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FOUR HERALD AND NEWS ."ueiday, April 17, 1945 SUBSCRIPTION BATES: tnontb 76o By null . B, err.., monlb Wo By null "" - Marcb 8. 1879 Member, AnocUted Ptmi Member Audit Bureau Circulation Today's Roundup 1 By MALCOLM EPLEY SPACE is short today on this page, and we 11 depart from usual style to jam some random thoughts into a shorty . . . And we'll dedicate the column to The Herald and News' tough struggle with the wartime paper shortage. Fire has wiped out one of this area's unique industries at Likely, near Alturas, where a peat moss plant burned down . . , We join Modoc people in the hope the plant can be re built . . . There's a full-fledged political campaign going on at Klamath Union high school prior to election of next year's student body officers . . . The EPLEY kids know all the tricks ... A "very friendly subscriber" has written us about a story in our favorite sheet which says that babies born at the Tulelake WRA center last year totaled 488. 246 boys and 242 girls . . . "Not even rabbits could match that record," says our correspond ent, intimating that thefigures prove Japs are rats . . . Persons frightened by the quoted figures will get some reassurance out of the fact they should have read: "Totaled 488, in cluding 246 boys and 242 girls." Klamath Elks were especially thrilled by Wes Guderian's striking picture the other day of -the Elks flag at half mast . . . The banner, whipping in the breeze, provided a framework for the clock on the front of the Elks temple with the hands standing at 11, the Elks' "tender hour of recollection" . . . Mr. Roosevelt was a member of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 . . . The picture also illustrated the classic beauty of the Klamath Elks building, which does much to lift the architectural level of our town. Maintaining friendly relationships with sur rounding communities should be a constant Klamath objective . . Helpful along that line will be a visit by a group of Klamath people under chamber of commerce auspices to Alturas for a meeting of the Modoc county defense council April 25 . , . Interested people should get In touch with the chamber regarding this trip ,i,We well remember the friendly meet ings that used to be held by Klamath and Lake county chamber officials . . , They were omitted in recent years because of the war, but they should be resumed soon . , . Recently, Klamath has strengthened its relationships with Bend, and we should do more along that line. News Behind ihe News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, April 17 The coal mine wage settlement is a joke a grim joke upon the government and its wage policies per petrated by the - old policy-scuttler John L. Lewis. . : . .. They made it look real. Lewis and the operators handed out to the public earnest state ments dripping with literary perspiration from their six weeks of dual negotiations, adding !t..,. ), nf nnnrsp ahem there w Ull UHMWIWItO -,.. a small matter of the government approving the wage boosts and the price hikes to be mude livraijui jr .w ' -o- They inspired news accounts suggesting , the hourly base rate was noi increwcu uu uro inAHacoe nniittnnji. liinrh hours, travel lUUUGil HIMhlUV, . , , pay, etc.) were in accord generally with war labor board policy, implying government bp proval therefore was a mere matter of routine What they really did was to shatter the gov eminent s little sieei lormuia ay ourjiuu um evasions to an extreme which makes mockery rt it Tt-tn Fur-tc Ul-P tllPKP! The miners already were receiving wages above the little steel formula under the old contract. They had received allowances for lunch time, vacation time, travel time, under ground, and "practically everything except breathing tune aner nouis, dlu-uhik uu icuco lion lime. , Ordinarily the operators would have stood for the little steel lormuia or lor any practical means of avoiding cost increases which will inflate the nation's coal bill another $150,000 000 annually and may hurt their business. ' Operators Double Crossed rMJT my inner information is they felt they D had been doublecrossed by the government in previous stands upon this ground, Une gov ernment encouraged them to resist Lewis, and then in the last four strikes, gave no help in resistinc him. This time, just before the agreement was announced, the disagreeable Mr. Ickes had begun seizing their mines, taking first the captives of the steel companies. Rather than