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Nation Faces Legal, Economic Memma Through . Steel Strllke Editor's Note: Wliat are the long- range implications of the steel strike? What effect is it having on the economy? Why can't manage ment and union reach an accord after nearly six months of negoti ations? LPI Labor Reporter'William J. Eaton answers these and other questions in the following analysis of the nation's worst steel strike. By WILLIAM J. EATON Washington - IUPD -The na tion faces a double dilemma legal and economic because the steel strike is in its 94th day with no Solution in sight. Congress undoubtedly . will consider a new law next year to deal with critical labor management disputes because widespread disenchantment wifti emergency machinery of the Taft-Hartley Act. . 54th Year Medford 2nd SECTION FicSrU $ r,fc&a A lOSO' SAILING ENTHUSIAST Dashing Actor Srrol Flynn died unexpectedly Wednesday night. Cause of death was tentatively blam ed on a heart attack; Flynn, a sailing en r 1 By The Bumblebee' . "r Works Himself to Death . He's about the most inter esting , little vagabond you'll ever meet. Wherever flowers bloom, there he will be, hap pily gathering nectar, singing his buzzing song. Although he if a true insect, he has habits and characteristics that are unbuglike. ' " This happy little adventur er, with the flashing saber, wears a bright-colored sash, like a bullfighter; he pursues his rollicking way across the summer landscape. He is fear less, brave and possesses a great abundance of personal ity; he is the bumblebee. Vef y little is known about their life history; their private lives still remain theirs alone. One of the most important reasons why Mr. and Mrs. Bumblftbee have Jsept their f5mily secrets so well is the "fleshing saber," a weapon thV TOist be reckoned with Whenever we try to interfere Tyith the bumblebee's private affairs. bivtt Underground Another reason, the bum blebee lives underground in small colonies, one member, 1ig& queen, being the sole sur vivor from one year to the next It is she that begins a ew' swarm. By the time all her former associates are d tad, she lays a new batch of mjram r Visffin a npW cnloriV. "Bumblebees have fur-cov- ored bodies; soft, silky ; fur witfc about the same texture a lady would select for a fur coat: All female bumblebees sit on their eggs until they ay hatched. To make this all tflfe more unusual, she covers the baky bees with her body, exacliy like a brooding hen. Unlike the honey bee that only gathers either nectar or pollen on a single trip, the bumblebee gathers both. It is the yellow flower pollen which will form the rich mat tress on which the baby bees vyll live, and feed. After a few days of pollen eating the bee larvae build about themselves a silken co coon; they go to sleep and emerge late as perfect little gray bumblebees, which scamper under the furry un derside of the mother bee. Two days later, bright orange colored bands appear and the little fellows are ready for their short life in the sun. It is a hard life but a merry one. A Few Short Weeks To die is the unhappy fate of all living'creatures, but the bumblebee hastens its end by working itself to death- From fed- The legal dilemma is how to preserve free collective bargaining and yet protect the public interest when the giants of basic industry and organized labor clash head on. Cost in Billions Cost of the nation's worst steel strike already is counted in the billions of dollars and that figure is expected to mount even if government seeks an 80-day truce through court injunction. The economic dilemma is how to prevent chaos in steel markets when the strike ends and get laid-off workers back on their jobs despite problems MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1959 thusiast, had been in Vancouver, B. C, for a week to negotiate sale of his yacht. He is shown here aboard the yacht Zaca. (UPI Telephoto) Small Worlds Around Us Lynn M. Watkins dawn to dark, even the bright light of the full moon, they labor. A few short weeks and the gauzy wings and bright color are gone. Six months, for a bumblebee, is extreme old age. During their short time in the sun, they travel many miles, they gather much pollen; truly they are swash buckling adventurers with dapper coats of vivid color, a flashing saber and the air of creatures who seem to know where they are going. And they are important, too; without the help of the bumblebee it would be im possible for human beings to raise red clover. No other in sect in the world has been found that can pollinate this important crop. What does it gain them? They wear their wings to tat ters and die so that their chil Last Day MOT KEU (Includes Jug Deposit) Jumbo EHOT'M'fiSV..-..1. We wish to thank all you wonderful people of patronage this past season. SEE YOU AGAIN in cranking up production. A less obvious effect of the walkout will be its impact on union demands and manage ment reactions in future ne gotiations. The unyielding stand of spokesmen for the "big 12" steelmakers in seeking great er power to revise "wasteful" working rules is the central issue in the dispute. Sleelworkers Stand Firm Leaders of the Steelwork ers' Union reported the 500, 000 strikers were determined not to give in to manage ment's demands for changes that could affect every detail in a millhand's life from crew Barry Fitzgerald Claimed Critical Dublin (UPD Barry Fitz gerald, 71, Academy Award winning Irish-born actor, underwent an ppera$ionhere. Thursday nd his condition described as "critical." Fitzgerald went into the operating theater of Dublin's St. , Vincent's at 3:30 a.m. (p.s.t) for what was reported to be a brain operation. He has been ill for several weeks. ' . News of Fitzgerald's illness spread rapidly throughout the city where he made his start in the Abbey Theater. He won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a priest in the 1944 film, "Going My Way," which also starred Bing Crosby. dren can repeat the process the following summer. In the short interval of their lives they have applied all the knowledge with which they were born." (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) Saturday, Oct. 17, will be the last day of the sea son for A&W Drive-In. Come in and enjoy root beer at its finest . . . at special prices! While They Last ONLY C3oot EBeer . . 