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AFL Labor News Service
International Labor News Service
and Labor Press Association, Inc.
VOL. XLIV, NO. 29
Sixth Vice President Frank Dales
and Eighth Vice President Joshua
Chadwick along with committees
from the various locals affected
under the new agreements, repre
sented Brotherhood interests ih
•negotiations with the various rep
resentatives from the firms in
volved.
In addition to the wage increase
under the new contracts, some in
equities were ironed out and em
bodied in the new pacts which adds
further benefits derived for our
members.
Negotiations were carried out in
the usual peaceful relationship with
employers, under a true collective
bargaining relationship as prac
ticed by the National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters and manu
facturers in the ceramic industry.
It is with sincere pride and pres
tige that members of the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
can proudly proclaim membership
in an international labor organiza
toin which negotiates contracts
with wage increases for its mem
bers without any stoppage of work.
It is in this respect that mem
bers of the National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters reap all the
benefits that the words implyt—a
wage increase in the Mtake-home”i
pay-
To Members of the official fam
ily from President Jamez M. Duffjr1
down, and to the members at the
various committees and the trade
in general, forward progress has
been made and will continue to be
•made as long as we maintain
strength and unity within the or
ganization. Make no mistake that
without it we are at a standstill.
Real Estate Lobby
Wins Fight On
Low-Rent Housing
San Francisco (LPA)—Proposi
tion 10, the stumbling block for
low-rent public housing, has appar
ently passed in California.
The measure, which would re
quire special city or county-wide
elections before any kind of public
housing project could be approved,
received 1,526,209 votes in 18,181
districts (out
of
a total of 18,408)
against 1,489,799.
This represented a victory for
the real estate lobby and the cam
paign of lies conducted by Whit
aker A Baxter, a publicity* firm
which also handled the campaign
of the American Medical Associa
tion against national health insur
ance.
W A even claimed the Ameri
can Legion was for the measure
after the Legion’s convention pass
bed a resolution poposing it. All
^ubor groups—AFL, CIO, Railroad
Brotherhoods, and independents—
were against the bill.
It provides that if the people
vote “No” in a referendum on pub
lic housing the vote is final. But if
they vote “Yes” the vote is merely
advisory and the local governing
body can still do as it pleases.
Romualdi On Tour
Of Central America
Washington (LPA) Serafino
Romualdi, secretary of the Inter
American Confederation of Work
ers (CIT), has left for a tour of
entral American nations.
He is scheduled to address a
gathering of labor unions in El
Salvador, and from there will go
to Honduras and Costa Rica.
Romualdi charged before he left
Washington that Argentine dicta
tor Juan Peron was closely tied in
with the Puerto Rican Nationalists,
the group from which President
Truman's would-be assassins came.
The same day, Critica, a Buenos
Aires paper favorable to the Peron
government, carried a feature
story hailing Pedro Alzizu Campos,
arrested for leading the Puerto
Rican revolt, as “the last soldier
of independence, a martyr to his
cause.”
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A. F. OF L. BOILDIHG
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Five Plants Grant Wage
Increase For Brotherhood
Members In New Contracts
New wage contracts calling for ten-cents an hour wage increase
for employees in five plants covered under contract between their re
spective firms and the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters have
recently been signed President James M. Duffy announced this week.
Following the national pattern for the industry set up at the recent
wage conference in New York with the United States Potters Associa
tion for employees in the generalware and chinaware branches of the
trade, the five firms signing new contracts affect Brotherhood members
employed in the stone, artware and refractories branch of the trade and
are as follows The Potters Supply Co. of East Liverpool New Castle
Refractory, Newell, W. Va. Elec-*-----------------------------------------
trical Refractories Fitzpatrick In
dustries, Inc., and the Kingwood
China Co. all of East Palestine,
Ohio.
Election Results
No Mandate To
Abolish Fair Deal
Washington (LPA) The reac
tionaries are going to try to sell
the results of the Nov. 7 election
as a mandate to kill the Fair Deal
The results have “undoubtedly”
made the task of the Truman ad
ministration much more difficult
to accomplish because the 82nd
Congress will be a house divided
against itself. Any kind of vital
legislation, even legislation on for
eign policy, will be hard pressed.1
Nevertheless, it is reasonable for
the people to ask—and to expect—
Congress to quit playing partisan
politics with our foreign policy.
Sure, labor-backed candidates
were beaten in a number of con
tests but other labor candidates
won. “The 'batting average’ wasn’t
too good—and it wasn’t too bad.”
