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Thursday, June 17, 1043.
Wage Differentials Between
White And Colored Workers
Abolished By W.L.B. Ruling
NEGRO WORKERS BENEFIT
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Wage classifications based solely
on differences in race are without validity, the National War Labor
Board has ruled unanimously, in ordering abolition of pay differ
entials between white and Negro workers performing equal work
at the plant of the Southport Petroleum Co., Texas City, Tex.
The opinion was written by Dr. Frank P. Graham, public
member of the board, Southerner, and president of the University
of North Carolina.
"Economic and political discrimination on account of race or
creed is in line with the Nazi program," the board declared.
High tribute was paid in the opinion*'
to the patriotism and loyalty of the
American Negro, the board adding that
the Negro is the test of our sincerity
in the cause for which we are fighting.
Pay Increases Ordered
The board directed the petroleum
company to give pay increases
.to
Colored employees which will "place
them on a basis of economic parity
with the white workers in the same
Classification." The board added that
'fto the credit of the company, ibis
decision" was accepted by the manage
ment in good faith and spirit.
In part, the board's opinion said:
"l.u this small but significant case
the National War Labor Hoard abol
ishes the classifications 'colored labor
er' and white laborer' and reclassifies
both simply as 'laborers' with tjie same
rates of pay for all that classification
without discrimination on account of
color. ...
"This wage increase Is made with
out regard to the "Little Steel' "for
mula, but with regard simply for the
democratic formula of equal pay for
work equal in quantity and quality in
the same classification.
Sound Principle Upheld
"This equalization of economic op
portunity is not a violation of tin
sound American provision of differen
tials in pay for differences in skills.
It is rather a bit of realization of tin
no less sound American principle of
equal pay for equal work as one of the
equal rights in the promise of Ameri
can democracy, regardless of color,
race, sex, religion or national origin
The company was directed to insti
tute a reclassification system and to
grant in each classification a wage in
crease of either per cent or 5 cents,
whichever is higher.
Cooperation Now
(Continued From Page One)
fice. "NYY certainly exorcise the right
to criticize, but when it comes to
vote we are right there. Our congratu
lations also go to rot her (ieorge Pace
in winning the delegateship to the
American Federation of Labor, and at
the same time our condolences to
Ill-other John Siiupson of our own
local.
We were glad to read Secretary
Meany's address in the Herald, also
I'ot-Hash and many other worthwhile
items. We wonder how many realize
what an asset we have in a palter
which gives us the other side of the
story.
How much we could learn from the
downfall of conquered nations the past
three years in Europe if we were only
willing to give a little time to serious
thought. We are up against terribl.
odds even as .they were, unprepared
and still unprepared, disunited even as
they were. Our young people and the
general public fed malicious propa
ganda, the iifth column working from
within and so many similarities that
ve could not mention them all
Whether we will ever again get on our
l'eet and win back our freedom and a
fair share of the pro tits, only the post
war years will .tell.
I believe we will, because I believe
in America and what she has always
stood for. We can do nothing now but
be prepared to take advantage of op
porlunities as we hope they will pre
sent themselves on a united front. We
bore the brunt of the depression, wt
are bearing the brunt of this uuasket
for war. Some day i.t will be our turn
if we stand together, never if we do
not.
Gleams of sunshine come our way
occasionally as we are visited by our
boys in the service. Rod Hill of tlw
Navy, Lieutenant Jack Harper, A1
Culvers with his wings and many
others have been visiting with us. Cor
poral John Cooper, Jr. is now sta
tinned close by and was home last
weekend. Ed I'etrowski is training for
the Medical Corps. Best wishes .to all
of the boys.
Ill-other Hart Cingle and Walter
Cochrane, Sr. are in the hospital, bu
we hope they will soon be better.
I rot her William Nolan has retired
after many years of faithful service
and loyal brotherhood. lie was lout la
to do so, but we hope It will be to his
best interest. O. C. 4.".
WOMEN PARK EMPLOYEES
Chicago.—'-Four hundred women have
btVn
employed in the last year
by
the
Chicago park district to replace 5(58
regular park employees who have
entered the armed forces, and efforts
are being made to recruit an additional
4Hi. the Civil Service Assembly of the
Vi tiled States and Canada says. The
women are working as florists, garden
ers, storekeepers, crossing and -serv
ice guards, and laborers.
Information Please and the Quiz
Kids are mighty fine freak shows.
