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A PICKET LINE of members of the CIO Communications
Workers of America appeared this morning before the
local "Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Exchange In ac
co'dnnco with a statcwldo strike against the telephone
company called by the union. Picture shows Thomas E.
McGllI (left) and Gene Rosecrans on the line.
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By FRANK JKNKINR
Ike lakes New Jersey as he was
expected l do. On Ihe basis ul
11,0 vole counted as In written
(belter limn W per cent of the
tnlall he grta 80 per rent of the
Reimbllcsn vote casl. Tnlt gets 37
per cent.
Poor Harold SUawn net
measly Uiree per cent.
'What does It mean?'
SVilt yourself M lo that. Senator
Tun, Ml experienced campaigner,
t.ikca cheerful view ol It. "II
v.u maybe ItUle better Ihan wc
expected, " lie tells frlenda in De
Iroll tlilK morning.
John . M. lliimlllon, the red
headed fireball Iron) Kansus who
didn't do so well wllh liln proteges
back In the dnyii when FDfl won
sweeping tho board everv lime he
run lor President, joes further out
on the limb. He now "F.laenhowrr
has made a inkrniblr showing In
New Joritey." Hamilton la man
aging lull's Enatcrn campaign.
Quite a few of Tuft's upper-brass
bmJecri a7 It "nwul vie
I wry for the senator. "Moral vlo-
lory" In claim we're nil Inclined
lo make Just after we have taken
a shellacking.
Ocneml Eisenhower himself la
strictly lion committal. Hl only
rommrnl Is boul the relatively
lluhl balloting in the New Jersoy
prlmnrv. "Weren't they expecting
more limn a million votea?" he
aka the Paris correspondents
when they show him the figures
early today.
The Parla dispatch dda:
He had no other remarks lo
make, except lo repent that he will
make no political aliitemenui until
alier he retire from the army on
June 1."
A word here about the "lluhl"
vole. (The dispatch" tell u It was
raining III New Jersey yesterday.
An between doing their duty na
cltlr.rns on election day and GET
TING WET, quite a lot of people
always choose to ilny dry.) Any
way, large or amull, the vote In
New Jersey was Interesting.
On the basis of reasonably com
plete returns this morning, Elsen
hower has ailO.aoa. Tall has 31S.4B3
and Stassen has 111, 144. That adds
up to a urnnd lotnl of 696,800 Re
publican ballots. Senator Kcfauver,
running alone on Die Democratic
hide of the Presidential primary,
'nets H0.0O0.
Back In 1048, the year when
Harry Truman circled tho whistle
slops and "nave "em hell" and
drained resounding victory out
bt what then appeared to be cer
tain defeat, Dewey Rot In the tra
ditionally Republican state of New
Jersey 081,134 voles and Truman
rot 805,456. Total ballots oast In
Now Jersey that year (Including
Progressives, Prohls and Social
ists) amounted to 1,045,965.
That Is lo say:
In Iho New Jersey primary (pro
i.miiiila AO S unr cent of the Re-
Ipubllcans who vpted lor Dewey In
III4H took tlvj trouble (rain or no
mini to turn out nnd VOTE FOR
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
Of the Democrats who voted for
Truman In 1U48, only 15.6 per cent
were Interested enounh lo ct out
yesterday and volo for a Demo
crat for President.
I HOPE that Is slKiilMcnnt. It
could be. If It Is. H means that
In New Jersey at loist Republicans
are stenmcd up and Inlcrostod and
full of vim and vlnor and enthu
siasm (remember they braved the
rain to vole), whorons the Demo
crats arc apathetic and dispirited.
The reason I hope It Is truo Is
Hint I bellevo tho only way to
clean up the mess In our federal
oovernment Is with a new broom
Dint will sweep nil tho closets and
cubbyholes under the stairways and
corners out CLEAN,
Poor old Btassont I wonder what
happened to blm, And I oan't help
wanderlust If Oregon back In 1048
had anvthlnv lo do with It.
