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Conference Demands Uniform
Wage And Work Conditions
For Seamen Of All Nations
CRIMINAL METHODS OF WARFARE AT SEA CITED
New York City (1LNS).—The coordinating- committee of the
Allied Nations' Seamen's Unions in the United States, meeting
at the New York headquarters ol the International Transport
Workers' Federation, expressed itself unanimously in favor of
uniform wages and working conditions of the seafarers of all
nationalities. The conference demanded that "inter-allied nego
tiations be held at the earliest possible date in order to examine
the proposal further and bring it nearer towards realization."
Declraing that the establishment of uniform working condi
tions among the seafarers of all nations is "essential to the vigor
proseeut ion of the war and liflj»-"*•
on
fill towards scouring the active co
operation of the seamen in the post
war period," the meeting urged the
governments of the I'nited Nations to
set an example of foresight by convok
ing an inter-allied conference of gov
ernment, shipowners' and seafarers'
representatives.
The resolution adopted was in effect
an endorsement of a similar decision
taken at the International Maritime
t'onference held at the end of Janu
ary in London under the auspices of
the transport workers' federation and
in which representatives of the sea
men of VI allied nations and of the
International .Mercantile Marine Olli
cers' Association participated.
Punishment Of Axis Crime Asked
The New York conference was sim
ilarly all ended hy delegates of tin
Belgian, British, 'hinese, Danish,
Dutch. Norwegian, Swedish, Yukoslav
and Creek seamen's unions and hy the
American officers of the ITWF. Also
present at the meeting was John
Marehhank, British ruli way labor
leader and vice president of .the federa
lion.
Among oilier matters approved by
the meeting was the demand that
those "responsible for the Axis crim
inaI methods of warfare at sea he in
cluded in the lists of war criminals
from whom severe retribution will be
executed."
Women Operators
(Continued. From Page One)
i o n
which in some fields is already
becoming critical, through (lie Utiliza
tion of women to meet our needs."
Discussion by representatives of
various transporla.tion systems reveal
«d that already 51- per cent of em
ployes on one of the country's largest
airlines ifnrvnrmien and Hint this figure
is rising at the rate of one-half per
cent a mont Ii.
Some Used In Trucking
Local transit companies are rapidly
turning to women to take the places
of men called to the armed forces or
leaving the industry for other reasons
and are employing them in a constant
ly widening variety of occupations.
While women are being used to soiih
extent in tIh. trucking industry and
have fitted In well in local delivery
service, problems arising In over-fhe
road rucking have delayed their lurgi
scale employment.
Inier-city bus lines are using a largi
number of women
a-
drivers and on
maintenance work. \n ollicial of tin
National Automobile Dealers Associa
lion said that more and more women
are being employed for maintenance
jobs, although the need for thorough
training in this lield has somewhat
delayed th"ir general employment
Social Security Board Urges
Broader Program For Bottor
Protection Of Wage Earner
W 1-lllItL- !•!•. I I I I S I I '.road
oning ami improvement ol the soda
secnrily program to give heller prolc
lion for wage earners now and in tlx
future, meet critical postwar problems
of unemployment and give the worker
his "full money's worth" wre rer-oiii
mended In the annual icpoii ,.i tlx
Social Security Board.
The recommendations, similar to
those of organized labor, are the sunn
as those made by the National U»
sources Planning Board in the coiupre
henslve |Mst\var plan made public n
cent ly by President Ilooscvcll.
To. achieve the proposed goals, flu
security board and the planuinir hoard
recommend:
1—Kxtensli.il ol co\i-ra:o to aliclll
tnral labor, domestic service, puhlh
employment, service for non-profit in
slit ill ions, and sclf-cniploynicut, then
b.s oserlng every worker.
Retirement .V
2—Protection of Insurance ri^hi
Of those workers covered by the pro
gram who linve entered the armed
font's.
Ji—Iteductioh Mi.' i• :i. 11 111 age
for Insured uottieii uoikct.-. iioiu '»5
to til), and like age reductions lor tin
wife of n retired worker, ami widows
of insured workers with the wife ol
a beneficiary with children In her car*
to receive bunelils. hT»*s|.i«.-i i vo of her
a«e.
4—.11 i "iiiill/Jitloii ..! iui• 11»|• I• 11lent
onipcii-aiion funds which now are
iidmiiii.Mt red by the Mates with fed
enil monetary assistance.
