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Joseph Tigler, who is serving a
ihitch with Uncle Sam’s navy paid us a
visit. Joe says he does not know when
he will be discharged but hopes it
will be in time to join in the celebra
tion being planned for the members
who were in the service.
While speaking of honoring the ser
vicemen, the “Veterans Night” com
mittee got together and elected Elijah
Watson, chairman Lance Ansell, sec
retary, and Al Davies, treasurer.
These gentlemen have a big job facing
them and we hope any member who
is called upon to assist them will
cheerfully offer their service. While
no definite date or location has been
set for the occassion, latest reports
indicate it will be held some time in
the spring. Guests and finances were
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Dixie Employer
Group Deciares
War On Labor
Petersburg, Va.—(FP). “A very
radical change in labor relations dur
ing the coming year” was predicted
by Prqp. jftemmie L. Arnold 'DL South
ern States Industrial Council in a let
iter addressed to the industrialists of
fhe south. /1
Arnold left no doubts about In which
direction he thought the change was
heading. “Labor bosses, mad for pow
er and aided directly by federal bu
reaucracy, have too long imposed their
will upon the American people,” he
said in the letter, which went to 20,000
industrial organizations in 16 south
ern states. The council, he said, would
continue “the courageous fight it has
always waged in behalf of southern
industry.”
Action of the council’s board of di
rectors in taking a “positive position
in behalf of the individual worker
and the preservation of his constitu
tional right to'be free of the domina
tion of labor racketeers and from en
forced servitude imposed by the clos
ed shop will be pressed during the
year with the same ‘will to win’ as
has marked our fight against a
manent FEPC.”
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Almost every week sees more of our members returning from
the service and taking up their old jobs at the plant. Latest to don
the civies are H. Ashmen and M. Salay.
Joseph De Gaetano and Joseph Leadem, ware hustlers, re
ceived the oath of obligation and their names added to the roll.
The customary social held the first of every month misfirec
this week but the committee promised*—
to make up for it next week. O. K.
boys, we’ll hold you to your word.
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CASKET WORKERS
MAKE GAINS
Chicago.—(ILNS).—Improved vaca­
tions, extra holidays and numerous
raises with fat back-pay checks for
members of Casket Workers Local
186, Upholsterers’ International Union,
resulted from negotiations for a new
contract with this city’s coffin manu
facturers.
Local 186 members will now receive
6 paid holidays instead of 4. Vaca
tions will be paid on a basis of 48
hours’ pay, an increase of 8 hours.
Severance pay, equivalent to the vaca
tion schedule, also was won by the
union, pioneering in a field hitherto
reserved to “white collar” employes.
New Jersey Representative Sponsors
President Truman’s
Washington—(FP).— Carrying the
name of Rep. Mary T. Norton (D, N.
J.) as sponsor, the legislation setting
up labor fact-finding boards and a
compulsory 30 day cooling-off period
before strikes can be called, was in
troduced in the House Dec. 5. The bill
was requested by Pres. Harry S. Tru
man as a means of promoting “indus
trial peace.”
The measure was drafted by Rep.
Robert Ramspeck (D, Ga.), acting
chairman of Mrs. Norton’s labor com
mittee, and was numbered HR 4908.
Under the bill’s provisions, the sec
retary of labor is empowered to cer
tify labor disputes to the President
when he finds governmental mediation
and conciliation services have been un
able to bring about voluntary arbitra
tion, or when a strike has been call
ed “seriously affecting the national
public interest and affecting inter
state or foreign commerce,” or when
such a stoppage threatens to result
from a dispute.
This certification would be publish-
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Local 45 Hopeful New
Year Will Find Peace
Harmony Restored
A WATSON, ANSELL, DAVIES io HEAD
COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR
“VETERANS NIGHT” CELEBRATION
Trenton, N. J.—As the year 1945 draws to a close, Loca
Union 45 carries on while awaiting various conferences. We hope
i the advent of 1946 will bring a solution to our problems and peace
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Local 6 Has One
More Meeting
Before New Year
Wheeling, W. Va.—Our. next regu
lar meeting is scheduled for Dec. 17th.
Since this will be our last meeting in
1945 we would like to see every mem
ber present. If your record for atten
dance has not been so good during the
past year, why not improve on same
by being present on this date. Remem
ber too, election of officers for the
new year will be held at this meeting
and this in itself, should warrant the
presence of every member.
