AH Nonmineral Applications for Public Lands Halted for 18 Months
Employees Donate
Five Weeks of Work
To Assist Company
Pittsburgh-IUPU-Workers at
the Oswald & Hess Packing
Co. will work without pay
for five weeks this year in
an effort to keep the little
pigs going to market and the
wolves away from the door.
When Oswald & Hess was
hailed into court by its cred
itors, its 400 employees, mem
bers of five unions, decided
to act. At a meeting called
by themselves, the workers
voted to work without com
pensation five weeks this year
to give the company an addi
tional $200,000 in operating
capital.
Joint Survival Effort
"This is a joint effort for
survival," said Carl Peiper,
president of the meat packing
firm.
As each worker entered the
meeting, he was handed a
card which read, in part:
"... I voluntarily propose
to agree to donate to the
Oswald & Hess company my
services for a total of five
weeks without pay. . . "
The signers agreed to give
Up one week's pay immedi
ately and another every
three months in hopes the
42-ycar-old packing house can
continue operating.
The " agreement : was ap
proved by locals of the Amal
gamated ' Meat . Cutters and
Butcher Workmen, the Meat
Salesmen Union, the Machin
ists Union, the Stationary En
gineers Union, and the Team
sters, all of which represent
O&H workers.
Have Obligation
"We took this action be
cause we want the firm to
stay in business and we have
an obligation to keep our
membership in jobs to sup
port their families," said Wal
ter Lieke, president of the
Meat Cutters local. ,
Oswald & Hess has applied
for a government small busi
ness loan as another means
of overcoming the financial
crisis. Labor Secretary Ar
thur Goldberg, who visited
Pittsburgh during a tour of
distressed areas, gave manage
ment and union officials en
couragement that it would be
approved.
ATTENDS RECEPTION
MoscowUIPIl Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev at
tended a reception Monday
night at the Communist Chi
nese Embassy. Ambassador
Liu Hsiao was host to several
Soviet leaders and foreign
diplomats.
San Diego, Calif. - IUPII - A
sailor by the name of Chris
tian is the clerk in the chap
lain's office at North Island
Naval Air station. His prede
cessor was named Lord.
MEDFORDi
SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1961 PAGES 1 to 8
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
(Register and Trlhuns Syndicate,
1961)
Primitive Man Must Have
Turned to Insects lor Food
Primitive man was often
hard put to supply himself
with food. He had to eat what
he could find or kill. He culti
vated no crops; what vegeta
ble matter he had was gath
ered from his surroundings.
Probably he made himself
sick many times when trying
to find what was edible and
what was not; he dug in the
earth; he gathered what ber
ries he could find, what roots
could be chewed;
There must have been times
when Rame was scarce, when
lakes were frozen, when the
green things were gone or
unattainable. So, in despera
tion, he turned to other things,
in fact, anything that contain
ed the slightest amount of
nourishment. .One of those
things must have been insects.
In Good Supply
These were always in good
supply; they were easily cap
tured, and with a little ex
perimenting he and his hump
backed wife must have found
many of thorn edible. Prob
ably, if they lived on them
for some time, they were su
stained. Insects are a form of
flesh, and there was some
nourishment in them. The
caveman wouldn't starve if
his stomach was full of grass
hoppers, beetles or ants.
Until primitive man found
out how to plant crops, garner
sufficient roots, barks and ber
ries, or hit upon an easy way
to capture more game or catch
more fish, he must have cx-
The Family Council
Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychia
rlst, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. Each article
s a summary of an actual case history. The Council renorts on nrob-
Icms that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors.
(Copyright 1961 General Features Corp.)
perienccd many times wlien
a feeding of insects lasted
pretty good.
There are tribes of Indians
living today in parts of this
world that feast on dried
grasshoppers. While explorers
have tasted these tidbits and
found they had a crisp, nutty
flavor. The large wood ants,
so plentiful in many jungle
sections, when gathered in
quantities and fried in hot fat
are often enjoyed as human
food. In some sections the eggs
of aquatic insects arc consid
ered a rich, nutritious source
of body fuel.
Rattlesnake, Anyone?
Primitive peoples, and even
some not so primitive, have
eaten rattlesnakes and snails;
have even tried with a reserv
ed relish the eggs of such
marine oddities as sea urchins.
Necessity mostly has prompt
ed the intake of many things
that others have looked at
with distaste. Anything that is
flesh, is, of course, edible if
one has the stomach for it.
Today, we know of a rare
delicacy. Baby bees are enjoy
ed not because we are hungry
but because they are unusual
and expensive. Ealing them
gives us a certain, question
able prestige or a wordly and
misplaced sophisticiation. The
cycle almost completes itself,
from primitive to modern
man.
"Please pass me another
helping of those delicious
fried grasshoppers."
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Washington - lUPD - Interior
Secretary Stewart L. Udall
Tuesday halted all new non
mineral applications for pub
lic lands for 18 months.
He said the action was be
ing taken to protect the public
interest from unscrupulous
speculation in public lands.
"The moratorium goes in
effect at once and will last
until Sept. 1, 1962," Udall
said. "It does not affect any
applications now pending. It
applies only to certain types
of applications and conditions
under the non-mineral land
laws."
Udall said "unethical land
locators and promoters have
abused the privilege of filing
nonmincral applications at the
cost of millions of dollars to
the public." He added the land
offices have been "deluged
with thousands and thou
sands" of applications.
He said the new policy
would permit the department
to process more than 60,000
pending applications and to
"develop legislative proposals
and administrative remedies."
Udall conceded that the im
mediate effect of the order
would reduce the public's op
porlunitles to obtain public
lands for private use.
