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^•o' j^' f. jfe- V ffr *,.' K V XLhc A !&%' §P. i®: s M: ,'V SEC MBIi Braving stormy weather and in clement skies, more than a score of AFL representatives became "ship mates" of the U. S. Navy last week aboard an LCI (Landing Craft, Infan try) which cruises up and down Ches apeake Bay on an inspection trip of three amphibious training bases. The tour was undertaken by invi tation of the Incentive Division of the Navy to the American Federation of Labor. One of the AFL guests, John E. Rooney, President of the Operative Plasterers' International Association, came all the way from Cleveland to get aboard On the ship, the AFL representa tives lived the life of Navy personnel, eating the same G. I. rations and sleeping in the same bunks regularly assigned to troops aboard lauding iraft. As one who participated, we can truthfully report that the AFL group enjoyed every minute of the trip—even getting up at 5:30 a. m. But perhaps the most popular feature of the ex cursion was the opportunity to fire the ship's 20 millimeter anti-aircraft guns at a target. The best shots were Boris Shishkin, AFL economist and Bryce Holcombe, of the Painters and ^•rf' --%y- j.*-1 A S 1*11.- *.. j»V• ,!,• (3tHC6mer-(5rtm Co. PAUL A. SICK T" y: funeral home DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE 422 N. Second St Phones 62-63 .... nm ,,-jyiin'u Phones I and 586 THE WORST IS YET TO COME- 1 ••xjf+lfT-wr&n u5g4- »v FACING The FACTS With PHILIP PEARL V1 ,i "*T»-2 'a. •'. "w u" V 1 1 -i "AMERICA'S FINEST INVALID CAR" \f I Af u| /. \f M« ',Vf v« Vt Mf MJ MtMf HI '"M Mf '.AJ M.f \t »«\J MfWWMMI Vf /2W yo/?a/ iaz/? (/HAMILTON. OHIO /A COHS1RTATITI BANK y- FKIWW.T llRTICf' MtMIII PIMMl WIW NNUM MtNUrm QUALITY COALS & COKE DUERSCH COAL CO. Decorators, who scored two direct hits apiece. Log of the Trip The AFL group started out from Washington aboard a Navy bus, usu ally used to transport inductees, at 4 P. M. for the amphibious base at Solo mon's Island in the Chesapeake, After dinner, the group was conducted through various schools where crews and officers of landing craft are given a ten-week course before qualifying for active service. In the recreation hall, the AFL guests heard a young sailor describe his experiences as a member of a fire fighting outfit during the invasion of Africa, Sicily and Italy. He told harrowing story of struggling to put out a blaze aboard an ammunition ship off Sicily. The fight took seventy-two hours and every moment the members of the fire-fighting squad had to face the fact that the whole ship might blow up. But they saved it. This young man had been a member of the Inter national Association of Fire Fighters in civilian life and his talk proved es pecially interesting to two members of the AFL party—President Fred Baer and Secretary-Treasurer George Richardson of that union. It was cold and raining when the group went aboard the LCI No. 398 at 9 P. M. for the overnight trip to Lit tle Creek, Virginia. However ,the wat ers of the bay remained calm and ev eryone slept well. No cases of sickness were reported. It was still cold and raining at 5:30 a. m. the next morning when the. or der eame to "hit -the deck.'' After a i•_ V THE BUTUEK cowrrr Patronize Hamilton Industries LEADING HAMILTON CONCERNS WHO SOLICIT THE CO-OPERATION OF ORGANIZED LABOR AND THEIR FRIENDS •YMIM BOM VOT UQUZSn Mooran, Dxroi OB ZBurrmoATZo: hurried breakfast, the group put on foul weather gear provided by the skipper of the ship and started out on an inspection tour of Camp Brad ford, eight miles away, where the Navy trains men for LST's (Landing Ship, Tank). Fortunately, the rain lifted soon al though the skies remained cloudy dur ing the entire day. The first stop was at a night vision school where the sailors are taught how to keep alert on watch and how to detect even the shadows of ships on the horisea* SEND MONEY BY REGISTER CHECK IT COSTS LESS THAN AVERA6E MONEY ORDER MIDDLETOWN LABOR UNIONS Allied Printing Trades Council... Wm. J. O'Brien, President. Trades and Labor Council Alternate Thursday, Trades Council Hall Sid Dutcher, P. O. Box 226. Middletown Fire Fighters, No. 336 1st Monday and Tuesday, T. C. Hall....Ed. Beatty, Bellmont St. Barbers' Union No. 228 4th Monday, Trades Council Hall R. G. Miller, 9 No. Main St. Musicians, No. 321 1st Sunday, Trades Council. Hall Earl Mendenhall, Sec., 720 10th St. Electrical Workers, No. 648...,,....., Hamilton John Wanamaker, Hamilton. Letter Carriers, No. 188 Printing Pressmen No. 235, 1st Friday, Trades Council Hall, Henry Zettler, Sec'y., R. R. No. 3, Hamilton, Ohio. Carpenters, No. 1477 Every Monday, Trades Council Hall....Earl Ottervein, Sec., 12 Harrison St. