Auto Makers Will Lay Off More Than 69,000 Workers
IN MILLIONS OF PERSONS HlV
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JOBLESS PICTURE DARK Seymour E.
Wolfbein, Labor Department manpower ex-
pert, says the jobless picture Is darker than
' at any time since the early 1940s, the tall
end of the great depression. Unemployment
In January rose by about 850,000 to 5,385,
000, a postwar record for the month, This
graph depicts the rise and fall of unem
ployment in the United States since 1055.
(UPI Telephoto)
Autos, Steels Off Fraction
As Stock Market Moves Easier
New York (UPD Stocks
moved easier In the first
hour today.
. Auto and steel shares posted
fractional losses. Chrysler
proved an exception with a 'A
point gain, reflecting a bright
1960 earnings statement and
the possibility of a wide open
proxy battle. -
Electrical equipment shares
were lower. GE and Westing
house failed to open In the
first hour owing to accumula
tions of sell-orders as a result
of new suits which are expect
ed to come ' up against them
for alleged price fixing. '
Chemicals were virtually
unchanged and rails lost ml
nor fractions. Alrcratts and
. oils were easier,
Ford
General Electric
General Fooda
General Motor
Georgia Pacirlc
Graham Paige
Greyhound
Gulf Oil ..
Homeatake Mining .
Idaho Power
I.B.M
Int. Paper
Johna Manville
Kennecott Copper ...
Merck
Moutana Power
Montgomery Word .
Nat'l Biacult
New York Central .
Northern Pacific
Pac Gas & Elec
Penney, J. C
Penn RR
pmmpi ..
Radio Corporation .
Richfield Oil (xdl ...
Safeway ..
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York r- IUPI) - Dow
- Jone. final stock average.!
30 industrials 645.12, off
3.73; 20 railroads 141.76, off
0.65; 15 utilities 107.94, up
0.22, and 65 stocks 2(8.67,
off 0.80. Sales Thursday
wart about 5.58 million
haras compared with 4.84
million shares Wednesday.
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toeka:
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Alum Co. Am 71 Mi
American Can 33ft
American Moton 17lfc
AT&T - 11311
American Tobacco .
Anaconda Copper ...
Armco Steel
Bendix Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air
Brunswick .....
Caterpillar Corp.
. 73"
. 50!'
. Chryiier Corp.
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Continental CBn
Crown Zellerbach ....
Curtlu Wrlaht
Dow Chemical 78
Du Pont 20715
Eaitman Kodak ...100
Flreitone 37
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Donahoo Named
Service Officer
The new county veterans
service officer will be Elmer
W. Donahoo, 41, of 2440 Edge-
mont ave., according to Coun
ty Judge Earl Miller .
Donahoo will replace Jerry
V. Bianconi who will resign
Feb. 24 to take a position with
the state department of veter
ans affairs in Portland.
A World War II veteran,
Donahoo served In the Army
for five years in the European
theater seeing action in both
the Battle of the Bulge and
Normandy. He also holds the
Purple Heart medal. He en
tered the service a private and
was a first lieutenant when he
left the service.
The new officer has lived in
Medford for 18 years and he
and his wife have three chil
dren. He is currently em-
ployed by the Medford Elks
Club.
Sear ,
Shell Oil
Socony Mobil Oil ....
Southern Co. .
Southern Pacific .
55
. 42
45
50
22
Snerrv Rand 23
Standard California 57
Standard N. J 48
Sun Mines ; 9
TexaB Gulf Sulfur 23
Texaa Pac Land Trust 18
Trnnsflmeripa 30
Trana World Air 17
Trl-Continental 40
Union carbide 124 '.a
Union Pacific . 30
United Aircraft 39
United Air Linea (xdl 42
U.S. Rubber 4Hl
U. S. Steel 82
Westlnghouse 43
Four Largest
Firms Announce
Production Cuts
Detroit - (UPD - .More than
69,000 auto workers were
faced today with the prospect
of layoffs next week as the
four largest auto firms an
nounced production cutbacks.
American Motors, which
idled all its 20,300 production
workers this week, announced
that 4,100 of them will not
return to work when produc
tion resumes Monday.
The indefinite cutback will
include 2,500 employees at the
firm's Kenosha, Wis., plant
and 1,600 at its Milwaukee
plant. Production will be cut
from 1,754 automobiles daily
to 1,375.
CM Tells Layoffs
Ford and Chrysler reported
that 17,200 of their employees
would be laid off for one
week next week. General Mo
tors earlier announced one
week layoffs of 46,500 auto
worker's.
