Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 14, 1960, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texto ' "Everyone lii southern Oregon Reads The MaU Tribune" Published bally eiccept Saturday by 83 North Fir St., Ph BPWUl. ROBERT W RUHU dltor HERB GREY AdYWtlilni Manaser GERALD T LATHAM Bue. mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR,. Mnl Editor IRL n ADAMS, wiry wiiw iltBY CHIPMAtl. Teleg Editor CHARD JEWETT. Sporta Edit. RIi m.tur sTAnnHRR. Women'! Edit DALE ER1CK8QN, Circulation Mft An )nrf.n.nri.n( NAWtBIOer Entered M aecond Medford. Oregon. i. under aqi oi Marcn a. iciDtnrin !. IBST SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail In Arivmnre. COOV 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year IIS 00 gaily and Sunday J mdl JOT aliv and Sunday mo. . . Sunday Only One year M-io By Carrier In Advance Medfofd Ashland. Central Point ill Point. Jacksonville, dold Bill Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Rlv- t.i- nn inntnr routes. Dally and Sunday year SIB JO Da'.lJ and Sunday I (no ISO Carrier and Dealare copy 100 All Terrnauasnmrtavi f.iMTPanr nf f!ltV Of Medford Official Paper of Jackyn Countt United Press International Full Leased Wire n B V.l.nkn1n MatU.nlfltUrM reST HOLIDAY CO, lNO 0 flee. In New r?rk ? ti-olt, San Francisco Us Angelej. Seattle. Portland St, Louis. At- " Ik-la Vancouver. B.C. NIWlPAM pyilltHiM ASSOCIATION NATION At SOITOrIA Flight o' Time Medford and Jeekion County History from the fllei ot The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 veara ago. 10 YEARS AOlO Sept. M. 10 (Thursday) The right of the state pub lic utllltlei commission to pro hibit, Without a hewing, log ging trucki from using state highway! because of overload ing, li being challenged In circuit court. : Bids for the widening of the Union creek bridge will be opened by the state high way commission In Salem to day. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 14, 1(40 (Be tut day) A Medford man was killed and the Camp Wlmer CCC commander is In serious con dition as the result of a plane crash near Camp Wlmer yes terday. '- ! 'J' From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column! "BUI Bowerman, the high school football coach, is as gloomy n a sravevard over the pros pects, and seea no chance of a rainbow round me goat posts." 30 YEARS A0)O Sept. 14, 1930 (Sunday) The local pear harvest will reach Its season's peak during the coming week. Turkeys ot this valley are to be pooled tn cooperative movei there are many more of the birds this year than last. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 14, 110 (Tuesday) Registration In M d f o r d schools has Increased Consid erably with 310 enrolled in the high school alone. A total of 483 carloads of pears have been shipped from Medford so far mis season, SO YEARS AdO Bent. 14. 1110 (Wednesday) Mora than 140 carloads of Bartiatts and early pears have bean shipped from the Rogue valley so tar this season and are soiling at an average price of $2.60 a box, slightly below last year's average. The annual convention of the Jackson County WCTU will be held Sunday at the Baptist church here. Whal't Your I.Q.7 Nina of ten term! It aeeerier; even er eight It s.cellmti five ill la good. . . 1. Who was the Aero of Manila Bay during the Spaa lsh-Amrlcan war? 2. Should the word "fed eral" be capitalised If It 1 Dart ot a title? 3. In area, Argentina ti the largest country in south America; li It approximately one-third, one-half, or two- thirds the list of BrsiIlT 4, Persons born between February IB and March II are born under which zodl- acal sign? S. Which U.S. city Is nick named "Quaker Clly"T 8, A hexagon has six, eight, or ten sides? 7, Is Iowa located east, west, or both sides of the Mississippi Rlverr 8. The limbs on a tree do, or do not, remain the same height from the ground as the tree grows? 8. Is Portlsnd, Maine, far ther north than Portland, Oregon? Answer! 1. Comma deft George Dewey. 2, Yes. 3. One-third, . Pisses. I. Phila delphia. I. Six. 7. West. I. Do remain Ike same height, f. No. i Andther Annexation "Fight"? We view with considerably mixed feelings the prospect of another We used the word We have yet to see an annexation proposal which hasn't generated strong feelings on at least two sides of the issue, and, We are also in the in? able to sympathize (Like the man said, has holes in his neaa.; e e CIRST of all there are their little suburban purpose of getting away want only to be lett alone. Secondly there are growing population is sewage problems, and sion that the only way and their neighbors' health Is to clean It up, and that annexation to the city may be the best way to do this. And third, there is administration and voters and taxpayers), who mav take a dim view of tive headaches without