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 510 2nd Tuesday, Trades Council Hall Earl Conover. Painters and Decorators, No. 643 2nd Friday, Trades Council Hall Stage Employes, No. 282 Alternate Saturdays, T. C. Hall Otto Kaiser, P. O. Box 54. Steam and Operating Engineers, No. 924 Wm. Smart, Dayton, Ohio. Typographical Union, No. 487 1st Monday, Trades Council Hall Harriett DuErmitt, News-Journal. Laborers and Hod Carriers, No. 534....Alternate Wednesdays, T. C. Hall S. J. Anderson, 125 South Broad St. Truck Drivers Trades Council Hall Sid Dutcher. Building Trades Council Alternate Monday, T. C. Hall..,..-. Sid Dutcher. Pulp and Sulphite Paper Mill Workers, No. 310 Moose Hall..... Mabel Whittaker, Charles St. Sheet Metal Workers, No. 141 John Focht, Jr., Cincinnati. Auto Mechanics Trades Council Hall W. Fox. DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS Molders' Conference Board....Chas. L. Huter, 419 Roosevelt Ave., Piqua, O. Stn, Engjnaprn Frank P. Converse, 216 Higb, Cleveland, Ohio. HAMILTON BUSINESS AGENTS Bartenders Chas. Elble, Labor Temple. Building Trades Council. Joe Spaulding, 901 Minor Ave., Ph. 2852-W. Culinary Employes & Hotel Service Workers Charles Elble. Electrical Workers Frank Vidourek, 145 Pershing Ave., Ph. 1024-W. Molders ...Jerry Galvin, 605 W. Norman Ave., Dayton, Ohio. "arpenters Joe Spaulding, 901 Minor Ave. Lathers' Local No. 275 Sherman Clear, 1050 Central Ave. Machinists No. 241 H. H. Howard, 621 Main St. Ph. 4443. Milk & Ice Cream Drivers & Helpers..Ed Dulli, 2255 Noble Ave. Ph. 1635-M. Painters Ed. J. Engler, 425 S. Thirteenth St. Ph. 3970-R. Pattern Makers Trades Council Hall. Plasterers & Cem. Fin., No. 214, Ed Motzer, 322 Harrison Ave., Ph. 1133-J Roofers' Local No. 68 David Lyttle, 507 So. Fourth St. Plumbers Raymond P. Keck, 231 Washington St Stage Employes Neil Johnson, 201 S. Monument, Ph. 2620-J. Moving Picture Operators. Eugene Stempfley, Overpeck, Ohio. Ph. 191-M-d. MIDDLETOWN BUSINESS AGENTS, Carpenters.. .Wm. Crispin* Wionna Drive, Avalon, Trades Council Hall. Building Trades Sid Dutcher, P, O. Box 226. Painters Ed Engler, 425 S. 13th, Hamilton. Movie Operators Ben Francis, 119 Moore St. Stage Employes Clarence Long, Noith Broad. Electrical Workers Frank Vidourek, Hamilton. Truck Drivers Sid Dutcher. Laborer* and Hod Carriers, No. 534....S. J. Anderson, 125 Sm INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION STATE ORGANIZATIONS Assn. Ohio Fire Fighters, R. M. Lukens. S.W.D. V#-Pres» oO? Lincoln Aire. St. Through the Maze Emerging from the thick gloom of this room, the labor representatives were put through a "maze'' filled with many devices designed to trip up and confound the unwary. A dim light was provided for the guests but the sail ors have to learn to negotiate this ob stacle course in pitch dark. The next stop was a typical claw room where a Navy officer explained with the aid of ship models how an amphibious invasion attack on a beaeh is organized and operated SsKs1' ,J-*- V 1 "SP",J» I. Xw/ \v PBBSS ___ FIRS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST C(k "Roster of ©rganisattons HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS Trades and Labor Council 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, Hall No. 1 H. H. Howard, 621 Main St. Trades and Labor Council Wiley A. Davis, Custodian. Phone 233. Bakers' Union No. 81 2nd Saturdays, Labor Temple Albert McDaniels, 1330 Shuler Ave. Barbers' Union No. 132 2nd and 4th Mondays, Hall No. 4 E. R. Legg, 326 South Seventh St. 'Bartenders 169 1st Mon., 2:30 p. m. 3rd Mon., 7:30 p. m., Labor Temple Chas. Elble, 2764 Benninghofen. Bricklayers No. 11 1st and 3rd Fridays V. M. Lackey, 219 Eaton Ave Bridge & Struct'l Or. Iron Workers.... 