If , you will dlft hank Inln your
memory, you will recall thnt In
1MB Stnssen was ROlnn arcnt (tuns
until he came lo Oregon for that
weck-lonjr debate -villi Dewey on
whnt to do with the communists.
Ho had me convinced. I wai Rolnir
to volo for him as tho Republican
for President,
Thnt slauneiiiKr week In Orerinn
dimmed my mind and I voted for
Dewey. .
In that miracle week In Orcnon,
ICnutlnued on Pate 4.)
20,000 Set
For Votinc
In Klamath
Somewhere around 30.000 persons
now are reituileri'd In Klamath
county to vote Ui the May 18 pri
mary elections.
The estimate Is that ol County
Clerk Charlie DcLnp.
All olficial count ol the registra
tion started today but probably will
not be completed lor about Uiree
days.
Iteulalratlon closed Tueeday at 5
p. in., and no i all perrons who
hunted lo rcklaler itot their names
down in the voting lists. Late coin
ers apparently buiiklnu on some
iiilslnlvrniuUoii tluil Uio reidslra
l.on places icourUiouoe, fire hull,
Leuituc of Women Voters trailer,
etc.) wuuld be opni until S p. in.
found ooors closed In iliclr laces
ui the 6 p. in. deadline.
i ilium
A radio newscast over KFLW
also was enoiieuus In aiuwuucliiR
that the rciilstratloii places would
be open until p. in. -
Tills year's ciiuitrutlon probably
will notlie record. Tlie IurIi toul
rt'llsirallon for Khunalh County
was U3.O03, prior to the November,
1U50, uciicrul elecllon.
Bui since Uiat tune Die County
Clerk's ollice cancelled the reals-
liallou of about u.nixi persons who
failed lo vote In two elections.
The Democrats have hud a nu
merical superiority over Republi
cans In Klumalh County for a num
ber of years, and may have In
creased thai minority this year.
HcRlstrittlon workeis reported sev
eral limes that considerably more
Democratic registrations were be
ing taken than Republican.
New Tulelake
Mayor Named
TII1.1TI.AK11? nnllnnri Rlnnhar-
Rer, co-owner with his father, H.
E, Rlnabargcr, of the Tulelake
Electric Co.. Is this town's new
mayor. He succeeds W. R. (Dick)
l,n larmnv tuhn 4llnH In
file for reelection hut who polled
i. li.nmT.wi'llft.ln vntn In ths Anrll
8 municipal election.
RlnaUarRer was elected oy me
City Council and the new and hold
over cltv fathers were sworn In
last night by Moore. The new may
or will servo two years. He has
been a resident of Tulelake for the
past six years. He Ir. a director of
the multi-county Fire Department
and active in clvio Improvement
plannlnc
Councllmen sworn were Ross
RiiRlnnd, newly elected, Virgil Bar
- inmnnhnnt reelected. Al Por
ter.' Wllllnm Selgler. RlnaberRcr,
also a holdover was aupomieu
year ago to succeed E. L. Coynor,
',.!, mrt to hocomo 4.irlliclunl of the
high school.
Over $19,000
To Red Cross
The 1062 Red Cross fund drive
has brouRht In more than $10,000
according to Klamath County Chap
ter Exec. Secy. Virginia Dixon,
but there nro enough solicitors out
In the county and In Klamath
Falls. that even though the drive
Is over she expects the total for
the year to top 920,000.
The drive quota was $25,000.
Mrs. Dixon urged that those per
sons missed by the drive please
contact the local Rod Cross office.
All contributions arc needed, she
pointed out, especially In view of
Hie devastating floods In the Mid.
west.