Naturally, Taft’s victory in Ohio
“was a bitter pill for the urftons to
swallow.” But Donnell’s defeat in
Missouri “was sweet music to their
ears.”
Although liberal forces lost
ground, they lost a lot less than
they did in 1946, the last off-year.
And the clear fact is the Nov. 7
elections failed to disclose a sweep
ing trend in public thinking.
Phoniest issue in a campaign
full of underhanded, dirty tactics
was the charge of Communism in
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Anti-Union Whisky
Blamed For Defeat
In NLRB Election
Chicago (LPA) Anti-union
whiskey helped sway voters in a
recent NLRB election here. So
charges Local 185, AFL Mattress,
Spring A Bedding Workers, in a
petition filed with the regional
NLRB office.
Nachman Corp., the union said,
promised
lots, and
50 cases
the day
company
creases to many workers a week
before the election, the union
charged. The “No union” vote was
a staggering 573, with 233 for
Local 185 and 56 for Local 18-B,
United Furniture Workers.
to trade bottles for bal
paid off by distributing
of whiskey at the plant
after the election. The
also poured out pay in-
In answer to the union’s charges,
Fred A. Nachman, company vice
president, said: “Sour grapes.” One
union observer, however, insisted
that the bottled stuff was made
from grain.
Lljc
Rumored Member
Of ‘Fair Sex’ For
Executive Board
Trenton, N. J.—As reported re
?entfy in the “Potters Herald”, the
10-cents hourly wage increase re
ceived by members of Locals 45,
49 and 87 here in the East .was
very welcomed news indeed and
we sincerely hope it will be suffice
for the time being. If the cost of
living continues to soar unchecked
as it has the past few months, who
can tell what will happen.
Dorothy Bissett of thd Political!
Education League urged all mem-|
bers to cast their ballot on election!
day and vote as their conscience!
dictates, but to be sure and vote. I
trusty aide Joseph Farletta.
The meeting reconvened and
President O’Neill called upon Bro._
VS
manufacturers and the general ware
and Chinaware Brotherhood repre
sentatives in New York. He toldlp1
of the difficulty encountered inlfa
gaining an increase in wages, due
to the flooding of the domestic [____
market with foreign-made
and the rejection of the pension
plan by the manufacturers.
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nf
Labor Sponsors
Education Fund
MEU/CDADCD CIIPPI IEDC AANA 11 p|
Pittsburgh (LPA) Newsprint
manufacturers have ganged up on
the 10 unions publishing the Pitts
burgh Daily Reporter, refusing to
supply the necessary newsprint.
There’s plenty of newsprint here—
in warehouses—being held for the
big dailies when they reopen.
The Reporter began publication
Oct. 15, two weeks after the city’s
three regular dailies stopped pub
lication in a wage dispute with the
AFL Mailers. As a result 3000
newspaper workers were made idle.
The 10 unions involved got togeth
er for joint publication of the Re
porter as an emergency public ser
vice.
Since its start, the Reporter has
existed on what job lots and odd
size paper rolls it could obtain at
premium prices. At one point, it
had only enough for three days’
operation, although it has held
down its daily run tef 100,000, when
the demand is more than five times
as great.
Newsprint manufacturers have
refused to sell paper rolls. Appeals
to nine Canadian and American
newsprint manufacturers for regu
lar allocations have had no effect.
They refuse to ship to the unions
as little as 100 tons a week to meet
minimum requirements. The Re
porter has managed to stay in busi­
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C^OITipOrS Af CV 111 GJ
NtWbrArtK 3UrrLIEK3 vANw Ur|ternational unionsfrom in any way
ON UNIONS' PITTSBURGH DAILY bawH""g powcr
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With several candidates for pub
lic office present, seeking labor’s!
support at the polls on election day,!
there was a short recess while they
were granted the floor to express!
their views. Lunch was served fol-1 GERMAN
lowing the political rally by the|William Green
refreshment committee headed by|pen^®nt Trade
Chairman James Purcell and his |*n the b®*11® against the Soviets. Green pledged continued cooperation
i*n 3.PEU"e»-
IV icf nr inn Taft Th in
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Election Results Show
[la I V V II V II IIV V U I IV V II V
warenT—I
Work continues good in this part| in an off year, labor’s rank and file—-——----------------------------------|
of the trade but quite a few of our| must have been on his side. He
members are being called to the| noted that in no other state in- the
armed services. —O.C. 49|east or midwest did the GOP carry
Ithe big industrial cities. The extra
500,000 votes wag a little rtiore
[than thtf margin by which Taft dq-
[Democrat Joe Ferguson.
