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NOVEMBER 29. 1960 . MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON I Big Western Railroads Waging Corporate War To Gain Control of WP i t J ;F &PL t. . ON HONOR ROLL Paulette Carre, 12, of blocks away from her home. Paulette, who Methusen, Mass., who has never been to suffers from rheumatic fever, is in the sev- school and yet is constantly on the honor enth grade. She plans to be a school teacher roll, uses this intercom system to contact when she grows up.' her rooms in the Central School about three (UP! Telephoto) : Wake Island Boys Hold Reunion in i Ashlnad, Medford Ashland Few American Thanksgiving reunions were celebrated with greater en thusiasm and few carried more poignant memories than the gathering of Wake Island boys last . Thursday in the ' Mark Antony hotel, Ashland. From all parts of the nation came men who shared a com mon nightmare of 45 months of suffering as prisoners of the Japanese. Around the ban quet tables laden with food they spoke little of those trag ic starvation years but talked rather of homes, of families and of business, meeting each other's wives and children and renewing ties made al most a score of years ago. It was Dec. 23, 1041, that 1,200 American engineers and construction workers on sev en Navy contracts were taken prisoners. Pay checks ceased. And in the states, dependents faced a bleak future without Information and withouf in come. Drop Into Silence More than 1,000 American men had dropped into an abyss of silence. Among them was Leonard Ward, whose wife, Mary, in Los Angeles lost no time in beginning a battle on behalf of the prison ers and their families. She carried her plea to Washington, where state de partment red tape clogged the wheels for many months. Per sistence finaly paid off, and in 1943 Mary had the satisfac tion of seeing a bill passed providing payments of salar ies to families and depend ents. It was the first of four aid measures that Mary Ward was responsible for having had introduced and passed. Although a Protestant, Mrs. Ward carried her cause to Cardinal Francis Spellman and it was due to his efforts that the Japanese allowed a representative of the Vatican to enter the prison camp in September, 1943, to check the long list of names. Until that time each man had been known only by number. It was January, 1945, before Mrs. Ward learned that her husband was alive, one of a fortunate few in a dam-building project to escape the fir ing squad. Starvation, illness and lack of warm clothing had accounted for almost 100 deaths. Meet Each Year Each year, the Wake Island boys meet at Thanksgiving in one of the Pacific coast states and each year the same presi dent calls the meeting to or der. The president, Mrs. Mary Ward. IBurA,Me iiSm r'rVl unur9 ft ART COOK I TV HOME? 1. Manag.r Public Welfare Commission Issues Emergency Grants The Dalles-flJPD-Emergency grants of $46,500 were ap proved by the State Public Welfare commission here Monday to 14 counties for general assistance welfare help for November. The grants reflected a sharp upsurge in out of work fam ilies. The demand is 79.2 per cent higher than a year ago. Eight Local People To Attend Meeting Eight members of the Jack son County Oregon Unit Edu cation association executive committee plan to attend the representative council of the OEA at Lincoln High school in Portland, Dec. 2 and 3. The purpose of the meeting, according to Zelma Foote, lo cal president, is to instruct the board of trustees and the professional staff of the OEA as to the programs to be spon sored by the OEA. This is an annual meeting held by the association. At tending from Ashland will be John Cady and Frank Koch; from Central Point, Zelma Foote and Ogden Kellogg; from Phoenix, Nadine Ra mirez; from Eagle Point, Ralph Humphrey; from Rogue River, Don Moody; and from Medford, Jack Bailey. TRIALS COST TAXPAYERS Los Angeles IUP1I It cost Los Angeles county taxpayers $169,787 for the two murder trials of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carol Tregoff. Neither trial resulted In a verdict and a third trial already has been set for Jan. 3. That hearing might cost as much as an ad ditional $100,000. Vice president of the World War II prisoners' association, Edwin D. Nye, flew in from Washington, D.C., in time to share turkey and experiences and later to take part in the two-day convention in Med ford. The reunion dinner was served in Caesar hall of Ash land's Mark Antony hotel. In January, Mr. and Mrs. Ward will leave their Talent, Ore., home for another pil grimage to the nation's capi tal. This time they will see one of their staunchest cham pions, whose personal efforts resulted in four separate fed eral aid bills, take the oath of office as President of the United States. BONDED and INSURED COMPLETE ESCROW SERVICE it Your Locally CRATER TITLE 510 West 6th Title Insurance Collection Escrows Closing Escrows Mining Abstracts CHARLIS ELY Title Examiner in Welfare officials called the situation grave. The Rev. Morton Park, di rector of Catholic Charities, called the Multnomah county situation "truly emergency." He drove from Portland to ap pear before the meeting. Funds Exhausted Father Park said hungry families have exhausted the agency funds of Catholic Charities. He said a heavy influx of general assistance families has forced as much as a five day waiting period on the staff of the Multnomah County Welfare