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war. Bkr tompiewa nil
ford has been promoted to the
rank of corporal. Corp. Phillips
la serving with tha American
troop somewhere in Africa. Mr.
and Mr. Phillip have another
on, Vern, who I stationed at
an army air corp training ichool
In Chicago, 111. Pvt. Phillips Is
a graduate of Klamath Union
high school, class of 1941. B6th
boys ara well known in Klamath
Fall.
Water Content
In Crater Lake
Park Snow Up
E. P. Leavitt, superintendent
of the Crater Lake National
park, Thursday reported the
water content in the park's snow
It nearly twice that of February,
1042, averaging 39.0 per cent
compared to 25 last year.
The snow's average depth I
145 lnchei compared with 101
year ago.
For bandit If often too short
a stretch from tha payroll to tha
parole. .
training in Ian Diego,
e
Word ha baan received by Mr.
and Mr. O. A. Phillip of 1043
Gary itrett that their ton, Clif
KM NEWS
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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MONOPOLY
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 8 W)
The office of war production,
which claims the exclusive rlKhl
to ro I en no iioverniuoiit informn
tlon pertaining to the wartime
food pitiKiam, hun aturlod n In
VfullHiitioii to (luturmlno how
nnwnp'iporii.nu ohtnln lufurma
tlon from other sources.
The probe Involve the afc-rl
culture ctepurlmont end the re
cent puhllcntlon, In rdvunco of an
OW1 nnnounconiont, of a Koveriv
merit doclxlon to place colllnKS
on soft whout prices end ralao
colllnu prlcea on flour milled
from Ihnt type of wheat.
Edltora Prottat
Information about the ceilings
wa obtulncd by an Aasoclatod
Prcu reporter from agriculture
department official. The Owl
haa protested to the department
and ha caused offlclala of the
latter uiioucy to make an effort
to determine the name of the
official who aupplled the report'
cr with the data.
Now of tho Invcatigutlon and
the reported Inter-dcpartmontul
Irlfo which wa fold to have
preceded It recalled the recont
contention of editor from
throughout tho nation that off i'
clal now ahotild be made pub
He at It original lourco when
ever possible.
During tho American Society
of Newspaper Editor meeting
hero last month, many member
proteatcd the tunneling of now
through one federal lourco a a
threat to tho free pre. Roy
Roberto, managing editor of the
Kanna City blar and newly
elected ASNE prctldent, warned
( dangerous propaganda ten
dencles" which he ald he fearod
were inherent in any such office
aa OWI.
4TH TEi BOOKLET
WASHINGTON, March 8 (IT)
representative Taber of New
York, ranking republican mem
ber of the house appropriation
committee, accused the office of
Jp, war Information Thursday of
having itipervlsed the prcpara
tlon of a pamphlet that was
purely political propaganda ,
designed entirely to promote the
fourth term and the dictator
hip."
He referred, he told the house,
to a pamphlet tilled "The Life
of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd
President of -the United State,"
which he taid wai "printed at
government expense" under
OWI direction and distributed
to soldiers abroad.
Waving the pamphlet over hi
head, Tuber said it contained six
teen page of artist' sketches
of highlights In the presidents
llfo and nowhere In It, waa there
any Information of use to
soldier on a fighting front. Tho
sketches, he said, were aimilar
j, to the work of the artist "who
W'gets up Tarian for the funny
paper.
Elmer Davis, OWI director,
had admitted in a telephone con
vernation, Taber snld, that OWI
"did put il out,"
CLEANUP
CHICAGO (JP) The ctUens'
urge to burn tho rubbish in the
city'a vacant lot yesterday gave
Chicago firemen their busiest
day in history.
Over a 14-hour period, they
answered 430 fire alarm and
all were, for blazes in vacant
lota which got out of control.
The previous record high run
waa 330 for 24 hour,
WAR BONDS
America' Ilallroad ara moving
about a million men a month. Troop
trains hive the right-of-way . . .
Long Queues of steel coaches, load
ed to the steps with thousands of
men In khnkl. The cost run Into
million of dollar,
Your purchase of War Bead help
pay the railroad for the glfantlo
task of transport they have under
taken In addition to their extra
heavy war time traffic. Troop trans
port Is one of tha mora Important
branche of our modernised army,
Buy more and more War Bond ev
ery payday, "You Have Done Your
Bit, Now Do Your Beit."
'7L Vl
W7SS.
