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Show . J THE AMERICAN - FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, May 28, 1959 (Mews from tli An Open Letter from the Steel Companies Coordinating Committee to th Presdent,of jhe Steelworkers" Union -'.'J. I ; Twin girls were born Saturday, May 16, to Edward L. and Bon nie Jean Forbush Anderson. Tfcey ounces. One survived, she will be namea Penny. The other Anderson children are John Dean, 15, Linda Arlene, 8, and Marcla Ann. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Forbush. Highland. and Carl Anderson, American Fork, are the grandparents. The great-grandmother is Mrs. R. S. Curtis or Seattle, Washington. There's a new baby boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. . Everett Turner, Pleasant Grove. First child for the Turners, the husky boy tipped the scales" at 8 pounds day, May 19. Mom is the lormer Gerallne Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Turner of American Fork, are sharing proud grandparent honors with . Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stewart, Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Julius Christensen, American Fork, and Mr. and- Mrs., Frank Richins, Pleasant Grove, are the great- grandparents. First-time parents . Mr and Mrs. Donald Hall, are literally walking on air since the arrival May 19. He weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and will be named Martin K. His delighted mom is the former Dona Mae Adrta- . son. The little boy is also the first grandchild for Mr. and Mrs. Karl Andreason of American Fork. Other proud grandparents are Mr. and . Mrs. O H. Hall of Provo. -Ray Andreason, American Ameri-can Fork, and Mrs. Annie Hall of Missouri, are the great-grand parents. Douglas and Joann Lamb Nell are the proud parents of a 7 pound 11H ounce baby boy. He arrived at the local hospital on Wednesday, May 20. Completely delighted with their tiny brother are Steven. 11, Rich ard, 4, and Laura Ann, 24- Mr. and Mrs. U. O. Dunkle, Pleasant Grove, and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Sher-man Nell, Los Angeles, Califor nia, Calif., are sharing proud grandparent honors. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thome of Orem. are the delighted great-grandpar ents. Other babies arriving at the local hospital during the past week included: May 18; to Ronald and Clenda Harding Anderson, Pleasant Grove, a girl. May 19; to Kay L. and Joyce Hamnett Jacobs, Pleasant Grove. a boy. May 19; to Harold and Jessie Chlpman Penrod, Pleasant Grove, a boy. May 22; to Larry B. and Lue Ann Winn Fordham. Salt Lake City, agirL May 23; to Carl and Barbara Cullen Arnoldus, Pleasant Grove, a boy. LEGAL NOTICE ; A public hearing will be held for the adoption of the budget of the Board of Education, Alpine Al-pine School District, for the school year 1959-60, at the Ad minstration Office in American Fork, Utah, June 10, at 9:00 o'clock pjn. Alpine School District Elijah Chipman, Clerk 5-2S-2L pz -4:- - ' ' .' - inn-! LOU III COST t M J diiu a Kiicnen extension iseasy tocrder. justca3 business cff.ee four 0 Mountain StetssTelephcrs Mr. McDoiia top TO n-r n n nr n n Ever since negotiations began, you have been trying to mislead the publicabout the real issues in the wage negotiations you are carrying on with us. Your weekly advertising distorts facts and tries to sidestep the job we have to do. Despite what you have been saying in print: YOU KNOW that . the public, as well as your cm" membership, is greatly worried over inflation and the h:ch cost cf living end does not want the outcome cf these negotiations to make inflation -worse. '.YOU KNOW that inflation is not "a fictitious monster " erected by the American stee! industry' the label you cppV.ed to it ct a recent press conference. YOU. KNOW that the dollar today is worth only 43 cents, compared with ' 1940, because of the inflation wh en you pretend is not a problem to anybody. YOU KNOW that the basic issue before usjs steel wages end ether .employment costs and what will happen next to people's dollars if wage-push inflation continues to spread;. : . . YOU KNOW . that steelworkers are already earning an ' .average wage of $3.03' per hour, 'and that the ccst-cf the emp'cyee benefits paid by the companies comes to 57 cents per hour more making a total of $3.60. YOU KNOW that the steelworkers' average .wage and benefits ere' already higher than those of almost alt ether workers - end that their advantage has increased greatly in recent. years. -In wages alone, average hourly earnings sn steel ere now 84 cents , per hour above the average fcr oil manufacturing. T YOU KNOW that steel wages ana1 benefits have increased in-creased much faster than the, cost of living. YOU KNOW that the 288 percent increase in hourly steel employment costs since 1940 has been nearly ten Times the 30 percent increase in shipments per man-hour. YOU KNOW that the 30 percent increase in shipments per men-hour results largely from about 12 billions of c&jcts spent by steel companies from 1946 through 1953 in modernizing their p!antsand equipment. Certainly tre-investors ere entitled to en. additional return on "t!icnnWrrnf. " : ' L YOU KNOW that steel profits far from being "fantastic" "fan-tastic" cs ou have been telling the public Have been cn a decHnlng scale since 1950, YOU KNOW thnt nrnfitt vnrv ' wttH' -tKo' nrrinnni ft business, and that when business and profits go up, steelworkers are better off. ' YOU KNOW that profits are essential to provide new end improved tools of production hence maintain and ...... v. r. prcicfe jobs for steelworkers ond to pay stockholders for the use of their rnoney. YOU KNOW that. U.S. Department of Commerce re-pcrtsrshc?tv re-pcrtsrshc?tv that since December 1958 for the first t me in modern history imports of foreign-made steel ere greater than the amount exported (your latest ci.ertisement implies just the opposite). YOU KNOW that there is already less work for. many rrembers of your union because American steel with its r gh wage costs cannot compete with low-cost foreign seel. ' NOW now do we know that you know these things? Here are three good reasons: 1. Everyone of the above facts and figures is a matter "piMcTecord. t 2: In our own union convention last fall, members of our organization publicly-boasted, We-have-the- . highest industrial wages in America7 :i: irSn OTtiaal report at that same convention . stated tnar approximately one-seventh of your members owe their jobs to exports of metal and metal products. We say to you the use of invalid comparisons end ether distortions of . fact to produce misleading impressions will only make it harder for both sides to do' our job as responsible citizens. Our job is to reach an agreement in the best interest of all concerned an agreement that will help to curb inflation and help make more jobs. ' That is why we bave proposed continuing the present Hzh level of waaes and employee benefits, without change, for another year. TKT SITU COMPANIES COORDINATING COMMITTEE 375 Uxington Avtnu Ntw York 17, N. Y. ASesTttny ludlum Steel Corporation Armco Steel Corporation - Bethlehem Sled Company The Colorado Fuel & Iron Corporation Great Lakes Steel Corporation - Inland Steel Company - Jonei & Laughlln Steel Corporation Kaiser Steel Corporation - Republic Steel Corporation United States Steel Corporatioq . Wheeling Steel Corporation The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Coffpny -1 |