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FOUR fRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE, IRONWOOD, MICH. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1957. The Daily Globe is an independent newspaper, supporting what It believes to be right and opposing what it believes to be wrong, regardless of party politics, and publishing the news fairly and impartially. STEEL THIS WEEK Steel production last week was at the lowest rate since the steelworkers' strike last summer, Steel magazine reported today. Operations averaged 90 per cent of capacity, equal to a yield of 2.303.500 net tons of raw steel.

One factor in the decline was Good Friday, according to the metalworking weekly. For the first time, it is a paid holiday in many steel mills. The publication said wire mill operations are among the slowest. Bad weather and sluggish auto sales have delayed the customary sales upsurge. Substantial wire imports are also a factor.

Steel companies are being" spurred to farther afield for business because of easier demand. In doing this, they are absorbing part of the delivery charges to meet competition. Business is still good, with many metalworking industries putting millions of dollars into expansion projects. By 1965, U.S. machine tool producers' capacity may be 2.5 times what it was in 1950.

A third of more than 100 companies responding to a Steel survey plan to spend about $16 million during 1957 and J958 for 854,350 square feet of new floor space. The pump and compressor industry expects to spend $25 million on new plants and equipment to meet an upsurge in orders, caused mainly by increased demand from the oil and chemical industries. General industrial sales of pumps have doubled in the last ten years and should reach a new high of $481 million" this year. The status of air and gas compressors is equally bright. Shipments stood at 8139 million in 1947, rose to S2S5 million last year and should hit $293 million in 1957.

An expansion which may affect American exports is that of the British steel industry. The United Kingdom plans to spend $1440 million in a five-year expansion program which includes new facilities. British mills hope to supply the nation's entire steel needs in five years. The publication said that future expansion plans of American auto makers may provide for automatic assembly of diecast aluminum engine blocks. Auto makers are watching with interest an experimental V-8 engine just patented by General Motors.

It is most aluminum and magnesium, give or take a few alloy steel parts. In its price coverage, Steel said that the uptrend in steel prices since last December has halted. The publication's arithmetical composite on base prices ol finished steel remained at S1S9.71 a net ton. Another upturn is due at midyear when the steeJworkers get an automatic pay boost. Headed downward in price is scrap.

Steel's price composite on steelmaking scrap in the week ended April 17 was $42.67 a gross ton, a $1.33 drop from that of the preceding The composite hasn't been this low since July, 1955. This scrap price decline is influenced by expectations of lowered operations in the industry, arrival of good weather, which makes scrap collection and shipment easier, and a strong reliance on blast furnaces for the metallic charges for open-hearth steelmaking furnaces. District ingot rates in the week ended April 21 were up one point to 90 per cent in Youngstown, 1.5 points to 62.5 in Cincinnati and 3 "points to New England and tu Detroit, They remained at 95 in the Mid- Atlantic and 95.5 in Birmingham. Operations were down S.5 points to 85 in Wheeling, five points to 92.5 in Buffalo, 1.5 points to 99.5 in St. Louis, 1 point to 101 in the Far West and 0.5 point to 89.5 in Chicago.

Revised rates from the preceding week were down two points to 93.5 in Pittsburgh and up two points to 88.5 in Cleveland. BECK'S EXPLANATION Having tried almost every other role in search of public sympathy, Teamster Boss Dave Beck now is wrapping himself in the mantle of the martyr. Beck of course concedes that he "borrowed" up to $300,000 in union funds, but doesn't say what he did with the money. He also insists he repaid it. The Senate Labor Rackets Committee isn't satisfied with the whereabouts of some $320,000 in union funds.

Beck's latest is that in refusing to tell the committee how he used the money he is the rap" for a "lot of fine people" who otherwise would be terribly embarrassed. He implies that some of the money was used for political campaign contributions, but offers no detail, naturally. There's just one thing wrong with this newest defense. No politician or any other outsider has any power over the Teamster's treasury. Beck and his fellow union officers have charge of that.