Production at the plant is at a
high level although many of the em
ployees have been away from their
benches from time to time, due to
illness.
The Victory Loan Drive is officially
ended and Ohio county exceeded its
quota by a large margin. The citizens
of Wheeling can be very proud of
their response in this great drive.
Always in the past, the people of
this locality loaned generously to
every war loan of the U. S. Govern
ment.
Many people who received tubercu
losis seals in the mail in November
have thoughtlessly neglected to
acknowledge receipt of same, The
work of stamping out this dreaded
disease is of vital importance to the
American people and should have the
full support of all the citizens. So
brothers and sisters if you have for
gotten, it is not too late to mail your
contribution to the Tuberculosis Fund.
Use the little seals on the back
all your Christmas mail.—0. C. 6.
Housing Disaster
Hits Las Angeles
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Los Angeles—(FP).—“Los Angeles
now faces a housing disaster as ex
tensive as though an earthquake had
destroyed 135,0C0 homes. Returning
veterans are desperate, thousands of
families are living in primitive make
shift shacks without sanitary facili
ties, threatening the community with
epidemics.” 4
This warning came from the Los
Angeles Citizens Housing Council, in
cluding AFL, CIO, civic and religious
organizations, in a demand for action
to relieve the emergency. “The situa
tion is further complicated,” the coun
cil said, “by the threatened eviction
of 23,000 families in a strike against
the OPA by the Apartment House
Owners Assn.”
A community conference vras sched
uled to work out an action program
Nov. 30 which would be presented for
approval to a mass meeting the fol
lowing day in Olympic Auditorium.
Demands of the housing council in
clude: (1) that the mayor declare a
state of emergency and obtain state
and federal funds to carry through
an emergency housing program, (2)
that OPA rent ceiling controls be con
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ed in the official Federal Register,
naming the employer and group or
groups of employes involved, togeth
er with the name of their representa
tive or representatives. Should there
be a dispute about the representation
of the employes, the bill permits the
secretary to ask the NLRB to certify
to him the name of the proper bar
gaining agent under the NLRB’s cus
tomary procedure.
Within a period of five days after
certification, the Presidenti s empow
ered to “appoint a board to investi
gate such labor dispute and to make
a report containing its findings of fact
and recommendations with respect to
such dispute.”^ 7?.
Each board would be‘ composed of
three or more persons, provide a full
and fair hearing, and submit its re
port within 20 days after its appoint
ment. The time may be extended by
agreement of the parties and with the
consent of the President.
All of the powers.of the NLRB re
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Business, Says
O.C. From 31
Ne\v Officers Take
Over In January
East Palestine, Ohio.—Since our O.
C. seems to have been lost in the shuf
fle, the writer has taken it upon him
self to do a little pinch-hitting and
inform the trade that Local Union 31
is still doing business at the same old
stand, Odd Fellows hall, on
ond and fourth Monday
month.
Philadelphia —(ILNS).— Manufac
turers of furniture, bedding and cas
kets have been asked by the Uphol
sterers International Union of North
America to join with it in establish
ment of a program to maintain indus
trial peace and uninterrupted produc
tion in their industries throughout the
nation.
Invitations were sent the national
associations in the 3 fields by UIU
President Sal S. Hoffman to meet
with union representatives and set up
national industrial peace boards to
“actively promote and foster equitable
labor relations” and act in an advis
ory capacity to individual employers
and local unions affiliated with the
UIU.
Tht boards, the union proposed, will
consist of an equal number of repre
sentatives of the national association
and the UIU, would conduct perodic
surveys of various phases of the
status of labor relations and make
recommendations to both employers
and the union.
To withhold Strike Action
Should such boards be established,
the union will agree to withhold strike
action in any given situation until
the parties have conferred with rep
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U.S.P.A. Opens
2-Day Meeting- v
Members of the United States Pot
ters’ Association opened their annual
two-day convention at the William
Penn hotel in Pittsburgh on Tuesday
of this week.
Featured on the first day’s ses
sion will be the annual banquet with
Joseph M. Wells, chairman of the
labor committee of the Association as
toastmaster. Arrangements have been
made for 125.
Wednesday’s session will be taken
up with committee reports of activi
ties during the past year and charter
ing a course for 1946.
Frederick P. Lawrence of Newell,
W. Va., a discharged army ofifcer is
slated to be elected. president under
the advancement plan George D.
Agnew of Cambridge, Ohio, and James
K. Love of New Castle, Pa., will be
advanced under the association rule.
