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PAGE SIX
Labor Standards Preserved
By Temporary Relaxation
Of Laws To Meet Emergency
HARD-WON BASIC LABOR LAWS STILL HOLD
Washington, I). C. (ILNS).—State labor departments, by re
laxing labor laws temporarily to meet war production emer
gencies, have preserved basic standards, the U. S. Department of
Labor, Division of Labor Standards, says. State reports, covering
the period from Pearl Harbor to Dec. 31, 1942, analyzed by the
division, tell this story.
Behind the figures on permits granted and denied lies the
fact that hard-won labor standards still hold, the division reports.
The states have adopted flexible and efficient methods of ad just
country's needs during the war.
mg these standards to meet the
They have encouraged employers
return to lejral hours standards as
quickly as possible. Many of tlie state
laws require a 4X-hour week, an 8
liour day, 1 day of rest in 7, and ade
quate rest and meal periods. The War,
Navy, and Labor Departments recog
nized in January. 1P42. (bat these
standards promote maximum sustained
production, the division emphasizes.
Many Disposal ions Unused
Employers often have been able to
atljusi to these standards, after the
fll'st rush into war production. For
example, in New York state immedi
ately after I'earl Harbor, there was a
firea.t demand for broad variations—a
regular 7-day workweek for men ami
women. The rmlustria! Commissioner's
latest annual report said that a re
cent sampling of dispensations granted
indicated that nearly 4 out of every
10 war contractors who had asked for
variations were not using their dis
pensations at all, while another 18
per cent were making only partial use
of them. And so today most employers
do not ask for such extreme variations.
JJecently the State Department of
I.abor has not been permitting a regu
lar 7-day week hut has required thai
no employee may work more than 0
7-day weeks In a 0-month period or
that 1 day of rest be given fitter 13
work days.
Third Shifts Asked
Some of the states report increasing
wquests for permits allowing women
to work nights on the third shift, ac
companied by a slackening of requests
for longer workweeks. Such trends
indicate that employers are attempting
increasingly to meet: production prob
lems by putting their plants on a ~4
liour basis, instead of requiring exces
sive hours from individual workers.
A few nonindustrlai states report
only one request or none at all for
variations, even (hough a 4s-hoiir
standard prevails. Pennsylvania .\yllli
a 41 hour law, has not granted permits
for variations beyond 4S hours,
({est Periods Kcquircd
Where longer hours must be worked,
(lie stales and employers are recog
nizing (lie importance of rest periods.
Wisconsin and New York in permits
for longer I tours have recommended
rest periods to increase production and
ellicieney and ill some cases
made
rest
periods mandatory. In granting relax
ations to an hour lunch period require
ment, Wisconsin has issued only
permits allowing for less than a .'{0
minute meal-time. One of these was
canceled at the employer's request
when be discovered that production
decreased.
Detroit Union
(Continued From Page One)
with lawyers. So did the union, but
this year (here were no lawyers—and
no lawyers' fees! Confidence sup
planted suspicion. As a result, the
union gained moiy points than (hey
bad ever gained before, and "much
more" said (lie union official, "than
we would have got if we bad fought
bitterly." They reduced thirty pages
of complicated clauses dealing wl(h
women's ra(es, to one and a half pages.
The president and vice-president of the
union said at the time thai they had
Ix-en working closer together in (lie
last siM 11:i_\ s Ihau lli-\ i• had
In-fore.
liey To Cooperation
The underlying principle of nego
tiating this contract were first pre
sented by (he "You 'an Defend Amer
ica" program, which was sponsored by
the Joint Labor .Management Commit
tee. Following (Ids
presentation,
the
union otlici.ils responsible for the L"_\
IMM» war workers, attended (he Moral
I'.e Armament Training Cenler on
Mackinac Island. There they planned
the steps to give new liudcrshlp (o
iheir union and the aircraft industry.
