ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS |
The above picture was taken Business Agent Leo -Jandreau,
at the first meeting of the newly Chief Shop Steward Roy Lash,
installed ‘officers and the Execu-: Acting President Frank Emspak,
tive Board of Local 801. It is Recording Secretary William
this group of people who will be Hodges, Financial Secretary Fay
responsible for steering the des- Marvin, and. Executive Board
tiny of-our Union for the com- ,Member Harold Boynton, *
ing year.
They are:
First row:. Second row: Edw. Bazan,
2 General “Electric Office
to Organize in U U. E.
THE VOICE OF. THE UNITED. ELECTRICAL RAD
(Courtesy Schenectady, Gazette)
Christopher” " Herbeck, Ernest
Bezio, Austin Case, Mrs. Sadie
Tovinelli, Mrs. . Cora .Rogers,
Michael Tedesco, Eugene Le-
Moine, board members.
Top tow: Alex Christison, Harry
Case, T. W. Crowley, Andrew
Peterson, Fred Schoffiler, John
Boyle, .dohn Pollack, Robert
French, William Mastiani, Ray
Flanigan, John P. Brauneisen,
George E. Agius and Jack Mele,
board member's.
Missing- from the picture are
. Board Members, Wm. Kelly and
Chas. Campbell.
UE-CIO Local
~~ Already Pressing
- Political Action
(Continued from page 1)
. curity of all people in the town—
When the Jabor delegates met
‘with: the Mayor, he responded
enthusiastically to the idea_and
Asst. Bus. Agent
“Fun-Za-Poppin”
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Trans. Cutback
Serious For the
Many Members,
The severe cutback which has
taken place in. the Transmitter
Department during the past two“
weeks has affected more than a
thousand people. .Many of the
people effected have been placed
‘on. jobs throughout the plant,
but far too many people; mainly
iffemales, have not received jobs
and are unfortunately. without ©
the ‘weekly income which they
need so badly in view of the
present high. cost of living.
It has been the contention of
organized labor that through
proper planning, serious condi-
tions could be avoided. Fuller
utilization of manufacturing fac-
jlities and stabilizaton of wages.
throughout. the industry which
in turn ‘would provide a constant
jabor supply would make it pos- ~
set the date for this. special:
meeting, ©. ,
‘The meeting took place with
representatives ‘from some 50
organizations and industries in
town, - .
Committees were named at
: ave being studied by a UNITED the meeting including: ‘The Ad-
community :
officials, visory Committee to the Plan-
business groups, churches, labor ning Board,. Rehabilitation of
unions, Red Cross, political or-' Veterans Committee, Personnel
oa >
Survey Committee, Education
. : kate Y . nis: =
ganizations, veterans’ organiza- Committee, World War II Memo-
‘tions, women’s clubs, ete. -
rial Committee, Committee on
Committees have been estab- Finances:and Our Town Commit-
lished of prominent Bloomfield tee, Committee on Private In-
citizens in civic, labor, religious.
dustry, Committee on Cut-Backs
in Employment and Federal
and other types of activity t0 Committee Problems and Com-
study the city’s problems and mittee on Consumers and Price
take.action to solve.them.
It all-began because one Local
of the United Electrical, Radio 2 chairman and at least eight.
and Machine Workers in Bloom-
Questions. r
Each committee is s made up of
people representing various o1-
ganizations. These committees
field decided to take the initia- ye to convene and begin worl
tive.
It was recently faced with the
_.dmmediately.
The UE Locals in Bloomfield
problem of cancellation of war have thus enlisted the coopera-
contracts
Bloomfield tion of the entire population of
Works of the General Electric the city in the solving of their
Co.
The Local’s Political Action
Committee realized that here
vas a problem with ifar-reach-
problems.
A-Community Problem
The people of Bloomfield have
ing implications concerning, not become conscious that problems
, only the unions as such, but in
one way or another the lives of
every citizen in the community
and the nation.
of unemployment, cut-backs,
wage adjustments, housing, are
not problems of industrial work-
ers only. They are problems
which affect the entire com-
“The problems of cutbacks, munity.
the need for stabilizing the econ-
omy_ofourcommunity.and post...
the delegates:
war
planning,”
> And, similarly, the ‘industrial
‘workers of Bloomfield are learn-
were told by Brother McGrath, ing that the welfare of the en-
“are ndt just our problems, They
are the problems of all of the
citizens of Bloomfield.”
Meet the Mayor -
tire community is linked with
the welfare of their Union.
Today's problems, thus,. niust.
be solved by the united action—
political action the CIO ealls it
A delegation was selected to —ol the entire community,
approach Mayor John A. Reed
Thus the people of Bloumtield .
‘and propose the calling of a’ have set about to prepare for
meeting of an enlarged Mayor's victory and a secure and har-
Citizens Advisory Commiites:
monious post-war world.
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Archer Accepted
For Navy Duty
Sanford Archer, assistant to
the business agent of Local 301,
has received and passed his
physical examination and has
been accepted for service in the
United States Navy. He is on
call at ‘any time but in the mean-
time is carrying on at Union
Headquarters assisting Leo Jan-
dveau in handling the grievances
which come in to the Union of-
fices from the shops.