Wilbert A. Betz, for the past three
years secretary-treasurer of the asso
ciation, is expected to be re-elected.
SPEED UP LOAN DRIVE
New York—(FP).—Three hundred
union delegates representing 750,000
AFL members in New York City
speeded up their Victory Loan cam
paign at a rally of the Central Trades
& Labor Council. In addition to urg
ing all its members to continue pur
chasing bonds through payrolls sav
ings, the council is conducting a spec
ial drive to promote sale of at least
one $200 Roosevelt bond to each mem
ber.
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Join In Program
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GOLDEN WEDDING
EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945*.
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Cambridge, Ohno.—Local Union
Cambridge, Ohno. Local Union 122
elected officers for the new year at
their last meeting. The officers elect
ed are as follows: President, Frank
Campbell Lee Woodward, vice presi
dent Arthur Ferber, recording sec
retary Elmer Lewis, financial secre-,
tary Earl Johnson, treasurer Harry
Thompsbn, defense collector Dan Kil
linger, statistician^ Harry Malpass, in
spector Lawrence Keats, guard Saul
McCoy, trustee, 18 months.
Brother Joseph Jenes has been ap
pointed chairman of the social com
mittee. This committee has been in
structed to make appropriate arrange
ments for welcoming\our service mem
bers return^ WhNe" no specific date
has been set as yet, it is to be held
some time around the holidays.
The girts in the decal department
have convinced themselves that even
though they have uniform prices, the
prices mean very little unless there
are uniform conditions. They have ex
pressed themselves as very much con
cerned as to the final outcome of the
conference relative to the 60-40 decal
bonus. Unless there is quite an ad
justment they find that -dusters and
dry-rack girls will be receiving prac
tically the same as decal. They be
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Local 96 Mourns
Death Of Hanson
Perth Amboy, N. J.—-It is with sin
cere regret that Local Union 96 an
nounces the death of Brother Nels P.
Hanson, a charter member of this
local who died December 6, following
a lingering illness.
Brother Hanson was held in the
highest esteem by all who knew him
and his passing will be a shock to his
many friends throughout the general
ware and sanitary branches of the
trade.
Although he had been in poor health
for the past few years, he never
missed a meeting until the last few
months. His advice and wise counsel
on numerous occasions when diffi
culties arose within the local, always
tended to restore harmony.
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DRAFTS TRUMAN BILL After
months of, stalling of labor-indorsed
legislation Congress finally rushed to
put a labor bill into effect—the bill
requested by Pres. Truman and de
nounced by organized labor. Th&
measure, which will set up labor fact
finding boards and a compulsory 30
day cooling-off period before strikes,
was drafted for the House by Rep.
Robert Ramspeck (D, Ga.) above, act
ing chairman of Hom labor commit-
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I want to go back into the past
when our local consisted of a few
who knew then that labor had to or
ganize in order to look forward to a
better future. This few that I speak
of were constantly led up to now
and always by President E. W. Claw
ges. Yes, he had to feel his way
through these hard organizing years,
but with the help of our efficient na
tional officials, E. W. Clawges and our
entire local has accomplished a world
of good.
As one knows all election meeting
are pretty well attended. By that I
mean on November 27, 1945 our at
tendance rose to a new high with
218 brothers ready to cast their ballot
and discuss some interesting busi
ness. •.
The main question' was on the 40
hour week and what would happen to
our take-home pay when such a move
was taken by the sanitary industry,
and do we, the local, have a program
to meet such a situation?
A majority of our members feel
that now that the four American
Radiator and Standard Sanitary Cor
poration plants are organized, it
would be the right time in the near
future to hold a sanitary conference
along with the other sanitary locals,
who are of the same opinion as well.
—0. C. 175. i
Committee Asks
Action To Retain*
Womens Jeb Gains
Washington, D. C.—(ILNS).—Dis
crimination against women workers
as to jobs and wages during reconver
sion reacts definitely against the in
terests of labor in general, community
welfare, and national progress. This
was the keynote struck by member
after member of the Labor Advisory
Committee to the Women’s Bureau,
U. S. Department of Labor at a meet
ing called by the bureau, Miss Frieda
S. Miller, the bureau’s director an
nounced.
The committee of 14 women labor
leaders belonging to international
unions of industrial, clerical, and pro
fessional workers, discussed with Wo
men’s Bureau members tht current
problems of women worker^ and pos
sible remedial measures.
