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Thursday, Demi titer 1!13.
Presidents Iirown
and
and
Electric Industry Postwar
Program Revealed By Labor
And Management Over Air
POSSIBILITIES SEEN FOR BUILDING EXPANSION
Washington, I). C. (ILNS).—Outlines of a specific postwar
program for the electrical construction industry, agreed upon by
labor and management, which was described in an International
Labor News Service Chicago dispatch in October, were revealed
in a nationwide "Labor for Victory" program over NliC. The
plan is designed to benefit workers, employers and the public.
The radio program, presented by the American Federation
of Labor, featured an interview with President E. J. Prown of
the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and Presi
dent Robert W. McChesney of the National Electrical Contractors
Association.
and
McChesney
suuunariml the 4-point postwar pro
gram as follows:
1.—Immediate
assignment of elec­
trical contractors and their skilled
working stall's to do repair, installation
maintenance work in shipyards
war plants.
Building Boom Visualized
2.—Survey of the possibilities of
future expansion of the industry. This
already has been completed and shows.
McChesney said, that "the first an
nouncement of peace can be the signal
for the greatest construction program
America has ever seen."
3.—Application of many new dis
coveries of increasing elliciency of
operations, which will lower costs to
the public and result in wider utiliza
tion and enjoyment of electrical in
stallations.
4.—Trial of a "revolutionary experi
ment" involving the stabilization of
wages and employment on an annual
basis, as a supplement to the present
hourly basis of pay.
Planning Headstart Made
McChesney. representing the em
ployers, and adoption of this program
was made possible by the high degree
of labor-management cooperation at
tained by the industry, which lias the
remarkable record of not having ex
perienced a single strike involving
wages or working conditions since 1!20.
He declared the electrical contract
ing industry is far ahead of other in
dustries in postwar planning partly
because it already faces postwar con
ditions. Cut backs in war construction
have reduced building activity to the
rate of 2 billion dollars a year, as com
pared with 13Vs billions last year and
'6V2 billions at the low point of tin
depression.
lirown said that the II$E\V is will
ing to try the experiment of stabilizin:
employment and wages 011 an annual
basis "to see if it is sound."
Aim Is Higher Income
The objective, lie pointed out, "is to
guarantee a higher annual income to
1 he workers even though their present
hourly rate may he lowered."
He said that because of labor-man
agement cooperation representatives of
his union do not have "to waste time
and energy fighting employers con
stantly" and can thereby devote greater
effort to the development of construc
tive policies, such as the new postwar
program
He emphasized that the union has
an important interest in postwar plan
ning because the objective is to pro
vide jobs for members of the union,
including 40,000 now serving in the
armed forces.
"We consider that a sacred obliga
tion," Brown added. "When this war
ends, we don't want to see a disastrous
depression in America. We're going to
do our part", in teamwork with indus
try, to start tilings humming."
liotli Hark High Wages
lie urged slops to stimulate business
confidence and investment confidence
in the postwar period by avoiding pro
hibitive or destructive taxes and by
oilVring free enterprise a chance to
make fair profits.
At the same time, Hrown urged and
.McChesney agreed that high., wages
and high standards for labor must
hand in hand witli business expansion
and national prosperity
MEDICAL GROUP ASKS
BETTER ARMY CARE
OF NERVE CASES
Chicago (ILNS).—Hotter Army can
of nerve and mental conditions is urged
by the journal of the American Medi
cal Association.
Though not naming Lieut. (Jen. Pat
ton, who was reprimanded for slapping
a soldier in a hospital tent in Sicily,
the journal cites the incident sayin
"A soldier suffering from what
would ordinarily be called a nervous
breakdown, a condition classified as a
ncuropsychiatrie disorder, was punish
ed quite unnecessarily by a general
"This incident serves to focus atten
tion again on the exceeding importune*
of proper organization of iieuropsy
•hiatry in the medical service so that.
1 lie most possible ran be done to pn
\eitt situations of this type in tin
tutu IV.
"About one-third of all casualties
now being returned from overseas are
ncuropsycliialric. The strain of this
war effects leaders, with the addc:
stress of leadership, even more .than
it does the men in subordinate rank.
