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WasMnpton, D. C. (ILNS).—Pro
ductivity of labor has been increased
by widespread introduction of meas
urement devices and automatic control
instruments in industry, the National
Research Projects of the W. P. A. says
in a report made public by Adminis
trator Hopkins.
Displacement of labor, reduced costs
and improvement of quality are other
results of automatic controls, the re
port finds.
Although industrial instruments
have in some instances served to dis
place labor, Corrington Gill, Assistant
Administrator in charge of W. P. A.
research, said in his letter of transmit
tal that they have also played an im
portant role in the development of
such employment-making new services
or products as air-conditioning, radio,
plastics, automobiles and airplanes.
Efficiency Increased
Instruments make for precision con
trol of processes and for efficiency in
the use of raw materials, machinery
and equipment, the report states.
Many modern manufacturing plants
employ several hundred instruments in
their production processes and some of
the larger concerns use thousands.
Such industries as petroleum refin
ing and automobile manufacturing, for
example, rely heavily on instruments.
In the heat-treating of steel, it is
pointed out, skilled craftsmen used to
judge the temperature of the steel by
iis color. The introduction of the py-
MYSTERY AND
SECRECY IN
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HEARST CASE
By JOSEPH A. WISE
Chicago (ILNS).—Although every
last one of the 30 A. F. of L. unions
named by the National Labor Rela
tions Board in the case which was
heard in Chicago last May 26 to June
14, inclusive, are also named in the
current consolidated case, none of
them has received a notice of the latest
case against them and the Chicago
Hearst daily newspapers.
Every effort seems to have been
made to surround the case with
the utmost secrecy and to hold the
hearings in star chamber sessions.
With the daily press successfully
muzzled with the fair of being prose
cuted on an "unfair labor practice"
charge if they printed any of the de
tails of. the hearings, the N. L. R. B.
went on its way blithely in total dis
regard of customary court procedure,
according to statements made by
lawyers.
Buck Passed to Washington
Edward G. Woods, Hearst attorney,
bitterly assailed the Washington au
thorities of the N. L. R. B. for consoli
dating the three cases without previ
ous notice, but the government attor
neys in charge of the Chicago hearings
say that they cannot change a ruling
of the board made in Washington. The
result is that all of the Chicago print
ing tradesmen, plus the truck drivers
and maintenance men, were placed on
trial without any notice being given to
them, and none of them has been pres
ent personally or by counsel, except
as they have been represented by
counsel of the Illinois State Federa
tion of Labor.
Unions in Double Jeopardy
It was by mere chance that Inter
national Labor News Service learned
that the hearings were in progress
Otherwise the ge.ieral public would
have possessed no knowledge of them
It is pointed out that the unions
which participated in the May-June
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Labor Productivity Increased
By Automatic Devices, Says
W. P. A. Researchers Report
Improvement Of Quality, Reduced Costs Other Results
Of Automatic Controls—Have Also Played An Impor
tant Part In Many New Developments.
rometer, an instrument which meas
ures and indicates temperature, elim
inated the need for this skill but the
operation still required manipulation
to regulate the temperature. The sub
sequent development of a temperature
controlling apparatus made the heat
treating process almost entirely au
tomatic.
Employment Suffers
"Instruments in some instances
serve as direct substitutes for labor,"
the report continues. "Relays, switches
and other mechanisms which transfer
the actions of an instrument into au
tomatic operations of a machine have
eliminated manual workers. Inspec
tion and handling operations are par
ticularly susceptible to automatic con
trol in mass production industries. A
wide variety of automatic devices ha.3
been applied in these industries to
mechanize handling and visnal-inspec
tion tasks."
The report also points out that the
installation of industrial instruments
sometimes results in changes in the
specifications for available jobs. "The
judgment of a trained workman is fre
quently made unnecessary by an in
strument which indicates a condition
so precisely that an unskilled operative
can give the process the necessary at
tention. Where a new skill is intro
duced it is likely to be of a different
sort, for instance, one requiring an
ability to read meters and perform
calculations."
hearings are placed in double jeopardy
iy this latest move of the alleged
C. I. O.- N. L. R. B.- American News
paper Guild combination.
