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Unions Win Round in Fight To Force Support of Activities By Congressional Quarterly Washington - Labor unions have won the latest round in a significant court battle test ing their right to compel mem bers to support their political and lobbying activities. The North Carolina su preme court Feb. 25 ruled that workers who must join a union to hold their jobs can also be forced to pay dues to support the union's lobbying and political efforts, even though they oppose the ob jectives of those activities. There was only one dissent to the North Carolina ruling, which reversed a lower court decision against the unions. But the issue is far from settled. The Georgia supreme court, which ruled against the unions on a technical point in an almost - identical suit in 1957, is expected to reaffirm its stand when the same case comes before it for final dis position next month. The Georgia court has al ready declared unanimously that "we do not believe one (union member) can constitu tionally be compelled to con tribute money to support ideas, politics and candidates which he opposes." Headed for High Court The importance of the issue and the developing split be tween the high tribunals of two states make it almost in evitable that the question will come before the United States Supreme Court - perhaps next fall - for final resolution. At stake are the multi-million dollar lobbying and po litical education activities which have given labor unions a powerful voice in Congress and national affairs. Most of these activities are financed from union dues. The plaintiffs in both the' North Carolina and Georgia cases argued that they should not be forced to pay dues for such purposes.' In both cases, the suits were Security Insurance & Realty r " - t , . i t! "::'A g9r' k ! 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Congress in 1950 approved union shop contracts on the railroads even in states -like Georgia and North Carolina where right-to-work laws for bid such contracts generally. The Supreme Court in the 1956 Hanson case upheld the constitutionality of the union shop amendment to the Rail way Labor Act. But in that decision the high court used' this significant' language: "The only conditions to union membership authorized by . . . the Railway Labor Act are the payment of periodic dues, initiation fees and assess ments . . . The financial sup port required relates, there fore, to the work of the union in th.e realm of collective bar gaining ... If assessments are in fact imposed for purposes not germane to collective bar gaining ... or if the exaction of dues ... is used as a cover for forcing ideological con formity or other action in con travention of the First Amend ment, this judgment will not prejudice the decision in that case . . . ." That language in the Su preme Court opinion was in terpreted by some lawyers to mean that workers covered by a union shop contract could be forced to pay dues only for their share of the union's col lective bargaining work, and not for other purposes like lobbying or political educa tion. Georgia Ruling That is exactly what the Georgia supreme court held in its ruling on the technical point of the Georgia case in 1957. But last week the North Carolina supreme court inter preted the language very dif ferently. The North Carolina judges said the Supreme Court decision "indicates that the required financial support embraces all activities of the (union) reasonably related to its maintenance of an effec tive bargaining agent," includ ing lobbying and political education work. They said i there was no issue of "forcing ideological conformity" on union mem bers by requiring them to support union lobbying and politicking because, "in all other respects, (they) are free to speak and act according to their own desires even if by so doing they speak and act at cross - purposes with the HORNBROOK Birthday Observed By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Hornbrook - To honor Mike Turnbow on his 13th birth day, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Skeahan, entertained a group of his friends at a buffet supper and dancing party at their home Saturday, Feb. 28. Several games were played, with prizes going to Randy Peters, Suzanne Kutz key, Joan Kutzkey, and Jim my Skeahan. A t h r e e-tiered birthday cake and ice cream were serv ed as a climax to the supper. Attending were Karen Baker, Suzanne Kutzkey, Joan Kutz key, Donna Spearin, Jeanie Cardoza, Jennifer Cummins, Linda Peters, Marsha Farns worth, Gloria Lara, Bonny Sue Blankenship, Jimmy Ske ahan, Greg Skeahan, Mike Blankenship, Randy Peters, Jerry McMasters, Furl Moore, Steve Farmer, Dale Farmer, Gene Farmer, Darrell Jones, Ernest Burcell, Aaron Peters, and George Chadwick. Parents attending were Mrs. Loren Cummins, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blankenship, and Mr. and Mrs. Harley Baker. Girl Scouts from Troop 24 at Hilts were in town Satur day selling Girl Scouts cook ies from house to house. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Gard ners' Funeral chapel in Yreka for Eugene Smith, 53, of Dunsmuir, who died Friday, March 6, in Siskiyou General hospital in Yreka following a Princess Margaret Dances at Party London -UPD- Princess Mar garet danced past 'midnight this morning at the end of a gala night out in a party that included jazz pianist Robin Douglas-Home. Douglas-Home, 26-year-old nephew of the Earl of Home and former suitor of Princess Margaretha of Sweden, was included in Margaret's party for the first time. His ro mance with the Swedish prin cess ended last year. Princess Margaret, who is president of the Royal Ballet, was acocmpanied at the per formance by her mother, Queen Elizabeth. Her sister, the Queen, went to a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in an other theater. unions." At the moment, then, rail road unions in North Carolina can collect dues from unwill ing workers to support their lobbying and political educa tion work, but railroad unions in Georgia cannot. It remains for the Supreme Court to settle the issue on a national basis. (Copyright 1959, Congressional Quarterly Inc.) SPECIAL VITAMIN SALE 250 for the P rice of Two 100's VITAMIN MRS. WYATT VITAMIN CONSULTANT Trained by Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Will be at Western Thrift Thursday, Fri day and Saturday to assist you with your nutritional problems. 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He attended gram mar school here, but the great er part of his life was spent in Dunsmuir, where he was a clerk. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Hazel Stanley, of Duns muir and a niece, Grace Stan ley, of Redding. He was a ne phew of the late Fred J. Meamber, of Yreka. The Eev. John Martin of St. Mark's Ep iscopal church in Yreka offi ciated, and burial was in the family plot of the Henley Hornbrook cemetery. Visitors last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bear were her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Klontz of Auburn, Wash. On Saturday, the two couples went to Mt. Shasta Ski bowl. Sweepstakes winner in the series of card parties given by Hornbrook Grange was Mrs. Lester Nye. The conclud ing party was held Saturday evening at the Grange hall, and Mrs. Nye also held high score for the evening's play. Mrs. Al King, general chair man of the series, speaking in behalf of the Grange, express ed appreciation to those who attended, particularly those from Yreka and Montague, for their help in making the parties successful. Mrs. Lennard Sloan is in Siskiyou General hospital in Yreka with a severely slashed hand, and cuts on her back. She was injured Saturday while horseback riding with her husband, when her horse shied and threw her. She was carrying two pop bottles at the time which fell and broke, and she was thrown onto them. Mrs. James Kunkle arrived by plane in Medford Saturday evening from Oxnard, Calif. Her husband had returned home two weeks earlier, and met her at the airport. The Kunkles had been in Oxnard since shortly after Christmas. They had spent Christmas there with her parents, and had just returned to Horn brook, when they received word that her father suffered a stroke, so they returned. Mrs. Kunkle said her father is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith left Sunday morning for San Francisco. They stayed over night en route at Corning, Calif., with their son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Edward M. Smith, and son, Mike. They expect to return next week end. Miss Mary Lee Rutledge was home over the week end from Chico State college. George Carey is in South ern Pacific hospital in San Francisco for a checkup. He was hospitalized in Yreka for several days in February with an apparent heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Dwain Ham ner returned Sunday evening from a two weeks' visit in Ba- kersfield, Calif., with their children and other relatives. High School Youth Parts With Beard Portland -(UPD- High school junior Gary Sanders, 16, zip ped through his home work here Tuesday as fast as you can take a beard off with an electric razor. In fact, that was his homework. School board officials, in effect, ordered him to shave a healthy beard he had been growing since Dec. 20 in con nection with a Franklin high school function and the Ore gon Centennial. When told by Franklin High officials that Gary had to shave, his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Sanders, took the matter to the school board contending the ultimatum was an in fringement of personal rights, But the board ruled the whis kers had to go. Portland Women Charges Gambling Vancouver, Wash. -(UPD- A Portland housewife told the Vancouver city council Tues day night that her husband had lost large sums of money gambling in Vancouver. She said he lost SHOO in two days last October and on other occasions S700 and S900 a day. She said her husband lost the money at cards. Mayor Irving Jensen, after the woman had completed her statement, said: "If there has been gambling going on, this, I am sure, com es as a complete shock to all the council members." 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