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park pavillion and a pageant at*
the stadium.
At our local meeting last week|
the potters picnic committee made]
their report. They must be congrat-]
ulated for a good job well done as|
the picnic was a big success.
John Ellis was chosen over James]
Coffee and Dan Killinger as repre-|
sentatives to the wage conference
next month.
Last week’s meeting also ended]
the voting on the referendum bal-|
lot for national officers salaries.
The vote was light considering our|
membership. When the votes were]
tallied, it was reported that the|
issue lost in this local by almost a|
two to one majority.
Plant No. 2 stoneware of Univer
sal resumed operation last week
after several weeks shutdown.
And now a question to all work-1
ing men and women. Why and how
did upward of 65 million workers]
elect such a stumblebum, fathead]
congress last election? Let’s not|
make the same mistake this faIl.L
Check your registration now and
vote for those candidates friendly |_
to labor and the commpn people.
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Attends Meeting
Of Local No. 124
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They seemed to be of the opinion |mation. The finishers brought up
that only the five plaintiffs were|the problem of some of the finish
opposed to the action of the Board |ers passing up some of the ware
and the proceedings of the conven- |on the conveyors because it was
tion in regards to turning our|n°t a*5 good as other ware, and
treasury over to the top officials, (leaving it for others to do while
They were quickly corrected on |they took the ware that came from
with their presence. Several of us||
for delegate to the American Fed-
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flUflfllBlBfl*"'fl fl ^B I ward to the bowling league whichi
Cambridge, Ohio-The City of Cambridge this week isfclS Tnd
1 ce'ebration and festivity. This week marks the
150th birthday of our city. Under the chairmanship of Judge
Howard Faught, plans for the celebration were made with all
organizations and groups participating. The final day’s activ-|uP by
ities will be in the hands of the Central Labor Body in cooper-
ation with the Sesqui-Centennial Committee. A parade in the|brothers let’s not for*et these mer’
tnorning and a picnic at the city park with contests and prizes |ch“nts- ....
will make up the daytime program. In the evening, John ,?u®stA%°f
Owens of the U M. W. will speak followed by dancipg at the other
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Labor Day Speaker^
JOHN OWENS
9 Initiated At
Last Meeting Ofi
Local Union 76
Ml A A I (good as ever. A great deal of credit
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Richmond, Calif.—With the an-
|nual picnic over the members of
|Local Union 89 looking for-
RflE flfl flfl I The weatherman favored the I
spcnt the day’rishing, swimming,
|etc.
Along with the many prizes put
(Committee appointed then took (double rupture. Latest report was].
At a meeting of Local Union 124 (charge and the results were sent (that he was doing fine. Good luck(p|f| pIFQT
oh August 24, we were honored|to our national office. (to Bud as well as Tony Frey and| ■■Vi.
with three visitors from Local] In the Shop Committee Report |we hope these brothers will be
Union 133, New Castle, Pa. Bros, (the rate of pay a machine liner (back with us before too long. O.
Kirkwood, Popovich and Henry, (should receive when put on hand (C« 89.
These brothers each addressed the (lining was discussed. No one seem
local in regards to the recent court (ed to have the answer so the Secre
action and the referendum now be- |tary was instructed to write to
fore the trade. |our national office for this infor-
the Local, several Richmond
(merchants donated gate prizes, so
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company personnel and their
■families, who entered into the spir
lit of the occasion and were really
(welcome guests. Many of the mem-1
|bers stayed
|built a fire
(light swim.
Secretary-Treasurer, UMW |p. officials but if they are kept as
(busy as these two officials, then I
(certainly we can ask for no more. I
(They are tireless in their effort to I
(improve the lot of ever member
(of the organization.
until late evening,
and enjoyed a moon-
Rex Morgan and vice
President
(president Sal Freschi have return
led from a trip to Los Angeles.
(These brothers paid a visit to a
(meeting of the new Local repre
(senting the employees of the Stan
(dard Sanitary Torrence plant.
According to their statements,
(these new brothers are real union
(men and should be a boom to the
(entire organization.
They also reported they had the
(opportunity to see some of the
(good worlr- and traveling that is
(necessary for second vice president
(Frank Hull and Organizer George
(Pace.
We members of Local Union 89
(do not have much opportunity to
Lome in contact with other N. B. O.