in the city's tax base. SPEAKING specifically about the "southwest ovoo" urMiVi io fonorl urltVi a uavavo aanirnr.tnn problem, we certainly don't know what the best solution would De. it themselves (or, rather, work out this problem. But worked out it must be, for in this little valley, lack of sanitation in one area affects health everywhere. The Medford Irrigation district has a right to insist that its canals cerned residents must seek solutions not only for their protection but to avoid infrintrinp: on their neighbors' rights; the city must decide, in turn, what is best for it. We don't know whether annexation is the answer, or whether a sanitation district, for in stance, might do the job. But the job will be done. . . . Perhaps the countv home rule committee will be interested in looking .ii if a revised county cnarter wouio mane solutions to Buch problems in the Ei.Ai Freeways and Sanity Some vears aero this Jin vain, it should be pointed out against the location of the new Highway HH freeway smacK through the middle of town. Our fear was that the elevated freeway, with a limited number of east-west arterials un der it, and cutting off a good part of Hawthorne park, would do great damage to the city. Our protests were ignored, and the Bear Creek route was chosen by the highway commis sion, with the tacit or vocal approval of the city council, planning commission and chamber of Commerce. WHETHER or not our fears were justified will soon be known, for work will begin this fall and winter on wav. Medford will have the only city on. 99 (soon to become Interstate No. 5, by the way) where the freeway will go throuch. rather than around. Presumably, this will ants and others who cater to the traveling traae. But to some of us it BeemB a victory of matter over mind, the sort of thing Charlie Brown had in mind last week: IsiaiYiiaM Uftg -rig V ( WOfilD GONE" I No UFO's, Alas! "UFO'a Reported In City, Hllts."-M.T. headline, Sept. 13. Though UFO's may flit and fly And make their way across the sky, To date, thus far, Irve been denied A chance to see them, though I've tried. I'd love to see a UFO. I've heard it said, "Myt How they go I" But never, never have I seen A flash, or blip on radar screen. Some folk will swear they've seen them fly, At night across a starry sky. But as for me, I've missed, alas. They're always other things that pass In regal state across the blue, A jet, balloon no FO (U). I'll keep a watch upon the sky. I'd like to see one going by. E.A. o o annexation fight. "fight" advisedly, too, for occasionally, on a third unhappy Dosition of be With all the viewpoints, "He'B bo open-minded he e the people who obtained acreage for the express from city life, and who those who realize that the creating drainage and has come to the conclu to safeguard their own the citv itself (both city adding more administra a commensurate increase must De for tne people a majority of them) to not be polluted : the con into the matter to Bee ii i future eaBier to solve. newspaper protested construction of the free the distinction of being benefit the city's merch SINCE WHEN IS A FREEWAY RPAllY MORC IMPORTANT THAM A 006S HWtErHAvC WE LOfJT OUR SANITY? E.A. wt MEDFORD MAIL Dennis the Alovte gonna wash.w're gonna ORy, M'J'M GOflNA Ol3ESr. Matter of Fact ey wPh ai,cP HAVING AND EATING THE CAKE Washington - On the eve of his departure for active Campaigning, Vice President Richard M. Nixon went on the air to suggest, a m o ng other things, that there ought to be a "cutoff date" for dis cussion of the so-caller relig eous issue, ei OSKPIi ther by himself or by Sen. John F. Kennedy. "The best way candidates Can keep it out of the cam paign is by not talking about it, said the Vice President. As the news from Texas indicates, Senator Kennedy did not immediately heed his rival s advice. He could not do so, in fact, and for a quite simple reason. The reason is that Kennedy is now the tar get of an immensely wide- pread, evidently well-financ ed and increasingly open anti- Catholic campaign. Kennedy cannot remain a ilent target, when the attack on him on pure religious ground is already reaching the proportions of the attack on Alfred E. Smith in 1928. It is not the sort of thing that can be shoved Under the rug, by a "cutoff date" for discussion on the subject - which will not "cutoff" the anti-Catholic campaign itself. TN CHARACTER, the cam- palgrt takes many forms. There is much gutter stuff, like a widely circulated pam phlet, "To Kill Protestants," in which an organization call ed the Pilgrim Tract Society suggests that the Catholic church may well be preparing a new St. Bartholomew's Eve In the United States. There are also outwardly respecta ble manifestations, like the National Citizens Conference for Religious Liberty, presid ed over by Dr. Norman Vin