so good as during the past four years "The Eisenhower administra tion has brought to our people the highest employment, the highest wages and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation," the platform proposal said. The welfare plank urged "re insurace and pooling arrange ments" to speed expansion of voluntary health insurance. "We shall continue to seek ex tension and perfection of a sound social security system," it said. Peace Them Stressed A foreign policy plank, made public Sunday, was pitched on a peace theme. It said the threat of global war "has receded," and the Red advance "has been checked, and at key points, thrown back." Mr. Eisenhower did much to ease cold war tension with Rus sia and lessen the danger of a third world war at the 1955 Ge neva meeting, the plank said. Preservation of Israel as an independent Jewish stale was put forward as "an important Farmer, business Published as a public serv ice in cooperation with The Advertising Council and the Seuspaper Advertis ing Executive Association. 4. Set let Survey Shows Nixon Holds Overwhelming Majority for First San Francisco (U.R A United Press survey of state dele gations to the Republican Con vention showed today that Vice President Richard M. Nixon can command an overwhelming first ballot majority for renomination. The survey, based on reports from chairmen and key members of delegations, indicated Nixon's first ballot strength to be at least 1.156 votes. There are 1,323 GOP Conventions of '52, '56, Said Dissimilar; Tickets Short By BOB DICKEY Alernate Delegate San Francisco The pre convention activities of the 1956 GOP National convention are as similar to the 1952 GOP Nation al convention as January is to June. In 1952, each delegate and alternate was constantly bom barded with . literature, propa ganda, buttons, stickers and al most anything else that was rea sonably calculated to win friends and influence people by the Taft, Stassen, MacArthur and Eisenhower forces. Each candidate had headquarters and the main occupation of dele gates was headquarter - hopping The suspense was terrific and the atmosphere tense. The most notable thing to date about the 1956 convention is the traffic jams around the Sir Francis Drake and St. Fran cis hotels and the Fairmont, Mark Hopkins and Huntington hotels on Nob Hill. Tickets Short The ticket shortage probably has caused more conversation to date than any other topic. Of course there is an occasional in auiry. "How do you feel about Nixon?" On this question, how ever, we Oregonians Qon i nave much to say. Oregon law provides that our delegation is bound to the can didate who wins in the primary election until his possibility of election is remote. Since Nixon by a write-in vote won the vice presidential spot, the Oregon delegation is committed to Nix on. The 9 a.m. caucus of the Ore gon delegation Monday will be the first official meeting of that body. The delegates have been drifting in all week. Gov. Elmo Smith arrived Saturday evening and a group of Oregonians were on hand to welcome him. State Sen. Howard Belton, a member of the credentials corn- tenet of American foreign pol icy." Support of Israel against aggression was pledged. But the Republicans did not promise arms shipments for Israel, as the Democrats did in Chicago last week. Continued support was pledged to the United Nations and for collective security pacts such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization. The plank promised that Republicans "shall continue to seek" reunification of Germany and liberation of the Western European countries enslaved by Russia behind the iron curtain. Economic Aid Pledged Reduction of world trade bar riers on a gradual, selective ana reciprocal basis" was pledged buf "with full recognition of the necessity to safeguard" domestic agriculture, industry and labor 'against unfair import competi tion." The plank also pledged contin uance of economic and military aid to friendly countries, and "progressive elimination" of in ternational barriers to "the free flow of news, information and ideas." Continuance of "bipartisan de velopment of foreign policies" also was promised. The plank opposed admission of Red China to the United Na tions and "any trade with the Communist world that would threaten the security of the United States and our Allies." executive or1 ball player? Yoa can't judge a man (or a political candidate) from a pktart iff his record that tetts Look don't tell what a man thtnfe. ' You learn what he thinks from hm record, words, and actions from th facts. It's the farts that will cbooM the bent candidate to represent yon. Be sore yoa ... VOTE-KJT DOT VOTE M THI MRK L Be sert yeei're registereei. 