Weather
FORECAST! Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California.
fair and sunny through Thursday,
hut Increasing high cloudiness
Thursday. High Thursday 60, low
Wednesday night 35,
mgn mesuay os
Low last night ,. 34
Preclp Tuesday 0
Preelp since Oot. 1 14.22
Normal for period .,. 9.79
Period last year 12.53
(Additional Weather on Page 4)
U.S. Plans
ClO-Steel
Wage Boost
HUl.l.l'.IIN
WAKIIINOTON 1H The rov
ernmeut price control director
Wednesday ruled out the I1J a
Ion prlrr lni rrur uskrd by the
steel Industry, while ,lhr federal
boas of the mills made ready la
order a pay Increase for the
workers.
WASHINGTON I The Truman
administration Wednesday pre
pared to go over the head of the
seized steel Industry and give a
wage boost to Philip Murray's CIO
steelworkcrs.
Whatever the terms may be. the
steel Industry was ready to fight
neck, its attorneys had papers
already drawn seeking a court
order to restrain any payment of
increased wages nut ol Industry
funds.
HISTORIC TEXT
A historic legal test was In the
oiling a court fight climaxing a
lllanllc economic rlruggle between
one of the nation's biggest Indus
tries and one of Its biggest unions.
More than 100 of the country's
leading Industrialists stand behind
the steel companies In a fight to the
l.nlsh. They, , or Ihelr representa
tives, pledged all-out cooperation
at a meeting Tuesday, called Joint
ly by Uie National Association ol
Manufacturers and the U. 8. Cham
ber of Commerce.
'Mr. Truman's action Imnoses
upon Congress end the courts," the
industrialists said In a statement,
"the necessity of undoing his sels
ure of the steel mills, a step which
places the freedom of every Ameri
can In Jeopardy."
ARGUMENTS
Meantime. Price Moblllzer Ellis
Arnall had two scheduled appear
ancr to argue for the admlnUc
trillion's stand that the steel Indus
try Is entitled to no more than a
(3-s-lon price boost under stabilisa
tion rules.
Arnall was to talk to the National
Press Club In early afternoon and
lstrr he - was to po before the
Senate Luuor Committee. He has
Insisted, apparently with Truman's
support, that anything beyond a $3
boost for ales) .wouid start hew
Uilletlonasy anfoifi"- - --
Oovernment sponsored negotia
tions between the steel Industry and
Murray's unlcn collapsed Tuesday
night, with Seoretaiy of Commerce
Sawyer, boss of the steel Industry
under Truman's seliure. saying Uie
time had come for the govern
ment to deal directly with the
union.
Three Killed
By Electricity
By The Associated Press
Electric shocks k'lled three per
sons and Injured another In the
Pacific Northwest Tuesday.
Dead are Roy Lee Henderson.
43, Al N. Lockcn, 60, and Percy
Allen, 51.
Henderson and Locken were
killed when a well-drilling outfit
accidentally touched a power line
on Henderson's farm near Scio,
Ore. Locken, who lived at Turner,
Ore., was the owner of the outfit.
Percy Allen, of the Yacolt,
Wash., area, died when a tree he
was falling on his farm touched a
power line. Clifford Mitchell, also
of Yacolt, suffered a serious but
non-crltlcal shock In the same mis
hap. Ingrid Tells
How She Fell
LOS ANGELES Wl "It was not
my lntentron to fall hi love and
go to Italy forever. After all our
plans and dreams, you know that
Is true. But how can I help It or
change It?"
to wrote ingrid Bergman to her
first husband, Dr. Peter Llndstrom,
In a letter confessing her love for
Robert Ros.telliul. the Italian movie
director.
The letter, dated April 3. 1940,
was filed In court Tuesday wllh
an affidavit as Llndstrom began a
fight to keep their daughter, Jennv
Ann, 13, from visiting tho actress
In Italy this summer.
"I know how this letter falls
like a bomb on our house . . Our
luture, our past, so filled with sac
rifice and help on your part," Miss
Bergman wrote. "And now you
stand alone In the ruins and I am
unable to help you."
