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PAGE SIX
Matthew Woll Tells Dele
gates Dry's Campaign
Is Disunity Move
Convention Of Distillery
Workers Pledge All-Out War
Against Prohibition Drive
BIG REVENUE SOURCE
Calls Upon AFL To Revive
National Labor Committee
Against Prohibition
Now York City (ILXS). All-out
war against the prohibition forces was
launched at the biennial convention of
the Distillery, llectU'ying and Wino
"Workers' International Union, AFL
afiiliate.
One hundred and five delegates, rep
resenting local unions in the distillery
states and in the wine industry of
California, attended the convention at
the Commodore Hotel here. Joseph
O'Neill, of Chicago, is president, Sol
Cilento, of New York City, secretary
treasurer, of the international union.
"Stirring Up Division"
"Those seeking to foist prohibition
again upon the country under the
mask of patriotism are stirring up
division among the American people
at a lime when unity is so vital,"
Matthew Will, AFL vice-president,
told the convention delegates.
Callirtg
U|ion
the labor movement to
meet the new campaign of the drys by
concerted action, Woll suggested that
the AFL revive the National Labor
Coinniitl*o Against Prohibition, which
was in the forefront of the successful
light against the Volstead act. lie and
I. M. Ornbtirn. secretary-treasurer of
the AFL's Union Label Trades De
partment, who also spoke, volunteered
their services in the light against the
dry movement.
The liquor Industry has been work
ing solely for the government, manu
facturing alcohol needed for war pro
duction purposes, since Oct. S, II. F.
Willkie, vice president of Joseph K.
Seagram & Sons, Inc.. pointed out.
Distilleries Aid War Hll'ort
President O'Neill reminded the dele
gates that for months, many of the
major distillers have been producing
alcohol and high wines" to be used in
war production, and assertwl that "it
would be a sad state of a (Tail's today
witii our beloved nation plunged into
war if the alcoholic beverage industry
was not operating fully and complete
ly."
"The huge amount of alcohol re
quired in lids war effort could never
have been produced if this country
was still burdened with national pro
hibit inn," lie said, adding:
"We, who are familiar with the in
dustry and know the facts, at this
time owe it to our country to make
the facts known far and wide so that
the American people generally may
know and lie able to judge for them
selves the true value and the urgent
necessity for the continued unham
jieml operation of tiie distilling In
dustry generally."
O'Neill also directed attention to the
fact that the "alcoholic beverage in
dustry has been a constant source of
revenue .to the Federal government"
and the "several states and subdivi
sions thereof."
Eastman Names
New Rail Board
Representatives Of Labor
And Management To Aid
In Speeding War Effort
Washington. Organization of a
Joint railroad labor management con
ference to promote maximum use of
railroad facilities in the war effort
was announced by Joseph It. Fast man,
Director of Defense Transportation.
The committee is similar to labor
nmnagemeiit committees which have
IMH'II set up In the War Production
Hoard for war factories. Mr. lOastiuan
said the group would hold its first
formal meeting on Nov. 2d.
Management representatives are M.
W. Clement, president of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad: K. W. Scheer, presi
dent of the Heading Hallway system
J. It. Hill, president of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad K. F. Norris,
president of the Southern Railway sys
tem W. llahluiu, chief executive
officer of the Missouri Pacific Lines,
and I,. Donney, president of the
Northern I'aellie Railroad.
Labor representatives are David R.
Roberts.hi, president of the Itrothcr
hood of Locomotive Firemen and Kn
ginetnen !»«orge M. Harrison, presi
lient. of the Hrothcrhood of Hallway
and Steamship Clerks Samuel J.
Ilogan, president of the National
Marine Kugincers iteneflchil Associa
tion It. M. Jewell, president of the
Railway K tn I o y ees Department,
American Federation of Labor A. F.
Whitney, president of the Itrothcrhood
of Railway Trainmen, and Julius Luhr
sen, secretary of the Railway Laltor
Executives Association,
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion announced It would make a formal
study of rates and practices of freight
forwarders to determine their justness
and reasonableness. The investigation
is a normal procedure under which the
I. C. C. will acquaint itself with the
freight forwarding industry, since this
group has just been placed under the
jurisdiction of the commission by an
amendment i» the Interstate com
merce Act.
Facts About
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plemental rations through a or
book if ride-sharing or other require
ments of the Regulations are satisfiedV
A.—No. Only when they prove need
for more than the basic A book pro
vides.
Q.—How must is .this?
A.—The A l)ook provides gasoline
for a total of 240 miles a month. Of
this milage SK) miles may be reserved
for essential family driving, such as
taking the children to school, or a sick
person to the hospital. The remaining
1~0 miles is dt'eiued to be available for
occupational use.
