MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Area Management
Conference Slated
In Medford May 2
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1S6I
A ; Southern Oregon Man
agement conference, sponsor
ed by the Medford Chamber
of Commerce in cooperation
with the University of Ore
gon school of business admin
Unions Called by
Senate Probers
"7 Washington-nffD- Senate In
vestigators today summoned
union spokesmen to answer
charges that "loafing" . and
slowdowns at missile bases
had cost months of time in the
space race.
Tom O'Malley, a missile
test conductor for Convair As-tronautics-the
man who could
trigger the first U.S. astronaut
launching-said Thursday that
members of craft unions at
Cape Canaveral, Fla., "are not
producing . . . their capacity."
O'Malley told the Senate in
vestigations subcom mittee
there had been slowdowns and
the men were working at
about 50 to 70 per cent of ca
pacity. He blamed subcontrac
tors for the most part, for not
insisting on eight hours of
work per man.
(Spokesmen from several
Cape Canaveral Unions were
called to reply to the charges.
Subcommittee investigators
today cited evidence that the
Air Force could save $3 mil
lion if unions permitted fac
tory installation of plugs on
some electrical cords for Titan
missiles. Workers have walk
ed off their jobs when factory
installed equipment was used
at missile bases.
istration, will be held in Med
ford Tuesday, May 2.
The conference is planned
as a seminar in "practical
problems facing business lead
ers from day to day," accord
ing to Don McNeil, chamber
manager. The session is
planned as an annual event.
McNeil said that "every
business executive in the
Rogue valley ought to attend
this one-day session because
of its practical approach."
Speakers from the univer
sity will include R. W. Lind
holm, dean of the school of
business administration; N. E.
Taylor, director of forest in
dustries management center,
David A. Baerncopf, professor
of business statistics; Orin K.
Burrell, professor of finance;
and John B. Miner, professor
of management.
Others on the program are
Carroll Brown, supervisor of
the Rogue River National for
est, and W. J. Williams, vice
president of Harry and David.
Topics will include "Chang
ing patterns in consumer mar
kets," - "Business decisions,
payoffs and adequate profit,"
"How1 the gold problem af
fects business revival efforts,"
and ""Selection or develop
ment - management's peren
nial dilemma."
Reservations for the confer
ence must be made no later
than Friday, April 28, with
the chamber, McNeil said. It
will be held at Rogue Valley
Country club. ' . .
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Thursday because a relief sig
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PAINTING ADMIRED Paintings by mod
ern Hollywood masters are on display at a
Hollywood art show aimed at raising money
for the planned Hollywood Motion Picture
and Television Museum. Those who came
expecting to guffaw went away awed at the
unexpected talent. TV actress Margie Regan
admired one of actress Kim Novak's paint
ings which were the hit of the show. This
one is entitled "Christus."
. (UPI Telephoto)
Lunch Counters in Woolworth
Stores Serve 750,000 Each Day
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
: UPI Financial Editor
' New York-WD-What start
ed out in 1910 as a small re
freshment room for weary
shoppers has
bios s o m e d
into the
world's larg
est commer
cial dispenser
of food ; pre
pared, and
served on the
premises. -And
F. W.
' Bechtoid -Woolworth
Co., the nation's largest vari
ety store chain, says its res
taurant i operations are ex
ceeded only by those of the
armed forces. ...
Where the . refreshment
room in Woolworth's 14th st.
store in New York served a
few hundred people daily 50
years ago, the chain now han
dles 750,000 per day, and has
set a goal of one million by
the end of 1961.; r
While you may think your
weekly family grocery list is
large, imagine shopping for
and feeding 750,000 persons
daily;
30. Miles of Counters
; This is the task of H. W.
Bode, Woolworth's general su
pervisor of restaurant opera
tions. Bode just released a re
port listing the volume of pur
chases and patronage in the
company's luncheonettes and
19 cafeterias during 1960.
It showed that Woolworth
has approximately 30 miles of
counters spread throughout
all 50 states, and can seat
65,762 customers' at one time.
Bode noted that thSse num
bers will increase during 1961
because the company is aver
aging a new store opening
every other business day, all
with food facilities. . . " ,
The enormity of customer
volume is pointed up by the
following examples of serv
ings; 112 million cups 'of cof
fee; 12 million pieces of ap
ple pie; 17.5 million hambur
gers; 6 million turkey dinners;
and 7.5 million steak and roast
beef dinners.
Purchases of basic commod
ities runs into - millions of
pounds each. Woolworth's
own bakeries last year pur
chased more than 18 million
pounds of flour. eef for ham
burgers alone was more than
3 million pounds, with total
beef purchases amounting to
about 6 million pounds.
