'ACE TEN
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
VINSON URGES
WAGE FORMULA
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By FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 W)
Scattered congressional senti
ment in favor of relaxing this
country s war time wage controls
collided today with the views of
Stabilization Director Fred M.
Vinson.
"We cannot afford to relax our
efforts," Vinson said in comment
ing on a report submitted to
President Roosevelt that for the
bulk of wage earners living costs
have increased from 29 to 30 per
cent over the level of January
1, 1941.
That is the base date for the
Little Steel wage formula, which
limits general increases to 15
per cent above those prevailing
on that day.
While several senators pointed
to the report as indicating the
need for changing or dropping
the Little Steel formula, Vinson
said that so long as the war ab
sorbs half the nation's productive
IS
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Do Your Share
Buy War Bonds
Tx.r ttit uruiTT rrv
Never before, I suppose, has
it oeen necessary lor us to De
on guara against good news
tvt : l : ti
iiuw iv &. be
cause a constant
and growing
stream of vic
tories may dull
our minds to
the probable !
length of the to
tal struggle and
the need for a
steady flow of
war supplies to
our fighting
mpn.
In Germany, the government
may surrender, but there will
be groups and pockets of fanati
cal Nazis for. months, perhaps
xui years, wno viu nave to Be
uprooiea ana destroyed.
Japan is established in a
thousand islands and on the
Asian continent and no one can
tell how long or how bitterly
the Japs will fight. But from
past experience with them, they
will not give up easily.
These facts we must realize
and we must: continue in !
nish thf cinpwe nf wai in
measure. What is needed now
is not just tne first, fine surge
of patriotism we felt when the
war started, it is the solid,
thoughtful patriotism which
will determine to lend to our
country ALL that it needs
when needed.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
AND KEEP ON BUYING
THEM.
Next Friday Mr. Whitlock. of
the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home
will comment on "Perry Did
output 'Ve must hold prices at
their present level to preserve
the purcnasing power oi me
worker s uay envelope.
Saying he was disturbed to
note that "after a year of sta
bility, the cost of living has risen
slightly but perceptibly in the
past six months, Vinson acictea
"This must stop. The price
administrator (Chester Bowles)
and I will use special vigilance
to this end.
The cost of living report was
prepared by a special committee
appointed by Air. Kooseveit sev
eral months ago.
"I think this calls for a revi
sion of the formula, said Sena'
tor Pepper (D-Fla.), who is push
ing a resolution to declare wages
of less than 65 cents an hour sub'
standard.
"The formula wasn't intended
to be an arbitrary standard, but
when enacted had a relation to a
factual situation. Now due to
forces inherent in a war the
facts have changed, and the in
crease in living costs is shown to
be 29 or 30 per cent instead of
15. This also emphasizes the
need for increasing wage rates
in the lowest income groups."
Two other members of the la
bor subcommittee hearing testi
mony on Pepper's resolution
said they thought a change in the
formula was indicated.
"It looks as if the Little Steel
formula is on the way out, if the
report is accepted," Senator Ai
ken (R-Vt.), said. "I never did
think the formula was very fair.
It took no account of deprecia
tion in quality of such items as
shoes and clothing, which meant
higher living costs even though
the prices were unchanged."
Senator Tunnel (D-Del.), said
that while it is true that a busi
ness can't pay more than its prof
its, it is equally true that an in
dividual can't work for less than
his necessities.
"The formula can and must be
changed to meet these well
known facts," he said. "We've
just got to let the working man
have enough to live on, and the
employer have enough to - pay
him a profit."
220,000 Turkeys
Raised In Douglas
ROSEHirnr; Vm? on I
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Douglas county s 1944 turkey I
narvesi was estimatea at zzo,
000 birds by J. Roland Parker,
countv a&pnt.
Despite heavy sale of turkeys
w uit niificu luivcs, x-ariser saia
me supply lor civilians during
thp hnlirfnvsnrnhnhlv wm,l4 V.a
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ample.
INJURED IN 8. G.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 20
(Canadian Press) Two men
were dead and a Port Coaultlam,
B. C, school teacher injured
yesterday, in what police de
scribed as a murder-suicide at su
burban Maillardvlllc.
v THe dead are Arthur Otto
Schultz, 37, of Vernon, B. C, and
George McGunigle, 38. Mrs.
Grace Vamey, 32, Schultz' sister,
was hospitalized.
Police said the shooting occur'
red when Schultz and his sister
went to the McGunigle home.
where she had been living, to
pack her belongings.
Schultz was found dead In the
bedroom, shot through the check.
McGunigle was lying dead in an
other bedroom with a bullet hole
through his tcmrjle. a sun lvins
beside him.
Mrs. Varnev told rjol ce Mc
Gunigle attempted to choke her
ana nit ner on the forehead. brio
ran from the house and shortly
atterward heard a shot.
13,000 More Workers
Needed In Portland
PORTLAND. Nov. 20 iVPl
Thirteen thousand more workers
are heeded immediately if indus
tries In the Portland-Vancouver
area are to complete their war
prodtictlpn schedules on time, L.
