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Injunction Proceedings Speeded in Strike at Lockhee Railroads, Unions May Resume Legal Battle Over Featherbedding Rule Ban Chicago -WPD- More legal baltles between the natlon' railroads and five big unions loomed today following a court ruling that the carrier! may institute "anti feather bedding" work rule changes. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday the railroads have the right to Im pose the sweeping changes- which eventually would elim inate up to 80,000 jobs-with-out the consent of the unions. The ruling upheld a decision by federal District Court Judge Sam Perry. J. E. Wolfe, chief railroad negotiator, said the carriers would "move promptly" to make the changes as soon as the appeals court dissolves a temporary Injunction against such action. The five brotherhoods, rep resenting 212,000 on-traln em ployees, have threatened a na tionwide rail strike should the rules be put Into effect uni laterally. But union attorneys said they would file for a rehear ing in the appeals court, which would keep the injunction in force until a second ruling. Thus an immediate showdown on the issue would be fore stalled. The three judges Wednes day upheld the injunction blocking the carriers from putting the rules into effect while the appeals court con sidered the case. The appeals court probably will not dissolve the injunc tion until it rules on the union request for a rehearing, and even then the unions could ask the U.S. Supreme or Appellate court for an extension of the restraining order. Wolfe, said, however, "the issue on which the appeals court ruled . . . was so clear cut I believe there is a serious question as to whether either court would continue the in junction." "As soon as the lower court's injunction is dissolved, the carriers will move prompt ly to make effective these rules . . ." he said. "The moment a threat of a strike occurs it will be in the President's hands," he added. President Kennedy could postpone a walkout for at least 60 days by appointing an emergency board to investi gate the three-year dispute over work rules and make non-binding recommendations for settlement. The 19S railroads involved have estimated the rules changes could save them near ly $600 million a year Stock Prices Narrowly Mixed; Chrysler, U.S. Steel Decline ' . , eel aE 4 on, 4fl Sun Mlnpa New York - (UPH - Stocks were narrowly mixed today. Losses of about 1 each ap peared in Chrysler and Proc ter & Gamble. U.S. Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Armco dropped fractions to nearly a point in the steels. Drugs weje irregularly higher with Carter Products and Richardson Merrcll up around 2 each and Cunning ham down roughly 3. Elec tronics moved lower with Beckman, Litton and" IBM down fractions to a point. DOW JONES AVERAGES Ntw YorkXUPU-Dow Jonas final stock avaragas: 30 in- Foreign Briefs CHURCHILL CABLES CONDOLENCES Th Hagu-4iro-Sir Winston Churchill, who will b 88 Friday, cabled condoUncas Wednesday to Qutan Juliana on lh death of ex-Queen Wilhalmina, a court spokesman an nounced today. GREEK EMBASSY OFFICIAL TO LEAVE MOSCOW Moscow-ll)Pll-A Greak embassy official ordered expelled on charges of espionage will lair Moscow Friday, according to an announcement here. The Greek embassy denied the allegations against Second Secretary Petros Molyviatis. ANGELS, SHEPHERDS ON CARDS FOUND LACKING Blackburn, England-iIPI-Dr. C. Claxton, Anglican Bishop of Blackburn, said today he had to hunt all over town to find Christmas cards with angels and shepherds on them, "Robins and stagecoaches on cards are pretty," the bishop said, "But we celebrate Christ's birth, not that of the robin," TOY BALLOON TRAVELS 89 MILES Valence, France-U)r-A gas-filled toy balloon launched by a 7-year-old Marie-France Grimaud has reached Nacragol, Sweden, after a flight of 89 miles, it was announced today. The flight won a $200 prise for Marie-France in a nation wide balloon contest. duslrials 651.95, up 3.80; 20 railroads 136.58, up 0.44; 15 utilities 125.59. up 0.56; and 65 slocks 226.37. up 1.12. Sales Wednesday were about 5.99 million shares compared with 5.5 million shares Tuesday. Wednesday's prices on selected i toe Kit: Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am American Air Lines ... American Can American Motors AT St T American Tobacco . . Anaconda Copper xd) Armco Bendlx Corp Bethlehem Steel Bneing Air Caterpillar Corp Chrysler Corp Coca Cola .... CBS Continental Can Crucible Steel Dow Chemical Du Pont . Eastman Kodak Firestone .... Ford General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacific . Greyhound . Gulf OH Hornettake Idaho Power IBM lnt Paper . Johns Manvllle (xdl . Kennecott Copper .... Lockheed Aircraft .... Martin (xd) Merck Montana Power Montgomery Ward .... National Biscuit New York Central Northern Pacific Pac Gas Elec Penn RR Perma Cement Phlll.pt .... Procter At Gamble .... Radio Corporation .. Richfield Oil Safeway Santa Ft Sears Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Co Southern Pacific Sperry Rand .... Standard California ... Standard Indiana Standard N.J. Slokely Van Camp .. ... 3'.i ... .18 ... lB'a ... ... 16 ...114'. ... 301, ... 43'. ... M'i ,.. 5.Vi ... 32', .. 3B, .. 38'. .. TO 1 4 ... 821, .. 42 .. 42. .. 93 4 .. nor, .2.-11 '. ..inn .. 33 'i .. 43 'i .. 74i .. 7.1 'i .. 5.1 , .. 43 .. 30 .. 3S .. 4bTg .. 24 ''4 ...307 ' i .. 28 '.a .. 46 V. ... US 11 . ... 22 ... 78 ... 33 ', ... 34'. ... 30', .. 1;1', ... 37'. ... 20 ... 13 ... 13 ... 48 ... S2' j ... 37 ... 40 ... 43 ... 24 ... 73 ... 32 ... 54 ... 40 .8 Sun Mlnea Texas Co Texas Gulf Sulfur Texaa Pacific Land Trust . Thlokol Trans America Trana World Air Trl Continental Union Carbide Union Pacific United Airlines U.S. Plywood U.S. Rubber U.S. Steel ... West Bank Corp Westinghouse Youngstown .. 8 .. S .. 13 .. 17 .. 28 .. 42 .. 