Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 44, Number 49, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 September 1949 — Page 2

School News We have had two weeks of school and we have the Absence Plague with us. There were 37 absences in high school during the first two weeks; about 75% unnecesary. Most of these are with the consent of parents. We are near the border line of making our five units in high school, and to lose a unit will mean a loss to Turkey Creek Township taxpayers of about 12700. Besides this loss of cash, no pupil can be expected to do very good work when it is broken up by 10 to 12 days absence during the

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WHY THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD STRIKE? I

t Over twenty years ago, the Congress of the United States passed the Railway Labor Act It was hailed by union leaders as a model tot tire settlement or ranor oispines.

The leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway Conductors, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the * Missouri Pacific Railroad have refused to avail themselves of the peaceful means provided by thia Act for settling their disputes. They insist that they be the sole umpire of their own disputes over the > meaning of contracts. There is no Need for Strikes With all of the available methods for the interpretation of contracts, there is no need for a strike or even a threat of a strike, but the leaders of these railroad > unions have ignored the ordinary procedures established by law and insist upon imposing their own interpretations of their contracts by means of a strike. The wheels have stopped rolling cm the Missouri Pacific. They may stop rolling on other railroads at any time. Recently the Wabash Railroad was forced to discontinue operation for several days under similar circumstances. What are These Strikes About? These strikes and strike threats are not about wage rates or hours. They result from disputes over the meaning of exist- • faig contracts. They cover daixns for a full pay for less than a day’s work, or for ‘ whowere foHyP“dforthewoi done.

year. This is serious enough, that who are Interested, should give it some consideration now, rather than at promotion time next spring. > Many parents have inquired about the date for Teachers Association this year. School will be closed on Thursday and Friday. October 27 and 28. The week of November 7-11, has been designated as Educational Week this year. Several students from the upper classes attended the funeral sendees for Richard Kitson last Wednesday afternoon. Dick was a member of the present Junior ejpss. *'

The High School attended their first educational picture

President Truman’s Board Condemns Strike There is an established legal method for handling disputes involving existing written contracts—just as there is such a method of settling any contract dispute which you may have in your daily life. The President of the United States appointed a Fact Finding Board to investigate and adjust the Missouri Pacific dispute. This Board reported, in part, as foUoWK “... Il to wttk a deep scats sf regret that we are obliged to report the failure of oer mis* sioa. It seooM inconceivable to ns that a coerdve strike ahoodd occar oa one of the ■■tian’s major transportation systems, with sH of the looses red hardships that woeld follow, la view of the foct that the Railway Labor Act provides aa orderly, efficient and complete remedy for the fair and just set* tleflMHit <rf the In dlejMie- Grievances of the character here ender discussion ■re so nsmerosa and of saeh freqnent oecsrrencese aS railroads that the general adoptfoa es the policy perseed by the organisations in this case weald soon resait la the rimpistr nnßifcatioa es the Railway Labor Act.. .." Obviously the railroads cannot be run

last Thursday. The picture was on “Life in the Polar Sophomore News Joel Gordon Bates, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Bates, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bates, owners of the Dixie Grill, is a new student in the sophomore class this year. Joel came here from Chicago, where he attended Kelvyn Park High School. He participates in many sports activities and is one of the three sophomore boys on the high school softball team. Emory Stiffler is back in school again this year after his long absence due to a hip fracture. Dina Mench is also back again! this year after having attended the Andrews Girls’ School in Ohio the past year. Three sophomores made progress enough this year to be on ! the softball team. They are Ernie Rodgers. Jim Miller. an«t Joel! Bates. Good luck. boys, keep up the good work. Senior Class News The officers of the Senior class and Miss Hamman, had a

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11 meeting to select and apopint the ( persons necessary to the school i news to be put in the SyracuseWawasee Journal, They are: Ruth Houser, Editor-in-chief; Bob Pippenger, Associate Editor; Marilyn Gawthrop. Feature Editor; Barbara Seiffert. Richard Grindle and Esther Wilkinson, typists. The reporters are: Annabelle L Hunnicutt. Home Economics; , Richard Mock. Agriculture; Ralph Bushong. Band; Ted Stucky. Sports; Jack Brown, Jr. High; Cynthia Frevert. Freshman; Nancy Treadway, Sophomore; Wanda Ringler. Junior; and Mary Lou Denxel. Senior. We have started interviewing the photographers for the graduation pictures. This week we listened to Mr. R. S. Sutula from Elkhart Studio. His work > aid quality was very nice and the price was reasonable. There will be schedule pencils on sale this year, as we have ordered 600. i Freshmen News The Freshmen Class welcomed last Monday, five new pupils: . John Morris. Angola; Harold! Denton. Hex; Patricia Jones. Chi-; ' cago: Keith Herberson. Chicago; Patricia Mellot. New Paris. We’ve heard the teachers think, there are four too many “Pats”| 1 in the Freshmen class. When one t of the teachers call on “Pat” he gets four answers. Some of the upper classmen i thought they would initiate some of the Freshmen, but on second ; thought they decided they had better not. because some of the Freshmen are as big as the Seniors. Last Friday, the Freshmen Bij ology class and Mr, Garner went on a field trip. In a few minutes they were back at school. So the story goes, they were making too much noise. We have heard by the grapevine. there are quite a few FreshI men boys going out for the basI ketball team. We all hope they make it. Good luck Freshmen! Home Economics News Home- Ec. TV started off this year with everybody quite willing to start sewing. Miss Fuller started them in on making seams with more complicated work to follow; but everything is coming along very nicely. Housewives: Take advantage of LOW Prices, as advertised in The JOURNAL.