Made Turkey Popular
It is said that Woolworth,
not the Pilgrims, put turkey
in the regular diet of Amer
icans, and Bode's figures show
it is still doing it. Last year'it
purchased more than 5 mil
lion pounds of turkey along
with more than 16 millioin
pounds of potatoes.
Bode emphasized that the
acceptance of Woolworth's
meals is its wide variety five
to seven different entrees
available in stores daily to 15
in cafeterias. They range from
steak to fish and include full
course dinners.
Bode also said that the care
the company takes in prepara
tion of its menus also is re
sponsible for their acceptance.
He noted that every dish is
put through numerous tests
and tastings in the company's
laboratories and kitchens here
so that when it goes out to
the stores and cafeterias the
local chefs have instructions
"down to a grain of salt" on
preparation and serving. . .
SHIP RUNS AGROUND
Singapore -(UPI) The Ameri
can hospital ship S.S. - Hope
ran aground on a reef Thurs
day but was freed after 19
hours without damage, its in
formation officer reported to
day. The Hope, which is
bringing medical' help and
training to remote areas of
Asia, was en route from Lorn
bok to Semarang, both' Indo
nesian cities.
AS DRY AS PAMPHLET
Government Bookstore Good Place
To Go When Caught in Rain Shower
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By DICK WEST
Washington (UPD A good
way to keep abreast of literary
and social trends in America
is to spend
a rainy nfter
noon browsing
around in the
U.S. govern
ment book
store. It is also, I
might add, a
good way to
keep from
West geuing wei. 1
found this out recently when
a sudden shower caught me
near the bookstore, sans rain
coat. I had a choice of taking
refuge there or in the post
office across the street.
Since reading material in
a post office usually is limited
to "wanted" posters for fed
eral felons, I chose the book
store. I was glad that I did.
When I emerged a , half
hour or so later, I was both
mentally stimulated and as
dry as a government pamphlet
on "screw thread standards."
The screw thread pamphlet,
incidentally, is on the book
store's best seller list. That is
what I meant when I referred
to literary trends. ,
On of Largest
Possibly nobody would be
astonished to learn that the
government bookstore is one
of the largest in the world.
We have come , to expect
things like that from the gov
ernment. What makes it astonishing
is the fact that it puts money
into the Treasury, thus vicing
the versa of most federal func
tions. Excess receipts current
ly total more than $4 million
a year. r
The bookstore has in stock
about 30,000 different gov
ernment publications embrac
ing, to quote one document I
ran across, "nearly every
field of human living."
Moreover, the publications
are not restricted to human
living. Prominently displayed
on the shelves is a booklet on
the control of "horse bolts."
I counted, while waiting for
the rain to stop, 48 documents
on child care, 43 documents
on food, and 32 documents
on Communism. That Is what
I meant when I referred to
the bookstore as a weather-
vane of social trends.
The all-time best-seller (11,
593,065 copes) is a booklet en
titled "Infant Care," follow
ed by one entitled "Prenatal
Care," followed by one en
titled "Your Child From One
to Six." '
"Your Child From Six to
Twelve" is fifth on the list,
sandwiched between "Your
Federal Income Tax" and
"Your Social Security."
This ranking, provides a
pretty good indication of the
things that we Americans
worry about and the order in
which we worry about them.
But coming up fast - are
such atomic age publications
as "Prospecting for Uranium"
and "Living With Radiation."
I was rather surprised to
find that "Septic Tank Care"
is No. 9 on the list, ahead of
such appealing volumes as
Morse Demands
Report on Cuba
Washington-WPD-Sen. Wayne
L. Morse (D.-Ore.) demanded
a full report from the State
department today on all de
velopments relating to Cuba
since President Kennedy took
office.
Morse made the request as
his foreign relations subcom
mittee on Latin America pre
pared for a closed-door hear
ing with Acting Secretary ' of
State Chester A. Bowles and
other officials. . . . . i. . -
He told newsmen he would
follow up his questioning of
State department officials
with a similar request for In
formation from the super-secret
Central Intelligence agen
cy, target of some criticism for
its role in the ill-fated Cuban
invasion.
Morse said his subcommit
tee wanted the State depart
ment to give . "a thorough
briefing on everything that
has happened regarding Cuba
since this administration took
over."
He said he also intended to
find out what both the State
department and CIA were
planning to recommend for
the future.
"Technique of House Nailing"
and "Elevator Systems of the
Eiffel Tower." ; t
After weighing the matter
carefully, I finally shelled out
15 cents for a copy of "Mak
ing Cellars Dry." It will give
me something to do the next
time it rains.
A 3
ACTRESS EXPECTING
New York -(UPD- British ac
tress Frances Cuka has re
placed Joan Plowrlght in the
Broadway cast of "A Taste of
Honey." Miss Plowright, wife
of Sir Laurence Olivier, has
withdrawn from the drama
because of pregnancy.
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