Here are lite steps I hey took
1—The vice-president of (lie union
made a point of getting down to Ids
oilice halt' an hour earlier than usual,
to think through and plan the day's
work. The one principle that kept run
ning through his mind was "Your
worries will go If you get rid of
hate."
ii -The union officials agreed to put
aside personal feelings and points of
view so they had a united mind when
they negotiated the contract.
3 They determined to light for the
highest moral standards and to de
velop sound leadership in each other.
4---They applied the principle of
honest apology, admitting mistakes
wlien wrong. Ilesult eon li deuce of
memltership and of management.
Other plants have asked them for
copies of the caulract they drew tip.
It lias begun to be a pattern for tIi"
industry in the area.
Every effective type face is a poten
tial salesman for work which Is riot
judged by its price alone.
Engineers' Report
(Continued From Page One)
part meat. The count for heating air
supply is purely an informative count
and may be disregarded for future
cont rol.
The condition for casting and finish
ing, while almost within (lie limits of
the anticipated code, can be very much
improved. Housekeeping has been poor,
and the writer in Keport No. 11 will
recommend ventilation of the operation
of iinishing. 1'nder these conditions the
writer naturally recommends that
repetitive counts lie made. Me fore tlie^e
counts are made, however, a direct
effort to improve the housekeeping
should be made.
Sand Blast
Three counts were made in this
department, and an examination of
the report, will show that the couni
for table selection is almost down to
proper limits. The counts for putting
on and for turning over, however, are
too high, and the writer believes Dial
the dirty condition of overhead equip
ment lias a great deal to do with this
dust count. In addition, (lie top of (lie
sand blast machine proper Is very
dirty.
For practical immediate recom
mendations the writer recommends
that the departmental cleanup be ex
tended .to cover the area under the
machine proper, that (lie overhead
machinery lie cleaned off, and that in
I he event that these corrective meas
ures do not control the situation, a
sub-ceiling be put into entirely sepa
rate (he overhead equipment from the
operators. The amount of air exhausted
roni this operation seems satisfactory,
and conditions should come well under
control if these steps are taken. The
writer recommends thai, all of these
counts he repetitive.
ISisque Kiln
Seven counts were .taken in this de
partment, and the results are extreme
ly satisfactory.
The writer will probably sound a
little liypocritical because lie is going
to rccouuiieud that better housekeeping
be performed. Even .though (lie counts
of sanding operations look good, the
ventilation which is at these opera
tions should be changed. These change.-!
would simply follow good practice for
this work and would not involve a
great amount of money. Report No. 11
will describe in detail what changes
are recommended. They are minor in
cost.
Willi the exception of the dun
count for discharging the kiln and for
the general area, the writer wishes to
recomuiend a repetitive count on the
resl of the operations. In addition he
would like Mr. Ileuter to study a pos
sible method of separating (lie tines
out of the sand which Is used for
placing. Mr. Could will recall, that in
New York, this point was brought up
by Mr. Murke, the Chief Chemist for
the State Department of Labor, Divi
sion of Industrial Hygiene.
Slip House
Six counts were taken in I hi de
partment.
These counts must be taken with a
grain of sail. They are taken purely to
show the effects of no dust control iu
an extremely dusty operation. The
writer understands (hat there will be
a change of methods, that further
isolation may be had, and of course,
that better
houseUieping
One very important fji«• .u- may lie
gained from an examination of these
figures iu this department, however,
that is, that on these very dusty opera
tions the operators should he Instruct
ed at all times to wear a mask. Fre
quent hoiiskeeptng Is necessary here,
because due to the lack of isolation,
this heavy dust count will contaminate
the adjacent department. People walk
ing in and out of this department will
track dust all over, and invariably,
any plant visitors will Immediately
get into tills department and regard
less how clean the rest of the plant
ina.\ be they will have a poor im
pression of the real effort which is
being made toward this dust control,
(•encral Comments
We should add a few more counts
to our study which should include the
operation of unloading raw materials
in the plant. Obviously, these counts
are going to be high. The importance
of the count will be to show the nec
essity of (he workmen who actually
do the work being faithful in wearing
a respirator.
