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Wednesday, July 15, 5S MAIL TRIBUNE, Mod'tord', Or. feel y on d on lirgs try T Join i n;:;;F a c tr Fi n d i rig Hoard Indus' Ike tould Law in SteeD QJnoon EDnspuie Washington -CPII President Eisenhower has available a powerful weapon to halt the steel strike if it gets to the point, where the nation's wel fare "is threatened. In that case, the President could seek an injunction un der the Taft-Hartley Law to bar the walkout for SO days. But informed sources said today that t" e President will defer a decision on whether, to use the broad emergency au thority of the labor law. They gave two reasons: Supplies High It will take several weeks at least for a steel shortage to develop that would threaten the nation's welfare. Steel supplies are high. Top federal mediators gen erally feel that the 80-day in terval provided by the injunc tion serves as a warming up period instead of a cooling-off period as it is generally de scribed. However, if a strike drags on through the summer, the President may invoke the Taft-H a r 1 1 e y procedure. It would be the seventh time in seven years. Here's how it works: :: vacation money? .. conw to 2 ; Pacific Industrial prompt. eowUom !; pmnomtoaam mtdmmror amtf carMcv I; 16 S. Central SP 3-5308 Bob Griffith, Manager y 4 k Our Storewide sale will last only long enough to make room for our recent purchases at market be sure to come in now while selections are plentiful. SAVE ON EVERY ITEM! From 5sij5o mm JsJVJJ set ISg- MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS Many Floor Samples at Huge Savings! Simmons Sealy Serta Mr. & Bookcase Bed, Chest-Reg. $226 II Easy Parking, No Meters 99 Highway (Use TaMarMey If the President decides that a "threatened or actual strike or lockout affecting an entire industry or a substantial part thereof . . . will . . . imperil the national health or safety," he can name an emergency fact-finding .board. No Recommendations This board usually holds hearings for a few days, and then reports the position of both company and union rep resentatives to the White House. It makes no recommen dations. , ' Once the report is filed, the President may order the at torney general to go into any U.S. District Court and seek an injunction forbidding a strike or lockout while nego tiations continue. No court has ever refused such a request. If no agreement is reached after 6Q days, the fact-finders report again on each side's position and also relay the employers' "final bffer" to settle the dispute. ' During the next 15 days, the National Labor Relations Board conducts a secret bal lot vote of the workers in volved to see if they wish to accept the final offer. It usual ly is rejected. Must Certify Results - The NLRB must certify the results to the attorney general WANTS MILK STOCKPILE Washington-fllPD-Rep. Sam uel S. Stratton (D-N.Y.) has urged the government to con sider the feasibility of stock piling milk to help feed the country in case of nuclear at tack. Stratton made his sug gestion Sunday to Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson and Leo A. Hoegh, director of Civil Defense mobilization. STILL GOING STRONG! DAVENPORT SETS All Foam Zippered Cushions Biltwell t Leonetti Reg. $199.95 to $278.75 flow from $2) Black, Brown, Green, Turquoise All Other Sets On Sale! Taffeta Covers large Selection Regular $2.49 3-Piece Stanley Bedroom Sets Mrs. Dresser & Mirror, $199 3-Piece Cherry Set Double Dresser, Nite Stand, Bookcase Bed, $1QQ Reg. $259.50 Vff (JJ " Conditioned j Central Point within five days after the bal loting is concluded. At the end of the 80th day, the government must ask the court to dissolve the injunc tion and the workers are free to strike again. . The President is required to submit a report of the dispute to Congress together with any recommendations he cares to make for legislation. Reimbursement by Appling Demanded Portland (DPD State Rep. Meulah Hand (D-Milwaukie) Tuesday demanded that Free man Holmer, head of the state departemnt of finance and ad ministration, ask Secretary of State Howell Appling to "re imburse" the state for sending ou ta news release summary of a speech Appling made in Klamath Falls at a Republi can picnic Sunday. She said the document Ap pling sent out was a four-page summary of a partisan politi cal speech and charged it was made and distributed at pub lic expense. In a letter to Holmer, the Milwaukie Democrat declared that the release was written by a paid state employee, was mimeographed on state time and with state materials and was sent out in official en velopes. She added the letters were run through the state's postage metering machine. . She demanded that Holmer request the secretary of state to "reimburse the state i in full." ' Carpet & Rugs Plush Pile Cotton p Guaranteed for 15 Years! Sq. Yd. Daveno & Chair Sets Green, Coral, Turquoise. SAA95 Reg. $139.95 - SALE W MANY MORE TO CHOOSE FROM TV Trays Set of 4 Large Trays with Stand. $jfc.95 Reg. $11.95 - NOW O Decorator Pillows NOW ONLY 99 flothing Down up to 3 Years to Pay! on approved credit Maple Cricket Chairs . On Sale from $15.50 Maple Occasional Tables Reg. $12.95 NOW $9.95 All