The friendly relationship between
(the company and (he union is- as
Buffalo,^!. Y.—Local No. 7ff4net.|for this mwt go t»4tr.-AihaatkAd-|1^^
on Friday, August 20th, with Presi-Lock, plant manager, for his rair
dent Carl Heintz back on the job(ness and honesty in all his deal
again. The number attending was (ins with the organization, and his
fair, but there was plenty of room (policy of no favorites on the job.
for more. After the balloting on| Bro. Kenneth (Bud) Cornell re-|BMj|f||» Ah HmiamO
officers’ salaries was over, theIcently underwent surgery for
Local Union 156
Makes Change In
Time Of Meeting
this misunderstanding by several |newey moulds. This is to be taken I Union 156 held quite a “v®*yeses"|parently referring to the campaign |the farm workers are two locals of
of our members.--------------------------- |UP with John Lux* |sion tl?is month and much business^ ri(j the unjong of Communist in-|the Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters
Bro. Kirkwood in his remarks I It was also reported that the biglwas discussed and dispensed with
asked Bro. Whippier if he and his lfan in the kiln area was be-1 through the proper channels.
associates were willing to abide by I’"* turned off by someone when- One „f the mo^nnportant
the results of the referendum vote, ever it was turtied on. It seems that tures.was the election Ma new. ruthlesslman and Joseph F. Galliano who
Bro. Whippier replied that was his someone working near it did not ™e president. This job was pucMi Taft.Hartley bin itSe|f. represent the unions have charged
aim as applied to salaries and sub-|'vant it on. A check will be made I remainder of the vear.frhere are so-called leaders of la-lthat government witnesses have
stantiated his stand with a signed Ito determine why. I Aft (i|sc„ssjon President|h°r wh° “F ‘hay ar® against Taft- Ibeen duped by the DiGiorgio Corp,
statement to this effect. I N '"c new members were admit-l After mwh diwnwion FrmMrt. Taft Hartley to jnto gigning false affidavits. Un-
In answer to why nothing had n CZ«kjh’PEdw™7 f£b7t'|aach month will be held at dillldestroy other workers’ unions.” Ider cross examination one of the
appeared in the ‘Herald’ from ourE™^ Ch„”“ ®““, 2}“™™ m. or immediately after work. He talked of “misleaders of la- anti-union witnesses confessed to
local, the visitors were given a|josephine Inglut’of the Clay Shop !™8 wil1 be the meeting held on the|bor” who have “found red-baiting |pe[Jury
v copy of a letter which had been |FranPk Klirnek and Robert Lickfield prst Monday. The meeting called land Russia-baiting just as usefull Last
the,,U.m°n
written and signed by this writer th sl- House Helen Manser oflfor the third Monday of the month |as the reactionary politicians have (threatened to withdraw from the
-./s but had not at that time been print- Glazing and A^rCan^ be held as usual at 7:30 p. m. found it useful.” hearings when a company lawyer
ed Later, I am, happy to add thisL withdrawals were grant-pere will be no meeting until Sept The third party candidate said NLRBPoffici^ in°presenting the
^letter was pubhshed as written 1^ John Evans Dave Warsocki|20 since the first meeting would that “labor leadership which worksof“%a,s^^^
hope this is a good omen for the|and Adam Qurczak. Art Bolewski.fca11 on Labor Day. |for the bi-partisan foreign policy organizations
future. (Edmund Raszewski and Paul John-1 KDonna Frankland looks starry- |is betraying Jabor even more cer-1 gAmonir the many leeal points
The visiting brothers were most Lon were suspended. |eyed, it’s because she will havekainly than if it walked thru a| .. y Lhoie
welcome in our local meeting and| (made the trek to the altar by the (picket line. This kind of leadership! .. y
we hope they will honor us again I time this appears in print. means labor’s destruction as cer- fcstl°n,, 4Lf n„i„„ ™.v
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enjoyed a good talkfest with the|LflllOr llOIDS l£lll (like your hamburgs Ruthie?—O. C. (destroyed organized labor in Nazi| dP u dopsn’t even have
boys after the meeting adjourned. e 156. Ge™*ny' ..... .... the right to protest at the time it
Bro. Kirkwood was nominatedljQ b2V6
e iTT®astP"10,"”, IjOCal|the Marshall plan, and then, ap-(permanent. Defendants along with
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eration of Labor* at our meeting] n n ... Water LFOWIl Iwho fall for the red herring are|are denied the Waaner Act bene
and we sincerely hope he makes it. .Oakkland.’Ca[lf-[LPA)—Organiz:
(UN’S Free News Code
ThA rAfaranfi..™ la ohnnt ,abor in the bay area around I Later in his speech Wallace des-| (lun to rage iwo)
The referendum vote is about atlSan Francisco is being urged to| Genevt (LPA)-—A free world|troyed once and for all the hopes|