X* a After dispensing with the pleas-
an tries, Taft showed that he still
[was Taft on both domestic and for-
Chicago (LPA) A $100,000|eign issues. He doesn’t want to be
Samuel Gompers Memorial Fund [bothered with considering an ex
to provide scholarships, improve cess profits tax at the “lame duck”
educational facilities and develop [session beginning Nov. 27 he indi
greater labor education opportun-[cated, although he insisted he had
ities at Roosevelt College here has no objections to such a tax and re
been sponsored by AFL President [iterated his earlier stand for a
William Green, CIO President [pay-as-you-go defense program.
Philip Murray, and President Al-1 However, he left himself an out
bert J. Hayes of the International[|jy suggesting that government
Association of Machinists. The [borrowing ought to be considered,
fund, to be presented to the col-Loo although many economists
lege in December, is part of this[agree that the nation “over-borrow
year’s nationwide observance of|ed” to finance World War II.
the 100th anniversary of the birth [specifically, Taft said he wanted
of Gompers, AFL founder and long- Lo pUf off excess profit legislation
time president. [until a more definite military pro­
Union spokesmen said the school [gram was laid down and wanted to
was chosen as recipient of the[tje profit taxing in with price and
fund because of its “extensive |Wage controls.
labor training and research ProJ To questions involving the Taft
gram, its stand against bias and|Hartley act the Senator»s replies
discrimination in higher education, [were something less than clear-cut,
and the provision for equal repre-[^u^ thought election re
sentation on the college s Board °T[suits jn Ohio and elsewhere proved
Trustees of both management and measure had popular approval,
labor.” Board members include
Walter Reuther, United Auto
Workers president, and I*
Bialis of the AFL Ladies GarmentLhat bears his name and implied
Workers. Philip Murray is a mem-ke would like to reorganize the Na
ber of the Advisory Board. [tional Labor Relations Board which
[administers the act. One thing he’d
and was “pretty permanently on
__ .the books.” However, he indicated
Momsl^ wou]tj like t0 amend the law
like to add: a provision barring in-
ness only through the help of var-| Taft denied he was an “isola
ious individuals and unions. Itionist,” but indicated the Admin
Because of this blockade, Sam listration’s foreign policy is in for
Eubanks, executive vice-president la rough going over. He said the
of the American Newspaper Guild, I Gordon Gray Report, just released,
wired Rep. Emanuel Celler (D,|“went further than I would go.”
N. Y.) asking that he and his I When a reporter asked his views
House subcommittee studying mon-Ion the Marshall Plan, Taft said the
opoly power come to Pittsburgh to I same answer was applicable. The
“examine evidence of collusion be-1 Gordon Gray Report, lauded by
tween daily newspaper publishers [President Truman, recommends
here and paper manufacturers to[ lengthening the period of the Mar
blackout news in this city.” [shall Plan, which is supposed to
“The manipulation of newsprint [end in mid-1952, and promoting
supply in an endeavor to suppress [production of vital raw materials
this city’s sole daily news organ is [throughout the n o n-Communist
a prime example of vicious effectlworld.
of monopoly control in newsprint “i’m in favor of aid to Western
production and distribution,” Eu-|European countries to help them
banks wrote. [conduct their defense,” Taft said,
“Meanwhile, thousands of tons [hinting that further economic aid
of paper are stored in Pittsburgh [unconnected with defense would get
warehouses being held for use of
big dailies when they reopen. With
holding this tonnage from the
market helps to create an artificial
shortage and raise prices to all
time high in reactivated gray
market.
“There is evidence here that
even gray market dealers are re
luctant to supply the Daily Re
porter because of fear of retalia
tion from their sources of supply.”
(The newsprint manufacturers’
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|a fish stare from him. He insisted
[that the whole question of Euro
pean and other foreign aid should
Ibe re-examined by Congress to
[establish its “practicability.” He
[went no further along this line, al
though some reporters wondered
what alternatives he could suggest.
He refused to be drawn into ex
tended discussion of the Far East,
saying the picture changed too
rapidly.
