The Waco Citizen (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1959 Page: 3 of 8
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Community church in St. Peter*
burg, Fla. will »erve as con
fere nee preacher, and Dr.
Socket Students
Entertain Croups
ing. Sacramelit of the Holy Cora-
munion will close the first ses
The Rocket* entertained for
the Centennial Chapter, No. M2.
T>. E. S. covered-dish supper. May
23rd. at the Texas Power and
Tight Company
• The Rockets are students at
the Commerce School of Music.
Robert Lawson is instructed by
jJerry Dykse to play the guitar.
Jlobert is leader of the Rockets
*nd attends Prov. HU Ele,
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Mike Franklin, soloist and
Mir player, tales Tesaoiis from
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takes teutons from Mr* Mildred
Golding.
Jean Lawson, a flth grader st
Following roll call and organ-
ization of the conference, the
service for reception of class in
full connection will precede the
memorial service with Rev. Wm
M Creenwaldt, pastor of First
MathOdist church. Ora bam. speak
Following Bishop Martin’s de
votional or Wednesday morning,
reports wiM include the com
pc site report of the district
-uperintendents and the report of
the conference woman's society
of ChnsMan service Thursday
morning's business session will
include the report from the board
of lay activities with Senator
Jarrsrd Secrest. Temple, con
ference lay leader, in charge.
A ministerial session will be
held on Thursday afternoon With
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mislead the public
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Em since Mpflatfom began, you have betfl frytn* to mislead the public about tho re* toaMfe t»
wage inieflsfows you are carrying m with us.
Your weakly advertising distorts lads aad Mac to sidestep Ihe Job wo have to do. Despite i
set
have boon sayfag lu prfad-.
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VMM KNOW thot profit* vary with the omount of businNe, mmd
fhot when business and profit* go up, steelworkem are beftee «Ml
in prngrets in .1
hoard of lay activities cooperat
ing. - ’ ' *" '* ;
Reception of cits* on trial will
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Prov. Ht». School takes drum le«* j t part, of the Friday morning
frOTIl Bill Bonnet. I hhaaai falTnuAnry eunnria irftm
fi« irom diii wu^«- | aestlon. Following report# from
The parents of Jean and Rob i *eVeral boards and committee*,
ert are Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Lew tbe bishop Will Bead the appoint
son, 2712 Bosque Blvd Mike’s m^nts to close the annual con
parents era My. andMri. p*ul i tel
precede the mnn
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The Rockets have a few more 8, in Wesley hall at First church
banquet will
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session at 8 p m Monday, June
ooen dates so if you wish enter Richard C. Bush, formerly of
tabunent telephW Ft W142 J Waco, will speak.__
I. (. MORGAN & SON PLUHBW6C0.
Plumfing - CoiHracHng—Repairs
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YOU KNOW ftk«9t public, at wttl at your own membership^
it greatly worried over inflation and the high cost of Jhrieg and
does not want the outcome of thete negotiation* to make iaflatioa
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YOU KNOW thot inflation it not “a fictitious monttbr created by
th* Amurtean steel Industry," the label you applied to it at a
recent press conference.
YQtt KNOW that profits are essential to provtd* new and hhprpW-
ed tools of production — hence maintain and provHDk
steelworkers—and to pay stockholders for the us* of ttlWif MdWy.
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YOU KNOW that tho doNor today b worth only 4S coats, coib-
pared With 1?46, because of the inftotlon which you pretend is
nit • prdbiem to anybody.
YOU KNOW thot U S. Department oi Commerce reports abooa-
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that since Dtec*a*b*r 1958—for the first time in modern hi ___
imports of foreign-mode steel one greater than the araaorit. ;yR*s
ported (your latest advertisement implies pul tke opposIfoX < «•
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YOU KNOW that the basic issue before us is steel wages and
other employment costs—and whot will happm next to
dollars if wage-push inflation continues to spread-
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YOU KNOW that these is already less work for many m*v*tHo**
of your union because American steel with its high wag# costs
cannot compel* with low-cost foreign steak
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YOU KNOW that steelworkers are olreody earning on overage
wag* of $3.03 par hour, and that the cost o# fho employee bene
ffft patd by the companies comas to 57 asnts p*r hour man* —
making a total of $3.60.
NOW-how do Wf know thot YOU know these thi^s) Np||
ac* thr*p good reasons:
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YOU KNOW that th* st#elworkers' average wag* and benefits
are already higher than those of almost all other workers and
that their advantage his increased greotky in recent years. In
wages alone, average hourly earnings in steel are rid* 84 e»nn
per hour above the average for all manufacturing
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J, Ih your own unio* convention test tab, member*
genisotion publicly boosted, "Wo hove the highest
wagos In America."
3. An official report at that tarn* convention stqfod
motefy one-seventh of your members awe thete lab*
ad rnetcd and me*oJ products.
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YOU KNOW that steel wages and benefits have increased much
faster than the cost of living.
We say to you-the us* of invalid comparisons arid other
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YOU KNOW that th* 288 porednt increase in hourly steal ompfoy-
ment cods since 1940 has beon nearly ton time* the 30 percent
increase in shipments per man-hour.
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tart ion* of fact to p«oduc# misleading impressions will only
i* horsier for both sides to do our (ob at responsible citison*.
U*b U fo rpoch an agreement in Ih* b*»t Interest of all--h-
agreement that wiM help to curb inflation and help
fob*
Thgt is **hy we hove prop<^d
Uvel oi wages and employee benefifs, without
other year
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YOU KNOW thot the 30 percent increase in shipments per man-
hour results largely from abgut 12 billions of dollars spent by
sNel com ponies from 19*6 through 19* in modernising their
gfcly the investers are entitled 1
ndl invest
plants and equipment. C*rtai*iy the inveufors are
oddhienal return gn additional investment
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WACO PAID! (EATER
Our Middle News* Is Faint
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YOU KNOW thgt steal prgfits-vlbr Worn befog "fantafoic," os yqu
have been telling the public - have bee* on o declining seale
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Foster, W. S. The Waco Citizen (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1959, newspaper, May 29, 1959; Waco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1159501/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .