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Show HELPER JOURNAL Mr and Mrs Merrill Bergstrom The Many Congressmen agreed with posals will begin on Nov. 2 be- - you wish to call them such, are (Utah) that and family of Saa Mateo, Cal-t- , Senator GoWhvater fore the House Ways and Means encouraged." PAGE THREE Committee. Desirable legislation. He pointed out that in 1954 Mr Qirey's letter was the "worst spent last week visiting at the THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1959 "we had a substantial tax cut display of arrogance I've ever homes of Mr and Mrs John could resultin my life" and if it "doesn't bored and Mr and Mrs Hector Secretary Mueller was asked and, as a result of that tax cut, weeks before other industries business was stimulated to the convince the people that unions Chiara. this question by a news man: Cwmmnt 111 NATIONAL OUTLOOK would b churt. We are now in "If a tax cut were to come extent that within a very short have too much power I don't the seventh week of the strike where do you think it should period, iwe were acually taking know what they need. by JAMES V. DOVTHAT and, except for relatively few come?" jin more revenue at the lower What almost everyone in Wash ate, still retains provisions to By Ralph Robey itemss, there still are no serious Members erf Congress favoring "I would rather use the words rates than iwe were previously." ington knows .was pointed out re- - "which he objected in the preTHE STEEL STRIKE bill this vious earlier vetoed But this situation can fax reform legislation were en- tax reform,' " the shortages. Hill that on Capitol Secretary Mueller asserted that peatedly Secretary re- not last much longer. BECOMES SERIOUS couraged iby support from Secre'because I think we "have every effort should be made to 'Senators and Representatives wel sion. tary of Commerce Mueller. a lot of situations in our tax decrease the cost of government- come facts and carefully-reasoIt is trite to say thai the steel MITCHELL'S FINDINGS The new $l,0f0,O0O,uO0 (exc)u- The new member of President structure that inhibit business! CAREY INTIMIDATION IS to strike is beginning to become bill of sive public housing) Eisenhower's Cabinet believes growth, and I believe that, as under cderation. legislation Secretary of Labor Mitchell, RESENTED $1t375)(K)OiCO0 (exl,lu serious. For the 500,000 who who rcplace is acting as a one man factthat tax reform is desirable in uu uui uiiuimi uiutrnl y or re14 on walked was out commerce, it measure my sive of public housing) a real furor developed en oecieuuy ji.tii July order to remove road blocks to .sponsiouuy finder, says by is to make every er- -' Capitol Hill as a result of James and attempts at intimidation. serious 0n that first day, and for vetoed by President Eisenhowerbusiness growth and to "estab- tun io see max we establish the industries will begin to many the to 125.000 71 to xiuuomu uiulmma was letter approximately passed by the Senate, threatening dofeel the shortage. He mentions lish the right business climate." right business climate, so that b. Carey's The way things are shaping up 24. This vote is well over the 150,000 workers who have been litical reprisals against the 229 on tax reform vai manuJac- Hearings pro investors and entrepreneurs, if House members who voted for on housing legislation indicates laid then it since been overridhas t'f for . required macmn- Landrum-Griffiserious from Eisenhower n date the the thev were;,UJt,a and labor re- that President may ing a vetochemicals. Railroads, Another er": out of iobs. But there is be laced with a difficult choice. form bill10 oy me scnse in which the strike is coal mining, some construction. oujecu-One of the major complications Everyone knew that organized ' and ore shipping already lies in the fact that concession-- ! administration include: labor had been waging an beginning to bite. This is the cf. n adversely affected. In ve " it is to about on the have ,,fcct fight againsst the measure. the automobile industry there is But Carey, head of the Inter- bv the time the House reaches spending of $G50 million for ur- -' economy as a whole. inventory ' to bring out d bill- ban renewal national Union of Electrical Work a vote on the by having the. For the frst half of this year enough ... Un 1.1 lfA suDsiannai advance without steel funds was Eisenhower Thus, if (President production ers and a vice president of the artificially; volume. Treasury has production Military stimulated by feverish buying in AFL - CIO. went so far as to decided on a veto, there might congressional appropriations. "t't 'been curtailed, and the threaten "appropriate action at not be sufficient time for con-- 1 ' 2. Authority for 37,000 new antcipation of the strike. No onei"01 Adknows exactly how much inven--j C'ovrnmtnJ stands ready to give the ballot box." gressional reconsideration. In that public housing units. The m'wis of this field, - UTAH RAILWAY but u This was generally regarded event, the Federal Housing Ad- - ministration opposes any new.tory was accumulated, the Prospects of an starts. was with-' large probably the greatest! as a attempt to in- - ministration would be left ttkanent of the strike? At Prescriptions Filled timidate members of Congress out adequate authority to insure' 3. The $1,050,000,000 total is volume ever held bv steel users fal moment GR2-58G- 1 they appear bleak. - - Helper, Utah $240 million higher than the $310 and warehouses. It was generally and was widely resented even private home mortgages. Viill Payroll JOSSCS ire running in tV, million nmrn-Jhv hk1 ii:i tiH tK;i( lln.ro u.c nnniih TJ,,t nvu, owed some men who their by millkm week, but form in which it .passed the Sen- - the Administration. Hi" election to labor support. inventory to last for up to eight i;fout 'yi'.ji;il' there lias 'been no move on the part of the workers to return to j their jobs. As a mattffiof fact it ;is almost impossible for such a ' (R-Ari- - La-se- en ses-plie- d, , h j i n- , - ' "v" two-thir- ds i - t"ing, ' BILL'S all-o- ut prescription f U pharmacy Senate-passe- - j ,at " ed j i j Jiiove 3V S'irik'8 Js J '' ' '- . ;?'':-- 7 :.v M Hi rv. .1 ft : t , - is a j v jy The union ers to go back to work. That is serious .step and eondittons will have to yet niueh worse before a possibility. ,ii i.s 'Thv struck industry companies arc k.,iii)f money bwause they have to maintain their plants e en while they are not operating. But there is no evidence that the companies are on the ivere of eapitulatini; to the do- mantis of tiie union. Presumably their iffer c.f any increase in I'wa&vs which does not. force up the test of produrtlon still stands j'but the unions will have none of tins elfer because it means that Ftccl manage mi nt must be given tin riRht to eliminate certain featlierbvdding practices. I pgf '4 to develop. and it would necessitate a repudiation of the lead- -j " M i i ; high-hand- R . 