News From National
War Labor Board
Cleveland, O. In an unanimous
resolution, the' "Regional War Labor
Hoard has announced that smaller pay
nvelopes resulting from the pay-as
•u-go income tax bill will not be
eeognized as a basis for granting a
wage or salary increase. The tax goes
into effect July 1, when employers are
•equired to deduct 20% from wages
md salaries after exemptions are
made for dependents.-
The resolution was announced by
'hairman Lewis M. (!ill in response to
i number of telephone calls on the sub
ject received by the regional ollice.
It stated:
"The Regional War Labor Board has
eceived a number of inquiries as to
whether the forthcoming "pay-as-you
go' withholding the tax furnishes the
basis for a wage increase.
"The Hoard will not recognize .the
fleet of this tax on the workers' in
come as a basis for approval of a wage
or salary increase."
Mr. (Jill, as regional director of
WLH before the regional hoards were
established, issued a ruling in con
nection with the r% Victory Tax last
lanuary. At that time, Mr. (Jill stated
that absorption of the 5% tax by em
ployers was equivalent to a f% wage
or salary increase and would have to
have WLH approval.
The same would apply if any gener
ous employer wanted to pay the 20r/r
tax for his workers, if such an em
ployer could be found.
Tike Regional WLH announced tenta
tive brackets of minimum and maxi
lntim "tested rates" for 2S occupations
in the Louisville area. Brackets lor
other cities will follow.
As defined by the National War La
bor Hoard, a wage bracket is "a rang
from minimum to maximum of stable
tested rates for a given occupation in
i.given labor market area."
Chairman Lewis "M. (Jill explained
that the minimum of the bracket for
each occupation is the rate abovt
which .tlu* War Labor Hoard, except
in rare and unusual cases, may not ap
prove wage increases unless, of course,
they are in accordance with the Little
Steel formula. This does not mean that
employers have to raise their rates up
to the minimum of the bracket.
"All rates within .the brackets," he
said, "arc to be regarded as stabilized
not subject to change, except under the
Little Steel formula."
The WLH may also approve rates ui
to r0 cents an hour to correct sub
standards of living.
The Louisville brackets were based
on recoimnenda.tions made by the wage
stablization panel of the Regional
WLH, which gathered wage data in
Louisville from 128 companies and re
ceived other data from i).r applicant
for approval of voluntary wage in
creases who appeared before the panel
To relieve the manpower problem in
the canning industry, which is enter
ing its rush season, wage rates about
10 cents an hour over what .they wen
last season were approved for the
canning industry in a ruling issued by
Kay M. Suter, director of -wage sta
bilization at the direction of the Re
gional War Labor Hoard.
The decision affected (58 Ohio can
neries, which are members of the Ohio
Canners Association.
Mr. Suter approved wage rates sub
milted by the companies which wer
not more than cents an hour for
unskilled labor and 7f cents an hou
for semi-skilled labor. Rates for peel
ers, skilled workers and oflice worker
were also approved if they did not
exceed the differential over common
labor that previously existed and wer
not above the minimum of the tested
rates for .the same occupational groups
in the particular labor market area.
The Regional WLH this week di
nied appeals in seven cases in which
the WLH wage stabilization division
had denied approval of 1942 bonuses
which represented an increase
amount or percentage, if based on per
cent a go, over the previous bonus year
It held there were no grounds for
versa
1 of the previous decisions.
The Breckenridge Machine Co
Cleveland, was ordered by the R»
gional WLH to include in its contra*
with the United Automobile Worker
Local CIO, a provision that it will
compensate, at regular hourly rat*
any employee serving as shop stewan
or committeeman for time consume*
in handling grievances or matters cov
ered by the contract during working
hours.
With labor members dissenting, the
Abernethy, Mississippi
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Allen, Illinois
Allen, Louisiana
Anderson. H. Carl, Minnesaota
Anderson, California
Ihurch, Illinois
lark. North Carolina
liason, Massachusetts
Cleven»r."r. Ohio
Dolmer, Mississippi
Gooley, North Carolina
Oooper, Tennessee
Courtney. Tennessee
Cox, Georgia
Cravens, Arkansas
Great. Kentucky
Cunningham, Iowa
Curtis, Nebraska
Davis Tenness.ee
Dewey. Illinois
Dl-ney, Oklahoma
Ditter, Pennsylvania
Dondero, Michigan
Doughton. North Carolina
[Trewry, Virginia
Juiham, North Carolina
)wrti'shak, Idaho
Clito'l. N.ow
Jersey
Slliott, California
SUis, A rkansas
Cllsworl'i, Oregon
Alston, Oflio
Allows. Mninc
•"ernandez. New Mexico
•"i ih. New York
'isher, 'I cx»»
'olger. North Carolina
'ulliright, ArKansas
ale. Minnesota
iambic. New York
•athinrs Arkansas
liivin, Pennsylvania
Jeaijicait, California
ici lacli, Pennsylvania
iibson, Georgia
il hrist, Iowa
Opens Sunday At Ceramic Theatre
Goodwin, Massachusetts
(ioiw, Tennessee
(Jossett, Texas
Graham. Pennsylvania
Grant, Indiana
Andresen. August H., Minnesota Gregory. Kentucky
Andrews, New York
[Arends, Illinois
Vuchineloss, New Jersey
Baldwin, Maryland
Jardcn, North Carolina
larnett. Wyoniinpr
iates, Massachusetts
ieekworth, Texas
Bennett, Missouri
-Hand. Virginia
Jolton, Ohio
jonner. North
Joicn, Oklahoma
toykin, Alabama
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rooks, Louisiana
Ji-own, Georgia
}rown, Ohio
jryson. South Carolina
lulTett. Nebraska
lulwinkle. North Carolina
lurch, Virginia
urnin, North Carolina
3amp. Georgia
ant.on, Missouri
Carlson, Kansas
parson, Ohio
Jase, South ikita
jhonoweth, Colorado
Uhiperfield. Illinois
Griffiths, Ohio
Gross, Pennsylvania
Gwynne, Iowa
Hale. Maine
Hall,Edwin Arthur,
Board denied the union's request that
a clause granting a military service
bonus to employees entering the armed
services also be incorporated in tin
contract. The company lias a volun
tary plan.
With industry members dissenting,
the Board granted the union voluntary
maintenance of membership, with the
usual Ifi-day escape clause, and vol
untary check-off.
Allan N. Shea lien, research analyst
in the wage stabilization division of
the Regional WLB, has been promoted
to assistant to Chairman Lewis M.
Gill. Sheaheii lias specialized in wage
cases from Kentucky and was in
charge of the Louisville wage stabiliza
tion panel.
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Enriched Sandwich Bread
GODDARD BAKERS
THE FOTTESffS HERALD
Krrol Flynn and Ann Sheridan art- cast as leaders of an .umed revolt of
the liberty-loving people of Trollness, a fictional town in Nazi-o« upied Norway
in Warner Hros.' "Kdge Of Darkness," based on William Woods' bext-sellei
novel of the same The film opens
at
Roll-Call Of Labor's Enemies
Washington, I). C. Before the House of Representatives acted on the
Connally-Smith Bill, the Executive .Council of the American Federation of
Labor issued this warning:
"The American Federation of Labor calls upon Congress to defeat the
Connally-Smith Hill. We will demand a record vote on this measure. Regardless
whether it is killed or adopled, we shall endeavor to vote out of office any
member of Congress who supports it. Into this effort, the American Federation
of Labor will pour every resource at its command."
In compliance with this mandate, we publish herewith the names of the
234 members of the House of Representatives who voted for adoption of this
vicious anti-labor bill.
the Ceramic They're on Sunday
ffundt, So'ith Dakota
lurray, Tennessee
fun-ay, Wisconsin
ewsome. Alabama
orrell, Arkansas
)'Hara. Minnesota
®acc, Geoivia
batman. Texas
Peterson, Hoorgia
*h:llips, California
?loeser. Mi-souri
taaiee. Texas
'oulson, California
rice. Florida
riest, Tennessee
landolph. West Virginia
tankin. Mississippi
teece, Tennessee
teed. New York
lees. Kansas
lirhards, South Carolina
livers, South Carolina
lizley, Oklahoma
lobertsoi:. Virginia
lobsion, Kentucky
lockwell. Colorado
lodgers, Pennsylvania
logers. Massachusetts
iohrhoiipli. West Virginia
•lowe. Ohio
iatterfield. Virginia
Jhafer. Michigan
jhort. Mi ~(iiri
Simpson, Illinois
Simpson, Pennsylvania
Slaughter. Missouri
Smith Ohio
Imith. Virginia
Smith. Wisconsin
Sparkmati. Alabama
Springer, Indiana
Stanley, ..Vw.York
Staines, Alabama
tefan. Ni braska ,.
tewiu t^OklnhoBna.
