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Thursday, fund 9,1938
Collins Elected To
Represent L. U. 138
All Members Urged To Be
Present At Next
Meeting
An exceptionally interesting meet
ing was held by Local Union No. 138
in room 2 of the N. 13. O. P. building
last Thursday. We wish to thank the
brothers who were present and we
would like to see more of the boys
come out.
The local n66ds the help of each and
every member and in turn it helps all
who are on its roll.
Attend the next meeting, June 16
ahd bring your dues books. Pay up
if you can, and if you are unable, tell
the officers. This must be done right
away or suspensions will be handed
out. The local can't afford to carry
brothers who are unable or unwilling
to meet their obligations.
Brother O. E. Collins will represent
this local in Atlantic City at the an
nual convention starting June 27. The
local wishes him the best of luck.
—0. C. 138
Federal Wage and
Hour Bill Is Drafted
Conference Committee Is
{famed to Harmonize Sen
ate and House Bills
Washington, D. C.—The action of
ipeaker Bankhead of the House of
Stepresentatives jn appointing seven
ctfnferees on the Wages and Hours
Bill, originally passed by the Senate
and drastically amended by the House
to meet with the seven Senate confer
ees already named to harmonize the
differences between the two measures
means that the conference committee
will draft a new Wage and Hour Bill
probably differing materially from
both the Senate and the House text.
In addition to Mrs. Mary T. Norton
of New Jersey, chairman of the House
Labor Committee, Speaker Bankhead
appointed the following representa
tives as conferees to represent the
House: Robert Ramspeck, Georgia
Glenn Griswold, Indiana Kent E.
Keller, Illinois Matthew A. Dunn,
Pennsylvania Richard J. Welch, Cali
fornia, and Fred A. Hartley, Jr., New
Jersey.
The Senate conferees are: Elbert D.
Thomas, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor, Utah
David 1. Walsh, Massachusetts James
E. Murray, Montana Claude Pepper,
Florida Allen J. Ellender, Louisiana
William E. Borah, Idaho, and Robert
M. La Follette, Jr., Wisconsin.
Inasmuch as the amerdment to the
i Senate bill adopted by the House of
-'•^-Representatives struck out everything
after the enacting clause, the confer
ees have the authority under congress
ional rules to write an entirely new
*ill and submit it as a conferees re-
S*iort
to both Houses. The report is
not subject to amendment and must
either be adopted in its entirety or re
committed to the conferees with in
structions to make specified changes.
The differences which the conferees
will undertake to adjust are very
drastic.
The House bill authorizes the Secre
tary of Labor to apply graduated wage
and hour standards to industries found
to be engaged in interstate commerce
The wage standards under the House
bill begin at 25 cents an hour for the
first year and change thereafter in
three annual steps to 40 cents an hour
The hour standards begin with a 44
hour week and are reduced by two an
nual steps to a 40-hour week. These
wages and hours are universally ap
plied without differentials to every
section'of the country. The House bil
is administered by the Secretary ol
Labor, with the enforcement vested in
the Department of Justice.
The Senate bill sets up a Labor
Standards Board of five member.'
which would apply minimum wage and
maximum hour standards after in
vestigating conditions in each industry
and locality. The Senate bill bars the
Board from fixing maximum hour?
les than 40 hours per week and mini
mum wages in excess of 40 cents pei
hour, but permits differentials be
tween various areas. Differentials of
ly sort are banned by the House bill
The exemptions from the provision?
of the bill differ largely in the Senate
and House texts.
Record Crowd
(Continued From Page One)
and the boxing bouts, battle royal and
wrestling match at 7:00.
Tea pots will be given away, din
ner sets and roller skates will go'thf
same way. A Packard automobile wili
be driven home by some lucky lad ox
lassie.
You will bump into friends you
haven't seen since you attended the
Jast picnic. Many a buzzing bee will
|id you parked along the famous
minora midway. This is the one da\
of the year you can forget all trouble
and be certain of a real day of pure
ti&joyment.
