HUNDREDS OF NEW MEMBERS
JOIN THE UNION.
: (Continued from ‘Page 1) ; 4 :
- . 4:0 NON-UNION MEMBERS: An honest and straightforward
. approach to this question of joining the Union on the part of the
‘non-members certainly should-convinee them that their place is.
: bemen ate thiey=ne ve:
through the efforts of the good Union members, how can they
itrathfully say, “Why, should I join the Union?” . . oof In
_remaining out of the, Union they are detrimental to their fellow
workers, .to. themselves, and to the G. E.-Company. To the Com-
pany they are detrimental by being a constant source of labor
» trouble and the cause of disharmony ‘among the employees. This
disharmony causes much time to: be wasted on the part of the
Management and the Union which could be used to a much better
advantage to develop: better relationship between the employees
and the Company. This disharmony is the source of much dis-
trust among the employées, and the supervision. So long as. this
source of trouble exists, the employees’ confidence in the immedi-
ate supervision and management can never develop.to the point
‘that will be mutually beneficial. Moreover, these non-members
are detrimental to their.own immediate families, because by ioin-
‘ing the Union and making it stronger, their jobs will become
* more secure, which will guarantee their families decent food, de-
the Union. In honestiy reviewiiig ti 4s 'theyhovae.aain:
cent shelter, decent clothing, and decent educational opportunities.
_By being a source of labor trouble they might not only bring a
~ hardship om themselyes,-but.on-all-their fellow..workers.
. Needed Interest in Union
With the proper interest demonstrated by the G. E. Workers
in -problems affecting their jobs and standards of living, the
Union, through the collective efforts of all its members, can win
concessions during the year 1940 that will outweigh any that
have been won heretofore, ~ .
GE. Office Workers
amazing results. Many requests for information have been flood-
ing union headquarters. through committees" of office workers. -
“Many problems on the part of office workers have been reg-
istered at headquarters such as: no representation of any kind
on grievances, favoritism, wage cuts, refusals. to grani justified :
wage increases, and general pettiness which makes the gerieral :
working conditions of the office workers not as happy as they
might be. This only, proves that much organizational work is
needed among the office employees. The ofice employees, how-
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"| HE VOICE OF THE UNITED ELECTRICAL RADIO & °
MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA — Local 901 — Clo
dust
Number of Union
Contracts on
Increase
By Federated Preos ;
WASHINGTON: (FP).—Steady in-
-crease in the number: and coverage
of. union agreements since the’ labor
relations act became operative was
noted here by the NLRB’s division of
«-, economic research,
In a bulletin summarizing the de-
velopment of written trade agrec-
-ments in collective. bargaining, the
division: said that until recent years
there. were practically no written -
agreements in the auto induatry..
-In the summer of 1937 there werc
270 agreements in the auto industry
while by June, 1938; the number vose7~
» to .587.. ’
sooo ptitutionalizing=the- whale--collectives:
“Union organization was. almost
unknown up to 1983 in the electrical
equipment industry,” the NLRB said.
“Today more than 400 agreements
have cemented the employer em-
-ploye relationship.” ; va
In steel collective bargaining has
made “extraordinary progress,” . the
~ NLRB claimed. During the 1913 to
1985 period the average number of
q adnies under agreement never ex-
ceeded 41. By:the middle of 1937, 50
agreements had been made and in the
following year more than 400,000
‘kers were covered by 532 written
The 340-pare bulletin was written
as a shidy' of: cases“invelving written’
agreenients’ asa part of. caliective
bargaining. It was prepared by the
division headed by David J. Saposs
which is the target of the Smith com-
mittee and for the continuation of
which funds were recently denied by
the house. 8 ‘
“Tn effect,” the bulletin says, “the
written ‘agreement isa means of in-
bargaining process, It serves to ex-
tend union recognition, to establish a
clear and indisputable record of the
terms of agreement, and to provide
for continuous dealing between work-
cr and employer representatives.
