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PAGE TWO 3 4 TEW Housing Bill Killed As Taft Lines Up With Martin, Wolcott Halleck Washington (LPA)— “An olig❖------------------------------------— archy composed of from one to three men” in the House of Rep resentatives blocked all action on low-rent public housing and on slum clearance legislation in the 80th Congress. That was the charge leveled at his Republican colleagues in the House by Sen. Charles Tobey (R., N. H. a last-ditch fight for the Taft-EHender-Wagner general housing bill. *. With party lines abandoned, To ney went down to defeat as Senat ors Taft of Ohio, and Brewster and White of Maine, abandoned the fight for the TEW bill in the face of stone-wall House opposition. Even Sen. Joseph McCarthy (IL, Wis.), a stalwart though shifty spokesman for the real estate and builders’ interests, stated the sit uation clearly: “I am asking the Senate to take into con-ideration the condition which exists as of today”, he told the Senate. “If we vote public housing and slum clear ance into a hill, irdls of how wholehearted iv we may favor those two things, that means that we have no housing legislation at all, because I know that the House leadership is not bluffing when it says, ‘We will not take any public housing or slum clearance’.” Crowded galleries including many union representatives—found an unusual spectacle on the Sen ate floor. Lining the back of the room was a large group of mem bers of the House listening to Sen ate debate on the bill which the House leadership has never allow ed to come to the House floor. De parting from the usual courtesies of Senate debate, Sen. Tobey turn ed to the House members and char ged the death of the TEW bill di rectly to three men: “It is the Bp aker of the House, Joseph W. Martin, Charles Halleck, of Indi ana, sometime candidate for Presi dent and Jesse Wolcott.” When the vote on the McCarthy version of the housing bill—strip ped of the slum clearance and pub lic housing provisions—came to the point of a vote, it was passed, 48 to 36. On the Republican side,’ 12 Senators voted against McCarthy. Balancing these defections, though, were the 11 Democrats who voted with McCarthy and against the TEW bill. Because of a series of last-min ute amendments thrown into the McCarthy measure, labor officials were withholding judgment on the bill as passed. They pointed out, however, that it followed the gen eral GOP line of pouring in money at the top, and hoping that it would filter down eventually to the people who need public assistance most— families with low incomes. The bill does include liberal financing pro visions to encourage building of rental units instead of houses for sale. Phone Workers (Continued From Page One) a reopening of the wage terms. AUTW President J. J. Morgan pointed out that Arperican Tele phone & Telegraph Corp., claims it meets the wage trends in indus try in neral. “The national pat tern is 12 fee an hour,” Moran as serted. “Prices have skyrocketed since the spring of 1947 when we obtain ed our 1a.it increase,” CWA Presi dent Jou.ph Beirne said in announc nig the wage raise proposal. “There is no excuse now for refusal of the Bell system to grant wage in crease, We have not made specific dollar? and-eents demands, prefer ring to work out the amounts across the bargaining table.” Demand the Union Label. DOCTOR SHOES FOR FOOT COMFORT Flexible and rigid arch styles tn ox fords and high shoes. X-ray Fitting BENDHEIM'S East* Sixth Street 11 0 n n mu a Little T-H Law Bows To Big Taft-Hartley Law Detroit (LPA)—Michigan’s anti labor Bonine-Tripp law was ruled unconstitutional last week in a de cision which was finally handed down on the Chrysler strike last May. Circuit Judge Theodore J. Rich ter upheld the position of United Auto Workers that when a com pany is engaged in interstate com merce its employes come under the jurisdiction of the Taft-Hart ley act and not the state law. On the strength of that argument, UA W has 1 peatedly ignored the law, which calls for a special strike vote to be conducted by the state mediation board before any walk out. UAW,members incolved in well over 100 strikes were facing prose cution under the act. Other unions in Michigan have been plagued by the Bonine-Tripp law which they tagged “the little Taft-Hartley Ate. Five business agents of Amal gamated Clothing Workers will ap pear in court this week to plead in nocent to charges of violating the measure. In the Chrysler decision, Judge Richter questioned the whole con cept of making the right to strike subject to the approval of a ma jority. “It is not inherently reason able,” he said, ‘that the right should exist with majority approval and be denied without it.” Michigan’s attorney-general, Eugene F. Black, may appeal the case to the state supreme court. Hospital Benefits (Continued From Page One) has (at