U.S. Labor Expected to Seek More Jobs
By SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK (/Pi — I^abor is ex
pected to push for new share-the
prosperity schemes in the next
round of contract talks. Once the
chief emphasis was on wage in
creases. then on the many kinds
of fringe benefits, more recently
on job security.
But in the current business up
swing industrial production has
been rising faster than employ
ment totals and the percentage of
the labor force out of work has
all but failed to budge.
So now union leaders — with
an eye also on increased corporate
profits — are expected to step up
demands for shorter work weeks
and longer vacations, and also to
press in new contract negotiations
for curbs on overtime. The aim:
to get more workers on the pay
rolls.
Latest Labor Department fig
ures put jobholders at 69.9 million
in mid-October. The unemployed
totaled 3.5 million, or 5.5 per cent
of the labor force, and 159,000
higher than a year ago. Of the
jobless 919,000 have been out of
work 15 weeks or longer.
Industrial production in mid
September was 125.7 per cent or
the 1957-59 average, compared
with 119.8 per cent the previous
year.
Factory workers’ overtime av
eraged three hours a week, high
est since 1956. Some labor leaders
contend more than 11 million
workers are working longer than
the standard 40-hour week. So
along with the drive to cut the
standard to 35 hours, a number
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of leaders are expected to try to
discourage overtime while oth<_r
members of the union are idle.
Management usually has dollar
and cents reasons for resorting to
overtime rather than adding to
payrolls, with all the fringe bene
fits that involves: pensions, vaca
tions, health insurance and eligi
bility for unemployment payments
and the like.
Also the production spurt may
be temporary or uncertain, mak
ing overtime more feasible in man
agement’s eyes than a fluctuating
total of workers. Often expansion
of the work force would mean
training new employes rather than
recalling experienced ones.
But that stubborn hard core or
unemployment — whether caused
by automation or overtime — is
bothering unions and their leaders.
Some are going to ask in the
next contract talks that overtime
be limited to emergencies, such as
breakdowns. Others are going to
seek stricter rules, making over
time more expensive and there
fore less attractive to management.
This could range from paying over
time after 32 hours rather than
40, or paying double for overtime
rather than time and a half.
Congress also is looking into the
matter. The House Select Sub
committee on Labor is planning
public hearings this month on both
the proposals for shorter work
weeks and for curbs on overtime
or more expensive overtime.
Government officials, business
executives and labor spokesmen
will present their arguments.
And listening will be many who
have been laid off when indus
trial production slipped and hav
en’t been recalled when it revived.
Also listening will be many who
have been enjoying — and maybe
counting on—their added overtime
take as a prop to family budgets.
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Recording District Map
Published by U-A
COLLEGE — The University of
Alaska has announced the com
pletion of a new and larger Re
cording District map, which also
shows Townships and Ranges
throughout Alaska.
The map was prepared through
the joint efforts of the Alaska D
vision of Lands and the Univer
sity’s College of Earth Sciences
and Mineral Industries.
The map is 54 inches by 76
inches in size (on a USGS Map
“B” base) and shows the boun
daries of the Recording Districts
and the place of each Recording
Office. The protraction system of
rectangular surveys is delineated
in a light, readable background,
giving the approximate location I
of all Townships and Ranges f t ;
the entire state.
The map fills a long-felt no 1
for a map which properly com- j
bines legal descriptions and Re
cording Precincts. It should be ol
value to prospectors, surveyors,
engineers, oil companies, local,
state and federal agencies, and
anyone interested in recording land
ownership.
The map may be obtained from
the College of Earth Sciences and
Mineral Industry, University of
Alaska. College, Alaska, for $5.00.
Sealskin Price Drops
The Interior Department re
leased figures giving highlights of
the auction of United States seal
skins conducted Oct. 17-18.
The overall price for the skins,
including dressed and dyed fe
male skins, was down 5.3 per cent
to $111.72. Black skins carried the
highest price, $126.13 (an increase
of 2.9 per cent), followed by Ki
tovi at $95.58 (down 14.5 per cent)
! and Matara at $103.94 (down 10.2
per cent). Total number of dressed
and dyed skins auctioned was 25,
079 which included 4,668 femaie
skins.
Ladogas, sheared female skins,
were auctioned for an average
price of $40.63, down 1.5 per cent,
for a total sold of 7,457.
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-Yankee Sea Loaf
An Economical Dish
When is a loaf not a loaf? When it’s a baking dish, full of tonight’s
(linnet'! . .
Good hearty eating for hungry fall appetites is in this novel
recipe for Yankee Sea Loaf. The main ingredient is salmon,
so you know it tastes delicious, and the tender flakes, mixed with
eggs, onions, green pepper, and the bread crumbs removed from
inside the loaf, are baked together and served together.
This is a time-saving, money-saving recipe that can be prepared
in the morning, then stored for baking before lunch or supper.
High in protein, it’s an excellent source of vitamins and minerals.
Yankee Sea Loaf
1 small loaf unsliced bread, (7x4
inches)
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
Y cup minced onion
Y cup minced green pepper
1 cup minced celery with leaves
A 1-pound can salmon
About Y> cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon favorite herb
Y teaspoon pepper
Y teaspoon salt
Cut a slice from top of loaf. Remove bread from crusts, leaving shell Y inch" thick.
Crumb bread. It should make about 3 cups.
In skillet melt 4 tablespoons butter. In it cook vegetables for 10 minutes, or until
tender. Drain liquid from salmon into cup and add milk to make Y cup liquid. Beat
liquid and eggs.
In bov l combine crumbs, flaked salmon, herb, salt, pepper and cooked vegetables.
Stir in egg mixture. Pack mixture into bread container, piling high on top. Cover
with top crust; press firmly in place.
Melt remaining butter. Place loaf on baking sheet and brush top and sides with
melted butter. Bake in a preheated 350° F. oven for 50 minutes. Serve hot, cut into
slices, with favorite sauce. Serves 4.
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