Labor Heads
Pledge Full
War Output
Washington, Aug. 15.—Short
■peeches by President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, CIO Pres. Philip
Murray, AFL Pres. Wm. Green
and high government officials
and war officers were heard on
a national broadcast marking
the first combined Army-Navy
production award this week.
President Roosevelt's message,
while noting the great progress
made in victory production, warned
that “we have only Just begun to
' get into our stride” in terms of the
huge amounts of material needed
for final victory.
"The men and women of man
agement and labor who provide
■uch material are performing a
task without which victory would
be impossible,” he said.
"The united efforts of our
Army and Navy striking at the
enemy on every continent and
every ocean, and of our people
at home working without in
terruption to turn out the
weapons of war, cannot fail to
produce the victory which will
again establish the tradition of
free men throughout the world.”
IJIBOR’S STAKE
Pres. Murray’s speech stressed
the full support and united effort
of all CIO members to produce the
goods that will crush the Hitler
Axis.
"We recognise the need for
more copper, more lumber, more
steel—and all the other materials.
We’ll give them to you If hard
work and cooperation Is what It
takes. Nothing else Is really Im
portant now. You can count on
the CIO 100 percent.”
AFL Pres. Green saw only one
objective—"to free the world from
oppression, brutality and the creed
that one nation has the right to
Impoverish and enslave all op
posed nations. To this task our un
tiring efforts are dedicated.”
Proper use of the materials we
.have will speed our victory, Wm.
L. Batt, vice-chairman of the War
Production Board, said in his
speech. He appealed to workers to
increase raw material output and
to all Americans to turn in the
scrap needed for victory produc
tion.
WAR OFFICIALS SPEAK
Elmer Davis, speaking for the
Office of War Information, urged
Increased raw materials output by
tapping new sources, reviving <
abandoned mines and plants, get
ting in the scrap, and other means.
A brief description of the suffer
ings of the French people, typical '
of all who fall under Axis con
quest, was given by Admiral Wm.
D. Leahy, newly appointed Chief of
Staff and former Ambassador to i
Vichy, France. 1
Brief speeches from Lt. General I
Dwight D. Elsenhower in London
and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz <
"somewhere In the Pacific” also '
featured the program. ’
Gen. Elsenhower referred to i
production as a key to a second i
front, saying: "1 will leave it to
our enemies to guess where, !
when, and how we will use the <
suppliee you send. I understand i
their suspicions have been I
aroused of late.” '
Stainless Steel...
in the Food Industry
• Purity and cleanliness dictate the selection of equipment used
in the preparation of foods. For this reason, many manufac
turers of food processing equipment are using stainless steel.
Stainless steel is immune to practically all types of food acids,
and will not affect the taste, color, or keeping qualities of the
foodstuffs with which it comes in contact. It can be quickly
and easily cleaned, and is not attacked by chemical sterilizers,
cleaners, and brines. Equipment used in preparing various foods
has shown greatly improved performance when stainless steel
has been used for parts subject to rusting or corrosion.
Today, more than ever, the food industry is relying on stain
less steel equipment to help assure high quality and maximum
output of essential foods.
Jl OUT
Leather Workers Union and Margo, the famous screen star,
were all smiles and all-out in helping beleaguered China. The
union gave United China Relief $5,000 for a hospital for guer
rilla warriors in China’s northwest.
28 Union Leaders
Ask Housing Funds
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—Speedy enactment of the Lanham
bill, providing $600,000,000 to build additional housing for war
workers, was urged upon Congress today in a statement by 28
officers of CIO and AFL international unions and state bodies.
The National Public Housing
Conference released the text of the
ftatement:
"About 2,000,000 war workers are
moving to production centers that
have no homes for them. To crowd
these workers into hallways and
attics, to put them into makeshift
trailer camps, to compel them to
Knowles, Bitter
Foe of Unions,
Gets Army Post
New York, Aug. 15— Appointment
of Harper Knowles, notorious anti-
Bridges witness in the 1939 depor
tation hearings, to an Army post
was vigorously protested by the
Citizens Victory Committee for
Harry Bridges this week.