Longer Benefit 1'erhni
Kxtend duration of hei hi |iay
lucnis and make tin:. I lu sum*
throughout tiie country.
0 Produce addition l. neilts fo
Workers w^tii deiotidcnt
7-...permanent and t.'.o ».rar.\ dls
ubility payments.
8—Hospitalization insurance.
At the same time the Ixmi
friended ihat pi'
«i K'. oin
i«i.-lance
last Liverpool Firm
Violates Wage-Hour Act
P. .Milliron Transfer And Storage Co.
Indicted By Federal (•rand
Jury On 15 Counts
The P. Milliron Transfer and Stoi
lge Company, Second and Market
Streets, East Liverpool, Ohio, Peter
Milliron, president and general mana
ger and Frank Mitclieson, snperin
tendeiil were indicled 1 »y the Federal
Crand Jury here on 15 counts of vio
lating the Wage-Hour Act, Francis B.
Kavanagh, assistant V. S. attorney,
innounced.
The indictment charges the de
fendants with paying some of its em
ployees less than .'10 cents an hour
with paying straight time for hour
in excess of 40 a week, and with falsi
fication of records. The (Jrand Jury
found that the defendants failed to
record .the total hours worked each
week and paid for hours up to 40 hy
check and hours in excess of 40 at
the straight-time rate in cash.
The company manufactures and sell
in interstate commerce cement blocks
and concrete jobs and wholesales
sand, gravel, cement, coal and coke
irid Is also engaged In storing and
transporting by (ruck freight and
household goods. There are approxi
ina.tely .'*5 employees.
The indictment followed an invest!
if ion conducted under the direction
of Charles A. Iteynard, Cleveland
regional attorney of the Wage-Hour
and Public Con I ractS Divisions, I". S
Department of Labor.
Delegates At State
(Continued From Page One)
the most important brought before the
assembly, and while the ollicials of tin
State Federation were assured that it
would not lie printed and offered upon
I lie lloor, copies of it were being cir
ciliated in-cording to reports.
This hill provides for a three-man
commission appointed by the (lover
nor, to "regulate" trade unions. It
would virtually put our unions as we
know 1 hem out of business. Similar
bills have been introduced iu -1-J stati
legislatures, and to date have hocoiiH
law in Idaho, Arkansas and Kansas.
Nationally, Hie bills are sponsored by
and organization calling itself tin
"Christian American Association," and
in Ohio is being pushed hy a group of
Ohio small business men represented
by William Snow, Toledo lawyer.
If this hill passes all unions would
be compeled to file mass reports oil
finances, dues, salaries of officers and
other data compelling union repr*
sentatives to be licensed, and plnciu
extreme restrictions on strikes and
picketing.
Citing the speech made 1 y T.
Dully, brother of President James
Duffy, in regards to Capt. lOddie Kiel
enhacker, who has made speeches
a.-ailist Labor lu Legislatures over th
count ly. and who is scheduled to ad
dress (lie Ohio Le .rilature on April
II.', the former brotherhood chieftain
stated, tlia.t if Labor had been as can
less as Capt. Kddie Itickenbacker this
war would have been lost by now.
It is true that II was an accident
that brought him down in the water
of the l'acillc when lie was on govern
nieiit duly necessitating the loss of his
services for lil days. Would you call
that "absenteeism."
Over thirty thousand order were
held up iu this country hy big business,
for itinely days after the attack on
Pearl Harbor. Would you call that
"ahsenleeiMii." Look at Labor's record
of '•absenteeism" seven ope liuii
dredths of one per cent.
Those are the facts that are over
looked in our daily press. If Captain
Itickenbacker wishes to aid our conn
try in this crisis, let hint impart hi
knowledge and skill of modern wai
fare to our young aviators who are iu
training iu tills country, and stop hi
nnli-lahor speeches, which only stir
up hatred oil the home front.
All three delegates were high
their praise for Phil Hannah, l.egi
lathe Agent lor the Ohio Stale Fet
elation of Labor for the wonderful
results he has accomplished during hi
lirst year of legislative service.
O.C. 124.
The average salaried man uau ma u
money by laying off and doing Hi
carpentering and plumbing himself.
programs now governing only needy
old people, dependent children and flu
needy blind be extended to cover
a
persons not. eligible lor other assi
imce. Variable grants of federal mom
would lie provided the states
i
amounts to be determined hy th
states'
ability to share the edits.
