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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
TWX Customers To
Join Nationwide
Dial Network
A total of 40 Medford area
area ielctypewriter exchange
(TWX) customers will join a
new nationwide dial network
Aug. 31, according to J. H.
Crcagcr, local Pacific North
west Bell manager.
At present, all connections
are made through manual
switchboards. After the
change the first nationwide
cutover in telephone history
almost all TWX calls will be
dialed through the telephone
direct distance dialing net
work that spans the country.
Portland will serve as one
of 16 regional centers in the
U. S. that will provide oper
ator assistance. Operators at
these points will set up con
ference, collect, sequence and
other types of special calls.
About 2,000 Sett
There are more than 7,000
sets in the northwest that will
be handled by the regional
center in Portland. About 1,
000 of the machines are in
Oregon. i
Over-all cost of the dial con
version in Oregon is estimated
at $3.1 million. This includes
the modification of each Tele
type set and the additions and
changes in the telephone net
work to make it compatible
with TWX needs.
TWX was offered on a na
tionwide basis in 1931 and
now serves some 60.000 U. S.
business and government cus
tomers. These users send more
than 2.5 million written mes
sages a month. About 300,000
TWX calls a year are made
between the United States and
overseas points.
The Hoffa Story-IV
Jimmy Hoffa's Election as President
Of Teamsters Resulted in Monitors
Editor's nota: This ii the
fourth of five dispatches on
the lift and fimei of Jimmy
Hoffa.
By HARRY FERGUSON
Washington-Wli-Every day
is crisis day in the turbulent
life of Jimmy Hoffa, but the
big date in his career was
Sept. 30, 1057, when the In
ternational Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware
housemen and Helpers of
America assembled at Miami
Beach to elect a president.
Chairman John McClcllan
of the Senate rackets commit
tee, who had been trying to
get something on Hoffa and
had the frustrated feeling of
a man who punches at a feath
er pillow, thought at least
half of the delegates had been
fixed in Hoffa's favor. He so
advised the convention in a
telegram.
A bold little band of 13
rank and file Teamsters
agreed with McClcllan and
went into court to try to stop
the election. They worked fast
and in three days had their
petition before Chief Justice
Earl Warren. He ruled that
the convention was already
under way and denied the pe
tition. Seizes Chanca
At that time Hoffa was
ninth vice president of the
world's Ibiggest union. Dave
Beck, the president, had been
discredited by the McClcllan
committee and already had
his foot on the road that was
to lead him to prison for in
come tax evasion. It was the
main chance for Hoffa and he
seized it.
Witnesses were to testify
later that Hoffa stood on the
platform waving his arms in
a sort of semaphore code to
the delegates and that Hoffa
men were "running up and
down the aisles telling people
when to stand up and when
to sit down." There were
three candidates and Hoffa's
opponents maintained head
quarters with plenty of whis
key and pretty girls to pour it.
Hoffa doesn't drink and all
you got in his headquarters
was a handshake and some ad
vice. Result of the first and only
ballot: Hoffa, 1,208: William
Lee, 313; Thomas Haggerty,
108.
Back Into Court
It was a stunning victory,
but it still didn't give Hoffa
firm control of the union. The
13 rank and file members had
their backs up and again they
went into court in an attempt
to nullify the election. They
had better luck this time and
finally forced Hoffa to agree
to a compromise. In return
for dropping their suit they
made Hoffa agree to put the
affairs of the Teamsters into
the hands of three monitors.
One was to be appointed by
the 13 rank and file members,
one by Hoffa and the two
would choose a neutral mem
ber. This situation, which went
on for months with much
bickering, clipped Hoffa's
wings a bit, but he still was
flying high. He walked
through showers of subpoenas
and law suits, he relumed to
testify before the McClcllan
committee and spar some
more with its young counsel,
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SMACKED IN EYE Robert Pepsin, fl, of Warren, Mich.,
won the balloon blowing content in his age group at the
Michigan Stale Fair Tuesday, hut it wasn't easy. As soon
as he got it all blown up - POW - it smacked him right
in the eye. (UP1)
Cone, Pickers Reminded
About Securing Permits
Tree Seed Tests
Start at University
Corvallis Packages of Pa
cific Northwest tree seeds are
arriving on the Oregon State
university campus for use in
a series of experiments aimed
at helping forest scientists set
up tree seed testing standards.
At Oregon State, research
ers will conduct germination
tests to help write a more def- j
inile set of testing standards
for the Association of Official
Soed Analysts. This group sets
the standards for all major
seed testing laboratories and 1
commercial seed dealdrs. j
Cooperating in the experi
ments arc the U. S. forest serv- j
ice, Washington department of i
natural resources, Wcyerhacu-'
ser company, University of
British Columbia, Canadian)
department of agriculture, and
OSU.
The project originated with :
the Western Forest Tree Seed
council, a group of interested
forestry agencies cooperating
under the auspices of the
Western Forestry and Conser
vation association.
Robert F. Kennedy. Late in
1057 Hoffa suffered a blow
which seemed almost certain
tn turn l:is union against him.
