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MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1962 Employ Physical Handicapped Week Being Observed in Area (Editor'! note: The fol lowing wai written by Jack Stewart, personnel officer at the Veterans Ad ministration Domiciliary, White City, who is a mem ber of the Jackscn County Committee for the Employ- f f ' ' - ' St I k ' i ment . of , the Handicapped.) Physically MEETS FORMER CHIEF California Republican guberna torial candidate Richard Nixon greets his former chief, Ex Presidcnt Dwight Eisenhower, upon his arrival at Los An geles. The two went to San Francisco where Eisenhower delivered a political address. Nixon then returned to Los Angeles for a political gathering at Hollywood Paladium where Eisenhower's address was seen and heard on closed circuit television. (UPI) Bringing Old Rail Engine to Ceremony Presents Problems New York - flJPli - To turn back the clock a century on a phase of railroad operations is one way to show the con trast with today's advances in the rail industry, but it pre sents some peculiar prob lems. Diesel locomotives in the past 30 years have routed the old steam locomotives from the nation's 220,000 miles of rail lines, and from most of those overseas. When the electro-motive di vision of General Motors turned out its 25,000th dicsel locomotive and sold it to the Louisville and Nashville Rail road under the builder's lo comotive replacement plan, the L&N agreed as part of the formal presentation cere monies to trot out a 107-year old steam locomotive, the his toric "General" of Civil War spy chase fame. Loaded on Flat Car Getting it from Louisville to the Chicago area was no problem; it was loaded on a flat car for most of the trip. But it was scheduled to run a dozen or so miles from Chi cago, under its own power, over Burlington and Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad tracks to the G-M plant near La Grancc, and it had to be fed with fuel and water. "That's where the fun came in." explained one railroad source. "It's no trouble to run the cars of one railroad over the tracks of another. "Bui when you come to motive power, there are com plications. Regulations require a tariff be filed. So, officially, this was a 'test run.' " "Furthermore," explained another, "The dicsel has wip ed the steam locomotive away so completely that there aren't any water tanks left along the tracks. We finally filled the General's boilers at the station, with a plastic hose.'' Converted To Coal Originally, the General was a wood burner. In the 1870s it was converted to coal: out as the coal loaders vanished with the water tanks, an; oil burner was installed to heat the boilers of the venerable but brightly painted veteran. Only last February, it was tested by steam from its own boiler, the first time it had been under pessurc since 1914.- .- , Even the oil for the burner presented a minor problem; it burns a different grade from that used by the Bur lington. A supply was obtain ed so that the little locomo tive could .make its run to greet, face to face on a spe cial track, the big-muscled 2.250 horsepower model CP 30 at the LaGrance plant. By JACK STEWART Personnel Officer Domiciliary President Kennedy by proc lamation has set aside this week as "National Employ the Physically Handicapped" week. A unique committee made up of federal, state, and priv ate organizations exists in Jackson county to support the .President's proclamation and to "promote the employ ment of the physically handi capped Members of the committee are Vic Newman, chairman, . slate employment office, Medford: Jack Stewart, Vet erans Administration Domi-, ciliary. White City; Marion R. Anderson, Crater Lake National park, Medfo.'ri; Jack I H. Nichols, bureau of recla-1 mation. White City; Donald 1 Hansen, Oregon state division i of vocational rehabilitation, i Medford branch; Clyde Rich-! ardson, Oregon state commis sion for the Mind. Medford; Dr. Andrew W. Foley, Veter ans Administration Domicili-1 ary. White City; John S. Duf- I fy, Medford; John M, Spang- j ler, Medford; Frank A. Ben-! esh, Medford; H. Chandler j Drew. Medford; and Pete Ruef, Medford. The committee has noted that the handicapped are a significant component of the American labor and manage-: ment who have contributed to the prosperity of the coun-; try. Disability is a word that for some still has an unpleas ant meaning. But why should I it? When we look at the word ' we find that two-thirds of it is made up of ability. Why not look at the ability of the individual and not the dis ability? j Study of Performance j A study was made of the i performance of physically ! impaired workers. In it, acci- i dent records and performance rates of 1 1,000 physically im-1 paired workers, in manufac turing industries were com pared with 18,000 physically unimpaired workers. You may be as amazed as everyone else was at the find ings. The findings included the fact that properly placed in a job, the physically handi capped worker produces equally as well as those with out physical handicaps. They were excellent safety risks -actually better risks than able-bodied persons. One firm was .surveyed which employed only physi cally disabled workers and records disclose that not a single "lost-time" accident had occurred in four years. Their insurance rales had ac tually come down. Plenty of enlightened em ployers already know this and more, and they lean upon it. They realize that physical fitness is a relative thing and must be judged in relation to its specific job. Government and many companies have a written policy hich states that equal consideration will be given to the placement of disabled workers on jobs they arc qualified to do. Emphasis is placed on abilities rather than disabilities. Do Not Distinguish ' Many employers have stated. "Actually, when it comes right down to hiring people to work for us, we do not really distinguish be tween who is handicapped and who is not." Everyone recognizes that a person must be placed in the proper job nd manv enlightened em-1 Many federal, state, public. ployers have found that if a i and private agencies employ handicapped person is prop-1 the physically handicapped, erly placed, the fact that he I In your own community, one is disabled disappears. of the largest employers, the Veterans Administration miciliary at White City has as its major job taking care of handicapped veterans. Not only do they take care of handicapped veterans, but make it a point to employ physically handicapped pcr- Do-sons in their civil service po sitions. Among their working force they have approximately 25 per cent who arc handicap ped, ranging from severe heart conditions to amputa tions. Their production and B 3 safety records are excellent and should be a guideport for all employers. Support of the President's proclamation and the Jackson County Committee for tho Employment of the Physically Handicapped is encouraged. ? St v M 40 Attend Meeting Of Sheriff Reserves Approximately 40 persons attended the regular Jackson county sheriff's reserves meet ing in the courthouse auditor ium Monday. After a short business meet ing presided over by John Creel, reserves' captain, a training session on traffic con trol was held Instructors were Air Force Maj. George H. Williams, director of secur ity and law enforcement of the 408th fighter group. Kingslcy field, Klamath Falls, assisted by Airman First Class Robert Trumpower. After a movie on traffic problems and procedures. Ma jor Williams emphasized the importance of an organization such as the sheriff s reserve closely working with the Civil Defene agency to handle both man-made and national disasters of emergencies. i The Air Force major said the Jackson county sheriff's reserve is the first organiza tion of Hs type which he has encountered. TO BOYCOTT "MEETING Salem-IPl-Oregon officials have decided to boycott personnel management confer- i ence to be held in Seattle this j winter, terming it "nothing, but a recruitment program by th.; federal aovernment" to raid s!a;cs nf key stai syt- Rick is clearing out all his '62 G.E. Appli ances to make room for the new '63's. This is just a sample of the many Bargains. Stop in this week and see how much you can save on the G.E. Appliance you need at the price you expect to pay. 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