Miss Bergman had a child by
Rossclllnl after she went to itBly to
make a film for him. Three months
later he announced they had been
married by proxy In Mexico, after
she had obtained a mall order di
vorce, Dr. Llndstrom was awarded n
divorce here Nov. 3. 1050, with the
custody of Jenny' Ann.
The actrees had asked Jennv
Ann's visit sometime after July 15,
the dale she Is expecting a second
child by Rossellinl,
Superior Judge Mildred M 1 1 1 e
continued the case until June 3 and
said sho Intends to question Jenny
Ann about her feelings on the pro
posed visit..
HKl FAMILY
SILVERTON Wl A 90-year-old
woman, Mrs. Catherine Amlnta
Trout Evans, died Jura Tuesday
leaving 96 dlreot descendants.
TOO survivors Include eight child
ren, 32 grandchildren, 53 great
crandchlldren, and four great
great grandchildren.
mmmmir . T m ii.m I n mm i II mm una tf
W8W
Stevenson
Shuns Demo
Nomination
8PRINOFIELD, IU. Wl Gov.
Stevenson said Wednesday "I could
not accept" the Democratic nomi
nation lor president
Stevenson Issued his statement
clarifying his political plans shortly
ueiore ms scneauiea mseoii lor s
flight to Omaha and a conference
wllh President Truman on Hood
conditions.
'I have repeatedly said that 1
was a candidate for governor of
Illinois and had no other ambition."
Stevensoh said.
UNFINISHED
"I must now add that In view ol
my prior commitment to run lor
governor and my desire and the
desire of many who have given me
uicir ncip and confidence in our
unfinished work in Illinois, I could
not accept the nomination for nv
ollior office this summer."
Stevenson said he had been urged
to announce his candidacy for the
presidential nomination "but I am
a candidate for governor of Illinois
ana i cannot run for two offices at
the same time."
'Moreover, my duties as gover
nor do not presently afford the
time to campaign for the nomina
tion even It 1 wanted It." be added.
The statement was in Una with
Uie. position previously . taken by
Stevenson after reports circulated
that he was President Truman's
choice for the Democratic nomina
tion at Uie national convention July
31, In Chicago.
UNDERSTANDING
Stevenson said that 'I cannot
hope that my situation will be uni
versally understood Or my conclus
ions unanimously approved."
"I can hope." he sold, "that
friends with larger ambitions for
me will not think Ul of me. They
have paid me the greatest com.
pllmcnt within their gift, and they
have my utmost gratitude."
Stevenson was renominated for a
second term as governor In Uie
April 8 primary and will face Re
publican William G. Stratton In the
November election.
Jury Finds
Liquor Guilt
A six-man . District Court Jury
Tuesday alternoon took only a few
minutes to find 18.year-old William
A. Gordon guilty of unlawful pos
session of Intoxicating liquor.
But Defense Atty. George A.
Proctor indicated he would try to
bypass Uie Jury's verdict and ask
for a Judgment from the court.
Gordon was accused of getting
some beer at Dorrls Calif, the
night of Feb. 8 and drinking It
with tho help of three other teen
nged high school boys Unit night
and the next evening.
Investigation of the Incident fol
lowed picking up by Juvenllo au
thorities and City Police of three
boys at a KUHS basketball game
here the evening of Feb. 9. Police
reported at the time the boys were
under the Influence of alcohol.
Jurors hearing the case Tuesday
were Carl Schubert, Otto Sari, Roy
i.ien, unarics j-yocx, ucorgc Mc
Intyre ai'il Joe Lassett
In returning their verdict, the
Jurors recommended that Gordon
be placed on probation.
Church Plans
Building Drive
A fliat Presbyterian men'i irrmm
moved last night toward klckoff of
a funds drive aimed at completion
of the new church. First unit of
the layout, an $80,000 educational
flructure has already been - com.
pletcd and Is now m use.