nom tne line for an administration they could not count on. they let Lewis have his way and pushed the whole matter right up to war labor board and office of price administration. Now the Lewis deal really constitutes a new labor onslaught upon the little steel formula. That economic policy becomes obsolete if labor can get wage increases as high as Id to ZO per cent around and outside it. The Lewis formula shows all labor how to crush the administration policy and if the WLB and OPA accept it, all labor will be upon them seeking similar allowances for stand ing time, sitting time, walking time and talking time. By whittling it down they may save some face, but not much else. The government simply cannot get away from the fact that anything it gives is a violation of its formula. Consequently AFL and CIO are watching Lewis approvingly, and with a grin on their faces, to see how government will get out of this new hole. May Hole Up IT may decide to hide away in the hole for a few weeks. The government's economic di rectors have already promised to break their hold-this-line order after V-E day. WLB might then accept a goodly portion of the Lewis pro position without too much embarrassment. Lewis is not in a hurry as the agreement provides any increases must be retroactive. - i " During the- Lewis-operator negotiations, an attempt was made to handle the problem in a ' new way - by bringing it under the wing of Frances Perkins, the labor secretary, instead of the curmudgeon or the war labor board. Lewis did his part, and was perfectly willing to accept Miss Perkins' direction. But the operators played safe by -throwing the matter into . the board. That Is about the only point they won, .ex cepting exclusion of the preposterous Lewis demand to collect a tax of 10 cents a ton on coal. This will not greatly grieve Lewis, how-ever,-as the increases he got will cost 25 cents a ton more than twice the proposed tax. Thus proceeds labor-wage negotiations in the thirteenth year of this . labor government. It is getting to 'be a tricky business. Market Quotations NEW YORK, April 17 fAP) Profit cashing stemmed the stock, market bulge today and, while rails and as sorted industrials continued to advance many recent climbers backed into the minus column. Closing quotations: American Can , , sg Am Car & Fdy rr.r 431'. Am Tel & Tel . AV Anaconda , 33s Calif Packing . 33- "v 34 Commonwealth St Sou uums-wngnt ... ,., General Electric General Motors Gt Nor By pfd Illinois Central M . Int Harvester Kennecott Lock need . 43 . 68 . 333', Long-Bell A" Montgomery Ward , Nash-Xelv N Y Central Northern Pacific Pac Gas c El Packard Motor Penna R R Republic Steel Hichficld OH Safeway Stores Sears Roebuck Southern Pacific Standard Brands . Sunshine Mining Trans-America Union Oil Calif Union Pacific U S Steel :..... Warner Pictures .. 24 i 23 37', 6 . 37U 23 ..... 227 i ,.-.106 , 44i 32B ,. 14' i 11 "4 24'.', 8Gfc 14i Potatoes LOS ANGELES. April 17 fAP-WFA Potatoes: 8 broken, 11 unbroken cars on track; arrivals Idaho 5. Maine 1, New York 3, Utah 1; by truck from California 3; no sales. SAN rRANCISCO, April 17 fAP-WFAl Potatoes: 8 broken, 7 unbroken cars on track; arrive Is California 1. Washington 1, Colorado 1, Maine 1; market firm; Idaho Russets No. 1, $4.20; Oregon - Deschutes district Russets, culls, 30-lb. sacks. S1.70. 4 New stock: 1 broken, 1 unbroken car on track; arrivals Texas 2. Florida 1, CHICAGO, April 17 AP) Potatoes: arrivals 27, on track 98; total u. S. shipments 428. Old stocks: offerings very light., for '. best stocks demand very good, market firm. New stock;: none available InrW in today s truck market. Maine Katahdlns. awl stock $4.15; New York .Green Mountain U. B. No. 1, S3.55; Wisconsin Chlppewas. seed Uxk $3 23; Mtf neiota North Dakota .CoVbin, commercials $3.00. .--. " J It's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a) used one in the classified. LIVESTOCK SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 nr-ntm wme sajaoie uu; uneven, steers 25 cents lower, fed good $16.00; ??k"!8e comjnon 914 lb. Holstelns $12.50; medium 914.00; she -stock 25-50 cents higher; few fed cows 911.79; com mon largely 310.00-11.00; canners and cutters S7.50-9.00; - odd 1600 lb. sausage bulls $12.00; calves salable none; nominal; good to choice quoted $15.00- Miauiu ou; nrm; iew pacKages good 160-300 lb. barrows and gilts $15.75; Sheep salable 650; past two days iiuiy sieaay; jate Monday deck good to choice 99 lb. spring lambs $15.50, extreme