1st Tuesday, Labor Temple Orville Burnett, 24 Lawson Ave.. Building Trades Council 1st and 3rd Tuesdays Scott Symes, 538 S. 9th. City Fire Fighters No. 20 1st Tuesday, T. C. Hall No. 4.... Edward Toerner, Engine Co. No*. 6 Carpenters and Joiners No. 637 2nd and 4th Thursdays, Labor Temple....Ralph Morningstar, 794 Symmea» Cigar Makers' Union No. 123 2nd and 4th Mondays, Labor Temple....A. Lombard, 813 Vine St. Electrical Workers No. 648 1st Wednesday, Labor Temple J. E. Wanamaker. Labor Legislative Committee 2nd and 4th Wednesdays Eugene Erbs, Sec'y., 1243 Campbell Ave. Lathers' Local No. 275 Meets 1st Wednesday, Labor Temple..Sherman Clear, Secy., 1050 Central. Letter Carriers 3rd Friday Night..........„......„....Ralph E. Wieland, 1332 High St., Ph. 1089-R Laborers and Hod Carriers, No. 770 J. W. H. Crafton, 202 Owen St. Ph. 33. Machinists' Union No. 241 2nd Sun.-4th Wed., Labor Temple A1 Breide, 708 South 5th. Metal Polishers No. 43 Alternate Wednesdays, Labor Temple....G. Brandel, 1833 Pleasant Ave. Milk and Ice Cream Drivers and Helpers 3rd Friday, T. C. Hall Ed Dulli, 2255 Noble Ave. Ph. 1835-M. Molders' Union No. 68 Every Monday, T. C. No. 1 James V. Nutt, 332 No. Tenth St. Molders' Union No. 283 2nd and 4th Fridays, T. C. No. 1 Mack Holland, 1303 S. Thirteenth St. Musicians' Local No. 31 1st Sunday Morning, Labor Temple....Charles E. Fordyce, 903 Millville Ave. Paint., Dec., Paperhangers No. 135 Every Thursday, Labor Temple Stanley Sloneker, Labor Temple. Paper Makers, No. 49 Ralph Lee, Sec., J. W. Bailey and J. C. Furr, Int'l Rep Headquarters, Labor Temple. Pattern Makers 2nd and 4th Fridays, T. C. Hall Clarence Jameson, Phon 905-R-5. Plasterers and Cement Finishers No. 214 Labor Temple Ed Motzer, 322 Harrison Ave. Plumbers' Union No. 108 1st and 3rd Mondays, T. C. Hall Albert Johnson, 931 Ridgelawn Aire. Retail Clerks' Union No. 119....1st and 3rd Wednesdays, Labor Temple Sam K. Daneff, 801 Corwin Ave, Roofers No. 68 4th Wednesday, T. C. Hall David Lyttle, 507 So. Fifth St. Sheet Metal Workers No. 365 Alternating Tuesday at Labor Temple....Douglass Rowlett, 337 Pershing Aye. Stationary Engineers No. 9L..- 1st Monday, T. C. Hall Wm. Eichel, 1304 Haldimand Ave. Stationary Firemen No. 98............. 2nd Thursday, Labor Temple O. P. McCormick, 723 Ross Ave. Street Car Men's Local 738 3rd Wednesday, T. C. Hall No. 1 B. B. Siple, 116 No. St. Stove Mounters' Union No. 8 1st and 3rd Fridays, T. C. Hall Carl Reiter, 2120 Elmo Aye. Stage Employes-Operators, No. 136....1st Monday, T. C. Hall Tom C. Smith, 618 Cleveland Ave. State, County & Municipal Employes, No. 357 Ed. Buckel, Sec., 1176 Shuler Ave. Truck Drivers' Local No. 100 1st Wednesday, Labor Temple, Marion Davidson, R.R. 1, Hamilton, Ph. 4414-R. Typographical Union No. 2904... Labor Temple Martin Schorr, 701 Gray Ave. Woman's Union Label League. Every Other Tuesday, Labor Temple.. Mrs. Lottie Butts, 737 Ludlow St. i »3Muu» diyoir muBuroi ooat. .4'. La Verne J. Knox, 1008 Hughes St. 1 Returning to Little Creek, the party was conducted aboard an LST and an LSM (Landing Ship, Medium). Some of the oldsters on the trip were puf fing a bit from climbing up steep ship ladders when they got back to dry land. Our LCI looked and felt like home when we went oboard at 11 A. M. for the return trip. After a hearty lunch eon, the guests took part in various deck activities culminating in shoot ing at a floating target 400 yards off. When the target was hauled back on board, it was riddled with holes. As a final surprise, the LCI ran right up on the shore at Cove Point, Md.. threw over its landing ramps and the guests walked dryshod to the beach where a Navy bus was awaiting for the ride back to Washington. Be fore departing, the AFL representa tives joined in a rousing cheer for the skipper, the crew and Lieut. Siefert who conducted the trip for the Inven tive Division, Among those not previously men tioned who made the trip were Presi dent William C. Doherty, of the N&r tional Letter Carriers Association President Foster Pratt, of the Tech nical Engineers, Draftsmen and Arch itects President Chester