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0 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedW, Or. A " Wednesday, June 3, 1959 Northwest Heavy Construction Up Seattle - (LTD- Heavy con struction in the Pacific North west climbed to an impressive $81,602,810 for May, accord ing to the trade magazine Pa cific Builder and Engineer. The total for Washington, Idaho, Oregon, MontaiM and Alaska was $34,500,0(&) high er than for the same period last year, although the num ber of projes was approxi- ; mately the same. Comparison of state totals show Washington far in front with $50,267,945 worth of work listed during the month. During May, 1958)only $17, 377,532 wigjtb of work was under1 contract in .Washing ton, i Other states and their totals for May compared with the same month last year are as follows: Oregon, $8,633,953 -$9,425,086. Idaho, $2,060,983 -$5,200,635. Montana, $5,961, 659 - $4,317,646. Alaska, $14, 668,270 - $12,919,935. The Rio Grande supplies ir rigation water for about two million acres. Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo I933-8ULUSTER WASN'T FEELING so Thot-ano moedovvn,twe boss, WAS VERY 600D ABOUT IT 1950-HOEDOWN ISNT EVEN UPDc -f'STER ,S STILL f JUST CAK&Zf UNTIL YOO J fEFi3J1UA'T THE ( SEEM TO jEy PEEL BETTER HOW 7 17 WAy MO- WOEDOWN, SHAKE THE CTf BUU-ISTER, WHV I tXSaZ? II " PRMER BOSS, SOPPECHIEF- fj DONT YOU COME IN 1 ij?'N II SLESS HIM, SET My OUST CANT J-"1 AT TEN O CLOCK I . Ljf HOURS-4NO OUST SEEM TO V AND LEAVE AT C TOofp o V WMO VOU SSREE s o excitement ! Centennial Exposition INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR The Inquiring Mind This 'series of articles, on many different subjects, results from work by senior students at the school of journalism at the University of Oregon. Each is a con densed version of a full-length thesis written as partial requirement for graduation at the school. SEE IT . and SAVE! Limited offer to Jww 10 fry ADMISSIONS FOR THE E off PRICI Special Charier Member Admission Book . o Yoa get 6 full-price admis sion tickets for the cost of 5 until June 10 only. The Ex position is so big you'll come again and again; so exciting you'll bring all the "relatives. Your 6 tickets will go quicker than Wow! And what fun you'll be hav ing! Tickets good anytime for 100 days. 3 th coupon and save -for- I Iecteni N1AL TICKET OFFICE P1S.W. susssiiii. Psrosaa of 6 adult tickets 15 per book. QBoota S (50c junior (6 Un 1 rs.j amuaMu .30 BtetoMd is J tickst booto Held soon, tiefcst books far M and I will pick at tkkst orfics Jdm 10. ' ' Statu RIGHT-TO-WORK LAWS By William Belding In the chemistry of labor- management relations, there are two elements which will create almost instantaneous fireworks when mixed the open shop and the union shop In recent history, a third element, politics, has been in troduced into this highly un stable mixture. The result is the right-to-work crusade. Right-to-work legislation in . V . ?1 V some states, maae possioie under the Taft-Hartley law of 1947, makes illegal the union shop. u . f Unions have believed in the union shojfcsince early in the life of unions. Samuel Gomp ers said avthe begining of the twentieth century that it is absurd to &ve consent to the organization of labor, and fail to recognize its logical out come -the union shop. Permitted in States The union shop, as today defined under the Taft-Hartley act, is permitted in states without right - to - work laws. Under union shop contracts, won by a majority of workers in plant elections and accept ed by an employer, workers can be required to join the union after 30 dfys. o Nineteen states have out lawed o compulsory member ship in unions since the Taft- Hartley act. " Last November, six states took right-to-work to the polls. In Colorado, Washing ton, Ohio Idaho and Califor nia, voters rejected the legis lation. In Kansas, it passed. In all, however, proponents found right-to-work an ex ceedingly hot issue to handle. Politicians Burned In Qhio and California, some politicians were badly burned. ' Public reaction. is forcing them to find new techniques for handling the issue. o v (j'hfhistory of right-to-work parallels that of the entire labor movement. The name is new; it was designed, argue union spokesmen, to disguise an unsavory ill-motivated de sire to suppress unionism. Before 1935, when the Wag ner act gave statutory defini tion to the right to organize, courts acted as referees, in the battles . between labor and management over the union shop. Common Law A large body of common law arose. Judges handed down decisions according to their particular beliefs and interpretations. . Standards used to judge labor cases often conflicted and led to confusion. When unions and industry grew to proportions where internal explosions affected the entire public, the federal government stepped in to write a code of conduct0 in 1935. ' - The Wagner act gave unions protection for their recruit ing activities; it also was in terpreted as legalizing com pulsory Membership clauses in labor contracts. 0 Union Abuse From 193J to 1947, unions grew tremendously. Accom panying this growth, how ever, was the cancer of union abuse of privilege. Weakness Thij advertisement published ' in the public interest by MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE es in union structure permit ted much power to repose in the hands of virtual dictators. Right - to - workers believe that corruption in unions is partly the result of the apathy and inertia of members who are forced to join unions against their will and who lack, consequently, the inter est needed to control leaders. The Taft -' Hartley act of 1947 was an attempt to con trol unions more effectively. It outlawed closed shops and referred the union shop ques tion to the states. , The closed . shop operates under a contract requiring membership in the union be fore hiring. Seize Clause Open shop advocates seized this clause in the act which permits states the power to prohibit union shops and launched, campaigns against union shops. Unions are trying to neu tralize right - to - work efforts and both sides engage in airy moralizing in an atmosphere of human rights, freedom, democracy, and