European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 16, 1958 the stars and stripes Page 5 employer says Union Boycott Cost millions Washington up an Ohio manufacturer says a terrifying jurisdictional Battle Between two rival Al Cio unions has Cost his company $3 to $4 million Over the last few years. But an official of one of the unions replied that the manufacturer has enjoyed a tremendous competitive advantage in the ventilating equipment Field because of substandard wages he has paid to his employees. F. C. Sawyer executive vice president of the Burt manufacturing co., of Akron Ohio told the Senate rackets committee about the jurisdictional dispute Between the Al Cio steelworkers which has represented Burt workers since 1945, and the Al Cio Sheet Metal workers Union. Boycott claimed he said the Sheet Metal workers Union has conducted a nationwide Boycott against his company. He said the Union s Campaign of harassment has coerced or intimidated contractors and architects into a refusal to use Burt products. It is terrifying to me to think he said that in this country an employer can be so intimidated Bya Union that he will enter into a written agreement not to use product which he thinks is Best adapted for his  the committee is conducting hearings to determine if new legislation is necessary to Deal wit secondary Boycotts in which a Union takes action against a com Pany not directly involved in a labor dispute. Sawyer gave the committee what he called hundreds or perhaps even thousands of instances i which somebody in the Sheet Metal construction Field was harassed or intimidated concerning our pro  cites co the estimated the Cost to his company at from "$3 to $4 million in the last few  Sawyer told the committee that steelworkers president David  filed a complaint with Al Cio president George mean about the Boycott. But he said it appeared that the Al Cio was unwilling to solve our problem or is incapable of reaching a  Sawyer s testimony was challenged by William Frost business manager of Akron Sheet metalworkers Union local 70. Frost told the committee tha Burt employees got $2.10 an hour while workers in Metal fabricating shops represented by his Union received $3.54 an hour. It is apparent that Burt enjoys tremendous competitive advantage because of its wage rates Over Union shops manufacturing or fabricating a similar line of Sheet Metal products Frost said. Student anglers win Richmond a. A Testate game commission has voted to open the Trout season april 18a saturday. Education officials had complained too Many school Pupil were playing hookey under the old system of weekday openings. . Research costs soar to $3.7 billion they made it to the top three California climbers first to scale the Al most sheer 3,604-foot face of Al Capitan in Yosemite National Park pause after returning to the Canyon floor. Left to right Warren Harding 34, of West Sacramento George Whitmore 27, of Fresno Wayne merry 27, of Calistoga. A old Reb Williams enjoys cake Cigar on 116th birthday Houston up old Reb Walter Williams enjoyed some fid dle music took a puff off a big Cigar and nibbled on a huge birth Day cake to celebrate the 116th anniversary of his birth. Williams and another Confederate John sailing 112, of slant va., Are the Only two living veterans of the civil War. Williams has been bedridden for the past year. The old vet s daughter mrs. Wil lie Mae Bowles with whom Wil Liams lives said her father Only had a Token party for his birthday because of his failing health. Williams who was a forage  mess sergeant with Gen j. B. Hood s brigade is almost totally Blind and nearly deaf. Official whatsit spotted off . Salisbury mass. Up a whatsit Rose up out of the Ocean about 200 Yards off the coast an had a crowd of 40 persons including several policemen gawking for nearly an hour. Exactly what the whatsit was remained Uncertain but the consensus indicated it May have Beena whale. One officer wrote on the official report spotted a wha Sisoff the  corrected local confusion Standard time system 75 years old tuesday Washington up tuesday is the 75th anniversary of the birth of Standard time. Prior to this event on nov. 18, 1883, a traveler who crossed the country by train had to change his watch about 20 times. Wisconsin is reported to have had 38 different time zones and Michigan an Illinois 27 each. In those Days the nation operated on a series of local times called Sun  under this system the time observed was based on the moment the unreached its highest Point above some agreed upon landmark. That police Chase Down drowned Ensign Phenix City Ala. Up a Man arrested wednesday night after a wild Chase through City streets has been tentatively identified Asa 23-year-old Navy skin diver feared drowned last weekend. Police chief Pat h. Mihelic tentatively identified him As Ensign Donald l. Sterling of Flint mich.,stationed at Saufley Field fla., an auxiliary of the Pensacola Fla naval air station. Mihelic said the suspect was arrested shortly before Midnight wednesday after he drove off froma Gas station a Ojile an attendant was still filling the tank. The attendant gave Chase in his own car until a police Cruiser took Over. Sterling has been missing since sunday when his car was found on Pensacola Bay. Nightmarish fire bewilder father fort Wayne ind. A it s hard to say where we re going from  that was 34-year-old