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SK INBOARD READY FOR RACE This SK drag boat owned by Evereft Leach,
Klamath Falls, takes a few laps preparing for the big two-heat race on Upper
Klamath Lake scheduled during the Basin Boat Club's Klamath Water Festival,
Aug. 4. Several out-of-town and local entrants are already signed-up for the big
event. Also included in the festival will be kite flying from skis,(sky diving into the
lake and trick skiing. Sonny Clift, Klamath Falls is slated to give a bare foot ski
demonstration.
Editor's NMr: On Wrdnrs-
da, the Herald and News pub
lished portions of a letter from
J. B. Bishop, manager of the
Klamath Falls branch of Wey
erhaeuser Company to em
ployes outlining the position of
the company in the present
employment dispute. The fol
lowing Is a reply to Bishop's
letter from Otto E. Hall, busi
ness agent for 1WA Local No.
J 12.
By OTTO E. HALL
On July 15 the 1WA and the
"Big Six" timber operators met
in negotiations in an attempt to
reach an agreement on the cur
rent lumber dispute. According to
Lowry Wyatt, "Big Six" spokes
man, the association made an
offer of 26 cents per hour spread
over a three-year period
In a letter to all of the em
ployes dated July 16 from J. B
Bishop, branch manager of the
local Weyerhaeuser plant, he
states that the increase offered
was 27'4 cents per hour over
the three-year period. Apparent
ly, they cannot agree among
themselves as to how much the
offer amounted to.
Bishop's letter went on to say.
and I quote "the companies took
this step in a serious attempt to
end the strike-shutdown which
has prevented this plant from
operating for more than six
weeks." We can only conclude
from this statement that the Wey
erhaeuser Company is deliber
ately trying to seek public sym
pathy for a situation which they
themselves have created. Again,
let me emphasize that the 1WA
bears no responsibility for the
Camp Fire
Girls Set
Pack Trip
The Horizon Club of the Camp
Fire Girls has planned a four-day
. camping and horseback pack
trip into the Cascade Mountains
July 30 to Aug. 2. Girls now in
the eighth grade through high
school are eligible to sign up.
The trip will include traveling
to Diamond Lake by car and
camping out there the first night.
The two-day .pack trip into the
mountains is scheduled Wednes
day morning, with an overnight
stop in Kelsey Valley and into
Dog Prairie. The trip will con
clude with a camp-out at Dia
mond Lake before returning to
Klamath Falls Friday morning.
"Dusty" Farrier of the Dia
mond Lake riding stable will lead
the t r i p. Girls participating
should have some experience in
horseback riding.
The cost will be $29.75 per girl,
with nine girls and one adviser
to a group; or $32.15 per girl for
a group of five girls and one ad
viser. Trips will be made in one
of the two combinations, depend
ing on the number participating.
Non-members, girls and women
will pay $3-1.75 or $37.15. The
rate covers transportation, horse
rental, and food up to $6.
Reservations are now being
taken at the Camp Fire office
and require a deposit of $10.
Final payment is due July 23.
Clothing and menu will
be planned at a meeting July
23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Camp
Fire office. Everyone signed up
for the pack trip is requested to
attend.
Examiner Here
People desiring assistance in
filing their petitions for natural
ization may call at the court
house Monday, July 22, and con
sult with naturalization examiner
James R. Smith of the U.S. Im
migration and Naturalization
Service, who will be there for
that day only. Notification of
Smith's arrival came to the coun
ty clerk's office from Alfred J.
Urbano, district director of the
immigration service.
Meeting Set
WASHINGTON tUPll - Am
bassadors from West Germany
and Italy will meet again next
Thursday wilh Undersecretary
of State George W. Ball for more
discussion on creation of a multi
lateral nuclear force for NATO.
The two met with Ball Thurs
day for a one-hour discussion
about the plan to organize a
NATO nuclear fleet of 25 surface
ships with crews of mixed nationalities.
Conley Selected For Course
First Lt. Raymond P. Conlev
has been selected by the Air
Force Institute of Technology to
take a 12-month course at the
University of Colorado to study
for his Master of Science degree
in business administration, ac
cording to the Information Office
of Kingsley Field. His course of
study will begin in September.
Lt. Conley is a graduate of
Honaker High School,. Honaker,
Va., and a 1900 graduate of Vir
g i n i a Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg, of the same stale.
He went on active duty De-
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1ST LT. RAYMOND CONLEY
cember, 1960 and received a com
mission in the regular Air Force
in June, 1962.
As an officer in the Medical
Service Corps, he has served as
administrative officer of the
408th USAF Dispensary at King
slcy Field since his arrival here
October, 1961. Previous to this
assignment, he was registrar of
the USAF Hospital, Turner AFB
Ga.
While attending VPI, Lt. Conley
was a member of Alpha Kappa
Psi, Alpha Phi Omega, 4-H Alum
ni Club, and the varsity rifle
team. He has been active in the
Boy Scouts program and the
Linkville Kiwanis while stationed
at the airfield. The lieutenant is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Ford of Waynesboro, Penn.