If they employ its funds in an unauthorized manner, the "rap" is theirs by rights, and belongs to no one else. Beck's shoulders are broad enough, but he'll have to find some other mantle to put around When a young girl suggests her boy friend save his money she may be the reason he's going to need it. "His" and Hers" towels arc fine, and some of the others should have "The Hotel's" on them. With today's prices, how can you save enough to take it with you, even if you could? OUR GOOD FORTUNE? By George E. Sokolsky A most interesting book, "Russia and America, Dangers and Prospects," came my way and there is a forward bv John f.

McCloy, the banker, which contains a few sentences which I would hke to discuss. McCloy wrote: "We must always remember, however, that the peoples of Asia and Africa, whether self- governing or not, have not had our good fortune. They are still struggling for minimum standards of economic development. They are still seeking fuller liberty and independence. Nevertheless, though the Indian peasant and the Iowa farmer are separated by enormous differences of conditions, objectives, needs and wants, they have a common bond: the desire for a decent life.

It may be of some value to consider whether our maximal standards of economic development are due to good fortune, to luck, or to hard work and independent thinking and to an avoidance of devastating wars which always waste the possessions of a people. For instance, the people of India have held their country much longer than Americans have held theirs. India is a land of enormous agrcultural and mineral resources. India possessed a high ilization before Columbus discovered Ameiica. Why is it that the Indian peoples on standards of life which we in this counlrv would regard as unfit for human beings am The answer is not "good fortune." That is a gambler's i of life.

Nor could it be "fate." because India has a climate suitable for agriculture and animal husbandly. It is rather that India has been beset by war throughout its history. It is so rich a land that every world conqueror sought his way toward it; yet its peoples live in abject poverty. The indigenous populations learned how to defend its boarders and although the Sikhs and Punjabi and some others a made wonderful soldiers under British training, they have not been able to stand alone. The last conquerors before the British came were Mongols and Persians who developed the Mogul empire which the British, French and Portuguese ass.nilted and took over, the British prevailing until Gandhi, influenced by Tolstoy, Thomas Jefferson and Thoreau.

liberated his people from European Imperialism. Two wars had strfficiently weakened Great Britain so that it had to give in to American anti-colonialism and accept India and Pakistan as independent countries: This may have been good or bad fortune for India but it lias had nothing to clo with "fuller liberty independence," for India is still dependent upon the west economically and India remains in danger of being conquered by Soviet Russia i still sits on the bcr Pass poised to tin eaten any force that these weak and backward peoples can send to defend their land. Thus far, there is evidence of democratic government in India. To say that the Indian peasant and the Iowa farmer have a common bond is to exaggerate the significance of the Marxian dogma that a human being is conditioned bv the tools lie uses to earn a living. The Iowa farmer is a capitalistic proprietor who owns his land and his tools and who possesses the economic means to avoid dependence and the political means to choose his own government.

The Indian peasant is likelv not to own the land he works and his tools are so primitive as to hamper production, lie suffers from a i and therefore dependent not oulv upon his government but upon others ioi his meagre food which the Iowa f.irmei regard as below subsistence level. The comparisons in these sentences a one shocked thcii a i but thev me likely to h.ut- had a considerable i upon the foreign policies- of this oountrv which having exposed the weaknesses of Europe have not produced a compensating strength in the United States. McClov says: "It is natural for to sympathize with peoples who a achieved or are striving to achieve effective control of their own political destinies. This does not mean that we can go about giving gratuitous and often resented advice. It docs mean that we can do far more, directly and through the United Nations, to help the ambitious peoples of Asia to acquire from the free world those bodies of a i i trative, technical and economic experience which will help them in making their independence stron gaud genuine.

A sounder doctrine could be that God helps those who help themselves. Ironwood Daily Globe Published except Sundaya by Globe Publishing Company. E. MeLeod Ironwood, Michigan. (Ironwood News-Record ocgajred April 18.