The May-June hearings vr&te "fin
ished. The case went to the board at
Washington. The A. F. of L. unions
involved decided, as a matter of pre
caution, to demand oral argument be
fore the board itself at Washington.
The board set two dates—July 26 and
August 4—for the hearing at Wash
ington. Later the board decided to
postpone the case "indefinitely."
Second Case Biggest of Two
The second consolidated case is big
ger than the first case. More issues
are involved and so far it has taken
five weeks to hear the current case,
whereas it took only three weeks to
hear the first case. But the unions in
volved were given no notice.
And this was all brought about by
28 members of the American News
paper Guild out of 3,000 employes of
the Chicago Hearst organization, a
majority of whom already are mem
bers of A. F. of L. unions.
The record shows that Ben Meyers,
guild attorney, boasted that it was he
who prevailed upon the Washr' .gton
heads of the National Labor Relations
Board to consolidate the three cases,
which Attorney Edward G. Woods says
was done improperly and contrary to
all good legal practice.
22 A. F. of L. Members
Ordered Reinstated
Roche Harbor, Wash. (AFLWNS).
—The Roche Harbor Lime and Cement
Company has been ordered by the Na
tional Labor Relations Board to bar
gain collectively, upon request, with
Federal Labor Union No. 20438, an A
F. of L. affiliate, as the sole bargain
ing agency for the company's em
ployes, excluding foremen, office
store and hotel employes.
In addition, the company was or
dered to reinstate 22 named employes
to their former positions without
prejudice to their seniority or other
rights and to cease discouraging mem
bership in the A. F. of L. union.
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VOL. XXXVIII. No. 36. HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
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Membership Forming Great American Organization De
voted To Support And Defense Of Democracy—Many
Noted Men Among First To Join Voluntarily.
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). An
nouncement of a partial initial mem
bership in a great American organiza
tion devoted to the support and de
fense of democracy, the rights of mi
norities and freedom under law was
made here by Matthew Woll, as a re
sult of invitations issued by him to
representative men and women.
"We expect to announce definite or
ganization plans and a program of
work within the coming week," said
Mr. Woll in Washington. "As previ
ously announced, a number of small
meetings have been held, at which ob
jectives and plans have been discussed.
The degree of determination mani
fested in these meetings has been such
as to demonstrate clearly that the
American people have set their faces
unalterably against the destruction of
freedom by autocratic power. Our
movement will be a challenge to the
destruction of freedom which we are
witnessing in Germany today, where
opponents of the autocracy are being
stripped of their rights and their prop
erty, many of them to be tortured and
imprisoned.
To Defend Freedom Everywhere
"The crisis today centers in Nazi
Germany, but we lay down no hard
and fast line, for there may be like
oppressions and persecutions tomor
row in other nations. Our motivating
force follows a definite principle and
similarly our field of action must fol
low wherever the principle is at stake.
"It is our aim to work in co-opera
tion with the major organizations now
in the field, these having their own
functions with which we shall not con
flict. We shall seek membership
throughout the United States. Many
men and women have volunteered
without waiting for invitation, show
ing the deep understanding of the
crisis through which the world is pass
ing and the obligation that rests upon
us for the defense of freedom where
ever it is assailed."
Many Labor Heads Join
Among those who already have
agreed to join in this protest and de
fense, Mr. Woll made public the fol
lowing names:
Former Ambassador William E
Dodd William Allen White of Em
poria Walter Winchell Ernest Gruen
ing of Interior Department William
Green, president of American Federa
tion of Labor G. M. Bugniazet, secre
tary, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Jeremiah T. Ma
honey of New York City Henry
Luce of Time Magazine Grover Wha
len of New York City Dr. E. Stagg
Whitin, executive director of National
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The Least of Their Worries
EVERVWHERE IT SEZ "DO
YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPIU'
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WE W-WON'T HAVE TO
Distinguished Americans In All
Walks of Life Accept 1
To Fiffht Nazi Persecutions
Committee on Prisons and Prison La
bor Westbrook Pegler of World Tele
gram Edward J. McCormick, Grand
Exalted Ruler, Order of Elks Alfred
Betancourt of Miami Santiago Igle
sias, Resident Commissioner of Pu
erto Rico.