efficiently or economically if the leaders of the unions ignore agreements or laws. Provisions of the Law which are Disregarded There , are five ways under the Railway Labor Act to settie disputes over the meaning of contracts: 1— Decision by National Raflrtmd Adjustment Board. 2— Decision by System Adjustment Board for the specific railroad. 3— Decision by arbitxatioij. 4— Decision by neutral referee. 5— Decision by courts. The M isaouri Pacific Railroad has been and is entirely willing to have these disputes settled in accordance with the requirements of the Railway Labor Act Regardless of this fact, the union leaders have shut down that railroad. Innocent Bystanders Suffer Losses and Hardships There are about 5,000 engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen on the Missouri Pacific. They are known as "operating” employes; and are the most highly paid of all employes on the nation’s railroads, but their strike action has resulted in the toss of work to 22,500 other employes of the Missouri Pacific. In addition, they have imposed great inconvenience and hardship upon the public and the communities served by that railroad. ? - The Railway Labor Act was designed to protect the public against just such interruptions of commerce. If these aiea will not comply with the prorisfoas of the law for the settlement of sneb ffispatca, then sH thinking Americans most fbee ths gasotioa. “What to the next stapT*

Dozens of new woolen sweaters, both short-sleeved slipovers and long-sleeved button, also Nylons. just received.—Mrs. Wm. G. Connolly. ORDINANCE FOR ADDITIONAL .APPROPRIATIONS An Ordinance appropriating additional moneys for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the several departments of the Town government of the Town of Syracuse. Kosciusko County, Indiana. account an emergency existing, for the fiscal year beginning October Ist. 1949 and ending December 31, 1949 including all outstanding claims and obligations, fixing a time when same shall take effect. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Board of Town Trustees of the Town of Syracuse. Kosciusko County, Indiana, that for the expenses of the Town government and its institutions for the fiscal year ending December 31st. 1949 the following sums of money are hereby appropriated and ordered set apart out of the funds herein named and for the purposes herein specified subject to the laws governing the same. Such sums herein appropriated shall be held to include all expenditures authorized to be made during the year, unless otherwise expessly stipulated and provided by law. Section 2. That for the said fiscal year there Is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of said Town, the following— General Fund 16. Compensation of Firemen $2000.90 32. Supplies 300.00 51. Insurance & Official Bond Premium 150.00 Section 3. That for the said fiscal year there Is hereby appropriated out of the Street Fund of said Town, the followingstreet Fund 1. Sendees Personal. 13. Wages of Laborers $500.00 3. Supplies 400.00 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its pasasge. Passed by the Board of Town Trustees, September 30, 1949. Attest: Ernest O. Buchholz, Town Clerk-Treasurer. RAY R. FREVERT RONALD V. KRAMER JOSEPH R. BVSHONG

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Syracuse. Kosciusko County. Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said Municipality at their regular meeting place on the 30th day of September. 1949 will consider the following ordinance covering additional appropriations for the fiscal year beginning October 1. 1949 and ending December 31. 1949 and fixing a time when same shall take effect. Portable arc and Acetelyn Welding Grinding. Drilling. Jigs, Tools and Dies. Brazing and soldering. HARRY NICOLAI Syracuse. Ind. GENERAL MACHINE REPAIR Neutral a Forward I Reverse H GEARDR for oating! >hnson erformt taking . Pack* ten full • (OBC e tup. at .) — vet tifuily! Mile Master fuel tank separate — carry it easily - plug it in,"click"—put it anywiwre in your boat—cruise for Aours/ Fuel gauge, rubber mountings, automatic motor speed control*, light weight. 40 great features. A new Lna of outboard. Now ready. See us about 5 303.00 delivery. 4 Other prrert nradels. priced o» lew oa SOOO.OO Time poymenu ovocable. Visit Our New GIFT SHOP Unusual Items for Gifts At Prices that Please. WA WASEt BOAT CO. f LAKE WAWASKE KEN HARMLESS phone R-aeae

Ordinance for Additional Appropriations Ordinance Number 388-A General Fund 16. Compensation of Firemen $2000.00 32. Supplies 300.00 51. Insurance & Official Bond Premium 150.00

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Street Fund 1. Sendees Personal. 13. Wages of Laborers $500.00 3. Supplies 400.00 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Board of Town Trustees on September 30th,

Friday, September 23, 1949

1949. Attest: Ernest O. Buchholz Town Clerk-Treasurer. RAY R. FREIERT RONALD V. KRAMER JOSEPH R. BUSHONG Board of Town Trustees (48-2 t