Stockman. Oicgfch
Sumn 1, lllinoi
Sumnei s, Te\as
Sund-trom, New*
Ne^ York
Hall, Leonard W.,
New York
Halleck, Indiana
Hancock. New York
Hare, South Carolina
Harless, Ari7ona
a moss, Indiana
Harris, Arkansas
Harris, Virginia
Hartley, New Jersey
Hnlvrt, Louisiana
Herter. Massachusetts
Hess, Ohio
Hill, Colorado
Hinshaw, California
Hobbs, Alabama
Hoeven, Iowa
llolfniiin, Michigan
Holmes. Massachusetts
Holme*. Washington
Hope, Kansas
Horan, Washington
Jut-man. Alabama
Jeffrey, Ohio
Jenkins, Ohio
Jennings, Tennessee
Jensen, Iowa
Johnson, Anton J.. Illinois
Johnson, Luther A...Texas
Johnson. Lyndon B.,
Texas
Johnson, Oklahoma
Jones, Ohio
Jonknian, Michigan
Judd, Minnesota
Kearney, New York
Keofe, Wisconsin
Kefauvei, Tennessee
Kilburn, New York
Kilday, Texas
Kinzer, Pennsylvania
Kleberg. Texas
Knirtson, Minnesota
Lambertson, Kansas
Landis, Indiana
Lanham, Texas
Iv?a. California
MeCoul, Tennessee
McGregor, Ohio
McKcnzie. Louisiana
McLean. New Jersey
McMillan. South Carolina
MeWilliar.is, Connecticut
Maas, Minnesota
Mahon, Texas
Maloney, Louisiana
Manasco, Alabama
Mansfield, Texas
Martin. Iowa
•Martin, Massachusetts
May, Kentucky
Merrow, New Hampshire
Michener, Michigan
Miller, Nebraska
Mills, Arkansas
Monroriey, Oklahoma
Morris. Louisiana
MAILERS' UNION ELECTS
Shea Of Newark Among Officers Of
The New Organization
Cincinnati. The new International
Union of the Newspaper Mailers of the
United States and Canada perfected
permanent organization at its conven
tion with election of officers headed by
Walter Weissnian of Cincinnati as
international president.
Other officers include John Barrows.
Atlanta, (!a. Samuel Max, TMiilad'el
pliia, and William Shea of Newark,
N. J., first, second and third vice presi
dents, respectively, atxl W. Carey
Weaver of Indianapolis, secretary
treasurer.
The new union broke an affiliation of
forty-four years with the International
Typographical Union.
Jersey
Taber. New York
Talli, Iowa
Tarxer, Georgia
laylor. New York
Thomas, New
Jerdey
Thoniason, Texas
Tibbott, Pennsylvania
Towe. New Jersey
Vincent, Kentucky
Vinson, Georgia
Vorys, Ohio
Vursell. Illinois
Wad: worth. New York
Ward, Maryland
Weaver. North Carolina
West. Texas
Whitt a, Mississippi
Whittington, Mississippi
Wiggle*worth. Massachusetts
Willey, Pelaware
W i 11 s
11 ai I. i ss issi ppi
Winter. Kansas
Wolco.t. Michigan
Woodrtii.i, Virginia
WoodfMir. Michigan
Wo' l.v. T. xas
/inline'man. Missouri
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(title)
(address)
Engineering Union
Has 64,000 Women
delegates For First Time
Confer On Sex'3
Interest
liritish labor history
wuh
made at
lSla-k|ool, England, a few w**eks ajro
with the arrival there of twe,jity-six
women shop stewards, rep reset) tin'.'
•4.IMK) women workiwr in factories who
have joined the Amalgamated Kn
}firi*M*iii« I'nion aince the wx barrier
was lifed on New Year's Day.
They came from all parts of the
British Inles to attend the first
women's conference of the A. K. U.
ver held. During the sessions, all the
delegates, wheiher married or single,
were addressed as '-sister." They dis
ussed women's part in the war indus
try, women's part in the union, and
women's wages, health and welfare In
war factories.
For ninty-one /fx rs. the A. E. U.,
said to be the w*al.1liiest individual
labor lody in the world, with a re
serve fund of £Si,iVand until
Jan. 1 refused to admit women to
menilMTship. Then they were accepted
on equal terms with the men.
FEWER SEDITION CASES
THAN FIRST WORLD WAR
New York City (ILNS).—In a re
port on wal'-tlme prosecutions for al
legedly subversive speech and publica
tion, the American Civil Liberties
I'nion notes fewer sedition cases In
World War II.
'There were only 4H federal cases
of all sorts up to May. 1043," the re
l»ort says, "as against a total of al
most l.(KM) such cases in the first
World War I corres|Knding period."
