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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."
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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. Comm.,
Rus&ell DeForest, Chairman
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Employment Boon Seen by Duncan
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Coos and Josephine counties
would be a boon to employ
ment in the areas, Robert B.
Duncan, Democratic candidate
tor Congress, said here Wed
nesday night.
Duncan reiterated that the
three counties are eligible for
participation in the emergen
cy public works bill passed
bv Congrtss, and that he has
asked President Kennedy to
include the counties in the
program.
This, along with changes In
the Jones act opening up the
Puerto Hican market, the in
creased allowable cut reduc
ing tlie price of stumpngc,
mure road biulriing by the
foicst service, and self-help
el torts by the lumber indus
try, "should go a long way
toward helping the. economy
of the fourth district," Duncan
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