no additional cost) extend ed the benefits under the disability and hospitalization provision to cov er employed members regardless of age and unemployed members may continue their hospitalization insur ance regardh ss of age of employ ment. Previously these benefits ceased at aga 70. No change has bepn made in the rate of life insurance provision which may be continued as long as membership in the N. B. O. P. is continued and the group policy re mains in force,. However, a pro nounced reduction in dividend due to unanticipated increase in the death rate of your members has naturally resulted in a higher net cost. As you know 212 members died during the past year. Each employer should be notified of the change in payroll deduction effective for the month of Septem mer, 1948. Endorsement changing benefits follows. This letter with endorse ment shoud be attached to each in sured’s certificate of insurance as evidence of increased coverage. FOR PURCHASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF HOMES 5% Monthly Reduction The Potters Savings & Loan Co. WASHINGTON & BBOADWAY EAST UVEBPOOL OHIO OFFICERS: JOHN J. PUBINTON. Presldoat ALWYN C. PUBINTON. Sacratary CHAS. W. HENDERSHOT. Viae PtMldent -htrc auit-m II Very truly yours, Francis P. White, Gen. Agent, Hoosier Casualty Company, Union Labor Life Insurance Co. FPW:DC. Rickert Retained (Continued From Page One) of the organization? Over the years we have weathered many trials and tribulations in our ranks, but at no time have We failed to settle ur differences in an ami cable way in accordance with pro visions of our constitution. We never found it necessary to revert t» civil court to settle our troubles. Why do we have to now? Let's all be big enough to for get these petty grievances and once again function as a labor organiza tion, striving for the betterment all.—O. C. 102. JOS. M. BLAZES. Treasurer W. E. DUNLAP. IL. Attorney of French Liners (Continued From Page One) J. Conway. Fred Mo row was re-elected presi dent of the group. Other officers irr F. J. Conway, vice president, Ikrtha Tobin, treasurer and Mrs. Eckelberry, secretary. Money Loaned SUMMER SCHOOLS IN FULL SWING—Thruout the country, unions are conducting institutes, camps and summer school sessions for their members. This one, at Eastern State College, Richmond, Ky., is run by Kentucky State Federation of Labor. Planning the sessions are: (1. to r.) Jack Barbash, Education Director for Amalgamated Meatcutters & Butchers Workmen-AFL R. A. Duvall, editor of THE RIGHT STEER James E. Wolfe and Sam Ezelle of Kentucky AFL Margaret Degen, .Washington University and Mrs. Weaver Free-, man, secretary. Wage Proposals Drafted For (Continued From Page One) Tect gas fumes that are detrimental to the health of workers. 40— Any shop employing men and women on swing shifts shall provide a registered nurse on duty at all times with necessary equipment. 41—There shall be one kiln firetnan to each straight tunnel kiln. 42— The dippers shall be paid $1.75 per hour. 43—When packers change from one shop to another the firm shall pay one hour’s work for each change. 44—All casks and barrels shall be changed as follows: Cask No. 4 from 73 cents to 80 cents. Cask No. 5 from 52 cents to 62 cents. Cask No. 6 from 4114 cents to 5l1/2 cents. Cask No. 7 from 37*4 cents to 5114 cents. Cask No. 7 special from 41i/2 cents to 5114 cents. Barrels 24 inch from 3114 cents to 5114 cents. Barrels 22 inch from 3114 cents to 4714 cents. Barrels 20 inch from 26 cents to 4114 cents. Barrels 19 inch from 26 cents to 4 li/ cents. Barrels 18 inch from 26 cents to 41^4 cents. Barrels 17 inch from 26 cents *to 4iy2 cents. 45—An overall increase of at least ten per cent shall granted on all strawless cartons, except 16 and 20 pieces and that an increase of two cents shall be granted on a carton within a carton. 46—Learners finishing on the automatic jigger shall receive first two months, 88 cents per hour third and fourth months, 97 cents per hour fifth and sixth months, ten per cent off dr $1.07 per hour. After six months, and doing the average amount of work, she will receive the. same rate of pay’as the journeyman. 47—The hourly rate of pay for finishing on automatic jig ger shall be $1.50 per hour. 48—All extra drawing on glost kilns shall be given to ware dressers. 49—Ten per cent bonus shall be given to dish makers on all sizes of dishes and bakers under the seven inch size. 50—Dishmakers’ work, casting dishes and bakers shall be printed in the dish makers’ agreement, also the agree ment to pay for mould changing shall be printed in the dish makers’ article. 51—The turners shall be paid one and one half hours per five day week at their hourly average earnings for filing tools and taking care of damp closets. 52—All emptying shall be paid for at average hourly rate of pay to jiggermen. 