1 , w GOVERNMENTS ROLE .. Is there anything the CJuvcrn-jm-- nt can do? iAt the moment the answer is "No." The e nly power the novernmrn! h.is, from .providing a federal mediator,. which it did iVfeik:; aio, js to iney voke the Act. Be-- 1 b re it can invoke inat there must 'be a divlaiatiou of cm-- ,. a c) geney that the j'pub!ij welfare is In injj advei'M'iy aitevtetl. Tli ere is no basis yet a ilcclaiatmii. l''ui;ti'. r t'T trie Admin!' liaiir,;j fo lie keep ( ut t f tm.s rt.ittrovcrsy urn! it uecornes ret tain that barainim, a ill he', or can no', .work. .Simub! it be nee for the Aet to Le invoked, all it would mean i;: that the workers wauld have to return to tneir jt'js for 80 days while a fact tinJIng eoin- mission stiKbed the problem. This fianmlssion is not authorized to make reeonrrneridations, and the facts are already pretty well known. At Ut end aj the 80 days the strike could Le resumed. V.....V.:' rart 'C'- - t . ' 'V,f Taft-Hartl- 0 , o - V - . rA ?r ve -- Taft-Hartl- ! L In Germany, Italy, Belgium. England, Japan and other countries, men are happily making steel to send to the United States itself the greatest steelmaking nation in the worid. The steel they are sending here means johs and wages lost to American steelworkers forever. Long before the strike began, however, imports of foreign steel were rising while exports of American steel were falling. Since December 1958 monthly steel imports have exceeded exports, for the first time in modern history. One of the chief reasons for this is that steelworkers' wages to as much as the Ameriabroad are only steelworker can gets. Yet the leaders of the steel Union in this country have called 500,000 steelworkers out on strike for more inflation and an even wider wage gap between the U.S.A. and its foreign - one-seven- one-thir- d th About 50 percent of all the steel being consumed in Dallas, Texas, is foreign-madDuring the second quarter of this year imports of foreign steel poured into the eleven Southern states at the annual rate e of 2,000.000 Ions. This would provide employment (or of men and an annual $90,000,000. 13,200 payroll e. full-tim- The picture is not encouraging. If American industry cannot produce steel products more efficiently and at lower cost, the jobs of many more steelworkers will be permanently lost. The logical solution to this problem is to hold wage costs in line here at home while we strive to improve our industrial efficiency and regain our technological advantages over foreign producers. There are two important ways to improve efficiency. One is to continue to install the most modern facilities and equipment as rapidly as profits permit. The other is to eliminate waste manufacturer of fencing, nails and wire for 58 years has completely closed one of his plants. The reason: foreign competition. and unnecessary work wherever they exist The Union has repeatedly denounced the profits necessary to pay for the modernization of our plants and has steadfastly opposed proposals to eliminate waste. Yet the companies still continue to hope that the Union will cooperate in meeting the problem of foreign competition. The result could be a permanent gain for the steelworkers, the steel companies and the nation. A regularly shipped 24,000 tons of barbed wire annually, sold only 220 tons in 1958. A steel mill which So far this year imports of plumbers' pipe on the West Coast have averaged 13,000 tons a month substantially more than total American production in that area. , Should the govern merit be giv en more power to settle strikes? Or more should it be given the power compulsory arbitration? Again the answer is "No." Compulsory arbitra tion is used extensively in disputes owr the meaning fcf an existing contract, but that is as far as be practice shoud go. There are many reasons for this but two are of particular importance: first, it is a denial of the basie freedom of individuals, both of labor and management, to handle their own affairs; secondly, it is contrary 10 the public interest bwause, as : mat r of practice, compulsory arbitration always re suits in wat increases even tho they are not warranted, and this usually means higher prices. "What this all means is that the nation has no alternative to simply sweating out this strike. That is unfortunate, but we are at the anewy r.f the union. At Houston, Texas, 21,600 tons of steel from Belgium and Japan were unloaded in a single day. And two other ships were waiting to unload steel. competitors. Here from recent trade rejwts are a few examples which highlight the growing threat of foreign steel imports: ey r.:o:;EY ho:.:e fo: repairs Sre BILL WI THE STEEL COMPANIES COORDINATING 375 Lexington Avenue - at - COMMITTEE J-S- II MOTOR CREDIT GO. New York 17, New York Bethlehem Steel Company . The Colorado f uel and Iron Corporation Armco Steel Corporation Allegheny l.udlum St"el Corporation Inland Step) Company . Jones & laughiin Step) Corporation . Kaiser Steel Corporation Great Lat-eSteel Corporation . united State Steel Corporation Whaling Steer Corporation .The Younestown Sheet and Tut Company. Republic Steel Corpo-a'it- East Main ITJCE, UTAH 37 s Phone ME i |