BITES THE DUST
GAINESVILLE. Fla.-One half
of the University of Florida's alli
gator mascot couple is dead, but
nobody's sure which half.
Accounts of the death gave
reaaers the choice: "Albert II
(or Alberta I died near the Uni
versity of Florida auditorium Sat
urday after a brief illness." The
two alligators replaced Albert I
last summer. University officials
figured the two could protect
themselved better against prank
sters, who often tormented the
late Albert I in his campus
cage.
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IWA Business Agent Calls Lockout Unnecessary
current lockout of our members
by the Weyerhaeuser Company
This action was brought about by
their own decision.
In another statement from the
letter of Bishop, he states and 1
again quote "vie are extremely
disappointed that the union ne
gotiating committee has indi
cated no change of position
which would end the dispute and
prevent any further hardships to
our employes, as well as numer
ous communities and the com
panies involved.'
Again, let me make it clear to
all of you that these hardships, as
referred to in Bishop's letter are
not being created as a result of
any action of the IWA, but are
the results of needless and un
necessary action taken by the
Weyerhaeuser Company and the
Big Six association by locking
out our members and depriving
them the right to earn a decent
and respectable living.
In the final paragraph of Bish
op's letter he states "our propos
al was made to end a controversy
that already has gone too long,
and we sincerely hope that there
w ill be an early move to end his!
dispute.
Let me say that I agree with
this last statement. We, of the
IWA sincerely hope that there
will be an early move to end
this dispute and return our mem
bers to work. But since the asso
ciation has elected to create this
unwholesome condition upon our
membership and the community,
it is up to them to get them
selves out of the jackpot that
they have gotten themselves into
by withdrawing their unreason
able demands in wanting to
HAMBER
OAAMENTS
by GEORGE T. CALLISON
Monogir
KLAMATH COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
mission which today stands in the
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - For
four of the last five summers, it
has 'been the privilege of this
writer to attend the Western In
stitute for Organization Manage
ment at the University of Santa
Clara.
Attendance at such a manage
ment seminar fulfills a number
of needs. One of the principal
ones, perhaps, is the need to gain
perspective ... to get away
from the trees to look at the for
est.
-At tlie same time, it offers the
opportunity lo Jearn new tech
niques, new theories and methods
that develop so rapidly in to
day's fast-moving and complex
society . . . techniques, theories
and methods which can be ap
plied for the betterment of the
Klamath County Chamber of
Commerce and, hopefully, for the
betterment of Klamath County as
a place to live and to make a
living.
The fact that it all takes place
on the beautiful and serene cam
pus of the University of Santa
Clara is a bonus benefit.
there are probably few univer
sity campuses that lend them
selves so perfectly to academic
oursuits. And behind its archi
tectural and landscaping beauty
lies a rich and interesting re
ligious and educational history
It was 186 years ago that the
Spanish Franciscans settled close
bv the banks of the Guadalupe
River and founded the eighth of
their 21 California missions a
wreck our contract and working
conditions which have been in ef
fect since 1942.
They seek the right to estab
lish work schedules as they see
fit without regard to overtime
pay on Saturday and Sunday.
They seek the right to take away
from the employe his right to
refuse to work overtime and
they ceek the right to place an
employe on any job they so de
sire without any regard to that
employe's seniority rights or suit
ability for the job, saving that
"if you don't like it you can
grieve about it later, thereby
rendering the grievance proce
dure in our contracts ineffective.
Even if the "Big Six" had of
fered three times the amount of
money that they did we could
not and would not sign an agree
ment as long as they refused to
drop their demands that we give
up the provisions of our contract
that we have fought so hard to
gain over the last 20 years.
Let us review for a moment
the increases which we have had
over the past few years; in lntil
we received a one per cent in
crease amounting lo 2'j cents
in 1962 we received nothing. Now,
assuming that we were to accept
the "Big Six" association's last
offer of 26 cents over a three
year period, this would amount
to 28'ic per hour over
a five-year period or less than
six cents per hour per year in
crease for the Ust five years.
This is in contrast to increases
gained in other industries such
as steel, auto, construction and
others amounting to 15 cents, 20
cents and 25 cents per hour per
year over the same period of
time. We do not intend to con
tinue to subsidize the lumber in
dustry any longer. We feel that
we are first class citizens doing
first class work and should be
paid first class wages for ouri
labor. '
Once again, let me remind the
citizens of Klamath Falls and the
entire Klamath Basin that the IWA
did not s t r i k e the Weyerhacus-
PIGKONS KNOW COOD THING
MIAMI, Fla-Mae Belle Cain
loves birds, but enough is enough.
A lame pigeon she nursed back
to health last year spread the
word all over town that she was
good for a handout, end now she
is beset by flocks of freeloaders.
It is expensive feeding them and
her neighbors complain they can't
hang out their wash and get it
back in wearable condition.