No dust counts have been made In
the laboratory. Inasmuch as the lab
oratory stall' has been part of the
writer's stall", he thought It would be
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Output Of Workers Is
Doubled In 40 Years
products,
11(14, with a
will be ef­
fected. Af the same time Hie writer
wishes .to point out that these result 3
in general agree very much with simi
lar dust counts reporled in bulletin
No. LM4 which is issued by the I'. S.
Public Health Service.
THE POTTERS HERALD
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UII CERVICES TO
A few more of the many services which the lied Cross perforins for the
men in the armed forces include: relief of distress in
Washington, I. C. —A report Issued
here by (he National Bureau of Kco
noinic llescarch reveals that in IPfKl
American factories turned out a vol
ume of
twice as large as in
labor force only
oue-fifth
greater.
As further evidence of (lie amazing
increase in labor productivity, the re
port recalls that in the 40-year period,
ISP!) to P.o!, the number of factory
jobs doubled, while the output of these
factories increased fourfold. This de
cline in unit labor needs was held to
lie .the more remarkable in view of (lit
fact that weekly hours of labor
dropped from an average of (50 to
about 40 hour?.
Ordinary prudence commands us to
purchase defense bonds to the limit of
our ability.
a wise move to let Hie laboratory clean
Itself up before any counts are taken.
Tliis according lo Mr. Ileuter. lias been
partially accomplished. Therefore, (lie
next dust count report, will show a
couple of dusi counts for the labora
tory proper.
The writer wishes to make an
acknowledgment of (he cooperation re
ceived from the different foremen, Mr.
Lux, Mr. i'rejan, Mr. Pence and Mr.
lOsty.
The addition of aprons daily for the
workers ami of various housekeeping
equipment such as the floor mopping
machine and floor swooping compounds
wi.tli which floors may he swept, to
gether wilh the continued cooperation
of these men, should result in an im
proved condition of practically all
cases in the next quarter's report.
An examination of Bulletin No. 241,
l'. S. Public Health Service, which
covers a similar study made on ap
proximately -000 pottery workers in
West Virginia, shows results of dust
counts over similar operations in the
industry. In general our counts are
belter, which fact may be partially
explained by the interest of the man
agement .to date In plant cleanliness
and order. The writer at this time
wishes to again remark on the friendly
cooperation between the shop commit
tee and the management. These condi
tions are good and with continued ef
fort on everybody's part, favorable re
sults should be obtained.
THE
FORces
^&RMED
A MAJOR ACTIVITY OF
THE TIED CROSS IN WARTIME
^?HE RED CROSS FIELD
DIRECTOR ON DUTY WITH
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CJED CROSS GRAY LADIES
AND MEDICAL SOCIAL
WORKERS HELP THE
CONVALESCENT.
ON PERSONAL PROBLEMS
AFFECTING MORALS
©VERSEA5 CLUBS
ESTABLISHED BY
THE RED CROSS
MEN IN UNIFORM RECEIVE
VITAL RED CROSS SERVICES
Brooklyn, X. Y.--A I'.rookly father lies critically ill. His wife, harrassed by
worry and grief, wants her son to see iiis father, just in case
The son is In the Navy, an aviation mechanic, second class. He has not
been home for two years. His last, address was "c/o I'ostjn ister" in a seaport
city. Apparently he knew of his father's illness, for he recently sent home a
substantial sum of money with the message thai lie expected to leave and be
with lii.s family soon. Then, no further word.
The mother went to her union for help, and (lie case went to the American
Federation of Labor's I'ni.ted Nations Itelief oflice in New York. A long distance
phone call was placed to the Labor Section at American lied Cross head
quarters i'i Washington and within an hour lied Cross Home Service was
at work on the problem. An exchange of telegrams with the Itrooklyn lied
Cross Chapter confirmed the seriousness of the father's illness, and the Ilureau
of Naval Affairs of the lied Cross undertook to transmit, the message requesting
an emergency furlough for tin* son. lie is expected home \yithin a few days.