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Bureau of AdvertiiinK. Michigan Prcsn Audit Bureau ot Circulations. Subscription ratu: a within rartun of no trr 90- six nnc $1 No a i ft 10 lo anon a i i "ne month 51 A i a a A i )n earutr, jesr a a 7 week, 34 In the Spring Before Elections, Thoughts Lightly Turn NEA Service, Good Place to Work, Live (Third of four articles dealing with plant location in Michigan based on four reports just published by the University of Michigan's School of Business Administration.) By JERRY GREEN ANN ARBOR industrialized Michigan ranks high among the states as a good place to work and a good place for new plants to settle. This opinion is based on the third of plant location by the Michigan Executive Study Group and published by the University of Michigan's School of Business Administration. The report, "Labor As A Factor in Plant Location in Michigan," is the result of research by Michigan business executives and university faculty members.

It was written by Edward D. Wickersham of the School of Commerce at the University of Detroit. The report says that weekly gross earnings of Detroit area manufacturing workers is the highest in the United States. Based on 1955 figures, these De- troiters earned $97.64 weekly, S21 higher than the national average. "Over 40 per cent of Michigan's labor force is employed in manufacturing industry, as compared to a national average of about 25 per cent," the ii'port says.

fbr other Michigan cities, also are highei than comparable locations across the- country. The explains the jcasons foi this. "The relatively high hourly Cciimnns cind average weekly fat Rings in Michigan communities are partially due to overtime Drcrniums. the preponderance of higher-paying durable goods manufacturing industries and perhaps a higher proportion of skilled em- ployes in Michigan because of management desire for higher quality products." The report inspection and safety regulations are moderate. Hours legislation is limited to the protection of women and chil- "There is no minimum, wage law.

-d -ft "The new Fair Employment Practices Act is beins administered fairly with an understanding of problems. "The Labor-Management Relations Act aocs not seriously interfere with management's prerogatives." In no other state, the report continued, is there as high a percentage of home ownership among workers as in Michigan. "The Michigan figure of 67.5 per cent of home ownership compares favorably with the national average of 55 per cent." Michigan also has a higher education level among workers than most states. The report says 21.9 per cent of Michigan residents over 25 years old had completed high school as of 1950. The national average was 20.3 per cent.

"Michigan's labor force is well educated and the school system is continuing to supply an adequate number of vocational education graduates," the study observes. It says the characteristics of labor are attractive to new industry in Michigan. it In most areas, there is a good supply of workers within a "reasonable commuting distance." A reasonable commuting distance is defined as a 35-mile radius, although in many cases 90 per cent of the labor force lives within 20 miles of the plant. Michigan's labor force is stable, the report states. The "quit rate" in the state compares favorably with the national average for all industry.

"Strike activity in Michigan has been grossly exaggerated," the report says. "During 1952 and 1954, Michigan's strike record was very close to the national average and compares favorably with oth- er states having a high degree of unionization." tr Michigan has 1,062,000 union members, according to the study. It says this figure represents more than 40 per cent of non-farm em- i ployment in the state. In summary, the report says: "Available information on wage rates, work stoppages and em- ploye stability indicates that industry should seriously consider locatiag new plants in Micmgan. As a highly industrial state, Michigan today offers a supply of experienced factory labor not available in areas which may temporarily boast low wages.

The future of Michigan industrial employment is largely dependent upon the 'reputation' which Michigan labor gains with Michigan industry and the dissemination of this reputation by Michigan employ- The Doctor Says DR JORDAhl YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH I It is more fun to write about warts than any other medical subject. They do not constitute a threat to life, but are extremely common and surrounded by an aura of mystery which makes them as interesting as a detective story. Warts are probably caused by a virus which is a tiny living organism too small to see under the ordinary microscope. They are probably spread--at least sometimes --from one part of the anatomy to another and possibly are mildly contagious. On the latter subject, for example, an outbreak of warts was reported among 58 girls in an orphanage.