Dr. Edward DeWitt Jones, president,
Federated Council of the Churches of
Christ in America Roy Dickinson of
Printers' Ink Walter W. Head, presi
dent, Boy Scouts Max Zaritsky, presi
dent, United Hatters International
Union John Coefield, president, United
Association of Plumbers and Steam
Fitters John P. Frey, president, Metal
Trades Department John P. Burke,
president, International Brotherhood
of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
Workers Thomas E. Burke, secretary
treasurer, United Association of
Plumbers and Steam Fitters E. C. Da
vison, secretary-treasurer, Interna
national Association of Machinists
James M. Duffy, president, Operative
Potters James Maloney, president,
Glass Bottle Blowers' Association
Victor A. Olander, secretary, Illinois
State Federation of Labor Phil E
Ziegler, secretary, Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks Claude M. Baker,
president, International Typographical
Union.
Frank Gillmore, president, Associ
ated Actors and Artistes T. A. Rick
ert, president, United Garment Work
ers Edward Flore, president, Hotel
and Restaurant Employes' Interna
tional Alliance George Meaney, pres
ident, State Federation of Labor, New
York John J. Egan, secretary, Con
necticut State Federation of Labor
A. F. Whitney, president, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen John B. Hag
gerty, president, Brotherhood of Book
binders W. C. Birthright, president,
Barbers' Union R. E. Woodmansee,
secretary, International Labor Press
of America W. D. Mahon, president,
Street and Electric Railway Employes
Harry Lundeberg, president, Seafarers
International Union of North Amer
ica E. E. Milliman, secretary, Main
tenance of Way Employes Patrick E
Gorman, president, Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of N. A
D. B. Robertson, president, Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen George L. Berry, president.
International Printing Pressmen's and
Assistants' Union I. M. Ornburn, sec
retary,-treasurer, Union Label Trades
Department George W. Lawson, sec
cretary, Minnesota State Federation
of Labor Joseph N. Weber, president
American Federation of Musicians
James A. Wilson of International La
bor Office Sal B. Hoffman, president-
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Upholsterers' Union David Dubinsky,
president, International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Conrad Glaser of New
York City Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
president, Stanford University Dr.
Henry Merritt Wriston, president,
Brown.University Dr. Frank P. Gra-
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Mayor LaGuardia Launches Attack
Against Communities Which
Advertise Cheap Labor.
New York City (ILNS)-—Speaking
as he laid the cornerstone for the Cen
tral Needle Trades High School,
Mayor LaGuardia praised labor unions
and launched a scorching attack on
communities which seek industries by
advertising cheap labor.
"We say to other communities," said
the mayor, "who advertise brazenly
'come to our city where labor is cheap
come to our city where taxes are low
come to our city, industries, where we
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thing you pay—' I say to those com
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"Should Hang Heads In Shame"
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shame, instead of advertising that
their city depends on exploited labor,
and child labor, and keeps taxes low
by not having a proper system of ed
ucation."
The scool building just started will
be 11 stories high and is estimated to
cost $3,500,000. Educational leaders
and labor representatives joined with
the mayor in calling this school "the
high tide in educational achievement
and the mayor went on:
"Here in New York City we believe
in pleasant, cheerful shops and we
believe in intelligent, educated work
ers in the shops
Thorough Training Planned
"One generation ago, the needle
trades workers were graduated from
the sweatshops. Today, we graduate
them as cultured, refined men and
women. Through strong labor organ
izations and an intelligent industry,
they work under human conditions."
Pupils attending the Needle Trades
High School, the mayor said, will get a
thorough training in every phase of
the industry. And beyond that, they
will get a background of economic sub
jects, "necessary for the full enjoy
ment of the better things of life."
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