Only a year after a guest stint
on his brother Dick s comedy
show, Jerry Van Dyke starts his
own scries as host of "Picture
This" on June 25.
SIDE GLANCES
center of the university campus
Taken over by the Jesuit or
der in 1851, the University of
Santa Clara conferred the first
Bachelor of Arts degree in the
State of California in 1857. Eleven
years earlier, in what is now a
delapidated adobe close by the
mission compound, the first
American .public school m Cal
ifornia was inaugurated.
Even the landscaping or part
of it has quite a history. The
original adobe ,wall that lormed
lone side of the old cloister gar
den, is sheltered by a row
olive trees still producing
that were brought from Mexico m
1825. Two giant Phoenix palm
trees were tiie gift of a San Jose
doctor 100 years ago.
To residents of Mamath coun
ty, who have only a short drive
into the forests or to a mountain
lake or stream to find a retreat
from the humdrum of everyday
existence, the peace and quiet of
the University of Santa Clara
campus would be different, but
not new.
Tragically, many of the hun
dreds of thousands of people who
live in the San Jose metropolitan
area, and sit at a standstill in
their cars on the Santa Cruz
freeway listening to the voice of
an announcer from a helicopter
above telling them that traffic
is blocked for 2'i miles, don't
even know that less than two
miles from where they sit lies
this spot of such great aesthetic
! beauty.
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er Company. This company elect
ed to close up their operations
in sympathy with U.S. Plywood
and St. Regis Paper Company
who were stuck by the IWA and
the Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers on June 4. 1963. These giants
of the lumber industry would like
to have you believe that they are
the brink of financial ruin
despite the (act that by their own
financial records they show prof
its running into the millions of
dollars after taxes.
Weyerhaeuser net profit in 1961
amounted to $36.6 million and in
1962, the year that they were
crying the blues that they were
unable to grant the wrlrker any
increase, the year in which the
IWA settled their contracts with
out one cent increase, made a
net profit of $39.1 million. St. Re
gis Puper Company's net profit
(or 1961 atnounted to $17.3 mil
lion and in 1982 their net profit
rose to $21.3 million. In 1B61
Crown Zellerbach msde a net
profit of $36.7 million and in 1962
their net profits rose to $38.8 mil
lion, and so on down th lne. Yet,
they plead poverty and inability
to pay the worker a decent
wage.
These same companies arc try
ing to make the public believe
that their demands on the un
ions are of a minor nature. If
this is so, why are they so in
sistent that they be made part
of the contract?
In a letter published in the Her
ald and News Wednesday, July 17,
1963, the statement was made
that the association has bar
gained in good faith throughout
all meetings with the union nego
tiators. This is a matter of opin-
I attended the meeting of June
4 in Portland between the "Big
Six" and the union negotiators.
At this meeling President Har
vey Nelson, chairman of the West
ern States Negotiating Commit
tee summed up the union s posi
tion stating why wo were en
titled to a substantial wage in
crease this year. Upon comple
tion of his summary, the "Big
Six" called a caucus. They re
turned after about three hours
and Lowry Wyatt, spokesman for
the association, stated flatly that1
the companies had no proposal to
make to the unions. It was then
that negotiations were discontin
ued, leaving the union with the
only weapon they have left to use
to bring about a settlement, that
of economic action against the
companies. .
St. Regis Paper and U.S. Ply
wood were struck at midnight
June 4. On Thursday, June 6, IWA
Local 3-12 received a letter from
Bishop, branch manager of. the
Weyerhaeuser operation here" id
Klamath Falls stating that they
were closing down the operation
at the end of the day shift on
Friday, June 7.
This was done despite the fact
that no picket line existed. The
company's only excuse for clos
ing down the plant was that they
considered a strike against one
was a strike against all. As a
result of this action, today we
have thousands of men and wom
en out of work. Not only are the
employes of the "Big Six" out of
work, but many people not in
volved in this lockout are being
laid off from their jobs at stores,
restaurants, service stations and
other places of business. -
The economy of the entire Ba
sin is feeling the adverse effect
of this needless and unnecessary
action taken by the Weyerhaeuser
Company. Many people are leav
ing town and securing work and
settling down in other commu
nities. Our members are being
discriminated against by other
employers by their refusal to hire
them because they work at
Weyerhaeuser. This is not only
true locally, but throughout the
entire Northwest. This appears
to be a concerted move on the
part of the industry to starve us
back to work by accepting their;
terms and conditions. This.' we"
do not intend to let happen. The
morale of our people is high be
cause they realize that to settle
this dispute on the company
terms would mean the end of the
gains that we have fought so
hard for over the years.
We feel that our fight in this
dispute is a just one and that we
warrant the support of every citi
zen in this Basin. Without the
dollars from our labor every busi
ness and professional man in this
community is bound to suffer
economically. Wlhout these
earnings we cannot buy the goods
and services which would normal
ly be bought.
These issues that we are now
involved in must be settled and
will be settled. We, of the IWA
hope that it will be soon.
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and innnri"
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