Street Car Fare Reduced
San Francisco (ILNS).—One price
has been cut here. The California Rail
road Commission has ordered ihe Mar
ket Street Ilailway to reduce its San
Francisco street car fares from 7 cent.*
to cenIf effective Dec. 21. The ninui
cipal car line charge o cents.
Big 5 Strike
(Continued From Page One)
of a 4-cent hourly wage increase
ranted last September 2H by an
Emergency Hoard of the National ltajl
way Labor panel, which held its award
strictly within the bounds of tii
Little Steel" formula.
The brotherhoods had asked for a
30 per cent increase in basic
wag
rates.
Immediately following the joint
meetings here Alvanley Johnston,
(Jrand Chief Engineer of the Loco
motive Engineers I). H. Robertson,
president of the Firemen and Engine
men li. W. Eraser, president of tin
Conductors A. F. Whitney, president
of the Trainmen, and T. C. Casheu
president of the Switchmen, issued tin
following prepared statement:
97.™ Per Cent Favor Stoppage
"We approve this strike, thoroughly
aware of its immediate effects. Hut wt
believe that in the long run such action
011 the part of a large and powerful
labor group will redound both to tin
military success of the war and tin
present and post-war welfare of
th«
common people of this nation.
"When !)7.7 per cent of our SoO.OOO
members voted to strike, their action
reflected the deep and spreading dis
atisfaetion of the citizenry of this
country with the economic management
of the war.
"These men who have voted to strike
are average Americans. Approximately
10 per cent of the membership of these
I.mtherhoods are now in the armed
service of their country. These 3 »0,000
railroad workers are men, almost all
of whom have sons or brothers in the
military forces of our nation.
Unanimity Is Iinprsessive
"Nevertheless they have voted to
halt production in essential transpor
tation. It is true that 3.r»0,000 rai
roaders can be wrong, but we say that
such unanimity among a large and
representative group of citizens pro
pounds a question which the whole
people of this country and the men in
its government may well ponder.
"This is fundamentally a strike vote
against gross injustice in the adminis
tration of the American war economy
which is affecting not only railroad
transportation workers, but wage
earners and salaried people as well.
"It is a strike against inflation for
the privileged few and deflation for the
many.
"This is action to half policies which
if continued, will throw this country
into a major economic crisis, with it
consequent destruction of public morale
that will be far more hurtful to tin
war effort than any temporary worl
stoppage in protest against them.
Washington Pledge Broken
"This railroad wage movement wa
first considered by these organization
011 September 2!, 1042, .14/2 month
ago, as a defense measure against th
rising cost of living. Action was post
pnned at that .time because it wa
promised that the Congress and tin
executive agencies of the government
would make definite mows to stabilize
rices.
"We withheld our demands until tin
Stabilization Act became a law. until
appropriate orders and directives wen
issued, and then for two months 11101*
in order to give those in authority an
opportunity 'to stabilize cost of living
prices.' This was not dune as prom
ised."
Ordered To Pay Overtime
Cleveland. Studehaker Chemical
Company, 341 Vulcan Street, Elyria
Ohio was permanently restrained from
violating file overtime and record
keeping provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act under an injunction
issued by the Federal District Court
here.
The injunction followed the filing of
a civil suit by the Wage and Hour
Division in May, 104:!. The complaint
prepared by Frank R. Diftoe, attorne
F. S. Department of Labor, charged
the company with paying less than 30
cents an hour, not paying time and
one-hail: for hours worked over 40 in
a week and with neglecting to record
accurately hours workedi The company
agreed to the injunction without pro
test.
It is engaged in luanufacturin
chemical products.
COPS TAKE COLLIDE ()l USE
Syracuse. V.— Thirty members
the Syracuse police department ha\
been selected to attend a one-yea 1
course of police training at the exten
sion department of Syracuse Fnivei
sity. Instructors will be three key men
in the police department, assisted
the university staff. .Marks made in
examinations will be taken into eon
sideralion by the polire chiof when
making promotions.
Ha
V
THIS BUSINESS
n
Pu)M
OF
CS By MARY MOORE
DOlYOl KNOW?
"it's not what we irive. but what we
share—for the gift ilium! liie ^iver
is hare.—Lowell.
