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Home Education
The Child's First School k the
Family"—Froebel
Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti
cles are appearing weekly in our
columns.
HOW WE GET
THAT WAY
MRS. D. W. HINDS
Although we start'crying for some
thing shortly after entering this
world, our first desires are merely for
food and bodily comfort and are, in
most cases, easily satisfied. Soon our
interests, though for some time re
maining quite objective, extend be
yond our immediate needs. At this
age, our senses are keen we investi
gate everything within reach life is
so full, and we are so eager our de
light cannot easily be restrained, and
we really are happy. We hear the
birds sing and watch the plants grow,
and, enjoying the love and apprecia
tion of others, we are contented.
When and how do we lose this
healthy response to nature and take
up the false idea that we are lacking
in something, that our happiness de
pends upon the accumulation of ma
terial things? It is often implanted in
our subconscious minds during our
very early years, when we are so
young, so new to the world, that we
are easily misled by our elders. When
we hear Mother intimate that her hap
piness depends upon a new hat of the
purchase of a new car, we do not ques
tion her. When Father says that his
coming increase in salary will make
the family happy, we do not doubt him
—he is so big and wise. And gradual
ly, we come to believe that we our
selves are wrong in being happy and
contented, that happiness lies outside
ourselves, around the corner. In con
sequence, by the time we have reach
ed the teen-age, we are ready to give
up the fundamentals of life for the
illusions of our elders.
The false premise remains with us
sometimes throughout life. If we rid
ourselves of it in middle age, we are
fortunate. We see men striving for
money with which to make themselves
happy, yet many persons now wealthy
are miserably unhappy. We know
young persons who pine for travel,
while others who do travel, do so in
complete boredom with eyes closed and
minds filled with prejudice. We hear
it said, "To be happy, we must have
health." Yet, we see about us speci
mens of perfect health who are far
vjfrom happy. On the other hand, we
liisee -invalids who arc extremely useful
•''and happy. In spite of this evidence
to' refute our conception of life, it is
difficult for us now to realize that
happiness comes from the ability to
enjoy what we have.
It is not yet too late, perhaps, again
to cultivate our natural resources
By forcing ourselves, painfully, we
can take sufficient exercise to awaken
our old zest for eating. By studious
effort we may once more learn to
smell the meadows and to hear the
tinkling brook.
But what of our children Shall we
mislead them as we ourselves have
been misled? Shall we teach them by
word and implication that they are not
to be happy now but later, when they
have acquired something which is
now beyond their reach? Shall we
keep them reaching constantly for the
unattainable or shall we, by example,
show them the truth? What is the
truth? That they will always be happy
provided they keep their God-given
active curiosity, their pleasure in
achievement, their natural reverence
and kindliness and the ability to en
joy the simple things of life..
AFL Unions Certified
As Bargaining Agents
Washington, D. C.—The following
unions affiliated wit hthe American
Federation of Labor were certified bar
gaining agents by the National Labor
liela/.ions Board as the result of elec
tions in which a large majority of the
employes voted for the A. F. of L.
affiliate.
Oil Workers' Federal Labor Union,
Local 22191, as the sole collective bar
gaining agency designated and se
lecteeed by a majority of all regular
employes of the Bulk Sales Depart
ment Gulf Refiniing Company, Toledo,
Ohio, exclusive of office and super
risory employes, followiing a secret
ballot election, resulting in 22 votes
for the A. F. of L. union, and 5 votes
for Local No. 346 of the CIO Oil
Workers' International Union.
Loical No. 264S, chartered by the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers of America, as a sole collective
bargainiing agency designated arid se
lected by a majority of all production
and maintenance employes af Walton
Lumber Company, Everett, Washing
ton, including boommen and slipmen,
followiing a collective bargaining elec
tion, resulting in 170 votes for the A
F. of L. union to 157 votes for Local
2-101 of the CIO International Wood
workers.
