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or General Counsel Robert CnIa where he cMKeded for one
Denham, it has been possible
to that the cloaed ab
avallal,le prohibition could be modified.
ore’ Unionists were intrigued by such
In an official way, as everybody [comments on the Taft-Hartley law
jknows at this time, Denham has [as the following: “Of course, union
ruled that all members of the exe- [leaders do not specify the particu
cutive bodies of the AFL and CIO [lar mattters to which they object,
jwill have to sign the anti-Commu- [if they did, their arguments could
-u riist affidavits before any affiliated |be easily answered ...”
international and its subordinate For nearly two months Taft’s
locals will be able to utilize the [own committee and Hartley’s com
processes of the Act. This shows [mittee heard more than a score of
an extraordinary lack of under- [union witnesses, nearly every one
standing about the structure of or- [of whom dissected the proposed
ganized labor.
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There are some glimmerings
that a majority of the members of
the Board do not share Denhnm’s
interpretation. If this is true then
they agree with everybody who has
any understanding about labor mat
■j ters—that both the AFL and CIO
are federations of autonomous in
ternational unions. New York—(LPA)—In its first
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Except with relatioh to a hand- [recommendations, made after about
ful of federal unions in the case days of hearings in New Eng
of the AFL, and local industrial |land and New York, the eastern
unions in the case of the CIO, [Congressional subcommittee hold
neither the AFL nor the CIO are |in8 hearings on prices last week
“unions” in any meaningful sense [wired President Truman urging him
of the term at all. The AFL and |to take ateP8 to restrain “danger
CIO do not bargain with employe [ow* speculation in foods and oth
ers, call strikes, collect dues from |®r commodities.
Indlriiilisl iwembersroupmize
jne-l “It has boeOmetctaer to the mem*
ket lines, or do anything else that [bers of the eastern subcommittee of
a union does. [the joint committee on prices,” the
5 There are 150 years of labor his- |si* men wired the White House,
^ory rooted in the fact that the f‘that grain and commodity specu
BMhFL and CIO are not unions at all, Nation is accentuating market fluc
7®out organizations of unions. The [tuations instead of decreasing
theory which Denham seeks to im- [them, and that presently it is sup
pose is repugnant to the labor [porting food prices at unjustifiable
movement’s idea that internations [levels.”
,i are autonomous, and it would seem They pledged “full support” to
in contradiction to the self-impos- |any Administration to curb specu
ed task of democratizing the unions llation. Signers included two Repub
which the Taft-Hartley Act assum- |lican and one Democratic Senators
ed. [and an equal number of Republican
Perspective on how Denham will |ani Democratic Representatives.
interpret other provisions of the It will be up to the midcontinent
Act can be found in his rather in- [subcommittee, which has just com
(Turn to Page Five) [pleted hearings in Cleveland, they
[indicated, to find out more about
ag n |why food
a U S e S & I K e
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The election was banned after [rates, with the compensation re
the Aurora local ended a brief |ceived for such work being turned
strike when the employer agreed [over to the Community Fund, let
to an 8c blanket hike, reinstate-b® stated as a matter of record
ment of three men who were fired [that there is no compulsion for any
for union activity, and an NLRB [individual to work.
poll. When the workers sought I It is merely a plan for our peo
union recognition without an NLRB [pie to give to a charitable cause
election the employer refused. [without any loss in their “take
Said Hoffman, “In view of the [home pay.” At a recent meeting of
UIU’s compliance with the law ig- [representatives of every local in
nored by Denham, the union had [this district whose roster includes
no alternative but to sanction the [employees in the East Liverpool,
Indiana local’s strike at the chair Newell, Chester and East End
plant and also to authorize the cas- plants, the plan was adopted after
workers to resume their walk- [it was learned the management of
^«it, should that prove necessary, [the various local plants favored
inasmuch as the Board’s ruling such a plan and as their contribu
made their strike settlement mean- [tion for such a worthy endeavor,
ingles. [would pay premium pay for the
“An even more unfair—if nut [hours worked. In other words, for
downright arrogant—ruling of the [every dollar earned by the worker
NLRB,” Hoffman continued,” oc- [under this plan, the company will
cured when it refused to certify [put in 50 cents.
the UIU as bargaining agent after In some plants where the 5-day
it won an election, before the pro- [week—40 hours is in effect, it may
visions of the Act went into ef- [be possible to schedule the extra
feet, against Communist union at [time in a single day, perhaps Satur
Hagerstown, Md. [day.