Mr. Avcher went to work in
the local General Electric plant
in 1988 and served for many
years as Watch Engineer at the
Mercury Steam Station, Building
265. In July, 1942, he accepted
a call \from Business Agent Leo
Jandreau and left the employ of
the company to assume the dif-
ficult duties of processing griev-
ances’ before. management, In_
his time spent at Union Head-
quarters, “Sandy”? has won a
host of friends and the admira-
tion of those ‘who have worked
with him and he will be missed
when Uncle Sam calls him to ace
tive service,
Membership Cards
To Be Issued In April
The Bxecutive Board at its
meeting last Thursday passed a
ruling adopting quarterly mem-
bership cards to be given mem-
bers of the local in place of the |
familiar. . membership... books
which have been used. to hold
stamps during previous years.
The cards will be. issued quar-
terly to the members and will
give the same proof of member-
ship as the books but the great
amount of detail work handling
monthly stamps vill be elimi-
nated. It is expected that the
first, cards will be issued follow-
ing the check off for the month
of April.
Ts Outstanding
Comedy Success
. (Continued from page 1)
did a splendid job of organizing .
the talent and directing them
through the weeks of rehearsal.
Also Genevieve Winarski of the . .
Union office staff who handled
the loris share of detail work in
arranging auditions, -rehearsals,
etc., is’ to be complimented for,
her fine work. Of the many acts
and talented artists who took
part, everyone did a splendid job
as there was not a single slow
spot. in the show. If it were pos-
sible to point out any one act
which was outstanding, it would -
be impossible to overlook that.of
little Freddie Jeskie, 4-year-old
son of Bill,.a union member at
Campbell Ave. plant. Freddie,
dressed in Beau Brummel fash-
ion complete with felt hat and.
“cane; stole the hearts of the
crowd with his appearance and
thelr admiration for his fine
singing and enbarbaining ability.
Action Planned
On Wage Demand
(Continued from page 1)
will be urged to take an active
part in the program from which
they will also benefit,
When. the committee which, is’
‘set up in your shop calls: upon.
you for your cooperation in car-
rying this plan forward, please
cooperate to your utmost, Re-
member that an organization of
25,000 people solidly united be-
hind ‘a common cause has the
right to be heard and the
strength to bring favorable aCe
tion on its requests.’
GIVE TO THE RED CROSS
_sible_for_the_companies to ac-
cept and supply more and larger
contracts with the various gov-
ernment procurement agencies...
There should not be a. lack of,
work in an industry so vital to
the successful prosicution of the
war.
See the Committeeman
However, in order to meet the ~
problem at hand, the union urges
all people transferred to other
jobs, to contact the union com-
mitteemen in the department
where they, go’ and have the
‘committeeman see that the vari-
ous clauses in the Union contract
are abided by. Proper job classi-
fication, job rate, and a ‘fair
break in rate are things which
the transferee .is entitled to.
Your committeeman is the per-
"son who cam find out if you are’
receiving all these things to
which you are entitled.
Union Proposal
This cuthack-has already given
an indication: that. the’ Union's °
contract proposal to the company
regarding the plan to ease the
burden on the’worker during the
war to peace transition period
was ‘well justified. There have
been similar cutbacks in various
defense plants throughout the
country and it is reasonable to
expect that théie. will be more
in future as changes in war
needs occur. The Union proposed
to the Company a plan by which
the Company would pay to a
worker laid off for lack of work,
a sum amounting to the ditifer-
_.. enee between. the Unemployment
Insurance benefits and the work-
en's average earnings in the
shop for a.period of 6 months.
, Altliough ‘the Company did not
agree to this, they did agree in
principle that some sort of-plan
established now for the purpose
of preventing the sudden and
severe financial blow suffered by
workers when laid off would ease
cdnditions and prevent a serious
depression during the transition
‘Wage Committee
‘Meet Scheduled
Wed., April 19th
The Wage Adjustment. Com-
‘mittee announces that there will
be an important meeting of all
‘people interested in. their vital
-program Wednesday evening, .
April 19th. It will be held at the
CIO Hall at 7:30 P. M. ‘following
the ‘Capital District. Industrial ~
Union Coincil meeting and
Council President C. ‘L Patrick
will preside. ~
Committees: Set Up.
The Wage Adjustment Com-
mittee has held several meetings
and set up committees which
wil). function throughout | the
drive. Arthur Baillargeon was.
elected chairman of the group..
The executive committee elected
is made up of the following peo-
ple: Jane Starko, Brothers Boyle,
“Craig, Pacelli, Sorenson, Bufano
10. & MACHINE WORKERS. OF AMERICA: —LOCAL 301 €I0--
Fanious N. UY. C. Labor Leader to
Speak at the Political Action Rally
For the Capital District Council-CIO-
C. L. Patrick, President of the Capital District Industrial Union
Council has announced that«Michael Quill, President of the Trans-
port Workers Union and an outstanding progi'essive New YorleCity
Councilman ‘will be the principal speaker for a Political Action Rally
‘to be held at the CIO hall on Sunday, April 16th at 2:00 P. M.~
Mrs. Sadie lovinella
Is Asst. to Bus. Agft.