53—When stampers are required to box or stilt ware they shall be paid at the rate of one cent per dozen for stilting, one half cent per dozen for boxing and card boarding in addition to their basic rates. 54—All type of kilns shall be operated by a recognized kiln fireman. 55—All warehousemen shall be paid $1.51 per hour. 56—The finishing price of 4 inch plain plates, 7 and 8 inch plain plates shall be increased to 12 per cent applicable to the 1942 agreement. This increase to come from the firm, this also applies to generalware and chinaware. 57—The vacation pay shall be on an industry Wide basis. 58—That all 64, 7, 7^j, 8 inch plates in china shall be in creased one fourth cent per dozen. 59—Double time shall be paid for New Years, Decoration Day, and Thanksgiving Day including watchmen, cleaners, and firemen. 60— All carrying out shall be done at firm’s expense. 61— A 30 per cent increase shall be granted to all employees. 62—All sponges shall be furnished free to the employees. 63—Time and one half shall be paid for Saturday and Sunday work. 61*—Brushes shall be furnished to chinaware liners. 65—All work performed on second shift shall be paid 15c per hour e\tra, work performed on third shift shall receive 25 cents per hour extra. SWEDISH LABOR CELEBRATES Fl FTIETH AN NI VERS A Y Stockholm, (ILNS)The Swedish Federation of Labor has just cele brated its 50th anniversary’, the fes tivals culminating in Stockholm Aug. 7-8. Twelve foreign countries sent 30 delegates, and several Swedish organizations, including the Employers’ Association, were also represented. The first Swedish trade unions were organized in the 1870’s, but it was not until 1898 that a national organization, the Federation of La bor, was formed. Today, it has more than 1,200,000 member-, or more than one-sixth of the Swedish pop ulation. At the end of the First World War its membership was 200,CCO, by 1929 it had grown to over 500,COO, and in 1942 the first millionth member was registered. NOTICE L. U. 155 All members are urged to be present at our next meeting on Wednesday, August 25 to vote on salami of national presi dent and secretary-treasurer.' By order of president. Shop Teams Will (Continued From Page One) friend to say yes to the all im portant question. Cheer up Chariiej a faint heart never won a fair lady. Another reminder, our polls will be open from 3 p. m. to 11 p. m. on August 23 for you to cast your vote on the referendum now before the trade pertaining to Officer/ salaries. This will be your last chance to cast your ballot on this very important question, so take advantage of your right to vote and participate in the affairs of the Brotherhood.—0. C. 42. NQTICE DISH JIGGERMEN AND DISH BATTERS! 1 A THE POTTERS HERALD, EAST LIVERPOOL, OH.O y* special meeting has been called for Saturday morning, August 21 at 10 a. m. in Room 3, Brotherhood hall, in com pliance with resolution 171 which was adopted in conven tion, seeking a uniform rate of pay for Battersoul on all dish jobs. Out of town mem bers are urged to ITU Convention i Seeks Ways To Defend Members be Indianapolis (LPA)—AdoptiBR" 'of new “methods of defense” if neces sary, to win battles with newspap er publishers was urged here by President Woodruff Randolph of the Int’l Typographical Union in a report prepared for submission to the ITU’s 90th convention, open ing Aug. 14 in Milwaukee, Wis. “If we have come to the point where strikes, of themselves, are hot a sufficient answer to the un fair employer, another answer, sup plementary or otherwise must be found and applied,” Randolph de clared. “Defensive techniques must fevolve as does the. industry in which we work.”' Other ITU convention reports re vealed that during the year ending May 20, the international spent nearly $4,300,000 for defense pur poses, of which approximately $2, 500,000 was spent- on the strike against Chicago dailies. At present, a 5 per cent assess ment on inembers is bringing in Over $1,000,000 a month. This has enabled the union to pay back money borrowed from other funds for strike benefits and to provide full-scale financing of current strikes, the reports disclosed. A report by Elmer Brown, ITU vice president, contended that the typos “have nothing to fear from the highly advertised ‘new proces ses’ (of newspaper production) ex cept as they may be used as strike breaking instruments.” He declared the Union's position ih that respect will be strengthen ed when the ITU has succeeded in organizing the workers in the new processes an devices. “When we have corrected this defect in our organizational set up,” he said, “we can With confi dence welcomfe all new processes and work of development of more and better printing equipment and machinery. 