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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1948 133% Births . INE--At the Oshawa General Hos- DEVIN June 14, 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. obert Devine, (nee Erma Byrne), a an Tsoh \ ARZYNSKI-Mr. and Mrs. Henry A_%,/ 'Sthrzynski (nee Sophie Meringer), are ~ happy to announce the arrival of their son, on Friday, June 18, 1948, at the Oshawa General Hospital. Deaths WFORD--In the Oshawa General ifoaptiat on Friany, June 18, 1948, Linda Shirley awford, infant pt hter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Grawrord (414 Jarvis Street), aged a. LO oi the Armstrong Funeral Home, wa, Saturday, June 19. Service 1 p.m. D.S.T. Interment Mount Lawn Cemetery. EON--In Oshawa Hospital on GUDOES June 18, 1948, George J. Gudgeon, beloved husband of Clara Osborne, in his 62nd year. Funeral from' the LB eg Avenue on . Hilde Taterment Mount Lawn 2 2¥-at 2 p.m. ametery. "In Memoriam BACKHUS--In loving memory of our 4 pag Joe Backhus, who died June 18, 1944 944. Many memories we hold dear, Rémembrance keeps him ever near. --Lovingly remembered by the fa- Sy. be .. «"fkvipson--1n James Davidson, 72 June 18th, 1947. & hey say time heals all sorrow, -r nd helps tus to forget. But time so far has only proved " How much we miss you yet ww. God gave us Strength to fight It > And courage to bear the blow, "But what it means to lose you 2 one ever know. ' ads ii by wife and family. * SALMERS--In loving memory of Eu- ee ene Salmers, who was killed on une 18th, 1943. Saks. AWAY Nothi can ever ta A "The ore a heart holds dear; «wu Fond memories linger every. day, mbrance keeps him near. pha s remembered by Mother, Dad * and brothers. " SALMERS--In loving " brother Eugene killed on June 18th, 1943. We often sit and think of him, when we are alone, loving 'memory of who passed away almers, who was For memory is the only friend that | rief can call its own. . -- Ever remembereq by Walda, and « Bill, and children. ._ Cards of Thanks Holy Trinity Men's Club, wishes to thank their good friends, who con- tributed to the success of the auction ~ gale, by their donations and attend- ance. . | | @bituary GEORGE J. GUDGEON Following two months illness the death occurred in the Oshawa Gen- gral Hospital early today of George = J. Gudgeon, beloved husband of "the: former Clara Osborne, in his 8 year. 7 A native of Lancaster, England, the deceased came to Oshawa from England 27 years ago. He was a forgman at Duplste Limited and Wag a member of St. George's An- + glican Church. He served in World ~ Wak I with British Regiments. - Besides his wife he is survived by "one daughter, Mrs. R. Gerrow of Oshawa and three sons, John of Whitby, and George and Grant at home. Also surviving are several brothers and sisters residing in and and four grandchildren. a en funeral will be held from the fimily residence, 213 Hillside Ave- i llowed by interment in Mount 'I. awn Cemetery. Rev. D. M. Rose, « @ctor of St. George's Anglican ¥ Shurch, will conduct the services. Re a 3 Bi at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 21, | gu VALOR MEN'S SET > *Fau de Cologne Lavender "Lotion and 6 KING EAST PHONE 760 memory of a dear { Cottage Theft . Case in Hands Of the Jury At 11.40 this morning the case against Charles Walton, of To- ronto, charged with breaking and entering and theft, came to a close and the jury filed from the court room to consider their verdict. The case is being heard by Judge A. B. Currey in County Court and Gen- eral Sessions in Whitby. In summing up the case for ihe defence, R. D. Ruddy said that the crown's case rested completely upon the evidence of Arthur Herrell, a convicted feion who had been charged with Walton and had pleaded gullty to the charges. Mr, Ruddy suggested that the evidence given by Herrell: be dis- counted .as "unreliable testimony" and not be considered by the jury. Crown Attorney A. C. Hall con- tended that the crown's. case against Walton was complete and reasonable even without the Her- rell' evidence. In a statement admitted into evi- dence yesterday afternoon, Wal- ton claimed that he had no part in the theft of household goods from the farm house of Eugene O'Boyle and the cottages of John E. Taylor and Miss E. Innis. His | accomplice, Arthur Herrell, * who | pleaded guilty to a similar charge {and is serving a sentence in Guelph Reformatory, had testified that the cottage break-ins were at Walton's suggestion, but Walton claimed that he had remained seated in his stalled truck until Herrell had re- turned with the goods. Walton, also claimed that he had not known that the articles were stolen, but Vidught that they belonged to Her- rell, | Commons | (Continued from Page 1) | Rosedale). | Mr. Menary said the reduction in interest rates and a change in the mortality tables were severe blows | against company group pension | plans, If annuities were made unattrac- tive companies and individuals would turn to insurance companies | for pension plans. | The labor debate at times was | bitter, particularly on the rejected | checkotf clause. | As inserted by the industrial re- | lations committee, it would have | compelled - employers to collect union dues, when asked by a certi- fied