C. Stoll. state manpower direc
tor, declared.
Workers are needed on the
payrolls of companies turning
out vitally-needed assault trans
ports, aircraft carriers, fleet oil
tankers, landing . craft, lighters
and barracks ships.
-ME!AND
WOMEN IN
1 I
L .1
few
MINATO NOW GUNNER
ARMY AIR FIELD, CASPER,
Wyo. Cpl, Alfco E, Minato, son
of Mr. and Mrs. If
A. Minato, Cliil
oquin, is a top
turret gunner
on a B 24
heavy bombard- f
in its final stage
of training ut
the army a 1 r
field, Cnsue r,
Wyo. Following
completion o f
his training, he
and his crew
will be sent overseas to a com
bat area where they will help
take up the fight against the en
emy.
MT. LAKI Stanley Dawson.
S2c, who recently finished boot
training at Farragut, Idaho, is
now stationed in Bremerton,
Washington, where he is taking
a short electrical course which
he will finish in about three
weeks, then he is scheduled for
a two weeks' course, after which
he will be assigned to a small air
craft carrier.
Friends wishing to write
should address his letters:
S. L. Dawson, S. 2c, Dlv. E.
U. S. S. Block Island. Dct.
RS P. S. N. Y. Bremerton,
Washington. 1
Smith Predicts Top
Enrollments In
Schools After War
COLUMBIA GORGE HOTEL,
Nov. 20 (l'l Edgar Smith, state
board of higher education mem
ber, predicted here that enroll
ment In Oregon's six institutions
of higher lournlng will be 20,
000 after tho war vompiired with
u peacetime figure of 11,000.
Smith outlined u futuru school
building progi'iim at Ihu closing
session of the minimi Oregon
Kami tniii'iiu federation liicutiug,
Saturday.
lliiriild Young, l'mlluiul, man
ager of Oregon business and tux
Now you can be
a Locomotive
fireman
About $220 ban pay
This is one of Southern Pacific's
finest Jobs and normally not
easy to get. Today, we have a
few openings no experience
needed to start. After a couple
of weeks or so of training you
can qualify as a regular R. R.
Fireman , . . get right up there
In the cab with the engineer
and go places. (By the way, all
southern Pacific locomotives
burn oil, not coal. No shoveling. ;
tfusi mm a vaive;. wo gciuug
around it, this job has a bit of
a thrill to it. It gets in your
blood. You'll like S. P. men.
Like knowing you'ro with a
company whose biggest Job is
still ahead carrying war ma
terials for the stcDDcd-un offen
sive against Japan. Railroad
pass privileges. Fine pension
plan. Medical services. A Job,
men ... a rtl Jobl Look into
this today.
See or writ Trainmaster,
S. P. Station, Klamath Falls,
or your nearest S, P. Agent.
bin V i:r- I'miTM
I Will, "'"WtMfkM
The
rescui'di, UKXvi'tcd thai a gtiilu
Miles lux Instead of u stud, In
ciiiuo tax would better balance
Oregon'a tux atriicUiro.
Mtie Hoke, I'eiidlelou, win m.
elected inctUleiil; Luwell Steen,
Mlltoii-rreowiilei-, wiin reelected
vice president; Mun Hunter, Mil
lon-l'Veewiiler, was mimed nee
ond vice president in id nieinhei'
Pelican Cape
Will Be
Closed
In order to increase facilities to
take care of the public
NOV. 20 to NOV. 25
(Incluiivo)
Open Again Nov, 27
State Christmas
Seal Sale Boosted
PORTLAND, Nov. 20 (P)
. . . l U1 , -KklCUHf UL
the Oregon Tuberculosis assocla-
wuii, tuinouncea nere mat ure-
soiis quoia ior tne annual
Christmas seal seal will be 5225,
000. 10 per cent more than Inst
year.
The sale starts November 27
and ends December 25.
Men Who
Geff lln Nirihfc
Often Lose Their Pep
,liX2J?.V ss. is .
res, acz-
ranle
Bladder Weakness. Painful Puun
Md r.on-mt.mic KidKeTaTd IladSslE
EXJEf. STO "7 Cytfn (a ohnlcUn'a
3..VSJ'iliS',IT "S "T Br' dose of
nii JSSL . - cv ,C1M " "Men
oust sarorlso and delliit 70S r5 iSSH
iSSTC V J """7laell U (marantee
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Illustrated From Our
Colored Brother
"Don't get mad If I preach tht gospel. I'm Just lik a
mail man. If the postman brings you a dun do you fight th
man? Nol I'm Ju.t a mail man for tht Lord. Go let tht
head man God.
"I'm here to mak. an x-ray. You may fetl good but bt
affected. I take your picturt. You hart an affected lung.