, r.'i
IN ALASKA Second das
storekeeper In Uncle Sinn's navy
I Wulter A. Bock, ion of Mr.
and Mr. Roy Bock of 137 High
street. A graduate of Klamath
Union high
school, '37, Bock
worked here in
the U. 8. Na
tional bank un
til hid enlist
ment from La-5
Grande In Janu
ary, 1942. He
left for service
on February 4
a a third class
atorekeeper. He
ha been at Ko
dlak, Alaska for
the past 1 1 x
months.
In letter -wf
the Degree of Honor lodge .of
Klamath Foil, Bock ald, I
hould like to lako this means
of thanking all tho member of
the lodgo for your thoughlfulness
riiirlne the Christmas season. I
am sure that all the other fol
low who are now oway Bnd
were llkewiae remembered, ap
preciate It.
"It may or It may not have
any connection with the lodge,
but I am aure there are mBny
among Ha member who are
knitting vurlou article of cloth
ing to bo ont out through the
Red Cross or soma other organi
zation. I should appreciate your
passing the word along to those
who are doing this work, that
we are receiving these article of
clothing am are finding thorn
very comforting."
"I'll bet you can't guess who I
ran Into out here," writes Sgt.
Jack Olterbeln of the United
States marines In a letter posted
Februory 13 from somewhere in
the South Pacific. Jack, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Otterbeln of
524 North Tenth troet, had the
good luck to find four other
Klamath men, Henry Schortgen,
Melvln Herron, Melvln Ramos
and Larry Ray, shortly after hi
outfit took over on a small Island
well supplied with pineapples,
bananas and natives. A later
letter from Lorry Ray, son of
Mrs. Ruth Tumor of this city,
arrived Wednesday morning and
Larry reports he is In a hospital
but "not to worry," he'll be out
FARRAGUT, Ida. Joining
tha ever-expanding forces of the
U. S. navy, Edwin Albert Scott,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Scott,
RFD Box 377, Tulelake, Calif-,
thte week donned the smart, his
toric uniform of a bluejacket
and began his training at the
U. S. naval training station here
on the shore of Lake Pend
Oreille.
Aviation Cadet Stephen G.
Naion la now taking basic fly
ing training at Perrln field, Sher
man, Tex.
Mrs. Vera Howell of Merrill
has received word from her son,
Pvt. Ralph W. Howell, 22, advis
ing her that he has been gradu
ated from AAF mechanic ichool
at Shcppard field, Tex., and the
Lockheed-Vega service school at
Burbank, Calif. He was trans
ferred later to the army naviga
tion achool at Hondo air field,
Hondo, Tex. Ralph's father,
Frank Howell, is working on an
airdrome now under construc
tion at Sulsun, Calif. .
Duana Baker, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wlllard Baker of 026
Dolores street, is In Washing
ton, D. C, working in St. Eliza
beths hospital for sailors who
have suffered mental as woll as
physical wounds In action.
Young Baker, seaman first class
and pharmacist mate third class,
enlisted December, 1042, and
has been detailed to the hospital
which is maintained as a
ichool for aiding In the recovery
of sick men. St. Elizabeth's hos
pital possesses tha only training
achool in the country for wound
ed sailors whoso minds and not
bodies have been injured by
THESE BUTTERMILK
ALL-BRAN BISCUITS
MAKE ANY MEAL!
Any meal becomes a few
these tempting-texture bisoulUI Made
with tasty lunooo's ix-nN, they'll
make a hit with everyone!
All-Bran Buttermilk Biscuits
H eitp lMloit's
All.tlr.n
eiip buttermilk
1 tcailvwm baking
1 trsapemn Mlt
lU oupi Sour H U'lPOOn lots
H mip Khorunln
Botk All-Bran In buttermilk. Sift
flour, baking powder, salt and soda to-
Rither. Cut In shortening until mix
ire Is like coarse corn-meal. Add
soaked All-Bran: stir until dough fol
lows fork around bowl. Turn onto
floured board, knoad lightly a few
seconds, roll or pnt to. M Inch thick.
noaa and eut with nouroa cutter, tuira
an lightly creased pan In hot oven
(480 F.) about 13 minutes.
KiYnr.' Rwmt. Milk Rccloe! If sweet
milk Is used Instead of buttermilk,
omit tods and Increase baking powder
io taaapoona.
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ORfgomery Ward's Statement
TO THO
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February 27, 1943
National War Labor Board'
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
A National War Labor Board panel has recommended
that the Board issue another order against Montgomery
Ward and Co. imposing upon Wards' six large stores
in Denver, Detroit and New York City:
1. A form of closed shop, called "maintenance of mem
bership," together with a check-off of union dues
from wage.
2. Compulsory arbitration of any question the union
wishes to raise.
