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Positions of Factions in Strike
Against King Further Clarified
Further clarification of the
positions of the opposing fac
tions in the strike against Aus
tin L. King were given today.
King, a trucking contractor
who was hauling logs for Med
ford Corporation, addresed a
letter to all his employees in
which he gave his version of
the events leading up to the
strike on June 25, and in an
interview, H. E. Geiger, presi
dent of Klamath basin district
council No. 6, International
woodworkers of America, AFL
CIO, gave the union's position.
King's letter follows:
"The situation created by
Butte Falls IWA Local 6-221 and
its leaders must be completely
confusing to you. You are en
titled to the facts. You are en
titled too, to know your em
ployer's position.
Among Other Jobs
"Among our other Jobs, we
have trucked logs for Medco.
We have contracted with them,
on an annual basis, for several
years. At first, we had no direct
contact with Local 6-221. There
was indirect control of our wage
rates and working conditions,
exercised through Medco, by
reason of the Contractors and
Sub-Contractors clause in the
Medco contract with Local 6-221.
There were differences between
Medco and the union as to the
meaning and intent of the clause,
particularly as to the term
"working condition." Union re
presentatives continually sought
to extend the meaning of the
words to cover every phase of
the Medco-Local 6-221 relation
ship. Tne situation was aggra
vated by a health and welfare
clause which Medco and the
union adopted.
"This situation was clarified
in 1951 by our recognition of
Local 6-221 as bargaining agent
of King employes working on
the Medco job. We made a 1
year contract with them which
has never been renewed. We
have noted that gypo trucker
members of Local 6-221 have
romitated our relationship with
the union since that date.
"The 1951 agreement recog
nized seniority of leased equip
ment as equivalent to that of
the employe-owner. We believed
this meant only among employe
owners, and then only when
leastd equipment was used.
The employe - owners and the
union leaders insisted It meant
seniority on equipment over
King equipment when employe
owners seniority entitled them
to drive for King.
Mteti Situation
"We went along meeting
each situation as it arose until
this year because we were able
to keep our own trucks busy
on other jobs. Because of the
severe lumber market slump,
however, we have ample equip
ment of our own now. It was
not good business to lease trucks,
when our own were idle. A new
contract was offered the union.
It provided recognition of sen
iority rights to employe-owners
in assignment to King owned
trucks, and eliminated equip
ment seniority.
"Just three' employe-owners
were affected. They refused as
signment to our trucks, and we
no longer consider them our
employes.
"It appears that these three
men. and union leaders, decided
to picket. The picket line, man
ned by these three, was located
in a place that stopped Medco
employes from working. Union
. leaders seem to have advised
' them a picket line was sacred,
regardless of its Tightness. We
understand one of the pickets
proiW'y proclaims he has turned
divn S125 a day for the use of
his truck so that he could re
main on the picket line. All this
when so many men are being
kept from earning a living.
"After nearly a month, the
union called a strike against
Medco. Thi. obviously, was
desperate attempt to cover up
for ill advised union leadership.
Now, the union is attempting,
by picket lines, to force Medco
plant employes to aid them. In
addition, our King employes
have been threatened with ex
pulsion from the union, and
blacklisting, if they work on
other King jobs.
"You know the rest to date.
The National Labor Relations
Board is considering unfair la
bor practice charges filed with
them.
"What the future will bring,
we do not know. It can't be
good for anyone. A train of
events like this, once started,
must run its course if history is
repeated. At any rate, it must
be apparent to everyone that
there are many logging contrac
tors, including truckers, avail
able for use in the Rogue
Valley.
Austin L
King"
Arbitrary Cancellation
Geiger said the strike "arose
through the arbitrary cancella
tion of the contract" between the
local union and King, which or
iginally was signed in 1951. He
added that the union had asked
Is That So?
My fellow ranger naturalist
Victor H. Cahalane, has this to
say about the Wolverine: He is
a lonely, bad tempered animals.
He brooks no interference, even
from a mountain lion or a grizz
ly. It can spit in anyone's eye.
It is the strongest for its size
of all North American mammals.
The only creature not reported
to have been attacked by the
wolverine is man. Apparently,
only a porcupine can damage a
wolverine.
If a wolverine finds and takes
a notion to follow a trapline, it
may drive the trapper to his
wit's end and ultimately ruin
him. With diabolical ingenuity,
it will remove every bit of bait,
every trapped animal, and often
hide the traps or destroy them,
but is usually too smart to get
caught himself.
At times it has broken into
cabins and eaten or destroyed
a whole winter's supplies in one
week. Flour and other food that
it does not eat is spoiled by the
vile-smelling secretion from its
anal glands.
I could go on like this . . .
and Ranger Cahalane has
studied the animal in its native
habitat. Alaska.
But now comes a letter from
a sourdough an Alaskan, Wes
ley Collins Patterson, who now
lives in Albany, Calif. He
writes:
Supernatural Wisdom
Many legends and "experi-
for no contractual chanzes. but i ences" relating to wolverines
that King had notified them it
had been cancelled.
The contract, Geiger said, pro
vided that trucks owned by em
ployee drivers would have seni
irity in rental. He added that
King 'wanted arbitrarily to el
iminate such trucks, and replace
them with his own.
"We felt at the time, and still
feel, that the old contract was
in effect, and he had no right
to cancel it,". Geiger stated.