5 j A&W DRIVE-IN Jackson "Com as You Are sizes to coffee breaks. While the stalemate con tinues, the economy has be gun to feel the pinch. More than 85 per cent of steel pro duction has been choked off, with the following results: . -Nearly 250,000 workers in coal mines, railroads, ore boats and related jobs have been laid off because of the strike. These workers and the strikers have lost about three quarters of a billion dollars in wages. ' Auto Production Curtailed -Production of 1960 model cars has been curtailed be cause of shrinking steel stocks. General Motors says Tribune Pages 1 - 8 Automatic Gag Carried Aboard Newest Satellite Washington -TOPD- America's newest satellite carries an automatic gag to make sure it won't make a beeping nuis ance of itself. This will please space scien tists the world over. If there's anything they hate, it's a satellite that keeps talking long after it has anything new to say. Aboard Explorer Vn, launched Tuesday at Cape Ca naveral, Fla., is a tiny timer developed by the Bulova Watch Co. for the express pur pose of telling, the satellite, a year from now, to shut up. Will Lose Voice The 91.5 - pound Explorer VII itself will stay in orbit 20 to 25 years. But it won't be permitted to use its radio voice, however delightfully modulated, for more than 12 months. There are only so many radio frequencies in this noisy universe, and any satellite that hogs one too long is just keeping newer and possibly smarter ones from speaking their pieces. From now on, it is what scientific bureaucrats call- "requirement" that all U.S. satellites be equipped with "shaddup" devices before launching. If Vanguard IV antennae were ears, they would be burning. History's littlest satellite weight: ZVa pounds also is the gabbiest. Outlive Creators Launched March 17, 1958, Vanguard I may live 1,000 years. Its yipping little voice, powered by the sun, may last nearly as long. Nobody has any idea how to squelch it. As one scientist said, "all we can do is listen around it." Unless a transistor fails or an errant little meteor scores a hit, Vanguard I will beep beep long after the scientists who created her are dust. Kuwait's Burgan oil field ranks as the world's largest single oil reservoir. TODAY AND SATURDAY ONLY! GAL this area for your IN MARCH. 1960. and Riverside Be Served in Your Car" 1 its layoffs alone will surpass 37,000 by today. -Time has grown short for shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes in the ice -free shipping season. Direct and indirect losses in lost wages, sales, taxes and other items could easily reach $6,500,000,000, Steel Maga zine predicted. -Starting up the mills will take time perhaps up to six weeks to hit 90 per cent of capacity sources in the in dustry said. Why? Because four - man teams representmg the "big 12" and the Steel workers could not agree in nearly six months of negotiations on changes in their 1956 con tracts. Atmosphere Tense Even before formal sessions started last May, both sides took full-page newspaper ads to present their case to the public. The steel industry proposed a wage-freeze to bat tle inflation. Union spokes men countered with vows to seek the biggest increase in Steelworkers' history. The atmosphere was tense when contract talks formally opened. They got nowhere, despite repeated appeals from President Eisen h o w e r for hard bargaining. Contracts were extended two weeks to July 14 at White House request but the uneasy truce collapsed and the strike b"gan the next day. Federal mediators moved in, unsuccessiuuy. jne ox them has describ d the ses sions as polite but grim. Final ly, the President said the strike "must not continue" and called in management and union leaders on Sept. 30 to urge resumption of negotia tions. Invokes Taft-Hartley The talks began again but blew up in less than a week. 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He sadly de clared that only a "miracle" could bring a settlement. Under Taft-Hartley provis ions, the President may seek a court order to halt the walk out for 80 days with no guar antee that it will not be re sumed on the 81st day. The inflexibility of the law and the court-ordered return to work have troubled observ ers for some time. Its 'application in the steel strike, however, seemed to Speech Clinics Are Set in Area Ashland-Diagnostic speech clinics, conducted by Leon C. Mulling of Southern Oregon college, have been scheduled during the fall term in Jack son, Josephine, . and Lake counties. Children with speech and hearing difficulties are re ferred to the speech consult ant at the clinic. Diagnosis is made, followed by consulta tions with parent, nurse, and teacher plus prescribed home work. "Results of the diagnostic speech clinics," Mulling said, "have generally been more than satisfactory. 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There have been suggestions for compulsory arbitration, seizure of industries, compul sory fact-finding and other solutions to the emergency strike dilemma. ; The steel dispute has put the Eisenhower administra tion in an uncomfortable posi tion far from the "hands-off" philosophy the President once advocated. There seems to be little doubt that it also has nipped in the bud the business recov ery from last year's recession. Some government economists fear it may trigger a new rise in unemployment this winter. 4 K Club News Empire Builders The Oct. 12 meeting of the Empire Builders was called to order by President Jo Anna Malloray. Phil Kroase led the 4-H pledge. Officers elected were president, Dave Foote; vice president, Ron Anderson; secretary, Karen Jossy; treas urer, Ken Stewart; and report er, Marjorie Wonderly. Discussed were plans to re peat the Friendship follies, : a possible trip for. next summer, and more hay rides. Games and refreshments followed the adjournment. 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