2. SMy tbe issues, and candidates. 1 Mark if a sample: baRot m aeSri aside fate far yotiat and there! votes in the convention, with 662 required for nomination . Smattering for Stassen Reports found only a smat tering of favorable sentiment for Harold E. Stassen's "Dump Nix on" move and some of that was in delegations bound by the unit rule. Under that rule, the can didate favored by the delegation majority gets the state's entire vote. Only five definite anti-Nixon mittee, Mark Hatfield, Republi can candidate for secretary of state and a member of the plat form committee, Jess Gard and Wendell Wyatt, Oregon's Repub lican National Committeemen, and Republican National Com- mitteewoman Mrs. Marshal Cor- nett. all arrived last Tuesday and have been hard at work with various phases of convention preparation. Mrs. Bash Here Kathleen Bash, Jackson Coun ty Central committee chairman and an alternate to the conven. tion, has been here since last Wednesday. With her are her husband, Frank Bash, daughters, Judy and Jane, and her mother, Mrs. Thomas Ness. Also with the Bash party is Mrs. Wayne Stine of Medford. Jackson County Judge and GOP Delegate Rodney Keating arrived Sunday evening, while this writer and his wife came down Saturday. Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, Jack son county clerk, and her hus band are also here, and a num ber of other southern Oregon ians are in the area or will ar rive shortly. Among the late ar rivals will be Glen Jackson and his wife, who are scheduled to be here Tuesday afternoon. Steve Nye,: son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve A. Nye, is also at Social Service as Future Career Cited Los Angeles (U.R) Young people cbnsidering acareer are advised not to overlook the field of social service, which has be come a $20,000,000,000 business annually. Dean Donald S. Howard of the UCLA School of Social Welfare reported career possibilities in social work are almost unlimit ed and that "there just are not enough qualified people to go around. Howard said there is an in creasing demand for professional social workers for federal, state and municipal agencies, employ ment services, rehabilitation cen ters, mental hygiene societies, child guidance and psychiatric clinics, hospitals, health centers, correctional institutions and pro bation and parole services. "The modern social worker does far more than hand out checks," he said. "He must not only know his own field, he must also be able to work in close cooperation with doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, the courts and school officials. And above all, he must like people and know what makes them tick." ARABS ARM Sheikh Ab del Rahman Tag, rector of Al Azhar University, princi pal theological institute of Islam in Cairo, Egypt, car ries rifle as he and other Moslem sheikhs get instruc tions in use of weapons. The nine Arab league nations pledged they would consid er any attack on Egypt an attack on all. They also backed President Nasser's proposal for Egyptian-sponsored conference on Suez Canal mot 1 ' - "fet ! Jjeaaetei nlif tiiiewiniiiii votes were turned up in delega tions not bound by the unit rule The remaining 162 votes were either uncommitted or could not be ascertained. A few delegations, late in ar riving, had not yet held caucuses. There were lone holdouts against Nixon in Wisconsin, Michigan and New Hampshire. West Virginia had "one or pos sibly two" delegates against Nixon. the convention as one of the members of the Stanford Young Republican club. Look for the Republican can didate for U.S. senator from Ore gon, Douglas McKay, to be do ing a bit of campaigning when he introduces the keynote speak er, Washington's Gov. Arthur B. Langlie. A prominent position by Ore gonians can be expected on a civil rights plank fight if it de velops. Governor Smith has spo ken out strongly for a firm stand on civil rights, and Mark Hat field has been taking an active part in the fight in this issue. 15 HIM TO UFS U. S. National Bank Leonard Electric Company Tru-Mbc Concrete Company Robert P. Templeton Lumber Co. Harry and David, Inc. Lambert-Voegtly Lumber Co. Trail Creek Lumber. Company Jorgensen Dairy Products Hubbard Bros.