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.V THI WIM S WIATHlt High Low - M M •3 m JM .»»«*»> - t4 (§5 .It _ ajkja 'la i T * a^A ftNity ;*miirr\ £ #i *•• •-1I imchtt of rmia dttrt*f A«««^t. THE GOUVfRNElJR TRIBUNE-PRESS PHONES I 77 4 I 78 — P. Ov«6X 241 MASON sum The Congressman ^Stands Firm S the front page of this edi- tion is reproduced a letter ad- dressed to Congressman Clarence E Kijburn trorn James B Carey, president of the International Union of Klectncal, Radio and Machine \Work- efs, A F of L.- C.I.O., together ivith a copy of Mr. K i 1 b u r n's reply. If an indus- trial leader ad- dressed such -. a letter _as -Mr. Carey's to any member of Congress or any other * legislative body anywhere in the United States, he would be de- nounced editorially ^nd from pul- pit to doorstep, from one end of the country to the other—not only for his arrogance but for his at- tempt to threaten and intimidate a legislator, a part of the demo- cratic process. Indeed, considering the stature and reputation of the labor move- ment in this country — only a small portion of which is respon- sible for the labor legislation now before the Congress—it U^urpris- ing. to say the least, that a man of Mr Carey's position would sign his name to such a document. It does great injustice to the labor movement itself—in fact, it docs real harm to men and a cause which have contributed much of our society, to what Are like to call \the AmericarM*By of life.\ ^^^ Far from Injuring Mr. Kilburn, the Carey leUef and the Congress- man's cfcufacteristically forthright reply to it are certain to increase ^^-fhe very considerable respect and esteem which this able member of Congress already enjoys among his constituents. As for the legislation itself, it's worth remembering that the Wagner Act and other so-called • social or reform legislation passed by the Congress to eliminate un- fair taSv practices on the part of management, came into being not because all businessmen treated unfairly the people trK# femploy- ed; but because the injustices perpetrated by a comparative few of the nations employers were so bad that corrective legislation was required. -__ Superintendent Gives Plans For School Opening; Evaluates Last Ten Years In 1954 after having been su- perintendent for five years, I was asked by the editor of ihe Tribune -Preaa to write an article giving by impressions of the school sys- tem \After Five Year's.\ Now, in 1959, perhaps by coincidence after another five years of working for you, I have been asked to report to you again. ^ As of now, all positions are filled on the staff although just this morning we had a call from one of the regular teachers whose health prevents her from returning to her assignment for at least two months). Several positions were filled the last couple weeks -some uncertified teachers who will com- plete their certification as soon as possible. . There are four new positions In the junior high school and one in the elementary to take care of rapidly increasing enrollments Three of these additional classes will be housed in the Baptist chure^. • Of the 34 new teachers hired, 16 are elementary and 18 are secondary; 20 are beginning teachers and 14 are experienced - though, of thvse, five are returning to teaching after several years out of the field. . Never in the past two years have we had such difficulty find- ing teachers, especially \n the high school area This is due\partly to our salary schedule which has a- starting step at least SSOO^beiow the average beginning, -teacher s salary and partly to the lack «f j competitive attractiveness of thel North Country with down-state | cwnrmmities. especially as far as ; >eurtg teachers are concerned j The senior high school schedule ' is being lengthened from seven to ! eight periods this year. With more j and more pupils carrying five or more subjects plus pnysical educa- tion, and more taking science, which involves laboratory periods, many pupils were left with too few study periods. Also, there are many of the better pupils who need and want special advanced «nd enrichment courses but had no time for them under the 7-per- iod schedule. Now there can be given semin- ars in science, mathematics, En- glish and citizenship education. This service will be a great help to the college-bound pupils and the extra period will give more time for additional-* classes or study periods for al! the rest of the