This is the lime to observe a Christ
mas custom of countries ago—the cus
tom of sacrifice. Hecause all over the
world the lives of our American bo
and men are being exchanged for lib
erty, we at home could make someone
happy by giving "something of our
self." Doing something personal for an
unfortunate one can mean more than
the giving of a gift.
This Christmas will lie a new and
unusual experience for a lot of people.
The traditional gay festivities will be
saddened by the absence of loved ones
in the servic.es, but we can help make
the day a happy one for someone else
not so fortunate as ourselves by a little
act of kindness or thought fullness.
It matters little if you can't find the
per feci" gift you'd like to buy because
stocks are low. or. if upon finding it,
you can't afford to buy it: uiw some
thing of yourself that's Christmas
cluer!
WOMEN
The State of Pennsylvania boasts of
its women who are serving as forest
fire observers, fire wardens and the
great number who are serving as mem
bers of trained forest lire lighting
crews.
The women li re observers
are sta­
tioned 011 84-fool steel towers equipped
witirshort wave radio sets which the\
have trained to use both for sending
and receiving. They have been licensee
by the FCC.
On Miami Reach. Florida girl bell
Our first minister from Ethiopia ar
rives in Washington and is met by a
lieutenant and a jeep.-
Count iVlariguy may mine to (lie
U. S. The Bahamas declined to
hang him.
Sen. Hilbo threatens In 1:1 li, Ihe anti
poll tax bill .to death. I nder Senate
rules he can prevent it coming to a
vote, even in a democracy.
Comptroller 5en. Warren says some
contracts negotiated by army ollicers
for war materials are "simply rotten."
And they are supposed 10 be experts,
Viie President Wallace says Hie
railroads arc trying to get control of
all
forms of transportation. To pro
tect profits, ol course.
Federal officials refuse to sa\
whether they are considering importa
tion of a million Italians 10 iiquidat*
ihe labor shortage. The railroads
solved their labor problem that way
40 years ago.
Sen Harry llird. of Ya.. the great
economy man, wants federal govt, to
buy the .$25,000 home of Patrick
Henry, in his state, for
Chicago (ILNS). i'.y building, a
million much needed houses a year
after the war. the construction indus
try could contribute to prosperity by
supplying 2.000.1 MM) jobs and a market
for *2,000,000,otto worth of materials,
a recent issue of American Huihlci'
asserts. Demobilized veterans and
workers from crowded areas will use
war savings to demand new homo,
with modern kitchens .-md devices ami
with play space for childn in la.i.M
ziue believes.
Tin I 'OTTERS HERALD
LASSIE VERY MUCH AT HOME
the Carraclougiis. Kodiiy McDowali has jusi reiurneci ironi nooi wnn Lassie and his mother (Klsa Laneiiester) and
father (Donald Crisp) are not in favor of having tin* dog awa\ from-ln 1 rightful owner. The picture don" up in natural
Technicolor, comes Christmas Day to the Ceramic Theater, and also has in its cast Dame May Whitty. Edmund Cwenn
Nigel Hruce and Elizabelli Taylor.
hops are the answer to 1 He hotel's nost
serious manpower pr.iiilem, and th*
managers say the experiment is nor*
satisfactory than male bellhops. The
girls are more interested in their work,
an' polite and anxious to please, and
they handle luggage like veterans.
11 is true, some of male guests
^ei flustered when a i-hi girl picks
up their luggage, and offer to carry it
themselves, but when the girls explain
that's what they are there for the
LMI.'St
soo-i
get
Used I
are doiri£
trying to
problems.
1
he world today.
WHAT'S
1
a
monument. I'rice. X17.12i.
C00KLV?
Are you wondering what t" -en
for Christinas desert since all ihe
packaged fruit puddings, and the il
ings of candied fruits and peel ha-,.
grocers' she
•ieks Cariuel
disappeared
o
Why not r.\ Si.
ream?
ihlen-bl'iwii :iiid u •olli'
lie ide.l.
