Hershey News 1959-01-29

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 7
„ HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JANUARY 29, 1959 No. 5
WITH THE BASSINET SET AT HERSHEY HOSPITAL—Mrs. Ruth Kreiser, R.N.,
is shown among her young charges in the new Nursery at Hershey Hospital. The
Nursery and Formula Room are located just off the main hallway on the second
floor, and three viewing windows facing the hallway allow parents and visitors tO
.see the babies at their convenience.
New bassinets, allowing for the care of the individual baby, have been pur-chased
and put into use. The bassinets are of clear plastic which also affords easier
visibility for parents and friends as they "visit" with the infants through the "pic-ture
windows.
Hospital Administrator Welch England, in announcing the new facilities, said:
"We are pleased to announce that the Nursery, Formula Room and Labor Rooms
which have been in the process of renovation within the past few weeks' are now
corn lete and i use.
cIuded the purchase and installation of a new infant formula ster-ilizer.
(Photo on Page 4.) This unit permits the complete sterilization of all infant
formulas without the hazard of contamination. The sterilizer is equipped with a
cycle control so that the complete sterilizing process is automatic, thus insuring
greater safety with formulas."
The Nursery is an important facility; a total of 554 babies were born in Hershey
Hospital during 1958.
Court To Decide Disposition
Of "Checked-Off" Dues Fund
Long-awaited court action argument, the National Labor
has finally been started to de- Relations Board finally on
termine which of two con-tending
unions — Bakery and
Confectionery Workers of
America or Local 464, Ameri-can
Bakery and Confectionery
Workers (AFL-CIO) — is en-titled
, to union dues checked
off by Hershey Chocolate Cor-poration
from January, 1958,
to October, 1958, in the
amount of approximately
$63,000.
The problem arose in De-cember,
1957, when BCW was
expelled from AFL-CIO, and
Local 464 disaffiliated from
BCW and accepted a charter
of a new International (ABC)
formed by AFL-CIO. Hershey
Chocolate Corporation re-ceived
notices from both
unions claiming that they
were entitled to recognition as
the bargaining agent and di-recting
that the dues be paid
to them.
Confronted by these con-flicting
demands, the com-pany
filed a petition with the
National Labor Relations
Board, asking it to resolve the
dispute.
Following a hearing before
atrial examiner, the filing of
briefs and the submission Of
September 18, 1958, issued an
order directing that an elec-tion
be held to determine
which union should represent
the employees. At the election,
the employees voted for ABC.
The Board held, however,
that the existing labor con-tract
would not be binding on
ABC. The company and ABC
then entered into an agree-ment
covering the provisions
of the previous contract for
the balance of the term of the
agreement. The Board did not
decide which union was en-titled
to the dues money •pre-viously
checked off.
When the company was
confronted with conflicting
demands by the two unions in
December, 1957, counsel for
the company notified - the at-torneys
for both unions that
the company could not assume
the responsibility of paying
the funds to either union until
there was a court decision as
to which one is entitled
thereto. The attorneys ' for
both unions, recognizing the
company's dilemma, agreed to
the withholding of payment
and the depositing of the eOl-
I
lections in a special fund until
there should be a legal deter-mination
of the matter.'
In order to obtain the earli-est
Possible court decision, the
attorneys for the company
and the two unions agreed
that a suit should be brought
in Philadelphia County. This
.suit was instituted on Decem-ber
18, 1958, and the company
promptly filed a petition with
the court, setting forth its po-sition.
The court absolved the
company from all liability ex-cept
to pay out the fund in ac-cordance
with the ultimate
decision of the court.
The case has now become a
legal battle between Local 464
ABC and the BCW. The fund
involves only dues checked off
before ABC was certified as
the bargaining agent. All dues
checked • off subsequent to
that time are being paid to
ABC. •
It is being anticipated that
because of the vigorous de-mands'of
both-unions to claim
the fund, the litigation may
take considerable time. In the
meantime, the court has.auth-orized
the company to main-tain
.this balance in a specisl
interest-bearing fund until a
final decision is reached.
What Makes America Great
What is it that makes America great? What is it
;that has caused this nation of 175,000,000 people, a
small fraction of the world's population, to become the
most powerful this earth has ever known?
Does this nation's greatness lie in its religious
freedoms? Yes, to a great degree it does. Our freedom
to worship God in the manner which we choose is a
vitally important heritage. In fact most of the early
colonization of this country was done by persons seek-ing
this freedom. Certainly this is one of the reasons
America is great.
Does our country's greatness stem from our system
of government? Yes, again. The system of checks and
balances devised by the framers of our Constitution has
never been equaled. Under this system there can never
be a dictator, an all-powerful king, or military rule. Our
Government is the people, not a person, nor a party, nor
a minority group. Truly, America is great because of
our system of government.
Does America's greatness lie in its system of free
enterprise? Most assuredly part of the greatness rests
upon a system which has created great corporations,
small'businesses, and the right of any of us .to make a
living as we See fit. No other nation has ever produced
more goods, more food, more luxuries than does ours.
And remember, the Government does not produce these
things. Government has only produced the right climate
for-our.companies and Individuals to bring forth the
highest standard of living in the world.
. Does America's greatness lie in its vast army of
'working men? Yes. Part of our tribute rightfully belongs
here. The American laborer has shown himself to be a
•tireless worker, dedicated to his job and thankful for
his God-given abilities. As a result of his efforts through
the years, we today' enjoy a healthier, longer and more
prosperous life.
All of these things help to make America great..
True, there are many more, and we shall discuss
them in future articles. The point of this article is this:
These segments of America which constitute its great-ness
are all necessary, and each must operate in harmony
with the others. Labor must never predorninate,justas
government can never be all-powerful. Business must
never be allowed to run rough-shod over other groups,
and a religious bias must not sway the election or ap-pointment
of our leaders.
_ Greatness is relative. America can only be con-sidered
great because it has been able to out-produce
other countries. Constant bickering between factions
which produced this greatness could lead to our demise
as a world power. Let us all pray it does not happen.
Hershey To Be Host School
For Instrumental Festival
The Southern District Or-chestra
Festival will be held
at Hershey High School on
February 5, 6 and 7.
Miss Jane I. Emel, instru-mental
teacher at the high
school, will be the hostess for
the Pennsylvania Music Edu-cators'
Association event,- and
the guest conductress for the
concerts will be Miss Eliza-beth
A. M. Green, 'professor
of Music Education at the
University of Michigan.
The Festival Orchestra,
which includes 135 students
from 39 area schools in ten
counties,-will present two con-certs
: Friday, February 6, at
7:30 p. m., and on Saturday,
February 7, at 8:00 p. m. Ad-mission
for both concerts will
be $1 for adults, with stu-dents
admitted for 75 -cents
at the Friday concert only.
Arthur Whiteman,Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
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