“By providing for businesslike
* conduct of labor relations, the, agrec-
ment encourages responsibility on
the part of both management and
labor. ‘
“With provisions limiting use of
. the strike and lockout, with provi-
sions for improving and maintaining
standards of employment and produc-
tion, and with’ provisions for stabiliz-
‘ing“labor costs, the written agree-
ment, makes: a distinct contribution
. to industrial relations.
ows" “All -collective * bargaining, based
\
as it is'on written agreements, is in
its very nature rooted in democratic
procedure::"To-the-extent,-mareover,
that liberty for working people. is .
tained. through industriel democracy,”
collective, bargaining ‘performs valu-
able service to society as a whole.”
The bulletin contrasts the violenco
and conflict that oceur in the absence
_» of written agreements with the rela-
tively: peaceful relations that exist
under-the agreement system,
The effect of the union ugreement,
it says, is especially notable in the
clothing, printing and pottery indus-
tries and branches of the glass in-
dustry.
i
WASHINGTON (FP)—The NLEB
score on circuit court decisions up-
holding its right to require written
contracts. if agreements are reached
was upped to six to one as the ninth
eiveuit court’ upheld the board in the
Sunshine Mining Oo. case, Previously
the board won in the H. J, Heinz Co,,
-Fort Wayne Corrugating Co, Art
Metal Construction Co., Globe Catton
Mills, and Highland.Park Mills cases
and lest in the Inland Steel case.
“Our union is called upon to do our share to. help fight the
_.‘proposed’Smith and Norton amendments to the Wagner Act.
‘The Amendments fostered by the: National Manufacturers’
Association and.a few A. F. of L. top officials would make the
stroy the unity and effectiveness of organized labor.
present Wagner Act and the Board a powerful instrument to de- .
If organized labor is denied the opportunity to take legal .
steps through an impartial board and an effective law to protect
its rights to bargain collectivély—labor will be compelled to revert
to the strike method. ‘ ; a. oo
Lhe program to. destroy the:-Wagner Act.is: ”
Be Pro
1, Let the employer have the right to petition for an election
to. decide who shall be the sole-bargaining agency. .
2. Give the employer the.right to advise chis ‘employees
’ whether to. join or not-to join a union—or what union to join.
3. Increase the number of members from three to five,
4, Allow A, F of L. CRAFT groups to he set up and recog-
nized as*bargaining units where industrial or C.1.0. units now
“exist which will split industrial units to pieces, (This could mean’ ~~”
we might have many small A. F. of L, unions in the Schenectady
“G. E. Plant, ; °
5. Cut the appropriation so there will not be sufficient
funds to enforce or administer the Act properly. *
. The first point allows an employer to petition for an election
during an opportune time, or possibly before a Union is ready
FOR one.
Padding the Board
Increasing of the Board to five members will make the ma-
- lority of the Board-anti-C.L0.— The-present ‘set-up is Chairman
Madden and Edwin Smith (who are impartial and trying to do a
good job) and Dr. Leiserson, who is anti-C.L0.' é
A. good example of.recent date of a decision. made by the
_~ Board is _a_case of American Newspeper-Guild-vs. Ledger News-
_ paper in Newark, New Jersey. Miss Agnes Fahey, President of
Local Guild was fired, September. 22, 1937,-: ha i eS
The board’s majority-decision supported by Chairman Mad-
den and EB. Smith, awarded Miss Fahey $6,500 in back pay. Mr.
Leiserson yoted “no”, the complainant. should be dismissed, say-
ing the discharge occurred after an agreement-was signed with .
the. Union, but it grew out of internal differences in the Union,
By adding two more to the Board like Leiserson, making the
majority anti-labor, it would be futile to refer anything to the
Board for their assistance. , :
on BSE OF L. set-up
By. allowing Craft groups within existing industrial units,
makes the group, as a whole, weak and subject to inter-labor
disputes leading to labor trouble, besides giving the old craft set-
up a chance to come back, whereby the employer takes the ad-
vantage in playing one group against the other. ;
Need for Sufficient Funds = -
No law can be. effective if there are not sufficient funds ap-
propriated to administer it. If any cuts are made it.’seems it
always happens to something that was created to help the rank
and file such as W.P.A,, LaFollette investigating Committee and’
Labor Board. .