tnn arming IWin V... a 74-81 lb. spring lambs $15.00; complete clearance. April xi lAP-wr A" Salable cattle 100. total 150; salable and total calves 23; market active on limited supply, mostly steady; few common-low medium steers S12.00-13.23; good-choice fed steers salable S16.50-17.00; cutter common heifers $9.00-11.00; canner cutter cows $7.00-10.00: fat dairy type " meaium Dee 1 cows Sjl-50-12.00; medium-good sausage bulls cull-common grade $9.00-10.00. u9S .u, iWUU mantel u h8teady; outchers mostly $15.73; z. 1 : v.8'" Bwa rows 9ia.uu: choice 81 lb. feeder pigs $18.00. Salable and total sheep 50; practically yucicu, jfuuu-cnoice wooieo ana spring lambs salable around $15.50- di1m eca $8.00; good ewes salable 58.50 and above shorn ewes quotable $6,75 down. v..nv,nuu. "pni if (Afi sye rallied sharply toward the close today on the strength of the Winnipeg market, re covering most of the day's losses. .u ryts ana re- -w . , .v. iiiwtc wii ceni irom ine ; low of the day. The demand was re- garaea as snort covering. ' "pciwug mc marxei was de pressed by lack of demand. Corn gained strength with wheat and rye at the close but was off important fractions. Barley and oats followed other grains. . At tVi. ...1 1. . ... u.v w,wk wncut whs 10 l cent lower than yesterday's close. Mw $1.74,. Com was Vic higher to Tic ower. May $1.44',. Oats were to l".e lower. May 66Hc. Rye was ,c higher to 1c lower. May $1.33li-V. Barley -: w i'mc tower, way i.0G3, OBITUARY HENRY HARPER IRWIN . YT .. l"r". Jorraer resiaent of the Poe valley district, passed away til Vi . '. inu"aay. April 12. .--w, iV)iunrin iwh uiness. ine de ceased was a native of Ponca. Oklahoma. w" to years, iu months and vL ",,cu- urvivea ny a brother. Leonard P. Irwin of Napa, If, i " win, veniu OUimilie. Velma Cave, Sarah May Elusbuary, and son, Man! on Irwin -of Areata. Calif.; a sister-in-law. Mrs. J. P. Sexton of The remains Vest In Ward's Klamath funwBi nme, vto mgn, wnere friends may call. CHICAGO. April 17 (AP-WFA1 Sal able hogs. 6000; total, 10.500; active. and gilts 140-lbs. at $14.75 ceiling; good clearance. Salable cattle. 8000; total, B000; salable j..t, i luw. icq steers ana year lings, including yearlings heifers, steady: "'"-'- nt.iyc, ineuium ana good offerings active, medium and good grades slow; top steer $17.75; heifers April price for heifers on record! bulk aluxra RIROn.17 7. mn .in i dium: bulls steady to strong, vealers", steady: both beef cows $10.00-13.30; cut- w -so.jw ouwn; pracucai top weight sausage bull $13.00 and outstde on heavy fBt hulls ahmil n T ' Salable sheep, 356o;' total, 3300; scat tered early sales slaughter lambs strong Colorado fed Iambs $18.75: bidding s".."" M.i gwu dim tnoice lamDS WIM asking prices up to $17.25; load mixed common to good shorn lambs. No. 1 pelts $14.00 straight: sheep scarce, steady, odd lot shorn native ewes $6.28. Portland cement received its name Because it hardens into a mass resembling the Portland stone in England. SUCCESSFULLY TREATED U fllN NO HflHplTAI.IZATION no L,oii oy Time Permanent fitesuitsi DR. E. M. (MARSHA n,l,nnH.M.V m ... ' Every Day Is SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY! ROBES $8.50 to $25 Terry cloth, rayon, part wool and all wool, RUDY'S 600 Main , WHEAT VITAL STATISTICS HOLMES Born t Klamath Vally 1045. to Mr. and Mm. otto Holmei. 4IMI nlr',?,d..',"! a glrl- Well": pound, o'j ounces. GBHRtfg- Born at Klamath Valley toMr. and Mrs. O.' E. Gehrke. 3320 Ytiu. nn weigm; 7 pounas Girls. Women are you from loss of Hera's One Of The Best Home Wajt To Build Up RED BLOOD! Tou girls who suffer from etmple anemia- or who lose so much during monthly periods that you are pile, feel tired, weak, "dragged out" tola may be due to low blood-Iron. So atart today try Lydla J5. Pink Bam'a tablets one of the greateefe blood-Iron tonics you can buy to help build up red blood to glre more etrengtb. and energy in such cases. Taken aa directed HnkhanVs Tab. lets are one of- tbe very beat borne waya to get precious iron Into the blood. Tbey help build up the bed qualttt of tbe blood by reinforcing the haemo globin of red blood cells. Just try Plnkham's Tablets for 30 days then see If you, too, don't remarkably benefit. Follow label directions. lydial'Pinkham'jTACtCTS " t SIDE GLANCES eeifciwweellrvieta.T.M.te.aaAT.ff. Tm sure I saw vou hidinB something under that counter, voting-lady! I "don't know what it was, but if there s any under-the-counter selling going on here l want my - share!" Increase