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Washington, D. C.—At the request
of President Roosevelt, the American
Federation of Labor and the CIO are
now working out joint recommenda
tions for achieving labor's utmost par
ticipation in the nation's war effort.
The unified program will be sub
mitted to the President at his next
meeting with labor's "war cabinet" to
be held at the White House, Febru
ary 20.
Among the outstanding issues on
which the representatives of both la
bor groups will seek agreement be
fore this meeting are:
1—How to develop an adequate la
bor supply for completing the Presi
dent's 56-billion-dollar victory produc
tion drive in the coming year.
2—Formulation of a wage policy
which will maintain living standards
and keep pace with increased living
costs yet prevent the spread of in
flation.
3—Reduction to the absolute mini
mum of unemployment caused by con
version of peace-time manufacturing
facilities to production for war needs.
4—Mitigation of the effect of pri
orities and rationing on existing jobs.
5—Application of the seven-day
week and the twenty-four-hour day to
all vital war industries.
MOOSE INITIATION
SET FOR FEB. 22
A letter has been mailed to all the
members of Hamilton Lodge, No. 36,
Loyal Order of Moose, by Gunnard
Shoblom, secretary, reminding them
of the big district class initiation
which will be held in the auditorium,
Sunday, February 22, at 2 o'clock.
Lodges taking part will be Cincin
nati, Elmwood Place, Norwood, Mid
dletown, and Hamilton. All of these
lodges have promised to have their
share of candidates on that day. Elm
wood Place degree staff will confer
the work. Secretary Shoblom urges
all members to be at this gathering
and to bring along one new application.
Lunch and refreshments will be served.
The class is the "Patriotic Class,"
honoring our two gi-eatest compatriots,
George Washington and Abraham Lin
coln.
Minnich Auctioneer
At W. B. Saylor Sale
Mr. Amos Minnich will be the auc
tioneer at the W. B. Saylor sale, which
will be held Saturday, February 21.
This sale will be held on the Dick
Road, miles west of New Haven
and 4 Ms miles east of Harrison. A lot
of good horses, cows, hogs, farm im
plements and household goods will be
disposed of. Sale starts at 10 o'clock.
Messer Sale February 21
A public sale has been advertised
by Russell Messer, to be held Satur
day, February 21, on his farm, 16 miles
south of Hamilton and one mile north
of Okeana, on the place known as the
Whipp farm. Shoats, cattle, and a
tractor will be offered. C. L. Snyder*,
auctioneer, and Arthur Messer will
clerk. Sale starts at 12 o'clock sharp.
Buildings Will Be Moved
Labor's "War Cabinet" Will
Draft Unified Program For
President Harmony Visioned
First Meeting With President in White House Attended
by Representatives of Both A. F. of L. and CIO—
Steps Taken for Drafting Proposed Program.
To increase facilities for training
workers for Hamilton's defense indus
tries, the Board of Education this week
authorized the removal of two port
able buildings at Lincoln and Heits
man School to a site near the National
Youth Administration shop, Chestnut
Street, for use as a training building.
The buildings are to be dismantled
and re-erected by school maintenance
employes. The estimated cost will be
$704.50.
All of these important matters were
discussed with the President by labor's
war cabinet" at its first historic meet
ing in the White House, February 6.
A friendly, co-operative spirit pre
vailed throughout the long session.
The talk was frank and to the point.
It was agreed that adoption of a uni
fied program by the A. F. of L. and
CIO acceptable to the administration
would go a long way toward solving
some of America's toughest war prob
lems.
Those present at the conference,
representing the A. F. of L. were
President William Green, Secretary
Treasurer George Meany, and Vice
President Daniel J. Tobin. The CIO
delegation was composed of President
Philip Murray, R. J. Thomas, and
Julius Emspak. Sidney Hillman par
ticipated as an adviser to the Presi
dent and Mrs. Anna Rosenberg acted
as secretary.
At the conclusion of the conference,
President Gi'een told newspapermen it
had been "highly satisfactory." Mr.
