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10 A FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON Underwold Rule Perilously Close, McClellan Writes Washington tUPIi The Unit ed States will soon be "peri ously close to clandestine rule" by the underworld un less the public makes a major crime-fighting effort, accord ing to Sen. John L. McClel lan. What is needed, said the Arkansas Democrat In a new book published Thursday, is a "resurgence of old fashion ed morality." McClellan, one of the Sen ale's chief investigators, said In the book "Crime Without Punishment" that crime to day is a major industry run by racketeers employing pub lic relations men, high-priced lawyers and board meetings. Such criminal statesmen, he wrote, believe that "every man has his price" and the way to succeed in crime is through businesslike proce dures instead of gunfire. This conclusion, McClellan said, was the result of what he uncovered during investi gations into the underworld, labor unions, and the gamb ling syndicates. If the tide of crime is to be turned, McClellan said, "every honest man will he re quired to do his share." In discussing James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union. McClellan said Hoffa and Harry Bridges, head of the International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's union, have entered into a working agreement regarding the movement of water and highway freight that are a "threat to our internal econ omic security." This mutual assistance pact cannot be tolerated, McClel lan said. "It is the duty of Congress to enact legislation to remove this danger of na tional disaster, lest we remain at the mercy of Hoffa's arro gance and Bridges' politics." rr Your Money's Worth , By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, HjII $yndicft, Inc. Brain Cell of Quartz Fibres Demonstrated New York -lllPli- A brain cell made of quartz tibrcs that can understand a spoken word and react to It was dem onstrated Thursday by Sperry Gyroscope Co. The company said the de vice called the Sccptron is a major scientific breakthrough and may lead to the develop ment of machines that obey commands. It was invited by Robert Hawkins. The new development may make possible telephones without dials, typewriters that take spoken diction and operate themselves, and even desk-size computers into which data can be put by the spoken word instead of by tape. The company said Sccptron could be used to make some factory machines obey spoken commands. It also could be made to obey visual signals or coded sound signals, as well as the voice. It also would be useful in medicine to detect sounds inside the body that reveal heart damage, for example. SLOWDOWN IN WAGE HIKES TO CONTINUE IN 1963 The slowdown in the rate of cash wage boosts in the United States - a major characteristic of the sluggish Amer ican economy in 1962-wilI continue in mbJ. Wage increases on average are almost sure to be smaller next year than pay hikes tnis year, ana mis year me increases are averaging the smallest since 1955. The "floor" under yearly wage increases is being lowered. The prolonged post-World War II wage spiral is weakening. In factories particularly the wage gallop has become a creep. Fringe benefits continue to climb. The most frequent changes next year will be in insurance and pension provi sions followed by more liberal vacation and holiday clauses. Here loo, though, the majority of changes will be in non- manufacturing fields. Meanwhile, as the U.S. cash wage upsurge nations, wages in nations which are our chief overseas competitors for the world markets are rising rapidly. The Z'S to 3 per cent rise in wages in manufacturing industries here this past year contrasts with 5 to 8 per cent wage hikes In the Com mon Market nations. Tha clue to 1963'i wage pattern lies in lht provisions for deferred pay increase! to lake effect automatically next year under contracts already ligned. Ai Donald F. Farwell of tha Bureau of National Affairs, a Washington research organisation in the labor market field, remarked to me, "Tha lite of deferred increases, we have found, is about as good an indicator as you can gel of what ne gotiated Increases are likely to average In the same year." This week end the BNA will release an analysis of 2,300 contracts now in force providing for deferred wage Increases in 1963. These will be the highlights of the report. Item! Wage hikes to take effect automatically next year will average slightly over 7Vi cents an hour compared with an average in 1962 of 8 cents an hour. To illustrate how powerful an influence this "floor" Is, in 1961 the average deferred pay increase was 8.2 cents, the average negotiated increase was 7.8 cents. This year the average deferred increase is 8 cents, the average negotiated increase through the third quarter has been 7.5 cents. Says Farwell, "Assuming the same relationship prevails in 1963, there will he a further drop in the size of negotiated wage increases, perhaps to about 7 cents." Itemi The overall average hides significant variations. For instance, if deferred increases in construction are ex cluded, the average pay hike in 1963 drops to 6.8 cents. There are more numerous and higher deferred increases in construction than in any other industry. When the average is broken down into manufacturing and non-manufacturing, the sluggishness in manufacturing becomes even more marked. The average deferred pay hike in factories in 1963 will be 6 2 cents against 10 cents in non-manufacturing, Itemt The trend toward long-term contracts carrying deferred increases persists. The deferred hikes appeared in 51 per cent of last year's contracts compared with only 5 per cent in mat. in me nisi nan oi mis year, ao per cent i of the non-manufacturing and 47 per cent of the manufac turing contracts provided for deferred hikes. Item: A "zero" round - no cash increases at all - Is pro vided for In 2 per cent o( the settlements scheduled for 1963. In these instances changes will be limited to fringe benefits. Why the slowdown? An obvious reason li our stickily high level of unemployment! there Is a distinct correla tion between a high rale of joblesinesi and a slowdown in wage increases. Another reason is that corporations which have been unable to raise prices to maintain their prof its in this competitive era have been successfully holding out against heavy wage demands. Docs It mean the wage upswing is over? Obviously not. These increases still work out to 2 1 i-3 per cent a year and expensive fringe benefits come on top of them. But there is no doubt that wages as well as prices in the U.S. have entered a new era of relative stability. Young Entertainer Found Strangled Van Nuys -WW- The body of a pretty entertainer, clothed in a colorful Hawaiian muu muu, was found late Thurs day jammed under her cano pied bed. Detectives said Terry Lee Yeigh, 16, apparently had been strangled. Her stepfa ther, Amos Yeigh, once own er of the Peppermint Twist night club in Pismo Beach, Calif., was being sought for questioning. The shapely girl, who sang and danced for USO shows and attended a Hollywood professional school, had been reported missing since the previous night. The girl's body was discov ered by her mother, Mrs. Jackie Yeigh, 35. Detectives said there was no evidence of a struggle, nor any indication the girl had been assaulted. I ELECT AI Bradford DEMOCRAT FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Sixth year of legislative experi ence on Medford City Council. Bradford for Rep. 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