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Serving the Scandinavian-American Population of the Great Northwest
Vol 2, No? 2.
Norse labor and Industry Form
Plant Committees For Production
Faced, in an exaggerated degree.
with the same problems confront
ing every nation engaged in re
turning its economy to a peace
time basis. Norway is fortunate
in that the leaders of both man
agement and labor are agreed on
the basic principles upon which
their mutual prosperity is predi
cated.
This fact is high-lighted in a
monumental agreement just con
cluded by the Norwegian Employ
ers .Union and the Norwegian
Trade Union Congress. The accord!
is aimed at increasing productioni
in all branches of Norwegian in-‘
dustry with implicit agreement‘
that both parties have an equali
stake in achieving the desired re-i
suit. It represents a landmark in‘
labor management co-operation in!
a country where collective bar
gaining is a tradition rather than
a new, revolutionary. and largely
untested theory.
By way of preface the document
specifically recognizes that a state
of war continues to exist between
Norway and Germany and Japan.
It then proceeds to establish labor
management production commit
tees for each industrial plant or
business which turned out at least
20 man-years of work during the
last year. As the name implies.
the committees will consist of an
equal number 'of representatives
elected by labor and management,
The committees will meet at
least once each month to present
and discuss proposals on the whole
host of matters affecting produc
tion. The scope of the committees'
work is indicated by this partial
list of subjects to be considered:
The economic position of the local
unit within its industry; problems
of production and sales; technical
improvements. increased security
for both employer and employe:
the workers' health and protec~
tion; the rounded education and
training of new Workers. ‘
For the present the perennial
questions regarding hours and
wages will continue to be handled
through long established. industry
wlde bargaining agents and ma-
New Editor Of
U. of W. Daily
The first permanent editor of
the University of Waahlngton
Dally since 1902 and the flu!
woman editor-ln-chlef since 1984.
June Helen Anderson. senior jour
n‘lum.mgjor..dnu.hter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Anderson of Yakima
was recently elected by her class
mates to edit the deny campus
newspnper.
For the put two years the
editorship operated on a rotating
bull. under a strictly ell-noon:
Ichodule. This system was chnnzed
recently. upon request of joumal
um Itudcnu for a competitively
selected editor.
mm Alder-on in a member of
Theta Sigma Phi. national jour
nalism honorary. and Alpha Delta
Pi sorority. Since her freshman
days she has been active on the
Daily and recently became editor
of Columns. the campus humor
mag-tine.
chinery, which. in Norway. have
an enviable record for maintaining
industrial peace.
Representatives of management
and labor will have equal rights
to administrative positions within
the committees. While this appears
tantamount to concession of a
voice to labor in management
there is no suggestion grom the
employers’ side that labor is seek
ing unwArranted control over the
conduct of management‘s own af
fairs.
On the other hand. it vests in
labor a share of the responsibility
for the economic health of every
,enterprise within the scope of the
agreement.
There have been a few strikes
and work stoppages in certain
Norwegian industries since the
country's liberation from Nazi oc
cupation and domination last May
8. but most of them have resulted
from inequities carried over from
the days of Nazi or Quisling con
trol. Most of these inequities have
now been erased. In no case has
a postwar work stoppage in Nor
way threatened national recovery.
Austrian Government
Recognized
The Norwegian Ministry of For
eign Affairs has announced that
the Nomegian Government has
officially recognized the Austrian
leernment under Prime Minister
Renner as of January H. 1946.
A Biographical Sketch 0f Earl N. Anderson
Earl N. Anderson. of Swedish
descent three generations removed.‘
was appointed by Governor Mon
C. Wallgren on January 11. 1945,‘
as Director of the Department of
Labor and Industries, State of
Washington. and assumed the du-‘
ties of the office on that date.‘
Mr. Anderson is 38 years of age‘
and a native of Washington. Hei
was born in the city of Vancouver,‘
September 26, 1907. and resided;
there until 1922. He moved with'
his parents to Puadena. Cantor-1
nia. where he continued in high}
school and vocational school. BeJ
coming interested in the automo~i
tive field. he started serving his
apprenticeship es en automotive
machinist. During the period of
his apprenticeehip he married and
is now the father of seven chil
dren. three girls and four boye.
ranyin; in age from three to.
eighteen years. |
Following the completion of his
apprenticeship he continued to
work as a journeyman in and
around Pasadena until 1934. when
he moved back to hie place of
h i r t h . Vancouver, Waahington.
During the depth: 0! the depres.
sion he war quick to realize the
plight 0! workers who, in apite of
their skill and training. were ex
ploited at every turn because of
the lack of organization.
In 1935. while working at his
trade in Vancouver, he joined the
International Association of Ma
chinists. Lodge 1005. of Portland.
Oregon. In 1937 the Machinists
of Vancouver found the need of
organizing their own union. Mr.
Anderson contributed. to a large
degree, to the organization of Ma
chinists Lodge 1874 of Vancouver,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY, 1946
Sten Englund
Gives Concert
'l‘lu- Sven Male (‘hoir will pre.
sent the well-known bass singer.
Slon Englund. in a concert to take
place on Tut-«day evening, March
l2. at {he Metropolitan Theater.
Mr. Englund will sing a varied
program of (-lah‘lxical, operatic and
popular numbers. as well as many
Senmllnavian compositions. John
sundown. widely known pianist.
will be accompanist. The Sven
Male (‘hoir will appear on the
program.