Women To Supply
(Continued From Page One)
unmunition, 40.000 in shipyards, as
of January, 1043. The total number of
women in the executive branches of
the Federal Government have now
reached the peak of around three
quarters of a million.
The women workers needed to meet
present and future labor demands will
be drawn chiefly from the large reser
voir of women housewives, it was
pointed our, from the 22 million non
farm housewives aged 10 to 04, the
majority being under 45. Of this total.
112 million had no children under 10
years of age.
Reserve* Found Smaller
Analysis of this reserve of women
causes shrinkage in the picture of
available women to niee.t labor de
mands, Miss Anderson explained, dm
to the fact that recruitment of women
must Ik? conducted within the confines
of a community, and tied into the local
situation, labor shortages being very
spotty throughout the country.
The best picture of women labor
reserves as suggested by Miss Ander
son was the 4V» million women (esti
mated by the Census Bureau from a
ample study last November), as de
daring themselves willing to take a
full-time job if available in their own
community within ." days. But the
third of .these women having small
children should not be recruited, sire
felt, until other sources had been fully
utilized.
"Labor can not be moved about like
pawns," Miss Anderson said, "especial
ly women, since their heavier rcspon
sihililies make them less mobile than
men. Women are less free than men
for recruitment to meet a labor short
age outside .their own areas. Also
localities short of labor are too often
overcrowded and lacking in sufficient
housing transportation and other es
sentials, for in-mlgratiori to be en
couraged."
Local Union No. 12
(Continued From Page One)
that day on account of lack of help
When you stop to realize that N5 per
•0111 of the entire production is niadi
on the jigger, you can readily si*e what:
would happen to the other trades if
this condition is allowed to go ou with
out a remedy.
Although we do not claim to hav
the complete answer to this problem
the jiggernien feel it. would go a long
way in aiding the solving of it if .they
could be assured of a fair day's work
for a fair day's pay. If they are forced
to pay female or inexperieinvd hel|
more than they are worth, they come
out on the short end. They are willing
to pay a female the male rate when
she hecomcs competent and able to do
.the work. The rale should be reduced
so the jiggernien cam compensate his
experienced male help and himself for
doing the work that rightfully belongs
to the female.
If No. 112 permits its members to
pay the male rate to incompetent fi
wiale workers, then the competent niali
helpers have the right to refuse to do
their work.
We want, to ask the linns to main
tain a decent wage ha
sis when we have
competent help, but before wo do Ibis
we must put our own house in order
—0.(5. 12.
Labor Must Be
(Continued From Page One)
crate if any real progress is to he ai
cotuplisliod. The elimination of dust
hazards and direct draughts are help
lul .to the worker. A system of in
direct ventilation that will not. fori
gas fumes and dust from one section
to another are real problems to solv
ami the funiingeuioiil ol' file ItulTalo
Pottery are to he coiumuiided in their
efforts .to safeguard the health of their
employees.
("barley Smith of No. 8 glosf crew
complains of attending a meeting ri
cently when he was the first one in
tiie hall and had a hard time findiu
I lie light switch. Well if I trot ho
Smith would attend more meetings and
familiarize himself wi.tii our light
swili'hes, the writer will see that
is aplHiinted ofliclal air raid wardt
of No. I).—O.C. 0.
NOTICE"
To Members Who Are In
Bured Under The N. B. Of
O. P. Group Insurance
In case of an accident or sickness
for which claim Is to be made under
the N. B. o. P. Group Insurance, be
sure to:
1—See a physician tnin/edlately
'J—lteport the accident or sickness
to the N. B. O. P. Headquarters at
once.
3—Written notice of claim must hi
submitted within 10 days In the casi
of a sickness and within 20 days in
the case of an accident.
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Home Education
'The Child's irst School is the
Family "—F
roebel
Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These arti
cles are appearing weekly la our
columns.
THE LEADER
By LUCIA MALLORY
Perhaps it was because she stood
several inches taller than any of the
rest of the class entering Happy Vale
High School, that Dora Bond was
liosen leader in so many things. Or
it may have been her voice, her de
termination .to hold the spotlight, her
push, her entire absence of shyness.
Whatever the reason, at the end of a
week she already had answered the
call for a leader for the Sky-Iligh
'lub. Slim, hair cut like a boy's, she
had stood. "I'll lie president," she said
in a voice that reached everyone pres
ent almost before the others were fully
iware that a call for a candidate had
been made. She was elected with but
five dissenting votes.