For the main part of thei new
church, die auditorium section, the
urive committee is lo seek $135,000
A "Commlllce of 100" comnrlsed
of men, has been named to spear
hend the campaign. A malorltv of
Die members of Uiis committee met
last nlRht with Dr. John Reed, who
came here from the Presbyterians'
national boriu ol Missions to til
led the drive,
Tomorrow, 1:30 p, m Dr. Seed
Is to discuss the campaign with Uie
church's Women's Association In
session at the church.
The men's committee Is to acti
vate Uie funds drive the afternoon
of Sunday, April 27, In a house
lo-house membership visitation,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Jersey Likes Ike
Dikes Eilold
Qaiit Flood
From Cities
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
OMAHA, Neb., W Pres. Tru
man declared here Wednesday,
after a surve y of the flood-stricken
midwest, mat lie would renew nis
demands upon Conu'reas for enact
ment ol a national liood control
program, embracing flood control
Insurance.
Truman came here in the White
House plane. "The Independence"
after n flight from Washington
which took him over vast por-
NO DOUBT An evacuated
home in a flood-threatened
section of Omaha, Neb., dis
plays this cardboard figure
labelled "Old Devil River."
It was left behind apparent
ly to leave no doubt who
occupants of the house ex
pected to take over their
dwelling.
$10,000 Suit
Won by Firm
A Circuit Court Jury took only
38 minutes, late Tuesday afternoon,
to decide In favor of Uie defendant,
Consumer Heating Co., In a $10,000
damage suit.
Plaintiff In the two day trial was
Mrs. Jane Shlel. asking 5135 spe
cial damages and 510.000 general
damages for injuries suffered when
she fell ill an excavation at 7th
and Main Sis. All?. 20. 1048.
The heating company nad con
tracted to Graham Bros, to lay un
derground Pipe. The plaintiff
claimed negligence on the heating
plant's part in maintenance of a
planking over the ditch.
Members of the jury were L. A.
Murphy, , foreman; Greer Drew,
John Larsen Jr., Carl Frel, Lester
Offleld, Charles E. Halm, Doris
Pevton, Fannie Thompson, Ben
Ad'alr, Harold L. Dryden, Bud Han
sen and Stanley HoJIcek.
Richard Maxwell and Ben God-
dard were defense attorneys, L.
Orth Slscmore represented Mrs.
Shlel. ...
Bloodmobile
Needs Donors
Three hundred donors are need
ed for next Tuesday's visit of the
Red Gross bloodmobile to Klamath
Falls. '
Tlie unit Is scheduled to set up
shop at- the Armory from 13 to
8 p.m. .
Red Cross Exec Secy. Mrs, Vir
ginia Dixon has asked that per
sons wishing to donate their blood
make appointments Immediately
by;phonlng 7164, 3313 or .4303. (
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1052
Hons of the devastated midwest,
for an emergency meeting witb
coventors he Invited to Omaha from
seven mldwestern Btates.
In many respects, the President
said, the present flood on the Mis
souri and the upper reaches of the
Mississippi Is worse than those ex
perienced In Kansas and Missouri
last year.
CONVINCED
The President said he was con
vinced "more than ever" for the
need of an over-all program of con
trolling the (treat rivers of this
touiiiry.
The President's arrival found the
Missouri, spread out as wide as
15 miles upstream, pushing its
crest toward the half mile wide
"neck" separating Omaha and
Council Bluifs, la.
The dikes and levees along Uiis
I neck, protecting the two cities, con
tinued to nolo against pressure they
never vere, intended ;to take.
i iparcu wiin a previous ui-iuaa iuku
oi JM.o, uoou,mge oi i.
Forecasters continued to predict
31.5 foot crest but revised the
expected time of arrival from 8
a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.
The high water mark Is expected
to remain for at least 12 hours.
To meet the Missouri's mad
dened march, the walls and levees
b.tve been hiked by flash boards.
more dirt, sandbags almost every
thing that ao estimated 8.000 work
ersarmy men and civUians
could throw up. The levee bolster
ing Job was about completed Wed
nesday but patrol acUvity occupied
hundreds of men.