Chrysler,, which had all
plants operating this week,
said it would lay off 11,000
workers at four Detroit area
plants and one at Newark,
Del.
On Monday, Ford will re
call 6,100 workers laid off for
one week in at, l,ouis ana
Kansas City, Mo., ' and Dear
born, Mich., but about 6,200
other Ford workers will be
laid off Monday for one week.
Others To Shut Down
The Ford plants involved
are at Atlanta; Chester, Pa.;
Minneapolis-St. Paul; Wayne,
Mich.; Louisville, Ky,, and
San Jose, Calif. The firm also
announced that other plants,
as yet undetermined, would
be shut down.
The General Motors layoffs
would be in the Buick, Olds-
mobile, Pontiac and Fisher
Body plants. In addition,
6,400 workers in non-automotive
GM plants in the Buffalo,
N.Y., area will be laid off.
Dock Recommended
At Emigrant Lake
The Jackson county parks
and recreation commission
this week recommended to the
county court that a request be
granted for the Rogue Aqua
Ski club to have a dock at
Emigrant lake.
An earlier story in the Mail
Tribune reported the request
was for a dock at Howard
Prairie lake. The dock, which
will be for general public use,
will be constructed at Emi
grant lake under the super
vision of the county.
The. commission also ap
proved recommendations by
its subcommittee for Emigrant
lake, rather than Howard
Prairie lake, as was previous
ly reported,
Tile recommendations are
to produce an overall develop
ment plan, approve funds
from the present budget to
construct a dock facility which
might be expanded and im
proved in future years, and
for proposals from concession
aires interested in operating
the limited facilities.
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Friends of Library
Group Set Meeting
A group of citizens Inter-
ested in forming a Friends of
the Library organization hero
will meet Monday, Feb. 13, at
8 p.m. In the meeting room of
the Public Library of Med
ford and Jackson County.
This is the second session of
the group; It is hoped that
organization details can be
completed . and officers
elected.
It is stated that any citizen
interested in aiding the public
library here Is invited to at
tend. One of the first projects
of the new group will be to
sponsor a National Library
week observance here.
Hood Opens, Car
Hits Yellow Light
A one-car accident occurred
near Willow Springs junction
yesterday when a car hood
opened and hit the wind
shield, state police said today.
The driver, Tommy Joe
Merton, 22, of 1820 Kings
highway, said he 'as momen
tarily blinded, s'.id his car hit
a flashing yellow light, police
said.
No injuries were reported.
Damage resulted to the left
front fender, windshield and
the car hood.
Judge Miller To
Speak alSOCTFA
Meeting Tonight
Jackson County Judge Earl
Miller will speak at the Feb
ruary meeting of the South
ern Oregon Conservation and
Tree Farm association at
o'clock tonight at the Rogue
Valley Country club.
Miller will report on the
fiscal operation of the busi
ness of the county court as it
relates to the forest receipts
from O and C and national
forest lands in Jackson
county.
Association officers to be
installed include Al Smith,
Medco, president; Dick Swan,
Olson-Lawyer Lumber, vice
president for Jackson county;
Lloyd Silva, Silva Logging,
Grants Pass, vice president
for Josephine: county; Bruce
Blew, Blew Trucking, treas
urer; and Dale Prentice, secretary-manager.
Entertainment Planed
The Melodaircs, a barber
shop harmony group from
Grants Pass, will entertain
prior to the business meeting.
The quartet is making the
appearance to help promote
the Harmony Festival of the
SPEBSQSA to be held Feb.
18 In Grants Pass. - ,
Among the reports which
will be presented at the busi
ness meeting will be one by
Darrell Davis, King Trucking,
chairman of the truck com
mittee, relative to the. grow
ing opposition to Senate bills
16 and 33. Davis will report
on his trips to Salem to rep
resent log truckers and other
interested southern Oregon
residents at the hearings held
by the Senate committees.
At previous meetings, Da
vis has noted that log truck
ers are opposed to any change
in flat fee option for the pay
ment of PUC weight-mile tax
as proposed in SB 33 and are
opposed to the "certificate of
necessity" provisions of SB
16.
The social hour will begin
at 7, with dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Congress Reels Under
Proposals by Kennedy
Washington -fllPil- Congress
was reeling a bit today from
President Kennedy's proposals
that would increase taxes
about $2.8 billion a year, with
almost every U.S. worker and
employer helping to pay the
bill.
Probably the best one-word
summation of the reaction
came from a liberal Democrat
who exclaimed: "Wow!"