About lli.l convicted ier.sons are in
prison, and a few more are in jail
awaiting trial. The largest group an
members of obscure religious sects,
convicted for conspiracy to obstruct
the Selective Service Act the next
largest are members of the German
American Bund.
The government has invoked tin
Espionage Act in 2." cases involving
persons .'{ persons have been con
victed, 1"» released, and are on trial
ov awaiting it. Three cases, in which
prosecutions were dropped, were
brought under the peace-time sedition
act.
Early in the war there were a few
prosecutions under state sedition laws
l"p to the present the I'ost Office De
partment has revoked the second-class
mailing rights of 0 publications and
barred l.r» issues of 8 publications from
the mails foe Violation of .the Espion
age Act.
It has been the Union's jMilicy not to
intervene where the indictments show
a "clear and present danger," or
where a connection with enemy agents
is established, except where the "fun
da mentals of due process are involv
ed."
Treasury Department
Request
The -relatively- small number of fsedi
tion cases, the report holds, is appar
ently due to the slight opposition of th
war, the general absence of hysteria
and the intelligent application of tin
Department of Justice of the clear and
present danger test laid down by .the
Supreme Court in the last war.
Never say Shut Up! to your wife or
anybody else unless you are willing to
lake llie -iinst't|t|riivs.
Thousands of labor unions nave
achieved the 10% War Bond goaf, but
the Treasury Department has no com
plete record on these achievements, in
order that Treasury records may show
the scope of labor's outstanding War
Bond work, will union officers please
fill in and mail the form below, if their
members are averaging 10% or more
every payday.
••••dip out along this line"*"
Hon. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Secretary:
Our local union has topped that 10% in War Bonds. Please
put us on the Honor Roll. More than 90% of the members of
our union are putting 10% or more of their earnings into
War Bonds each payday through a Payroll Savings Plan.
There are approximately workers in our local.
Sincerely youvs,
(Local Union No.) *i
-.^International Union)
their name here:
"Nate to union officials: If the company with which your union
has contractual relations has achieved the 10% mark, put
Committees Credited With
Fine Production Records
Of Bridgeport War Plants
ABSENTEEISM HELD "BADLY OVERUSED WORD"
New York City (ILNS).—Credit to labor-management pro
dutcion committees for improving industrial relations and em
ployers' statements that absenteeism "is a badly overused word"
highlight a lead article on war-booming Bridgeport, written by
Robert Cruise McManus in Liberty Magazine for June 12.
In "The Town With No Labor Troubles" McManus writes
about the cooperation between AFL and CIO unions, employers,
chamber of commerce and other elements in the community.
Approaching the problem of absenteeism McManus states:
"Bridgeport is different.
Absenteeism Talk Derided
"Listen lo what Kditm- }eirg'
Waldo of the I'ost say- ulout absen
teeism, that bogey that has caused his
colleagues in other parts of the coun
try .to break out with the tizzie-wiz
zles:
'This talk about absenteeism is a
lot of ranting. Absenteeism is some
thing like this: A woman with four
children can't get to her job at the
factory liecause one of them wakes up
with the whooping cough. I'd like to
ee some of these complaining editors
-ubmit themselv»!s» to the discipline of
a factory. I'd like to s* 'em separated
from their families and packed into a
hole- and- comer roominghouse, or
forced to commute fbd knows how
many miles at (lod knows what hours
of the day and night. Maybe .they'd
know a little more about what absen
teeism weans!"'
Two Lessons Tanght
'Steinkraus (president of Bridge
IKirt Brass) expressed similar opin
ion:-. So did Bob Crosby, the wise
looking humorous secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce. As a matter of
fact, every representative of the em
ployers whom I talked to emphasized
his belief that absenteeism is a badly
overused word."
What can the rest of ns 1»arn from
Bridgeport? asUs McManus. who an
swers
I put that c|iiestion to every one I
talked to. Without exception, they told
me that there are two chief reasons
for the city's suj»erlative iierformance.
One Is the extraordinary use Bridge
I«rt has made of the laljor-manage
inent device promulgated by WPi:
Boss Donald Nelson, which provides
for joint committees, representing la
bor and management, in each plant to
stimulate production.
"The cither is the quality of th«
town's journalistic, civic, industrial,
labor, and political leadership."
Ask for Union Labeled merchandise.
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PAGE FIVE
Committee Reports
(Continued From Page One)
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Brother Harry Podewels is schem
ing around to obtain enough gas to go
fishing in Michigan. Harry has been
an ardent worker on our picnic com
mittee, and says now that the annua!
afTair has been called off, the govern
ment should grant him enough gas for
the trip.—O.c. VI.
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