Local No. 3, Metal Polishers, Buf
fers, Plasters, Spinners and Helpers
International Union as sole collective
bargaining agency for the polishers,
buffers, spinners,, plasters, and their
helpers employed by the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Division,
Lighting Division, Cleveldand, Ohio,
following a secret ballot election iin
which 16 votes were cast for the A.
F. of L. affiliate and one vote for an
unffiliated union.
Dallas, Tex.—The greatest organ
izing drive ever undertaken in this
territory was launched here with re
sounding success by President William
Green and a thousand other labor
leaders at the. Southwestern Labor
Conference.
President Green, in a nationally
broadcast address, declared the Amer
ican Federation of Labor is stronger
today "numerically, financially and in
every other way than ever before in
its history."
He called on industry and the
farmers to join with organized labor
in a national unity program to pro
mote America's material welfare and
safeguard American ideals.
He pledged the American Federa
tion of Labor to do its utmost to keep
this nation out of the European war.
He warned members of Congress
that the A. F. of L. will judge whether
they are deserving of re-election on
their votes on the Norton Bill, amend
ing the National Labor Relations Act,
which has the full endorsement of the
American Federation of Labor.
Enthusiastic cheers greeted Mr.
Green's denunciation of the policy and
activities of Communists in this coun
try. He pointed out that Norway's
key cities fell victim of the Nazis be
cause of treachery and he asked
whether the current anti-American
campaign of the Communist Party did
not fall in the same category.
Secretary-Treasurer George Meany,
several members of the Executive
Council, A. F. of L. Department heads
and a large number of officers of na
tional and international unions also
addressed the delegates who repre
sented practically every A. F. of L.
organization in five states—Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona.
The two-day meeting was one of
the most outstanding events in the
history of Dallas. Government offi
cials, business men, religious leaders
and the press all cooperated in mak
ing the labor rally go over with a
bang. W. R. Williams, Southeastern
Representative of the A. F. of L., was
in charge of all arrangements and
presided at the meeting.
A constructive and progressive pro
gram for state legislation was adopted
by the delegates to the conference, in
cluding increased benefits under state
unemployment compensation systems
and ratification of the Child Labor
amendment.
The two outstanding national legis
lative measures endorsed by the con
ference were the Norton Bill and the
amendments to the United States
Housing Authority Act providingt new
appropriations for slum clearance.
President Green predicted the NoiN
ton bill will be overwhelmingly adopt
ed at this session of Congress if Con
gress is given an opportunity to vote
on it. He said:
"This measure has the full endorse
ment of the American Federation of
Labor because we are confident that
it will cure the present maladminis
tration of the National Labor Rela
tions Act without weakening or im
pairing the fundamental protective
principles of the act which are so im
portant to labor.
"We will welcome the vote of any
member of Congress for the Norton
bill as an act of friendship toward
labor. We will be forced to regard
the vote of any member of Congress
against the Norton bill as an un
friendly act."
Harry C. Bates, president of the
Bricklayers Union, made a strong
plea for support of new appropriations
for slum clearance to provide decent
housing for the underprivileged and
to provide jobs for unemployed build
ing trades workers. He said:
"The USHA program is one of the
means to achieve these objectives. It
is not a partisan program. It bears
no political imprint. It is in a real
sense labor's own program.
"Having done as much as it has to
launch the USHA housing program
labor must not permit it to be scut
tled at the time when the real worth.
EDISON BECOMES A MAN
\Spencer Tracy and Rita Johnson in^'Edison, the Man1
With a dime and a dream Edison changed the world! Stranger than
greatest inventor. Tracy takes up the challenge of Mickey Rooney i
["om Edison" so superbly. The picture opens at the Ceramic Sunday.
Communist Anti-American Campaign
Likened To Nazi Treachery In Norway
of this program has been demon
strated and proved to the world be
yond challenge. That is why I ask
every delegate to this meeting to act
without delay and to appeal to their
congressmen urging them to give
their full and unqualified support to
S. 591 in order to insure the enact
ment of this important labor legisla
tion. On your action now depend the
future jobs of thousands of workers.