Two Factors
The consensus was that Ken
nedy had bitten off far more
than Congress could chew
despite two factors working
in his favor:
The higher payroll levies
would be needed if Congress
is to provide all the new wel
fare benefits proposed by
Kennedy for more than 17
million persons. The proposed
benefits include (1) a new pro
gram of hospitalization and
nursing care for 14 million
persons 65 or older, (2) bigger
Social Security checks for
widows, and (3) an extension
of jobless pay for three mil
lion workers who have, or are
expected to, exhaust their un
employment compensation.
-Only a small portion of the
additional taxes would take
effect before the 1962 con
gressional elections. The full
effect would be felt starting
Jan. 1, 1963, and would come
on top of a $2.2 billion in
crease in Social Security taxes
already scheduled to help pay
for existing benefits.
Thus, adoption ', of Ken
nedy's welfare proposals
would mean imposition of a
total of $5 billion a year in
additional payroll toxes, start
ing Jan. 1, 1963.
At present the maximum
Social Security tax is $144 a
year and is paid by every
worker covered by the pro
gram who earns as much as
$4,800 a year. Employers must
match employees contribu
tions. Self-employed pay 50
per cent more, or a maximum
of $216.
Will Boost Maximums -
Existing law will boost
these maximums to $164 and
$276 on Jan. 1, 1963. If Ken
nedy's proposals are enacted
in full, the maximum tax take
would jump to $200 and $300,
respectively, on that date for
workers earning $5,000 a year
or more.
Regional Edition
MEDFORD
Page 2A'
Tribune
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1961
Oregon's Jobless
Situation Believed
Past Worst Point
By United Press International'
Oregon s unemployment sit
uation, which has resulted in
three cities being declared la
bor surplus areas by the fed
eral government, could have
passed it worst point, a state
official said today.
Up By 13,000
David H. Cameron, employ
ment commissioner, said un
employment In January rose
by 13,000 to reach 65,300. He
said the figure was the third
worst in 10 years. A year ago
unemployment was 47,600.
However, he said a dpwn
ward trend in insured unem
ployment in recent weeks in
dicate the worst in unemploy
ment may have passed.
The government Thursday
declared Portland, Coos Bay
and Roseburg to be surplus la
bor areas, meaning they will
get favor toward government
contracts. ' '
Mayor Terry Schrunk of
Portland said it may result in
some Immediate contracts for
ship repair as well as other
opportunities in other indus
tries for competitive bidding.
Lumber Slump Blamed
Officials of Coos Bay and
Roseburg said the ' lumber
slump was mainly responsi
ble for idleness there. r
In Portland, Crow's Lum
ber Market News Service re
ported a continued weak mar
ket with no appreciable price
I qhange in the past week.
Car Chases Owner
Down Medford Hill
A 21 - year - old rrospect
woman escaped possiDie in
jury Wednesday night when
her own driverless car chased
her down a hill on Smith st,,
Medford.
Frances Virgilene Ring told
city police she had been baby
sitting for a family in Smith
St. When she was tnrougn
sitting, she walked up the hill
and started to get into her car,
she said, but then changed her
mind and headed back down
the hill toward her employer s
residence.
As she was headed down
the hill, she said she looked
back over her shoulder and
saw the car rolling after her.
She started running, but the
car missed her and stopped
against a dirt bank at the side
of the road.
Her first thought, she said,
there was someone in the car
who started it rolling. After
Jalking it over with police,
however, it was decided that
she had left the emergency
brake off and the car in. neu
tral gear.
Mnsnnw- IIIP1I -Grieoriv Lev-
enfish, 72, a champion Rus
sian chess player, died Thurs
rinv. thp Soviet news aeencv
Tass announced.
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"PIT-A-PAT,"
CONDUCTOR REHIRED
New York -IIIPK- Leonard
Bernstein, music director of
the New York Philharmonic-
Symphony Society since 1958,
has accepted a new contract
for seven years from the Phil
harmonic's board of directors,
Reading Conference
Set in Ashland
A reading conference for
county schools will be held
in the Ashland Junior High
school Feb. 18, according to
Dealous Cox, administrative
assistant to the county school
superintendent.
Dr. Donald Moore, South
ern Oregon college, will be
main speaker. Emphasis will
be on improved reading in
struction in the classroom
Wayne Culver, of the science
research association reading.
laboratory, will also be one
of the main speakers on the
program.
Three teachers who are sec
tion leaders are Mrs. Orva
Taylor, Phoenix; Mrs. Precia
Medley, Medford; and Mrs.
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