Terming the Denham ruling “a In others, it may require an ex
bureaucratic edict without basis in [tra hour of work on four different
cause of the unfair stand taken by days. But let it be understood
(Tarn to Page Two) [there will be no money taken out
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Do Not BargainlTaft Can’tRememberAtty Labor
Seattle— (LPA) Sen. Robert
Taft (R., Ohio) arrived in this
union stronghold last week to give
The Tuft-Hartley Art is now in I'“TOe'addre^wsTa^enewed de-
AP'™‘.7n t°ne T”?' fense of the Taft-Hartley law, but
p-i 1 neporters could find nothing in it
.been added to niummate the kindllthat he had not Mid Mon in
willhLJto’Z,
ail, ^..^PPOOobes, Congressional hearings
to th?re'cJ,ef/ and Senate debates. He made So
dy^thru the extra-curncutar obser-
prices are at such alarm-
ling heights. The Cleveland investi
gat ion netted little in the way of
[news, though Sen. John Spark-
jL |man Ala.) after hearing manu
at
vnair nanr
[facturers’ testimony, asserted that
[excessive profits of American man-
Jhiladelphia—(LPA) Respon- [ufacturers were partly responsible
sibility for the first strike of the [for soaring prices.
Upholsterers’ Int’l Union-AFL un- In New York, return to some
der the Taft-Hartley law was plac- [form of price control was urged by
ed squarely at the door of NLRB [Bishop Charles K. Gilbert of the
General Counsel Robert Denham [Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
last week by UIU President Sal
B. Hoffman.
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Denham was blamed for the
walkout of 180 employes of the In
dianapolis Chair Co., at Aurora,
Ind., where the workers voted un
animously for strike after the
Board dismissed a UIU election
^petition. The latter action resulted
»l)m Denham’s insistence that In answer to many inquiries re
affiliates have no NLRB sta- |ceived at this office regarding the
tus unless top AFL officers file [proposed plan of working a few
anti-Communist affidavits. [extra hours at time-and-a-half
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of anyones pay check unless they [Federal Mediation
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ing to work and donate their pay [agency by the Taft-Tartley law,
to the Fund. For those who do not [announced last week that it would
wish to do so, it must also be un- [have ready for distribution soon a
derstood, they will not be permit- [form for 30-day notifications of
ted to work the extra hours at [contract termination by both em
time-and-a-half rates. [ployers and unions.
no money taken out (Turn to Page Two) (Turn to Page Two)
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.„r ,t —w T-[has been very good. In fact at our
law clause by clause and cited la-|eraHy at the last second, from his I !®st
bor’s objections. Taft also must I fourth major blunder on this I!o niTll.wd
have conveniently forgotten here, “pulse-taking” tour when report-11° ha”^.le ,the cr®wd- We sincerely
unionists pointed out, that labor I ers noticed this statement in his an°12l^TnWome
leaders were not the only ones to [prepared speech: “every man who I
give the proposed legislation a I voted for the law is entitled to the I RrnthfrhlXl
critical analysis. Government offi-1 support of those who wish to main-1 ..a.. Hi«nnt«
RW W,th 1,bCrty
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testified in detail against the bill I Thta.isaid reporters, looked very w th controverev can
before Taft s own committee.
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\/±SKCu DU \^QnQTCSS UTlltt”\?wAthe!r^pevisited.