its weight behind the fight |press seemed a possibility last |of trade unionists and liberals that
tnere win oe a very large portion ito save one of the few remnjning [April when the UN conference on|the Progressive Party could be per-|pQrf With Carrnlllnn fn
of our memberohip who expressed ..primeval forests., on the North freedom of information drew up Laded to withdrew ite candidates FaCt W,t"
IM none8t convlc‘(American continent that’s acces-|a world code for news gathering.|who are endangering the Congress-1 Carrollton, Ky. (ILNS)—After a
10 (sible to large number of people. (President Harry Martin of the Am- (ional campaigns of pro-labor Rep- (long and bitter struggle to win bar
The Bay Cities Metal Trades jerican Newspaper Guild was on (resentatives. (gaining rights at the Carrollton
(Council has endorsed the drive for(the committee then which battled] “The Progressive Party,” its|co., Local 943, United Automobile
lb A ‘Mur’ IT if lthe pub,ic ownersbip of the Butano(against all peacetime censorship, (leader said, “will not be cajoled or (Workers, affiliated with the Amer-
(Forest in southern San Mateo The document which this group (threatened into sacrificing the peo- |ican Federation of Labor, has fol-
TWrnit /T PA i—ProsiHonf- Tm |County’ a 4700-acre tract of virgin|drew up after a long and bitterlpie on behalf of liberal names en-(lowed up its initial victory by ne
i.iJL nOv A?' |redw°od 35 miles south of San|fight, was drastically altered last (gaged in war-mongering.” (gotiating a fine contract with a
rin Ln„ roHiiUnlFrancisco* The tract is 80011 to be|week by Soviet members of UNES-| Later in the week, at Louisville,(stubborn management. The local
Sliiarre will hA a™ tS (logged—probably next spring—by|CO’s Human Rights Commission,(Ky., Wallace denied that the Com-(union secured a host of gains, re
SnwU. hAAVnn k t’l private lumber company which] who amended it to curtail free|munists control the Progressive (suiting in wage increases amount
1 .fln o*nn lnow owns un,e8S there 18 8uf'(gathering of information. (Party, and disavowed the support|ing to as much as 30 cents an hour,
proaacasung uo. irom
^.w|ficient money arised to warrant a| British and Amreican newsmen |of any Communists, if such there (Revision of the rate system was
p. m. tui. (condemnation suit by the state. (say that the measures proposed (be, who are loyal to a foreign (effected, and inequities wiped out.
The half-hour talk, opening gun] These giant pines—the biggest in|give governments the right to re-|power, or who believe in the forci-|six paid holidays were won, with
in the ’48 election campaign for|the world—grow on a site which] fuse entry to foreign correspon- jble overthrow of our government, (retroactivity to apply on both the
the Democratic nominee, will be (would be an ideal extension of the| dents and open the way to arbitrary “There is as much variation in (increases and the holidays. Stan
paid for by the Truman-Barkley (camping and picnicking parks in| censorship of the news. The contro-(the beliefs of Communists as in the|dard seniority, overtime and griev
Clubs of. Michigan. Cost of the airjthe area, all of them overcrowded| versy will now go to the UN Gen-(beliefs of Democrats and RepubiL Iance clauses are included in the
Clubs of Michigan. Cost of the airlthe area, all of them overcrowded I versy will now go to the UN Gen-(beliefs of Democrats and RepubiL lance clauses are included
tim^
about ?15,000,|at present. leral Assembly in Paris. .(Tun to Page Two) [pact
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ERST UVERKOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, September 2, 1948
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Wallace repeated his previous at- |orary injunction against the Di-
,. |tacks upon labor for its support of (Giorgio strikers shall be made
fluence, said: |AFL and a local of the Wine & Dis
fea-1 “There are men inside labor who Itiilery Workers Union-AFL.
lare using methods against fellow Attorneys Alexander H. Schull-
Wa,.Iace concluded his attack up-L taued_an the apiicability of
"77? ,ok“me" .\th:. ThMe Taft-Hartley to farm workers who
(stooges for Taft and Hartley.” |are Page^wo)
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I Los Angeles (LPA)—With
(strike of farm workers at the
Bridgeport (LPA)—An all-out (Giorgio Fruit Corp. Bakersfield
(attack upon the policies of the (ranch nearly a year old, NLRB df
(trade union movement, and upon|ficials in the California regional
(its elected leadership, was a fea- (office have joined hands with com
|ture of Progressive Party candi- (pany hirelings to smear the Nat’l
(date Henry Wallace’s first official (Farm Labor Union-AFL.