The AFL-CIO met at Atlantic
City and expelled the Team
sters from membership on the
grounds of corruption. Hoffa
was not able to appear at the
AFL-CIO meeting and argue
his case because he had a pre
vious engagement in a New
York court where he was
being tried on charges of wire
tapping. As usual, he won.
Survives Blow
Expulsion of the Teamsters
was a serious blow and Hoffa
knew it. He probably would
go back into the AFL-CIO to
morrow if he could get the
right terms. But events were
to prove that Hoffa could sur
vive almost anything. He
came up for reelection as
president of the Teamsters in
1961, again at Miami Beach.
Result: Hoffa, 1,875; Milton J.
Liss, 15.
Hoffa was rid of the moni
tors now and he took advan
tage of the situation to suggest
that the Teamsters raise his
salary. They voted to increase
it from $50,000 to $75,000 a
year, and Hoffa became the
nation's highest paid labor
leader.
In accepting reelection to
the presidency, Hoffa made a
homespun speech, and gave
the back of his hand to the
courts, Bobby Kennedy and
the AFL-CIO: "Sticks and
stones may break my bones
but words are only yester
day's whisper."
Works for Members
The secret of the man's
grip on his followers is his
intense concentration on them
and their problems. He has
never gone quite as far as
Commodore Vanderbilt did
when he said "the public be
damned," but he doesn't care
much what anybody thinks
unless he is a member of the
Teamsters. His world has a
population of 1,720.000, which
the membership of the
union.
His work schedule is mur
derous. He shows up at the
$6 million marble headquar
ters of the Teamsters here at
8 a m. and stays until the
day's business is finished. His
door is open to any member
of the union any time. Fifty
appointments a day is not un
usual for him and he keeps
four telephones busy a good
bit of the time. If a Teamsters
local in Chicago is having a
difficult time and they ask for
his assistance, he will be on
an airplane immediately, pre
pared to stay for the dura
lion. If his presence is needed
on a picket line, he is willing
to pick up a placard and start
marching.
Knows Business
Hoffa has no small talk and
his language is rough and to
the point, but some of the
executives he comes up
against in labor negotiations
grudgingly admit that he is
the besl informed man in the
country on the trucking busi
ness. They describe him as a
man who drives a hard bar
gain, but some of them are
willing to concede that once
he signs a contract he lives
up to it.
Nothing can divert Hoffa
from his 12-and 18-hour work
days.
"There was this time," he
said, "when it was my wed
ding anniversary. My wife
and I were going to have
big celebration. Then I was
called away to a meeting and
that was the end of the cele
bration." Mrs. Hoffa understands
such things. She formerly was
a laundry worker and she
met Jimmy on a picket line.
Salem Willi the harvest
of the forest tree cone crop
soon to commence, individual
pickers have been reminded
that it is necessary to secure
a permit to harvest miscella
neous forest tree products and
certify that the permission of
the landowner has been ob
tained. Stale Forester Dwight L.
Phipps made the announce
ment in response tn a concern
shown by forest landowners
recalling extensive damage
done in past years to their
Jewett Classes To
Start September 10
Central Point - H. '
Jewell elementary school in
Central Point will open Mon
day, Sept. 10.
First-grade students should
plan to stay long enough to
complete registration, find
their rooms, and meet their
teachers, school officials said
Students in the second and
third grades will have a full
day of school the first day.
Parenls of children in the
first grade should lake birth
certificates tor their young
sters. Parents new to the dis
trict may call the school office
at M4-1 1 14 to give their name
and address. Registration will
be prepared and a copy of the
school handbook mailed in ad
vance. EARL YSK ILLS
Boston - Before the ther
mometer was invented, phy
sicians developed an unusiial
skill in measuring the degtrr
of body temperature Willi
their hands.
FARM LOSSES
Washington About 350.000
American farmers lost their
larm holdings in 1933 during
the great depression era.
crop trees by cone pickers ill-
equipped with both know-how
and tools to properly do the
job.
Many Instances have been
observed where cone pickers
have heavily damaged the
trees by cutting off green
limbs and breaking the tops
out of the trees. Trees 2(1 to
30 feet tall have even been
felled for what few cones they
possess, Phipps noted.
This practice, however, is
soon recognised by the picker
as requiring too much effort
for value received. Slate law
places the defacing of trees
on the property of another as
a misdemeanor subject to a
fine or imprisonment or both.
Haiard Usually High
The cone picking season ex
tends through a period when
the fire hazard in the woods
is usually high. Certain forest
areas are closed to entry and
a notice of such closures is
posted on access roads, he
said. Cone pickers may not
Ciller the areas without first
obtaining approval of the land
owner and an entry permit
from a state or federal officer.
During short periods of ex
treme tire ha.'.ard all activi
ties may he suspended. The
immediate situation at any
particular time can be secured
from a local forest official.
Phipps added.
Tile Douglas fir ennr crop
this year is reported by the
state farm foresters as spotty
and is rated from poor lo fair,
while pondcrosa pine and tile
true firs look n"Od for the
most part. A fair crop of east
side Douglas fir is reported
for the northeastern part ol
the state with pondcrosa pine
classed as excellent. Douglas :
fir, sugar pine and white fir
crops are viewed as good on
the eastside in southern Ore
gon, with an especially good
crop of pondcrosa pine. i
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