Wards objects to the proposed order for these reasons:
1. The War Labor Board is without authority. Congress,
the only law-making authority under the Constitu
tion, has not empowered the Board to order any
employer to adopt these requirements.
2. The War Labor Board, by ordering a closed shop in
this case, will be furthering disrespect for constitu
tional authority. The Board is attempting to assume
a power to make rules and laws by executive fiat
alone. The public is being deceived into believing
that the Board's orders have the force of law, when
in fact they have no such effect. Employees are being
confused and deceived into believing that their
government desires them to join labor unions when
in fact the national policy as declared by Congress
is that employees are free to join or not, as they
wish. Thus the Board is destroying the very essence
of democracy, the right of the people to make laws
through those whom the people elect for that
purpose.
5. The War Labor Board, by promiscuously granting
some form of the closed shop, is destroying the
laws constitutionally enacted by Congress. The
National Labor Relations Act endorses, guarantees
and encourages the process of collective bargaining.
The orders of this Board, however, have led the
unions to abandon collective bargaining. The union
in this case has rushed to the War Labor Board in
the conviction that the Board will grant more than
it could obtain through collective bargaining, the
procedure- which Congress has sought to protect
and encourage. Other unions are following the same
course. Thus the Board, by this proceeding and by
its policies as proclaimed in other proceedings of
this nature, is nullifying the public policy of the na
tion as declared by Congress and set forth in the
National Labor Relations Act. Laws passed by Con
gress, the only law-making authority under our
Constitution, can not legally be repealed by execu
tive decree.
4. The proposed order would require Wards to violate
the law. It would require Wards, first, to interfere
with the free choice of its employees to resign from
the union; second, to give' support to the union by
a check-off of union dues; and third, to discriminate
against employees if they resign their membership
in the union, all in direct violation of the National
Labor Relations Act
5. Wards operates in a highly competitive field com
posed of one million seven hundred fifty thousand
retail establishments. It is unfair to impose burdens
upon Wards and not upon those with whom it is in
competition. IT the 'retail industry Is to be tub
jected to the closed shop and arbitration require
ments, they should be legislated by Congress and
applied uniformly against all retail establishments.4
6. The proposed order would require Wards to sur
render to outside arbitrators the final decision on all
matters which the union may wish to treat as griev
ances. Thus Wards' sixty thousand shareholders
would be deprived of the right to. direct, through
the management they select, the affairs of the corpo
ration they own.
,7. Under this "maintenance of membership" form of
closed shop, employees are not free to resign from
the union without losing their jobs. Wards is com
pelled to discharge every union member who fails
to maintain his union membership in good standing
(non-payment of dues, etc.). "Maintenance of mem
bership" is the starting phase which inevitably
leads to the full closed shop and a labor mdnopoly.1
B. The proposed order violates the fundamental prin
ciples of liberty. Liberty requires that an employee
be free to join, to refuse to join, or to resign from a
union without losing his job. Liberty requires that
an employer be free to employ the person best
suited for the work.
9. Wards has consistently defended these principles of
liberty. In times of peace, Wards successfully de
nied all demands for the dosed shop in any form.
Two years ago the Teamsters' Union, in an effort
. to force a closed shop, maintained a vicious seven
months strike against Wards' retail stores and mail
order houses on the Pacific Coast. Two mail order
houses and six retail stores were forced to dose,
forty-three other stores were picketed, and Wards
suffered damages exceeding two million dollars.
Employees were slugged, customers abused, and
property destroyed. The railroads, the express com
panies, the truckers and finally the United States
Post Office obeyed the demands of the union and,
-with total disregard for their obligations to the
public and in violation of law, refused service to
Wards and its customers. Nevertheless, Wards,
while announcing its willingness to bargain and to
contract with the union, refused to compromise the
principles it was defending. The strike did not end
until the union, in writing, withdrew its demand
for a dosed shop.
Even if the War Labor Board had the authority
which it lacks, it should not, in time of war, when
sacrifices are demanded of all, grant to any union a
privilege it could not have obtained in time of peace.
Wards has no quarrel with legitimate union practices.'
However, Wards strongly opposes the War Labor
Board's illegitimate attempts to sabotage our laws and to
socialize all industry, ostensibly as a part of the war effort.
Wards desires to continue tq obey the law, to preserve
constitutional government, to maintain management by
ownership, to remain competitive, and to leave its
employees free to belong or not to belong to a union
as they wish.
In accordance with these principles Wards must reject
any proposals which require it to enter into contracts
which it believes to be illegal, or to surrender prinriples
which it considers to be fundamental. In so doing,
Wards is taking the course which good citizenship
requires.
MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY
(Sif0 SEVELL AVERY
PrmUnt