11 .. 41 ..103 .. 33 .. 32 .. 47 .. 41', .. 40', .. 30 . 33 .. 6d Losses Faced In Hanna Deal Washington -IUPU- The Gen eral Services administration reported today that the gov ernment faces a loss of at least $6,317,000 on its nickel stockpiling contracts with the Hanna Mining Co., once head ed by former Treasury George M. Humphrey, GSA Administrator Bern ard L. Boutin said the govern ment presently had $62,244, 000 invested in the Hanna nickel deal. He said in a letter to the Senate stockpiling subcommit tee th -t at present market prices the nickel sold to the government by Hanna would bring only $5,927,000. Boutin said he doubted the government could even get this much money back be cause if it started to dump the nickel the market would drop. The Boutin letter represent ed the latest round in an ac countants' argument between the government and Hanna over the controversial nickel deal. i :1 8 ' i !; . 5 1 ittV- P i. 7 ?EEKABREVV tells you how muchy - a- Ser Big cipscily-3 cups for breakfast, 10 for a party. Brew selector-perfect coffee-mild, medium or strong. No welching, no timing-coffee brews, stops perking, iliyl hot until served. ving is easier Measure at a glance ews delicious coffee every time It's the only coffee maker that lets you see inside. Ends the "shake and guess" method of serving that popular second cup of coffee. Now the hostess can see at a glance how much delicious coffee is left. And you still get the popular General Electric features: In M.dford: MAIN STORE 1 1 5 East Main St. BARGAIN STORE-303 So. Front at 10th In Ashland: In Klamath Falls: 115 East Main Street 1001 Main Street Fact-Finders To Study Issues At JFK's Request Burbank, Calif. - (UPC - Ma chinists union pickets contin ued to parade in front of the struck Lockheed Aircraft Corp. today as federal authori ties speeded injuction proceed ings following President Ken n e d y ' i activation of Taft Hartley Law machinery. Three fact -finders named by the President were expect ed to meet here Friday in an effort to determine what is sues are involved in the dis pute. Union and company repre sentatives were in disagree ment over Kennedy's action in invoking the Taft-Hartley Law in the aerospace strike. The machinists called the walkout after Lockheed re fused to accept union demands for a vote on the union ship issue. The company said such a vote could force 14,000 workers into the union against their will, "We don't fear an election on the union shop issue," Lockheed Vice President John Canaday said, "but if we sac rifice a principle we no long er have a basis on which to stand." A spokesman for the Inter national Association of Ma chinists (IAM) said Wednes day following the announce ment that the President would invoke the Taft-Hartley law, "we would have much preferred to slug it out with the company without the government's interference." Tom McNctt, president of IAM District 727, said, "if there had to be government interference, we would have much preferred seizure." However, Court landt S. Gross, chairman of the board of Lockheed, said, "we feel the President has acted in the best interests of all concerned. We hope this means we can arrive at an agreement." President Kennedy acted to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act Wednesday the first day of the strike - saying continu ance of the waikout "would Imperil the national health and safety." White House Press Secre tary Pierre Salinger said the President acted under a find ing that the strike "affects a substantial part of the ballis tic missile, space vehicle and ; military aircraft Industry." Names Special Board I The President named a spe cial board to study the strike. Under Taft-Hartley law provisions, the President is i empowered to halt the strike i for an 80-day cooling off ! period if the board of inquiry j ruled that such action was warranted. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz expressed hope Wednes day the IAM would refrain i from picketing at Cape Cana veral and Vandcnburg Air Force base while the board studies the dispute. j Wirtz said he had "no pres ent plans for taking part in the proceedings," but added, ; "I hope very much that union picketing at Vandcnburg and Canaveral can be called off while the board of inquiry is holding its hearings." Some Workers Report IAM officials estimated that the walkout had caused a "94 per cent shutdown of produc tion." Company spokes men said it was still too early to tell the full effects, but that 10 to 48 per cent of its 24.000 workers in its California di vision were showing up for work, and 77 per cent of the 34.000 employes in the missile and space division were re porting. Lockheed public relations Director Jon Riffcl said, "pro duction has been curtailed, but not to a significant de gree. We're going to meet our production schedules." Lockheed is one of the country's biggest defense con tractors. Among other things, it builds the Polaris missile and several types of military aircraft. It also handled sev eral projects crucial to the nations space program, in cluding the Agena upper stage for the Ranger moon probe. The company hs refused to accept the union's demand for compulsory union member ship and has declined to grant an employe vote on the issue. Company spokesman said the union ship could force 14.000 workers to either join the IAM or lose their jobs. American Vessels Expected To Meet Foreign Ship Rates Washington tUPU A spokes man for the U.S. Tramp Ship owners association expressed belief Tuesday that American flag vessels would meet rates offered by foreign shipowners for carrying lumber from the Pacific Northwest to Puerto Rico. Richard W. Kurrus, associ ation attorney, appeared be fore a Federal Maritime Hear ing concerning an application by the Georgia-Pacific Corp. to use foreign vessels. 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