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North Carolina Textile Strike
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May Be Felt for Years To Come
Editor's note: For irtnt mnnthi
the Textile Workers Union of Amer
ica has been on strike at the Harriet-Henderson
cotton milU at Hen
derson, N.C. There has been freq
uent violence, and the North Caro
lina national guard is on the scene.
This is not the biggest or most
violent textile strike in history,
hut its effect on southern industry
may be treat.
By JOSEPH C. KOENENN
UPI Correspondent
Henderson, N.C. - (CPD - The
size of labor's say in operating
the south's textile mills is be
ing shaped by a strike which
has torn this small eastern
North Carolina community
since last fall.
"Our future in the south
depends on the outcome of this
strike," says the union involv
ed - the Textile Workers
Union of America (TWUA).
Textile industry leaders say
the outcome will determine
who will run textile mills -management
or labor.
Strikers walked out at the
two Harriet-Henderson cotton
mills last Nov. 17. Violence
broke out three months later
when the mills reopened with
non-strikers. The highway pa
trol was sent in Feb. 15 to
guard the re-opening and re
inforced a week later. Gov.
Luther H. Hodges entered ne
gotiations March 21, then an
nounced April 2 that his ef
forts were unsuccessful.
Hodges Announced Settlement
On April 17 Hodges went to
Henderson, met with union
and management, announced a
settlement. The union approv
ed the contract April 19, then
the next day accused the mills
of misrepresenting job rights
and refused to sign. Hodges
pulled out the highway patrol
May 8. Violence brought a re
quest for aid from local au
thorities. The national guard
was ordered to Henderson
May 12 and is still there.
Some 1,200 strikers are in
volved, a n relatively small
erouD in the textile industry.
Yet it is a battle which affects
the entire industry.
It's being fought in a town
of onlll,000 population. Na
tional guardsmen patrol the
streets. Neighbors no longer
speak to each other. Children
have a new word "scab
Henderson's community recre
ation, civil defenseand sewer
construction programs have
been suspended. Some small
businesses are a n n o u n c ing
CLOGSTorrs
Metal
Veslhsr Stripping
and Screens
Estimates Gladly
Prion SP 3-1014 EveningC
Cherries Should
Be Stayed Soon
Cherry growers should
spray as soon as possible to
control worms in sweet and
sour cherries, according to
Tjtii Berry, county agent.
The first adult flies emerged
from the ground this week
which means that cherry
growers and home orchardists
should have their sprays com
pleted by June 7 since the fly
will beftarting to deposit ojggs
inside jJie cherries at that
time, Brry said. Once the
eggs are laid it is too late to
prevent the cherries rom be
coming wormy.
Three nound of Methoxv-
chlor per 100 gallor&of water,
or two heaping tablespoons in
three gallons of water applied
thoroughly tcuhe cherry, trees
will control the fly if repeated
at 10-day intervals until harv
est. Berry advised q
Where black cherry Apn&i
are present the addition of
two pounds of Malftthion pgfc
100 gallwis of wattr, or tBo
tablespoons in thrgs g&llon
of water, will control thi9pgt.
Commercial orcbgyrdisiS mge
substitute two apundpof DifE-
won per 100 fgllor?br con-
bination of &Jtho$ychIclu
Malathion. Dotjiot sally Dif -
inon closer thgn ldtyt jrioa
to nicking. nor Wf Ifthion
Methoxychloo Icaj tt
three da1
Mfheniji Msife4 As
been datoleiot ic It
strong eaoiaja t4
carry ft aa
Dgvay SBre Jbs Cm.
A mm Ml,
nacfrafr Chf eJUile
aiaW uJK ae VsV fveIaie
liquidation sales,
The strike is not over wages
or working conditions. The-
argument is arbitration -whether
someone who is
neither management nor labor
can decide what should be
done when management and
labor can't agree.
Arbitration Key Issue
The union has had an arbi
tration clause in its contract
at the Harriett-Henderson cot
ton mills here for 14 years.
Last year the mills refused to
renew such a clause. This led
to the strike.
It is not the biggest or the
most violent t textile , strike.
Whencompared to the 1929
Gastonia, N.C, strike in which
a police chief was killed.