New York, who referred to a pre-1
much like a re-election endorse- II,..'
orhnwl o. peec I men for southern Democrats who I jn conformity with the agreement,
u arguments as voted for the taw. i^g thta procedure is followed justice
Labor leaders became so powerfu wrong wrth th.V said William D. L„ be affonled all parties concern-
I'ominatfdthe.r own men. McAttam. Taft press agent. Bu
i„re a C“n^e“ ,n“h“lf*?ur “eAdams returned and maintaj„ belligerent alti
intorested itself en protecting the land told the reporters that the lu! then we cun fon,.ard
liberties of the mdmdua! work'ng- |word “support” would have to be L, o„b|e. We ,incerely hope this
Repubhf?n C°n®re8S |changpd to gratitude. little reminder for the
had refured to pass the taw over I Taft apparently could make mis- lner in settling disputes is carried
the President s veto, tt would have takes but as for union leaders, he out and ,be troable brought u an
been an admission that the labor [assured his Seattle audience, they |end
union leaders were bigger than the [either do not understand what is Tiiree members who recently
government.’’ in his law or else “they are deliber- Lifted in Trenton, N. J., and drop-
Taft was barely saved, and ht-|ately deceiving their members.” |ped in on the meeting of Local
[Union 45, wish to take this means
1 to It TS 1
tatives from every local in this [particular case, it has statutory [ciation announced here.
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EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, October 2, 1947
Denham ShouId Be Told^^ ^roth^oc^Delegates
AFL-CIO Are Not Unions^^n '°'‘'Matt
y Probes
LJjq/MlA 1 ypq
I* o W ire
Extra Chairs Neded
,^:At The Last Session
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Ohio—Since we moved
our
new hall, the attendance at
»n«etings of Local Union 121
atrnni/p«t unite in th**
in nn» tko
’Ml
k«y wen up in .™. .nd they
(voiced their sentiments at the meet-
L, but shouId eitbeFr side n.re
|of expressing their thanks to the
ty
vious warning by a physician wit- Chicago—(LPA)—Some clues to yye fee] there is much to be gain- [chairman of the Social Democratic
ness that one-third of the city’s [what the Federal Grand Jury which |e(] throuzh these visits to the var- |Party in the U. S. British, French
families were seriously affected by has been meeting here for more icus locals throughout the trade of %™any arr£®8
high food prices. [than a week may be finding re- |and Local Union 121 wishes it to 11" York' (Federated Pic-
Speaking for the New York AFL, [garding combinations to keep meat [be known that their doors are al-1--------------------------------------------
William Collins asked the Con- |and milk prices high were seen [ways open to visitors.
gressmen to impose “the most r? ■u^Poenaa e served on offi-1 p^g^ent Glen Flowers continues I
stringent requirement, on tredinx do good job of wading toe
ticularly on trading on futures. Un-1 [along at a nice pace, enabling all
less such controls are imposed, we ,e". subpoenas »»mg out
may expect further increq fan in list, among other informa- [consuming too much time and per
food prices.” He tokl the subcom- |tion to be presented, any agree- [mitting the meetings to be long
mittee there had been “a wave of |ments Wlth oth«r distributors or [drawn out affairs.—O. C. 121.
speculation in foodstuffs.” anK of .u trad® organizations or
Earlier, State CIO President Mh unions, all documents pertain- fi£ CftHVAnflOHC
Louis Hollander led more than a png to price changes, price displays, WC
dozen CIO witnesses before the or e at°re differential between TI,rAfl*ene to force union compliance with his
committee He tangled with Sen [Pnces for milk sold thru stores or VWf VWSIUI [interpretation of the Taft-Hartley
Ralph Flanders over whether or |thru *om® delivery, any restrictions A2
r^u%.o°tX™enZ-
|ment of the Lenox and Trenton
Cl I
[Potteries whose plants they
Communists
not corporation profits of this year |on sal«.°f miIk on the bas18 of area |3 [fronts this week,
were too high. Hollander cited fig- |or sPec,a* containers. pogton (LPA) Anti-Commun- I Denham filed actions in Chatta
ures to show that corporation prof- Also to be produced are copies |. the 12th convention of the nooga against the Int’l Brother
its, after taxes, were running at a |of minutes of meetings concerning |TjnitedElectricalWorkers-CIO |ho°d of Teamsters-AFL for alleged
rate 40% higher than 1946 and [prices and any confidential month- |. had [secondary boycott, and in Baltimore
7Q% over 1943. The CIO spokesman |JY letters that deal with sale and ajm ttJj [against the Int’l Typographical
said “mad profiteering” was endan-[distribution of milk, Basic infor-
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gering the nation’s economic |mation about profit and loss from I11, [bargain in good faith,
hvulth. “X 1941 thru June 1»47 is also to be I A trial examiner's hearing on the
On their one-day stand in Coh- Ipresented. I w®en r.. (Baltimore ease was set for Oct. 6.