"What is wrong with tin? American
home?" asks Mrs. .John L. Whitehursi,
President of the (lener'i Federation of
Women's Clubs. "Ar he women to
blame for the increa in juvenile de
linquency?" Mrs. Wiiiehurst believes
that the juvenile -tft^inquency rate
could be lowered ii women won hi stoj
talking about how much war work they
and
»o!vt
•Jown to
Sajing, "Tlie
is not the answ
are the futim
business
great
Hot
I i
•iiii Iren,
em.
he pre
ns of
They
in great
niotivat-
coiintry. Women must be tin
ing force in every community in stamp
ing out the social diseases, if the local
authorities are apathetic, the women
of the community must stir them out
of their lethargy. Women are niolders
of public opinion and are capable o
obviating many of the serious problem
in
sugar, th
ten e
1 cup carmeli.-..
bill I e:\ II Iigllth
almond flavoring. 1
J-4 tsp. .-alt, 2 cups
cup chopped pecans.
Serve with I 1
1
_• Mips sugar.
national
Senate has appropriated
(K)tl to build plants to extract oil
from eoal.
Hitler stopped rut 111 i r_- lorn enough
to assure his people that everythin
is going ilis way—hack to Herlin.
POST WAR HOUSING URGED
I—I i i.
1
cup boiling v
•vaporated
arnieli/.e nij-'ar heating in heavy
iron frying pan. si ing while melting
to prevent lumping. When melted add
boiling water slowly ami cook to a
thin syrup, abou mill. Add butter,
Mix beaten .egg- w .• li salt and 1 cup
ova p. milk. Stir n jLlie earnielized
mixture. Cook 111 top of double boiler
until mixture will cunt a spoon. Add
remaining milk and flavor. Let cool,
pour into re
frige
When partly fro
tray w/ell. Add
freezing. This
hours.
tray and freeze,
einove and stir in
ed pecan-. Fini
take a 11 o111
Sauce: Canneliz"
1J4 cups boilin
water, 1 tblspn. butter. Hoil to a thick
syrup. Remove from heat and add 1
tblspn. brandy or run 1. Serve slightly
warm over the ream. This wrw
eight. The brand nice, served in
delicate pitcher aim with a pluie o
Christmas cookies makes a fittln
Christmas dinner desert.
New peas or frozen peas cooked with
lettuce is a delicious dish and a favor
ite with French e! s.
orn -yrup i-
candy making
formation of la:
CREAL TOP
Milk
Bottles
THEY ARE VMTARY
Used hxrlu ivvly By
Golden S^air Dairy
Phone 3200
Ex-Fighters Push
War On Home Front
Men Honorably Dischargee
From Service Working In
Merchant Shipyards
Washington. I. C. (ILNS I.
content only with having fought tin
enemy on the actual battlefrouts, bun
dreds of honorably discharged *x
fighting men from all brandies of the
American" armed forces now are work
ing at the nation's men-hunt shipyards
to carry on the fight on the home front
the Maritime Commission say*
Typical example is 1 iHou
S i u i i n o i w i a i y a
Houston. Tex., where a check of |»er
sonnel files revealed that more thai
200 men honorably discharged from
Ihe Army. Navy, and Marine Corps an
now employed. The check further
showed that many of the men are
wearers of the Purple Heart, and one
of the Navy ex-fighters holds the
Navy-Cross for gallantry.
Other service men are starting worl
at the yard at a rare of iw«» «»v three
a day. Said the yard's personnel
direcior:
"These men are among our best
workers. They've been through it and
they realize the m*ed for ships."
Cleveland Workers Paid
$37,949 In Back Wages
Cleveland,—Cleveland area worker
were paid $:57.!)47.N4 by 47 coin]tallies
ill illegally withheld back wages in
November following inspections under
the Kair Lalmr Standards and Walsh
Ilea ley Public Contracts Acts, Mi
Crace (!. (Jlasscott, Ohio-Michigan re
gional director of the Wage-Hour and
Public Contracts IMvisions. l\ S. I»t
partnient of Labor reported. Over 2.HK)
workers shared in the payments. All
but i*\o of the emplowr- made th
payii:em- voluntarily.
The Weatherhead Company. Cleve
land, was ordered by the federal di?
trict com-t to pay back wages of $1.'»