1 “The more and cheaper methods developed for producing newspop* Ors and magazines, the greater will be the output,” he added. “At pres ent there is a near monopoly in the newspaper field which can only be broken when men with small capi tal can finance the establishment of a newspaper or magazine.” Union Trying Tb Save'Met' New York (LPA)—AFL unions in the entertainment industry this week are trying to work out plans which will keep the Metropolitan Opera Ass’n in business. Famed baritone Lawrence Tib bett, presidnet of the American Guild of Musical Artists, an affi liate of the Associated Actors & Artists of America-AFL, has call ed a conference of all unions af fected by the ‘Met’s’ decision to cancel plans for the 1948-49 opera season. The operas management claimed that it was unable to grant better Wages to its employes, represented by 12 unions, because it had piled up a $220,000 deficit last year, al tho playing to full houses. At least three of the unions in volv«*d, Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 1 of the stagehands union, and the Theatrical Wardrobe Attendants continued to try to find ways and means of compromising their de mands with the “Met.” The musi cians offered to forego wage in creases if a social security plan is agreed .to by the management. Then came the Association’s uni lateral proclamation that the sea son is being cancelled. Charles R. lucci, secretary of Lo cal 802-AMF promptly pointed out that: “The Metropolitan Opera is not a private venture but a world-re nowned institution it is one which belongs not to a board of directors but to all the people, those thous ands of Americans who have con tributed money so that the Metro politan could continue its exis tence. “It belongs to the employes who have on numerous occasions made wage sacrifices, given free services for charitable purposes and actual financial contributions. Local 802 has given direct subsidies to the Metropolitan. “With this background it is in conceivable that the Metropolitan Opera’s board of directors could act so cavalierly.” Tibbett’s telegram calling other union representatives to meet with him also expressed shock that the directors had broken off negotia tions and issued their ultimatum. “Such cancellation affects the de velopment of musical culture in the US as well as the livelihood and artistic careers of over 600 per sons.” The nation-wide radio audience Tor the Saturday opera broadcasts has for years been asked to con tribute to keep the opera going. The .convenient, reguhr way of saving is thiuuuh the purchase of U. S. Savings Bunds by the Payroll I Saving method. attend mi til Llk AFL Union Sues Employer For Contract Breach Baltimore (LPA)—A breach of contract suit was filed last week in federal court by Local 453, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen-AFL against a trade association in the seafood packing industry. The union is ask ing $750,000 from the employers who broke off wage negotiations. Last January the employers act ing thru the Crisfield Seafood Ass’n reopened wage discussions under %he terms of a contract with Local 453. A wage cut was pro posed, which the union rejected. Discussions dragged on until April, when the employers said that they intended to unilateral cut wages, and fire any worker who refused the reduced rate. In the first action of its type in Maryland history, the union is hauling the employers into court, demanding restoration of jobs for its members and damages of $750, 000. Air Force Denies Boeing Congrats Washington (LPA) Attempts by the Boeing Airplane Co., whose Seattle plant has been struck by the Int’l Association of Machinists unaffiliated, to claim US Air Force support for its strike break ing efforts fell flat last week. In a letter to IAM President Harvey Brown, Air Secretary Stuart Sym ington denied that Air Corps offi cers had congratulated Boeing on its use of scab labor. The “Boeing News”—a company sheet—said that General Joseph T. McNarney and General K. B. Wolfe, after inspecting the Boe ing plant, praised the company on the way it was utilizing its labor force, and upon the “morale” of the scabs. President Brown wrote the Air Force asking Symington to check “into this matter and let me know whether or not this story accurate ly reflects the statement made by your officers in Seattle.” Symington replied: “General Mc Narney informs me that during his visit at the Boeing plant he made no statement complimenting the company ‘upon its hiring record during the past few weeks.” I am satisfied that General McNdrney and General Wolfe are officers whose past experience makes it un likely that under the circumstances they would issue any such state ments.” The Air Secretary thanked the IAM chief for bringing this false company statement to his atten tion. I ymarinef New York—The 85th annual con vention of the New York State Fed eration of Labor, bulwarked by the largest number of delegates ever to attend its sessions, opened here in a mood of implacable determi nation to lick every reactionary