"In the long run, however,
the moratorium will put pub
lie land development on
much more sensible program
basis. Under new programs it
will be possible for the pub
lie to acquire more needed
land in ways that will pro
tect the national interest."
Udall also announced a new
public land conservation pol
icy which put a "public in
terest lest for all transfers
of land out of federal owner
ship.
Under the policy, lands
which cannot be "properly
developed" under existing
laws will be retained by the
government "until necessary
laws can be enacted."
Land Inventory
Udall also announced the
department will undertake a
land inventory that will
"classify, open and make ap
propriate lands available for
transfer to the states, local
governments, individual and
business firms."
But the government must
get "a full return Xor its
property in terms of money
or other values," he said
"No party to a transaction
with the government should
receive a windfall."
The secretary said the mor
atorium would give a "breath
ing spell ... to completely
rewrite the public lands
laws." He said the depart
ment's recommendations "will
keep congressional commit
tees quite busy during the
coming months." He added
that he hoped to send the first
of these proposals to Congress
in two weeks.
Udall also said "many rami
fications" of the Eisenhower
policy on development of
power resources will be reviewed.
They (the Eisenhower ad
ministration) regarded public
power as a necessary evil,"
Udall said. "We regard n as
a necessary good.
He said this did not rule
out cooperation with private
power utilities.
When pressed for an exam
ple of how his administration
would differ with the previ
ous administration on public
power he said the "most
notable example" was Hell's
Canyon on the Snake river
in Idaho.
Albert M. - He's trying to
force me out of the business.
Myron M. - He's 50 years
behind the times.
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Albert M. - My brother and
are in our 60s. When our
father died 20 years ago, he
left us his umbrella business
on a 50-50 basis. Myron and
had worked with him since
our teens.
I am unmarried, but Myron
is married and has two sons, i
I'm convinced he's trying to
ease me out of the partnership
to make room for them. He
embarrasses me before the
help, the salesmen, and the '
customers. He treats me like I
nitwit, ordering me around
like an office-boy. When the
phone rings, he says "I'll take
it." When someone walks in,
he says "Let me. handle this."
It's strange, isn't it, that
when my father was alive he
turned to me for advice, let
me make the decisions and do
do all the ordering. And we
made plenty of money! Now
suddenly I don't count.
Myron should be man
enough to come right out and
ask me to leave.
Myron M. - Al should offer
to wind tilings up, after what
he did last month. He likes to
play Big Shot and the sales
men know they can fool him.
When one supplier told him a
competitor bought 1000 yards
of some junk, Al took 5000
yards. We didn't need it,
couldn't use it, couldn't get
rid of it.
He may have been okay for
Papa, a quarter of a century
ago. But for today his slip
shod methods and careless rec
ord-keeping are a handicap.
He's of the Carry-it-all-in-your-
head school of bookkeeping.
He has no idea of how to run
a business in today's rat-race.
I'm willing to let him go
through the motions of keep
ing busy, but I ve told the
salesmen to come directly to
me because the firm will not
be responsible for deals with
Al. If he really had the in
terest of the business at heart,
he'd make way for my boys
who are live-wires.
The Council: The old order
changeth. of course, but
there's no need for Myron to
speed it up with a demolition
crew. Surely Albert can be
approached as a reasonauie
business partner, open to an
honest discussion of what's
best for the firm, both in
terms of dollars-and-cents and
of the human factor.
Granted, Albert made a
buying boo-boo. We'll wager
Myron made one or two in his
time, also. Some mistakes are
reparable, others not. i n e
5000-yard "lemon" may or
may not be a total loss, but
humiliating a 50-50 panner
and hacking down a hard
working brother could Be an
irreparable error.
No. In order to make "room
at the top," Myron must, find
a mora humane and feelingful
procedure. The nephews must
respect Uncle Al and appreci
ate the sweat and toil he con-
Two Being Held for
Attempted Burglary
Two young men, one 17 and
the other 23, are being held
by authorities here on charges
of attempted burglary of the
Lithia drive-in theater Mon
day. : I
i he pair was caught in me
theater by two sheriff's depu
ties after a call from James
David Sclleck from the thea
ter. Sheriff's deputies charged
that the two youths were at
tempting to rifle the candy
counter and projection room.
A 17-year-old Talent youth
is being held in the juvenile
detention home. Earl Wayne
Taylor, 23, of Third st. and
Central ave., Medford, is be
ing held in the county jail,
deputies said.
WINE EXPORTS
San Francisco - Four-fifths
of the U.S. exports of wine
normally are cleared through
Western states in these areas. I the port of San Francisco.
tributcd to the family enter
prise. Then, the M.'s of both
generations, even Myron him
self, must concede that no one
is indispensable. And that part
of good management includes
preparing for and training re
placements. Uncle Albert can
be enlisted to serve during the
transition. Satisfied that the
"new order" is in the best in
terests of the business, he can
withdraw gradually and with
dignity. And as "Emeritus,"
he'll serve as a consultant for
the college-trained successors
who seek an old-fashioned
"short-cut," once in a while.
The Bible has a beautiful
psalm that begins: "Behold,
how goodly it is for brothers
to dwell peacefully together."
A relationship that began in a
loving home, and was nurtur
ed by a proud father, ought
not be scratched out on a
profit-and-loss ledger. Albert
can face and accept the hard
facts of business easier than
the hard heart of a brother.
Oregon Ranks 17th
On Teachers' Pay
Salem - IUPII - The State
Department of Education said
Tuesday Oregon ranks 17th
among states in average sal
aries of public school teachers.
In a report, the department
said Oregon ranks 16th na
tionally in percentage of
pupils finishing high school
15th in the number of ele
mentary teachers with four
years of college, and eighth
in per pupil expenditures.
The report said Oregon
ranks fourth among the 12
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