necticut, the Congressmen heard The grand jury investigation is [represen y annnnrted hv Pn Chattanooga, the Carpenters
Secretary-treasurer John Driscoll [part of a series of investigations
of the state CIO cite the profits [initiated by the anti-trust division c. _ycijminirfwUmi |why an injunction should not be
of the big brass and copper eor- lof the Justice Dep’t. Aimed to for- [^’.V*
porations as symptoms of inflation. |ret out conspiracies to keep prices u«u»-sl*in [prohibiting its members* working
A spokesman for the New Haven [high, the Justice campaign has al- .A..ihoir diZ [with, non-union workers on a floor
County Retail Grocers. Ass’n urged [ready resulted in an indictment of |an“ P® |and wall covering job.
government controls over distribu- [the Nat’l Association of Real Es- |ruP 10" I Meanwhile concrete evidence de
tion of meats and other basic com- [tate Boards and the Washington [union- [veloped that the efforts of Den
modities as a method of holding [REB on charges of conspiring to Anti-Communist leaders in the [j]amj anti-labor Congressmen and
down prices. [maintain brokers’ fees. [UE declared that this vote—-by [bjg business spokesmen to stam
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[3817 to 596—was an open invite- [jjede labor into subjecting itself to
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notify their foreman they are will- [Service, created as an independent
|_ Wasington- (LPA) The new [B,aj.<p></p>LII*L,»M»i
Wasington—(LPA) The newlp
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district are urgently requested to [legal authority to intercede The arbitration pact will be sub- Behind this wholesale boycott of
be present. Of particular interest to union |™tted to union members for final [the Board was a growing battle
The Community Fund Associa- [leaders was Ching’s statement that [*^”7®**? an Oftob®r referendum, |over Denham’s stubborn insistence
tion is just what the name sug- |the test of whether a dispute falls |the ANPA «aid. The renewed |tha.t the law requires the top AFL
gests it is—an association with [within the inter-state jurisdiction I®.®1"*61]1®”*’ wbich has been force land
funds donated to it by the people [of the service will not rely on |snce 1902, requires publishers and Idavits before affiliated unions can
of this community. This fund is [judicial precedents but “rather we |local unions signing the document [acquire any status before the NL
there for the protection of every [shall apply the more limiting test P° agree to arbitration as the sole |Bg was known that the Board
man, woman and child in the com- [whether such a significant inter- [determination of civil liability. [itself-was divided over the Denham
munity. Therefore, everyone is ob- [ruption of commerce is threatened The ANPA said the new contract [interpretation with a distinct pos
ligated to do his part when the |by the dispute as clearly, to require [requires arbitration to begin with- [sibility seen that it might be over
time comes to make your donation [federal intercession to protect the [in 30 days after notice of dispute, [ruled.
—October 8 through October 18. [interest of the federal government. Also offered arbitration on the Sen George Aiken (R., Vt.) who
The Community Fund does a [This test does not draw a line of [same basis by the ANPA, a spokes- [voted for the law and also to over
job that could not very well be [jurisdiction. It is experimental and [man said, are the International |ride the President’s veto, charac
done any other way. Every organ- [empirical. Its success depends upon [Photoengravers’ Union and the In- [terized the Denham notion as “sil
ization that shares in the funds of |the exercise of sound judgment by [ternational Stereotypers and Elec- |ly” and presidential hopeful, Har
it is operated by people trained to [regional directors in the field.” [trotypers’ Union. The ANPA [old Stassen, addressing the Massa
do their particular job. This en- This could bp, in the opinion of [spokesman said the same offer [chusetts and New Hampshire Press
ables them to do it more cheaply [Labor lawyers, a flexible formula [might be made to the International [Associations said that the ruling
and efficiently than untrained |if it is followed. Of almost equal [Typographical Union at a confer- [was probably unconstitutional,
workers could do it. Every prgani- [interest
Ching’s statement that [ence to be held Sept. 25 in Indian-
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Further details regarding the Director Cyrus S. Ching, in a I
plan will be ironed out at a mass [general statement of principles [America and the American News
meeting at Headquarters on Mon- [which will guide the FM&C, said |PaPer Publishers Association have Her o wouiu »i»v uc vmy
day evening. The meeting has been [that the form will assist the Serv- 5-year contract providing [perceatage_especja|iy after the re
called for 7:30 p. m. and represen- [ice “in determining whether, in a [arbitration of all disputes, tne asso- l£Uftaj
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?enTf AFL GU?ST arrives
[while in the East and the knowl- |vited to address the coming AFL
ledge gained through their tour of [convention that begins San Fran-
tb« 8 |cigco 6 Dr fcurtin
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Law wat th.e making on two
[Union-AFL for alleged refusal to
|were given until Sept. 30 to show
[issued restraining the union from
|the Taft-Hartley law had proved a
Harry Block, of Philadelphia, are Of the nation’s nearly 80,000 in-
members of an anti-Communist [ternational and local unions, exact-
w
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the
op
are
lend of the law’s first month of
eration. The remaining unions
automatically barred from use of
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automatically barred from
Lhe NLRB services and facilities
Lbe
nlrb
services and
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until or unless they do file.