cent Peale. Even Dr. Peale's outfit has Its peculiarities. At the or ganised meeting in Washing ton, one of the chief speakers was Dr. L. Nelson Bell, who proclaimed that the key issue in this campaign was "free dom of Americans from Ro mish Influence." The fact that the organization Was specifi cally keyed to the election Was indicated when the or ganisation secretary, the Rev. Mr. Donald Gill, told the or ganising meeting that $5,U00 Was already in hand, but "we will need at least $25,000 be fore the campaign is over." When subsequently ques tioned, the Rev. Mr. Gill re fused to release either the list ot contributors, or the list of participants in the organiza tion meeting In Washington. But the Rev. Dr. George M. Docherty, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian ALSOP Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CBRF NKAR THE! CIVIC CENTER there's a little flower shop Whose owner spends most of his tihie in a saloon next door. HI customers refer to hira as the Petrified Florist. Mr. Block has just (dded to her art collec tion ft water color that sho describes es ''an au thentic mssterpiecel" it Is, too. It's signed, "By Pablo Masterpiece." ; Til nvr forget my husband's last words," sobbtd a young widow. "It laid, 'I don't under stand how they can make a profit out of this stuff at t dollar a quart'." Mr. Barnacle finally found a dUbvrssher. So divorced bun. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Menace church here, who was one of the invited participants, ex pressed the opinion that "this move came from right wing Republicans." e COMMENTING on the for- mation of the National Citizens Conference, the Vice Presidents press secretary, Herbert Klein, said that Nix on would not repudiate sup port from this quarter, but deplored the introduction of the religious issue into the campaign. A comparable atti tude is revealed in the case of the Rev. Mr. Jess Moody, of the First Baptist church in Owensboro, Ky. The Rev. Mo Moody is the Circulator of the anti-Catholic ducument falsely attributed to Thomas Jefferson, whom James Rcston, of "The New York Times," rather surpris ingly tracked down to t h e office of the Republican na tional chairman, Sen, Thrus- ton Morton. He was in the Morton office by Invitation Of one of the Vice President's campaign assistants, William Stover. He says that at the beginning of their meeting, Stover and Senator Morton 'straightly charged him" not to discuss the religious issue with them, and there was no such discussion. But when interviewed by telephone, the Rev. Mr. Moo dy further slated that he was never "straightly charged" not to discuss the religious issue elsewhere and later on. He added that he was Indeed "going to do so in a discreet manner. e THAT Just about sums up thtt nrnmnl nnclHnn fin the one hand, the Vice Presi dent and his staff have had nothing to do with organizing the anti-Catholic campaign. But on the other hand, Nixon is the campaign's intended beneficiary, and he will in fact benefit by it materially In some parts ot the country. Yet, he has not repudiated the support of the campaign ers, as he would certainly re pudiate the support of James Hoffa, for Instance. And his aides, when in contact with the campaigners, have not asked them to stop campaign ing. It remains to be seen wheth er this Is a politically tenable position. A similar position would certainly not be ten able for Senator Kennedy, Suppose the Brooklyn "Tab let," perhaps the most influ ential Catholic newspaper, were now calling on Catholics to vote for Kennedy on re ligious grounds, instead of at tacking Kennedy on political grounds. If this were the case, Kennedy would certainly be clamorously accused of try ing to have his cake a,id eat it too, if he merely said the subject ought not to be dis cussed or failed to repudiate the Tablet." (c) 1160 New York Herald Tribune tne. .... way ot getting rii of h old . . -s-f- New Latin Polite Skepticism; Safd 'Empty Words By PHIL NEWBOM UPI Foreign Editor It the just-concluded meet ing of the American states In Bogota, Colombia, proved anything, 1 1 was that $800 million in Lat in American aid is not go ing to win the United States any popular ity contest south of the Vini-rta, som mis is mon ey which the United States Congress has authorized but not yet appropriated to be used in a program of educa tion, housing and argicultural reform throughout Latin America. With the exception of Cuba whose Communist - oriented government labeled it just so many empty words, other Latin American nations greet ed it with polite applause and considerable skepticism. Some observers m Bogota believed a reason the pro gram was received as well as it was, in part at least, was due to Under Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon s per sonal popularity