. A-case filed with the Board at present takes months to pro-
cess because they are understaffed, for the amount of work they
are obliged to do. If less money is provided, less help will be used,
and longer delays necessary. -
Your. Help Needed
Organized labor all over the country has been called upon to
protect labor’s Magna Carta by sending a postcard or letter of
protest-to-our-Legislative-representatives-in-Washington.—
Postcards and stationery will be provided at Union Head-
quarters, or by Union Representatives. The Union Representa-
tives will assist the members in filling in cards and letters,
Your Representatives are: .
Hon, Frank Crowther ~ Hon. R, Wagner Hon. J.. Meade.
House of Representatives U.S. Senate U. S. Senate
Washington, D. C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D. C.
- Tell them that you: a : a
: Es Oppose any amendments, except the three C.LO. Amend-
ments, soa 8 Pe ee oe ae ae aes
2. Oppose any changes in number of Board members.
3.. Oppose any changes in Board personnel.
4, Oppose any reduction in appropriations to the Board.
Wire .. . Write To Sencttors
Enforeament of the Wage-Hour
Act and Wagner Act is threatened .
by the House of Representatives!
appropriation cut, i
Every union, every worker should
write or wire his Soustors, Toll
them ‘that labor demands that the
» NLRB and the Wage-Hour Division
be given the full appropriation set
cby the 1940-41 budget.
"Time is short. ACT.NOW!
\
: (Federated Pictures)
REINSTATED
cy
‘Pres. Agnes Fahy of the Nework
Newspaper Guild (CIO), whose re-
instatement on The Newark. Star-.
Ledger was ordered by the NLRB.
~Miss Fahy was fired for union ac-
* tivity on Sept. 22, 1987.
CIO Demands Defeat
"of Norton Amendments
to Wagner Act
Lewis Charges
. “Unholy Intrigue’
WASHINGTON, Apr. 6==Tite Nox
ton Bill to amend the Wagner Act, . ,
recommended by a close vote of the
House Labor Committee here, is “a
declaration of war on the industrial
unions of the CIO”, John L. Lewis;
CIO President, declared in‘ announe-
ing plans for a national campaign to
opposethe Norton Bill and “all other
amendments designed to emasculate
the Wagner Act, defeat its basic pur-
poses, and turn it into an instrument
. for the oppression of labor,”
President Lewis made this an-
nouncement following a conference
in Washington of executive officers
of the CIO and Labor's Non-Partisan
League. Particularly vigorous opposi-
tion was expressed to the craft
aniendment proposed by the House
Labor Committee in the Norton Bill,
under which “every established in-
dustrial union would bo in constant
danger of division and destruction
ing industrial union contracts.”
“The Norton Bill,” President Lewis
said, “is the fruit of an unholy in-
trigue between anti-union manufac-
turers and AIL craft-leaders blinded
by partisan venom. Zé is a dastardly
attempt by AFL leaders and their
anti-labor allies to put a competing
labor «organization out. of , business
through Congressional: enactment.”
“Progressive labor and its friends
will hold strictly to: account all mem-
bers of Congress who betray the pub.
lic interest they are supposed to rep-
resent by supporting this. partisan
intrigue against the form of labor or.
ganization desired by millions of.
American. industrial workers.”
: Lewis’ Statement ,,
Lewis’ statement follows in full:
“At‘a conference of executives of
the Congress of Industrial Orguniza-
tions and -Labor’s Non-Partisan
~~~through-the-slicing-off of craft-splin---
_ ter groups, even in the face of exist-
Leagne, consideration-wag- today giv-
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ELECTRICAL UNION. "NEWS
_ ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS...