A. Harvey, of the Railway Mail Association Secre tary-Treasurer I. M. Ornburn, of the Union Label Trades Department Vice President William C. Calvin, of the Boilermakers Joseph A. Padway, counsel for the AFL. O. B. Soucie, Operating Engineers James Myles, Operative Plasterers Lewis G. Hines, AFL Legislative Representative and James Wilson, of the ILO. Sea gulls found feeding in Yellow stone Park have come aU the way from the Pacific Coast. A million square miles of territory in South America is still unexplored. &* Call 47 or 160 When You Are Ready TO FILL Tour BIN With Good COAL or COKE Now toe TinwC THE ANDERSON SHAFFER COMPANY E and Puthoff Sts. MEMBERSHIP NEARS 7-MLUON MARK. Washington, D. C.—Membership kit the American Federation of Labor now stands at the highest point in its six ty-four year history, AFL Secretary Treasurer George Meany announced. The total dues-paid membership of the Federation as of August 31, the close of the AFL's fiscal year, was 6,806,913. This represents a net gain of 242,772 over the August figure of 1943, when the total was 6,564,141. Mr. Meany emphasized that the membership figure does not include more than 1,500,000 AFL members now serving in the armed forces, "The rate of increase in member ship has declined from the 1941-1948 pepiod during which remarkable or ganization gains were scored as the scope of war industry was expanded," Mr. Meany declared. "Nevertheless, the growth of the Federation has been steady and gratifying. We hope and expect that our total membership will top the seven million mark by the time our annual convention opens in New Orleans on November 20." Detailed membership figures, giv ing the dues-paid totals of each offic iated national and international union* will be included in Mr. Meany's finan cial report to the convention^ which is an official and audited document avail able to public inspection. SOCIALIST CANDIDATE JAILED 2 YEARS ON DRAFT CHARGE Kansas. City, Kans. (ILNS).—Ar thur Goodwyn Billings, 33, Socialist party candidate for Senator from Kansas and former professor of eco nomics at the University of Texas, has been sentenced to 2 years in pri son for failing to register and refus ing to submit to induction in the aim ed forces. He pleaded guilty. The 2-year sentence was imposed on Billings, despite the fact he had been held in Fort Leavenworth dis ciplinary barracks for 21 months pend ing hearing of his case before the Supreme Court. The court upheld his contention that he should have been tried as a civilian rather than a sol dier inasmuch as he 1 afi-'%1* J. had not yet taken the oath. After Billings had pleaded guilty^ Judge J. Foster Syms asked him if he would go into Army now. "No sir: under no circumstances," Billings replied. "Then you will serve 2 more years in prison," the judge said. ALIEN 'SHIP JUMPERS' MUST TAKE SEA JOBS OR FACE DEPORTATION Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Alien seamen who deserted Allied mer chant ships at American ports to seek shore jobs are being arrested by the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and have the choice of re turning to ships of their own nation* ality or facing deportation proceed*, ings. About 6,000 alien seamen, accord ing to War Shipping Administration estimates, have "jumped ship" since the beginning of the war, and most of them have found industrial jobs. In cases where alien seamen haye married American citizens and ac quired homes and children, WSA has made special arrangements to provide for the men's families so that they may return to vessels of their na tionality for which crews are urgent ly needed. PETEST CHALLENGES ENEMIES OF LABOR New York City—Efforts of "ca^ talists and Communist" propagandists to create a rift between our fighting men and trade unions were denounced by Rev. John J. Monaghan at a special Labor Day mass in St. Patrick's Ca-r thedral. In sowing confusion, Father Mo&~ aghan said, the "demagogues" hope ip profit, and he added: "The trade unions are the safest depositories of the soldiers' faith of a better world to work in. Pensions should not be a substitute for wages, nor are anti-labor business men ggfe patrons» e& veteran*' organizations.* *3^