PACKERS SIGN
Toledo, O. (OLNS).—Two local
meat packing companies 1 ast week
signed closed shop agreenfents for one
year with the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen of North
America, AFL affiliate. More thai
200 employes are covered by the
agreement, which calls for pay in
creases ranging from 10 to 15 per cent
and one week vacations with pay.
Joining Union Cost
Life Of Son, States
Harlan, Ky* Miner
London, Ky., (ILNS).—Boyd Isom
told the jury trying the Harlan County
coal operators that joining the union
apparently cost hirh the life of his
baby son and that he was twitted with
this after the child's funeral by Harry
Bennett, superintendent of the Harlan
Central Coal Co., and a defendant in
the case.
Isom told his story only after a bar
rage of objections by the defense
which Judge Ford overruled. He told
of the baby's death and then, asked
again what Bennett had said to him,
he answered:
"He said if I hadn't joined the union,
I'd got doctor's treatment for my
baby."
"Don't you know that your baby
was treated by the company doctor all
during its illness?" demanded Mr.
Dawson, one of the many attorneys
for the defense.
Only One Treatment
"No, sir," returned Isom. "I know
it didn't get no treatment only once
at the beginning."
"Why, you know that nobody was
ever refused medical treatment as long
as he remained in camp, don't you?"
persisted the lawyer.
"I know it was refused to fne," said
Isom.
The evidence of concerted efforts to
dominate all the lives of the coal
miners and to hound and harass in
every way those who even looked to
ward a union proceeded steadily.
Lincoln Lowe testified that when he
was straw boss at the Harlan Central,
the foreman gave him a slip with the
names of four union men, and told
him to assign them to a part of the
mine where the coal was so thin that
they could not make a living.
Alex Hawk, a negro worker, said he
was discharged for refusing to sign
a yellow dog petition, asking the com
pany to discharge union workers.
Perjury Plot Charged
Aside from Isom's testimony, the
real excitement canne. outside the
courtroom. As court opened in the
morning, agents of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation took two defendants,
Merle Middleton, one of the numerous
relatives of the former sheriff, and
Lee Hubbard, pool room owner and
former deputy, out of the room to the
office of a U. S. Commissioner, and
arraigned them on affidavits charging
them with subornation of perjury. An
employe of the poolroom was brought
in at the same time, and received the
same treatment.
Everyone in the county except the
jury knows of this, and that it was
brought to a head by the evidence
which Ernest Huff, a young coal
miner, was not allowed to give to the
jury. The arraigned men tried to
bribe him to contradict his first testi
mony. The cases will go before the
grand jury in October.
Hershey Employes Won
By the Federation Union
Washington, D. C.—The destructive
tendencies of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization and the abso
lutely sound practices of unions affili
ated with the American Federation of
Labor are well illustrated in the in
formation contained in the following
telegram received by President Wil
liam Green of the A. F. of L. from
A. A. Myrup, secretary-treasurer of
the Bakery and Confectionery Work
ers. International Union of America
from the union's national headquar
ters in Chicago:
"We are pleased to advise you that
after year's experience with irrespon
sible and raiding C. 1. O. leadership
and inexperienced company union lead
ership the employes of the Hershey
Chocolate Company have turned to the
A. F. of L. and are now being organ
ized by our International Union. Ap
proximately 3,000 workers are in
volved. Again it is proven that dual
unionism and raiding tactics do not
pay.
The plant of the Hershey Chocolate
Company is located at Hershey, Pa.
Information supplied by officials of
the Bakery and Confectionery Union
revealed that following a deep seated
disgust with extreme company and
2mployer paternalism, but moved by
a desire for self-help a number of the
Hershey employes applied for a char
ter from the Bakers Union in Febru
ary, 1037. But before the union was
firmly established the C. I. O. broke
into Hershey and with "high sound
iing phrases" and "irresponsible prom
ises raided and captured this group
of workers," whereupon the bona fide
A. F. of L. Bakers Union withdrew
from Hershey and left them to the
[. O. crowd.
