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Show ;j ; !' - ' " ' . . , " j ' ' . 7 DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1059 Utah County, Utah ..,..:.! Tuesday Almanac f ;. Today In History THE ALMANAC By United Press International Today is Tuesday, Dec. 15. the 349th day of the year, with 16 more days in 1959. The moon is approaching its - last quarter. The morning stars are Mercury and Venus. On this day in history:. In 1791, the oi Rights went Into effect following ratification by the state o Virginia. In 1792, the first ' life insurance policy in America was issued in Philadelphia. In 1890, the famed chief of the Sioux Indians, Sitting Bull, was killed in a fight with federal ' troops. In 1944, U.S. forces, led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 'landed tet Mindoro in tbe Philippine Islands. In 1948, Charlie Conerly of the New York Giants set a National Football League record by completing 36 forward passes against Pittsburgh. v A thought for today: Retired Gen. Douglas MacArthur said: "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." M . i M earn - feto Work Practices in Bt ost Marlkets, f ewer Jo .Hlig'Iier Costs! to YOU s " iiiiiiiiiiiimiiimmim That's What The "Local Working Conditions" Dispute Is All About fol r Both from tho that this trend heightened by the effect of the .Like every successful enterprise, the steel industry is constantly striving to improve its efficiency and hold down the cost of its product to you. Since the end of World War II, it has spent more than $12 billion on new plants and equipment, and hundreds of millions more on steel strike has given foreign steel makers a market this year for 6,600,000 tons of finished steel products that were formerly made in j ST1TZEL - WELLER family of FINE : "a Weight of a rigid polyethylene fcottle is less than half that of a metal can of comparable size. , BOURBONS steel-maki- America. To produce this quantity of finished steel e would provide jobs for nearly 52,000 people in the American steel industry, full-tim- ng research. It has sought to provide its steelworkers with the world's finest topis of production and the world's most modern methods and techniques. Yet the Report of Secretary of Labor Mitchell shows that, today, output per Has increased much less in steel than man-hoit has in the total national economy. Why is this true? Fault Lies in Restrictive Contract Provisions The Steel Companies believe the answer lies largely in the fact that one provision in the former steel contracts has prevented the elimination of many outmoded local work practices in the. industry This "local working conditions" provision has, for years, protected waste and inefficiency in the plants, and has led, inevitably, to1 higher cpsts of the steel you buy. Here is a typical example of the way this ' provision has worked : Fact-Findi- j Changes Would Help Not Hurt Workers Union officials have fought the Companies' proposals for changes in the new labor agreements on the ground that elimination of waste might wipe out some jobs. The truth is that if the industry is hampered in meeting competition, f4r more jobs could be lost through declining sale and shrinking markets, than could possibly be lost through any ng ur ' The Steel Companies have proposed the following steps to solve their Contract Prevents Improved Efficiency , 6 flit ' Mb ' ? crew was employed on a the steel particular furnace in one of vork-load companies. After studying the of this crew, the company transferred two seven men to other jobs, A j YEARS OLD w 1 seven-ma- n of-thes- The question would be submitted for study and recommendation to a joint committee of two outstanding menone named by the Union, the other by the Companies. This part of the proposal was suggested by the Union and accepted by the Companies. 1 e leaving five men to run the furnace. Always Bottled In Bond. 100 proof. A memorable Kentucky Straight Sour Mash Bourbon, d six years. Made on original family-owne- d recipe. oak-ripene- Cabin Still Relax . . . it's the genuine! Copper-distilleKentucky weather-riDened- . d, 86 a proof... n Bourbon! Man's YEARS s?S OLD . Even then, none of these five men had to perform as much as four hours a day of actual work, although each put in eight I 2 hours and was paid for eight hours. one named by the Union, one named by the Companies, and the third chosqn by -- thesextwo nominees. This board would render a decision within 90 days. fited and two unnecessary jobs were eliminated. But the Union objected, a grievance was filed and the arbitrator held that this change was in violation of ): Waste and Inefficiency Cost Markets and Jobs As the result of many such instances, the steel industry is finding it more and more difficult to meet the growing competition from steels made abroad and from substitutes for steel made ? , During the past two years, steel exports havei declined sharply while the tide of foreign steel imports has steadily risen. Today it is estimated As ! t ; The question submitted for; study, and arbitration if necessary, would be as follows: "What, if any, changes should be made in the local working conditions provisions of the basic labor agreements to enable the Companies to take reason able steps to improve efficiency and eliminate waste, with due regard for the welfare of the employees involved, . crew had the contract. The seven-ma- n to be restored simply because the use of seven men on this furnace had become an established local working condition. at home. If no solution results by next June 30, the question would then be submitted to binding arbitration by. a board of three Moreover all five men now received incentive pay they had hot enjoyed bef ore. Thus, ntFone was thrown out of work, no one was overworked, everyone bene- ; dis- agreement with the Union over changes in the restrictive language in the old labor agreements: ' V ! (, i itself. No job is ever really saved by perpetuating waste and inefficiency. tfffcEL COMPANIES' PROPOSAL TO SOLVE THE LOCAL WORKING CONDITION . ' .' , changes in working conditions. Efficiency Means Job Security ' ' To sum it all up: The greatest job security is a busy industry. Today the American steel industry is facing the most intensive competitive' challenge in its history. It can meet this challenge only with the help of the steelworkers. Only by eliminating waste and by increasing efficiency can it maintain and expand its markets to the greatest possible degree, and thereby protect the jobsof its workers, the investment of its owners, and the industrial strength of America 3 including: the avoidance of undue j work burdens ; and, to the extent practicable, the retraining and placement on available jobs in the plant, of any employees affected by such steps?" Pending a final solution of the issue in one of these two ways, the Companies would agree that' the present local working conditions provisions be retained in the new contracts, if the Union, in turn, would agree that its officers and members will cooperate with management to improve efficiency and eliminate waste. Thus the Steel are 4 p a deliberatcj orderly, method of solving this problem. Clearly they are not frying to wipe out "at the bang of agavel" all of the evils that have grownyup through the years under the stcp-by-L- former contracts. On the contrary, they are seeking Union cooperation in solving the serious problems that now exist and that must be faced squarely. With such cooperation, they believe that the Union and the Companies together can provide the steelvorker with a greater degree of job security than he has ever known before. But without this cooperation and so long as the Union officials refuse to consider the change of a single jword, or even a comma, in the provisions of the former contracts the inevitable result must be the loss of steel markets, the loss of steel jobs,' and the loss of America's industrial strength. Vv " tin .1 THE STEEL COMPANIES Mod ond EottJod In U.S. A. tolefy by STITZEl 4VELLC3 CabSihd Loulsvili, 375 Lexington Avenue DlSTIUElT Kentucky, IS4? COORDINATING COMMITTEE New York 17, New York Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation Armco Steel Corporation Bethlehem Steel Company The Colorado Fuel and Iron Republic Steel Corporation Great Lakes Steel Corporation Inland Steel Company Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Corporation United Ststss Ctsi Ccrportion Whetlin Steel Corporation Th Younstawn Gheet nd Tub Company. I1 DISPUTE :,'' |