This is (lie story of one way 1JI which the American lied Cross helps to
meet (he human needs of servicemen and .their families. Functioning as the
oflicial medium of communication between the people of the lulled States and
their Army and Navy, Red Cross workers help to build morale—an important
military asset.
Through its staff of field directors, stationed with the troops wherever .they
go, and its Home Service unit, a part of the local lied Cgns^ chapter, the lied
Cross maintains the link with home, a channel for a two vyay flow of informa
tion which is vital to (lie welfare of the serviceman and Ids faniily.
The lied Cross concerns itself with the welfare of both able-bodied nnd
ill or convalescent men in service, maintaining workers in close contact with
hoth. I'pon request it will aid in locating either the serviceman or a member
of his family. Clubs are operated at overseas locations where the serviceman
on leave may receive lodging, food and recreation.
IN
MANY COUNTRIES
i'lie
assistance in securing employment for members of his family loans or grants
when needed to enable a soldier to return home in the event of sickness or
death in the iniined'ale family: assistance iu business problems, and in handl
ing matters concerning government, benefits, insurance allowances, allotments
and adjusted compensation.
The list goes on and oil, but whatever the problem, the Red Cross' stands
ready (o offer whatever assistance It can
soldier's family
KEEP INCREASING
PRODUCTION!
(From New York State Federation
of Labor Bulletin)
Do not permit unjustified attacks on
organized labor or its oflicials to dull
your enthusiasm. Continue to cheer
fully give of your best to cooperate
with management to product? a greater
and better output. Trade unionism
will survive for the protection of your
interests and the preservation of the
human side of industry-labor relations.
The efllciency and superiority of mass
cooperation, as contrasted with dis
integration into exploited individuals,
with no choice of agency for expres
sion or for the exercise of your cre
ative proclivities, will ultimately be
evaluated and accepted at its true
wort h.
As sure as the sun will continue to
rise and set. America and its Allies
will be the victors in this war. In the
post-war era labor unions will be
needed to help win the kind of peace
I hat will he just, which will afford
to all (he peace-loving peoples of the
world opportunity to exercise un
shackled their reasonable creative im
pulses.
At no time in the world's history of
recurring turmoil and misery has
wrong prevailed to the extent, of per
manently staying (he progress of right.
The world will continue to move for
ward to (he accomplishment of better
human relations in the spirit of volun
tary cooperation as opposed to the
domination of might.
But in modern warfare especially,
right iuust have the support of a suffi
ciently large and well equipped army
and navy. This Imposes the solemn
obligation on all those who must stay
on the home production front to keep
the wheels of industry turning.
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OBITUARY
ARTIIl'R W. WOOD
Arthur W. Wood, 41, former resident
of Fast Liverimol, died Thursday,
March 2.1, in the Rocky Olen suni
torlum, where he was a patient for.
three years.
He was the son of the late John
T. and' Nettie Moore Wood and last
was employed by a dairy.
He is survived by two sons, Jack
Wood of Burbank, Calif., and Ralph
Wood of the navy a daughter, Miss
Arlene Wood of Burbank five bro
thers, William R. Wood, Harry L.
Wood and John A. Wood of East
Liverjwoi, Walter C. Wood of Steuben
ville, and Thomas A. Wood of Camp
Shelby, Miss., and a sister, Mrs. Troy
Stephenson of Cleveland.
Rites were held Monday from the
Dawson funeral home with Mrs. Allle
O. Porter in charge of the
service.
Interment was in Riverview cemetery.
MRS. FLORENCE KICVAN
Mrs. Florence Bowler Kevan, 40,
wife of Charles R. Kevan of 711 Mor
ton St., died Tuesday at 4:lo a. m. at
her home after a two-year illness.
She was born in Stoke-on-Trent,
England, and resided In this vicinity
11 years. Mrs. Kevan was a member of
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and
was afliliated with the Royal Neigh
bors of American and a member of the
N. B. of O. 1\
In addition to her husband Mrs.