. Published by:
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO’ & MACHINE WORKERS
‘OF -AMERICA, LOCAL 301
301 Biba at, Schenectady, NY.
SCHENECTADY, EW YORE
EDITING BOARD
APRIL 16th, 1940
: THE UPPER “CRUST
= Willie. _Trariboull
" Thomas Caulfield ,
Benjamin Geersen Michael Tedisco
Fred Schoeffler . Fred Matern, Chairman
“Editor — L. Jandreau Ep
Sidney Webb, Socrdlatiy ;
~The. CIO. United Automobile Workers of Rhein has a nasiivd
or achievement for its members that is hard to match.
Pres, R.. J. Thomas, in-his recent nationwide radio broadcast, _
could point to such facts as these:
yThe hourly wage of auto workers seven year’s ago was 59e.
Today in plants under contract with the CIO union. the average is
5c, an. hour
“A few year's ago no unions Were recopilized: Seniority rights
were unknown. Men could be fired or laid dff’at the.whim of the
corporations. Overtime rates were unknown.
Today the CIO union has contracts with 840 companies, cover-
ing 430 plants and protecting 400, 000 men and ‘women. -
In most of these plants there i is a maximum 40-hour week with
special overtime rates. Seniority rights are assured. Bonuses: for
“night work, vacations. with pay and other benefits of all kinds are
common features of union contracts. a
Much yet remains to be done for the aut workers. ‘But. the fee)
union has a practical and ‘elaistic program for improving conditions
and for wotking toward. its goal of a°30-hour week and a epanitees
annual wage.
“neglected ‘Gry more."
* ainter merited smashing vietory for the CIO,
Looking Ahead
By LEN DECAUX ~ }
Take. the wage-hour act, designed to protect the most miser-
_ ably sweated wc orkeis_in America.— Sweatshop_employer
representatives in Corgress have for a long time been trying "te
have amendments passed which would remove some millions of the
lowest-paid workers from the act’s protection,
Failing to get such amendments. through Congress to date,
these sweatshoppers have tried the appropriation method with some
success.
The House appropriations committee recommended a slash of
20 per cent in funds needed to enforce the wage-hour act. It coupled
this recommendation with a demand that.the act be amended be-
fore more funds should be granted. And the House has actually:
‘guar » sby 115 to 158, for this crippling cut in funds or this vital
abor law.
Backstairs Attack :
This backstairs method of attacking labor legislation is also
being tried on the Wagner Labor Relations Act.
“Having failed so far to enact destructive amendments to the
Wagner Act, the House reactionaries have tried to achieve the same
. result by cutting the appropriation for the Labor Board. The House
pushed through a. 10 per cent slash in funds, which would mean ‘the’
laying off of hundreds of the Board emplo ded for proper .
- enforcement.of the actz==* ee
In this case, too,.a smokescreen of propaganda has been thought
necessary to cover up the dirty work.
. Rep. Howard Smith, for instance, who has been “investigat-
ing” the Labor Board with a sledgehammer and a.meat axe, tried to
cover up this murderous attack on labor’s rights by raving about an
article written years ago by an economist who later got a iob with
the Board.
This kind of stuff, like the Mickey Mouse-Stokowsli iticident,
make newsy copy. It is designed to divert labor's attention o.
oe setae, while its throat.is heing.expertly-cut-by Smith and
his ilk. ll
An Old, Old Story
The same kind of barrage may be expected to cover up the at-
tack on the unemployed, when it comes to slashing appropriations
for WPA and other public works. — >
’ It’s an old, old political teclinique — to Greate incidents and
stunts to divert attention lfrom the real issues. It has been used
against every union since the labor movement began.
So experienced labor men are keeping their eye on the ball while
Congress is acting on the vital question of appropriations. They’
know what proposed cuts mean in terms of lost jobs: and human
—misery;- and-they are-not being kidded-by slick patter and photiy™
“ineidents.”
a
meetiig in New York with the Gu,
Are ‘you an active-Brother, the kind that would be missed,
- Or are you just contented that your name is on the list?
Do you take an active part to help the work along,
}___Ox.ve_you.satistied to, be. the kind that
“Dea you ever go to visit a member that is sick?
st belong’? _
Or leave the work to just a few and talk about the clique’?