among Latin Amer'J:ans. They give him credit for much jf Washing ton's new Interest In their well-being. Less Than Germany Latin Americans acknowl edge that U.S. aid since World War II has amounted to well over $3 billion, but they point out it was spread over an en tire continent, while in Eur ope a single nation, Germany, was receiving considerably more. The association ot coffee growers of Colombia voiced a common sentiment in a mes sage which said Colombia's "scanty" $25 million share In the new program would not even come close to making up the losses Colombia suffer ed through drops in coffee prices. On Dillion's side, it took considerable persuasion to convince the Latin Ameri cans that $500 million Was only the beginning of the aid program. Under the U.S. plan, the funds would be administered by the Inter-American De velopment Bank, which would take local currencies in repay ment for loans as various pro jects were completed. In this way it would be a revolving fund always available for new projects. Limited Production A difficulty common to nearly every Latin American In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS Hurricane Donna's toll: More than 100 persons kill ed and hundreds injured as she churned up through the Caribbean, aimed a Sunday punch at the Florida Keys and then turned northward for a swipe at Central Florida. A helicopter flew over the Keys area and radioed back that it was a jumbled mess. Damage was placed at about 40 million dollars. More than 500 homes, business firms, trailers and boats were DE STROYED In the Keys and 8,000 were damaged. The Red Cross in Washing ton estimates that at least 659 homes were destroyed and 12,500 others damaged In Florida alone. Report trick ling in from areas where communications were destroy ed are expected to add to the toll. N THE New York area, the Coast Guard evacuated more than 4,000 persons from Fire Island, which lies off Long Island. Southern New England closed shutters, threw up sandbag windbreaks and fast ened everything down. Rhode Island placed the National Guard on alert, and closed schools and advised residents living in low areas to seek higher ground. QUESTION for th poli ticians: Isn't It getting about time to propose a law FORBID DING hurricanes if your side wins? BUT You may say That can't be done. It WOULDN'T WORK. Listen: A law forbidding hurri canes will get Just ss far as law declaring that hereafter everybody shall be rich and happy without Working and saving. MOVING farther sway from the home front, here is the situation in the Congo: President Kasavuba has fired Premier Lumumba. Premier Lumumba has fired President Kasavuba. WHERE does that leave everybody? Well, United Nations' Dag Hammarskjold says that the Congo CONSTITUTION does- PHIL NK o American aation If a one-side economy- coffee In Colombia, tin in Bo livia, oil in Venezuela. Falling price and limited markets have added to the difficulties. . . . Communications . . , Letters la the Editor must bear the nam nd address of id . though under V.lr, eireumiiancM in us of a Pn nam or initial for publication is p.rmliilblt. SVASt t. dlt .11 Utter, with 1 Ttow to clarification .d condensation. L.tt.rs submitted for publication must not xt.a 400 words. Th. Lit.,, printed In this column do not MCMsaillr rprsnt th viws of th paper) in fact th contrary Is often tn eas. i Men and Issues To the Editor: With dismay I have lately noticed both In the national press and maga zines and in discussion with friends an increasing empha sis on religious affiliation in the present political cam paign. To my mind an essence oi the Christian religion is Char ity, or love of one's fellow man. No such high human re gard can exist without toler ance. The arbitrary rejection of a presidential candidate on the basis of his religious be liefs and without regard to his avowed statements on that subject or regard for his opin ions on the many most serious issues confronting this nation represents Intolerance of very serious degree. One wonders what assaults on the Constitution or Bill of Rights a Catholic president could make. Surely there are ample safeguards In our sys tem of government to prevent the dangerous inroads of any prejudiced, d 1 s criminatory group or, individual. Any pres ident is required by his oath of office to sign. veto, or let pass by inaction any legisla tion submitted to him by Con gress. And surely, neither intelli gence nor patriotism are dealt out on a partisan religious ba sis. Men of all common west ern religious persausions have served this country loyally and well since 1776. I can only surmise that the present agitation and concern over the religious issue is a deep - seated emotional re sponse similar in nature to that prevalent In the dark days of earlier centuries when matters of faith were