Maple Items On Sale! Open Mondays and Fridays Till 9 PJVl. PHONES: NO 4-1226 NO 4-1227 Suggestions Would Be Made By 3-Man Group New York-flJPD-The- United Steelworkers Union today urged the steel industry to join with it in forming a fact finding board to study the issues involved in the strike and help bring about an early settlement. In a letter to the industry's fourman bargaining team, Union President David J. Mc Donald said a three-man fact finding committee should look into economic and non-economic matters in dispute and make recommendations to both parties aimed at halting the strike. McDonald said the industry and union each would name one man to the committee and Chief Justice Earl Warren would be asked .to name a third, impartial member. Basis for Negotiations The union chief said the findings of the board would not be binding but "we are confident that they would provide a basis for negotia tions and facilitate quick set tlement by the parties." In the union's statement, McDonald noted that Presi dent Eisenhower refused to set up a government fact find ing board to study the eco nomic issues involved in the dispute. He also pointed out the companies refused to join with the union in forming a committee to study the dead lock over plant working con ditions. "While the President felt it inappropriate to appoint a fact finding board as request ed by the union," McDonald said, "there is certainly no inhibition on the companies and the union mutually agree ing to establishing their own fact finding board." Blames Steel Companies McDonald said now that the strike has begun it is "incum bent on both parties to do everything in their power to reach an expeditious settle ment and avert a prolonged stoppage." He again blamed the strike on the steel com panies and accused them of spurning "every effort and proposal of the union to reach a settlement." .Industry and labor had sep arate meetings scheduled this afternoon with the chief of the Federal Mediation Serv ice. Each side bitterly blamed the other for the strike which punctuated their failure to write a new wage contract for the industry's half mil lion workers. Pendleton Barn Destroyed by Fire Pendleton (UPD Fire de stroyed a large tack barn con taining 40 stalls at the Round up stadium here Tuesday afternoon. John E. Bauer, Pendleton Roundup president, said the flames apparently spread to the structure as weeds were being burned nearby. Firemen prevented, the blaze from reaching the live stock pavilion and stock pens. The blaze started about 1:50 p.m. and was contained by 2:20 p.m. Dauer said the stalls, used for show horses and other pa rede animals, probably would be rebuilt for the next Round up, next September. No stock or equipment were in the stalls at the time of the fire. A damage estimate was not immediately available. Bauer said the burning of the stalls would not hamper opening of the National In dian Encampment at the Roundup grounds Friday. Governor Names Tax Commissioner Salem-(UPB-Gov. Mark Hat field today named Fred H. W. Hoefke, Portland, a former special agent of the Internal Revenue Service, to replace Carl W. Chambers on - the State Tax Commission. The appointment is effec tive Aug. 1. About one-sixth of the state of Delaware's total area is water surface. NEW LIFE To Fabrics with RETEXTURE SERVICE OPEN A.M. to PvM. Close Saturday 1:30 p.m. Medford Cleaners SP 2-6501 34 N. HOLLY FREE Pickup and Delivery A Dance By United Press International The steel strike at a glance: THE UNION: The United Steelworkers of America, with 500,000 members in steel mills, iron ore mines, Great Lakes ore carriers and other operations. THE COMPANIES: Twenty eight steel producers, includ ing the 12 biggest who partici pated in pre-strike negotia tions. Included are the U. S. Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel, which represent 55 per cent of total national steel capac ity. DIRECT DAILY COST OF THE STRIKE: Approximately $50 million, with steel produc tion losses estimated at $40 million and union wage losses at $10 million. The union has no strike fund. LOSSES: About 300,000 tons daily at pre-strike rates of production. ISSUES: Union is seeking package wage increase esti mated at more than 15 cents an hour. Also seeks extension of cost - of - living escalator clause contained in three-year contract which expired June 30. Pre-strike steel wages averaged $3.10 an hour. In dustry has proposed one-year wage freeze and elimination of escalator clause. However, Sixth Industry-Wide Strike in History Of Steel Union Pittsburgh -(DPD-The strike of United Steelworkers is the sixth industry-wide walkout in the 23-year history of the union, all after World War II. The previous walkouts and the settlements: 1956-34 days. A three-year contract which resulted in benefits estimated at 45.6 cents per hour per worker during the life of the agree ment. 1955-12 hours. Wage in creases averaging slightly more than 15 cents per hour. 1952-56 days. Wage increas es averaging 16 cents per hour; a modified union shop and elimination of geographi cal differentials at a cost of about 5 cents per hour. -Pension Won 1949 - 30 to 42 days. Com pany-financed pension and in surance programs, but no wage increase. 