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.
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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-
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