This club was to look after new
girls, send flowers to any who were
sick, collect money and meet delegates
from other Sky High clubs. All this
I)ora managed villi high-handed vigor.
When a request was made for some
one to play for students .to inarch in
ind out of classes, Dora strode to the
piano and strummed away making
plenty of mistakes, but with enough
rhythm to serve.
'(Iracious!'' "Mow awful!" "If 1
couldn't do better than tha.t I'd not
undertake to play for the school!
were the remarks whispered from
more ellicient musicians, but no one
really disputed Dora's place, and
gradually she came to be taken for
granted.
When the school band assembled,
the band master as a matter of
course asked Dora to accompany
solos, on the piano. This responsibility
carried a small remuneration, and was
deeply coveted. Dora accepted, of
course.
Siie knew nothing at all of art, but
at a meeting of the Art Club she man
aged to make .some sort of speech on
the subject, and was elected president
of that society.
A shy little girl, Mary lleed, almost
at the top of her musical career—as
far as local opportunities went--made
a stand for the position of accom
panist for the horal and Dramatic
Club. She jumped up when tlie re
quest came, tyi, small .and shy her
voice made little Impression. A few
turned to look at the timid little tiling
with flaming cheeeks. Then Dora
arose, tail and commanding, and im
mediate clapping followed. Dora was
elected to the post. She was made
president of the Library Club, too
chosen and voted class captain in
spite of the i'a^t that site was not
popular and was growing steadily less
in favor.
At every gathering her slim, boyish
figure was in evidence. But as weeks
ran info months Dora found the weight
of her responsibilities too heavy. Then
were too many concerts and dances
a.nd too many evenings and week-end
festivities that she must attend. The
tail Dora grew taller, thinner, palei
Then, iu the spring, tiie child wa
oldiged to he absent for many, mail)
weeks. This resulted in failure to b.
promoted.
Her parents were loud In their con
demnntion of the school that had taken
so much of their daughter's time nin
energy unnecessarily. Their charge
were not altogether unjust. Fver.v
school, especially those for adolescem
hoys and girls, should have a planner
program of guidance in its social ai
livitios. The'iv should lie some definit
ruling with regard .to the number o
offices any one student may hold am
the .number of activities in which an.\
one boy or girl may participate. Bu
pa rents, too, have their responsiliHities
lf the school does not safeguard tliei
son or daughter in .tills way, the.
themselves certainly should.
It was natural for a girl with Dora'
characteristics, talents, and faults,
do just what she did. But all the at
tivities of a school should not be en
gaged in hy any one student. A wid
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their dues and assessments which have
netted them such a splendid return.
We were very glad to hear that Vice
Presidents Wheatley and Zinnner, on a
recent visit to the War Labor Board
in Philadelphia, had been assured an
early reply to our request of last
October.
We believe that all realize labor's
patience has just about run out and
the goading which they have received
recently from the press and radio com
mentators is not improving matters,
we only wonder that Labor is not more
united under the abuse of Pegler and
his kind.
Sure we have some "shirkers" and
black sheep" but 90 per cent of Labor
is doing all tliis is asked of them
which is not sitting in tilted chairs,
with feet on desk and fat cigars, dic
tating the occasional weakness of
others.
Wake up America, let's fight to
get her, not one another. Let Labor do
its best for Capital and Capital for
Labor, not only for profits hut so that
ill of us can live as decently as pos
sible.
Jim Bailey an old "Forty-Fiver" was
with us by special invitation and he
closed the meeting with some well
chosen remarks with regards to con
ditions, past and present, reminisoin
with members of the Executive Board
iml his fellow-workers of yester-year.
—O.C. 45.
Payments In February
To Illinois Idle Set
New Low Mark
Chicago (ILNS).—The number and
total amount of benefit payments made
in February to jobless workers under
the Illinois Unemployment Compen
sation Act readied a new all time
low, State Director of Labor Francis
B. Murphy announced.
February benefit payments totaled
$1,205,21 r.f»0, representing 85,230 sepa
rate weekly payments," Director Mur
phy revealed. "In February $1,705,
320.50 was paid out in benefits in 129,
055 weekly payments. In terms of per
centages this means the value of
benefits paid dropped 33 per cent and
the total number of payments declined
34 per cent in February, compared
with January.