ear uonrracri NLRB official/indicated
n-kn (there would be no announcement
New York kr three or four weeks on the nUm
Intemational Printing #f uni)ns huve fi|ed
land Assistants Union of North
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tbe AFl
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that
aHi(tavita but there
was- good reason to believe that
the total here would also be a tiny
executive council
executive board to comply,
cjq
officials to sign the affi-
Denham, however, made it clear
(Turn to Page Five)
Potters will be represented by four[
dTXk.„ ta Pta.ide„t Duffy,
who will head the Brotherhood’s
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Comply With T-H Demands1
Washington—(LPA)—The show
down that NLRB General Counsel
Robert Denham has been seeking
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slash pay rates from 80c to 75c
hourly at the three gray goods
mills and a flat 5c cut in all other
rates. Almost at the same time a
phony
certify
agent.
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MEMBER
INTERNATIONAL LABOR
NEWSSERVICE
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When the convention of the Am-1
erican Federation of Labor opens II El?
in San Francisco on October 6, the |l I IIRI:' W
National Brotherhood of Operative
delegation, the other delegates will KT v
be Eighth Vice Pmident Jo.hw, Y°^£,tyT(I^S)
Chadwick, Walter Blum, Local S"','!0" e .•
$2.00 PER YEAR
ww
Won
Sho«M N°t Be Based
Un rower Domination
Union 45, Trenton, N. J„ aid Oscar URn,t^ “ivMted
Dale, Local Union 76, Buffalo, N. |aer® WoB, vice preai
Y The later two beinz elected bv ldent of the Amencan Federation of
av^of^^ iLgM.T y •w— ?™a"e
i annua eonven- |j2ation of the United Nations spoke
tion will be the largest its his- [before thousands of lunch-time
tory, Federation officials said this pa8sers.by in Rockefeller Plaza as
week as they announced the names |part of the observance of United
of national and international fig- Nations Week.
ures who have been invited to ad- .... .. .,
drew the gathering. Mure than 6001
delegates are expected. lot the AFL that mankind i» devd
.. z, |opmg towards an international ord-
A FL President Wdham Green |er” Woll said. “It is the fervent
disclosed that addition to Presi-|hope and mogt cherished goal of
dent Truman, the AFL has invited |the AFL that this worW order
Leon Blum, former Premier of [gbould not be based on big power
France, and Dr. Karl Arnold,t Pre* [domination or become the vehicle
mier of North Rhine-Westphalia, [of gome global totalitarian dicta
Germany.,Acceptances have not yet [torship, but should serve as a com
been received from Blurn and Ar- |raunjty of nations in which mili
nold, and it was feared that Presi- |tary power is completely subordi
dent Truman will not be able to |nated to the welfare of the people.”
take time from official duties. ______________________
A partial list of speakers an-|»!lx A v!14^'^
nounced by Green included: Labor
Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach
ST 1/ V
Im
Sen. Wayne Morse (R, Ore Ma- O 6 III 1X071011
yor Hubert Humphrey, of Milwau- €*4- A
kee Gen. Mark W. Clark, com- [*CTS Al I 11
manding general of the U. S. Sixth I ..
