Gene Klare archive

Gene Klare

Gene Klare, a veteran of the bitter Oregonian newspaper strike, was editor of the Labor Press from 1965 to 1986, and continued to write a column for the paper until January 2008.

His column, called “Let Me Say This About That,” spanned more than 40 years, and covered many subjects, particularly local labor history. From 1997 to 2003, the column was published online, and is available below.

Klare wrote frequently about the Oregonian strike. Before the strike began on Nov. 10, 1959, Klare was an investigative reporter at The Oregonian. Klare helped members of the striking unions establish the Portland Reporter newspaper, which ran from February 1960 to September 1964. He worked there as a reporter, advertising sales manager, and promotions manager until joining the Labor Press staff full time in November 1962. The strike ended April 5, 1965, with the destruction of the union.

Klare, born in 1926 on a farm in Indiana, was named after the famed unionist Eugene Debs, co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World and five-time Socialist candidate for U.S. president. Klare died May 30, 2008 at the age of 81.

 

Let me say this about that

May 16, 2003
‘Sheriff of Parcheesi’

May 2, 2003
Fame for R.C. Henarie

April 18, 2003
146 deaths remembered

April 4, 2003
Hall greets Edgington

March 21, 2003
GOP’s DeLay debunked

March 7, 2003
Arlene Collins dies, 66

February 21, 2003
Fame for Gary Will

February 7, 2003
Jerry Bruce in spotlight

January 17, 2003
A song about Joe Hill

January 3, 2003
Justice scales tilted?

December 20, 2002
Dave Plant enters Hall

December 6, 2002
Mel Schoppert honored

November 15, 2002
Joe Hill, Wobbly hero

November 1, 2002
Forty-three years ago

October 18, 2002
Stan the slots man

October 4, 2002
Leo Larsen enters Hall

September 20, 2002
A doctored document

September 6, 2002
Jean Nordmark’s Day

August 16, 2002
Plaudits to Roy Coles

August 2, 2002
Alex Edenhofer saluted

July 19, 2002
Tom Worley in Hall

July 5, 2002
Fame for Bob Hall

June 21, 2002
Tom Drew enters Hall

June 7, 2002
Dean Mickels in Hall

May 17, 2002
Ball’s recollections

May 3, 2002
Ed Barnes in spotlight

April 19, 2002
Awards given Faheys

April 5, 2002
Kudos for Keith Jons

March 15, 2002
McNannay enters Hall

March 1, 2002
Fred Goetz dies at 83

February 15, 2002
A daughter’s memoir

February 1, 2002
Hugh Norby in Hall

January 18, 2002
Santa Ed remembered

January 4, 2002
Noel Johnson chosen

December 21, 2001
Bob Scarrioffini saluted

December 7, 2001
Doris Buck honored

November 16, 2001
Kudos for Kaufman

November 2, 2001
Yesteryear’s legends

October 19, 2001
Inauguration recalled

October 5, 2001
Labor legends of past

September 21, 2001
Plaudits for Al Panek

September 7, 2001
IAM’s Miller in Hall

August 24, 2001
101st for Labor Press

August 3, 2001
Sid Stoddard saluted

July 20, 2001
‘Early foot’ for Ted

July 6, 2001
Sam Rutledge hailed

June 15, 2001
The same circus …

June 1, 2001
Bravo, Cunningham

May 18, 2001
Stanfill garners Fame

May 4, 2001
Hail, General Strike

April 20, 2001
Hulen in Hall of Fame

April 6, 2001
Randall enters Hall

March 16, 2001
Derry in Hall of Fame

March 2, 2001
Accolade for Ashbaugh

February 16, 2001
Arlene Blackwell dies

February 2, 2001
Caroline Miller in Hall

January 19, 2001
Who shot Newhouse?

January 5, 2001
Rebuttal to Oregonian

December 15, 2000
Bushwhacked!

