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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13, mi
Parsons to Aid Chest;
Policy, Method Argued
By WALLAC-K MYKKS
Why has the Klamath comiminlly
chest been obit lo make Its quota
ill only one of Uie elKht years o(
lis history r
TTiit question was sited up from
several aniiles In an Informal meet
ing yesterday. ,
The meeting was railed at the
behest ol a group of Klamath Falls
ministers. The ministers, however,
were concerned only with the (net
the chest had (ailed attain this year.
They did not Intend that (lie meet
ing should srow Into a debate on
chest methods and policy.
The chest this year collected ap
proximately 6t) percent of Its quota,
lite goal was $77,370; collections to
taled til, 105. The rhest drive was
In process of closing up shop last
week when a minister requested
yesterday's meeting.
Eleven ministers were present.
They agreed to call attention to the
chest failure from their pulpits. A
few of the ministers also agreed
to aid In a special funds drive.
NEW TOPICS
Those actions completed the
meeting's original intent. But there
was a good deal more to come and
the session ran into a two-hour affair.
ON THE RECORD Prior to yesterday's special community chest conference here, the
three interested participants above leafed through one of the chest record books. The
trio is composed of (1 to r): Verne Spiers, Mills school principal; Rev. Irvin Tweet, Klam
ath Lutheran; and Rev. David Barnett Jr.. First Presbyterian.
Engineers Ponder Ways of
Building Dams Without Death
Sticky muffins like sticky buns
are delicious. To make the muf
fins put a half tablespoon of soft
butter or margarine, a half table
spoon of brown sugar, and two or
three pecan halves In each muffin
cup. Pill the muffin cups two
thirds full of baiter and bake as
usual.
Besides Ute II ministers, there
were some JO chest officials, work
ers and Interested business men at
the mceiiuii.
Once the ministers had disposed
of Uielr matters Uiese laymen be
gan a discussion of the chest fail
ures. . .And some of the ministers
look part.
It was stern talk with criticisms
levelled at chest methods and gen
eral policy and stout answers from
chest delenders.
The Rev. George Alder, First
Christian church, questioned the ad
visability of having state agencies
participate In the Klamath chest.
DKHINSK
Alder was fnrthrightly answered
by Chest Co-chnirmuii Oeoige Mo
Intyre. He said that since many
Klamath persons were cared for by
Uiese suite institutions Ulat Klam
ath people should help support the
institutions. Mclutyre strengthened
his argument by telling of one or
plumage which, because of lis dire
financial plight, had to pay cash
lor Its groceries day by day.
Alder retaliated with Ute obser
vation that a few of Uie chest agen
cies were already being aided by
uie churches.
The Rev. P. C. Alderson. Seventh
Duy Advenllsts. entered this debate
by. pointing out Uiat some church-
supported agencies did the sume
type work as some o( Uie chest
agencies.
Calvin Peyton, president of Pey
ton and Co.. criticised chest collec
tion methods. He held that the
payroll deduction plan, whereby
PORTLAND. W You can't build
big dam without killing some
body. That's a pretty generally ac
cepted idea in construction circles
but the corps of engineers is try
ing to change it.
On the record the engineers can't
do much convincing and they aren't
trying to right now. But they think
they are going to make the rec
ords on future dams the one about
to start at The Dalles, for Instance
look different.
McNary dam has been under
construction for more thar, four
years. It has killed 13 workmen.
Detroit dam has been a-builduig
for less than three years and has
killed three men. Lookout Point's
toU has been five. Chief Joseph
dam is far from completion and it
has claimed five lives. Lucky Peak
dam in Idaho has killed only one.
Workmen have been building Al
beni Falls dam in Idaho for about
year and so far they have es
caped fatal accidents.
That's probably just a fortunate
coincidence, the engineers agree,
but they think maybe they had a
hand in it, just as they have been
working to see that when actual
construction starts on The Dalles
dam, accidents will have trouble
happening.
Dam building is hazardous work.
- That is one reason the corps of
engineers has set up in each of
its districts a safety organization
whose job is to see to it that accl-
' dent-producers aren't buUt into the
dams. And they think they are get
ting results.
They sit right down with the de
signers and say what sort of things
will cause more accidents and bow
they can be changed to produce
- fewer accidents.