Asked about 1952, Taft first was
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Potters Herald
EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1950
I
WORKER THANK A FL’S I
(right) receives a leather-bound scroll, sent by the
Unionists of Greater Berlin, in gratitude for AFL help
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Rumor has it here in the East[ r9 |use to meet the issue at hand.
efforts will be made at the next[ Washington (LPA)—It was a smiling but restrained Robert A. still continue to add to our
election to elect one of our sisters [Taft who faced 100-odd newsmen here Nov. 13 at his first capital press I j|s wjth three initiated
to the Executive Board. The writer [conference since being re-elected to the Senate by a whopping majority.
thinks this is a good idea and
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Ask Congress Pass Continue Public
Temporary Rent Works Programs
Control Moo^uro
WlltlUI muadlliu |ally plan
tions for 40 minutes without giving
In San Francisco, the General
As
Scribe Finds It
Difficult Task To
Report 124’$ News
It has only been a few months
[since this writer accepted the job
[as O.C. from Local 124 and I can
[now realize how difficult a task
[was assigned to me. Yes, brothers
|and sisters, difficult
Lrean judging by the
Lur last meeing.
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[in the fight. Presenting the scroll to him is Henry Rutz, AFL European |to b® sorne among us who may not
Representative.
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The Senator attributed his victory in Ohio to organization not fair hut ao
Rnnnnrt Tf thp|P°Pulanty» 8411(1 hls people had worked more than a year his behalf.I The attendance was fair but no
1/ e PP nJaci/Unfe ho I Th® opposition, including labor, just didn’t do as good a job, he observed, [thing to brag about. —O.C. 124
number of vice presidents could be|He wel’j aware at least? he was iA the saddle.
increased with a member of thel Taft declared he was “very proud” that many trade union members
‘fair sex’ representing crafts em-l bad voted for him. He reasoned that since he carried all of Ohio’s big|MM|aaA Ta
ploying only females. [industrial counties and since 5(10,000 more people voted than ever before||y|QSl
Rent Advisory Board (another (LPA)-The Com
name for the real estate lobby) has
I
recommended a 25 percent rent '™ttee for Eeonom.c Development
(Tar. U Paar T*r.r lhas )oined ‘he flght aga,nat
vlllvv I U
Washington (LPA) Housing [stopped by federal regulations or
Expediter Tighe E. Woods is busy[]}y the shortage of materials and
drafting a stop-gap rent control [labor, a survey of representative
measure which the lame duck Con-|u. S. cities by the American Mun
gress will be asked to pass. It is|jcipal Association shows,
planned to extend rent controls so| Alreadv iackini, fldeouate facil
that the 82nd Congress, which
.. Iities for their growing population
meets in January, will have timeL of thc on dur.
to work out a new rent control law. Wor|d War krge
In Los Angeles, tenants still [of cities felt that as a matter of
fighting to continue controls there [policy municipalities should go
despite action by City Council to|ahead with school buildings, road
the contrary, were shocked at the|jmproVjng anj sewer construction
tale of a landlord who gypped projects until federal policies are
paralyzed veteran of $1100. [clearly defined or until materials
The vet, Richard Kimble, a war- are no longer available. Several
time flier with no place to live,[cities were expediting their pro
gave a landlord his special auto-[grams in anticipation of coming
mobile for paraplegics at its book [shortages. New York City, on the
value—$2300—in return for two [contrary, immediately took steps to
years’ rent. The landlord sold the [curtail all capital improvements
car for $2400 and the vet found [which were not already under con
out the rent for two years should[struction.
only be $1200. He went to court and A few cities suggested that
the judge ordered the landlord to[municipalities proceed only with
return $1100 to the veteran. Lhe most necessary public construc-
In New York, State Rent Ad-|tion while others felt that the de
ministrator Joseph D. McGoldrick,[termination of priorities on con
denied charges made during the[struction were important at this
recent campaign that he was plan-[time. New York and" Milwaukee
ning a 15 percent rent raise. How-[plan to limit further projects by
ever, he refused to give any hint [their value to national defense or
of what he has in store for tenants to the most basic needs of the
in the rent changes which will 8o|p0pulation.
in effect Jan. 15. He and nine]
hype”
1
is what I
remarks at
I may havi
It seems as though
[stepped on the toes of some of our
[members in reporting the activities
of Local 124. If so it was not d-,ne
intentionally and I humbly apv.o
gize. But if the criticism directed
I my way was to the accurracy of
my statements, then I will with
draw my apology and let the chips
L'all where they may.
We have been moving along in
true trade unionism in our local
past few months and in the
GREEN AFL President |democratjc procedure of achieving
for which union?
are for. True it is there are bound
eXe all the union
lis doing (or to this humble scribe
in reporting it), but let’s bury the
hatchet and let bygones be bygones
and strive together from here on
as a solid unit to meet bigger is-i
sues that are to come.
continue their public
[works programs until they are
profits tax.