On your action now depends the future
of low rent housing."
Migratory Labor Probe
Planned By House Unit
Washington, D. C.—By a practically
unanimous vote the House of Rep
resentatives has authorized the ap
pointment of a special committee to in
vestigate the problem of migratory la
bor and recommended legislation for
the rehabilitation of homeless fami
lies. President Green of the American
Federation of Labor personally appeal
ed to Chairman Sabath of the House
Rules Committee to grant prompt con
sideration of the bill.
Representative John H. Tolan
(Dem.), who sponsored the legislation
in behalf of the California delegation,
declared the situation is so acute that
it cannot longer be ignored with safe
ty. He said 27 different agencies are
"now pecking away" at the problem,
but making little headway in its so
lution. Representative Bertrand W.
Gearhart (Rep.), from an agricultural
district in California who also sup
ported the bill, said that "migrant
families living in ditch-bank camps
must be provided with shelter, a piece
of land, a new opportunity."
GIANT ENGINE IN SERVICE
San Francisco.—What is said to be
the most powerful freight locomotive
recently went into service on the West
ern Pacific Railroad on the main line
between San Francisco and Salt Lake
City. The engine is of 5,400 horse
power and consists of four units ex
tending 193 feet. It weighs nearly
l,i»()C,CC0 pounds and has a maximum
s a i n e o o 2 2 8 0 0 0 o u n s
The engine is driven by oil-electric
mot irs.
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Vacancies Open
U. 5. Army Apply
Wheeling, Canton
Sergeant C. R. Smith in charge of
the Army Recruiting station in
Wheeling, W. Va., -announces that 54
vacancies exist in the regular army in
the following branches for qualified
young men:
Ordnance, four vacancies cavalry,
34 vacancies engineers, two vacan
cies medical department, six vacan
cies field artillery, one vacancy signal
corps, four vacancies quartermaster
corps, three vacancies.
Applicants for enlistment in the
signal corps and ordnance department
must be high school graduates and
must present their diplopias. All other
branches require only an eighth grade
education or its equivalent.
Sergeant Smith announces that ap
plicants for enlistment must be be
tween the ages or 18 and 35—single
without dependents and those under 21
must have the written consent of their
parents or guardian. They must be
citizens of the lTnited States by birth
or naturalization. Applicants must be
of good moral- they must
be in good health and free from in
capacitating or disfiguring deformi
ties.
Office hours of the Wheeling Recruit
ing office are from 8 &. m. to 6 p. m.
daily.
Sergeant Q. W. Addington, in charge
U. S. Army Recruiting Office, Canton,
Ohio, announces that unlimited vacan
cies now exist for practically all
branches of the Army. This is in line
with the President's program of im
mediate strengthening of the National
Defense. To qualify applicants without
prior service must be between the ages
of 18 and 35, of good moral character,
and physically and mentally qualified.
Applicants desiring to enlist in the
Signal Corps and Ordnance Depart
ment must present High School Di
plomas. All accepted applicants will
be forwarded to Fort Hayes, Colum
bus, Ohio, at government expense for
final examination and enlistment."
GOODNIGHT, PLEASE
"What is the tactful way for a .girl's
father to let her boy friend know that
it is high time to leave?"
"He may casually pass through the
room with a box of breakfast food."—
Wampus.
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Delegates to N. B.
of O.P. Convention
Local Union No. 1—Delegates Clyde
Stull, Ray Hammond, Joseph Buch
heit, Fred Glynn alternates Jack
O'Malley, William Ashbaugh, Shell
Johnston, Louis Peislock.
Local l-'nion No. 5—Delegates John
Schultz, Sylvester Hauke alternates
P. H. Clemens, Nicholas Winters.
Local lTnion No. 9—Delegates
Thomas Neal, Ben Jones, Lawrence
Brown, Harold Van Fossen alternate
Ixuis Snyder.