(campaign speech delivered in Hearings are being conducted to
(Bridgeport last week. (determine whether or not a temp-
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Gift To German
News Agencies
Washington (LPA)—There will
soon be 51 sets of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica en route to news organ
izations in the US zone of Ger
many, as a result of a suggestion
by President Harry Martin of the
American Newspaper Guild.
Martin suggested making the do
nation to the other members of the
US delegation to the conference on
freedom of information held by
the United Nations at Geneva early
this summer. The others—William
Benton, chairman of the Encyclo
pedia Brittanica board, Erwin Can
ham of the Christian Science Moni
tor, Ovetta Culp Hobby of the
of the Houston Post and Sevellon
Brown of the Providence (R. I.)
Journal—agreed it would be a good
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Washington (LPA) Almost
from the day the Supreme Court
upheld the constitutionality of la
bor’s Magna Carta, the Wagner
Act, the NAM and its propagand
ists began their campaign to whit
tle it down, then destroy it.
Thruout the life of the New Deal
direct assaults upon the Wagner
Act in Congress failed, but some
success was gained in big business’
campaign to write state laws re
establishing the old anti-union
practices. Pressure on the NLRB
also succeeded in limiting the use
fulness of the agency for its task
of protecting workers’ rights.
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A FL Auto Worker S First
The reactionaries’ drive didn’t go
over the top, however, until the
80th Congress—with a Republican
majority and a large bloc of Dixie
crats—passed the Taft-Hartley
law. It went into effect a little
more than a year ago—on August
22, 1947—to the accompaniment of
public pronouncements that it
would create “industrial peace” and
private chortles in NAM circles
that it would break the power of
organized labor.
As nearly every trade unionist
knows, neither the broadcast claims
nor the private hopes of the union
haters have come true. Taft-Hart
ley has not improved labor-manage
ment relations. It has made them
worse. Nor has the power of our
unions to aid us been destroyed.
The law has, however, seriously
hampered unions in their job of
Wheatley, Solon
Attend Outing Of
Local Union No. 174
Metuchen, N. —An attendance
far exceeding that of any previous
social function of Local Union 174
was on hand for our annual clam
bake at Vorodys Grove on August
14th. The affair was jointly spon
sored by the Local and the Rich
mond Radiator Co. of Metuchen.
John Mazolec was chairman of
the day, ably assisted by George
Bondies, John Kearston, Joseph
Dudash and John Zavodsky. These
brothers deserve a vote of thanks
for the excellent program drawn
up for the day’s outing/
First Vice President E. L. Wheat
ley and Organizer James Solon
were on hand to join in the fun.
We tried to induce Bro. Wheatley
to participate in the fat man’s race,
but to no avail. Bro. Alex Mazolic
won this contest hands down.
Other contests included egg
throwing, won by ’’Kid* Juicy
potato race, Joseph Blondo pie eat
tog Wriezt, Mee ifasoiia^
Dancing was a special feature at
the outing as was the solo rendered
by the six-year old son of our sec
retary, George Bondies Jr.—O.C.
174.
Union Wins Wage
Case By Threat
Baltimore (LPA)—A union last
week won an eight month old wage
dispute by threatening employers
with a $750,000 damage suit under
the Taft-Hartley law.
In January, 1948, the Crisfield
Seafood Ass’n, trade group of the
principal employers in the seafood
packing industry on Maryland’s
eastern shore notified Local 435 of
the Amalgamated Meatcutters &
Butcher Workmen-AFL that it
wanted to cut wages of crab pick
ers from $1 to 90c per hour.
The seafood workers union resist
ed the pay decrease, and in April
the employers unilaterally announ
ced the pay cut, and told workers
who didn’t like it that they didn’t
have to work any more.
Local 435 branded the high-hand
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First Year of Taft-Hartley
bettering the lives of their mem
bers, and has slowed down the work
of organizing the unorganized.
If one single feature of Taft
Hartley had to be selected as its
worst the answer would be the bare
fact of its existence. No phrase in
the law, but the fact that a statute
designed to harm labor unions and
weaken the position of workers at
the bargaining table is on the books
has increased employer resistance
to wage and welfare demands. No
section of Taft-Hartley, but the
fact that it’s there, explains the
willingness of more state legisla
tures to enact local anti-union sta
tuteft.