Murray said he "echoed" Mr. Green's
statement. The labor representatives
posed in amicable fashion for photog
raphers and newsreelmen and then ad
journed to a luncheon conference
where steps for drafting the proposed
unified program were agreed upon.
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A committee consisting of 14 mem
bers of the Monkey Mutual Aid So
ciety, No. 1, has been appointed to
make arrangements for the forty-first
old-time banquet, to be held in the
Monkeys' hall, South Monument Ave
nue, Saturday, March 14, at 8:30 p. m.
sharp.
Reply postal cards have been mailed
to the membership by Henry B. Riley,
secretary, and in order to make res
ervations the card must be returned
to him. The reservations must be in
by Tuesday, March 10.
The committee consists of Jesse
Pochard, John DuVall, Henry Riley,
Marc Shawe, John Donges, William
Bisdorf, Theodore Monet, Charles Getz,
George Fink, Raymond Schroerer, Bill
Blair, Harry Crowthers, Adrian
Strieker, and Robert Adams.
With the above committee to make
the necessary arrangements for eats,
drinks and the program, the banquet
can't help from being well attended,
a good old time for all, and as always
a grand success.
Burke To Direct Y-Orpheus
The tenth annual concert of the Y
Orpheus Club, to be held Tuesday,
February 24, in Hamilton High School
auditorium, will be under direction of
Raymond H. Burke.
Cincinnati AFL Forms
Organizing Committee
CHICAGO MARKET CO.
Front and High Sts. Phone 5000
SMOKED"PICNICS 24k
COTTAGE HAMS 35c
SWISS STEAK 27c
Cincinnati, Ohio. The American
Federation of Labor in Cincinnati an
nounced the formation of a city-wide
organizing committee, headed by A. F.
of L. Regional Director E. C. Bundy,
including six organizers and ten local
officials, to streamline its organiza
tional drive here.
"In the co-operative pattern of Cin
cinnati's Central Labor Council and
Cincinnati's Business Representatives
Club, A. F. of L. organizers and the
organizing staffs of international
unions are uniting their forces in key
campaign movements as a unit," said
The Chronicle, organ of the council.
The committee has extended its ac
tivities to the organization of laundi'y
workers, paper mill workers, food
clerks, auto workers, printing press
men, and machinists.
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Washington, D. C.—An official state
ment of labor policy in the war pro
duction program, designed to safe
guard the rights of workers and at the
same time promote maximum produc
tion effort, was made public by Secre
tary of Labor Perkins.
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Unwise
Protection of Rights of Workers and Promotion of Max
imum Production Effort are Official Aims, Secretary of
Labor Perkins Says—A. F. of L. Endorses Policies.
The labor policies were approved by
the War, Navy and Labor Depart
ments and have been endorsed by the
American Federation of Labor. Post
ers giving the text of the statement
will be displayed for the information
of workers in every plant and factory
in the nation. The text follows:
"The President has said that unre
lenting production is the price of
peace with victory and to this end he
has ordered all war facilities to pro
ceed immediately on a 24-hours-a-day,
7-days-a-week production basis. Time
is short and the President's command
must be complied with now.
"The challenge to our freedom can
and must be met at once by heroic ef
forts on the part of management, la
bor and government. Wherever and
whenever local labor markets are ex
hausted, and pending conversion of
non-defense machine capacity and
workers and the training of new work
ers, men and women now on the job
must keep every machine running con
tinuously regardless of the sacrifice
entailed.
"Shortages in available labor in the
critical days ahead require relaxations
in accepted standards. But every ef
fort should be directed toward short
ening the period during which all-out
production is dependent upon continu
ance of these relaxations. Industry
must convert machinery and recruit
and train labor as fast as humanly
possible to assure early return to
sound labor standards which over any
protracted period are essential to the
maintenance of maximum production.
Any other policy would be short
sighted since ultimately the quality
and quantity of our production would
be seriously impaired. These stand
ards are the mechanisms of efficiency.
Industrial history proves that reason
able hours, fair working conditions,
and a proper wage scale are essential
to high production.
"The grim period of adjustment will
be short because management, labor
and government will co-operate. To
this end management must immedi
ately institute intensive plant training
and upgrading of workers. Labor
must intensify its efforts to make this
training successful. Government must
expand and co-ordinate its training
programs to increase labor supply.
