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
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Introduced by Rev. D. Kirk land West, Vice-President
W. M. Higgins, Director Mel Hogan, President
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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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