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Price 10 Cents Medford 54th Year Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1959 12 Pages Administration's AntS-DnffDatnon Push Forcing Labor To Move on GMenslve By WILLIAM J. EATON UPI Correspondent Washington - (LTD - Organ ized labor is being forced on the defensive by the adminis tration's anti - inflation cam paign and Congress drive to control union corruption. One result is that the United Steelworkers Union has kept strike talk to a minimum and has gone to unusual lengths -as in a series of full - page newspaper ads - to present arguments seeking to justify its traditional demand for "more!" wages from steel pro ducers in this month's nego tiations. The union contends that wage increases would contribute to general prosperi ty. Another result is that AFL CIO leaders have been so busy trying to fend off what they consider punitive labor reform legislation that unions' efforts to get Congress to raise the minimum wage and to increase jobless, benefits have suffered. And out in the country, violence - scarred strikes in the coal fields of Eastern Ken tucky and a North Carolina textile town have reflected what many experts consider to be a stiffening in labor management relations. Inflation an Issue Labor sources admit that the theme pounded home by President Eisenhower - the dangers of inflation - has con vinced many rank and file union members that wage in creases should be shunned. The AFL-CIO has struck back by contending that infla tion is a phony issue and charging that big business rigs prices regardless of labor costs. Members of Congress re port, however, that labor's message isn't reflected very much in the mail they receive from (the folks back home. The anti-inflation psycholo gy this year presents a prob lem to the Steelworkers Union almost as great as auto workers chief Walter Reuther faced in 1958. Reuther had to negotiate new contracts with the big auto companies at a time when the recession was having a big impact. Beyond the steel 4alks, la bor observers are predicting trouble ahead in negotiations covering railroad workers and longshoremen. Rail management has pro posed 15-cent an hour wage cuts to three major unions. It also is campaigning against alleged "featherbedding" by operating employees. Con tracts run out Nov. 1. Both Harry Bridges West Coast dockmen's union and the East and Gulf Coast Inter national Longshoremen's As sociation face rough bargain ing sessions in late summer. Federal Legislation -. Longshore jobs are in the balance. The industry wants to introduce labor saving equipment and techniques such as loading goods in huge containers - that would slash payrolls in every major port. The AFL-CIO suffered a jolt when the Senate ap proved even a watered-down "bill of rights" for union members. President Georg Meany and other federation officials are now reconsider ing their support for any re form bill on grounds that the Senate - approved measure might put unions in a strait jacket. Even more threatening from labor's viewpoint is the pros pect that the House may fol low the President's advice and vote further restrictions on picketing and boycotts. Many top AFL-CIO offi cials, however, say the labor movement cannot afford to withdraw its support from a union reform bill at this stage without great provocation. While the big federation withheld comment on the Senate bill, the United Mine Workers came out against "every word, every line and every paragraph", of the mea sure. John L. Lewis' union said it would give too much power to the federal govern ment to "rule or ruin" labor organizations. Hoffa Big Problem The man at .whom most of the legislation is especially directed - James R. Hoffa of the teamster? - cussed out the Senate - approved bill and its ban on "hot cargo" clauses in labor contracts. These clauses permit union members to re f u s e to handle nonunion goods. The teamsters traditionally have used this device to quar antine nonunion firms until they sign up. Mathematics Can Be Interesting, OSC Says Corvallis An almost fabu lous era of mathematics is under way today, but a "fear of mathematics" on the part of parents and students is a major obstacle to be over come, an Oregon State col lege mathematician believes.' "Mathematics is hard only if you believe it is and make it so," Dr. Robert Gaskell said. "It can be tremendously exciting and challenging if parents and teachers make it that." The feeling that mathemat ics is "too hard for me," that it's boring, and that it isn't useful anyway are false at titudes that parents are giving their children, Gaskell main tains. The "too hard" part may stem from the fact that par ents are often unable to cope with arithmetic homework problems. Parents can en courage their children from Hoffa, who withdrew his union under fire from the In ternational Transport Work ers Federation last week to avoid near-certain ouster on corruption , charges is in a stalemate with court-appointed monitors for his union. The teamsters hope the U.S. Appeals Court here will hand down a ruling that would prevent the monitors from enforcing their clean-up directives against Hoffa and his top aides. If it does, labor observers believe that the last governmental check on Hof f a's tremendous ambitions will have been removed. the beginning, however, and can show them some of the fun with figures in the early grades, Gaskell says. After some years of that kind of interest at home, the child senses the importance of arithmetic and plunges into the subject with vigor and de termination. The result may be a new and fascinating life's work, he explains. Demand for trained mathe maticians today exceeds the supply several times over, Gaskell reports. In 1940, there were less than 150 mathema ticians employed in industry. Today, there are literally tens of thousands. Boeing Airplane company alone, for example, has some 300 persons work ing mathematics at present, according to Gaskell. Before joining the OSC staff this winter, Gaskell was director of the mathematics unit of the Boeing science lab oratories. Earlier this year, he completed a 13-state speaking tour as a national lecturer for the American Mathematics association. VODKA MARTINI or BLOODY MARY? Both drinks ore best made with smooth, flawless Smirnoff. Just be sure you use the Vodka of Vodkas... and have if your own wayi if leaves you breathless irnoftvoDivi 10 S 100 Priof. Distillid front griii. Sti. Pitrri Smitniff FU. (0i. if Hiubliii), Hartford. Cbbi. 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