union, fer those workers who said they wanted it done. When the bill came before the chamber, Walter Little (L-Temis- kaming) moved that it be struck out and the house adopted his mo- tion by a "free" vote of 71 to 35 which cut across party Jines. Whe C.CF. voted solidly for the provi- sion but most of the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives went against it. * The vote on the question of whether professional engineers should be covered by the coae was 54 to 14 against the proposal, in- troduced by Angus MacInnis, The C.CF. attempt® to make the Iabor Relations Board responsible for Code prosecutions was defeated 'Io to 9, with only David Croll (L~ Toronto Spadina) supporting the C.C.r'. group. Acceptance of the stipulation protecting pension rights of strik- ers represented a victory for Stan- | ley Knowles (CCF-Winnipeg North Centre). Raps U.S. Policy During discussion of trade depart- ment estimates, John Blackburn (SC-Lethbridge) charged that dur- ing trade. negotiations at Geneva last year the United States was 'not concerned about anybedy's welfare but her own." Dealing particularly wita the world shortage of U.S. doilars, Mr, Blackmore said he could see no early solution té® the problem. Garfield Case (PC-Grey North) said he was sorry to find that Can- ada's entire future was predicated on the US. Marshall Plan. With her great resources Canada should stana on her own feet. She should remember thas Ameri- cans were "two-fisted" in their business dealings. He said the government had rob- { bad the country of the "most 2n- | viable" position she ever would hold in world trade when it brought the Canadian dolar to parity with U.S. funds. Had it been left alone, the dollar itself would have reached the parity position. Now, however, Canada had to compete with the US. on worid markets. She would pay a great price. She was losing her ,present markets and would lose others in the future, | | Sel Lt rors EATTY FOR EAUTY AND ETTER WASHING Haida iii J PERS TEST TRR RITE SL genre Did you know? Did you know that the bulk of the money spent on washer service, is spent on lightly constructed and poorly designed wringers? Beatty Bros. know this too. They also know that wringing clothes is the hardest job a wash- er has to do, and that is why you will find all genuine Beatty washers equipped with a heavy all cast wringer, which wrings a handkerchief ora blanket' with equal ease. Come in and see for yourself. Jack BIDDULPH Avrvoruzi BETy s1aree Jpeally WASHERS Two-Day Poll (Continued from Page 1) offer, in effect," meant freexing of wages until June, 1949, "Due to our past experience with wage freezing clauses, we cannot and will not agree to recommend acceptance of the company's offer in its present form," he said. Burt Is Speaker The temper of the meeting was such as to make certain the rejec- tion of the company's offer. Mem- bers of the G. M. Division will vote at Union Hall on this matter today between 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. and on Saturday between 9:30 and 3 p.m. When Mr. Smith read the final offer of the company which said that the offer made by General Motors would be advantageous to the employees and that the com- pany- hoped that the bargaining committee would recommend its acceptance to the membership, there were hoots and jeers. After the meeting Mr. Burt said that the union felt that since the company had rejected the com- promise offer, the union would. carry on any further bargaining on the basis of its criginal demands. Text of the report made to the meeting by the bargaining com- mittee as read by Mr. Burt was as follows: "Negotiations on the wage sub- mission to G.M. which has just been explained to you were started at G.M..on Thursday, June 3. Rep- resenting the Company were Messrs Wecker, Highfield, Ellictt, Reddoch, and on two occasions, Mr. Conlin, manager of Standards. Represent- ing the Union were Regional Di- rector Burt, International Repre- sentative Courtney, Local Union President, W. L. Grant, sub-council delegates M. Smith, R. McNeil, and H. Benson, P. Barnard and R. Mc- Cartney of Windsor. "Acting on the instructions of a previous membership meeting, the first question presented to the com- pany was that of the effective date of any increase agreed upon to be June 1 which would provide a con- tinuity of agreements as our prev- ious wage agreement expired June 1. The answgr to this question was an emphatic and absolute "No". The company took the stand that the increase would be effective when accepted by the membership. This was not agreed to by the Committee and is still a point of contention between the parties." Outlines Clauses "We then went on to discuss the various clauses of the wage sub- mission. The company was inform- ed that insofar as clause 1 was con- cerned, "a substantial wage in- crease", to offset the increase in the cost-of-living since our last wage increase meant, in round figures, 16 1-2 cents per hour to cover an increase in the cost-of-lwing index of 20 points since the last wage in- crease was negotiated in 1947. an- ticipated and provided for an in- crease in the cost .