Local I'nion No. 10—Delegates- Fred
McGiliivray, Louis Sillman alternates
Thomas Ramsey, Frank Duffy.
Local Union No. 12—Delegates,
Larry Finlay, Guy Digman, Edward
Shingler alternates William Hall,
James Grafton, Ernest Torrence.
Local Union No. 16—Delegate, John
DeLong alternate—J. R. Manson.
Local Union No. 17—Delegates Wil
liam White, Woodrow Cronin alter
nates Frank Weaver, Elmer Logue.
Local Union No. 18—Delegate Paul
Van Fossen alternate John Quick.
Local Union No. 21—Delegates El
mer Robinson, Warren Kridler alter
nates Lawrence Creel, Paul Allman.
Local Union No. 22—Delegate Rich
ard A. Bourne alternate William Rie
del.
Local Union No. 24—Delegates Ray
Dickey, C. B. Carman alternates Her
bert Riddle, Jesse Cronin.
Local Union No. 25—Delegates Rob
ert Milby, Chester Caine alternates
Austin G. MacKenzie, Herbert John
son.
Local Union No. 29—Delegate, Louis
Sanford alternate—John Kane.
Local Union No. 31—Delegates Le
land Quinn, Chester Whitehouse,
Charles Laber.
Local Union No. 42—Delegates
Richard Reedy, Roy Balsley, Harry
Vincent, Leona Walters.
Local Union No. 44—Delegates
Clarence Bostwick, R. C. Larkins,
Clyde Jones, Stephen Leighton, Bea
trice Nowland alternates Henry
Fairell, D. L. Carman, Ross Green,
Carman Workman, Andrew Zeides.
Local Union No. 45—Delegates
Charles Tenipleton, Arthur Wildblood,
Jr., John Simpson, Edward Kramer
alternate James Nixon.
Local Union No. 50.—Delegate Al
bert Mulhauser alternate Harry Rob
son.
Local Union No. 51.—Delegate
Charles A. Harris alternate Calvin
Bixby Edward C. Delanie alternate
James Green.
Local Union No. 53—Delegates Ella
Duffy, Mattie McGill alternate Erma
Fox.
Local Union No. 70—Delegates Scott
Becknell, Harry Smallwood, Hubert
Stackhouse, James Woodward alter
nates Abe Edwards, Tim Desmond,
Louis Brim, Anna Scott.
Local Union No. 74—Delegate, John
T. Gould alternate—William Berlin.
Local Union No. 86—Delegates Har
old Palmer, Okey White, Dale Laugh
lin, Edward Woods, Kenneth Yost al
ternates Harry Kennedy, Ralph Smith,
Joseph Hester, William Ridge, Jr.,
Howard Allison.
Local Union No. 76—Delegates
Harold Osborn, Carl Heintz alter
nates Alwin J. Burt, Harry Brooks.
Local Union No. 94—D el e a e s
Frances Grimm, Mabel Dale, Belle
Massey, Ethel Baker alternates Eliz
abeth Stewart, Minnie Bossen, Lida
Smith, Alma Standley.
Local Union No. 98—Delegates Fred
Densmore, C. Dewev Jones alternates
W. R. Sheets, H. R*. Haislop.
Local Union No. 1 OH—Delegates C.
A. Lozier, Date Clouse alternates
Walter Mountford, R. J. Caldwell.
Local Union No. 121—Delegates
Arthur Speakman, Earl Hardy, Steve
Tucker, Haze! Brown, Gildie Brown,
Esther Thompson, William Berry.
Local Union No. 124—Decal—Dele
gates, Ruth Sullivan alternate, Ola
Weaver Liners—Delegate Harold Wil
lianis alternate Roy Thompson Dec
orating Kilnman Delegate Clair Arm
strong alternate, Lawrence Smith
Stampers—Delegate Lois Coleman
Wareboy—Delegate Francis Geer.