There’s quite a program schedule that I’m sure you’ve heard about,
And we'll appreciate if you, too, will come and help us out.
So come to the ‘ineetings often, and help with hand and heart.
Don't be just a member, but take an active part.
Thine this over, Brother, you know right from wrong—
” Are you an active member, or do you just belong?
Yaviveviva iva hvevivavivavivavivavlvaviva\lvavtva\ivavivaviva\ivavivavivavive Viva \tvavivavlvavivaviya\ivavivey
LOCAL ehiaara FOR FIRST T QUARTER 1940
ELECTRICAL UNION “NEWS.
_ By B. GEERSEN»
It is with sorrow and deep regret
hat we learn of the siidden death of
ur departed brother and-co-worker,
‘ugene 088, who passed away on
March 27, 1940, Although perhaps not
so well Known among the newer em-
_Dloyees, ““Gene”was_well_liked—and——
“well known among the: older em-
ployees, having worked tor the Com-
pany 34 years, most of which time
was: spent in the switchboard and re-.
frigerator departments. He was of
late employed in Jsuilding 12, spray
line. The Local 301 members of his
department sent a tioral offering,
and deep sympathy is extended to his
_Yamuly and ‘many friends, by every
* member of Local 301,
Among the recent visitors in Build-
ing 12 was Mrs, Clarence Wilke whom
every one of her old friends was glad
sto see. Mrs, Wilke was the former
Lucy ENBneS a former Local Bul
+ _-member.-- *
We learn that our congenial ‘‘safe-
ty first’. man, Jim Howard, is out
sick, and it is the hope ‘of all that
Jim. will be back on the “job before
we go to press, ©
Louis Neilson, the former iron man
of. the Refrigerator Department, was
a recent visitor, That:he is none too
well liked was evident by the many
uncomplimentary remarks . of the
workers. Louis has a new job now;
“he is a tool room attendant in Bldg.
53. 7
Confucius say: “Many people think
this machine age because some bosses
half sevewy.”
Loretta Blackburn and dies “boy
friend recently had luncheon at the
Home Food Cafeteria. We will over-
- look the main subject which they
alking about, But she request-
_ ed"him to keep his eyes away from
the cashier.
Mortimer Sheldon. was on parade
“In ‘going over the ‘Local’s-record~-~
for the first three months, we find a 26-Vacations —- Employees. with 5
series of'activities in the Local which
involved:
yeurs’ service or more shall receive
two weeks! vacation,
61 departmental meetings
8 membership meetings
educational classes
3. Employees ‘shall receive pay for
legal holidays,
4. Job evaluation and classification’
shop representatives meetings___---Job.value.. to."be--sct-on~basis of 7
2° Executive Board meetings _ skill, regardless of sox or age of op-
meetings with the management STAbr
5. Voluntary check off,
covering approximately 260
6. Employees working on the sec-
cases.
oud and third shifts’ shall receive a
Moreover, during this period the
1 ing B LO per cent bonus,
Bocal participated in:
\4 G. BE. Conference
& Capitol’ District meetings
2% District Council meetings.
Other questions ‘of proceduie will
be taken up, such as:
lL. Notification of transfers through
personnel department. ‘
The Union Committee is now
2, Community rate surveys.
r Time study and piece work pro-
cedure. \
‘Company management ~ on the fol-
lowing contract proposals:
|
file Seer nr of pension “plant. ~~~
shoes, and a new hat,.- Some stylish
man];
John Biganski, our relief man, ov-
_cusionally gets on his ear. He thinks
the Shadow. is. following him.
Frank Moran wishes to thank his
friends for sending him over 96 cards,
and good cigars, on his recent birth-
» day. s
If the rice growers “of the world
-or---guddenly—noticedan—increase..in_the_
consumption of ‘rice it- must be due
in part to Miss ‘Stella Kelezewski and
our own Berthold Benette Sackett,
who were united in holy matrimony
on Saturday, March 30, at St. Mary's
R. CG. Church, Berthold, better known
» to his fellow workers as “Bud,” is
employed on our C, I. Line, 2nd shift.
