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Monday, January 27, 1953
Union Leaders Fear Business
Slump May Hamper Bargaining
Washington IF) Many
union leaders are reported
scared stiff that the business
slump will seriously hurt
their chances of negotiating
wage increases this year.
Union spokesmen admit the
rising number of layoffs, fall
ing income, and reduced sales
may make it hard to attain at
the bargaining table the AFL
CIO goal of sizable pay hikes
Gilkison Winner
In Speech Round
For Toasfmasters
Ross Gilkison was the win
ner in another elimination
round of the Jackson Toast-
masters No. 2319 speech con
test held at a breakfast meet
ing at Dad's Hideaway this
morning.
Gilkison with his Hospital
dedication speech won over
John C. Smith and Harry Mar
shall. Smith spoke on the
"Derivation of Words" and
Marshall on "Your Toast
master Club."
Gilkison will compete again
Feb. 17 in the semi-finals
against George Trobough,
Robert Harland, Larry Hor
ton and two other contestants
yet to be determined. The
finals will be Feb. 22 in a
joint meeting with Medford
Toastmasters No. 67.
William Prentiss was topic
master during this morning.
Norman Matteson, as topic
master, asked all other mem
bers to speak for two minutes
on "Your Formula for Suc
cess." Don Hansen won the
beret with his logical topic
presentation. Another award,
the brush, was received by
Jack Cummings for failure to
follow the topic.
Next week's program will
include Norman Matteson,
Harold Sabolle, Wilbur Fish
and George Jennings, all com
peting in the speech contest.
Robert Harland will be toast
master and Jack Cummings
will handle the topics.
Atomic Fuel Cut
By British Fire
London HP) A fire in a
plutonium pile three months
ago has cut off Britian's main
supply of atomic bomb fuel
and brought about a drastic
reorganization of the atomic
energy authority command,
authoritative sources disclos
ed Saturday.
The fire destroyed the vast
no. 1 plutonium pile at Wind
scale, North England, last
Oct. 10.
The sources said that not
only is the no. 1 pile consi
dered a complete loss but its
twin no. 2 pile still is shut
down for safety's sake.
in 1958.
Labor observers expect
more strikes in 1958 than in
1957 when union-management
strife was at record post
war low.
Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell has said wage
boost demands will meet stiff
resistance. Federal mediation
chief Joseph F. Finnegan has
told his 200 mediators to ex
pect "a rugged year."
Some wage boosts are, how
ever, already in the cards.
They will be received by the
members of unions whose of
ficers won't go near a bar
gaining table in the next 11
months.
The Labor department re
ports that four million work
ers will get "deferred raises"
this year under long-term con
tracts. About 600,000 steel
workers, for example, are as
sured of an increase of 14
cents an hour.
As for new negotiations,
the pattern-setting bargaining
will be done this spring by
the United Auto Workers, led
by Walter P. Reuther, in con
tract talks with the Big Three
companies of the auto indus
try. Reuther has publicly pro
posed a profit-sharing plan
and consumer rebates on new
cars, and Ford, Chrysler, and
General Motors already have
said an emphastic no. Reuther
also wants a big wage boost
and more benefits for unem
ployed. Aircraft and guided missile
firms will kick off the year's
major negotiations in a few
weeks. The auto workers will
join with the International
Association of Machinists, the
key union in the aircraft in
dustry, i
The unions want an in
crease of 26 cents an hour for
most workers. But they face
rough going. Pre-sputnik cur
tailment of some government
missile programs cut deeply
into the 800,000-man work
force.
Defense Spending May Help .
Increased defense spending
later this year may bolster
the companies' financial po
sitions but negotiations
must get under way before
then.
Negotiations to replace ex
piring contracts also are sche
duled this summer in the
plate glass industry, the East
Coast maritime industry, in
terstate trucking and leading
textile plants.
John L. Lewis, chief of the
United Mine Workers, can
ask for a wage increase any
time this year. But coal in
dustry sources said he's hold
ing off because of a decline
in coal sales last year.
Because of the rising num
ber of unemployed, many
unions will seek increased
benefits for laid-off workers.
James B. Carey, president of
the International Union of
Electrical Workers, will stress
unemployment benefits in
bargaining with General
Electric.
