St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 6

6A Mar.23, I960 ST.LOUIS POST'DISPATCH On Job 56 Years I the State Board of Mediation, which administers the King-Thompson anti-utility strike law, said the question of whether the law would cover a strike of municipal employes has never been settled. New Schools School Tax Continued From Page One. Wara 1 tat 2.375 2 3 3KS 326 211 4 r-' a fiio pits at the garbage grining plant, 1525 Gratiot street. Supervisory employes were preparing to operate the plant to dispose of this accumulation. In the Streets Department, three small crews who reported before the appearance of pickets were making emergency patches in streets with hand equipment.

While operation of the pumping plant at Chain of Rocks was not halted by the picket lines, construction work on the new pumping station there stopped. Union employes of the contractor refused to cross the line. Two cars of chemicals for use Atalnat 'ill 674 463 264 62 453 1,217 1.374 1.987 1 921 4.049 2.734 2.178 J.260 47 527 365 217 904 635 S.67T 1.928 606 541 S.062 674 6 682 7 1,820 8 1.54.1 9 1.457 10 1.768 11 1,894 12 J.S30 13 2.3M) 14 2.2I4 15 1.93T 16 1,598 17 1,172 18 2.704 19 2 631 20 3.011 21 1,990 22 2.2S4 23 4.518 24 2.828 25 1.88 28 3,130 I tamara CITY EMPLOYE, 81, OBSERVES SIGNING OF PENSION PLAN Louits Dillman, 81-year-old St. Louis municipal employe, was an Interested observer today when Mayor Raymond R. Tucker signed the city employe pension plan at a brief ceremony at City Hall.

Dillman, with 56 years of continuous service, is the oldest city employe in point of service. Under the pension plan and Social Security, he will receive approximately one-half his annual salary or $5305 when he retires. His job is general maintenance man in the Water Division. The pension plan, enacted by the Board of Aldermen March 11, provides for mandatory retirement at age 70, with optional retirement at 65 years. There are 800 city employes more than 65 years old, with 147 of that numbei 75 years or older.

Nasser Receives U.S. Envoy. CAIRO, March 23 (AP) -George Frederick Reinhardt, newly appointed United States Ambassador to the United Arab Republic, presented his cre WITNESSES WON'T TESTIFY; MURDER DEFENDANT FREEl A first degree murder charge against Joseph L. Burnett, a former convict, was dismissed by the state today after its chief witnesses refused to testify on grounds of possible self-incrimination. Burnett, recently released from an Illinois penitentiary, was charged with killing Lawrence Drewer, an East Side gangster, in a shooting at Sarah street and West Pine boulevard 14 years ago.

The shooting, on the night of Jan. 4, 1946, was reported to have followed a charge by Drewer that some member of his bank robbery gang had "talked too much." Hie state based its case on the signed statements of Robert Lee Robertson and his wife, Margaret, at Springfield, 111 April 20, 1946. The Robertsons said Burnett admitted the Drewer killing to them in a conversation in a Chicago hotel. Robertson, a former convict, and his wife invoked the protection of the Fifth Amendment when placed on the witness stand today in the court of Circuit Judge J. Casey Walsh.

ToUli 62,101 35,784 FUNERAL TO BE FRIDAY FAR CARLYLE M. STAMPER Funeral services for Carlyle M. Stamper, director of purchases for F. M. Stamper will be held at 2 p.m.

Friday at Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union boulevard, with burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Mr. Stamper, 54 years old, died yesterday of Hodgkin's disease at Missouri Baptist Hospital, where he was admitted 10 days ago. He was a former president of the St. Louis Poultry, Butter Egg Association, and was a member of the Ferguson Citizens Committee, and of Masonic and Shriner organizations.

He lived at 902 Buckeye drive, Ferguson. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Lyle and Edward Stamper; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.