office. He said other agencies are reporting a similar situation and overflow. Multnomah county was giv en $15,000 in the general as sistance a 1 lotments allowed Monday. . Other Grants Other emergency grants in cluded Clatsop county $750; Columbia $2,500; Curry $200; Deschutes $950; Douglas $3, 800; Josephine $1,200; Kla math $4,700; Lane $8,000; Linn $4,500; Malheur $1,000; Morrow $100; Tillamook $1, 150, and Umatilla $2,400. The commission, ordered recently by the Department of Finance and Administration not to put into effect a slight Increase in minimum food al lowances decided by the com mission earlier, has asked the attorney general's office if such an order can be defied Ferry, Tanker Collide in Harbor New York-IUPD-A Staten Is land ferry with 2,000 Man hattan - bound passengers abroad collided with a tanker in fog-bound New York Har bor today. Only one minor injury was reported and the ferry, the Dongan Hills, was able to re turn to its Staten Island slip and transfer its passengers to another ferry for the ride to Manhattan. The tanker was the Nor wegian - registered Tomes which dropped anchor at the scene of the accident one mile off the Staten Island slip. The vessel reported damage to its superstructure. FORMER PREMIER DIES Soest, The Netherlands , IUP1I Dr. Dirk Jan de Geer. 89, former premier of the Nether lands who was convicted nf collaborating with the Nazis in World War II died today. ARDEN PINKHAM Owned Aniitant Mgr. INSURANCE CO. Phone SP 2-5264 Plat Preparation l'oL Escrow Officer Southern Pacific, Santa Fe Seeking Purchase Rights San Francisco -IUPD -Bitter corporate war, has burst out in the West between two mam moth railroads. And the battles will be waged for at least a couple of years before city councils, women s groups, rod and gun clubs and fraternal organiza tions as well as in the staid hearing rooms of the Inter state Commerce Commission. The opponents are the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific. At stake is the West ern Pacific and its 1,189 miles of mainline. Both Santa Fe and South ern Pacific want to buy WP and already have acquired chunks of stock, causing WP shares to jump 30 per cent just last month. But neither railroad is free under law to proceed any farther with an acquisition until the ICC approves. The speakers who will appear be fore civic groups will be seek ing to drum up public support so as to influence the ICC. Old Wars; New Tactics This kind of fighting con trasts with the gun fights. Indian wars, bombings and wild stock speculations that marked the railroads' develop ment. One day in 1886, for ex ample, Southern pacific and Santa Fe thought nothing of competing with each other by dropping transcontinental fares from $100 down to $1 between breakfast and lunch. Southern Pacific now wants to control Western Pacific be cause WP runs from the San Francisco area to Salt Lake City, where it joins with other railroads, in competition with SP's Ogden line. - In addition, WP's "Inside Gateway" from the Bay area to Biebor, Calif., links the Santa Fe with the Great Northern Railway and thus competes with SP's Shasta route to Portland for the north-south coastal freight business. According to Southern Pa cific, control of WP' would permit consolidation of paral lel lines at certain points and a more efficient utilization of equipment. Th,is would make operations more economic and the public gains, SP says. Santa Fe, however, says that SP's real goal is to ob tain a monopoly grip on freight business from numer ous western communities. It was just such a monopoly that caused George Gould to com plete the WP from Salt Lake City to the coast in 1909. Ernest S. Marsh, Santa Fe president, claims that if SP wins, his railroad will be virt ually eliminated from the north-south Coastal business. What he fears is that if Santa Fe must route cars orig inating in Southern Cali fornia, for example, over SP's track, SP would schedule them much to Santa Fe's dis advantage. To this Donald J. Russell, the SP president, replies that it is not a question of mo nopoly at all. It is impossible, he says, for any railroad to develop and abuse a monopoly while it is competing with trucks, planes and water trans portation. Western Pacific sides with Santa Fe and its officials have cooperated with Santa Fe as It developed its acquisition plans. Historic Allies Historically, WP has been a close ally of Santa Fe's against SP. Each often has thrown business to the other in preference to SP. The WP president, Frederic B. Whitman, says Santa Fe simply has offered a belter deal for WP stockholders. Santa Fe has proposed an exchange of one' and one quarter of its shares for one of WP's. Southern Pacific is offering a one-for-one ex change. Whitman also thinks the Santa Fe proposition "holds better prospects for divi dends." This battle will be joined by the railroad brotherhoods fearing employee reductions, other railroads concerned about possible loss of referral business, and communities along the routes of the war ring railroads. Southern Pacific already has mentioned some trackages which might be eliminated if it wins. It points to Cali fornia's Niles Canyon where its line is side-by-side with WP, the Flanagan-Fernley, Nev., route which might be unnecessary, and numerous points between Sacramento and Oakland. It also would be possible to eliminate WP's barge service on the San Fran cisco Bay. These are questions which will be