Poor Film Harmful
To Faith Domergue
By VERNON SCOTT
UP Hollywood Writer
Hollywood IIP) Filmtown
success stories are as plentiful
as "B" movies, but Faith
Domergue is one beauty who
was a national flop as a
glamour girl.
Sultry-eyed Faith received
the full Howard Hughes glam
our girl treatment billboard,
newspaper and magazine ads
complete with racy titles and
plunging necklines.
It worked for Jean Harlow
and Jane Russell.
Millionaire Hughes made
stars of them both. But even
Hughes' tremendous fortune
couldn't turn the trick for
Faith.
Knifed by "Vendetta"
Her undoing was "Vendet
ta," one of the biggest turkeys
in motion picture history.
"We took two years to film
the picture," Faith recalls.
"There were four versions of
it wth differents sets of sup
porting actors. It had four dif
ferent directors, two camera
men, two separate scores and
an unknown number of script
writers. The results were
dreadful.
"The picture began in 1946
Algae Used Now
In Atomic Work
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (IP) To compli
cate further the atomic
anxiety overhanging the
world, two research scientists
have demonstrated an extra
ordinary attraction of algae
for Cesium-137.
Cesium-137 is a radioactive
isotope of the rare metallic
element and is one of the
critical products in the fall
out from atomic bomb ex
plosions and of the waste pro
ducts of atomic power re
actors. It is critical because its
half-life is 26.6 years and be
cause it dissolves in water.
Thus, water contaminated
with Cesium-137 would be
likely to remain contamin
ated for a long time.
Algae Cleans Water
Louis G. Williams of Fur
man University, Greenville,
S C., and H. D. Swanson of
the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville. tested the ability
of the algae to decontaminate
Cesium-137 contami nated
water.
The species of algae, Eu
glena Intermedia, did this job
spectacularly. In 34 days, the
water was 96 per cent decon
taminated. In only six days
the degree of contamination
was reduced by 69 per cent.
They also experimented
with the algae species, Chlor-
ella Pyrenoidosa, and found it
less effective but still quite
effective. In 13 days it re
duced contamination by 47
per cent. This indicated that
some algae species are more
attractive to Cesium-137 than
others.
The experiments were un
der laboratory conditions, of
course in the Oak Ridge
National Atomic Laboratory
at Oak Ridge, Tenn. and at
this stage are not related to
chance meetings under natur
al conditions of Cesium-137
and algae growing in streams
and ponds.
It would seem that this
demonstration of algae's af
finity for Cesium-137 should
lessen the atomic anxiety of
mankind. Where there is
water there is algae and water
is susceptible to contamina
tion by Cesium-137 originat
ing from fall-outs and the op
eration of atomic power re
actors. But algae is food for fish
it is the base of the food
pyramid of all the inhabitants
of water, many of whom are
prime food for mankind. So,
rather than lessening atomic
anxiety, the demonstration
can only complicate it. Radio
active Cesium-137 could get
into the base of the pyramid
and work its way upward
through the bodies of water
creatures and end up in man.
and came out in 1952. I quit
long before it was released.
I decided a girl couldn't build
her career around one movie."
Money No Object
Hughes figured differently.
In 1951 his high-pressure cam
paign to make Faith the
world's top glamour girl went
into high gear. He spared no
money.
"I was the most publicized
girl in the world that year,"
Faith smiled. "But during the
campaign I became pregnant
with my second child and
couldn't make personal ap
pearances to capitalize on it.
"Howard was quite disturb
ed. After all, he'd spent a
fortune on me.
"I'll never forget the bill
boards. There I was holding
a dagger, gritting my teeth,
and my bust was so promi
nently displayed hardly any
one noticed the dagger."
Faded From View
When the picture nose-dived
and Faith failed to become a
screen siren the campaign was
called off. The dark-haired,
green-eyed actress worked in
a dozen unpretentious pictures
and more or less dropped from
sight.
"My heart was never set on
becoming a glamour girl," she
says. "I wanted to be an ac
tress, not a sideshow."