-living index between June, 1947, and June, 1948. The committee could not, and will not recognize the validity of tire company's argument in this respect. During wage negotiations in 1947 neither the company nor the union could foresee what change was going to take place in the cost-of- living index between June 47 and June '48, and furthermore, the in- crease that was negotiated in June, 1947, was negotiated on the basis of the increase that had taken place in the cost-of-living during the previous year, plus the fact that the take-home pay of the workers in the plant was less owing to the switch from wartime production to automobile production, the conse- quent loss of overtime premium pay and the decrease in earned effi- ciencies." ' "The company argued at that time for the stabilization of wages and costs by the freezing of wages for one year. It was the expressed hope at that time of both union and th» company that the cost-of-living index would be stabilized at that level, give and take a few points either way. Recognizing its res- ponsibility to the buyers of the pro- dret, the union agreed to a year's freeze in. a sincere effort to make its contribution to the stabilization of wages and prices, Because of the government's policy on decontrol, we realize now that from our point of view, we, in common with the purchasing public, took a "beating because since the last wage increase, the price of the product has in- creased twice which, to us, indicates that the company made no effort to hold the price line despite the assurance given verbally to the com- mittee last year that the company would bend over backwards to ab- sorb the increase granted at that time. The company contends that the increase presently offered by them of 9 cents per hour plus two extra paid holidays will take care of future increases in the living index fo the point where it reaches 167 or an-increase of 14 points from the present. Alongside of this ar- gument, they insist that wages be frozen until June 11, 1949, to- gether with an extension of the present collective agreement until the same date. Cites Index The committee are in compléte disagreement with this point of view, and have informed the com- pany that we would not and could not reco.amend acceptance to our membership any agreement con- taining the above provisions par- ticularly in view of our experience of the past year and the prediction of responsible authorities as to what will happen to the index in the next few months, - " ~ "The company contends that wages paid in this plant are higher than wages paid in this area. This may be 50, but when it is taken into consideration that in the automobile industry the workers can look for- ward to a period of unemployment during the next year and every year thereafter due to changes in mode], it can readily be seen that this reduces the annual income, and auto workers as well as anyone else live by the year and not by the hour." . "In a comparison of rates in the industry in Canada, General Motors do not show up too well. In Ford ar | Chrysler, with whom: G. M. is in direct competition, the pro- duction worker is, generally speak- ing, on a par. Where G. M. do not show up so well is in the daywork classifications such as inspectors, material handlers, sweepers, jan- itors, Parts and Service, and main- tenancé workers. In these class- ifications, the employees in Ford and Chrysler enjoy an advantage of 13 to 18 cents per hour. That part of our submission to G. M. which was designed to close this differ- ential was given scant considera- tion by the company and turned down completely by them." 4 Studied Reports "After studying the financial re- ports of the company to its share- holders and knowing the profit pos- ition of the company, the Research Department of our International Union having dealt with it, the committee takes the position that the: company is not only in a position to grant wage increases to bring all of its employees in line with its competitors, but to absorb the increases without increasing the price of the product. This conten- tion is borne out by a statement made by Alfred P. Sloan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of G. M., in his publication "Preserving and Strengthening the American Econ- omic System", page 17, in which he says "some enterprises can, and if they can, should absorb such in- creases in wages in whole or in part out of existing profits." "In the minds of your committee this statement applies to General Motors of Canada. Therefore, any attempt to pin the blame for future car price increases on wage settle- ments must be recognized in ad- vance as an unwarranted attempt to shift responsibility from manage- ment, where it belongs." "We would request no further general increases until the cost-of- | living 'index moved from its present figure of 153.3 to 160. From that point on, there would be an auto- Is matic general increase of 1 cent per | hour for every 1.3 point increase in the index figure. This proposal was made on the afternoon of Sunday, June 13. The company requested a three day stay in negotiations to consider this: proposal. The final reply of the company was received on the afternoon of June 16 and contained absolutely no reference to the compromise proposal submitted | by the committee. We feel that the committee have reached their