considered at ICC hearings expected to open up next ipring. The main issue, 1 iff fte Awl Ffe'? SECRETARIES MEET Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty, right, shakes hands with Pierre Salinger, Sen. Ken nedy's press secretary, after they lunched at the White House Monday. It was their first meeting. Later, Hagerty announced that President-elect Kennedy hower at the White House on Quality of Union Craftsmanship Said Deteriorating By DOUGLAS GRIPP Salem-IUPII-The quality of labor union craftsmanship in Oregon has gone to pot, ac cording to State Labor Com missioner Norman O. Nilsen. The supply of highly skilled workers is shorter than it has ever been, he says, and some thing must be done about it immediately for the sake of labor, management and the general public. He describes 1920-26 as the "peak of quality craftsman ship" in Oregon and the na- Court Asked To Bar Post Office Move to Seattle Washington-WPll-Orcgon At torney General Robert Y Thornton asked the Federal Court Monday to bar Post master General Artnur r,. Summerficld from going through with transfer of the northwest regional post ottice from Portland to Seattle. Announcement of the suit was made through the office of Sen. Wayne Morse, (D-ure.). Summcrfield announced on Nov. 10 that the Portland regional office would be trans ferred from Portland to Seat tle starting Dec. 1. Delay Requested In a related development, Chairman Olin Johnston, (D S.C.), of the Senate Post Of fice Committee, sent a tele gram to Summerfield request ing that the postmaster gen eral delay the transfer until Johnston's committee can hold hearings on the matter soon after Congress meets in Janu- A post office spokesman said the Johnston request wmilri have no effect on the planned transfer. The depart ment also announced the ap pointment of Leo L. Lambert of Denver as acting regional operations director in the new Seattle office. Said Not in Good Faith Thornton said in a slate mnni that Hie transfer was a "sudden and uncalled for ac tion that is not in good faith." lie said the complaint filed with the court charged, among other things, that the move "will cause irreparable dam age in that the postal service for the citizens of Oregon will be impaired and delayed; the almost 200 employees involv ed will have to seek other employment or be uprooted from their homes, with the damage and difficulties of moving, relocation and read justment." TEND YOUR KNITTING London-lliPU-Dr. G. C. Hel ler, a psychiatrist, said Mon day night that knitting Is a better tranquilizer for women than tranquilizer pills. however, probably won't be settled by the ICC until the end of 1962. And then, of course, the loser can always take the mat ter into the courts. LOCKER BEEF Cut and AC! Wrapped "Tmf Custom Killing Cutting & Wrapping HARPER'S Phone SP 3-1715 or 2-6381 will meet with President Eisen Dec. 6. (UPI Telephoto) lion and said it has been on the decline ever since. This, Nilsen says, is how il happened. We were dependent on skilled craftsmen from Eu rope in those days, and there was no formal apprenticeship program." But in that era the U.S. in voked immigration quota laws cutting off the supply of craftsmen and now-in the 1960's-most of these men are either dead or retired, and with them went their skills. Craftsmanship Suffers Thus the apprenticeship program was launched, grow ing from only six trades to today's 92. "But it was Im peded along the way by such things as the depression in the 1930s, World War II, and the Korean War, and crafts manship has suffered," Nilsen said. . , As for the solution, Nilsen says , legislation is not neces sary because the laws are al ready there. It requires a "voluntary ef fort" on the part of labor and management and this is the action needed, he says: 1. Review ages of the entire work force and through sur veys determine the number who will retire or leave the trade for other reasons In the near future. 2. Re-evaluate present train ing programs and honestly de termine what future manpow er needs will be. 3. Undertake a program whereby high school counsel ors are informed as to the requirements of industry. Should Consider Career Nilsen says prep counselors are not acquainled well enough with the, advantages and disadvantages, pleasan tries and unplcasanlries of various trades. . Students who do not plan on college should be "encour aged to seriously consider a career as a craftsman," he said. Nilsen said these young peo ple should be briefed at the high school level about the physical and educational re quirements of a chosen trade SHOP THE EASY WAY Avoid the last minute Christmas rush by shopping now in downtown Medford, where you'll find MORE of EVERYTHING. i I I J LIU I i U , SJHSt i JLJUUyULJ MAIN St Local Man Pleads Innocent to Charge Marion David Caslcl. 44. 1221 Thnmns rri . entered a plea of Innocent to a charge 01 larceny Dy emoezzicmem in district court Monday and a trial date was set for Jan. 13. Caslel is charged with em bezzling $52.70 from his form er employer, the Rogue Val lev Heating and Air Condi tioning company, 26 Western nve. Castel was arrested by Medford police Friday. He was released from jail on post ing $1,000 bond. Castel is accused of accept ing a $52 check from a Med ford resident after he cleaned the residents fireplace, chim ney and furnace, and then failing to turn the check over SHOE STARTS TOMORROW AT 9 A.M. 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