“Necessary Housecleaning,” Urged
“Now that women wo k er s’
strengthened position gained during
the war must be reviewed in the light
of reconversion needs and develop
ments, where do we go from here?”
was the query of one representative
reflecting the attitude of the group.
“We must do whatever housecleaning
is necessary in our own organizations
to clear away wrong ideas about wo
men’s need for postwar employment
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New Addition At
Newell Factory
Construction of a plant addition to
house a new kiln, conveyor system
and infra-red ray drying unit got un
derway this week at the New Castle
Refractories Company’s plant in
Newell, W. Va.
The Newell plant is the principal
supplier of saggers for plants in this
district and the new addition will in
crease the company’s output of sag
gers from 1,000 to 2,400 daily.
The infra-red drying system the
company will install is electrically op
erated and was developed by William
Ford, plant manager, and Clarence
Beulke, superintendent. It will cut 20
hours from the manufacturing pro
cess.
The Swindell-Dressler Co., of Pitts
burgh was awarded the contract for
the installation of the new gas-fired
tunnell kiln to supplement the kiln
now in operation. Tht kiln will be
equipped with “standby” equipment
for fuel oil firing in the event of a
gas shortage during unusually severe
weather.
WEIRTON STEEL FINED
Washington—(FP).—The anti-union
Weirton Steel Co., has been fined
$148,000 for violation of priority regu
lations, the Civilian Production Ad
ministration said. Weirton was fined
in U. S. district court at Wheeling,
W. Va., for using WPB priorities is
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At Local 175
218 Members Vote
Choice At Trenton
Trenton, N. J.—Local 175 held their
sixth annual election for local offi
cers. We of Local 175 are proud to
say that we shall continue to be guid
ed by our efficient and competent
president E. W. Clawges, Louis Cap
pola to serve the local as vice presi
dent, Nick Petro as financial secre
tary and W. E. Fellers as recording
secretary.
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President Duffy
Attends Meeting?
Of Local No. 86 z
Those who failed to make an ap
pearance at our meeting on December
3, missed a very fine talk by Presi
dtnt Duffy who dropped in on the
meeting. Touching upon conditions in
the trade today and the manner in
which we are to meet any new devel
opments which may occur from time
to time, he cited the past procedure of
the Brotherhood in meeting these
changes and urged the membership
to follow the same policy as in form
er years.
We heartily agree with the presi
dent's advice and feel only by such a
method can a fair and just settlement
be reached in any dispute. We thank
President Duffy for his visit and hope
he can find time to visit us again in
the near future.
The members expressed themselves
as well pleased with the outcome of
the meeting between the Executive
Board members and the manufactur
ers in regard to the NWLB ruling?
Credit is due the officials of the or
ganisation for the fine job, and we
take this means of expressing our
thanks.
Officers were elected at the
Clarksburg, W. Va.—The members of Local Union 99 were
pleased with the news in last week’s Herald regarding the settle
ment reached with the manufacturers on the War Labor Board*
directive. We hope some means can be found to pay the increases
bv'Christmas ’C-5*
Augustine Mazzie will head a committee who win visit shops
in Buffalo, N. Y., and Beaver Falls, Pa., to investigate their set
up of a piece-work system in the decal shop. This has long been
a headache here in Clarksburg and we hope upon their return they
will have found the answer to our long-awaited problem here.
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ing and the following will serve for
the next six months: President, Laird
Christian vice president, Carl Ame
deo financial secretary, George Mul
len recording secretary, James Ward
treasurer, James Wilson statistician,
Bentley guard, Jack Dimmock in
spector, Williard trustee, Harold Pal-
CC Members Scrap
Just Like Human
San Diego, Calif.—(FP).—Organ
ized labor here is snickering at the
chamber of commerce, which is en
gaged in a “jurisdictional” dispute
more bitter than anything ever seen
in union ranks.
Only two weeks after unanimously
reappointing Col. T. C. Macaulay as
secretary-manager in a bland show of
unity, the chamber’s board of direc
tors could no longer contain itself. By
a vote of 25 to 9 the board decided
to fire Macaulay, thus bringing into
the open a behind-the-scenes fight
over postwar planning policy that has
raged ever since the secretary-man
ager, a pioneer aviator, returned to
his job after three years duty in the
army air forces. ”7-’?--J
But the ouster didn’t set well with
the minority group of directors. In
stead of behaving in the dignified
manner of chamber of commerce di
rectors, they loudly demanded that
the entire membership be polled in a
referendum election.