" But unlike its predecessors,
the Henderson strike is not a
fight brought ajoout by the
union demanding more con
cessions. This time it is man
agement fighting for more
say. , '
John D. Cooper, a slight,
in his late 60's,
scooped man ii
owns the mil's.
"I think the people who are
operating the plants realize
that they can't stay in business
and let the union 4ak over
management," he lays.
Most of the ftrikers' bitter
ness directefi at the non
strikers and netional guards
men. The trigers think Coop
er is beuuj "used" by the tex
tile industry in f "conspir
acy" to brea" tht union.
Otg Cmc iavelted
'Juliu trye, rt TWUA
representative, say number
of 3uthern mill have pro
poses contract Similar to the
on progoss to Cooper,
"fiomt of thS Brooosals evtn
hvft itenticil language. I
no it'f liora) . then coinci
lnce." .
Coopfr efya ha i consideraa
rfticf 1 by aany of hi man-
tgameat aapciata because "I
lifa't opgoaa tha union whan
A cam htra If year ago."
ma tfllt tuna, the HenSftr-
oa loeals hava grown into
tm m the atrongeft in the
actional anioa. Thtra hfve
trite. Ceo pa
ftlmea thai vtrikaa en "via
waioa's etfei to enerof eft on
tRf ataxia rummkM of vie
iU ,
W aiHie Coog ao Trj0
f Isne cjteettlaaient. Crops
aj4ae Bitteiaeas areata! bj
tti eie triU, tonl ease
aJtaeaBMttojs$ .
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UAIL TBIBUNI, Mitfaro', Or.
Wednesday, Juno 3, 19S9
GRADUATES - Midshipman
Charles p. Cosky, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Otto DeJarnett, Kit
West Jackson st., will gradu
ate today from the United
States Naval academy, An
napolis, Md., with a bachelor
of science degree in engineer
ing. He was commissioned an
ensign and will report to the
Pensacola Naval Air station,
Fla. He -was graduated from
Medfbrd High school in 1955
and ' was appointed to the
academy by Congressman
Harria Illsvorth.
Sisters Attend
Nursing Convention
Sister Ida, supervisor of
surgary, and Sister Patrice
Maria, Supervisor of surgical
medical division from Sacred
Heart hospital, attended the
savanth annual convention of
tha Oregon League for Nurs
ing recently held at the Mult
nomah hotel in Portland.
Tht theme of the conven
tion was "Mursing for a Grow
ing Stata." Care of the men
tally ill was fully discussed.
As hi the previous years,
tha Jlorence Nightingale Me
morial service was held prior
to tha convention at the Uni
varajity of Oregon Medical
ajchaol.
Tha Arizona Pioneers' His
torical Society in Tucson, a
ttate institution in , operation
aince 1884, maintains a large
research library devoted ex
clusively to Arizona and the
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JLI.C REPORTS - FACTS AS A BASIC MEAStJBi Of 49VliTSIHO VALUE
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
It Isn't Progress
To Remove Shade Trees
Unfortunate indeed is the
tree that grows beside a vil
lage or city street, or along
a highway. Probably it has
held its branches outstretched
in summer's sun and winter's
cold for half a century.
But now times have chang
ed. Now it has an exceedingly
precarious future. Chances
are it is in the way, or soon
will be. It will 'have to be
destroyed in order towiden
the street, or to make room
for an unsightly utility pole.
And all this will be called
"progress."
We overwork this "prog
ress" business. Real, honest-to-goodness
progress would be
the elimination of all ugly
utility poles, with the wires
buried out of sight under
ground. The old shade trees
are often cut down to make
room for a building, ' com
pletely forgetting" that any
building that man has ever
made, or ever will build, loses
its beauty, its usefulness or
its style after a couple of
decades. a
SO Year's Span
Even those imposing struc
tures we so stupidly claim
will "stand as a monument
forever" will have- outlived
their usefulness in 50 years.
They will be old-fashioned,
obsolete; may even be con
demned. Then a new, modern
building will be built in its
place, only to be replaced
itself within another half cen
tury or less.
Yet a tree twice .or ten
times as old may retain its
freshness, symmetry and use
fulness. It is a living thing,
something a greal deal more
wonderful than any structure
or machine that man will
ever make.
