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EIGHT MIDFORD (OREOON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday January 26, 1958 State Tops List of Those Visiting Capitol Building Salem Oregon topa the list in tho number of visitors registering at the state cap ital building at Salem, ac cording to information com piled by Secretary of State Mark Hatfield. The total, number of tour ists registered at visitors booths in all state capitals was 17,776 in 1956 and 37,540 during 1957. Oregon headed the list with a total of 26,183 registered visitors at the state capitol building last year, Hatfield said. Next in number was the capitol at Sacramento, Calif., with 4,039. Washington's cap ital was.third with 1,951. Oth er states had less than 500 registered visitors for the year, he noted. Popular Months Most popular months for visiting the Oregon capitol, according to registration rec ords, were February, 2,688; March, 4.023; April, 6,427; May, 4,947; August, 1,572; September, 1,498. Popularity of the Oregon capitol building is attributed to its unique de sign, which makes it outstand ing among state capitals in the nation. Recently, Oregon chamber executives, an association of Chamber of Commerce man agers and officers, was asked to consider the possibility of exploring a method of using space in the capitol building to display the state's interest ing features. The matter is under consideration by a com mittee of Oregon chamber managers headed by Don Mc Neil, Medford; Hal Beyer, Al bany; Paul Danielson, Bend; V. A. McNeil, Portland; and Carl Jordan, Salem. A com mittee report will be made at the Oregon, Washington and Idaho Chamber manager's conference Feb. 2-4. The visitors booth, which has been in operation ever since the capitol building opened, distributes descrip tive literature on Oregon points of Interest. Muman Relations Important Dn Business (DSC Pean Says Officers of Savings Firm Reelected Two members of the board of directors were reelected at the annual meeting of the Jackson County Federal Sav ings and Loan association re cently. W. J. Warner and John P Moffat were reelected to the seven-man board which also includes Glenn O. Taylor, H. J. Field, J. H. Pletsch, Seth M. Bullis and E. H. Sing- master. Warner was reelect ed president; Field, first vice president; Taylor, second vice president; Pletsch, secretary- treasurer; Paul G. Antony, as sistant secretary; and Gordon Cote, assistant secretary. Pletsch reported the sav ings increased more than $900,000 during 1957 to a total of $11,001,934.17, an increase of 8.9 per cent more than 1956. He said loans and invest ments last year totaled more than $2,300,000 in first mort gages. Loans reported a 5.5 per cent increase, or $551,702 more than 1956, according to Pletsch. Dividends paid to in vestors last year totaled about $369,054, he added. Arkansas has an average growing season of 205 days. Dr. Clifford E. Maser, dean at Oregon State college, ex plained the importance of hu man relations, the various worker and management types which affect it and the im pprtance of leadership to busi ness and the community at the annual Chamber of Com merce dinner at the Rogue Valley Country club Friday night, Maser said some unpleasant circumstances once forced him to take an inventory of him self as an administrator and the men who were administra tors over him. What he learn ed should interest both men and women, he said Human relations is not new although "during modern liv ing we tend to drive it to the extreme, he noted, The importance of human relations was first - realized to any great extent during World War I when a mass of untrained people were placed under less trained leadership Since then human relations problems have rapidly multi plied with the population in creases. Study Relations Those who study human re lations have learned that the female worker has an en tirely different set of prob lems than the male worker. The male will put up with un pleasant working conditions He concentrates on the fu ture, opportunity, security and income, he said, because these are long-term needs. The woman employee real izes she probably won't be working as long and places more emphasis on working rogress Report 5 3 You Are Cordially INVITED to attend a meeting for a report on recent Developments of the mdDCEILTLE VMJLJEY-ML&MdDm 1 1 N January 27-7:30 p.m. First Methodist Church West Main and Laurel Streets Medford No Obligation No Offering Interdenominational SPEAKERS Introduced by Rev. D. Kirk land West, Vice-President W. M. Higgins, Director Mel Hogan, President 1W conditions, her surroundings and her relations with her boss and fellow workers. How ever, when a woman becomes approximately 30 years old and is yet unmarried her de mands change and become similiar to those of the man, Dr. Maser said. "All workers have basic needs for recognition, a feel ing of belonging, to be rec ognized, and to be secure, Dr. Maser said. This was first realized In a famous experiment called the Hawthorne-Westinghouse project. The Westinghouse company wanted to see how lighting affected production, So the experimenters separ ated the workers into test groups. It was soon discovered no matter what the lighting conditions all groups constant ly increased production. This continued even though one group was kept in almost total darkness. Takes Interest After listening to the work ers the experimenters dis covered if a worker feels man agement is taking an interest in him he unconsciously ex presses his gratitude by in creasing his production or work efficiency. Dr. Maser also related how a worker on point of being fired was converted into one of the best employees in the plant by placing him under a supervisor who took a per sonal interest in him and his progress. "We