Describing Knowles in the pro
test, the committee quoted from the
report of Dean James M. Landis,
Government Inspector at the first
hearing, who wrote at the time:
"He (Knowles) Is neither a can
did or forthright witness ... it
was Impossible to listen to Knowles
without being convinced that on
occasion he lied when he dared
to.”
Knowles’ appointment to the
Service and Supply Division of the
Quartermasters Corps in San Fran
cisco was seen as a slap in the
face to CIO longshore workers
there.
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travel long distances to and from
their jobs, or to separate them un
necessarily from their families will
inevitably reduce working effi
ciency and Injure morale, while in
creasing absenteeism and turnover.
ONLY HOPE
“The only Immediate hope for
housing at least a portion of these
workers before winter comes Is of
fered by President Roosevelt’s re
quest for a 5600,000,000 appropria
tion. This request, made in May,
has been favorably reported by the
Public Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee of the House of Represen
tatives.
“Speedy authorization of this
minimum amount Is essential If
America Is to produce !t sorely
needed quota of war materials.”
Among the CIO leaders who
signed the statement were Vice-
Presidents S. 11. Dalrymple, Emil
Rieve, Reid Robinson and R. J.
Thomas. Others were heads of sev
eral CIO International unions and
of state industrial union councils.
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Greater Efficiency
Helps Output 25 Pet.,
CIO Pamphlet Says
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. —War production can be increased
as much as 25 per cent without additional manpower or equip
ment if proper use Is made of present supplies of both, the CIO
said this week In releasing Its newest pamphlet, “Producing for
Victory, a Labor Manual for Increasing War Production.”
This can be done, the pamphlet *
says, by planning and carrying out
four main steps to Increase pro
ductivity of labor, and of equip
ment, and by making most effective
use of materials and a system of
accurate production controls.
Joint labor-management com
mittees are the logical agency for
putting these Improvements Into
effect, and the pamphlet points
out that their mainspring In the
union, “for only where there la
such a union does the problem of
fullest possible production In all
Ita aspects get serious recognition
and attention.”
TIM El. Y
The pamphlet is timely. CIO Pres.
Philip Murray says in a brief fore
word. since it is published at a
time "when the efforts and energies
of all who value freedom and cher
ish democratic Institutions” are
going Into the Job of destroying
the Ilitler Axis.
A chief factor In increasing pro
duction is labor morale, which must
be regarded as "a key problem in
plants and factories," It points out.
This Involves proper attention to
workers’ suggestions, full coopera
tion between workers and manage
ment, careful attention to health,
elimination of fatigue, good safety
conditions, etc.
The first step to the 25 percent
increase, the pamphlet says, is a
complete survey of existing plant
equipment. This aurvey will show
where bottlenecks exist or are
likely to occur including super
vision, handling of materials, waste
ful use of materials and manhours,
faulty or Inadequate training of
workers and the like.
WORK WITH UNION
The joint committee, in correct
ing these problems, must work with
the union at all times, the pamphlet
emphasizes, not only for planning
and suggestions, but also to elimi
nate grievances and other bad con
ditions that might slow production.
“Pre-planning” Is another im
portant Jink in the production
chain, the pamphlet points out. This
pre-planning is a war industry
must, since it avoids the waste in
materials and time that inevitably
comes If planning is left until after
the operation starts. Its main aim
is to see that machines, materials
and manhours are used to the full
limit of capacity, with a minimum
of waste and spoilage.
Mastery of war production prob
lems now will lead to victory by
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offensive action, the pamphlet con
cludes, and will lead to great
changes in American living stand
ards after the victory is won.
“We shall be living in a new time,
In a new period made possible by
the tremendous strides we have
made and the unbelievable height!
we have reached in mass produc
tion,” the pamphlet concludes.
"Then too. as now, we shall always
be available for the common effort
In our common solution of the
problems facing us as victorious
and free Americans.”
“Producing for Victory” wa*
prepared for CTO publication by
ltd affiliated union, the Federa
tion of Architects, Engineers,
Chemists and Technicians. Price
15 cents a copy, quantity prices
on request; 64 pp., Illustrated.
Order from CIO Publicity Dept.,
1106 Connecticut Ave., Washing
ton, D. C.
Give to CIO War
Relief
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The CIO NEWS, August 17, 1942 H