Local Union No. 130—D e 1 e a e s
Charles Larcombe, Floyd Jividem.
Local Union No. 131—D e 1 e a e s
John Hebron, Frank Thomas, Robert
Garner, Earl Shamp, Harry Pollock
alternates Albert Buchheit, Andrew
Clark, Edward Gallagher.
Local Union No. 138—Delegate Jack
Vanaman alternate Harold Neville.
Local Union No. 143—D e 1 e a e s
Harold Eckler, Ralph Eckler alter
nates Byrel Smith, Harry Boger.
Local Union No. 148—Delegate Gail
Hutchison alternate Damon P. Smith.
Local Union No. 163—Delegate Wil
bur Doughty alternate R. H. Theiss.
Local Union No. 168—D e
1 e a e
George Naegele.
Building Trades Dept. 4
Ends Two N. Y. Disputes
Washington, D. C.—The executive
Council of the Building and Construc
tion Trades Department of the A. F.
of L. settled jurisdictional disputes on
two New York projects.
Regarding a dispute between elec
trical workers and building and com
mon laborers on the Mid-Town Tunnel
in which 15 electrical workers struck,
it was decided the electrical workers
should do all electrical installation
work.
A dispute between sheet-metal
workers and lathers as to who would
place accoustical material in the Tri
borough Hospital was settled by order
ing both sides to abide by a decision
to be made by a board of arbitration
of ths building trades of New York
and the -employers' association.
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$27.50
VALUE IN
THIS SALE
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ON CREDIT
Federal Old-Age, Survivors Insurance
Under the Social Security Act as Amended in 1939
Beginning January 1, 1940, if the
worker dies leaving no dependents,
who at the time of his death are en
titled to monthly insurance payments,
a lump-sum payment will be made to
other persons specified in the law, as
'oilows:
To the widow who is not en«
titled to monthly insurance pay
ments or to the widower
If there is no widow or widow
er, then to any child or children
regardless of age:
If there is no such relative, then
to the person or persons who pay
burial expenses.
The total amount of the lump-sum
Garner Snubs Lewis
(The following is reprinted from
the Washington Merry-Go-Round
Column by Drew Pearson and Rob
ert S. Allen).
Vice-President Jack Garner will
have nothing to do with the man
who assailed him as "whiskey
drinking, labor-baiting, evil old
man."
Recently a senator friendly to
John L. Lewis asked Garner if he
would see the CIO chief. No rea
son was given for the request and
Garner didn't inquire. He was
merely told that Lewis would like
to talk to him.
"My door is always open," Gar
ner said. "If he wants to see me,
I won't stop him. But I can tell
you frankly I have no desire to
have any dealings with him."
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FIVfi
payment to surviving relatives men
tioned above is six times the primary
insurance payment earned by the
worker up to the date of his death.
For example, if the monthly insur
ance payment would have been $30,
the lump-sum death payment to the
surviving relative would be $180.
If there is no such named surviv
ing relative, the person or persons
who paid the burial expenses may be
repaid for the actual cost, up to six
times the primary insurance payment.
In other words, if the monthly in
surance payment was $30 and the bu
rial cost $150, the lump-sum payment
would be $150.
If the burial expenses were $200,
the lump-sum payment would be $180,
or six times the monthly insurance.
Unionist Reinstated
With $200 Back Pay
Washington, D. C.—The Jacobs
Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport,
Ala., was ordered by the National La
bor Relations Board to cease discour
aging membership in Stove Mounters
International Union, Local No. 48, aff
iliated with the American Federation
of Labor. The Board also ordered the
company to reinstate Marvin W. Hog
wood as foreman in its stove mounti
ngs department and to award hini $200
for any loss of pay he may have suf
fered. The Board alleged the company
discriminatorily discharged Hogwood
and thereafter refused to employ him
because of his membership in the un-
I wish to express my thanks and ap
preciation to all those who supported me
in the primary.
JOEL H. SHARP
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