These figures for February repre
sent a new low in both value and num
ber in the benefit payment history of
the state. Compared with February
1042, during which 211,102 payments
for a total of $2.(170,225.00 were niadi
the February, 1043, experience repn
sents a drop of (50 per cent in the mini
her of payments made and 55 per cent
in the value of benefits paid."
choice is arranged to call out all kinds
of interests and talents. A vigorous,
dominating character is hound to lead
and the world needs leaders, but lead
ers should have more than mere force
and aggressiveness. They should havi
understanding and consideration for
others and genuine fitness for the ac
tivity in which .they strive to lead. A
little wise counsel might change
student merely greedy for imwer into
a helpful schoolmate and cause him to
develop into an outstanding benefactor
iif his fellow men i.n days to come.
New York City (ILNS).—Propaga
tion of hatred in the United States and
other countries will not only hinder
the war effort but will also make im
possible .the achieving of a just and
durable peace, the Federal Council of
the Churches of Christ in America de
clared here.
In a statement approved by its exe
cutive committee the Federal Council
deplored the public statements of "cer
tain citizens, in civilian and military
life," urging the inculcation1 of atti
tudes of hate as a necessary step to
the winning of the war.
Anti-Hatred Counsel Approved
'We recognize that never before in
history has there been so widespread
a provocation to hatred," the state
ment said. "Nevertheless, if that
hatred is deliberately fomented and
spread until it becomes the emotion
that predominantly determines how
the United Nations will act, then tin
forces of evil will have won .theii
reatest victory and It will be
"impossible for mankind to achieve a
just and durable peace."
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek was com
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Thursday, April 1, 1043.
Churches' Council Declares Teaching
Of
Hate Not Necessary To Victory
den speech in which she counselled
against hatred for the eneitiy and the
desire for revenge. Tiie statement also
expressed approval of the anti-hatred
campaign of .the National Education
Association and of the policy of the
British Commander-in-Chief of the
Homo Forces and the Chief of the
Special Services Division of tiie United
States Army in opposing the fostering
of hatred in the armed forces.
Cool Heads Required
Asserting the falsity of the argu
ment that hatred is necessary for mili
tary victory, the statement pointed
out that "modern war requires, to an
extreme degree, that the military and
civilian forces of a nation lie cool in
their judgments and planning and dis
ciplined in their acts. That tills
does not weaken the national will has
been shown hy the British people."
The statement declared that because
Americans have not. been subjected to
the violence of total war, "our easier
circumstances make it peculiarly our
duty to prevent the contagious spread
ing of a hate hysteria that would
make men mail and drive them
to self-destruction."
Wartime Demand For Help Affects
State Old Age Assistance Rolls
Chicago (ILNS). Many old age
assistance recipients are exchanging
their monthly grants from the state
for jobs, decreases in this form of aid
in a number of states indicate, the
American Public Welfare Association
says.
Increased drain on manpower is giv
ing the old people a chance at jobs
that pay more than their old age as
sistance allocation- or supplement this
support.
Job Acceptance Encouraged
To encourage people receiving old
age assistance to accept work, at least
1(5 states have definite plans in effect
under which those who take jobs are
assurred they will be restored to the
rolls immediately if the job does not
work out. The usual policy followed
is to reduce or suspend the old age
assistance grant, depending upon Ihe
amounts of money earned, expenses
earnings are to meet, and length of
employment.
Sample results from this move into
employment in Michigan, Vermont and
Colorada were cited by .the associa
tion. In Michigan, where provision is
made to restore old age assistance
within a week if a job fails, more than
500 recipients took jobs last Septem
ber and October. In Vermont, approxi
mately 300 persons receiving old age
assistance found work in the last IS
months and gave up their public aid.
Increased living costs may add newy
dependents among the aged from those*
who formerly were able to make endSy
meet from fixed private resources.'
Some states, moreover, have liberal
ized their assistance programs, making
additional needy people eligible for
aid, and in these cases rolls will tend
to increase.
JOBS FOR SOLDI KKS
Washington, I). C.—The Coordinator
of Inter-American Affairs reports .that
nations to the south of the United
States are taking action to see that
soldiers are given employment upon
discharge. In Cuba, a recent decree re
quires employers to reemploy former
workers honorably discharged from
tlie Army. Brazilian workers called to
the colors receive 50 per cent of their
minimum wages for the duration of
the war, and are guaranteed their em
ployment on return to civil life.
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