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MEMBER
INTERNATIONAL LABOR
NEWS SERVICE v
VOL. XLII, NO. 26
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bring our brothers and sisters out,*^
especially if the door donation runs
up into a sizable amount. The next'
meeting will be Monday, November
15th. in the Veterans Building on
15th St. Wheeling. All members are
urged to attend.
The Red Feather is very much in
evidence here in Wheeling and the
potters will be asked to do their
share in raising the funds for this
very worthy cause. As usual, thir
teen agencies will share in the pro
ceeds from the drive and all de
serve the full support of our citiz
ens. When you are asked to give—
dig as deep as possible. Every dol
lar will be needed.
As an expression of good will
and friendship, the employees of
the Warwick China Co., presented
Mr. Tom Place, acting manager of
the plant, with an exquisite wrist
watch before his departure from
Wheeling. Mr. Place resigned his
position at the Warwick to accept
a similar
one in a large California
pottery. Our best wishes 4* ri"
his new field,
a
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Two very important dates to re
member—November 2nd., Voting
day and Nov. 15th., the local meets.
Rail Dispute Goes To
Pres. Emergency Board
Washington (LPA) President
Truman this week announced that
he would set up a three-man emer
gency board to study the wage de
mands of 16 non-operating railroad
unions representing 1,000,000 work
ers.
Under the Railway Labor Act,
the board has 30 days to make its
findings, during which time, work
ing conditions must remain as they
are. The non-ops, which include
yardmasters, switchmen, machin
ists, clerks, telegraphers and all
other railroad employes who do not
actually run the trains, are seek
ing a 40 hour week. It is practical
ly the only industry where a 48
hour week is still in force. They
have also demanded a 25c-an-hour
wage increase.
Presented Watch-™‘.'*“.
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GREEN DESCRIBES AFL
Aim-COMMUNIST
Miami (LPA)—AFL President
William Green won an ovation
from the American Legion conven
tion last week when he described
to the war veterans the AFL’s
world-wide struggle against Com
munist totalitarianism.
“In South America,” Green said,
“the Communists have been extra
ordinarily active in labor ranks.
They organized a Latin-American
Confederation of Labor under the
leadership of Vincente Lombardo
Toledano, Stalin's chief lieutenant
in the Western hemisphere, and is
sued a heavy propaganda barrage
against the US. The efforts of our
own government to counteract this
damaging propaganda were inef
fective,” he declared.
But, the AFL chief explained,
“disturbed by the situation the
AFL decided that action on our
part was necessary. We consulted
with representatives of the many
fine non-Communist labor organiza
tions in South America and discov
ered that they were equally alarm
ed. At our suggestion an interna
tional labor conference was held
and a new organization, the Inter
American Federation of Workers
formed.”
“Within the short space of one
year,” President Green asserted,
“this new federation has succeed
ed in spiking the guns of Toled
ano’s propaganda artillery.”
Even more grave several years
ago was the European situation,
Green declared. The Russians suc-
much in the trade altho Local No. 6 is lax in sending news cussing ptans for our goMen jubiIeJ
items to the Herald for publication. Attendance at our meet-
ings is not up to par. A decision was reached during our last |was named
meeting to increase the regular door prize from one dollar to
two and if the number taken from the box is not claimed then [Bros. Phil
a the amount will be carried over until the next session when|,ivan were named on
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the door prize will be four dollars. This procedure will be fol-|Co™mitJ ee- w ...
lowed until some member is present to claim the fund. The I Our c\ty Fa!hefsd,d not m. e|
officers in charge of our affairs feel this little stunt may help °h7 n°ev"
Dock Strike
May Tie-Up
All Shipping
vassal px vticivu.i. a. a.
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|met in regular session on Monday]
[evening Oct. 18, with a fair attend-1
Fs^e^ne business matters
I were the only item ori the
W Lgenda for consideration,
evening’s][these
[celebration. Bro. John Hamilton
I
chairman and he will
[name his committee aids later on.
Schroeder and J. I. Sul-
the Finance]
Ha t^e'weTn"?