in Rates For Fuel Requested PORTLAND, April 17 UP) The Portland Gas and Coke company has asked the state pub lic utility commissioner and the Washington department of pub lic st-rvlces to approve Increases in rates for gas fuel for house heating. The company said Its operation costs will climb $300,000 an nually through expiration of a pre-war fuel contract. Also, the OPA has been asked to approve I an increase in briquet prices. msmim ISM ' rani i:,ifl ,ri'2w' s; jna From Ihe Klamalh Republican April 20, 190J Abel Ady of Cnllfomla has bouulit the west aide llveo stable hero. . R. C. Spink has gone to Che muwn with seven Indian chil dren, who will conclude thell' education l Uic Salem Institu tion. . . , From the Evening Herald April 17. 1935 Fair, cooler weather today dls. pelled the danger of floods In the Sprugiic river area, About 25 members of the local Elks lodge went to Ashland last night to pay a good-will visit to the Ashland lodge. BACKACHE, LEG PAINS MAY BE DANGER SIGN Of Tired Kidney If tw.rkrh nl If HM WfWw l mUpnl'fo.ilutVt jt ct'iiii'Uin wl lo no(hiti ftUmt ( hvm. nto niy 1 w niu you Uil liur kklurya livrtl tlrntlM. t bA Utlnr- ie Nature rblt! wny o(Uklt ftrroa mla nrnl pntfonuiM at out cl tti Ww.l, Thty help wort ptvpl p boul J !lh 14 .! "I VWny tvbm and ftlttrt don't work nrll. poloru ! niltr Uy In Ilia Mhx1.Tii noltwrw miy trlart tuciio Urlusfhw, rlirumntln Ai(W, If jitlM, lw t ip anl rnctty, nulng up nthu, wrllmi. putlinw uolcf Itio yt, liwlrli ml dtiil dcw. Kriunt ur in-Biiiy pww tth mwl iri ik! Inif iiiog ctuf-t inww liiwt h-r U iny IbTnx wrunt ub your kulu or llWr lH.n l .iil A.-k vtnir druxnUt (or lko) rilh, wl nuccwwJtilb' t-y rilllwu vt ovft mrt, Tbv Btve htypy tttirt n.l brlr Itio ! imlni ol Wi.lnry (iil Until "Ml p.'Uoti uua vuli Iruuj Uta tiloou. 0t Dva 1 iUa SI PROGRESSING Vernon Moore, chairman of the UNRRA clothing drive), sponsored by tho Lions' club stated his gratification for the reaiKinsn of Kluinalh peop'" 10 tho drive. Moore said clothing la com. Inn In In tubsUntlal quantities ...j . .i,imrnt nf 100 nounda will be annt from here probab ly Thursday or rnimy. " lis collections reach 100 pounds, , ...Ill l,n ninrln. and llipim.nt ,, evuryone l urged to continue to bring wearaoio ni"'ul, to the weighing depots. The police department Is a- abUnrtn aortlng . '.Mio alx type u? IJ! ' hllt sired for the ,iri.L."rnnli? cd Into the p.uiH.Y;r;w pnckuuvH for on H,,,o. Tllu - WW is 1413 Main. LOMBARDt DISLlKEeTr I.ntnl.Mrrll nf it.. -'.."'". down to ? walk KJISLS and aoctiml lifter 111 ttltTW 'if in batt nu nrurii..: ' the b. !('.'!d, A" fTih, . urn vii H.. l. n r di mm - "4 HISSEH'S INSTlfllTi rnr.u ai. in,,..,"1 Ar Ladies' Work Gloves All-Leather Ladies' Vork Slacks Ten Herringbone Boys' Waist Overalls Slies 10 to It Oregon Woolen Store 00 Meln Street SHOULD MANAGEMENT BE A Statement by General Motors UNIONIZED? A HE National Labor Relations Board has ordered a bargaining election among the foremen and other supervisory groups.of a Detroit automobile company. This company is not a part of General Motors, .but we. are concerned with the principles involved. This confusing action by the Board means that it is sanctioning and pro moting the unionization of management personnel, in spite of the fact that the National Labor Relations Act includes as an employer ". . . any person acting in the. interests of an employer directly, or indirectly." ' We are sure that Congress did not intend to approve unionization of man agement when it passed the Act The results if applied throughout indus- try would be bad for the management groups involved, bad for industry, bad for labor, bad for America. Bad for Foremen We think it would be bad for foremen if American industry should be com pelled to make a change in its proven type of organization, which would un avoidably reduce, the foreman's status, diminish his responsibility, authority ' and influence, decrease his opportunities . for personal advancement. In General Motors, foremen have always had' important responsibilities and authority. We have always guarded the status of our foremen, and have provided special training to improve their abilities, in crease their efficiency and enhance their opportunities for promotion to even " more important management positions. The great majority of General Motors' . principal executives at one time were foremen. Vfe are convinced that it would be im possible for a foreman to follow both management and union