_~ I Its new Statement On National
TRAVELS 240 MILES
TO UNION MEETINGS
CED JOINS FIGHT OF BUSINESS
AGAINST EXCESS PROFITS TAX
[policy Paying for Defense”—
roposes instead a defense profits
|tax on all corporations in addition
Jacksonville, N. C. (LPA)—To|to the basic tax, plus an increase
go to a union meeting, Lee G. [in individual income taxes and a
Strickland, 52, boards a bus here [subsequent increase in excise taxes,
at 2:30 p. m. and travels 120 miles. The CED urged the need for a
He gets back home at 6 a. m. the [“pay-as-you-go” program to serve
next morning. He rarely misses a [while the tax structure is being
meeting. The trip is “worth every [adjusted to long-run needs, and
mile of it,” says Strickland, shop [then outlined an emergency pro
steward of Lodge 1085, Int’l Asso-Jgram which it said would check
ciation of Machinists. [inflation and permit increases in
Strickland makes the long jour-[production while raising the added
ney because “I feel dignity and [revenue needed for rearmament,
pleasure in my job which I never The CED program is for one
felt in the days before we were [year, to take effect Jan. 1, 1951.
organized by the IAM. I know the [its program would: Revise the
other boys feel the same way. Our [corporate profits tax so it would
union has done a lot for us, more
than we had hoped for. We are
free men now.” A bus mechanic
with the Carolina Coach Co.,
Strickland said, “I am proud now
that we maintain 100 percent
membership in our shop. This
is in spite of the North Carolina
'freedom to work’ law which for
bids us the union shop or any kind
of union security.”
[consist of a basic rate of 38 per
cent, plus a Defense Profits Tax
lat a flat rate on all corporate pro
bits a defense addition to the in
Idividual income tax at a flat per
centage rate on net income in ex
cess of exemption and the present
[tax.
I The rates would depend on the
[expenditure outlook for 1951. As
suming a total of $62 billion, with
$35 billion for the military and $27
Gompers Honored
By Green, Woll,
Reader’s Digest
Milwaukee (LPA)—William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, told a Gomp
ers Centennial celebration gather
ing here that unions need unity of
action and unity of purpose.
More than 6000 people, an un
usually large labor turnout for this
city, heard Green speak. The meet
ing honoring the founder of the
AFL was jointly sponsored by the
Milwaukee Federated Trades Coun-
|one meeting a month or be subject cil and local lodges of the Interna
Lo a fjne with each member to taketional
turn until the whole group has
was defeated. Many felt
[this was not the proper method to
Association of Machinists.
“Disunity in the ranks of labor
is a standing contradiction of all
those articles of faith which Gomp
ers espoused,” Green said.
He said the AFL was working
always toward this unity. He pre
dicted the IAM would soon re-enter
the AFL and that there are
grounds for hope that “eventual
unity” may emerge from talks be
tween the AFL and the CIO.
Green said labor had already
learned to work together in politics
because through “bitter experience
it has learned that its only pro
tection against political attack lies
in unified, militant and aggressive
political action.”
The AFL chief said there are
in America and that they are en
titled to more representation. He
said that “in a democracy, they are
entitled to representation by men
who are in sympathy with their
legitimate aims and aspirations.”
Rapping “political free riders,”
Green sad that the union man who
fails to vote is “neither a good
union man nor a good citizen.”
Another recent speech in con
junction with Gompers’ 100th birth
day was made by Matthew Woll,
AFL vice-president and chairman
of the Samuel Gompers Centennial
Committee, before the convention
of the American Federation of
Teachers in Detroit.
He quoted Gompers’ advice that
“the whole problem of progress is
fundamentally educational in char
acter. To withhold opportunities
for education for the least among
our people is a crime committed
against the Republic.”
A tribute to Gompers’ leadership
is also contained in the December
issue of the Reader’s Digest, in a
special article by labor writer Vic
tor Riesel.
NOTICE LOCAL 132
Beginning Nov. 20, meetings
of Local Union 132 will con
vene promptly at 7 p. m. until
further notice.
In opposing an excess profits
tax, the CED argued that such a
tax “was an incentive to extravag
ant expenditure for travel, and ad
vertising was a national joke and
a national scandal during the last
war.” It added that “corporations
subject to an 85 percent excess
profits tax would often rather
spend their potential profits for
various non-production and non
essential purposes than pay them
to the Treasury. But the money
they pay the Treasury does serve
an anti-i nflationary purpose,
whereas the money they spend for
such purposes serves to bid up the
price of goods and services.”