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New York (LPA) Despite [large hall within the proposed new|
warnings from Joseph P. Ryan, [structure. Potters in Sebring are|
president of Int’l Longshoremens [urged to keep this in mind when|
Ass’n-AFL, that the union may [they go to the polls next Tuesday.
strike Nov. 9, thereby tying up all] It seems the rules regarding]
American shipping not already im- [sweeping in the shops before 4 p.
mobilized, a fact-finding board re-|m. is being abused. It took many|
ported to the President last week [years to get this rule into effect]
that “the principle obstacle to a |and Local 44 does not intend to sit
wage agreement” has beet over-|by and have the health of their
come by the east coast stevedores [members endangered by such prac
and their employers. |tice. It behooves every local union
I
■surprised this respect, inasmuch!
[as labor’s request for a large meet
|ing hall in the new structure did I
|not seem to meet with their aims.
[This, in addition to private organ-]
[izations having to donate recrea-|
|tion rooms for our children as they
[have no other place to go, pretty]
[well sums up the dire need for a|
More than 45,000 dockers from|jn the district to take a firm stand
Maine to Virginia have been un-|hi this matter. ...
able to sign a new contract because Bro. John Simms who has been a
of
a Supreme Court decision last [working ht the French-Saxon China 9
they walk off their jobs, the GulfP^o accepted a position with
2oast longshoremen will probably [Limoges China.
follow. West coast shipping has| Bro. George Cooper is confined
been halted for almost two months |tke White Cross Hospital at Colum
now by a strike of CIO dock work- |bus, Ohio, where he will undergo
ers. An ILA stoppage on Nov. 9, [surgery. O.C. 44
therefore, would mean that practic-1
ally no cargo could move in or out|a
of th. country
Legion Backs Rent
This complete tie-up will have I
gone into effect after all provisions [AAnAMA| EvlA|tA|AH
of the Taft-Hartley law had been[VUIILlUI EiAlvIlvIUll
resorted to. That includes an in-|- I II 1
junction halting strikes for 80 days,|fl |jfl |r||||||A MA|IO|||flf
and an NLRB vote on whether the|1'1111 IIVIWiliM
workers want to accept the em-|
ployers’ final offer. The board is Miami (LPA)- No one ever ac-l
planning to take such a vote on the |cused the American Legion of be-1
east coast. A union boycott of a |’n£ a radical outfit. But they 11 pro-1
similar election on the west coast |bably be on the “red hst of the I
two months ago was 100% effec-|real estate lobby—-that same lobby I
yve [that called Sen. Taft a Socialist—I
The AFL longshoremen have list- |after news *ets aroand about the
ed seven conditions for a pay settle- [housing resolutions they passed at I
ment: 1-Definition of the Work|the Legion convention last week,
week from 12:01 Sunday to mid-| The nation’s largest veterans
night Saturday. 2-Guarantee of krouP votpd to work for extension
four hours’ pay in each period. 3- |°f the present rent control law to
Establishment of a welfare fund.[March 31, 1950. With the Legions]
(Turn to Paae Two} [powerful machinery at work, there]
I lis more hope of getting a decent
Irent control law for at least a
after the present one expires next
March.
The AFL has never participated] lip A A I fz v|
1
June which outlaws their custo-|Co. has switched over to the| /I 1 O
mary overtime pay provisions^ If [Limoges China. Bro.John Cox Jias LfJL I If C/ fc C/
ReaifcM
ceeded in persuading non-Commuii-rcharged by the Legion with putting] Detroit (LPA)—Organized labor
ist European labor leaders to scrap|out “mis-information” on progress|jn Michigan can no longer look to
the old Int’l Federation of Trade|in solving the housing shortage. [state-supported educational facil
Unions and set up the World Fed-.| Low-rent public housing must be] j^ies for assistance in educating
eration of Trade Unions, which the [provided for veterans “who other- |workers. Using what both AFL and
Communist unions behind the iron] wise cannot secure decent housing] £10 officials called a “subterfuge,”
curtain could dominate thru phoney under the ‘hand-me down’ prin-[the Board of Regents of the Uni
membership figures. [ciples of housing adopted by offic-[versity of Michigan last week voted
“The WFTU,” Green said,| ers and directors of the Nat’l As- |jn effect to abolish the nationally
“adopted an anti-American policy sociation of Real Estate Boards,” [famous Workers Educational Ser
and attempted to mobilize wide- the Legion delegates voted. [vice, under which 70,000 Michigan
spread labor opposition to the Mar-| [workers last year attended classes
shall plan for European recovery.” I |and study groups.