are one person indivis ible," Dr. Maser said. "What we think and feel outside the job carries over into that job." Four basic factors affect attitudes or human relations on the job, the college dean said. These are health, fin ancial problems, domestic problems and, in the case of the younger people, affairs of the heart. It pays a boss to take at least a minute a day for checking over his human in ventory to see whether it is high or low. Leadership Supplied "Leadership must be sup5 plied otherwise a group of workers will supplytheir own leadership when they feel their boss cannot give them the guidance they, need," Dr. Maser said. - , A boss should supply friend liness but not friendships in his relations with his work ers, the dean pointed out. However, he said, it is much worse not to be friendly at all than to be overly friendly. Workers generally consist of five types, the college dean said, the stubborn, the slow, the sensitive, the timid and the bold. The stubborn worker Is agressive, resists change will not take orders and is not a good leader or leadoff man. A request should be given this type, not an order, Dr. Maser said. Slow Worker The slow worker takes a long time to catch on. Direc tions must be carefully phrased. He takes a long time to think itover and the prob lem or project may have to be explained a number of times over long intervals of time, Dr. Maser pointed out. Such a worker seriously frustrates the executive, espe cially the type of boss who ; achieved his position through i quick, decisive thinking and! action. However, such a work- j er has all the other workers waiting and watching to see what he will do. then thy follow his lead. This worker must be won over to get the rest behind the job. The sensitive type also re quires special phrasing of words. He Is easily hurt and lets you know he is hurt, the dean said. Such a worker's only advantage is in being able to understand others' problems. If handled correct ly this type of worker will provide understanding when his boss most needs it. Timid Worker The timid type of worker Is the most difficult type of all. He should not be hired if possible. Dr. Maser said. He is the type who slinks along the wall when he comes to work and avoids greeting any of his fellow workers. The bold type is the one you give orders to. Give him a suggestion and he will take over the whole show and run it. He is inclined to go over board. His advantage is that he is unafraid to undertake anything. A boss must be sure he understands the issue, then must give a direct order. This type also shouldn't be praised. A brief tap on. the shoulder is plenty, Dr. Maser said. . These classifications often combine. S.uch combinations may be the stubborn and slow, the sensitive and timid. The bold type stands alone. The sensitive and timid should never be hired, Dr. Maser said. The boss types consist of the indecisive, the domineer ing, the out of touch, the driver, the pasly-walsy type, the moody, and the overburd ened, and the young man on the way up, he noted. 15-Year-0ld Boy Theft Suspect An automobile reported stolen Thursday morning was recovered less than an hour later and a 15-year-old Med ford boy was arrested on a charge of grand larceny, ac cording to city police. The vehicle, owned by Woodrow Wilson McCormack, 903 South Third st., Jackson ville, was reported stolen from East Third st. between Fir and Grape sts., where it had been parked. The vehicle was spotted on Niantic st. by police minutes after the report was received. The youth parked the car in an alley, police said, and had fled on foot by the time offi cers could turn the police car around. Officers arrested the youth on the Southern Pacific rail way tracks near Clark st. shortly afterwards. He later admitted taking the automo bile. The boy was lodged in the Jackson county detention home pending action by local law enforcement authorities. $25,000 Damage Suit Filed in Court Frank W. Hammer is seek ing general damages of $25,- 000 and special damages of $975 from Ronald J. Martin as the result of an auto-truck accident Dec. 6, 1957, accord ing to a complaint in Jackson county circuit court. Hammer was driving south lVz miles north of Rocky Point and Ronald J. Martin, driving a logging truck, was travelling north when the cars collided, the complaint notes The collision caused Hammer to be thrown violently about the interior of his car, accord ing to the complaint. Martin is charged with be ing careless and negligent in failing to keep his truck under control, operating at an unreasonable speed, failing to keep as close as possible in the right side of the highway and driving in a lane reserved for southbound traffic. Special damages include $625 for loss of earnings, and medical expenses. Local Man Among Grocers' Directors Mel Hall of Medford is one of five hold-over directors of United Grocers, Inc. Two 'new directors were elected at a recent meeting of stockhold ers in Portland. New directors are Juan Young of Portland and Ken neth Cruse of Hillsboro. Wil lard Durst was elected presi dent of the board, and George Helzer was named vice presi dent. Harry Thye, general man ager, reported the company, which is a retailer-owned gro cery company,' closed 1957 with the largest year in the 43-year history of the organ ization. The company operates a warehouse in Milwaukie, and a branch warehouse in Ash land, as well as five cash-and-carry warehouses in Portland, Oregon City, Salem, Eugene and Astoria. Natural underground steam present in New Zealand , is being harnessed as a source of energy rivaling the atom. Plants to be completed with in a year will feed 69,000 kilowatts of electricity into New Zealand's power system by the steam utilization. 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