Even if the tree on the city
street escapes total destruc-
Cafch-AII Pockets
Handy helper for spring
housecleaning-has wide straps ;
that won't slip, catch-all pock- i
ets. ' j
Money-saver apron - use
gay remnants of prints or
plaid 'n' plain fabric. It's easy
sewing, inexpensive, too. Pat
tern 7289: directions, cutting
chart.
Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS
(coins) for this pattern add
5 cents for each patera for
lst-class mailing. Send to
Medford Mail Tribune House
hold Arts Dept., P. O. Box
168, Old Chelsea Station, New
York 11, N. Y. Print plainly
NAME, ADDRESS and PAT
TERN NUMBER. .
Our 1959 Alice Brooks
Needlecraft Catalogue has
many lovely designs to order:
crocheting, knitting, embroid
ery, quilts, dolls, weaving. A
special gift, in the catalog to
keep a child happily occupied
-a cutout doll and clothes to
color. Send 25 cents for your
tion for a little time, it will
be indeed lucky if it escapes
mutilation by having its top
chopped off, or entire sections
cut from one side or the otner
or from right out of the
center, ; so that the fresh,
green, symmetrical tree does
n't ""interfere" with a guy
wire or a telephone or electric
wire. ; ' . .
They've Had Their Way
Those who made a profit
by cutting down ,the tree, or
the company which gets tha
contract for the paving, or
the politician who receives
credit for modernizing tha
community 'have had their
way. -: ' . -
Doubly pathetic is tha aafl
plight of , the grove, or the
lone tree that is destroyed,
that an unsightly billboard
can be erected in its place.
And all billboards, no matter
what they advertise, are un
sightly. Time was, and not so long
ago either, when many vil
lages and cities proudly
claimed, "shady, peaceful
streets, lined with shade
trees" where children played
and leaf-mosaics dappled vide
lawns with dancing lights
and shadows. -
Thosa streets are broader
now and hotter, in the sum
mer sun, for most of the old
shade trees have been sacri
ficed to gain another couple
of feet of pavement. The
"face of America" changes.
(Release by Tke Register aad
Tribune Byaaicate, ISM)
4-H Club Uews
A report was given at the
May 23 meeting of the Ante
lope 4-H Livestock club held
at the Anderson home that it
was decided at an executive
meeting held with Eagle Point
and Reese Creek clubs to com
bine the three clubs for one
pre-f air.
The club was invited to a
meeting with the Central
Point general club May 26 at
the Central Point Grange hall.
Jimmy Jensen was enrolled
in the dairy and beef clubs.
The next meeting wall be
June 12 at the. Geren home.
Xveryone is asked to be there
by, 7 p.m. so that showmanship
and judging may be' practiced
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naren jossy
. Reporter
fteefforef Student Gets
forensict Award
Salem-Lynn Hales of Med
ford was awarded the Rex Agj
xurner prize lor outstanding
participation in f orehsics at
the Willamette .university
awards , assembly hereo re
cently. '
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Taylor, 1548 South
Ivy st.
Tha world's Christians are
divided into three reat fam-ilies-the
Roman Catholic
LChurch with 500,000,000 mjta-
bers; the Protestant church
with about 200,000,000 mem
bers; and tha lastern Ortho
dox churches,"'ith upwards
of 150,000,000 mambtrft :
Christianity is by ffr tht
world's largest religion. Omtr
major faith are Mam, fitS
330,000,000 adherents Hin9n
ism, 300,000,000; CorJucian
ism, 300,000,000; BuddhiSm,
200,000,000 Taoism, f0,000,
000; and Judaism, 19,000,000.
Sixty years of work wentltered American living rooms
Jnto television before TV en- after World War II.
Graduate
them to . . .
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Matching Key Gora" $O05f
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Painf Color Mixer
Installed in Store
An automatic paint - color
mixer has1 been installed at
Big Pines Lumber company,
S2 West Sixth st, making pos-
aibla soma 400 different col
ors. .
- Bert Thierolf, president af
tha company, explained that
tha new device, a Kan Color-
meter, "greatly increases tha
number of colors wa can pro
vide for both interior decorat
ing and axtarior color styl
ing." Big Pines ia ona of tha first
stores in tha country to hava
tha machine, ha said. .
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