Stamper, and two sisters. Miss Mary K. Stamper and Mrs. Charles Dyer. Ehrhardi commented, "and I don't see how we could reduce either bond issue.

The need for classrooms is not going to go away." Resubmission Date. Bruns and Ehrhardt pointed out there may be legal obstacles to placing the proposition before the voters in conjunction with another election. The next scheduled election is the August primary, but state appear to require that the school propositions be submitted at a special election, they said. In addition, Ehrhardt raised the question of whether it would be advisable to wait so long before trying a second time. "There might be some value in coming back right away with these proposals," he said.

The question of setting a date was to be discussed at a special meeting of the School Board this Bruns said he doubted that a decision would be made' today. Commenting further on the defeat of the bond issue proposals, Bruns said he believed the fact many voters were unfamiliar Tax Rise T-Bjr a Poat-Dltpatch Photof raphar, x-Cuii ulLLMAN tirement within the next few years." Ames also warned that some members might prepudice their rights to pension credit if they were on strike April 1. He said the pension plan requires that an employe must be on the city payroll on April 1 to receive credit for prior years of service. He added that the possible loss of such rights would be a tragedy for many employes. All shop and maintenance activities of' the city's traffic division were closed, down when electricians, sign erectors and their foremen failed to report for work.

As a result, the movable rubber cones used on Gravois avenue to establish four eastbound lanes were not in place thii morning, but there wai no appreciable effect on traffic movement. Eastbound traffic used four lanes anyway. Robert Kortemeyer, business agent for Water Division Employes, Local 675, said about 280 of the local's 325 members voted today to "make a protest but not to strike." The zoo, Art Museum and library were not affected by the walkout. At Lambert-St. Louis Field, a picket was on duty at a building where field maintenance personnel report for work.

Supervisory personnel in field maintenance departments continued to work and operations remained normal. Ready for Emergency. City Officials were informed in advance that if an emergency involving safety occurred, such as interruption of runway lights, repairs would be made. No painters, electricians, carpenters or machinists showed up for work in the Parks Department. Steinberg Memorial Skating Rink, however, was operating normally in the absence of any pickets.

Unground garbage filled two 3 Years for Killing Missionary. TOKYO, March 23 (UPI)-Tokyo district court today sentenced a young Japanese to three years in prison for the fatal beating of American missionary Prof. Charles E. Perry. Before he died Perry had asked leinency for the university in the coagulant house jumped the track near that building last night.

Crews were able to unload the cars but Water Commissioner Conway B. Briscoe appealed to the union for a crew to repair the tracks so that further shipments of chemicals can be unloaded. Briscoe said enough chemicals were on hand to last several days. Labor Gang Not at Work. A labor gang at the Howard Bend plant of the Water Division did not go to work this morning.

There were no pickets at the time. Mechanics and electricians refused to report for duty at the Fire Department garage at Twelfth and Poplar streets. However, they said that if an emergency occurred, they would make the needed repairs. Similar assurances were given by electricians employed at the fire and police telegraph repair shop at Twenty-second and North Market streets. No telephone operators were on duty at City Hall.

Recent strikes against the city have included a two-day walkout of Water Division employes in Hr4 Tor Afalnet 1 2,482 2.132 2 1,493 950 3 1,443 682 4 3,430 660 5 r- 3,781 249 6 681 65 1,394 420 1,570 1,266 9 1,493 1,442 10 1,859 2,066 11 2,044 2.022 12 3.839 4.086 13 2.440 2,779 14 2.278 2.231 15 2,004 1,307 16 1.670 908 17 1.279 556 18 3,041 383 19 2.895 221 20 3,333 943 21 2,173 1,155 22 2.470 688 23 4.613 3.813 24 2,962 2.031 23 1.962 582 26 3.025 589 27 2.213 2,001 28 2,188 705 Total 65,830 36,832 dentials to President Gamal i Abdel Nasser yesterday. with voting machines was partly responsible for the outcome. "I cannot believe that the people of St. Louis rejected safe schools and adequate classrooms Fire Safety nam 3 8 9 for 2,457 1,418 1,314 3,193 3,597 688 1.227 1,608 1.501 1 inn 1956, a one-week strike of gar DOWNTOWN CLAYTON CRESTWOOO PLAZA 10 bage and rubbish collectors In May 1954 and a two-day strike of electricians in September 1953. Daniel C.