Q.—How are motorists going to get
their mileage rations?
A.—Ity getting an application form,
filling it out and presenting it to a
schoolhouse registrar, who will issue
the basic A book. Applications for sup
plemental rations must lie presented
later to a local War Price and Ra
tioning Hoard.
Q.—When and where can get an
application form for tlie basic ration?
A.—These blanks may lie picked up
at service stations, garages, and other
conveniently located places which will
be announced. The dates on which
they will be available will be an
nounced locally.
Q.—When will registration at the
school houses take place?
A.—Heginning November 0. Tn most
localities the registration period will
extend over a period of three days,
but the time may be adjusted to meet
local requirements.
Q.—I get my A book at that time.
Then what happens?
A.—-Hold'the A book for use when
rationing goes into effect on Novem
ber 22. While at the schoolhouse, ask
for a supplemental blank if you think
you will need more gasoline than the
basic book will provide for occupation I
purposes.
j.—So I get my gasoline ration.
What about tires?
A.—-The government will do its best
fo supply you with tires or recaps to
cover the mileage permitted by the
gasoline ration. Hut you will have to
meet certain obligations.
Q.—What do I do first about my
tin»s?
A.—First, list the serial numbers of
every tire which you own or which
any relations living in your household
owns
y.—I found several nets of numbers
on these tires. Which is the right one?
A.—The serial .numbers are always
Indented on the wall of the tire. The
other numbers or letters are raised.
Q.—I can't find any indented num
bers. They must have been worn off,
or rubbed out.
A.- In that case you need only the
brand name of the tire.
y.—r
have listed all my tire serial
numbers. Now what do I do with
them?
A.—On the hack of the application
blank for the basic mileage ration, you
will find space to write these numbers
down.
y.—Do I
have to do .this?
A.—It's nccesKury, If you hope i
get a mileage ration.
y.
What ha|»pens after list the
live tin* 1 am keeping for my car,
and the registrar issues ine my basic
book?
A. -The registrar also will give you
that part of the application blank
which contains the Tire Inspection
Henird.
Q.—I've got to hang on to that?
A. —Yes, it's a valuable phre of
paper. If will be a record of your
periodic tire Inspections, an I will lie
proof later on that you've la ken good
care of your tires.
y.~
How soon will the first inspec
tion have to take place?
A.~-Ret ween December 1. 1142
.1 a unary ,'tl,
y. Where can I get a tire in
s|
icct ion?
A.—At any service station, tire shop
or garage authorized by OPA .to per
form the inspection.
y. How often will these inspec
tions be required?
A.Holders of and O rations must
get liispctlous every 410 days. Holders
of only A or Itasic I hooks need get
an Inspection only once in every 1
mont lis.
y.
—What about extra tubes? Mus:
they be turned in to the (Soverument,
loo.
A.—No. Rut. the Oovernment urges
you to .turn in excess tubes.
y.--When
do
1
get a .new tire?
A.—Your tire Inspector will inform
you when one of your tires is In need
for a replacement. He will certify this
fact to your local War Price and Ra
tioning Hoard.
y. -Will a tire or a recap l»e issued
to im* at that time?
A.—If your tire Inspection record
is up to date. If it shows you have not
abused your tires, if you have abided
by the .Ti-milc-au hour speed limit, if
you have not otherwise violated either
the tire or gasoline rationing regula
tions, the Hoard may issue you a cer
tificate for a certain grade of tire or
for a recap.
y. What kind of tire or recap will
he uiade available to me?
A.—That depends on the tvi»e of
mile-ration book you hold, and the use
you make of your car. Recause of the
war emergency, the Idea is to give no
one a better grade of tire, or more
rubber .than he needs.
A
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IndependeniUnions
Meet In New Jersey
Discuss State Organization
And Work In Wright
Aircraft Plants
I'aterson. N. .1.---Representatives of
independent labor unions in North
Jersey who charge that the ('. I. (). and
tiie A. F. of li. have "lost the common
touch" and who seek to eliminate
"racketeering" from the union move
ment met here to further plans for a
State organization and to assist the
Aircraft Workers of America in win
ning bargaining rights for the workers
at live plants of the Wright Aeronauti
cal Corporation iu this area.
The aircraft union was formed re
cenlly after the National Labor Rela
tions I'oard had ordered disestablish
ment of the Wright Aeronautical bar
gaining agent for 20,000 Wright em
ployees. The ('. I. O. Is making a
strong bid for bargaining rights.