cause for most inhuman and cruel actions which we now com monly recognize as unjust and un-Christlan. I submit that the grave na tional problems before us re quire a more reasoned opin ion, that the dangers to the commonwealth in this sort ot division of Its citizens is great, and that each of us is morally obliged to make his choice on the basis of men and is sues, not theology. Thomas Rutter 1033 Queen Ann ave. Medford. Ait American Family To the Editor: Please allow me to express, through the medium of the people s col umn of your paper, my sin cere appreciation for the as sistance, kindness, patience, courtesy and, above all, thoughtfulness accorded me and my family by an Amerl- can family, Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Cuslc and their son, Richard, Who recently moved from Portland and have taken up residence on Dakota St., Medford. The rea son why I emphasize that the Cusic family is an American family is because I am an alien) to me every American represents AMERICA. I have been In this country for over three years, and my family has been here since April, 1059. In spite of our strange oriental custom, and plus the fact that Mrs. Wood does not understand English the Cuslcs always treated us with patience and under standing, and in such a way that we felt we were most welcomed. We are far away from the place which we once called home, It is so encouraging and reassuring to have friends as the Cuslcs. I did not know Mr. Cuslc before I came to this country We worked in the same office where he was my immediate supervisor. On Dec. 116, 1958, we were given notice that our services would be terminated on Dec. 31; despite the sud den and averse situation In which we both found ourselv es Mr. and Mrs. Cusic invited me to stay with them and that I could stay until t re locate In other employment. With th help of Mr. Cuslc I found employment before Dec. 31, 1958. Mr. Cuslc Is not rich. He is an ordinary American who has to work for Ms living. His pleasant personality, in ate courtesy, understanding and respect for other's cus tom have portrayed to me as th kind of American who n't entitle th premier to fir th president, But The communists are back ing Lumumba , . and WHAT'S A CONSTITUTION AMONG COMMUNISTS? Aid Pragram Draws Tn massive attempt to re form Ita own agriculture, Ven ezula found 11 had to start at the very bottom with the in dividual peasant. Most are il literate, and will abandon would be respected and wel comed In foreign countries. I regret that my limited vo cabulary has prevented me from expressing myself more aoDropriately and explicitly for what Mr. and Mrs. How ard A. Cusic have done for me and my family. Thomas Wood 1103 N.E. Skldmore st Portland 11, Ore. Dog Show TO the Editor: On behalf of the membership of the South ern Oregon Kehnel club, wish to express our thanks to the Medford Mail Tribune for the fine coverage given to the 12th annual All Breed Dog Show, which appeared in the Sunday. Sept. 11, edition. Along with the beautiful weather which we all enjoyed the day of the show, your ar ticles and pictures have added to the pride we feel in putting on the best dog show in re cent years. William O. Herring, President Southern Oregon Kennel Club P. O. Box 171 Medford. First Day of School To the Editor: Monday morning a youth I like started to drive to New York. I wished him "Happy Land ing," then went out to gath er flower seeds. Glancing up, I saw a mother taking a pic ture of her children just be fore they left for their term's first day of school, I wonder ed were there tears in her eyes? Always were in mine. I think regardless of what the almanac tells us school commences on the longest day in the year. Recently, I have heard another mother say "What a relief it will be when these brats of mine are in school Today she called me and said "Gosh, I feel so all alone that I just can't work; I hope they like their teacher." I know that a few hundred miles from here, my brood now grown are watching tneir youngsters march school ward about now. Some of mine passed away from this troubled world. I added a Couple of lines to this quotation; me good die young so they may not be corrupted. The sinners live that they may repent. It seems as tho' good pleas ures were interrupted. Only God knows each long sleep was Heaven-sent. My tots had to walk over two miles to school. One day a storm brought waist-deep snow. Their father fashioned a v-shaped snowplow and made a path for them. We watched them from the window as they wallowed along several feet to the left of the nice smooth trail. Books and lunch kits held high, collars full ot snow, cheeks aglow they battled on. Their fathers laughed, but I thought of turpentine and goosegrease for colds. They did not catch on all winter and It wasn't because they were too