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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1959)
MAIL TRIBUNE. M4Ht4, Or. Monday, Dec 28, 1 9S9 Railroads Face Costly Showdown As Year Closes mi Traeires te P New York -4CP&- No U.S industry faced a hazier future than did the railroads as 1959 drew to a close. Impending wage and work rule talks with the powerful railroad brotherhoods, a mil lion men strong, are apparent ly heading the industry to ward a costly showdown which could plunge even the comparatively healthy carri ers deep into the red. If a strike is averted, the Association of American Rail roads said, the nation's rail roads could show an 8 to 10 per cent increase in freight traffic over last year as well as a 5 to 10 per cent jump in gross revenues. Trend Forecast Impossible But strike or no strike, the association said it is impossi ble to forecast a net income trend for 1960 since no one knows how the management union struggle will come out on ' either wages or work rules, both of which play big roles in the industry profit picture. The AAR reported that the steel strike cost the roads an estimated $600 million in 1959 with the result that the industry's net operating in come was held about un changed from recession-bound 1958 at $760 million. Although revenues were up an estimated 3.1 per cent from 1958 to $9,860,000,000 as improved car-loadings can celled out a further sag in passenger revenues, operating expenses jumped around 2.3 per cent to $7,715,000,000 al though maintenance re mained well behind schedule. As contract negotiations continue in Chicago under su pervision of the National Me diation board, both sides are standing firm in their de mands. The five operating unions are sticking to their bid for the equivalent of a 36-cent- an-hour wage boost and the 16 non-operating unions still want 26 cents. But the roads insisting on a blanket 15-cent- an-hour pay reduction. The work rule controversy, involving "make work" prac tices by the unions, have reached the national negoti ating level. .The unions have said they intend to fight auy major changes in work and are ex pected to make counter-de mands for contract provisions they claim are now being en joyed by industrial workers. Margaret Sanger Seeks Debate Tucson, Ariz.-fllPD-Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate, charged Sundav nieht Presi dent Eisenhower has set hack the birth control movement and challenged him to a de- Date. Miss Sanger said she want ed to debate with Eisenhower "to put him straight on the question of planned parent hood." If the President does not want to debate, she said, she would at least "like an audience to tell him a few facts. He needs to be straight ened out. Miss Saneer. a longtime fighter for birth control, said Jiasennower set back the move ment by his refusal to help overpopulated countries "set tle their problems." The Presi dent's comment, that familv planning is not the business of governments was wrong, . she said. Baby Not To Be Traded for TV Whitleigh, England -(UPD- A cquple who planned to give away their fourth baby so they could afford a television set have decided against it because of pressure from the neighbors. "Dozens of people told us that if we gave the child away "You've had it.' Well, you can't do without neigh bors," said Bill Williams. Williams, 35, makes $21 a week as a landscape gar dener. "We have three boys," he said, "that's all-we wanted. It was either keeping the baby that is coming or getting the telly. I couldn't afford both. "But because of a slip of the tongue the neighbors got to know. There was hell to pay. So the missus and I de cided not to give the child away and forget having the telly." 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