1946-29 days. A wage in? crease of I8V2 cents per hour. The steel industry estimat ed that these walkouts cost the nation 55 million tons of steel production. The current walkout will mean the loss of about 2 million tons for each week it continues. The first major strike called by the USW, then the Steel workers Organizing , Commit tee, was against Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. in Iay, 1937. The n e w 1 y - founded union already had won con tracts with 110 companies, in cluding giant U. S. Steel Corp., without a walkout. Union Wins Vote The strike ended after 36 hours when J&L agreed to sign a contract if its em ployees voted for the union in a National .Labor Relations Board election. The union cosco Regular $ 1 2.00 Value - Electric Table leku Watt o SPECIALISTS IN 245 South Central at 10th at 'Strike companies have offered im proved pensions and insur ance benefits this year and a modest pay increase next year if the union agrees to in creased efficiency in steel plants. Industry says wage in crease would necessitate in crease in steel prices and trigger new inflationary spiral. Union maintains that industry's profits and pro ductivity are high enough to warrant wage increase with out forcing increase in steel prices. STRIKE HISTORY: Sixth nationwide steel strike since World War II. Last strike,, in 1956, lasted 34 days, costing approximately $2 billion in productions and . lost wages. Wages increased total of 62 cents an hour, including 17 cents provided by escalator clause. Steel prices since have increased an average of $34 per ton.. EXPECTED EFFECT: Steel consumers have supplies suf ficient for from 30 to 120 days. Agreement, when reached, will set pattern for contract talks in aluminum, copper, canning and railroads. Also will have important ef fect on wage increases in variety of industries, ranging from autos to missiles. won 17,028 to 7,207. But other large independent firms refused to deal with the union. Within a week, the late Philip Murray, then president of the steel union, had called J-walkouts against Bethlehem, Republic, Inland and Youngs town Sheet & Tube. At its peak, the walkout idled 90,000 workers. The violence-marked strike continued into the fall, but eventually most of the men went back to work and the union had failed to win con tracts. But in 1941, after strikes flared at a half-dozen Bethlehem mills, the company agreed to NLRB elections. Again the union won, and the four companies of so-called "little steel" came to terms in August. Other Strikes Other major strikes in the steel- industry occurred in 1889, 1892, 1909 and 1919, but they involved predecessor unions of the United Steel workers. The most noted walkout of the past was the 1892 strike against steel king Andrew Carnegie's Homestead, Pa., mill. On July 6 of that year strikers and company - hired Pinkerton detectives clashed in a pitched battle. Seven strikers and three Pinkertons were killed in a gun battle on ! the bank of the Monongahela river as the detectives sought to enter the mill from barges, j RETURN ON INVESTMENT Los Angeles- (DPD -A man walked into a Salvation Army store Tuesday, showed a gun and said: "I've donated to the Salvation Army many times. Now give me all the bills you have." He left with $17. Goo4 HMkMfnifJ $(o)88 In kitchen, laundry, patio, nursery, bath this hand some electric Cosco Utility Table gives you extra work space and storage space M wheels. 29?" high, 14"x 22" wide, aked on enamel finisi. .'ieal out let, tubular c.irome legs, choice of colors. PLENTY OF FREE PARKING! HIGHEST QUALITY LOWEST PRICES HOMEWAtBtl Phone SP 2-5201 No Financial Aid Available For Strikers Pittsburgh-flJPD-The nation's striking steelworkers will be ineligible for state unemploy ment benefits and will receive no financial aid from then national union during the strike. The United Steelworkers Union has no strike fund from which it could make strike payments. However, a union spokesman said each local will form a strike welfare committee which will make financial aid available to "hardship" cases. Officials Unpaid Top union officials, includ ing President David J. Mc Donald, who draws an annual salary of $50,000, also will go without pay during the strike. Their pay was suspended auto matically at the strike's outset in accordance with a 20-year tradition. Secretarial and clerical employees in union headquarters, however, will continue to work and draw salaries. , Retail stores in key steel centers have put signs in their windows informing steelwork ers that they can buy now and pay after the strike. Local food stores also have made a practice of extending credit to steelworkers during strikes. Since most steel companies pay on a two week basis, some workers will still receive full pay checks , two weeks hence. Californian Killed At Sea Lion Caves . Florence, Ore.- (OPT) -Nicholas Darah, 35, Hollywood, Calif., plunged about 150 feet to his death Tuesday while visiting Oregon's coast al Sea Lion Caves north of here. Authorities said he fell from an observation point lo cated on a cliff above the caves. 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