Faith tests her acting talent
Friday night on the "Schlitz
Playhouse" when she stars in
"No Boat for Four Months,"
after, which she will begin a
new moviey
A native ,of New Orleans,
Faith is married to Director
Hugo Fregonese and makes
her home in Italy. The busty
buildup for "Vendetta" never
did reach Europe, and Faith's
brief attempt at becoming a
brunette Marilyn Monroe is
unknown there.
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Olympic weight lifting
champ Paul Anderson' of
Toccoa, Ga.t demonstrates
his prowess after signing as
a pro wrestler in San Fran
cisco. Anderson, who weighs
340 pounds, easily lifts chor
ines Laura Manson (left) and
Cindy Layne.
Issue Taken On -Acheson's
Charge
Washington W The
state department took issue
Saturday with former secre
tary of state Dean Acheson's
charge that Latin America has
been neglected under the Ei
senhower administration.
It released figures showing
that economic aid to the 20
republics in the past five
years more than doubled the
amount extended during the
last five years of the Truman
administration.
The department said such
aid from 1953 through 1957
totalled $2,016,300,000, com
pared with 890 million in the
1948-52 period.
The total included export
import bank credits, techni
cal aid, sales of agricultural
surpluses and assistance for
construction of the inter
American highway.
The comparative figures
were released after Acheson
said at a press conference
that only more U. S. aid
could correct the adminis
tration's Latin American pol
icy. He also said relations
with Latin America will be
come a major issue in this
year's congressional election
campaign.
Fund Appropriated
For Eradication of
Mouse Infestation
Salem W) The State
Emergency board has appro
priated 5110,000 for an imme
diate program to eradicate
Oregon's mouse infestation.
Farmers in infested areas
would still be required to pay
half the cost of baiting their
fields.
The Emergency board deci
sion came after a delegation
from five infested counties
presented its case.
Leader of the group was
Wiley Clwers, Madras, who
said the mice had done mil
lions of dollars of damage in
Jefferson, Klamath, Lake,
Deschutes, Crook and other
counties.
Basic Research Funds
Some $100,000 of the funds
will be used by the Agricul
tural Extension service to
eradicate the mice and $10,
000 on basic research through
agricultural experiment sta
tions. Clowers told the Emergen
cy board that poisoning of the
rodents was absolutely essen
tial on at least 110,000 acres.
He said that if farmers had to
wait for Federal aid, it would
be too late to save any crops
in those acres.
Rebaiting might be required
on an additional 10,000 acres
later.
Don Spencer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Denver,
Colo., told the board that
there were about 1,000 mice
peri acre in southern Oregon
now.
Spencer said that there was
some evidence of the mice
dying off now, but that the
rodents ordinarily died off at
the rate of about 50 per cent
every winter. He said that
poisoning would probably not
effect the cyclical die-off of
the mice which reach' peak
numbers about every four
years.
Duncan Votes Against
Ralph Beck, State Agricul
tural Extension service repre
sentative testified before the
Emergency board along with
President A. L. Strand of
Oregon State college.
Vote on making the emer-
Syria, Egypt Plar
New Single Stale
Cairo (IP Syrian Premier
Sabri Assali announced Sat
urday that his cabinet has
adopted all executive steps for
joining Syria and Egypt into
a single state.
Formal proclamation of
their federation is expected
next week. It would coincide
with the Baghdad Pact meet
ing in Ankara, Turkey, which
was called to tighten the pro
Western front in the Middle
East.
Syrian President Shukri El
Kuwatly will arrive here in
the next few days for joint
action with Egyptian Presi
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser pro
claiming the creation of a un
ified, neutralist state of 30
million people.
ENDICOTT MONOPOLY
Syracuse, N. Y. (ID The
Syracuse university cross
country track team elected
Bob Osborne of Endicott as
captain for 1958. He succeed
ed Bryant Wood of Endicott.
And Anthony Annese of Endi
cott was elected to head the
freshman cross-country squad.
gency funds available was 7-2
with Reps. Robert Duncan,
Medford, and Harry Wells, La
Grande, voting against the
measure.
Duncan said he thought
there should be further invss
tigation of other possible
sources of revenue for mouse
eradication. He also felt the
Emergency board should not
commit the legislature to a
long-range research project.
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