pu- pils. To obtain the eighth period, a few minutes have been taken from each of the former seven periods and lfvminutes added to the length of the day. The high school day will start before and close after the village elementary day. Gains and Lose* There have been many gains and in some instances no progress at all since 1954 and 1949. One fact seems quite evident and I be- lieve augers well for the improve- ment of our school system; namely more people are becoming-fnore concerned about our ^country's welfare, the condition of education generally and education in Gou- verneur in particular. ^Concerned parents and taxpay- ers who will take time (and it takes an awful lot of time) to find out what up-to-date practices in education are all about can be a v great help to the cause of good education Unless the people do ta)if the time to learn all about to- >Xed ses\i to be as\ inconsistent and ineffec- tive land even harmful to educa- See iMASOX—Page 4 Northern New York's Greatest Weekly GOUVERNEUR. NEW YORK. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1959 United Fund Receives $675 More for Expenses Of Preliminary Survey •chool ayatofn, a TrtflMa* vtait ov ecfcaoai, I are taawed, street* are C/ommiiBity Flayers McPfeeraoa 16 PAGES, 2 SECTIONS ***** Price Tan Cants An additional $675 has been re- ceived by the United Fund toward preliminary expenses. Treasurer Walter M Wilmshurst, Canton, announced today Donors are: John W. Rouse Foundation, Gouverneur. $100; New York Telephone Company, $75; and Niagara-Mohawk Power Corporation, $500. Nearly $5,000 has been sub- scribed by industries and individ- uals in Gouverneur. Canton, Mas- | sena, Ogdensburg and Potsdam for expenses of the initial study to de- termine need for and interest in a county-wide, once-a-year United Fund campaign, and for prelimin- ary expenses of the 1959-1960 which will be launched day\educational program, its pur- poses\nd procedures, they're apt Chairmen Announced For Hospital Drive Division chairmen, for the annual funds drive of the Edward John I Noble .hospital were announced [ this wtfek by Norton W. Taylor. i^eneral chairman, and Donald j Foster, assistant chairma**. j Heading the special gifts di- i vision will be Earl E. Laidlaw, who i will be assisted by Howard Lech- ler; industry; Charles Cooke. law- jyers; Frederic E. Price, clergy; j William Blance. professional men and Merton L. VanSant. faculty members. ; Ora M. Wright will be in charge of the drive for clubs and organ- izations; Ralph H. Skillings, bus- iness and Harold Con way, area ; business. \ The drive started the first of , September. Similarly; the labor legislation (Continued on Page 6) Community Antenna To Show First Picture At Preview Sept. 10th Community Antenna Inc. plan to show thoir initial pictures over the new cable system this month Special invitations have been is- sued to the mayor. Ashton E. Lis- cum the villapp engineer. Glenn Miller; the village attornev^ £d- ward H. Case and the members of the board of trustees. Iceland Parker. Nelson Winters, Roy De Jounian and Charles Gas* to see a preview of these pictures on Sep- tember 10th. at 7 30 p.m. at the offices of the corpora tioiv 123 Main street. Also invited are the officials and the members of the board of trustees from the ^village of Pots- dam, who are. at present, consider- ing the installation of this same type system in that village Those invited are John Van Ness, ma- >or; Donald J Mousaw. clerk; Thomas J. Pernn. village attor- pey and Kmneth MeGowan. Ho- ward Jebo Bernard J. Lenney and Gerald Bradshaw. members of the board of trustees. Gordon McPherson Advertising Head Of Kinney Stores Gordon J. McPherson, former managing editor of the Gouver- neur Tribune-Press and recently connected with the Ralston Purina company, on Friday will assume the position of advertising mana- ger <4r the Kinney Drug stores. Al present the company has eleven stores in the St. Lawrence Valley area and expects to open another store in the new shopping center in W T atertown this fall. —Mr. MiPhriMHi and his wife. County United Fund Twelve of 17 companies, employ- ing upwards of 150 employees each, are. actively supporting the St Lawrence County United Fund organization. Karl Pingrey speak- ing for the industrial committee said today. \It is important that there has been no refusal by any irm to date. A meeting with the the former Miss Janet-4£aroe of Gouverneur, and their children. John Angus, Carol and Joyce, will return from St Louis to occupy their home at 25 Barnes street. Born In Watertown. December 25. 