Ma. and Mrs, Sackett were presented
with an electric grill from his local
801 brothers. The entire membership
of local 301 extend best greetings ta
‘both for_a-happy. married-life-and-it-—,
is the wish of all that “on the rosy
path of matrimony they meet with
no thorns.”
The boys in Bldg. 12 are acting
terribly glum these days and the rea-
son is because Sylvia Fuller, the
young Jady employed on tray assem-
“bly, is” confined to Elis Hospital
where she just recently underwent a
sauccéssf{ul- Operation, The—local~-301
members of her group. have sent fruit
and flowers with the fond hope that
this popular young lady with the win-
-ning personality will soow be well
and strong enough to again cast her
vay of sunshine through her smiles,
in Bldg. 12. Hurry back, Sylvia, the
people: on the Scotia bus also miss
your smile. _
Yep, Brother Anibal has passed the
word around that he is now a proud
gvandpappy, so’ proud-is he that he
tells all the boys: “Just call me
‘Grandpappy’.”
| DEFEND
THE WAGNER ACT !
DON'T FORGET TO WRITE
"TO.CONGRESS |”
iasterSutiday “with anew: suit“,new >~
New Homes
for Old
» Deslias with the need for better
housing and how to obtain it
By CECIL OWEN
Publicity Director
°
‘Lots Doing
. Bldg. 15, and. hope that he has a very.
—“United Construction Workers
“Organizing Committee
WASHINGTON. — The ‘fegislittive
program of the Congress’ of Indus-.
_ trial Organizations calls for 1,000,000
new homes a year, of which "200,000
are to be built by private industry.
This is not a Utopian dream ‘nor
“does this phase of the CIO program
call for a single cent of government
subsidy. It has already, been done in
England and Wales where from 1935
to 1989 new housing averaged about
350,000 units a year-—a figure that in
proportion to the population is the
—-aquivalent-of-1,000,000-
United States,
Of the CiO'S: proposed 1,000,000.
homes a year 700,000 to be built by
private capital. would house the
vast. group of Americans now in
the no-man’s land between govern-
mént subsidized housing and high- -
cost private homes. Few homes are
a-year-in- the
being built for the 40 per cent of -
‘our population, including nearly all”
the CIO membership, with annual’
incomes between $1,000 and $2,000.
Here exists a vast market for low-
cost housing that is a challenge to
industry. Why doesn’t it accept the
challenge?
The C1O Contribution
‘One of the standard alibis for fail.
.~ ure of industry to build homes for
this. overwhelming majovity_of Amer- dentist where after the irritating
icans is that construction costs are
too high. Much is said about high
labor costs and there is considerable
talk of the annual wage as a way out.
Jabor. is only one factor and,:in fact,
a minor, one so far as housing is con-
Construction costs are too oo high” but
cerned. Critics of labor overlook’ the
cold fact that is now admitted: even
by. the backward craft union leaders
of the AFL that labor in the house
building field is almost wholly unox-
ganized.
struction simply does not get the high
hourly rates that the craft unions
ask...
Labor on residential con-
. not dance they found another method
_a very good job of slotting with those
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By A. W. EASTMAN
_ The Section is very sorry to eu
of the illness of Jimmie’? Nixon of
speedy recovery.
We understand that Tom Deveau
of the Assembly Departnient in Bldg.
-lM-left-the= shop Tuesday“ morning,”
April 2nd, for a‘trip to Seattle, Wash-
ington, by plane, on company busi-
ness. Happy landings, Tom!
‘Lhe boys trom Section C who at-.
tended the dance at the Union Hall
Saturday, March 30th, had a very en-
joyable time and although they did
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Oriental and Domestic Rugs
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of entertainment, which resulted in ~ } 1537 Etats: Be Eohenootady, LL ¥. }
rather rueful expressions on some of . ” " — =
their - faces. when they came in on
Monday. -,,
“Eddie’ Bennett thinks that ‘he
will. advise the company to sell, the
big slotter, as he says that he can do
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new. store teeth of his, we. think that—fl:.-g—.. : ee ee
he has been practicing some. Scientific “Brake and Wheel
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have had to listen to the numerous §/279 Ballston Ave. Scotia, N.Y. /f
exploits and adventures of one Frank [oom - : = Sono,
Proxmire all the long winter through,
and while they don’t mind a’ slight
stretching of the truth, some of
Frank’s tales ave... er... well.