Congressman seeking election in the state. Taking as his keynote the con vention slogan, “Vote November 2 to preserve the freedom for all who labor,” George Meany, AFL secretary-treasurer, lashed out bit terly at Republicans and Democrats in Congress who passed the Taft Hartley law, ignored the high cost of living and imposed an inequitable tax law. “Yuor very first job,” Meany told the delegates, is to get your mem bers out to vote. In 1946, more than 40,000,000 Americans eligible to vote failed to vote. We are con vinced that a substantial portion of those were trade union members or in families of trade unionists. “Your second job is to remem ber that you. must vote as trade unionists whether you are regis tered Republican or Democratic or anything else that we will not cast a vote for any candidate unless we feyl that that person will fol low the ideals and the principles of the American labor movement. “If these ideals fall by the way side, America falls by the wayside as a world power and world peace goes down the drain.” The convention also heard ad dresses by Francis Cardinal Spell man, archbishop of New York Mayor William O’Dwyer Charles J. MacGowan, president of the In ternational Brotherhood of Boiler makers, and Thomas Murray, presi dent New York State Federation of Labor. Introduced by Martin T. Lacey, president of the New York Central Trades Council and chairman of the convention’s arrangements commit tee, Cardinal Spellman declared: “America’s prosperity and hap piness can be attained only through the full cooperation between labor and capital with full employment and fair wages. Yet millions of people are being taught and trick ed into believing that the benefits of security fall like manna from Heaven. I beg those people who are being thus deceived that they cease to be terrified, stunned of confus ed by Communists or Communist inspired agitators, 'who with sharp sickle-strokes seek to murder de mocracy, stifle free enterprise, and destroy world peace. “In fair collective bargaining rests America’s greatest hope for future peaceful labor relations, but in its processes men must guard themselves against selfish, domi neering minority groups opposed to our democratic form of govern- A Storehouse of Frozen Food in Your Home Better, Food, Delicious “company dinner*,** complete from fruit cup to ahortcako. Better, Taste The same luecioua flavor, tempting fresh* nesa as whoa packed away. ^iQHIO POWER S Thursday, August 12, 1948 New York State Federation Moves To Defeat Enemies ment, groups that refuse to solve their problems through this just device and use strikes as smoke screens to wage political war against America.” In his address, Meany warned that “the trade union movement must be a dynamic movement or it dies. A feeling of complacency is dangerous to a movement such as ours. We need eternal vigilance.” Meany urged the delegates not to permit “anyone to make a politi cal football out of the New York State Federation of Labor. Remem ber trade unions are bread and but ter organizations. One reason for our existence is to better the con dition of those who work for wages. The issues between major political parties are fictitious. The secret is sue is the in’s want to stay in and the out’s want to get in.” “What’s our answer?” asked Meany. “Should we tie up the AFL to a political party? The Demo cratic Party? What of that 115 Democrats who put on labor the cross in the form of the Taft-Hart ley law? What about that part of the Democratic Party which bases human values ou the color of a man’s skin? Tie up with Wallace and go along with those who be lieve in the barbaric philosophy of Moscow? Tie up with the Repub- f lican Party because some people think that the Republican presiden tial candidate would repeal the ob noxious sections of the Taft-Hart ley law? I haven’t heard the Repub lican candidate say anything about the Taft-Hartley law.” Mayor O’Dwyer, who got a long ovation from the assemblage, at tacked the 80th Congress for lis tening to the real estate lobby and blocking housing legislation, which took “a sledge hammer and hit labor, sowing contempt for labor by the Taft-Hartley law and even worse contempt by asking for an other term to do to you God knows what.” State AFL President Murray de clared: “We shall defeat at the polls every member of the 80th Congress irrespective ot party affiliation who voteji for enactment of the Taft Hartley law. We have consecrated ourselves to this task and we will keep at it until complete victory is ours. We will fill the hall of Con gress with RepresentativQS,'''’’ W$£ know, understand and give cOniiir g eration to the aim and aspirations of the American worker.” NOTICE LOCAL UNION 10 Local Union No. 10 will vote on Officers’ salaries Monday, August 16th, from 1 until 8 p. m. Better, Health. .. 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