1920, the son of Mrs. Ethel Mc- Pherson of 25 Barnes street and the late John McPherson. Mr. McPherson graduated from Gouv- erneur High school and joined the staff of the Tribune-Press as assistant to Managing Editor Charles D. Bonsted in 1940. In 1942 he became managing editor. Jtie served for 18 months in the army in India and in 1945 re- turned to the Tribune-Press as advertising manager, a position he held for seven years. In 1953 he became advertising consultant for dealers of the Ral- ston Purina^company in New York state as a member of Punna's ad- vertising agency, the Gardner Ad- vertising company of St Louis. Mo. And New York city. In 1954 he joined the Ralston Punna com- pany's advertising company in St. Louis where he specialized in creating newspaper advertising materials for Punna dealers throughout the United States. Eastern Canada, the Caribbean. Mexico, Central America and Co- lumbia and Venezuela, South America. Community Flayers Schedule Try-Outs for BdlrBook and Candle Gouverneur Community x Players will begin its 5th season by pre- senting \Bell. Book and Candle\ on October 22 and 24. \ Tryouts for parts will be he»i at the West Side school Wednes- | day and Friday, September 9 and f remaining five firms not reporting I 11 at 8 p.m. On the casting committee will be Mrs. Nelson B. Winters. Mrs. Nyles D. Crowner. and Mrs. Ever- j ett Morlev. Mrs. Winters who will • direct the play, plans to start re- liearsals as soon as possible. \Bell Book and Candle\ written ; by John Van Druten. opened 11950 and had a long run at the 'Ethel Barrymore theater in New : York city. j Two women and three men are ! neeed to make up the cast. Anyone interested is urged to try out. Kilburn Replies To Carey •'•* V* . J,\ INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL, RADIO MACHINE WORKERS >Xt\eUl IVE 3-6094 ' • \ . \ ;• 1126 SI X H I NT H b T R El T N Vi.. W A § H I N G T 0 N $, D C. August 18, 1959 i Congressman Only you know, in the privacy of your own\ conscience, ^ J-'anuf 01 . u J v i yo hdirie r ui <jui.it Commerce end xs perhaps even greater. y yielded to the he National Association of of Jb-ji tie, it the JonG ion, in individual rrove to f I Educator from Trinidad To Visit North Country . Sydney Joseph Dedier of Trini- t dad. a participant in the Foreign j Leaders program of the Interna- tional Educational Exchange Ser- j vice of the United States Depart - i ment of State, will visit northern I New York the week of Septem- ber 6. Mr. Dedier is head teacher at the Santa Cruz Roman Catholic school, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Teacher* Union, pres- ident of the Caribbean Union of Teachers and first vice-president of the Trinidad and Tobago Na- tional Trade Uni*n Congress. He has been in the United States since July 25 and will tour this country until September 22 Mr. DedieK will be met at Ma&sena airport Sunday. Septem- to xjate will be made during toe^ coming week.\ _ • + *x The United Fund drive is sched-* uled toX art October 1. George T Cotter is \he chairman for the Gouverneur^rea. \More than\$5.000 has been con- tributed by rt^justrial, business in ] *nd service leader^ to aid the for- mulation of the federated fund\ Mr. Pingrry further Stated every- thing that business, industry and employee groups can do to further irnprove the financial picture of the charitable agencies is being lone It appears to the committee hat a very successful United Fund campaign will be supported fay companies and the unions. It is now up to the charitable agencies to affiliatn The twelve companies reporting favorably represented approximat- ely 3.500 employees This report does not cover the many firms and other employee group* under 150 that have shown considerable in- terest in establishing a payroll de- duction plan. The firms reporting that they will cooperate in the payroll de- duction plan include Diamond-Gardner Co, General Motors. Inc., Gpr>rgp Hall Corp. International Talc Co. Nekr>ose Edwards Paper Co., Newell Man- ufacturing Co., New York Telephone Co. Niagara Power Corp. flr\-nQkt^Metal Co. St. Lawrence State' Hospital. St. Lawrence Paper Co., and Standard You should lealize now, if you did not during the htat this vindictive assaul* on the labor movement will, in your constituents ths\ you are~less interest^ \- ilghts and democracy than .n property rights and tht. v /,•••*'\* : concentration oi powej In the hands of big t-usiness/ __•_ . ; : ^J.