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$1 Hourly Minimum Wage Eyed For Mexican Farm Workers in US Noeales, Mex. (U.R) Mexican I three-day labor conference here nd U.S. union leaders ended a yesterday with a 6trong demand SATURDAY Save 3.10 on 27.98 ONLY 9:30 to 5 kit during this demonstration! 2488 Contains all the tools and materials you need to tile in the standard 5-ft. recessed bathtub area. Do it yourself. SBBBS for the nationad minimum wage of $1 an hour for Mexican bar ceros working on American farms. The demand was contained in a catch-all resolution covering all phases of the Mexican migra tory labor program by members of the- Joint United States Mexico Trade Union Committee representing the Inter-American Regional Organization of Work er, the AFL:CIO and its Mex ican counterpart, the CTM. Agreement Ambiguous The -resolution declared the present section of the interna tional bracero agreement calling for payment of "prevailing wages" was "ambiguous" and "permits the payment of wages which fall far below the require ments of the American people's concept of adequate 'wages for a healthy economy." It asked that the wage section of the agre ement be amended to provide that the Mexican workers re ceive adequate wages which would "in no case be lower than the national minimum wage." Seek Improvement Norblad Questions Some Research Grants Washington U.RK An economy-minded congressman has ob jected to using taxpayers' dollars to study among other things the biology of Florida deer mice. Rep. Walter Norblad (IXOre.) "seriously questioned" the worth of a number of recent grants by the National Science Foundation. Among the grants questioned: "Biology of the Florida deer mouse, $6,000.' "Prehistoric living site of Ach- uelian man in Central Tanganyi ka, $9,400. "Interrelationships of some New Mexico mammals, $8,300. Check list of birds in the world, $17,000." The resolution also called for Reorganization of the com missary system in the labor camps to eliminate "administra tion for purposes of profit." Elimination of labor con tractor "intermediaries" in the administration of the interna tional agreement. Retention of the compliance inspection duties in the hands of the U. S. Labor Department and resistance against attempts by state and local governments to take over this operation. Issurance of union creden tials to each bracero entitling him to membership- in any af filiated AFL-CIO union in the United States. An end to the issuance of "special permits" visis to Mex icans not covered under the in ternational labor agreement. Full Mexican and govern ment participation in future ne gotiations on the pact between the two governments. Urge Union Pacts Other resolutions approved by Health Board Urges Shots To Prevent Spotted Fever Salem sportsmen and per sons planning to work outside this year in tick-infected areas of eastern Oregon have een urged to obtain vaccination against Rocky mountain spotted fever. The state board of health said the shots are "probably"' of no value after exposure to the dis ease, unless the person has been previously immunized,- so vac cination should be completed as soon as possible. The vaccine is usually given by private phy sicians- in three injections at in tervals of seven to 10 days, with an annual booster dose of a sin gle injection if exposure is like ly to occur each year. Emphasizes Danger Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, emphasized the dangei from spotted fever has been lessened by the discovery of new antibiotics treatments, but he said vaccination still should be obtained by anyone likely to be exposed to the dis ease. Rocky mountain spotted fe ver is transmitted through the bite of ticks, or by having an infected tick crushed on the skin. Anyone exposed to ticks should be examined carefully at least once a day, especially dur- YOUR BLOOD IS PRECIOUS . . . whether you need it in the form of a transfusion . . . or whether you are a blood donor. Your Red Cross distributes blood to everyone . . ,. AT NO CHARGE Won't YOU help us keep ample supplies of blood on hand? The BLOODAAOBIL WILL BE AT THE- edford Elks Temple 202 North Central Avenue The quota for the April visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile has been 'increased 50 per cent because of the steady increase in the use of blood in Jackson county. The quota is 290 pints, for which 350 donors will, be required. During the past six months, 1,324 pints of blood were used in Jackson county. During the same period, only 979 pints were collected. The need HERE is urgent. Help your neigh bors maybe YOURSELF rues PHON 381 3 MAKE A "DATE" NOW! MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Some 7,000 Oregon Workers Regain Jobs in March Salem (U.R) Some 7000 Ore gon workers regained their jobs last month but payments to the insured unemployed reached S3,' 700,000, highest March in the 20-year history of the State Un employment Compensation Commission. Some 48,100 persons still are without work, the commission estimated, about 6000 more than a year ago. - Slowing of the usual spring re covery was shown by the 30,000 continued claims reported from 26 offices, highest since 1950 for the last week of March. This compares with a winter's high of 38,600 during February. Maui Reasons Given Failure of the lumber mark et to pick up strength together with continuing wet' weather holding up farm, construction and other seasonal lines were given as the main reasons for the . comparatively high unem ployment for April 1. Many mills and other plants were operating on a three or four-day week until conditions improve. Nearly 2500 workers went back to work in the Portland metropolitan area. Some valley districts also reported a slight pickup in employment. However, in Douglas county, the number looking for work increased somewhat and- other offices showed little change. . The number of horses on U. S farms in 1951 dropped below the five million mark for the first time in census history, accord ing to Department of Agriculture reports. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 16th day of April. 1957, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall in Medford, Oregon, there shall be a public hearing by and be fore the City Council of said city on the question of amending Ordinance No. S13S by changing the zoning of the following described area within the said city from Class I A. Single Family Dwelling District, to Class III A. Limited Commercial District, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the south line of Barnett Road 410 feet west of the southwest corner of the intersection of Barnett Road with Ellendale Drive: thence south 364.2 feet; thence east 160 feet;- thence north 139.2 feet; thence east 476.5 feet; thence south 159 feet; thence east 271.5 feet; thence north 840 feet, thence east 1,020 feet, more or less, to a Eoint 520 feet west of the west ne of Ellendale Drive: thence south to the south line of Barnett Road; thence east along the south line of Barnett Road to the point of beginning. D. T. Huson -City Recorder KOTICE TO CREDITORS No. 10015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF JACKSON PROBATE DEPARTMENT In the Matter of the Estate of J. W. OSTRANDER. deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been duly and reeularlv aDDointed executor of the Estate of J. W. Ostrander. Deceased, by virtue of an order of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Jack son County, Probate Department, duly made, rendered and entered on March 21, 1957; and all - creditors having claims against said decedent are here by notified to present the same, duly verified, to tne undersigned at tne ot fice of his attorneys. Duncan. Brophy. Wilson & Duhaime Room 209 Frank lin Building, Medford, Oregon, within six months irom tne aaie oi wis notice Dated at Medford, Oregon, this Z2nd day of March. 1957 Wilbur W. Ostrander Executor of the Estate of J. W. Ostrander, Deceased . ing the summer season when tick are most prevalent, he said. Ticks found on the skin should be carefully removed to avoid crushing, and any bites should be painted with an effective dis infectant, Dr. Erickson said. Symptoms of the disease in clude fever, severe headaches, restlessness, insomnia, skin rash, and possibly delirium. Dr. Erick son said a physician should be called at the first appearance of symptoms. the committee called for interna tiona union pacts in all border cities and international union co operation in industrial wage matters. The resolutions were to be for warded to the Department of La bor in Washington and to the Mexican government's d e p a rt ments of Labor, Interior and Foreign Affairs. Friday, April 5. 1957 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE AN OFFICIAL ESCORT Point of the Mountain, Utah (U.R) Three Utah State Prison inmates didn't quite make good their escape attempt Thursday night. They, were climbing down the outer t wall 'of the prison when acting Warden Walter D. Achuff drove up. Achuff said a prison guard spotted the trio and "all I did was take them back inside." . TATTLE TALE EGGS Cincinnati (U.R) Judge Jo seph Woeste decided Thursday that Charles R. Pope wasn't wearing his breakfast egg on his shirt when officers arrested him. 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