$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
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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
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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.
The judge gave Pope 33 days in
jail on a charge of petty larceny
for stealing a large crate of eggs
from a poultry store. Police no
ticed the thief had broken some
of the eggs when he apparently
stumbled near the scene. ;
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