-\''* ; -.—. You may believe that you are safe in such action btcautt organired labor is relatively weak in your District, and cannot call you to-account for the damage you have sought to do to it.- You Way bt xi9ht at -the moment. • . ••• • -. •-•;•**• <.- c~. <% v< -v : - • ' - • •-•-••• -•:•.•.' •..-,.. :. . •••,~\ * ,>*>^^^ : ^ 5\ ^ V v;e r wisK %o \assure\ you t however, that we tha 11 3d *»ll our power to prove to the working men and women in your District that you have cist your lot against them and they should thtrtfort 1 appropriate- action at the ballot box. in A . s ,. ilu 1746 af1-cio An indignant Congressman Kilburn lashed b«ck within the week at James IB. Carey, president of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. \ . VOLl YTTER > S ber 6. by Mr and Mrs. Mason R i Shade Pvoiler Co. Smith and will be their guest at th<> Smith camp at Lake Ozofaa See— EDUCATION-- Page 6 Plan for Attracting New Area Industry Will Be Aired Here A concrete plan of ACtiow for Gouvprneur and other North country towns in^re***^ in ac- quiring new industry will be pre- sented at a nv*»nn£ of the indus- fna! department meeting of the St Lawrence Valley association of Chambers of Commerce at noon Saturda>. Sept 12 at the Elks cluh The plan w:Il be outlined by pr***dert of the S* ijjuTence Va!ie> a*sociat>or. who has re- cently conducted a «urv^y of m- dustna 1 po«»ib;1)f)es ft the area Ma>\\-r» itypcrN iton iora! offi- cials and feianne«s ±nd CTMC lead- er* from ma?«v nor*herr. commun- it»e5 i are expected »o he*r The ^• n - e\er> rity *nd village in the north t coun f ry *ertatrv*e» of the s'aV «ie- I of oomrnerce «vt\i$fna) departrr+nts of rs;rn»<ii Tw% have be»er irtMtp^} to present to participate m the following Mr Fosters In a letter dated August 16 Carey had written Congressman CUr- •nce E. Kilburn asking if he had \care- fully considered the possible conse- quences of the Landrum-Griffin bill\ when he voted for it August 13, saying \if you did, and realixe that it is a puni- tive, repressive measure intended *o weaken all labor unions, and thereby all working #nen and women, you have much to arvrwer for. If you did not, end merely yielded to the pressures of the \Chamber of Commerce and the Nation- I Association of Manufacturers, your guilt is perhaps even greater.\ Mr. Carey concluded his letter with \We wish to assure yoti, however, that we * shall do «ll in our power to prove^r the working men and women of 'your District that you h«ve cast your lot •gainst them, and they should therefore take appropriate action ^f the baflot Ibox.\ ^Ar. Kiibum's response was definite. After stating that no one W\d influenced « !his vote on the bifl he declared, \Your \ feHer was simply a threat. If I don't do what you say you will lick me at the spoils . . . Well, Mr. Carey, I am a free American citizen, #nd \ vote for the good of my counfry. A thread from you or anyone else is not going to change thet. M Reproductions of the two Utters, tent to the Tribune-Press by Mr. KiU bvrn, *pp+*r *t the right of this column. Very truly yours, *-' \Wv--^ 112* tixtM» • :**.:-/ \ •iJwiitr • • <:./• r?.^..&*^ • It do— m ten I v«t«d for it, &^J*S4&S - v Ji IOMT 'littor «M mod I r«t# f *r CJ* good ft/ of U MC solo* t# 1. lUbum/lt. C« Businessc hok) itj A tunch*ot\ •ill be i*r\*d a* the mptt::^ fc> an Elks ddb cocr-rr-'- tee DH1DCVD IL4Tf^ Anticipated dn*><i«*ls or «v mn and income tfvare* werr ir ciemjs^d from 3 peT cer* to 3S pe: rtromat Paris Strwt S^vxember 9th. *ccordinc to Oorg^ CoucVr cm-ner In the mr*ntia» the laundromat •ill he r^ of>«i for busmnc tnd pa Ton* ma> %-j »•* rt On rrm^d opening da> e%- p, w y^oaie • wvicuirie to cnrrti jBQ_and vlert tKe Contracts Awarded tr- The GLF tiw and the contract for N© 4 coal bread and 6 mi to Sears fuel oil for u* m *Se Gowr- It ^^ p^y^^ tt Monday % T O«tr%l thi* the mating *oric or the \rtx* erf The and Lo+r. The tit July 31 p.:d to tt con>> x and her laundry free of charge Mr \/t*™ the board a^ vottd «-a$ mmde 19W and * or of to corstjm* tha* CTX>T the •KIT oi Cy-r\ -Cr^nh > had *+*r. m*cV %o thar the «ir^rar? v furr»h milk WS u nrm- frwe from odor me?»* for • t» op^r a rrpairt and to .r^ ind befor* schooi P*pe* ^o uid Hi be prwer.? rate rf^r ! oil b*S contract for No 2 cm