But after one whole year's ex peri
snce with the irresponsible C. I. 0
leadership and equally inexperienced
:onipany union leadership the Her
shey employes eventually turned to re
sponsible and constructive A. F. of I
leadership under the Bakery and
Confectionery Workers' International
Union with the certainty that a ma
jority of the company's employes will
very soon be carrying union cards.
The developments leading up to
the successful organization campaign
among the Hershey Company em
ployes have been under the direct su
pervision of International Secretary
Treasurer A. A. Myrup of the Bakery
and Confectionery Workers' Internati
onal Union, assisted by special Inter
national Representative Charles Mc
Closky, Lusinesb Representative of
Local No. 118.
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Bus Strike Brings Out
Pickets On Horseback
New York City (ILNS).—Pickets on
horseback gave a novel note to a strike
of Garden State Bus Line drivers at
the Bridge Plaza, Fort Lee, N. J., and
along Route 4.
Wearing full blue uniforms, the
drivers presented their case to the
public with signs draped sandwich
style over the horses' flanks. The
signs declared the Garden State Bus
Line was unfair to organized labor.
The strike case has been heard by
the National Labor Relations Board.
The strikers are members of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Harlan Mine Terrorism
Plotted In 'Whisper Room'
London, Ky. (ILNS).—Opening the
case for the government in the Har
lan County prosecution, Brien Mc
Mahon, Assistant Attorney General,
said that while the marksmanship of
the thugs of Harlan County was not
up to Kentucky standards, they had
managed to kill several men.
His opening speech was a stinger.
He told of the "Whisper room" in the
court house, where mine managers
met with Sheriff Middleton to plot
beatings and terrorism. He told of the
assessment of half a cent a ton on
coal mined in each mine as a gang
fund, to keep the unions out of Har
lan.
"Unthank was the chief deputy,"
said McMahon. "He led the thugs
around the county to threaten, beat
and in some cases, to kill. And he
got his orders, gentlemen, from a man
who sits in this courtroom today."
But Charles I. Wawson, chief coun
sel for the defense, a former federal
judge who resigned because he hated
the New Deal, declared that murder,
kidnapping and violence were not the
issues. This, he said, was a trial for
conspiracy.
Meaning, apparently, the old pick
pocket's remark to the policeman:
"You may be right, but you gotta
prove it."
Before the trial opened, the Clover
Splint Coal Co. threw itself on the
mercy of the court, announcing that
it would not contest the charges.
Rebuilding Shoes
HAS BEEN
PETERSON'S BUSINESS
FOR OVER 60 YEARS
"You Must Be
Satisfied"
Ladies Are Asked to Try Our
Invisible Soling
UNEXCELLED QUAUTY
of Material and
Workmanship
PETERSON'S
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Phone [phone] St. Clair Ave.
THE POTTERS HERALD
SALEM'S SEMI-FINALIST
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BILL HAEMAUCHER
Bilf Haemaucfctir of Salem, fighting A1 de Pero of Kast Palestine in the 6-round semi-final at
175 pounds at the "Buy American" Picnic, Saturday, June 11, will attempt to settle a dispute
between the two managers,
out to do their best. The Sa
fi ghter^isj
^t^sjgood^Thii
im Perry and George Julian. Both managers will send their boys
em boy has six straight K. O's to his credit and Julian is certain his
is the first meeting between the two men.
Terrorism Follows
Terrorism atHarlan
Government Witnesses Are
Threatened During
Coal Trial
London, Ky. (ILNS).—The most
interesting developments of the Har
lan County case must be pointed out
but it cannot be told as yet with any
completeness. Two government wit
nesses, recalled after testifying, start
ed to tell how they have been threaten
ed and intimidated since. They said
enough to dispel any doubt that the
mine owning gangsters are trying to
escape punishment for past terrorism
by more terrorism now but the de
fense objected and the judge took mat
ters under advisement before they
could really tell their stories.