Observe Picket Line
He also pointed out that Medco
employees observed the picket
line, and said their contract with
Medco provides,, in effect, that
they would not be required to
cross a picket line nor act as
a "strike breaker. Therefore,
Geiger reported, the union feels
there is no legal violation in
vilved and that union members
keep going the rounds in Alaska
and, I suppose, wherever there
are wolverines. This little ani
mal is credited with superna
tural wisdom and strength. Our
experience with the wolverine is
that trapwise, he is not as cun
ning as a coyote (at least an
adult coyote). His strength and
endurance, or at. least persist
ence is not out of the ordinary.
The wolverine is primarily a
scavenger and is not therefore
ual rights to refuse to cross the
picket line.
Geiger added that when the
King strike ocurred, about 36
members of the IWA local em
ployed in Medford and along the
railroad were sent home, al
though there was no picket line
involved as far as they were
concerned, and that the union
considers this to be a lockout
were well within their contract-by the employer.
By EUGENE BURNS
Rangtr-Nafuralisr
too ferocious or aggressive. In
our opinion the common ermine
or weasel outranks the wolver
ine several times per size in ag
gressiveness and ferociousness.
(I'll buy this one. E.B.).
This is not to say that the
wolverine is stupid or weak
far from it, but he certainly isn't
the animal that legend has made
him.
We have caught wolverines in
traps which were set for coyote
but which the coyote would not
get into until it had "aged"
that is, until almost all signs
of a fresh set had weathered out.
Caught In Mink Traps
We have caught them in traps
completely uncovered and in
Hi mink traps at that the
mink traps have held them until
they died in the trap. This seems
to take care of their extraordi
nary strength. (And the inhu
manness of using traps. E.B.).
On the other hand, we have
had them harass the mink lines
and repeatedly set off traps. Yet
later one such animal stepped
into an open trap and was held
by it.
We doubt the stories of wol
verines "fouling" caches after
raiding them at least deliber
atly. It may be that they have
defecated or urinated while in
the process of raiding but that,
I believe, is not deliberate. Yes.
wolverines will ruin caches and
seemingly get into impossible
olaces but it should be remem
bered that most animals are per
sistent and being so, can find a
way in.
A squirrel will do as much or
more damage we believe, and
will enter any place that is not
lined with metal.
(Frankly, I've only observed
two wolverines. I don't know.
I'll leave it to you readers ex
perienced to answer. And the
best answer will win the weekly
award of the 30-volume set of
the Encyclopedia Americana.
E.B.),
(Copyright 1957, by
Eugene Burns)
By special arrangement with
the editors of the Encyclopedia
Americana, my panel of judges
will award each week to the
reader who sends me the best
true-life nature adventure, the
best nature observation, or the
best question on nature and
wildlife, a complete 30-volume
Elderly Woman
In Tub 8 Days
San Francisco IW A 74-year-
old widow lay paralyzed in her
bathtub for eight days because
neighbors were unable to hear
her cries for help over the blare
of the television set.
The widow, Mrs. Betty
Schardt, was rescued Thursday
night when neighbors noticed
the pile of newspapers in front
of her door. They called police
who entered her house through
a window.
Officers found Mrs. Schardt
lying in the bathtub, muttering,
"Thank God . . . please give me
a drink of water."
Her Chihuahua dog Keenie
.gave a feeble yelp. He had no
bark left.
Mrs. Schardt said she turned
on her television set on the
morning of July 18, then went
into the bathroom. She fell into
the'tub, unable to move.
In the mornings and late aft
ernoons when she knew the
newspaper boys would be at the
door, she called "Help" with all
her might. But they heard only
the television set.
The dog ran around the house
barking, but the TV set drowned
him out too.
Mrs. Schardt was taken to
French hospital in "very weak"
condition.
Art Pieces On Display
In SOC Library Room
Ashland Fourteen water
color botanical plates made by
Miss Marion Ady, chairman of
the Southern Oregon college are
department, in 1931 for Dr.
Wayne W. Wells, professor
emeritus of the science depart
ment since spring, and an ex
hibit of 16 outdoor sketches by
members of Miss Ady's summer
session class in water color and
tempera have been placed in the
library reading room until
Aug. 2.
Miss Ady explained that the
work of the class, though almost
entirely beginner's work, never
theless displayed a surprising
degree of spontaneity and indi
vidualism and recommended
that those interested in these
mediums of expression inspect
them with these qualities in
mind.
Vancouver, Wash. (W Mrs.
G. W. Philbrook told the sher
iff's office someone shot and
killed her flock of 24 domestic
ducks.
PP&L Practices
To Be Investigated
Salem (IPi A general inves
tigation of the practices, serv
ices and probably the rate bases
of Pacific Power and Light Com
pany was announced Thursday
by Public Utilities Commission
er Howard Morgan.
Morgan said formal orders for
the investigation would be serv
ed on the company within the
next few days and that the
formal, general, investigation
would begin promptly.
Morgan said his office had
been "informed during the past
six months of alleged wholesale
departures by PP&L from its
published tariff rates."
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Said To Total $104,761
Salem OPt State Treasurer
Sig Unander has notified Chief
Justice William C. Perry of the
Oregon Supreme Court that the
Judges' retirement fund now !
stands at $104,761, a slight gain ,
over a year ago. I
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1943 Legislature. ;
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