Tnert 1 no ust to deny it. Tht picturt shows It.
v,.t"T-U mY e 1? ,h wron9 ehurch, but if tht Biblt shows
von Tar '.1 ,he wron9 """""on ipititually what will
you do? I can't compromise. If I'm a doctor and ttll vou
you'r. not affected when you art sick I am your tnerny
Thl wlS "y' 1 e? " hw water washes away sini
vou' w.' i.H?; 'Upon ,h.U. "fk 1 wi" buiId mr church.' If
E .?r ,jbullt on tock " 11 difftrtnt ont. THI8 ONE
hai already been covared. You can't build a i.cond I itory.
I "ST,! !'?"' ,eelin3' n tvidtnet of pardon.
. VL J.Z "f M1"1"' 'tation nd Squired of tht way to
fhf JliK S,ac,-TTh iati attendant told mi I wa. going
u y,t' .wen n- nd after I had travelled about
Inl 1 ly.Hm"e' 1 ".0pFed and 'nquirtd again. Thl. man told
rinir,.0"' i nLy.wllr ,bout "Teny ". and that
I would have to go back to get to tht place where I wanted
In.h0rH"tdhtheVhat I ,nould nava l00kad my map
and should not have depended on. t man's word. Now when
.rWa'nrfm,nXed.i,UP 1 d'dn ge,t.out on ,ha Ioad and '' 'allnS
around on tht ground with my hands. Fteling would not
UU me the way. The .en.iblt thing to do wa. to read th.
tht iBible." " PrtualIy if wt follow tht map-
From M. Kttblt'i Strmoni.
' RAYMOND I. GIBBS, Erang.liit.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
.' ' ' . 2205 Wantland Ayt.
itlamath Falls, Oregon.
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.NiWitt at onoM or fAf " i
I Before the war, the people of Europe consumed 30 23 -V' P2r - K
gallons of petroleum products per capita each year. How 206 f tfM W$ :So ' " """' K
much do you think the American people consumed? 427 J jr' Is
,x I S ?'Sm&r : ,ior
Inlll
i The largest single oil company in the
U.S. does less than 13 of the nation's oil
business. How many oil companies would
you guess there are in this country alto
Chick Ont
87
946
8,267
. fJka.7
W Last year, Union Oil Company made co
a net profit of $7,269,199-6,6 on business ,$ 231.69
done for the year. How much did this av- $ 2,356.22
, erage per stockholder-owner? ' $15,632.41
tveryone who works at Union Oil CW
has to have"tools"-adesk,a tank truck $ 90
or perhaps even a $6,000,000 refining $ 4,251 0 1
unit. How much do you think equip- $39,5040 1
ment costs will average per employee?
d It costs anywhere from $95,000 to
$230,000 to prospect for oil in a single
unproved area. What are your chances
of actually getting oil after all this?
Check Ont
' 1 in 2 .
1 in 3
1 in 12
ANSWERS
m t "a.
1 427 gallons per capita, per year. The daily life of the averagt
American it just about U times as mechanized as the average Euro
pean's. Even during peacetime, it takes more than a million Amer
icans working full time in the oil industry to Wn ihm marhinn nt
the other 129 million fueled and lubricated
2 There are 8,26 7 individual ail companies in the U. S. For their
work of finding.drilling, processing and transporting petroleum prod
ucts to you they average about 810ths of a cent profit per gallon. '
O In Rome before the war gasoline cost 81c a
gallon. In Berlin it was 59c; in London 31c; in War
saw 40c. World average was 33.7c. U. S. average
l&ic. What caused the difference?
Check One
U.S.Govt i-. Competition between ri Foreign Govt ,-,
Regulation U U.S. Companies KcgulaUon
3 $7,269,199 looks' like a lot of money, but it was divided among
a lot of pcople-3U75. So net profits avenmcd lust I231.C9 per stock-holder-owner.
4 39,5M-Tht' why, in some industries today, you have to poo'
the money -it I lot of people under legal agreements known as cor
porations. Very few individuals could finance the "tools" of heavi
industry. '
5 1 In 12-out. by mvimng tma hsk among a it oi peo,r, ..
Union does (230.0003I,375 .tkholder.-$7.33 per owner) w
have enough capital to keep going until we find oil.
Last year Union Oil took in $110,000,000 from
the sale of its products. $4,500,000 went to the stock
holders as dividends. How much went to the employ
ees as wages?
6 million 15'j million 24'A million D
6 Competition. No nation in tlio world has had ns msnyon w
panlca (8,267) competing for the business. No nalion liinlnol
governmental control of the Industry. As a result, tho cost of W
ular" gasoline to you (oxcluslvo of taxes) dropped fn""
gallon in 1020 to 131'ic in 1939. And the nualily climbed from
tnnc to 78
7 Wh million-Union Oil employees got approximately
wages for every $1,00 that went to the stockholder ,1
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onion om oohipauv
OF CAllFOnniA
Thtsscrics, sponsored by the people of Union OilComimy,is
adiscmsionofhowandwhyAmcricanbusiikssfitnclwiis.Welm
Jet I free to send in any suggestions or criticisms yon have to wf ".g
The President, Union Oil Co., Union Oil Dldg., Los Angela1
AMERICA'S Mf TM FREEDOM IS FREE E N T I