December 1, 2000
Labor’s martyr, Joe Hill

November 17, 2000
Marty Blake saluted

November 3, 2000
VanHoomissen retires

October 20, 2000
Jobe in Hall of Fame

October 6, 2000
Tom Malloy in Hall

September 15, 2000
It’s Hall for Goodsell

September 1, 2000
Kudos for Dean Killion

August 18, 2000
#29’s O’Halloran dies

August 4, 2000
Collins in Hall of Fame

July 21, 2000
VIPs of Labor Press

July 7, 2000
Peeling the Onian

June 16, 2000
Teeple tapped for Hall

June 2, 2000
NW Labor Press celebrates first century, looks to second

May 19, 2000
Yoo-hoo, Alice!

May 5, 2000
Blast from the past

April 21, 2000
Job Corps a success

April 7, 2000
Swan Nelson in Hall

March 17, 2000
Chuck Moss dies at 73

March 3, 2000
Ellis in Hall of Fame

February 18, 2000
Election Day off

February 4, 2000
Pat Hargrave chosen

January 21, 2000
Bob Bothwell saluted

January 7, 2000
Tony Mongelli honored

December 17, 1999
Ron’s good fortune

December 3, 1999
Oregonian Lite

November 19, 1999
Fortieth anniversary

November 5, 1999
Kelso in Hall of Fame

October 15, 1999
Remembering Cookie

October 1, 1999
Lon Imel spotlighted

September 17, 1999
Women’s history

September 3, 1999
Presidents on labor

August 20, 1999
Portland’s Nancy Drew

August 6, 1999
Schiewe selected

July 16, 1999
Blue Book blues

July 2, 1999
Bob Kennedy saluted

June 18, 1999
King treated royally

June 4, 1999
Dateline Vladivostok

May 21, 1999
Prison mercenaries

May 7, 1999
The nose-thumbers

April 16, 1999
Lifted from poverty

April 2, 1999
Plaudits for Sue Pisha

March 19, 1999
Privatizing schemers

March 5, 1999
Our 100th year

February 19, 1999
Labor dictionary

February 5, 1999
Valerie Taylor honored

January 15, 1999
Tom Drew retires

January 1, 1999
Retirees salute Whelan

December 18, 1998
Joe Hill, labor martyr

December 4, 1998
Lantto lionized

November 20, 1998
Yesteryear recalled

November 6, 1998
The Beyers honored

October 16, 1998
Jan Wyers for judge

September 18, 1998
Busting the state troopers union

June 5, 1998
1934 strike analyzed

May 15, 1998
Tiernan’s late filing

May 1, 1998
A trust betrayed

April 17, 1998
Oregonian’s future

April 3, 1998
Plaudits for Sweetland

March 20, 1998
Three stalwarts depart

March 6, 1998
Fame for Bill Beaty

Feb. 20, 1998
George Starr honored

Feb. 6, 1998
Hands across border

Jan. 16, 1998
O’Halloran acclaimed

Jan. 2, 1998
A tale of two cities

Dec. 19, 1997
Need law with teeth

Dec. 5, 1997
Crash changed history

Nov. 21, 1997
A new voice on taxes

Nov. 7, 1997
Governor Bill Sizeless

Oct. 17, 1997
Keiko unlisted by state

Oct. 3, 1997
Keith Johnson honored

Sept. 19, 1997
Social Security at risk

Sept. 5, 1997
Retirees fete Farrell

Aug. 15, 1997
Stranahans acclaimed

Aug. 1, 1997
Republicans fixated

July 18, 1997
Retirees discover gold

July 4, 1997
Can’t run the Salem store

June 20, 1997
Retirees salute Bill Perrin

June 6, 1997
35-year ‘comp’ outrage

May 16, 1997
Labor Hall of Fame

May 2, 1997
CEOs $212, workers $1

April 18, 1997
Back to dark days

April 4, 1997
Salem (ob)scene