Kevan is survived by a daughter. Miss
Sylvia Bowler, and a son, Ernest
Bates, of East Liverpool, and a sister,
Mrs. Minnie Perish of England.
Rites were held today at 2 p. m.
front the Martin Funeral Home by
Rev. II. K. Caulk, rector of .St.
Stephen's Church. Interment was in
Riverview cemetery.
JOHN ALLISON
Sebring.—Word has been received
here of the death of John Allison, 71i,
a former resident of Sebring, in the
St. Johif Sanitarium at Springfield, IU.
Ill for over six years, Allison suc
cumbed at o :30 p. in., March 17. He
was born in 'hester, West Vu., August
13, 1870 and came to Sebring in 1000
with members of the Sebring family to
work In the early potteries. Allison
was one of the first sagger makers in
Sebring. He was a resident here about
L'O years.
A member of the Methodist Church
and N. B. of O. P. Local lTnion 11(5 of
Lincoln, III. Allison is survived by one
brother, Cash Allison of Sebring, and
two sons, Heber Allison of Sebring
find Kenneth Allison of Alliance.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. in., Sunday In .the Moosinan Funeral
Home with Dr. Vernon P. Martin in
charge. Burial was made in Srand
view cemetery.
Attendance Drops
(Continued From Page One)
going all-out iu their efforts to put
some of the members of our local In
nearby defense plants. Tills practice
has been called to the attention of the
manufacturers ami unless they inform
their foremen to curtail some of their
practices, 1 am afraid it will not be
long before serious .trouble develops.
No man can do more than Ills best,
hut a good many men can do more
than they think is their best.
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Labor unions are doing an excellent
job In combating absenteeism in the
plants, he said. Communities are also
beginning to study and take up .the
problems which they are best fitted to
remedy.
"The problem is really a local prob
lem and should be met as such," he
said, adding that hours for shopping,
recreation, and medical service should
be adopted to best lit working hours
of the plants.
Job Transfers Increase
Other manpower developments re
vealed by McNutt included the dis
closure that: (he number of workers
who are transferring from non-essen
tial to essential jobs after United
States Employment Service inferviews
increased from 10 per cent to 40 per
cent during January, due mainly to the
announcement that certain jobs and
industries were non-defcrraftle.
Always look on the bright side of
things but if you are buying them,
it's well to look on both sides.
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Thursday, April 1, 1043.
Labor Doing Good Job In
Fighting "Absenteeism,"
Manpower Chief Declares
INDUSTRIAL VACATIONS RECOMMENDED
Washington. T). C. (ILNS).—Praising organized labor for it:
efforts to prevent unwarranted absenteeism, Paul V. McNutt, War
Manpower Commission chairman, said that labor unions have
"done one of the most constructive jobs in dealing with absen
teeism."
He again said he had not changed his mind as to the value of
voluntary programs for controlling manpower.
Chairman McNutt said there had been a tendency to turn
the program to reduce absenteeism into an attack upon labor
unions. This is opposed by the War Manpower Commission, he
said.
"There are a good many problems
involved in absenteeism," McNutt said.
"There is the question of vacations
which is certainly worth studying.
Military leaders recognize the need for
releasing soldiers from tension. I think
merited industrial vacations are need
ed as well. The merit and the need for
such vacations could be decided by
labor-management committees."
Electrical Union Local
Buys $119,000 V/ar Bonds
Washington, I. (\—AFL Secretary
Treasure Ceorge Meany received a
report i'rom A. .T. liannon, business
manager of Local Union Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Houston, Tex., that the
membership of the local purchased
.100.000 war bonds and the local
$15),(MX), issue price, in 1P42, a total of
$11!),000.
STARTING SATURDAY
The Union Label, Shop Card and
Service Button stand for a square deal
for workers.
Our Services are built
upon the recommenda
tiou of the families \vc
have served.
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Funeral Home
li W. Fifth Street
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