BIG GAMBLE
In this area the Army Engi
neers have staked a lot and some
34,000 persons have been moved
out of sections of, councu Biuiis
that will be flooded If there is a
"blow out" and 5,000 In Omaha.
In the Bluffs that is two-thirds; of
the population.
The big quesUon Is whether the
Omaha-Council Bluffs protections
will be able to hold back the big
gest Missouri flood the white man
has ever seen, and which has al
ready ravaged areas of the Dakot-
as, Nebraska and Iowa.
Lt. Col. Lewis A. Pick, chief of
the Army Engineers, thinks there's
a good chance the Missouri can oe
man-handled here.
If lt can't, then the river has
scored its biggest victory for every
effort has been made here to stop
the marauder.
Not only does the general, who
drew these plans against the river
when he was Missouri Basin Engi
neer, think the river can be con
tained In this metropolitan area,
but he believes it can be stopped
from mauling man's homes and
lr.nds on southward.
Drawing heavily upon the Fifth
Army manpower to reinforce the
hosts of civilians who answered the
call of need, the engineers chief
says he believes the federally con
structed works will hold every
where In Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri
and Kansas as the river pours on
ward. MANPOWER
He will throw his manpower un
sparingly Into the fight, not only
on the federal wails and levees,
but, he said, on anv levee in the
rich farmland that lies southward
regardless of who hurt them.
Here is the magnitude of cleanup
job: The rivers h:ive. the Red
Cross estimates forced 26,630
families, or more than 100,000 per
sons to leave-Uielr homes. Not nil
ol these have seen the waters as
yet surge through their dwellings,
but most hr.ve and Uiose who
haven't rest their hopes and man's
money ana muscle mat went Into
protective dikes behind whicn the
homes will stand unscathed.
The experts say there Is farm
damage of the worst sort, to land
and buildings, with more to nomo.
There are titles that will need
fiuanclal aid to get back Into opera
tion such things as utilities and
sanitation systems.
There are industries that may
need the helping hand of federal
funds.
Going down the Missouri, main
cities mauled to dntc by the river
are Bismarck, N. D.; Pierre, a.
D.: Sioux City, - la., and South
Sioux City, Neb, i
The Mississippi has punisned st.
Paul and is throwing a hard punch
at Winona, Minn.; - La Crosse,
Wis., and Prairie Du Chlen, Wis.
Telephone 8111
No. 2795
Taft's Edge
Heavily Cut
In Primary
By RELMAN MORI.V .
NEWARK, N. J. rfl Oen. El
senhower soundly defeated Sen.
Taft to the New Jersey primary,
winning at least 31 convention dele
gates, and cutting the senator's
margin In th battle for the Repub
lican presidential nomination.
Eisenhower's edge over Taft In
uie preferential vote neared the
145,000 mark Tuesday.
The count, lacking 163 election
districts out of 3.840, showed:
Eisenhower 360,293.
Taft 215,453.
Harold E. Stassen 21,144.
Thus. Eisenhower received about
60 per cent of the vote; Toft 37
per cent, and Stassen 3 per cent.
The Democratic election was a
one-man exhibition. Sen. Kefauver,
the only entrant in the preferential
vote, had nearly 140,000 votes, with
458 districts missing.
BOUND
New Jersey's convention dele
gates are not pledged, but Gov.
Drlscou recently said they should
be "morally bound" by the results
of the preferential vote. Of the 38
GOP delegates, , Eisenhower ap
peared to have won at- least 31.
Four known Taft supporters were
elected, however, and two more said
they are awaiting complete returns
before deciding -which man to sup
port. -; , . ,
Stassen, a . remote third in the
popular vote, saw one of bis men
elected. ... .-
Nevertheless. ' Taft himself and
his campaign leaders took a cheer
ful view Wednesday about the re-
suits. ,,
"Maybe a little better than we
expected," the senator remarked in
Detroit, where he Is visiting Mich
igan party leaders. -
Several of his backers called the
election- "a. moral victory." John
D. M. Hamilton, the senator's east
ern manager, said "Eisenhower
has made a miserable showing."