NLRB Tightens Up
The essentially judicial nature of
the NLRB’s function wasn’t chang
ed by Taft-Hartley. But the fact
that a Congress passed it has meant
that NLRB officials have “tighten
ed up” in their attitudes towards
unions. Nothing in the law gives
state and local officials the right
to send police and militia against
peaceful pickets, as they did when
the Stuck Exchange employes and
the meat packers struck. But so
long as the law of the land implies
that trade unionism is some sort of
an evil they’re going to keep on
doing it.
Even the courts have been pois
oned by the virus of Taft-Hartley.
Injunctions asked for by NLRB
General Counsel Robert N. Den
ham—often under pressure from
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New Interest Being
Shown At Meetings
Of Local Union 99
$2.00 PER YEAR
Clarksburg, W. Va.—The attendance at dur last meeting 1
was still encouraging. Since the penalty for non-attendance
does not start until the first meeting in September, we think
the new interest shown by the membership will no doubt re
sult in very few being compelled to pay the penalty for non
attendance.
The shop committee reported on the meeting held at the
shop with President Duffy and management. We feel much
good will came from this meeting, providing all concerned
cooperate in making one big happy family.
Bro. John Fazio was elected to
represent Local 99 at the corning
wage conference to be held in At
lantic City.
The new wash machine in the
print shop is in operation. A tem
porary agreement for print girls
will soon be completed and a meet
ing will be held to adjust this
agreement so that it will be accept
able to all.
The work on the new automatic
jigger is progressing and will so -n
be in operation.
Work has been slow in the lining
department, due to tenrp-rary con
ditions making it impot.sle to get
the wane dry. The firm assured the
liners that as soon as this condition
is remedied work will be plentiful.
The casters are loafing at pre
sent, but hope to be back before
too long. An order for flu pipes is
expected soon which will put them
all back to work before too long.
Bro. Dave Bevan was elected a
board member of district 2 at the
West Virginia State Federation of
Labor convention held in Hunting
ton last month.
The members were reminded that
Oct 2 is the last day to register for
the coming election, so if you are*
not registered yet de so at once.
It is a privilege that all should ex-*'
man and senator that helped to
give us the Taft-Hartley law. Wei
should do all in our power to let
them know how much we dislike it.
Bro. General Posey Jr. was a re
cent visitor to the altar and ap
pears to be a very happy man.
The Local extends deepest sym
pathies to Sister
whose son is being
Japan for burial.
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Lu Cascarell
returned from
is working at
Bro. Sam Allison
Falls Creek while work is slow.
O.C. 99.
NEW OFFICERS FOR
EVANSVILLE LOCAL
Evansville, Ind.—The following
are the newly elected officers of
Local Union 72: Theodore Eisen
hower, president Paul Schmitt,
vice president Wilfred M. Schauss,
recording secretary Joseph Witt
mer, financial secretary Kenneth
Tennyson, defense collector John
Glazer, guard inspector, James
Ewers statistician, John R. Stratt
man trustees, Henry Schmuck, 6
months Florentine Mayar, 12
months George Grisbone, 18
months.—O.C. 72.
the steel and coal barons—have
been promptly forthcoming. Even
the Supreme Court itself has felt
the “mood” and, when given an
opportunity to rule that the anti
free speech, press and assembly
provisions of the law were unconsti
tutional, ducked the issue by rul-'
ing only that a union’s paper dis
tributed thru regular channels had
freedom to express political opin
ions.
Is it any wonder, then, that a
lower court recently upheld the con
stitutionality of the no-political
expenditures-by-unions section of
the law, and forbad a local labor
union to buy radio time and news
paper space to attack Taft-Hart
ley’s authors?
The Supreme Court has not been
anxious either to face up to the
constitutional issues posed in suits
brought by steelworkers and sea
men to test the validity of the non
Communist affidavit requirement.
Denham Fits Job
It wasn’t surprising that Robert
H. Denham was selected as chief
enforcement officer for Taft-Hart
ley. Only a narrowly legalistic
minded person, with a strong sus
picion of free trade unionism, would
have taken the job. Denham resolv
ed to carry the act into every bus
iness in the country. And despite
occasional platonic protests from
NLRB Chairman Paul Herzog he is
succeeding in his resolve. Workers
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