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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1950)
September ÌI. 10.50 »—Tin: MILI. CITY ENTERPRISE The U.N. Story The story of che United Nations is now heard weekly on KOAC, Tues days at 4 45 p.m, in the series entitled "The U. N. Story.” With so much (Continued from Page 1) Truman asking for consideration for attention centered on the United Oregon porta in war shipping as a Nations organization and the role it means of making box cars available, ' is playing today in the Korean situat was sent on August 13. On August ion the U. N. Story becomes of ever- 14 Public Utilities Commissioner increasing interest to Oregonians. Flagg, according to the I.C.C. Chair Broadcasts feature personal histories man, asked for a conference with from the file of the United Nations local I.C.C. representatives and on and are feature presentations of the August 15 the conference was held. United Nations Radio coming from Heard The text of Flegel's wire to Chair Lake Success, New York. Í on the state-owned radio service man Johnson follows. "The freight car shortage in this U550 kc) each Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. state is becoming progressively worse and every indication is that the supply of cars to shippers will be still further curtailed. The* whole econ omy of this state is at stake. Beyond ( Continued from Page 1) a conference with your local repre sentative, our Public Utilities Com- place orders for transformers and missoner has taken*no acton. The heavy electrical equipment requiring situation is so serious that I believe a year or more for delivery. you should send your personal repre Effects, if any, on Bonneville ap sentative out here to investigate and propriation bill calling for a cut of determine what steps must be taken about $550,000,000 in projects not in order to alleviate the situation. national defense, remain to be deter Steps must be taken to assure that mined. Oregon shippers are receiving their fair quota of cars in comparison with The world’s record for skating one other states and that all shippers in hundred yards is 9.4 seconds. this state are receiving equal treat The race horse Citation earned ment in the matter of available cars.” $709,470 in 1948 Flegel Wires I.C.C.- Your Physician is no I •’MEDICINE MAN I» • Don’t expect your Phy sician to perform mira cles. Remember, it takes more time and effort to climb uphill than to coast down! Your patience and full co-operation are es sential to rapid recovery. IWA-CIO International Union Officers Present Program at Minneapolis In their report submitted to the world peace, Northwest regional Fourteenth Annual convention of the negotiations, British Columbia nego-' International Union here, September tiations, Wyoming and Colorado. 11th, the officers of the IWA-CIO Alaska, the South, industrial safety, declared that the Union, during the the Research and Education Depart- ■ past twelve months, has carried out ment, the Woodworker, and the "Latest reports from the United a program which achieved some i finances of the Union, were all dealt States Department of Labor show long-sought goals on the economic with in detail. j other industries are gradually reduc front and won for the membership In the preface to the report, the ing accident frequency rates”, they "social benefits and security far be officers said it would have been easy , 1 said, "while accidents in the lumber to devote the entire report to the ■ : industry continue to rise”. yond the expectations of many”. “Our demands were fiercely re successful negotiations of economic "Logging, as a separate division”, sisted by the large corporations in gains made in 1950 "as the points I they added, "has the highest fre I won were of tremendous importance | Canada and the United States", the quency and fatality rate of any other report declared, "and it became nec to all of us”. industry or classification”. essary to strike the Weyerhaeuser "However”, they said, “ we recog- They urged continued efforts to I nize that gaining on the economic Timber company, one of the largest and most powerful companies in the front is but one function of our or obtain passage of the Burke-Hump West, for a period of nearly two and ganization. Unless we protect those hrey bills in Congress to provide safety code and commended the a half months before reaching a economic gains politically by fighting safety activity of the various locals unfair anti-labor legislation, by satisfactory working agreement for some 9,000 W’orkers employed by this working hard to liberalize our work- and districts within the Union. ' men’s compensation acts, our old age | A report on the activities of the company”. ; benefits and our unemployment laws, Research and Education Depart-, Signed by President J. E. Fadling, ment was included, with particular have won nothing”. First Vice-President Al Hartung, we Warning j emphasis on the studies made of pen- that the workers must Second Vice-President John Haw ■ sion and health and welfare plans. kins. and Secretary-Treasurer Carl continue the fight against inflation. j The International Woodworker was they pointed out that wages and Winn, the report covered the entire security are being taken away by discussed in the report with a scope of the Union’s activities during price bulges much faster than they strongly worded recommendation the preceding year. could through wage cuts by the that every local, not already taking the paper on a mass subscription Political action, employment and boss”. Charging that the Korean conflict i basis, give consideration to the IH is being used by every business enter-I | matter immediately. "There is no prise to boost prices, to encourage arguing the fact that every member hoarding and to start another infla of the Union should be a reader of tionary spiral, the officers said they the Woodworker", the officer said. believed that proper control of prices is needed. "However, if proper controls are not immediately instituted”, they added, "other means such as in creased wages, will become neces sary. Our Union went through an experience during World War 11 of price and wage increases and, in every case, the workers came out second best”. Noting the fact that the Taft-Hart ley Act, the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of British Columbia, and other restrictive laws legislated by the states and pro vinces of the two countries, are still I facing labor in the United States and I Canada, the officers called for intens ified political action to bring about [ their elimination. "The 1950 ’offyear’ election is I here”, they said, "We, as working i people, cannot let reactionary forces I slide into Congress when it is so easy to go to the polls on election day and Light beer is the beverage elect good people to represent us". In dealing with the Korean war, the officers charge that Congress of moderation. Enjoy - — > ' > % ' -«• "may, in a great measure” be re sponsible for the war in Korea. "Congress dawdled on help to the South Koreans", they said, "and the people gave up in despair". Commending the United Nations for its “prompt decision" In opposing the invasion of South Korea and V BEER x President Truman for his actions in putting that decision into effect at 'It’s the Water’ once, the officers gave full support to the statement made by President Philip Murray in which he assured President Truman that the CIO "stands solidly behind your efforts to I halt this act of Communist aggres- I sion”. Negotiations in the Pacific North west. British Columbia, Wyoming : and Colorado. Alaska, and the South : were reviewed at length. In the : Southern States the officers reported. : | substantial wage increases were : made since the wage minimum was ■ increased by the Fair Labor Stan- ; dards Act and the opinion was ex- ; | pressed that wage gains made in the • i South were materially assisted with ; the passage of the 75 cent minimum : wage law. On industrial safety, the officers ! declared the instituting of safe work- i ing practices in the lumber industry FOURTH DISTRICT • is always a matter of grave concern. Funds Appropriated- Capital Drug Co. Salem * w ★ ★ * ★ * RÍU48LÍ» m sc ri pi ions Temperate living is the moderation of one’s desire in obedience to reason. OPEN HOUSE AT EPPS STORE ALY mp IÁ Friday Night, Sept. 29th » “Meet Your Democratic Candidates AUSTIN FLEGEL Sor Governor For U.S. Representative Dave Shaw Roy R. Hewitt FIRST DISTRICT I INN COUNTY CANDIDATES: MARION COt NTY < INDIDVTES: FRANK PORT! 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