limit in trying to arrive at a compromise between our original demands and what the company is willing to concede. We -also feel that the company is adopting a most unfair attitude when they, in common with other manufacturers, pressured the government for the removal of price controls so that profits could soar to unprecedented heights which they themselves admit is the basic cause of the tremendous increase in the cost-of-living, and then, on the other hand, seek to impose restric- tions on the workers by freezing their wages. for a 12-month period. "We feel that our record of the past 11 years in negotiations with G. M. speaks for itself as a contribu- tion to industrial peace in the com- munity, even though at times your committee have been placed in the position where they recommend settlements to the membership which were not always popular with the membership. It is our desire that this good relationship should coatinue, but to our past experience with wage freeze clauses, we cannot and will not agree to recommend acceptance of the Company's offer in its present form." 14 Arrested (Continued from Page 1) headed for the pulp camp where the Europeans waited for the lumber- men, The hand-to-hand fighting was savage. Axes, knives, chains and shovels became weapons in the free-for-all. Wien Constable Schroeder, with police reinforcements, moved in on the camp, most of the 25 combat- ants struck for the tall timber but police rounded them up and lock- ed them in a boxcar, 80 badly hurt they were kept in hospital were two college students, two displaced persons and a Cana- dian bushman. Several other per- sons were treated for minor injur- ies. One man, chased into the bush, apparently waited to make sure all was quiet but showed up in town at 4 am. He wore nothing but his underwear. ASSAULT CASE ADJOURNED The Crown's case against Elmer Corneal, 73 Gibbons Street, charged with assaulting his wife causing ho- dily harm, was adjourned until Ju- ly 15. Th: case was brought before Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs this morning and an adjournment was granted by His Worship. Wage Issue (Cyntinued from Page 1) for and declines to consider it. (This clause later withdrawn by the union.) Then, we come to Clause 3: 3. We request the Company to negotiate an adequate social security plan paid for by the Company and to cover complete medical, hospitaliza- tion andy surgical benefits for the employees and their families, plus rsick benefit payments and life in- surance pafments for all employees, the above to be paid for by the granting 'of 05c per hour increase for each employee. We feel that our obligation is to pay employees a fair wage for work performed--plus any insurance and pension benefits to actual employ- ees, at a minimum cost to those employees--that will make the job more attractive and the Company a desirable place to work. Which we now do! This does not relieve us of the obligation to pay rates com- parable to rates paid for similar work in our area--and we do this also. In fact, in many classifications we pay better than anywhere in Canada for similar class of work. We must say "No" to that Clause. (This clause later withdrawn by the union.) = Holiday Clause In Clause 4, the Union requests the Company for an increase in the number of paid holidays from 4 to 8. We believe that payment for 6 statutory holidays would conform to the practice in most industries, and we agree to do this. We also agree, if any of the 6 statutory holidays. falls on a Sat- urday, to pay employees for such holidays. It is not necessary to discuss statutory holidays which fall on a Sunday because these invariably are observed on the following Monday, and such holidays would be paid. We will continue to pay double time to employees who are required to work on these statutory holidays which continues to give such em- ployees half-time premium over what they would receive for ordin- ary overtime. In Clause 5, the Union requested the elimination of "differentials and inequalities" in pay rates for a number of classifications. I could | deal with these classifications one | by one but the conclusions would be the same. The rates in each case are set on a job evaluation basis. The request, as far as it concerns | most of the classifications, is a repetition. On some of them we had both Regional and National Labour | Relations Board rulings upholding | our scale. I have nothing to offer on Clause Now, we come to Clause 6. In the event the International UAW-CIO and the General Motors Corpora- | tion in the United States reach an agreement on 'the matter of social security, pension plan and the 40- {hour guaranteed work week, such agreements will become effective simultaneously in the Canadian | plants. Not bargainable, in our opinion. (This clause later Withdrawn by the | Union.) Wage Demands Discussed Now, let us revert to Clause 1, in your submission. 