"they smell.
Gharles Relyea has had ail his teeth
extracted. Charlie says that he has
not had any teeth pulled in a good
many years. and so when the dentist
stated what ‘seemed to be an exorbi-
tant price for doing the job he did
not use any of his much vaunted col-
lective bargaining arguments upon
him, because when he was a small boy
and had a molar that was offending
him his mother would take him to the
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TO SOMEONE ELSE
“tooth “had been” extracted and his
mother had paid the old deitist the
stipulated price of fifty cents, the
dentist (being’a kind-hearted man)
—would-give.the-money.to.little Charles
and so Charlie thought that the pres-
ent-day dentist would refund at least
half the money because Charlie was
real brave when he got into the chair
but..ah.. well, times have changed
Charlie. "
We wish to express our deepest
sympathy to the:family of our friend
and coworker John Kelly of the tool-
room in Bldg. 16 in his uansamnely
demise,
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Rugs. - Carpets
But the CIO has an even ‘Batter
answer to this phase of construction
costs. It has made a definite contri-
bution to lowér costs and more home
building.
High hourly rates have been elim-
inated in fayor of a lateral wage scale
by the United Construction Workers’
Organizing Committee of the CIO
which is now organizing building
workers in all fields on an industrial
union basis for the first time in con-
“stiuction aidistry” The UCWOC has
also ented the jurisdictional strike
problem and the barriers against.use
of new materials and modern produc. .
tion methos. It has outlawed illegal
combines to keep materials priced
jacked’ap and similar evils long” tol
_ grated by exaft unions."
Maas Market
Purtheriiiore,” “the “CIO jaenibership
offers an ideal mass market for low-
cost housing and CIO unions stand
ready to cooperate with -industry or
government on any feasible. program
of mass. production that would cut
sharply production costs. The CIO
welcomes technical advances in con-
struction because it has a vital inter.
ing ‘and also because it knows the
less costly the houses the more work
there ‘will be for” its construction
workers. “
Thus, the CIO hus taken the lead in
bringing America the housing that it
needs, Now it is up to the material
dealers, the land speculators, the get-
nich-quick operative builders, the
banks and buildingand loan agencies
and other factors in housing, +o
smateh this CIO contribution. Let the
government assume responsibility for
working out a well-rounded program
and then present it in a forthright
manner_to industry with demands for
action.
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----ast-in-low-costs. 2s-consumers-of-hous-——___
What America wants now is action! -
“Broadloom
For. him no more ‘the blazing hearth
shall burn,
Ox busy housewife ply her evening
care;
No children run to lisp’ ‘their sire’s
return,
Or climb his knee the envied kiss
to share.
News of 2nd Shift at
Special.Sale of 9x12 Rugs
Discontinued Patterns
Watch For
APRIL BROADLOOM SALE
Bailey Rug Co., Inc.
-789 STATE STREET
The second shift reports a'100 per § Phone 4-2863 Schenectady ;
cent organization and all paid for Qin ~~ ——————— ——.—
March. Credit goes to.the Shop Com- :
mittee, composed of: ~*
Bill Mastrianni .
. William Klegg-——- ="
GC, Robinson
committeé in the plant, who are al-
ways willing. to. lendhim -a hand if
he needs it, Mike says the shipping
gang is practically all_in now except
B. Sachett
—M.-Lopen
5. Paige.
Mike Phillips, the shop representa.
tive, claims he has the hest shop
“Charlie! and=he says “I: can’ sea
why pay $1.00.” Charlie tried to have .
‘others see it the same way, but ws.
gang is getting wise to Charli.
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