This was based principally on the
claim that Gov. DriscoU threw the
full weight of the state GOP or
ganization behind Eisenhower, and
also on the fact that Taft tried to
withdraw from the election.
DOUBLE CROSS
He took this action, and did not
campaign personally, after charg
ing that DriscoU had double crossed
him. The governor denied this.
The general's backers, however,
said a full-fledged campaign was
carried on, "underground," for
Taft. ' , .. . . ..
And both sides claimed very
large sums were spent by then-
opponents. '
In Paris, Eisenhower's only cum
ment was about Uie relatively light
vote. "Weren't they expecting more
than a million votes," he asked cor
respondents when they showed him
the figures.
111 u t A ' -:
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AT WORK THIS MORNING putting finishing touches to
some tile work at Hartfield's were Dorvin Lee Erkks,
(left), 823 Jefferson, and II. C. Arnold, 713 Roseway, of
the Arnold tile works. . y . ;
Telegraph
Plant Also
Behind Line
By HALE 8CARBROUGH
Telephone and telegraph service
in Klamath Falls was still In oper
ation today, although both the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
Company and Western Union were
being picketed in unrelated strikes.
Pickets appeared before the
PT&T building and garage this
morning in accordance with a
state-wide strike called last night
by the CIO Communications Work
ers of America, . but Manager
Charles Seavey said enough people
hod come to work to assure that
service would be continued nor
mally. There might be, however, some
delay In getting new phone equip
ment Installed. .
Early this morning the union had
Just two pickets on duty at the
exchange building, but just before
8 a.m., at shift-changing time, the
picket line was swelled to where
at one time 19 persons were squlr-
retl-f.aaintr ttrnnnrf th ,nlr,n.a .
JOSTLING '
There was a little cat-calling and
Jostling as non-strikers came to
work, but no serious disturbance
was apparent.
M the Western Union office Man
ager Ed Livingston kept the bus
iness running as a one-man force
Tuesday, but today he had a tele
grapher from Boseburg assisting
Commercial Telegraphers Union.
but most employes here kept work
ing until yesterday when a picket
line was established bv out-of-town
members of the union.
Nationally the Western Union
strike Is in its 14th day, but many
of the company's offices are open,
in all parts of the country. Par
ticularly service is being continued
in the Southern states. The com
pany claims service has been re
stored In more than a thousand
cities.
COUNTER CLAIM
The AFL union, on the other
hand, claims that Western Union
is not handling more than 5. per
cent of normal business.
Federal t mediators have ao
nounced that a conciliation session
has been scheduled for Thursday
in Washingtoil,. D. O. '" . -
The union is seeking wage In
creases. -: L
' A strike, of Installers against
Western 'Electric Company, a sub
sidiary of the telephone system,
precipitated today's state-wide
strike against - PT&T. The union
claimed it was hittng . brick at a
company policy of giving full time
work in PorUand only to those
workers who reported remilarlv.
despite picket lines. -J. . ,
tnis morning there were pickets
at Astoria, Seaside, . Tillamook,
Newport, Portland,, Salem, Albany,
Corvallis, Eugene and Klamath
Falls. .
The union said in Portland that
by nightfall other PT&T plants in
Oregon also are to be picketed.
Washington also was having its
troubles. Picket lines were reported
this morning at Longview, Central
ia, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Olympla
and Raymond, and also at Seattle,
Renton and Auburn.
TROUBLE START v': '
The Oregon trouble came when
P. A. Dresslar, PT&T vice presi
dent for the state, told employes
that it was necessary to keep aU
jobs fully staffed, and that those
who showed up intermittently would
be put to work only when there
ere places for them; that is, when
no supervisor or other worker had
already been assigned to the par
ticular Job.
Western Electrlo pickets showed
up in Portlad and a large number
of phone company employes re-
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