1. A general in- crease in wages to compensate the employees for the substantial in- crease in the cost of living since June, 1947, when the Company and the Union negotiated the last wage | increase. On this one, first of all we must point out that consumer prices | since 1939 as expressed by the cost- of-living index have not advanced {faster than the earnings of the av- erage G.M. employee. Hourly earn- ings in our Company have been | repeatedly adjusted. The fact that | the objective has not been com- | pletely or permanently attained is | not hard to understand--we on our side and you on yours would halt the upward climb of the index if we could--but living costs depend not upon us but partly upon fac- tors over which we have no control. Among them the war debt and the | inflationary effect of shortages due to. war. One sure- conclusion, how- ever, from the record, is that our Company has adjusted wages up- ward several times to take care of the cost-of-living incregse and that some of the increases put the em- ployee well out in front of "par- ty." Assumption Not Justified In your submission you have ask- ed for wage increases to compen- sate for the increase in the cost of living since June, 1947. You stated the increase granted at that time (11 and 12 cents) has been inter- preted as an increase to balace wages with the cost of living as of the date of the increase. Such an assumption was not justified, Our | because higher prices | everybody. understanding, as we recall it, was that we not only closed the cost of living gap at that time but also to a considerable extent anticipated | further upward fluctuations in the employees living costs. At the time | of the adjustment we went on rec- | ord by pointing out: "Living cost ! increases for the past year have | been more than compensated for by wage increases granted in the same period." And so a large part | of the increase granted last June | was a concession to possible upward | fluctuation in consumer prices and | a contribution to job satisfaction and stabilized working conditions. | If we are dealing only with the (cost of living factor in adjusting | our compensation rates, we cannot |at any time assume parity between 'wages and cost of living unless both wage-rate and 'living-cost in- dex have advanced equally since the latter was at 100. There have been several times since. 1939 in our own Company when compensa- | tion and living cost index were at | par--but last June, after the in- | jerease was granted, was not one of | NOTICE DA NCE of Westmount Ladies' Softball Club 14, wes to be held Mondey night, June 21, has been postponed until Wednza:zday June 23 | "ickels availatle f»"m eny member of the Club, or at the door. L i 2 AT 4 RS | fe 5 them. On that occaslon wage rates _| went well out in front. So, let us see how we stand by the accepted formula. Cost of living index, September, 1939, was 100.8. A In May of this year it was 153.3. Or, an increase of 52.1%. In the same period the average hourly earnings of our increased (from--77.6 to 1.19) by 53.3 per cent, somewhat faster than the cost of living. Highest In Canada Many of our employees have had wages advanced by still greater per- tentages. It must be borne in mind, also, that our production workers as a whole on the basis of our objee- tive earned rate of 125% are the highest paid production workers in the Canadian Industry. As classi- fication after classification is ex- amined it will be seen they earn séveral cents an hour more than similar workers in the industry else- where. Yeur Committee raised the ques- tion in negotiations as to whether it was fair to base comparison on 1939; as to whether our wage rates in 1939 were good or otherwise -- whether they were ahead of rates for our area or just on a par. This is' easily checked. As you know, this Company at the present time is paying better rates by a considerable amount than manufacturing industries as a whole in Canada are currently paying. sur rates were better than the overall manufacturing average in 1939 by 25 per cent. They are better today. | We intend to keep tHem that way. Our wages were '"rignt" when the | cost of living index was 100 and it | is therefore fair to relate our cur- rent wages to the increase in liv- ing cost which has occurred since that time. This was made clear by a decision in arbitration at the time when the cost-of-living bonus was made mandatory in 1942. Boosts Increase Prices It is very questionable if any- | thing is gained by employees of one particular Company when they suc- ceed in boosting their -wages much higher than community or area ave- rages, because bargaining promptly goes on all down the line and gains are quickly erased by general cost increases and consequent increases in consumer prices. That was what happened in the . two previous "rounds" of postwar wage increases. As a whole they benefitted nobody resulted for Your presentation d'd not speci- fically ask for increased "stand- dard" of living, but this was infer- red in clauses which requasted re- duction in working hours without loss of pay; in request for medical and insurance services completely financed by the Company and by the very sum total which were two or three times a great as the cost of living adjust- ment you demanded. Much 'as we desire that the liv- ing standard of employees shall in- crease as the productive efficiency of the nation increases, this can- {not be done by merely increasing wages. It can only be done with increased output. In other words, bargaining rower will not do ik. More wages for less output