a A
in the WFTU, Green reminded the VII I w CT I V |ed iys walking papers, and the Re
Legionnaires. It did, he said, tnfceln RIIamJ [gents voted “continuation of an ex
the lead in organizing the recent j£Q|| flllullu peri mental program ... as part of
international conferences of pro-1 O [the general extension services of
Marshall plan unions, in which all |M(v I|a|| 9||g| [the university.”
non-Communist European unions [lVlwvllllK| HUVa 4LIIII Death of the service was caused
and all of US Labor have taken] [by the complaints of one powerful
part. Local Union No. 124 is still on [corporation General Motors
The Marshall plan, Green re- [the map. We are currently featur- [which isn’t even a Michigan corp
marked, has halted the drift to- [ing discussions by decal girls. The [oration, incorporated in Dela-r
wards Communism in Europe, and [girls are not yet sure of the results [ware, and is owned primarily by
thereby saved us from another war. [obtained at the conference held by |the Du Pont interests. President
Many of the democratic leaders of|their committee with the manufac-[Charles E. Wilson of GM had act
Europe, including prominent fig- [turers. We hope it works out to the |ively urged Gov. Kim Sigler to end
ures in labor governments like Bri-[benefit of the decal girls. |the service, and GM employes had
tain’s Ernest Bevin come from| There was a sizable delegation [put on a day-long “expose” in
trade union ranks, he said. [from T. S. & T. at our meeting. Lin- [volving two sessions of one course
“The AFL is now the only major[ers report that eleven, had been laid [offered by the service, before the
labor organization in the world |off. Local ordered committee to gp [House Labor Committee in Wash
which believes wholeheartedly in [with laid off liners and demand [ington last spring.
free enterprise,” its veteran lead-[their share of the work. “The violation of the trusteeship
er declared. Its spokesmen, not] Decal girls ordered out to meet- |by the university,” Asserted Mich
those of Wall Street, can inspire[ing November 2, especially those [igan CIO Secretary-treasurer Bar
confidence in other labor move-|who were on conference. Not many |ney Hopkins at a meeting of the
ments when they speak in defense|decal girls were present but all are [Workers’ Education Advisory Com
of the American economic system,[urged to attend and learn results [mittee, “means that we cannot look
he concluded. |of conference.—O.C. 124 Ito it for the service that we have
Our Vote Counts
VA Director Arthur Elder was hand­
jPollcvs Herald
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Trade Votes for Representatives to AFL ConventionYEARPER$2.00
EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, October 28, 1948
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Never Underestimate the Power of ONE Vote! ,x
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In a few days now, the campaigning will be over. We'll crawl shivering out of our
warm bed on that Tuesday morning, the second day of November. At breakfast some
body will probably say: “Hey, this is election day."
ing to decide this election. What happens in our own homes on election morning is go
ing to determine whether or not the United States of America is going to have a pro
gressive, humanitarian President and a liberal, fair minded Congress, or whether our
Government is going to be Tun for the next four years by men who are obligated to the
lobbyists and reactionary in their thinking. What we do will make the difference on the
future welfare of our own family and our country.
Either we are going to say, “Yes, this is election day and we are going to vote early."
Or, we’re going to shrug and say, “To hell with it. I’ve got too much to do. What
does it matter whether or not I vote?"
In the U. S. A., the ballot marked by the average citizen counts just as much as the
next one. If everyone makes up his mind that his or her vote is important, then
enough plain people like us are going to turn up at the polling places to make a differ
ence in this election.
For those who say that one vote more )r less doesn’t matter, let’s look at the re
cord.
Last month in the state of Texas, the primary contest for Senator was decided by
87 votes. The count was: for Lyndon Johnson, 494,191 for Coke Stevenson, 494,104.
Just one vote more or one less in each county would have changed the result.
Or take Senator Taft. Two years ago, when Taft ran for re-election as Senator
from Ohio, he polled 1,500,809 votes. His opponent got 1,483,069 votes. That’s a mar
gin of 17,740. But Taft would have been defeated if he had gotten one less vote and his
opponent had gotten^ one more vote in each voting precinct in Ohio.
That’s the way it’s going to be on Nov. 2. Our job is to get out and vote early and
year i vote as we think is right
Wins Its Fight To Torpedo
received in the past.” Hopkins add
ed that “we believe that we must
look elsewhere for them. We would
appreciate your cooperation in join
ing us in a request to the state
educational authorities that the
type of service we need be provided
under other auspices.”