The meeting, held iu .the Alexander
11 a 111 i
11 o
n Hotel, was attended by
eighty men representing most of the
forty-two independent unions Invited
from the counties of I'assalc, ltergen,
Hudson and Sussex. The forty-two
unions claim to represent !»"»,(KM work
ers.
George Duval, president *f the West
ern Kleetrlc Employees Association,
and chairman of the National Council
of Communication K|itipmcnt Workers,
said the unionists represented here
would Join the Confederate I'nions of
America or whatever other
union
they
would help .to set up. Another meeting
will be held oil Nov. ife.
OVKKIIMi WORK AITIIOKIZKI)
Washington, I. C. Overtime pay
for overtime work on war housing has
been authorized by Commissioner
Kmmerich of the Federal Public Hous
ing Authority in all, cases where the
regional direcor "has assurance that
the overtime work will materially ad
vance the project completion date."
Ask for Union Labeled merchandise.
THE POTTERS HERALD
Good Advice From Fighting Men!
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ANDTELL7HEM
REMEMBER
UNION
Union Label Trades Department
UNION LABEL AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS
I. M. OK.NBLll.\, Si'ciftary-Trcasiiri'r, Ln'mti Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor
The Union Label Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor advocates buying
Union Label £oods and using Union services throughout the entire year. Due to the increased
purchases made during the holiday shopping period, we especially urge all Union Label-con
scious consumers to buy only Union Label articles for Christmas gifts. This year, only useful
presents should be purchased. The money previously spent for luxuries should be used to buy War
Bonds and Stamps. When necessary goods are pirfrchased, many practical union-made products may
be found in market places.
u
American income is at an all-time peal in the United States and Canada. In this country the
total individual income is put at $111 billions. Never was there such great purchasing power as
at the present time. Consumers will spend over *80 billions during this year. The quantity of goods
and services purchased in 15)42 is estimated to le three per cent higher than last year while dollar
expenditures will be seven per cent above 1041.
We owe it to loyal employers who have collective bargaining agreements with American Fed
eration of Labor unions to see that they receive their proportionate share of this increased pur
chasing power of all consumers.
Due to priorities and rationing for war purposes small factories and other industries are
closing down. It is up to Trade Unionists and the members of their families to buy only Union
Label goods to prevent fair manufacturers and ill other union employers from going out of busi
ness. It is the best way to save small (unionized) business.
Union Label buying is also the best method to preserve free American labor unions which
have always stood for liberty, justice and humanity. These fundamental principles were the rea
sons for forming labor unions and they are the same reasons why the members of organized labor
are unreservedly all-out for victory in our war for world freedom.
OVERTIME UNIFORMITY
ASKED IN FEDERAL PAY
Mead Hill, For All Civilians,
A Year
Adds
Washington. A bill designed to ex
lend a uniform s,v!eni of overtime pay
ments to all of the more than L!.(KM».000
civilian employees oy Federal payrolls
was reported to the Senate by Senator
Mead as "an Administration measure"
with the approval of the Committee on
Civil Service.
About r»N iter emit of the Federal
workers are now entitled to overtime.
Tiie bill would cany the system .to th-1
remaining -12 per out at an estimated
added cost of $.I'tt!i,000,(MM) a pear.
While the cost appeared large, Mr.
Mead told the Senate, It would serw
to reduce turnover In government em
ployment to such a degree thai much
of the cost would lie made up in added
elliciency.
The general payment of overtime, he
explained, would .-tart with the forty
four hour week operathiins in depar.
nients and agencies, and might expand
to large-scale observance of a forty
eight-hour week.
The present situation was attributed
Government Acts To Place
Contracts la Jobless Areas
Washington, D. 0. (1LNS). Gov
ernment agencies that let war Jobs
have been directed by WI'H Chairman
Ionald M. Nelson to avoid, wherever
possible, allocating such contracts to
areas where there are acute labor
shortages.
The War Manpower Commission will
certify to the war procurement agen
cies communities and ureas in which
acute labor shortages exist, together
with areas in which a surplus labor
supply is available.
Clothing Workers
Won't Take Pay Cut
Sidney Hillman Says Amal
gamated Is Not Con
sidering Matter
New York—The Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America denied reports
current in the men's clothing industry
that it was considering accepting lower
wage rates on future government, or
ders to lm placed In the New York
market.
Sidney Hillman, president of the
Amalgamated, issued a statement say
ing that wage cuts were not even be
ing discussed and that those respons
ible for the wage cut rumors were
stvking to break down established
standards in the market.