. In all of the engineers' projects
In the North Pacific division, there
are an estimated five million man
hours a month of exposure to haz
ard. In other words, there are lots
of jobs that by their very nature
are hazardous and lots of men
working on them.
Figures from the national safety
council show that with the number
of men at work for the engineers
in this division and the types oi
jobs, there should be about ISO dis
abling accidents every montn. But
there has been an average of only
65.
Statisticians in the engineers' of
fice here have figured out that as
a result of keeping accidents under
the national average, the saving In
compensation payments since 1939
has been Sl.000.590.
It was in 1939 that, the engineers
applied safety engineering to all
their contract work. At first there
were some contractors who want
ed to save time and thought they
saw a conflict. But now, the en
gineers say, the contractors for the
most part are just as enthusiastic
as anyone else about getting rid
of the hazards. McNary dam, de
spite the safety work, has had 5300
days of actual work lost due to
accidents. That has slowed down
the job. Fewer accidents would
Know.....:
i and at?
"it save$
LET US INSTALL
(New Not Rebuilt)
BUDGET TERMS
24 Months to Pay
ASHLEY
CHEVROLET
410 So. 4th
Phone 4113
please everyone.
Any big construction job can be
hazardous eight men have been
killed In Oregon this year on high
way jobs. One man was killed in
building the old Tacoma Narrows
bridge and another was hit by a
beam and killed on the new one.
But dams, for some reason, have
been the most hazardous of aU
and since dams and the PacUic
Northwest go together, the engi
neers hope that bv showing how to
keep unsafe pracUces out. tne cost
of new dams won't be measured In
part In lives. And they say the
accident trend per man-hours of
work is on the way down-
This Friday . . DOUBLE
S & H Green Stamps Given
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pledges are deducted from salaries
ill small amounts over a lung no
nod, had not been properly lim
ited. '
COMKHAtK
Tills drew a strong answer from
Chest Co-i-halmum Nelson Reed.
He aald the plan had been tried
extensively but hud nut been vory
successful.
Reed, his voice tinged with bit
terness, said many who had prom
ised to support Uie deduction plan
had failed lo do so.
Peyton rotallulcd Willi another
orltlclam. , .this one holding tlml
Uie chest's biggest shortcoming was
Insufficient contact wlUi uutcntlul
contributors.
W. K. l'nlmrr created a flurrv ol
talk wllh a novel proposal for over
coming tills year's chest delicti. He
recalled that Uie Herald and Nows
reoentlv ran an Associated Press
story telling how a New Jersey
comiminlly had ruined a large sum
oi money in a mnticr ol Hours. The
community dressed several promi
nent ofliciitls and cltlsena In prison
garb, Jailed them and set their bull
at Uie amount of money needed for
the community project. The Idea
worked In the New Jersey town
and Palmer said it was worth a
try here.
At the meeting's start, Chest
Pres. Lynn Koycroft named the
Rev. David Burnett Jr.. Klrsl Pres
byterian, as moderator.
Barnett termed Uie rhest full-
ures a sign ot "moral and spiritual
weakness" In the community and
then polled Ihe other ministers on
their willingness lo "benr witness"
from their pulpits.
He repeatedly suld he was not
suggesting that church congrega
tions be solicited for funds from
Uie pulpits.
He also aald the ministers were
nut attending the meeting as rvpre
Hpiiluilvrs of the Kluinath Minister
ial Assoc. . .'Hint Uiev were there
"strictly on Uiolr own."
Other ministers who participated
were: Oaten Unsliid, HI. Puul'a
Episcopal; Irvin Tweel, Kliimuth
Lullierini! nii'liMi-H rii, vu... i ...
therun; K. M. Causey, First Uupllsl
cuwnru liunuor, community
Church of the Urelliren; Uwayne
Prnell, Prac Mrmorlul Prwlivter
lun; Ilonulil Cnnslily, CongrlvMiii.
Ill: Uuvd llolhiwuv. Klrnt BY l.i I,.
dint: l. C. Alileriuiii. Movent!! Dim
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Church uf Ihe Nuiurene.
Ministers who agreed to nurlii i.
pule In a solicitation drive are 10
meet at chest headquarters, Mon.
duy, lu a.m.
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