At first an open membership meet
ing was set. Then it was decided too
much dirty linen would be publicly
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Washington, D. C.—(ILNS).— The
International Association of Machin
ists will not submit to being ousted
from any national, state or local Am
erican Federation of Labor body with
out a fight, a letter sent out to all
IAM local unions reveals. The Ma
chinists’ organization is the largest
AFL affiliate with 750,000 members.
“We are prepared to expend all
available resources to protect our
trade against our enemies be they
in or out of the AFL,” the letter,
signed by H. W. Brown, international
president, and Eric Peterson, general
secretary-treasurer, said. X,
To Maintain AFL Friendships
“We will neither voluntarily nor
without adequate protest submit to
disaffiliation with any national, state,
or’local American Federation of La
bor body,” the letter read. “Neither
will we permit our enemies within the
AFL to alienate our relationships
with our friends within the AFL.
“We shall continue to respect fully
the jurisdiction of all AFL organiza-1
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Clarksburg Potters To
Study Work Plan At
Buffalo, Beaver Fallsh
FAVORABLE REPORT BY COMMITTEE
MIGHT SOLVE LONG-AWAITED DECAL
SHOP PROBLEMS DATE SET FOR DANCfc
$2.00 PER YEAR
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Old man winter came in with a blast
and as a result many have been off
work laid up with the flu. Only two
finishers were at their benches last
Friday. We hope all can shake off the
ill effects and be back at their benches
soon.
Dave Bevan, deltgate to the Cen
tral Labor Union has turned publicity
agent for the central body’s dance to
be held at the Moose hall on Decem
ber 29. A big name band has been en
gaged to furnish the music for the
occasion and plus the added refresh
ments as a side line, Dave says the
small investment for a pair of tickets
is the best buy on the market today.
Thank you department—To Mrs.
Sturn for notorizing death claims, anl
Miss Alta Wilcox for the co-operation
she has shown oiir members on pay
day.
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Officers To Be
Elected By 195
At Next Meeting
Judging from the poor attendance
at iha juqpting of Local Union 195
Wednesday evening, nomination of of
ficers for the coming term is jsst mh.
other formality and in no way callsr
for active participation by the mem
bership. Perhaps the weather rnay j*
have kept some of our members in
the outlying district from attending,
but the same excuse is a poor substi- f-*
tute for absenteeism among those who ’1
live in the city.
Election of officers will be held at.
our meeting on December 19 and we
hope to have the hall packed for this^
important duty. Make it a point to
be present on this date and see that
your benchmate is also on hand.
Several members of the various shop
committees were assessed the usual
fine for non-attendance in November.
We do not feel we are asking too
much of any member to give a little
time each month to promoting thev^
interests of their trade. In fact, some
expressed the opinion that beginning
the first of the year, the fine should
be doubled.
Discussions in the shop seem to
center on one thing—when do we get
our back pay? Be patient girls, just
remember that everything comes to
those who wait.—O. C. 195.
INDICT ARTIFICIAL
LIMB COMPANIES
Washington (FP). The free
dom of free enterprise to gypt Ameri
ca’s war heroes by conspiring to fix
the prices of artificial limbs was chal
lenged by the U. S. Dept, of Justice
Nov. 14 in jndictments returned
against 75% of the industry charging
violation of the Shermon jmti-tniBt
Among the charges involving a
trade association, 45 corporations and
34 individuals are conspiracy to set
high, unreasonable and non-competi
tive prices in bids to the U. S Vet
erans Administration.
Machinists Union To Fight OUsNt /,
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tions which respect our jurisdiction.”
The letter asked the Machinists*
officials and representatives to do
everything possible to create a better
and more cooperative understanding ■.
with our friends in the AFL.”
It said that the notification letter
to the IAM from Wililam Green, AFL
president, did not state that the AFL
executive council had suspended ths
IAM, but merely directs attention to
a portion of the AFL constitution and
interprets the Machinists’ deferment
of per capita tax as “voluntary
affiliation.” 7
“Presure Move” Charged
“This action on the part of the
American Federation of Labor execu
tive council is without a doubt the
handiwork of those AFL organiza
tions which for many years have t,
raided our jurisdiction in violation at
AFL convention actions and their own
agreements with our organization.
“It appears obvious that this is a
presure move, deliberately timed and
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