leaderships at the same time, and under those condi : tions to carry on all his duties as they now exist. All elements of management must have a common objective. It would obviously be impossible, for instance, for him as a fellow unionist . with those under him, to perform his functions which relate to their working . conditions, wages, promotions and as- . signments on the unbiased basis which is essential to good management. Bad for Industry From our experience both 'before and during the war, we are certain that the .... THE POSITION OF FOREMEN IN GENERAL MOTORS . In General Motors, foremen are the MANAGERS of tbeir departments. Tbey participate in establishing man agement policies iu both production and personnel matters. Tbey have full authority to approve or disap prove the hiring, to supervise toe work, and to make work assignments of tbe employes under tbeir super vision. They initiate wage increases, transfers and promotions. Tbey are directly responsible for tbe efficiency and safety of tbeir group. Tbey have full authority when necessary to take immediate, appropriate disciplinary action for violation of shop rules, and other improper conduct of tbeir employes. Tbey are tbe first point of . management contact and make tbe first management decision on alt matters relating to Ihe employes under their direction. - I accepted American method of spreading managerial authority and responsibility among foremeu-so that management is in close, direct contact with compara tively small groups of workmen-is the best and only sound method of handling day-to-day relations with the thousands of employes engaged in modern mass . production. Anything which would require a change ; in this set-up would interfere with employer-employe relations and with pro duction. For example, there have been many strikes in war production plants, par ticularly in Michigan. Charges have been made that workmen, haye been loafing in plants engaged in war pro- duction and that they are being, paid high wages for not working. We are conscious that the public feefs that there must be something wrong. The. attempt to tear down the position and authority of foremen and to unionize members of management is importantly contribut ing to this condition. ; Bad for Labor As a matter of fact, the close-contact method is about the only way that man- agement and labor can work harmonU ously together In largo organizations. Much is said those days about coopera tion. It would be a serious handicap to any hopes for teamwork and tbe pursuit of common interests, if anything wcro done to remove this facility for knowing and understanding each other. It is our firm, sincere belief that loss of this closo contact would make har monious relations between management and labor almost impossible and would interfere with practical collective bar gaining. Bad for America The removal of forcmori, from their present position as a vital, Integral part of management would require reorgani- ' nation of factory management on a basis far more complicated and decidedly less effective. Necessary factory discipline would suffer, worker efficiency would . be impaired. , j We believe the effect on you-on the public as a whole-would.be very; real. It would interfere with the war effort. It would make war materials cost more. It would slow up postwar reconversion to civilian production. ; " It would delny adequate postwar output of cars, refrigerators, ranges, furniture -all the things peoplo need so. much and have waited for so long. , , Flnally-and, In the long run,-perhaps most important of all-it would so in crease production costs as to boost prices and the cost of living,' and make the problem of reasonably full employ ment much more difficult. .... . . Action Called For When peoplo have as deep a conviction about anything as we have about union izing management, .they ought to do something about it. If the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act can bo so confused as to ; promote unionization of management- ; and thus impair the effectiveness of the American production system of ;which we are all. so proud-then the meaning ought to bo cleared up.' . . General Motors believes - and hopes others will feel the same-that it is a patriotic duty, a duty to the foremen, to -industry, to labor, and to the public as , a whole-to oppose the unionization of management by every proper and law- . ful means. ... That is our intention, GENERAL MOTORS tU No, 7th - EsnZlre Theatre Bldf