At the same meeting, Secretary
treasurer Robert P. Scott of the
Michigan Federation of Labor said
the regents* action “would seem to
constitute only added proof, if such
proof were necessary, that the con
trolling board of the university
has not been interested, and is not
now interested in providing such
service.”
Indicating that the AFL unions
in tlie state will look with suspic
ion on any service from the univer
sity in the future, Scott asserted
bitterly that “the fact that the pro
gram is being curtailed under pres
sure by a single corporation means
only that any pretense the univer
sity may make to standing for in
tegrity and academic freedom is
sham and mockery.”
UMW ASKS RETURN OF FINE
Washington (LPA) Calling
Judge T. Allan Goldsborough’s rul
ing of the last spring invalid, the
United Mine Workers last week
asked a federal appeals court to
return to the union the $1,420,000
fine that the injunction judge levied
on the UMW and President John
L. Lewis.
Much
a'|
tM MACHINIST—LAM.**
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These new condftfonr ^eoaplira
[with those of long time standing
lin the industry, tend to make for
[various problems. We hope to be
lable to solve them eventually, but
to accomplish this aim it is neces
sary that
we
of all.
The various committees are con
tinually meeting with company of
facials to iron out difficulties and
[we hope patience and fairness will
[eventually work out to the advant
age
of all. Problems are being ad
justed as quickly as possible and
|we wonder if the personnel of the
[committees ever receive a “tank
|you” from those they are doing
[their best to serve.
President Sigismund Rafalowski
[is the latest from the ranks to be
[promoted to forerhanship. We will
|miss him very much but our best
[wishes to him for success in his
|new venture.
To the growing list of foremen
[may we suggest the wonderful op
portunity they have of employing
[the Golden Rule, keeping in mind
(Turn to Page T«w)
I Shor llnifAd In RULES AGAINST
Labor Un ted In [LWU MASS pICKETING
Key Senate Races
Washington (LPA)—In a ruling
jwhich it deems mandatory under
Washington (LPA)—There are|the Taft-Hartley law, the NLRB
some things that US labor unions |this week found the Int’l Long
don’t see eye to eye on. But they’re|8horemen»g & Warehousemen’s Un
all united in their determination to|joj| guilty of unfair labor practices,
elect a liberal Senate next Tuesday.|including ma8s picketing. The case
In addition to the three big labor|arose out of the ILWU’s strike
political leagues—AFL-LLPE, CIO-[against the Sunset Line & Twine
PAC and Railway Labor’s Political[ Co., a fishing tackle firm, which
League, the separate political act-] had refused to bargain in good
ion committees of the Int’l Asso-| faith with the union for a new con
ciation of Machinists-unaffiliated,[tract.
the United Mine Workers-unaffil-| The five-man board was unanim
iated, the Brotherhood of Carpent-] 0Ug jn calling Local 6, ILWU, guil
ers-AFL, and the Int’l BrotherhoodLy of several acts of coercion in the
of Boilermakers-AFL are all hard|eourSe of its strike, and slapped a
at work to defeat Taft-Hartteyite]»«cesge and desist” order on the un
senators up for reelection this year,Lon Bplit three to two, with
and to return to the Senate those Chairman Paul Herzog and board
proven friends of labor whom re-|OTember John M. Houston dissent
action is trying to unseat. [ing", on the question of the inter-
United action is the word in: [national, union’s responsibility.
Iowa, where labor is working to[ This is the board's first attempt
replace a reactionary Republican] to define coercive strike practices
with former Democratic Sen. Guy[ since the Taft-Hartley act was
M. Gillette. [passed by Congress.
Idaho, where Democratic Judge! Chasing strikebreakers’ cars
Burton Miller stands a good chance|thru the town of Petaluma, Calif.,
of retiring anti-labor Sen. Henry|near San Francisco, by strikers
Dworshak.
|and local
Illinois, whose veteran liberal]the charges sustained against the
leader Paul Douglas is threatening]union, despite the absence of any
the Chicago Tribune’s darling Sen.[violence.