Otherwise, the case went on piling
up a record of persecution that would
have interested Torquemada. Eleven
successive witnesses told how they
had been fired, hounded away from
other jobs, beaten, kicked, clubbed, ar
rested wnthout warrants and run out
of the county. All said that they had
claims pending before the NLRB for
back pay and all testified that, once
fired for union activities, the power of
the coal association was sufficient to
keep them from getting any other job
in the county.
Hitler seems to be learning some
thing that most of us knew before
that Czechoslovakia is a small country
but ready and able to fight.
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EAST LIVERPOOL. OHIO.
Monthly
Seamen's Union No. 21420 Succeeds
Int'L Seamen's Union on Atlantic Coast
Washington, D. C.—The following
letter was recently sent by William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, to all steamship
companies having collective bargain
ing relationships with the Interna
tional Seamen's Union of America, an
F. of L. affiliate in process of re
organization:
'The National Labor Relations
Board has entered an order dated
February 19, 1988 as a result of an
ection conducted by the Board
among the unlicensed personnel em
ployed by you, Certifying the Inter
national Seamen's Union of America
or its successor affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor as the
sole bargaining agency for the unli
censed personnel employed in your
deck, engine and steward's depart
liients, except wireless and radio oper
ators, electricians on electrically driven
ships and juniors who hold licenses on
vessels operated out of Atlantic and
Gulf ports by you.
Phrasing of Seamen's Ballot
The words 'or its successor affiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor' following the name 'International
Seamen's Union of America' were in
serted by the National Labor Re
lations Board as a result of an argu
ment made before the Board in Sep
tember, last, by the American Federa
tion of Labor counsel, Charlton Og
burn, Esq., in which he stated to the
Board that the International Seamen's
Union was being reorganized and ask
ed the Board to defer for two or three
weeks the beginning of the elections
until the new name of the organiza
tion could be placed on the ballot. The
Board, in its order dated the 11th of
September 1937, denied this request
but stated that the ballot would be so
phrased that the American Federation
of Labor union, on those lines where
it received a majority of votes would
be certified by the Board as the sole
bargaining agency although this
American Federation of Labor union
was other than the International Sea
men's Union.
Status of New Union
"As President of the American Fed
eration of Labor, I am taking this
Court Order Ousts CIO
From A. F. oiL. Quarters
Harrisburgh, Pa. (ILNS). The
Dauphin County Court, in a suit
brought by the Pennsylvania State
Federation of Labor, ordered the
Pennsylvania Industrial Council of
the CIO to vacate immediately the
state federation headquarters near the
capitol.
The property, appraised at $28,000
was occupied many years by the state
labor federation, affiliated with the
A. F. of L.
After the charter of the federation
was revoked in February by A. F. of
L. President Green, possession of the
property was held by John A. Phillips
long-time head of the state A. F. of
L. organization. Phillips acted for the
Industrial Union Council which the
CIO had chartered.
Subsequently Phillips was elected
president of the CIO council at a state
CIO convention. The A. F. of
unions reorganized at a special con
vention and named James L. McDev
itt, president of the Philadelphia
Building Trades Council, as state fed
eration president.
Th new A. F. of L. federation open
ed temporary headquarters in a hotel
pending outcome of the property suit
ON PICNIC CARD
BUSHY G1UMM
Bushy Grimm, 118-pound Cleveland
Terror, will battle Sammy Taormina
of Akron in the picnic windup.
Bushy has a string of victories over
such worthies as Ross Fields, Joey
Baldin, Jackie Ward, Willie Davis and
Joey RowS of Ne»' York. He it out to
stop Sammy's steady climb to the top
PAGE FIVE
means of informing you officially thai
the successor union, affiliated with th§
American Federation of Labor, to th#
International Seamen's Union, com
prising seamen on the Atlantic and
Gulf, is called the American Federa
tion of Labor Seamen's Union No.
21420 and as such is entitled under
the law to act as the sole bargaining
agency for those of your employe#
designated in the foregoing order.
"On behalf of the American Federa
tion of Labor and of its American Fed
eration of Labor Seamen's Union No.