slow. That hilarious eroub of mine grew up so very fasti I lost all their photograohs When our home burned, but they are Imprinted indelibly in my memory. Still today, the first day of school affects me deeply in spite of my happy-go-lucky spirit. Gram Jacksonville, Or. Magic Solution To the Editor: There have always been welfare problems arising from the necessity of caring for those unable to provide for themselves, How ever, only recently have the welfare burdens of the entire planet been heaped upon the American taxpayer. This world-wide welfare has now Cost the American people Close to 100 thousand million dollars with no end In sight. Politicians have concluded that this foreign aid program is about all that the general Voting public will bear and till keep present incumbents In office. In view of this en lightenment, the free spend ers have decided that some minority group, too small vote-wise to endanger their tenor of office, must be found jo carry th domestic welfare load. The mash) anlntlrm k.. last been found. They will simply declare all domestic Welfare programs to be self liquidating and not to cost ffifcrlfesfcAY. SEPTEMBER 14. I960 land rather than attempt to reclaim it. Education cannot be accom plished overnight, nor can in dustrialization, which requires both education and money. the majority of taxpayers one cent. This is to be accomplish, ed by saddling all such pro. grams on to the employer group, In the form of payroll taxes. It matters not whether th small business man realizes anything for himself, he can jolly well provide all manner of welfare programs of th public at large. Under pres ent progressive "liberalism," the employer, whether or not he makes a profit, must pay 3 per cent Federal and State Unemployment taxes, with no coverage for himself. The employer is already legislated to bear 4 per cent Social Security Taxes for his em. ployees, as well as all of the cost of his own policy. In addition the employer must pay substantially all of the cost of Industrial Accident In surance, or workmen's com. pensation, for his employees with only rare coverage for himself. Then there are all kinds of fringe benefits, un ion retirement and welfare funds, etc., which must b financed by the employer even if he goes broke in th process. Despite all of these present burdens modern "liberals" have heaped upon the em. ployers, it appears that they are still not satisfied and are determined that this class ot minority voters must be to. tally liquidated. One can only conclude from the actions and speeches of these aggres sive apostles of stateism that they stay awake nights devis ing new schemes to shift more and more welfare pro grams to the backs of the harrassed small businesses that employ people, a function which they would eventually reserve to the government If real justice were sought why should not the entire economy share this welfare load with the employers? Surely all of those who pro. vide employment are not thought to be more able to pay than people on large Bal. aries, speculators, gamblers and other non-employers. If we eliminate small bus iness from the American scene, and leave only a few huge monopolies in control ot the economy, it would be a much easier task to replace those colossals with govern ment ownership than would now be the case with millions of small businesses in the field. Earl Glldewell P.O. Box 1053 Hermlston, Ore. In Appreciation To the Editor: Some time ago, In letters to the ditor, I read where a few people were unhappy because doc tors refused to do what they thought was required of them. Following recent surgery performed on me for a benign tumor on the gum, I would like to say mv doctor, dentists and orthodontist went above and beyond the call ot duty, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them publicly. And thanks to the many who prayed for me. This world is full of won derful people and I'm happy, thanks to God, I will be her to enjoy them. Mrs Delbert Casey, Route 1, Box 358, Central Point, Or. NLRB Nullifies Oregon Contracts San Francisco fUPB A Na tional Labor Relations Board examiner nullified three con tracts signed by Oregon firms in the Willamette Valley are with the International Union of Operating Engineers, local Ml, tn Portland, It was re ported Tuesday. NLRB Examiner William E. Spencer said the union had coerced three sand and grav el firms Into withdrawing from the Cascade Employers' Association and jigned indi vidual contracts after negoti ations with the employers' group broke down. The contracts were signed with the Wildlsh Sand & Oravel Co., Corvallls Sand & Gravel Co., and Eugene Sand St Gravel Co., after the union picketed the firms, Spencer said. The- decision requires that the union resume negotiations with the employers' group as a collective unit.