C. Wayland Brooks (R.). A picket line in front of the Sun-
Michigan, where a bang-up job is[set plant’s main gate succeeded, by
being done in behalf of former Con-[the passive resistance of the pic
gressman Frank Hook who is op-|kets, in turning back auto-loads of 1
union officers was one
posing Sen. Homer Ferguson (R.).[strikebreakers. This, the board rul- evidence that the ILWU officials
Minnesota, where Minneapolis |ed, constitutes coercion. sanctioned or encouraged any il-
Minnesota, where Minneapolis |ed, constitutes coercion.
(Tun to Page Two) It did not echo, however, the legal conduct.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF OPERATIVE POTTERS
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Salsberry, Morgan,
Davis And Brown
Win In Primaries
The local unions affiliated with the National Brotherhood
[of Operative Potters will hold election of delegates to the Am
tkrican Federation of Labor's sixty-seventh Annual Convention
Ito be held in the rial! of Mirrors, Netherland-Plaza Hotel, Cin
in kinnati, at any regular or special meeting held within the next
110 days.
I Rex Morgan, sanitary caster of Local Union 89, Rich
[mond, Calif., Clarence Davis, kilnfiremen of Local Union 214,
iRedlands, Calif., Laurence Brown, kilnman of Local Union 9,
[East Liverpool, and George Salsberry of Local Union 24,
New Interest Is
Taken By Members
Of Local Union 45
I Trenton, N.J.—A decided new
(interest seems to have taken effect
■here lately and the attendance at
[local meetings is really on the up
Iswing. This added interest is all
Ithe more encouraging when you
[take into consideration our new at
Itendance ruling does not go into
■effect until Nov. 1st.
I There are many changes taking
[place at present that all should be
[interested in as none of us know
|how long it may be before we are
[involved in new systems. Some of
[these do not seem to have much ad
vantage except in UXifig floor
[space which is sufficient to make
[ttagn worthwhile.
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Wellsville, Ohio, are the contest
ants, having won top places in the
primaries.
Official ballots have been sent
from Headquarters to all local un
ions. These must be deposited with
the local tellers on the date of
regular or special meeting of the
local union held between October
27 and November 8. All members
voting are required to register
their names on the roll book.
Immediately after
the
ballots
have been counted by local union
tellers, the t-.l.y sheets must be
sent to the Brotherhood office in
care of the Canvassing Committee.
The deadline for receiving returns
at Headquarters is November 8.
Two delegates are to be elected
and winners Ln the election will at
tend the convention along with
President James M. Duffy, perman
ent
delegate and Second Vice Pre
sident Frank HulL
Due to the alloted time for filing
returns at National Headquarters,
many local unions may find it nec
essary to call special meetings in
order to meet the deadline. Broth
erhood officials have sanctioned
such procedure.
Those next few seconds after the family remembers that this is election day, i
have the cooperation
This year’s election centers on
delegates west of the Allegheny
Mountains.
McGowan For Truman
Kansas City (LPA)—Life long
Republican Charles 3. McGowan,
president of the Brotherhood of
Boilermakers-AFL told the mem
bers of his union this week that he
will vote for Truman and Barkley
Nov. 2. “All of my life,” said Mc
Gowan, "I have tried to be a ‘Lin
coln Republican,’ but when the re
actionary powers that control the
Republican party stifled the voices
of such men as fighting Bob Lafol
lette of Wisconsin. and mdved
into the House of Lincoln, the
Tafts, the Hartleys and the Balls,
as well as a host of other enemies
of the working people, I could no
longer live in that house.”
sentiments of one of its trial ex
aminers who ruled the previous
week that mass picketing, no matt
er how orderly, is an “unfair labor
practice.”
General Counsel Robert N. Den
1 ham was overruled in his attempt
to have the taunts the pickets hurl
ed at the strikebreakers also brand
ed coercion. “In so far as the abuse
of the strikebreakers amounted
only to name calling and vocally
vented resentment, we do not find,
that it was within the purview of
the act,” the board declared.
The board said that when an un
fair labor practice is charged
against a union and its officers the
burden of proof that the individu
als concerned were acting for the
union is on the accuser. It assert
ed, however, that a union may be
held accountable for the acts of its
“agent” even if the union has for
bidden the specific action for which
he is charged “if the union has em
powered its agent to represent it
in the general area within which
the agent acted.”
A majority of the board held that
the ILWU as well as the local was
guilty of sanctioning the “coercion”
of non-strikers. On several occas
ions international representatives
were present on the picket line.
of
Herzog and Houston declared,
however, that this is not sufficient