The CED added that the best
way to prevent excess profits on
military production is by strict
policing on military contracts and
by full use of the renegotiation
power. It added that barring fur
ther inflation, a Defense Profits
Tax of 15 percent would leave 1951
profits at the exact average of
1947-49 profits.
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Owned, Controlled and Published
by the National Brotherhood of
Operative Potters
Lenox Employees Given
Wage Increase To Match
Pattern For The Trade
Trenton, N. J.—The recent wage increase negotiated between the
National Br t’ierL of Operat* Potters and the United States Pot
ters Associat.on resulted in an aud.tional increase of five-cents per hour
across the board for all employees of the Lenox China, Inc. This was
in accordance with the contract agreed upon in September between
Local Union 184 and the Lenox Company. At that time the firm grant
ed a five-cent increase, with the provision that should employees in the
industry, covered under contract between the U.S.P.A. and the N. B. of
O. P., be granted a fraction of a cent more than the five-cent wage
boost granted by Lenox, the company would make the necessary adjust-
$2.00 PER YEAH
ment to bring their employees in
cr .i up to the national pattern.
Tne Monday following the end
ing of the conference in New York
between the Brotherhood and the
U.S.P.A. representatives, the wage
scale negotiating committee, to
gether with a representative from
each department on the plant, were
called to Mr. T^sie’s office. This
group headed by First Vice Pres
ident E. L. Wheatley and Fifth
Vice President Arthur Devlin, met
with the firm’s representatives,
Messers John Tassie, Charles
Wittcopt and Gene Spencer, per
sonnel manager of Lenox. They
were told the additional five-cent
increase would take effect at the
same time as agreed upon at the
New York conference.
Mr. Tassie also outlined to those
present, the firm’s position in the
competitive market at the present
time and in the forseeable future.
This was done in his usual straight
forward and sometimes humorous
manner that the committee has
come to know so well and appre
ciate. He also handed a “verbal
orchid” to Brother Wheatley and
the committee for the harmony in
which all past negotiations have
been conducted. We might also add
that the harmonious relations were
not all one-sided and expressed our
appreciation to Messers Tassie and
Wittcopt for the part they contri
buted to these negotiations.
The officers of Local 184 would
like to see the members show the
same spirit in the future of attend
ing meetings regularly as they
have -dtawn in the past few months
during scale negotiations. Now
that things are fairly well settled,
it is no time to sit back and relax.
A progressive union must have the
entire support of every member to
protect our interests and strive for
the betterment of all crafts.
Congratulations to Bro. William
Smith, financial secretary, who is
doing a fine job in keeping the
members from falling behind in
their dues. There are some mem
bers who don’t seem to realize that
if they are behind, it will lessen
the amount of monetary benefits
and in many cases obliberate them
entirely. Keep your dues paid-up
at all times to remain in good
standing.
Our best wishes to the national
officers and all brothers and sisters
in the trade. —O.C. 184
Says Taft Spent
$5,000,000 For
His Re-Election
Washington (LPA) “I have
never believed in offering alibis,”
writes Raymond Lonergan in the
Nov. 11 issue of Labor, organ of 15
standard rail labor organizations.
“If you’re licked, you’re licked and
that’s the end of it.”
But “licked” or not, Lonergan
doesn’t think much of the way Bob
Taft played it in Ohio.
Taft paid for and got a “stupen
dous” majority, Lonergan says,
contending that Taft spent $5,000,
000 for re-election. In addition,
Taft “endeavored to split the Cath
olic vote by pretending he was
open-minded on the subject of ex
tending government aid to paro
chial schools. At the same time, his
managers were turning loose old
leaders of the Ku Klux Klan to
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the
billion for
CED would
fits Tax at
to yield $3
sent profits tax an added indivi
dual income tax of 5 percent, to
bring an estimated $3 billion more.
everything else,
put the Defense Pro
15 percent, estimated
billion above the pre-
AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY
EMPLOYMENT UP
Washington (LPA) In June
256,400 workers were employed in
the manufacture of aircraft and
parts. By September, due to mili
tary orders, the work force was
291,100. August production was 8
percent above June, and 87 percent
of it was for military use. Most
plants reported shortages of skill
ed labor.
Some plants, “yielding to the
realities of a tight labor market,
have begun to soften hiring speci
fications,” reported the Depart
ment of Labor. Age limits are be
ing raised, experience requirements
are coming down, women are be
ing hired, and training and up
grading programs are being start
ed.
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