"There I& no reason why work on
Army and Navy orders in Now York
aud other metropolitan areas should
not yield the prevailing wage scales on
civilian work." Mr. Hillman said. "Cer
tainly it is not the intention of oitr
governmeut to heat down labor stand
ards in order for great clothing centers
like New York to obtain the work to
which they are entitled."
Mr. 111i1man declared that both the
Army and Navy have accepted Use
principle advanced by the Amalgamated
of allocating the manufacture of cloth
ing for the armed services on a
geo
graphical basis to permit a "smooth
How of production, end bottleneck-,
resolve unemployment in the clothin
industry and utilize already exist!n
plant and machine capacity!"
Mr. Hillman said that the union's
war contracts committee was now en
gaged in conferences with representa
tives of tiie Army and Navy on the
allocation of contracts to. meet the
needs of both services.
Thank you sincerely for the support you gave me
at the polls last Tuesday.
EARL R. LEWIS
An Industrialist
Speaks
(From the Electrical Workers Journal)
William S. Newell, president of the
Bath Iron Works, Hath. Maine, has
issued a remarkable statement to his
employees on the union shop. Mr.
Newell says: "I have watched and
studied this question, its principles and
its operation during the past few years,
and 1 am now fully of the opinion that
properly operated by both employes
and management it can be the linest
thing for so-called 'labor' and 'capital'
Who combined have the work to per
form. No single group ever does it.
"Successful work is the product of
perfect cooperation and such, in my
opinifm, can never reach the degree of
attaiiunent that a strong, 100 jier cent
organization of employees, called a
union, brotherhood or what you will,
as representative of tiie employed
group, their so-called bargaining
agency, makes possible. In the» past
men have been forced to bind them
selves together on account of selfish,
exploiting tactics of some employers
(not all) and they were also forced
by the arbitrary, unyielding and ruth
less attitude of such employers to use
high-handed methods themselves to en
force in some cases their justifiable
requests, and in some cases their un
justifiable demands, largely in retalia
tion, and to get even with such em
ployers.
"I believe that till these clashes be
tween the employer and the employed
can be eliminated by the union shop,
properly run, and that it is in the best
interests of everyone connected with
an enterprise stockholders, manage
ment, employees, and the general pub
lic— that such be the procedure."
All Philadelphia Labor
Unites To Deal With
Rationing Problems
Philadelphia (ILNS). -r-Philadelphia
labor lias joined hands to form a
united front in handling rationing,
price, rent, tire, gasoline and other
important problems under the juris
diction of the Ollice of Price Adminis
tration.
Following the pioneer example of
Virginia where all labor groups formed
a United Virginia Labor Committee.
Philadelphia AFL, CIO, and railroad
labor unions have formed a United
Labor Committee.
The three otlicials {ire Joseph SIc
Donough, president, Central Labor
Union, (Jeorge Craig, regional director.
CIt, and .lames Casey, legislative
representative, railway brotherhoods.
Simplicity, truth and persistency are
three factors that build success ill ad
vertising.
jm 4 Days Starting SUNDAY
ERROL
ALEXIS
ITS S
KNOCKOUT/
A WARNER BROS.
Picture with
JACK CARSON
ALAN HALE
Directed by
Thursday, November 12, 1042.
42,600 On War Jobs
Killed Since Dec. 7
Massachus e 11 s Conference
Told Of Great Industrial
Accident Toll
Boston.—More than 42,t00 war pro
duction workers have been killed in
industrial and other accidents since
the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
I r. Victor }. Heiser, author and medi
cal consultant to the Manufacturers
committee on healthful working condi
tions, told a conference sponsored by
the Associated Industries of Massa
chusetts.
This death toll, inflicted "despite in
dustry's best efforts to forestall every
possibility of accidents on the job," Ir.
Heiser said, "means a broad grin on
the faces of Hitler, Mussolini and Hir
hito—a grin which must be wijied off
and wiped off soon."
Besides those killed, he added, many
war production workers have been in
jured in similar accidents and the
records shows "11,000 war workers
killed or injured on and off the job
every day since Iec. 7, l'.Ml.
Censorship Office Bans
Data On War Prisoners
Washington, D. C. The Oflice of
Censorship requests, that nothing be
published or broadcast about the ar
rival. movements, or conlinement of
prisoners of war brought to this coun
try, except on the authority of the
Provos.t Marshal (ieneral, who is re
sponsible for their security and treat
ment.
Provisions of international law sur
round treatment of war prisoners in
most of the nations at war. These pro
visions are for their protection, main
tenance and privacy. It is hardly nec
essary to point out that this interna
tional law is as important to American
prisoners in other countries as to war
prisoners in this country.
How long can Labor Unionists ex
pect to receive Union-made wages if
.they do not buy Union-made goods?
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