Army James S. Killen, chief of the Washingon (LPA) Tw* aa
Labor Division of Gen. MacArthur’s Ilion’s first customed-owned depart
occupation forces in Japan Kurt ||,^ent store, a consumers coopera
Schumacher, head of the Social l**ve» open in the. spring of
Democratic Party of Germany Di- I1®4® *n Arlington, Va., just outside
rector Edward J. Phelan, of the nation s capital.
Int’l Labor Organization James F. I To be known as the E. A. Filene
■Coop Seore, this will be the first
[of a series of three “pilot” stores
[planned by the Consumer Distribu
tion Corporation, which was found
[ed by the late Edward A. Filene,
Threatened Wagef^rTottTDc
A PAAiMAHAHAe
Boston department store magnate,
|CDC was endowed by Filene with
[over a $1,000,000 in an attempt to
[bring together top management
[skills and chain-store buying, with
[local customer ownership in a chain
|ton last week that, “We can’t guar-
an tee success but we have all the
HI w evi 1113 [elements for success. We won’t
Al A
rm. .• A- [consider our idea highly success-
Atlanta (LPA) The combination Lu| ^iggg these stores spread all
of a threatened wage cut and a
Lwr the
union decertification move under .... A ...
the Taft-Hartley law boomeranged
I
v [Washington area. CDC plans to re­
Early in September, C. A. Tow- |jnvest funds in new communities
nes, agent of the company whose I fagt local capital replaces
three mills are in Aragon, R°me Lbe orjgjna] Filene funds. With the
and Dalton, Ga., proposed to the opening of the Virginia store, CDC
Textile Workers Union that the |wiH si a management contract
contract be reopened in order to act central
Q(ln "C* I
1 Asked whether CDC would make
available management and buyers’
services to unions interested in es-
move was initiated to de- pblishment of cooperative enter
the TWU as banraininz |Pnses- Ott replied, “We would wel
tne iwi as bargaining opportunityHe further
... [explained he believed that the la-
The union promptly denounced 1^ mo^ment^ouid really have
the slash and the decertification. As 1^ y^ie the problem of building
a result, TWU’s organizing drive, lCOoperatives on a business basis
which had temporarily stalled, |with expert advice” if unions are
sprang to life. Membership jumped 1^ succeed
by more than one-third and TWU
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achieved an overwhelming majority Ott announced that six buyem
in all three planta Consequently, tou™» ‘h' »».rthem v'^'
Inia area to determine what the
(Tare to Page Two) Ipeople want in a department store.”
I He said they actually would go in-
DalaaaTQs Sourn I10 homes to find out what type of
Plan To Ena No
Strike Clauses
Milwaukee—(LPA) The
convention of the Pulp, Sulphite &
Paper Mill Workers-AFL here call-
[merchandise at what prices and
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The delegates rejected a proposal [1920, showing a rise for the 12th
to eliminate no-strike clauses from [consecutive week,
contracts but voted support for po- Tbe expected drop in meat prices
litical action to defeat Congress- [—though it will bring cheers from
men who supported the Taft-Hart- [housewives—is expected to be only
ley law and to repeal the law. [temporary as cattle are sent to the
The union’s executive board was [market before winter forces farm
instructed to provide that negotia- [ers to feed them grain,
tions for all new contracts include Meanwhile, the official figures
a stipulation that election day [just released showed that between
1948 be a holiday. Other resolutions [mid-June and mid-July the consu
called for: a permanent Fair Em- |mers’ price index rose to a point
ployment Practices Committee a- [12% above a year ago, and in the
bolition of the poll tax support [one month food prices rose 1.4%.
for the Stratton bill for the admis- [Food prices in that one month, ac
sion of 400,000 European displaced [cording to Bureau of Labor Statis
persons an equitable and fair set- [tics, rose like this: eggs, up 11%
tlement of the Jewish-Arab dispute [butter, up 8% fresh milk, up 3%
in Palestine by the United Na ions. [cheese, up 2%.
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forts toward "a completely united Leveling off at a about 28%
all-inclusive labor movement and |above a the Bureau of
to achieve organic unity into one Statistics reported last week,
strong, undivided and democratic |as wholesale priCes hit a peak only
organization. below the all-time peak of May 4
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