Rogers, chairman of Anaimt 1,940 882 621 419 211 54 361 1.105 1.294 1.8ns 1.778 3.680 2.5'.i 1,983 1,130 801 488 332 187 843 1,049 1.787 844 478 1,900 837 i 2.106 i 3.762 13 2,609 14 2.314 la 20- 16 1.B03 17 1,172 18 flM 1 2,835 I t2 22 23 4,700 2,923 23 iW 28 2,693 It 2148 25 2.139 lor their children," he remarked. New Budget. The new $1.77 tax will finance a budget for the coming fiscal year of $38,790,000 and for the 1961-62 fiscal year of $40,210,000. The additional 26 cents will produce about $4,265,000 more revenue than the $1.51 rate did, official said. Of the rise will be used for a $600-a-year pay increase for teachers and for employing 105 more teachers to meet the expected increase in enrollment.

The defeated $24,297,000 bond Issue would have paid for construction of 14 new elementary schools, additions at two high schools, a new high school in northwest St. Louis, two athletic fields, additions at 11 elementary schools, playground expansions at 10 schools, new educational equipment in the high schools and electrical and plumbing modernization In many schools. Most of the $5,238,000 bond issue would have been used to 1 Total r- 63,295 32.790 plan for city employes was signed today by the Mayor. He also recalled that a shortening of the work week, urged by the local, nad gone into effect last Monday for most city employes. He also noted that a union de-i mand for higher mileage allow ance for city inspectors who use i install automatic sprinkler systems in 102 schools.

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Pension Trade' Rejected. Ames said his union agreed with others that the 5 per cent pay rise was not enough to restore city workers to their proper level when compared with rates in private industry. But, he added, some suggestions made in the labor committee meetings to correct this situation were not to his liking. "First, there were suggestions by some that we should try to 'trade' the pension plan for an extra 5 per dent," he wrote. "As a practical matter, there was never any opportunity to do this.

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ers, No. 35, and Sheetmetal Workers, No. 36. Electrical Workers No. 2 and Machinists Local 777 also are on strike.

Local 475 of the Water Division Employes Union was represented on the picket line and Teamsters Local 610, representing the rubbish and garbage truck drivers, was observing the line. i Joseph Cousin, executive secretary-treasurer of the building trades council, said the issue was a demand for the wage level prevailing in private industry. "Even a 10 per cent increase would not have been enough to reach that level," Cousin said, "We are some 60 cents behind the scale in some locals and 40 cents behind in others. In the new city pay rate is about 30 to 60 cents an hour behind the prevailing wage for the same kind of work in private industry. This is the only issue.

Earnings Tax Cited. "We were under the impression that if the earnings tax were passed, we would get the prevailing wage rate. We used to get it. We got it for many years until Mayor Tucker came in. "We don't necessarily blame the Mayor but we do feel that city officials and the Civil Service Commission should make the necessary money available." Ames said his members also were dissatisfied with the 5 per cent pay increase recently proposed by the Civil Service Commission and enacted by the aldermen.

"However, we urged passage of the bill, with the idea of coming back later for more money, and we don't believe we are now in a position to strike against the bill," he said. Leaders Divided. Labor leaders divided sharply as to whether to accept the bill when they met in caucus shortly before passage of the measure last Friday. Ames favored supporting passage; leaden of construction unions opposed it, In a letter to all shop stewards of Local 410, Ames asked that members be advised to continue on their jobs. In the letter he explained why Local 410 was adopting this position.

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