KJK.7" to 25o cafeteria workers. Toy
Krafi. I ne., Wooster, was ordered to
pay $1.71(5.31 to 142 employees ami
stop employing children under It! and
minors under is in operations 011
power-driven !working mm
and as ofl'-i"-aion circular
Hack-wage payments of $."tO.OHtn»7 to
2,4IS workers were made by 75 Ohio
establishments in November. Ohio
Michigan payments totaled $ii."i,27P.lo.
Miss (Jlascott reported at the same
iiine that during November -"Sii Clevi
land area employers filed applications
for voluntary wage and salary adjust
incuts limit ,- I!i. uaje 'jibilization
program. She i on i^o a pplications
which ditl not require approval of tin
War Labor Hoard. Kach of these met
conditions set forth in the Hoard'
general orders permitting adjustment
without tiling a formal application
The other 4t!) required War Labor
Hoard approval. Applications filed by
Ohio employers during the month
totaled !7S of which 217 \.ere .-j
proved by Miss iilascott'.
SKA'S
than :iu,-.r I
use it prevents
igar crystals.
You Can Sec the Cream
ALWAY. USE
THE TIMi
P.urlingtoii, Yt.—Drivers of garbagt
collection trucks in P.urlingtoii hoi
their heads high these days. Knibla/.on
ed on each side of their trucks is th
sign: "I'sed Vitamin Convoy Service.
Homelike Service
foi
those who call upon
us for service.
MARTIN
Funeral Home
145 W. Fifth St.
PIIONE 365
&
Ohio and W. Va.
Lucnsc
LABOR NEWS FROM BRITAIN
London. Throughout the war.
Mistrial disputes In Rritain's industry
have leen dealt with, on the whole,
vith a minimum of trouble. A numler
if unauthorized stoppages of work, not.
,ri themselves on a large scale, have
recently en ga get I the attention of tlie
I'nions, and steps have Itecn taken by
•ne of the ni's important ft-ion* con
•erwd with n *r trade- 1., 1 line
he situation
Tlie Amalgamated Kngineering T'nion
•ailed a delegate conference, attended
ty some «)'Kt representatives of tJi*
Cnion's memlx'ishlp in the workshop,
'.o consider tlie cause* of recent .m
mthorized stoppages, and to formulate
remedies to meet the situation.
The general conclusion of the con
ference was that existing machinery
r'or dealing with disputes required to
sp«»edod up. As a corollary of this
••oiiclusion the delegate conference also
riHik the view that the numler of
I'liion officials needed to be increased,
»o that iocal difficulties con hi !e dis
posed of more exitcditiously. Th- Colon
executive has already met w iro
)K)sal. in part, by arranging the
apltointiiie.rit of some t\ or S regional
officers to supplement the present team
if branch and district officers through
out he country.
Disturbances Are Feu
it is very «5i*y indeed to «*xagg«»raif
the extent of the present problem. On
the whole we in Hritain have gone
through the war so far with very few
industrial disturbances of a serious
character. In comparison with the mil
ions of working days lost in the last
war (1IH4-1S) the loss of working time
through industrial disputes, and tin
number of workers taking part in un
authorized stoppages during the pres
ent w..i. It--leed. 1
install.. '.m i ,, iiilthoi!
of Hritain s Minister or Labour ttiar
the total loss of working time through
stoppages last year, though actually
larger than any of the four
ceding years. equivalent to onl
small fraction oi 1 working
head when averaged over the i
the wage earning itopulaiion.
I*i the fourth year of the last war
(January-December. ll»18l there was
an aggregate of e.14 r»iitjun
working da e-o... of
trade dispute-.
Reference to the oMicial (Jazette of
the Ministry of Labour for the war
period lh!4-lS. supplies this striking
fact: the total loss of work! ime
resulting from trade disputes ii aese
war years, reached the colossal ngure
of nearly 2S million working days.
On the other hand, the record of the
present war years (11)3!-43) reveals an
aggregate Joss Of just over million
working days—up to and including the
stoppages that have taken place be
twivti January and September thi
i'-
Disputes Do Not Last Long
li niUMt he recognizee, of cou:.-.
that the loss of 6 million -n king days
tinder war conditions 1 serious
matter. In the last 2 or 4 months there
seemed to be, moreover, reason to
prebend that the number of industrial
disputes was inen _. Mere workers
were involved in September dis
putes than in those August this year
Still, it needs to be emphasized that
most of the stoppages that have
enrred in war tin n-M 1 ,^11
of brief duration.