21420, I ask a conference with you in
which the union would be represented
by Mr. Patrick Ryan and by a bargain
ing committee composed of Mr. Robert
Chapdelaine, president of the Union,
and Mr. Robert Lynch, secretary of
the Union, for the purpose of negoti
ating a contract with you.
Grange Does Not Represent A. F.
of
L. Seamen
"I understand that a letter has been
sent to some steamship companies
purporting to be signed by the Inter
national Seamen's Union, David E.
Grange, Vice President. Last Augufifc
David E. Grange tendered his written
resignation as vice president, membeflp
of the Executive Board, International
Seamen's Union and as president of
the Cooks and Stewards' Union, condi
tioned only on acceptance by me. In
September I accepted Mr. Grange's
resignation and so notified him, so that
he no longer has any connection with
the International Seamen's Union."
Cereal Workers Wage War
On Anti-Union Post Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.—The struggle
of A. F. of L. Federal Labor Union
No. 20977 Cereal Workers and Allied
Industries, affiliated with the National
Council of Grain Processors, againsfc
the anti-union policy of the Post Com
pany here, a subsidiary of General
Foods Corporation, is receiving such
whole-hearted support from organized
labor generally that union mernbefs
are confident of ultimate victory for
justice for the employes of the com
pany.
Following long continued opposition
of the Post Company to enter into
agreement that would safeguard tft£
rights of the employes, Federal Union
No. 20977 announced on January 27
that it had placed the company on the
unfair list and urged other A. F. of
L. unions to assist them in their fight.
The action of the Federal Labor
Union was endorsed by the Battle
Creek Federation of Labor and the
National Grain Processors Council.
According to Meyer L. Lewis, preSi*
dent of the Grain Processors Council#
General Foods Corporation, which it is
alleged has manifested unwillingness
to favor the unionization of its sub
sidiary. manufactures the following
products: Post Toasties, Bakers Cocoa
nut, Bakers Chocolate, Minute Tapioca,
Swans Down Cake Flour, Calumet
Baking Powder, Log Cabin Syrup,
Whole Bran Flakes, Grape Nuts,
Grape Nut Flakes, Post's 40 7c Bran
Flakes, Instant Postum, Sanka, Max
well House Coffee, Jell-O, Certo, La
France, Satina, Diamond Salt, Hus
kies, and other products.
Mr. Lewis pointed out that the prod
ucts of W. K. Kellogg, General Mills,
and Ralston Purina, covering much
the same field as those of General
Foods Corporation and its subsidiary,
the Post Company, are union made in
accordance with A. F. of L. standards.
Field Agents Are
Assigned To Posts
(By Ohio Labor News Service)
Columbus, O. Eighty-two field
agents of the Ohio Unemployment
Compensation Commission were as
signed to their respective districts
last week, as the first step in the Com
mission's program to prepare for pay
ment of benefits to unemployed work
ers after January 1,1939.
The 88 counties of the state have
ieen divided into 15 districts for the
purpose of expediting activities of the
field agents in checking payroll rec
ords of employers of three or more
workers who come under the unem
ployment insurance law.
In existence only a little over a
year, the Ohio unemployment compen
sation act already covers 45,000 em
ployers and provides protection for a
million and a half workers, with more
being added daily as work of the field
agents progresses.
Workers know if they are working
for an employer subject to the law,
because all employers liable for con
tributions and complying with the law
have certificates from the Commission*
which they are required to post where
they may be seen by their employes.
Chief duties of the field agents are
to examine payroll records of con
tributing employers to verify their
compliance with the law and to con
tact new employers to determine their
liability for contributions to the un
employment fund.
M1LLMEN WIN STRIKE
New Orleans (ILNS).—The- strike
of workers for the National Sash and
Door company ended when the plant
reopened under a settlement with the
Millmen and Millwrights' union A.
F. of L. affiliate. The strikers won
a union shop agreement, an increase
in minimum wages of mechanics from
45 to 55 cento an hour, a 50-liour week
and time and a half for overtime.