About a fourth of them developed warts over an 18-month period. Most acquired the warts after going to live in the orphanage. The most puzzling-and intriguing feature of warts, however, relates to their cure. Most, if not all medical methods of treatment, such as the injection of bismuth, the injection local anesthetic. X-rays or a diathermy needle all generally bring about disappearance of the warts.

Why they do is unknown. However, reports in medical journals, as well as elsewhere, indicate warts can be made to disappear by "charming" them away. There are any number of ways by which this can be done apparently, including the method employed by Huckleberry Finn. Among these methods are im- So They Say Billy (Graham) came up and before we had food, he said -what do you call it, the thing they say before the food--grace, yeah, grace. Then we talked a lot about Christianity and stuff.

--Ex-convict a former Los Angeles gambling czar Mickey Cohen on his religious talks with the evangelist in New York. Education without freedom is no education at all. It is simply indoctrination or propaganda. --Dr. Milton S.

Eisenhower, president of John Hopkins University. Record of the Past 10 YEARS AGO-- The board of trustees of Grand View hospital announced this afternoon the appointment of Joseph Dascola of Iron River, as business manager to succeed Joseph A. Blaha. of a traffic officer for Iron county is scheduled to be made when the county highway committee meets Friday afternoon at the courthouse. The position, for which about 20 applications have been made, has been vacant since February.

and directors of the newly organized Ironwood Lions club were elected at a meeting held Monday at the St. James hotel. The meeting was conducted by Harlow Moore, who was named president at an earlier meeting. Ironwood Council of Parents and Teachers met Monday evening at Central school when election of officers held and Mrs. Bernard E.

Larson elected president, succeeding Mrs. Thomas McRae. in the team and doubles divisions were ousted and other scattered assaults were successful in overhauling the makeup of the singles and all- events during the weekend in the Upper Peninsula Bowling association tournament at Wakefield. 20 YEARS AGO-- The i intercollegiate boxing tournament ever held in the Wisconsin state teachers college conference will be held in the Superior State Teachers college gymnasium Friday and Saturday nights. of the American Revolution heard the mersion of Uie infected part jn skunk water, or the burying half a bean svith a dash of wart blood on it bv the dark of the moon at a crossroad.

This appears to be Mississippi method. In burying is supposed to take place in the full moonlight. Another method of charming warts is to transfer them to some other perbon. an animal or an inanimate object. This may be a lump of raw beet steak buried under a full moon, a small stone or such living beings as a slug or a toad.

I presume that warts may be successfully disposed of by wishing them onto an enemy, though I cannot guarantee this method. It is said, however, that a wart may disappear after being bought and paid for by a friend, who then presumably develops a wart himself. To do this one would need some pretty good friends. This sounds Ike silly talk, indeed, and I have no good explanation. Furthermore, it is hard to understand how a disorder probably caused by a virus could possibly respond to charming.

Nevertheless, distinguished medical men who would be expectqd to be extremely dubious of such treatments have on many occasions corroborated the fact that warts often disappear following suggestion or hypnotic methods. Personally, I do riot doubt that this happens, but wish I knaw why. a r-Labor and Communist parties linked today in an address by Mrs. Vinton Sisson of Chicago, national defense chairman. hundred persons attended the Luther League get-to-gether at Wicq clubhouse last night visiting members presented program.

Fire Chief Erwm Cormier today announced that two new fire alarm boxes have been installed in the city. About two hundred people viewed the opening matches of WPA table tennis tournament held at the Ironwood Memorial building Wednesday night. A Daily Thought Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. --Job 29:12. An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above M.

Child. LAST TIMES TONIGHT at 6:45 and 9:00 Daily Globe classifieds got results LAST 3 DAYS! Eves. 6:45 9:00 JOHN UIANA MINEO SAXON PATTEN A fKTUSt ADDED! CARTOON NFWS PARADE Current Rate Consistent, systematic saving ihis institu- tion now, can mean a world of enjoyment for you and your family in the yean to come. A I A A I A I Home Office Hancock, Michigan Local Representatives: A. W.

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