ethics. The bulk of argument, pro and con, is carried on in an ideal isic vein. ' ' The question is asked whether workers, without union strength; have any real right to demand fairness from employers who may hire thousands of other workers. One of the most effective union argument is related to that question. If one can ac curately say that individual ly, a worker would be lost in negotiations with employers, should an individual be per mitted to accept representa tion by the union without con tributing to its support? Unions must bargain for all workers in a shop with which it bargains. In right-to-work states, unions are forced to speak for the worker who is not a member. . ' Contributes Nothing This worker is tlfe "free rid er" who works with union men, accepts the benefits of the union, and contributes nothing in return. . Others point to the futility and danger of right-to-w'ork laws. Rather than correcting labor problems, they merely permit a fewjdissidents to quit their unions. There is also the hazard of leading the public to believe that something use ful is being done to correct abuses. Many economists side vith labor, saying , that the union shop has become too much a part of labor-management re lations to be abandoned with out severe damage. Another union viewpoint is the thesis that states should not legislate where there is no great social , need.' Unions argue that worker rights are not infringed to the extent that such legislation is needed. Democracy, they argue, is protected by union shop elec tions, and the ignorant and recalcitrant must be forced to join to protect the majority. Support Campaigns Right -to - work crusaders have spent greatv sums .of money and flooded millions of words into publicity chan- MKG Ml Vacation Hours for Library Announced Commencing Monday, June 8, the junior department Of the Medford Public library, Jackson County library head quarters, will maintain its usual summer vacation hours. Young readers may visit the library from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p,m. every day, Monday through Saturday. Miss Julie Keiser, assistant librarian in charge of work with children, will be in charge of the department. She will be assisted by Misses Betty Gunter and Rosemary Stevenson and Mrs. Cynthia McKay. The hours of the adult read ing rooms will remain the same, 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. BOUNCING BULLET KILLS Perry, Ga. -TOP&- Larry Sut ton, 15, was killed Monday by a bullet which ricocheted off the surface of a pond. Police said Sutton and Mar tha Ann Mobley,' 14, were shooting at a snake in a fish pond. Hawkins said a .22 cali ber bullet, apparently fired by Martha Ann, ricocheted off the surface of the pond and lodged in Sutton's heart. nels in support of their cam paigns. They have enlisted the powers of argument of clergy men, educators and other pub lic figures. These men have drawn on their experiences and philosophy to draft pleas for worker freedom to work without paying tribute to unions. , They continue to promote right - to - work legislation in spite of five discouraging de feats in November, 1958. They are quietly fashioning new techniques for handling this red-hot issue. Unions are also keeping defenses tight. With its grow ing political influence, labor will cause political , campaign ers to . be wary as they re member the injuries that Re publicans suffered from ex ploding right-to-work alchemy in the laboratories .of Califor nia and Ohio. Summertime Brings Outdoor Hazards, Various Diseases Washington (Science Serv-ice)-It is summertime, but the living is not so easy. This favorite season wit nesses a procession of various diseases and hazards through September. First of all, we still have the perennial polio problem. The incidence of this crippling disease reaches its peak dur i n g the" hottest summer months. Therefore, the quick er people get their three Salk vaccine shots, the better off they will be. Even the first two shots will offer some pro tection durirfg the time elapse before the third shot. As temperatures soar, foods that are ordinarily kept cold sometimes become lukewarm. This is jusf what diarrhea bacteria are waiting for. Milk is now pasteurized and food is usually refrigerated. But foods exposed to warm temperatures can spark the growth of these trouble-causing bacteria. The sun itself causes trou ble. Sunstroke results from too much exercise in sol's rays. Symptoms for sunstroke and heatstroke are the same: headache, fever, complaint that everything looks red. Sunburn is less serious, but can be dangerous. Soak up the sun in 10- to 15-minute doses first. Then slowly in crease the time and intensity of exposure. Swimming, the great sum mer outdoor sport, has its troubles too. Polluted water is a major hazard in many areas. Swimming pools should Pendleton Art Club Displays Work Salem -(UPD- Thirteen mem bers of the; Pendleton Art Club currently have their work on display at the state capitol. The Umatilla county paint ers are showing 27 different oils and water colors in the capitol restaurant area, re placing the Coos "county ex hibit which concluded last Friday. Secretary of State Howell Appling, whose office is spon soring the rotating exhibits, was on hand to greet club members who brought the art show to Salem.' ' Fifteen other groups from around the state will partici pate in future shows. The cur rent exhibit ends June 19. - Planners Needed in Washington Area A dozen or more city and regional planners are urgent ly needed for positions with the National Capital Planning commission in the Washing ton, D. C, metropolitan area. Full information and appli cation forms may be obtained from L. B. Nelson, Medford post office, or from the U. S. civil: service commission, Washington, 25, D. C. The need for filling the po sitions was brought about by the expansion of the program of the planning commission recently authorized by congress. A Fir ESTABLISHED 1896 i.lcUr 0IIU FUEL GO. Big Double Loads Red Summer Prices Better wood in May GREEN STAMPS, Security Insurance & Realty Have A Care-Free Vacation Trip! EVERY TRAVELER NEEDS ACCIDENT PROTECTION! 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