The September no
exception. Out of 1S1 disputes, involv-
Germcins Round Up Italians
In France For Slave Labor
\e ., ork cj, y I ILNS 1. Tne nuer
k.ih oiitee oil ihe Intern..iioiut. Ti.ins
port Workers Union says that it ita
received news .to the effect that sonn
MMI.IMMI Italians living in the south of
France are being rounded up for
forced labor. Hefore the middle of
October when the .•••n-.-ription- I. .ran
the (iermans hae recrtn vol
unfeers for army and industry among
these Italians. Naturally, since tin
P.adogiio government declared war on
(iermaiiy, the Italian population
France has 110 consular protection and
no appeal can he ::d«' rtvr-:iti-t
conscription.
For
An
1043 Penna.
PACK FIVE
ing nearly :H I I K» workpeople, 11:.! dis
putes affect ii under 2."i.HH work
people lasted 1 more than 3 day*:
another 24 disputes directly involving
something over 2K,HH workpeople last
ed from 4 to days: but the disputes
that lasted more than days affected
less than O.IHH) workjteople.
A similar analysis applied to tlie
stoppages of last year brings out the
some fact. The disputes that do occur
do jiot last long. It is the fact. Pto, that
two-fifths of last year's disputes, and
more than one-half of the aggregraie
loss of working time resulting from
them occurred in the coalmining iinlu-
try. In the engineering, shipbuildiii
and other metal industries the war
trades of paramount importance—the
stoppages thai *, jrml accounted for
approximate! no more than one-third
of aggregate number of v.v.r'rfiig
dn.- lo»t in industry as a whole.
High Level' Of Morale
Examination of the record
also that most of the trouble
only individual plants. The problem, in
fact, is one created by the eniergene.
of jKilrits of friction in relatively iso
lated places, and affecting relatively
small groups of workpeople. There
nothing at all resembling such whh
-itread indust nnrest as arose In tl e
riird and fou ars of tlie last war.
show s
a (Tec 1
Ind«vd. the great mass of Hritain
workers have before them, in their
daily experience, the evidence thai,
their war efi' S highly organ
ized, that the increased pro
duction has oiou^iu iiitouf a stupen
dous output of munitions and weapon-,
and that despite the occasional tr.-ni
diplltes. they have done
ihg—an exceedingly good ii:.
Charles Pomeroy
(Continued From Page One)
si Mrs. J. W. I lev ill.-! \1
e Itumberger
ii .- I..
o grandchild
Services were held Monday from tl
1 ittwsm funeral home by Kev. Artln
ii. French, Jr. Hurial was in Itivei
vi. ••meter
Printers Defeat Proposal
For AFL Reafiiliaticn
napolis (II. i i
ti Tyitograpliie r..
jected by 1.22ft votes the proftosal f'
lealliliation With the American FtMlei
tion of l^aitor. Tabulation
,v
e recen*
referendum shows that ote w..
2.*»,3»W» for and 24.."»1)1 agan Alemltei s
voted an increase of 10 cents in ti.-
]ter capita tax for the upkeep of tic
Tnion Printers' Home!, at Co!ora:
S,
Ask for Union T.anpl^ri merenandiM*.
WANTED!
UN DERGLAZE LINERS
e age. experience and quali-
I S
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Wheeling, W. Va.
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FOLlAf.i-:
W E A S
IN STOCK NOW
iios- jt-ai' the ioek of weatiier
proof wriaiii- wiil lie limited.
ORDKR NOW!
137 W.SIXTH ST.- PHONE 439
Co-operating with government
suggestion, our store is closcd
on Sundays.
1
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1
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V- A
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Ecoiiomfcal Kortpge Loan
To Finance
You can qualify for a 5% interest rate and, as usual have
the advantage of our monthly reduction plan.
PIRST FEDERAL
JSL Savings & Loan Association
l.\ Till: LAST END
Ave.
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