will not do it. Hourly wages may be increased but still not buy as much as before. How do we stand in that regard? High Purchasing Power in 1947 our average employee re- ceived $2,685 in compensation. But was this average employe better | ©, | off/ Yes. Whether he was single or married with children, when taxes and family allowances and cost-of- | living index were all considered, he | was substantially better off as far as purchasing power was concern- ed than he had been since the be- ginning of the war. We have dealt with wage and cost-of-living relationship principal. ly because that was stressed most | in your submission. However, there | is one factor even more important, and that is the necessity to keep the prices of our products from get- ting beyond the purchasing power | of our basic market. Labor in one form or another represents 90 per cent of all our costs--employees in ou own plants and in the plants of suppliers of materials and services. Every wage increase goes down the line, efentually causing price in- creases which can only be paid by tae public who buy our product. Possibly the easiest thing for us to | do would be to grant all your de- mands and pass the cost on to the consumer. However, we are concern- Row! 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Showers in the last few days had stabliized positions but were not heavy enough to remove the men- ace. | : Authorities were not yet able to compute the losses so far in one of the worst forest-fire seasons on record in the province. In the Mis- sissagi outbreak alone, almost 400 square miles have been more or less devastated, and Chapleau has only slightly less. Retreats were made along some | of the lines with the renewed acti- | vity, particularly where the Missis- | sai blaze swung suddenly in the' White River road area. | 'As Winds Shift Suddenly Man-induced rainfall -- produced' when solid carbon dioxide or "dry ice" is seeded into clouds by aif- craft -- has been of some help ¥ can only be effective when clouds are of the proper denshy and temperature. -sctivity was also increased Thurs- day night in the Kirkpatrick Lake, East Cariboo Lake and Mount Lake sectors, and air surveys indicated retreats were being made by the firefighters. Fire has licked deep into the great Chapleau game preserve and scores of animals, especially moose, deer, and wolves have been reported burned to death. | Meanwhile, however, the lands and forests departmént has an- nounced the situation has improv- ed to the point where travel re- strictions can be lifted in five areas -- Algonquin Park, North Bay, Temiskaming, Gogama and Cochrane. But travel will be close ly watched. : | - | ed with the long range market, and [ there is evidence that many have | been priced out of the market al- | ready. It is in both our interests to keep costs down if we are to count | on keening our factories running in | | the years that lie ahead. Significant Factors The desire of the employees you | represent and of ourselves that we shall be able to look into the forth- | coming 'year with a feeling of con- | fidence in regard to the family bud- | get and living standard. As we | pointed out we cannot relate a wage | increase to cost-of-living parity be. | cause we are above it. One of the most significant fac- tors in stabilizing and accelerating { productivity and output is the as- | surance of a substantial period of | time without disputes as to contract | or wages, We, therefore, propose that our present collective agree- ment (dated November 15, 1947) shall continue until June 11, 1949 with appropriate changes to élause 48 (paid holidays) and clause 52 (hours and wages), making the lat. | ter read so that negotiation of hours {and wages should be concurrent with | negotiation of contract. | The final clause 66 would there- | fore read: "If either party desires to modify {or change this agreement including | wages or other economic issues it | shall 60 days prior to June 11, 1940 give written notice of the proposed changes or modification. The other party within 10 days after receipt of said notice shall either accept or re- | ject the proposa] or request a con- | ference to nego'iate the proposal. If neither party shall give notice to {terminate or to change or modify this agreement as provided above, the agreement shall continue in ef- fect after June 11, 1049 subject to | termination or modification there- | after by either party upon sixty days' written notice." | As a contribution to stability of | employee purchasing power and to | Job satisfaction, we offer: , An increase of approximately 10 | cents an hour across the board | made up as follows: . | To all day~worker classifications | an increase of nine cents an hour plus 2 more paid holidays equivalent 1 cent an hour, To all group-bonus workers, increase of seven cents an hour on | base rate plus 2 more paid holi- | days." | FINED FOR WATER LACK Failure on behalf of William | Kickke to supply a sufficient quan- tity of drinking water to his tenant, Evelyn Moholland resulted in his being fined $5 and costs when he entered a plea of guilty in police court this morning when he appear- ed before Magistrate F. S. Flcbs. 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