George Gammons talking from his Hospital bed trying to pick up what was left of his life after a horrifying fire that killed seven of his eight children. Nobody was to blame he said of the Blaze that swept through the family s six room Home. Gammons and his wife Audrey 31, escaped after pitching their 4-year-old daughter Connie to safety through a window. The next few moments were terrible Nightmare As the truck Driver tried desperately to Rouse five children sleeping in another  i could think of was getting in and getting the kids out he said while trying to stifle his tears. But the flames and smoke were too much and the five youngsters died in their Beds along with two others left lying in their cribs in the parents bed room. The parents suffered Burns. Firemen said the inferno was touched off by defective Heater. Two separate fund drives gained rapid momentum Here As residents moved quickly to help the stricken family. Offers of Money food clothing and furniture poured in. The Little girl played silently with a doll Given her by a nurse. Nobody knew if the 4-year-old realize just what happened to her four Brothers and three Sisters. Instant wus fixed As High  generally operated on the time observed in their head quarters cities or in some other major cities along their lines. Con fusion for travellers was rampant and rail line officials decided Todo something about it. System evolve Starling in May 1872, they held a series of meetings in St. Louis which eventually evolved the sys tem of Standard time. The leading spirit behind the idea according to the Assn. Of american rail roads was William f. Allen a Railroad expert who promoted the idea of dividing the country into four time zones based on Sun Tim eat the 75th, 90th, 105th and 120th meridians West of Greenwich. This was the basis for Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific time zones. Even though Standard time came into general use on railroads in1883, it was not. Accepted by Many localities until much later an official Sanction did not come until March 19, 1918, during world War i when Congress passed the Standard time act. Many persons argued that Sun time was nature slime and anything different would be unnatural. The four Noons now observed Inthis country Are no longer based on the Sun. They Are computed from the moment certain stars pass a Fine hairline in a Telescope every night at the naval Observatory Here. Estimates for 1959 top fiscal 1958 s by poo million Washington up the government plans to spend $300 Mil lion More on research and develop ment in the current fiscal year than it. Did in 1958, the National science foundation has  said the government spent about $3.4 billion in fiscal 1058. It said this figure was expected to jump to about $3.7 billion in fiscal1959. The estimate were contained Ina publication put out. Annually by the foundation shortly before the president presents his budget to Congress. In fiscal 1958, he department of defense and the atomic Energy commission ate up 83 per cent of All Federal expenditures on re search and development. Agencies listed they were the department of health education and welfare the agriculture department the National advisory committee for aeronautics the department of the Interior the National science foundation and the department of Commerce. Every Agency except the department of health education an welfare whose 1959 obligations will remain at almost the 1958 level plans to obligate More fund for conduct of research and developments in fiscal year 1959 thanin 1958," the foundation said. It said the National advisory committee for aeronautics obligated funds amounting to More than $100 million in 1958. 05% into development the newly created National aeronautics and space administration which will absorb the Naca and its research and development budget is expected to spend about11 per cent More in 1959. Nasa will be responsible for re search and development on Aero nautical engineering design plus investigations concerned wit space technology. Almost g5 cents out of every such Dollar went into development in fiscal 1958. Another 35 cents was allocated to research both applied and Basic. Of the $1,04g,000.000 allocated for Basic and applied research the foundation said 64 per cent went into the physical sciences including engineering 32 per cent into the life sciences and 4 per cent into the social sciences. Private Eye gets a Cas Ventura Calif. A while a private Eye named James peek was looking elsewhere someone pried open his parked car an stole $300 Worth of clothing. Peek of los. Altos Calif., said he was in a Ventura night club when the theft occurred. Camel Cigar ets Camel returns from exile Winston Salem . Up the makers of Camel cig rots have decided the smoking Public prefers the same old Camel on the pack. A few weeks ago b. J. Rey nolds tobacco co. Began putting1 camels in a new pack with som minor changes in design. It put the new pack on the Market feel ing that the slight changes would be noticed by Only a few buyer Sand that it would pass without conscious notice of the change by most. It did not work that . Rey nolds said the changes Drew immediate response. Objecting to any change in the familiar  the old design had been in use for 45 years. So the new design is to be Dis carded. Instead of the old those new Camel packages Are Des tined to become collectors items