-Hubbard-Wray Reter Fruit Company Brief summations of state op inion, with delegate strength in dicated in parenthesis: No New York Opposition New York (96 votes): No op position to Nixon known by spokesman Harry O'Donnell; unit rule expected to prevail. California (70): Unit rule im posed over Gov. Goodwin J. Knight's wishes; caucus Tuesday expected to bind entire delega tion to Nixon. Pennsylvania (70): Adopted pro-Eisenhower- Nixon resolu tion May 19: Chairman Sen. Edward A. Martin has heard no opposition to Nixon. Illinois (60): Chairman Morton Hollingsworth: "We're for Nix on." Ohio (56): Sen. John W. Bricker reported all backing Nixon. Texas (54): Chairman John Q. Adams: "Not a single member . . . supports Stassen ..." Michigan (46): Forty-five for Nixon; Chairman Clifford O'Sul livan described John Thorp of Oakland county as "not neces sarily against Nixon but agrees with Stassen." Massachusetts (38): Spokes man said: "We will do what Ike and Gov. Herter want." Minnesota (28): Sen. Edward Thye cannot find "any senti ment to support Mr. Stassen." HONEST A&c TH' SWEETEST LI'L L0VIN' BOY AND WE WANTS BE A 00 RED BLOODED CITIZEiM.THETS WHY WE REGULASLV IN US. SAVINGS BONDS FO MIS EDUCATION. lost parents from Dogpatch to Detroit want their li'l lovin' boys and gals to have the advantages of a college education. How to get the necessary money presents the only problem. One of the easiest, surest ways to do this is to invest regularly in U. S. Series E Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan. And the best time to get started is right now while your child is still little. Then when the day comes for him or her to start off for college, you won't have a worry. The money will be ready and waiting. Here's all you do. Tell the people in your pay office how much you want to save each payday. The rest is automatic. Your money will go into U. S. For the big things in your life, be ready with U.S. Savings Bonds Tha US. Government doe not pay for this dvertisinf. Tht Treasury Department thank, for their patriotic donation, tha Advertising Council and Tennessee (28): Bound by state convention to Nixon. Wisconsin (30): Committee man Robert L. Pierce reported 29 for Nixon and "one for any one else." Iowa (26): Sen. Bourke Hick enlooper: "No indications of any anti-Nixon sentiment." Missouri (32): Twenty -five known for Nixon; seven absten tions Sunday night at caucus where threatened ouster of pro Stassen Chairman Elroy W. Bromwich was compromised with selection of new vice chair man, Richard Erickson. Kansas (22): Secretary Wilbur Leonard: "It would be hard to find a stronger Nixon state." South Dakota (14): Gov. Joe Foss: "Solid ... for Nixon." Oregon (18); Bound by 78.000 write-in primary votes to Nixon. Arizona (15): Spokesman said "no chance" anti-Nixon. Maryland (24): Awaiting in structions of Gov. Theodore Mc-i Keldin; MpKeldin, once vice presidential-hopeful, will sup port Mr. Eisenhower's wishes. Nebraska (18): Committee-man-elect T. H. Maenner: "All for Nixon." Arkansas (16): "Looks like all Nixon" to delegate Wallace Townsend. Idaho (14): Gov. Robert E. Smiley reported caucus solid for Nixon. MAMMY THINGS INVEST Savings Bonds, one of the world's safest investments and one where your returns are guaranteed. When held to maturity (9 years and 8 months) each Series E Bond' pays an average 3 interest, compounded semiannually. And that same fine in terest rate applies for 10 years more, if you hold your Bonds. So if you save just $7.50 a weejc, in 9 years and 8 months you'll have $4,278. In 19 years and 8 months $10,313 enough to give both son and daughter the educational chance they richly deserve. . " So start now on the road to Important goals like college for the children and retirement for yourself. Think of tomorrow today, and sign up for the con venient Payroll Savings Plan. First National Bank California-Pacific Utilities Co. Rogue Valley State Bank Medford Corporation Joe Hearin Logging W. H. Daugherty, White City Div. Nye & Naumes Packing Co. Mann's Department Store Alley Lumber Company DeVoe Lumber Sale Co. Nevada (12): No known anti Nixon votes. New Mexico (14): All senti ment "on Stassen . . . unfavor able." North Dakota (14): Commit teewoman Mrs. John B. Cooley described delegates all pro Nixon. Oklahoma (22): For Nixon, as far as Chairman Walter E. Curry knew. Wyoming (12): Convention backed Nixon; Sen. E. D. Crippa said no change. Utah (14): Chairman Ronald Wiscombe: "For Nixon all the way." Washington (24): Expected by delegate Benton M. Bangs to go "straight down the line" for Nixon. Alaska (4): Instructions for Nixon. Direct Argentine NUTRIA Imports Available All Mutation Colors WHOLESALE PRICES Uie idle property to raise this profitable fur-bearing animal. Write NUTRIA IMPORT, INC. 15 N. 8th Weir Salt Lake City, Utah EVERY L0V1NI' AND PAPPY WANTS THAR CHILP TO LARN GOOD AND WE HAS LAKNED THEY AIN'T NOTHIN' AS GOOD AS SAVIN' WITH U.S. SAVINGS BONDS. 4 a Timber Products Company Rogue River Orchards Fluhrer's Bakeries Elk Lumber Company Cascade Wood Products Ross Lumber Company Littrell Parts Company Barker's Men's Store Medford Lumber Company Associated Fruit Company Ballot ijimfeii NORTH BEND COOS BAY $6.60 plus tax VmSTCORSTjr' 4 U'.li4.iJj,U1i)U,K