"All labor resources should be util
ized to their maximum efficiency, and
in particular full use made of all qual
ified local labor. The United States
Employment Service is the official re­
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Policy'
To
Relax
cruiting agency for industry. Man
agement and labor have been specific
ally requested to use to the fullest
Public Employment Offices and should
comply with this request. To this end
federal and state authorities must
devote their entire energies, giving in
telligent guidance and effective co-or
dination to, and where necessary, sup
plementing the efforts of industry.
"This all-out program of production
requires the employment of all labor
in accordance with those practices
which will result in the maximum con
tinued output of every individual. The
sole test of labor standards must be
the effect on the efficiency of the in
dividual to insure top war production.
Based on this test the state laws and
regulations embracing the following
basic principles should be preserved
except where modification may be nec
essary during the war period to as
sure maximum production:
"(1) A maximum 48-hour week,
since weekly hours in excess of this
standard have been demonstrated to
result in decrease rather than in
creased production when continued for
any extended period of time.
"(2) An 8-hour day, or the daily
hours customarily worked in the par
ticular establishment, industry or
community.
"(3) One-day-of-rest-in-seven, be
cause experience has shown that this
interlude has a revitalizing effect on
the worker and a consequent bene
ficial effect on the total output.
"(4) Adaptation of the hours of
labor and working conditions to the
age and sex of the worker and the
nature of the occupation.
"(5) Provision should be made for
adequate meal and rest periods from
continuous work in order to preserve
health and efficiency.
"(6) Proper safeguards for health
and safety go hand in hand with pro
duction efficiency and, therefore,
greater care must be exercised in mak
ing plant conditions safe and health
ful.
"(7) Wage rates for women should
be the same as for men, including the
entrance rate.
"These standards must be relaxed
if and when necessary for tota? war
production. There must be no relaxa
tion of standards governing employ
ment of minors under the age of 16
At the same time there must be vigi
lance to prevent any unnecessary ab
rogation or suspension of labor laws
and regulations. There is no occasion
to engage in a blanket suspension of
labor standards. It would be unwise
to sacrifice, where sacrifice is not re
quired, the safeguards with which the
country has sought to protect labor
Social gains, not inconsistent with
war needs, must be conserved."
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Announced
Working Standards
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Social Gains
Holiday Closing
Columbus, Ohio.—State liquor stores
will be closed Monday, February 23,
in observance of the national holiday
of Washington's birthday anniversary.
PRESS.
ASK UNION LABEL
ON MAIL COURSES,
ORNBURN ADVISES
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). —De
mand the union label on all lessons,
textbooks and other literature of cor
respondence schools, I. M. Ornburn,
secretary-treasurer of the American
Federation of Labor Union Label
Trades Department, this week urged
in a statement declaring that more
than a billion dollars of union-earned
money has been paid to correspondence
schools by members of labor unions.
He also urged union members to
demand the services of unionists in
the offices of correspondence schools.
Secretary Ornburn said that his at
tention had been directed to the fact
hat members of A. F. of L. unions
lave paid over $3,000,000 in tuition
ees to one school. He also directed
ittention to the fact that members of
he Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen alone have paid
a million dollars in tuition fees to the
same school. He stated that he did
not desire to have his announcement
construed as an endorsement of cor
respondence schools but as an indict
ment against all responsible schools
that discriminate against union men
and do not display the union label.
Ornburn concluded by emphasizing
that every member who is now taking
a course in a correspondence school
should immediately write to his re
spective institution and demand the
union label on lessons, textbooks and
all literature, and also inquire if the
sei*vices are being performed by mem
bers of recognized trade unions.
Seeks Scrap Collectors
Middletown, Ohio.—Letters request
ing volunteers to donate their services
in scrap collection on a "Salvage for
Victory" truck, scheduled to begin
daily operation next Monday, were
mailed this week to several civic or
ganizations and firms. Charles K. Pig
man, chairman of the Defense Council
Scrap Committee, said each organiza
tion would be asked to supply one man
for each week day.
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