I “Herved seat tickets are now
‘un sale by members of the choir.
and will later be on sale at the
«heater and at Sherman, Clay &
(‘0. store. Prices are $2.00, $1.50
‘nnd $1.00. Including tax.
where he is a. cherter member. HeI
was elected to the office of trustee ‘
for the union in 1937. In 1938 hel
was elected to the office of {Imm-I
ciel secretary and was reelected‘
each succeeding year to and tn-l
eluding 1945. In 1937 and 1938'
‘he served the union on a pert-timet
heels and continued to work nt the
trade. 1
In 1939 the membership or the;
Norse Author Dies
DECORAH. 13.. Jan. 25n-Kris
tian Prestglnrd. 79, Norwegian
author and editor of the Norwe
gian newspaper Posten. died at
Deeorah today,
New Swedish Training Ship On
First Cruise to South America
The training of szamen aboard
sailing ships has been resumed int
the Swedish navy as well as in:
the Swedish merchant fleet. Im-l
mediately before Christmas the»
Swedish Brostrom concem's new!
training ship. "Albatross," started‘
on her first transatlantic trip,’
leaving Gothenburg for Santos and
Buenos Aires with 18 apprentices.
and a full cargo of pulp and papery
to take about a month. There-i
to take about a moonth. There-i
after it has been planned to put
the vessel into service between
South American and South Afri
can ports for at least six months.
This old sailing route has been
chosen in order to give the ap
prentices an opportunity of train
ing in sailing under the favorable
conditions offered by the trade
winds. '
The “Albatross" is a training
ship of a new type. She is a
combined sailing and motor ship
and is intended for the training
of future deck and engine-room of
ficers for the fleet of the Bro
strdm Lines. The ship, which was
delivered by the Lindholmen ship
yard in December. 1942, is of
1.050 register tons. Contrary to the
usual practice of having square
sails for training ships, the “Al—
hatross" is a four-masted schoon
er of the “Three Island" type, built
entirely of steel. She has an over
all length of 207 ft., not including
the bowsprit and beam of 35 ft.
The mean draft in salt water with
1.420 tons of cargo is 13 ft. The
sail area is 9.270 sq. ft. which
is about 25 percent in exce5s of
union decided it was necessary to
have a fulLtime representative.
and Mr. Anderson quit the trade
to devote full time to the affairs
of the Machinists Union. As well
as representing the machinists. he
always found time to assist other
trade unions in solving their prob
lems when called upon. He was
always active in the Central Labor
Council of Vancouver and held
several offices over the period of
years. In 1944 and 1945 he was
elected president of the Metal
Trades Council of Portland. Ore
gon. which represented 200,000
workers in the shipbuilding and
other metal trades industries.
During the years he represented
the machinists a great change was
brought about in the working con
ditions of the members of the or-
gnnlzatlon. Piecework was abol-l
lshed. hours of work were reduced.1
vacations with pay established. pay?
mlterlally increased, and at the‘
present time the machlniets in and!
around Vancouver enjoy working!
conditions equal to the best in ll";
country. 3
In 1940 he assisted very mate;
rlally in establishing vocatlonall
education in the Vancouver public
achool syutem. and thouunds of
workers were trolned for the ship»
bullding industry in that area. He
allo minted in esubllshing sound;
npprenticeshlp program for van-i
OLD crafts. g
He is an entnusluuc ndvocnte!
or vocntional educnion md np-;
5 prenticeship training and was very
fictive in civic affslrs. He be—i
: “eve! that labor unions must enter
into the Me of the community it:
‘they are to perm-nently endure.
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the regulations for motor schoon
ers. The bows are ornamental with
a figurehead. consisting of a big
albatross.
Particular pains have been tak
en to provide the engine-room with
machinery equipment conforming
to practice in large ocean-going
ships. The main engine is of 450
h. p., giving the ship a speed
of about 9 knots with full cargo.
After one year's training on the
“Albatross the boys are assigned
to duties on the company’s regu
lar cargo liners in the capacity
of officer cadets, being afterwards
free to apply for admittance into
one of the country's navigation
schools. All the pupils must serve
both on deck and in the engine
room. which. it is hoped. will re
sult in increasing understanding
and good-fellowship between the
two categories of officers, and also
help to find out for which branch
of service each boy has the most
natural bent or interest. The pu
pils are paid a small hire.
The ship is equipped with most
of the up-to-date aids to naviga
tion. such as SAL log. echo—sound
ing equipment. wireless direction
finder. inter-communication tele
phone system with loud speakers
in different parts of the vessel.
‘radio-telephone equipment, etc. A
sound-film installation for pur
poses of instruction, but also for
entertainment, is also included in
the equipment. The sails and de
vices for handling them with gear
ed winches are of the most ad
vanced types. The propeller is
made from stainless steel and has
two hydraulically operated blades.
The regulation of the pitch of the
blades and the reversing of the
propeller. as well as the speed of
the engine are controlled from the
bridge. from which all maneuvers
can thus be made. When the ship
is running under sail. the propel
ler blades can be so adjusted as
to offer very small resisttance to
the water and fill up most of the
propeller frame. In addition to
the lifeboats. the ship carries a
couple of (linghies for sailing prac
tice with small craft.
As in the case or training ships
in general. the company will try
to cover the expenses for this
training service by cargo carrying.
Swedish Track
Records Stand
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 139' Ama
teur marks set by Gunder Haegg.
Arne Anderson and other Swedish
runners disqualified as professional
will be permitted to stand on the
records of the Swedish Athletic
Association, the newspaper Swen
ska Dagbladet said today.
The paper declared that 80 Elke
lund. secretary of the International
Amateur Athletic Federation. also
had expressed belief that world
records held by the disqualified
runners should continue to be rec-
og‘nlzed. It cited the precedent 0!
Fave Numfl. who was permitted
to keep his records after bun;
disqualified.
The Athletic Association's inm
tigation of the' status nf vu'iom
Swediah runners is now nearing I
close and an announcement. in ex
pected thhin two weeks. the news
pAper added.
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