In line with the local leader-
ship’s-program of enlarging. the
grievance machinery and make
possible the quickest. possible
settlement of grievances, the
Executive Board has appointed
Mrs, Sadie Iovinella, Bldg. 46
Executive. Board member-at-
large, as assistant to the busi-
ness agent. Mrs. Iovinella’s ap-
‘pointment is of a. temporary na-
ture pending action by the mem-
—and: Cardinal. The-publicity-com-
mittee elected is Austin Case,
= aganeli and Prof, Joseph Rot-
unda.
The meeting will be attended ©
by representatives from many
union locals in the Capital Dis-
trict and be of great importance
as it will bring about concerted
and unified action on the ware
and economic stabilization pro-
gram throughout this area. All
se ee of Local 301 are urged
to attend and becoiiie active in
this broad program which event-
ually will involve and_ benefit
every person in the community.
period back to peacetime produc- —
tion. The Company: is making a-
study of this problem and the
Union intends to attempt to
negotiate the most favorable
solution possible.
‘berstiip and was made do to the
extremely large number of griev-
ances coming from the shops.
Mrs. Tovinella has long been
one of the outstanding and most
active women in the local labor
(Continued on Page 4)
‘Members will
Elect April 23rd
It has been announced that a
special membership meeting ‘will
sbe held at CIO ‘Hall, Sunday,
‘April 23) at 2:80 P. M. One of.
the orders of business will be
the election to fill vacancies
created by the resignation of
the treasurer. and a trustee at
the Unity meeting held some
tinie ago. It is urged that. all
members who can possibly at-
tend do ‘so.
April Is "Blood Donor” Month
With An All-Out Drive Planned :
The month of April has been
set, aside as Local 301 Blood
{Donor Month and it is hoped
that union members will respond
by contributing a pint of blood
as soon.as it is possible for them
to do so. Many rallys are planned
to be held during lunch periods
in the shops and each building is
urged to make arrangements so
that they can be accommodated
at the Red Cross Blood Bank in
‘groups so that.a steady flow of
‘the precious plasma can go to.
the boys in the armed ‘forces.
The value of plasma has been
told many times over the radio
and through the press and also
the vital need of it én much
larger quantities in view of the
promised invasion of continental
Europe is an established fact.
The gecord which Local 801 set
in 1948 through its efifort in
support of the blood plasma
‘drive is one of which we can all
be proud. It is now up to us to
do much better to meet the
greater need. Your blood may |
bring back yout loved one if you
decide right now to give.
‘An example of what can be
done is the record made by the
sheet metal department of Bldg.
783A. On April 1, for the second
time in-8 weeks, 27 of the 28
people in the group donated their
blood at the center. These people
have. set..an..-enviable... record
which .the entire plant should
try to duplicate.
Arrangements for your ap-
pointment can be made by call-
ing Union headquarters, phone
38-1886. Our committee which is
headed by Edward Bazan in-
cludes President Frank Emspak
and Pat-Vottis and will see that
you will have an opportunity to
donate at the earliest date pos-
sible,
® Also on the program will be
talks by other outstanding labor
_ leaders including Frieda Sch-
wenknieyer, business agent of
the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers local of Troy. Eugene
Zimmerman, Asséeniblyman from
Troy will be present and the
Rev. Glayton Powell, famous °
Negro publisher and former New
York City Councilman may be
present if his schedule will per-
mit him to come to Schenectady.
Mr. Patrick stated that this
—vally-is—to-be-one-of w series of
rallies to be held in, the Capital
*. District Area. The meeting of
_the!1L6th will be the opening: drive.
by the Council to forward the
Political Action program of the
CIO for the coming 1944 election.
My. Patrick's statement in full
reads as follows: ©
“It is very gratifying for me
tov be able to announce that
Michael Quill, President of the
Transport Workers Union and an
outstanding .progressive New
York City Councilman: will ad-
dress a political action rally to
be held at the CIO Hall, Sunday,
April 16th, at 2:00-P. M. under
the auspices of the Capital Dis-
trict Industrial Uniorl Council.
It is very. appropriate that Mr.
Quill be here to address the rally
for he symbolizes’an example of
what ean be done by organized
“~labor, progressives and liberals
to. carry forward-a program: of :'
political action. Mr. Quill ran for
New York City Council from the
Borough of the Bronx without
the endorsement of any political
party, but progressive labor in
that city was determined that
‘Quill was going into the Council.
Rank and file workers from all
sections of the city went up to:
the Bronx and did such a tre-
mendous job of ringing doorbells
and talking to every citizen, that
Mr. Quill was elected by one of
phe largest votes every reecived
by a Councilman in the city of
New York,
“Twant ta, take this opportun-
ity to urge everyone to attend
this ‘rally. and hear trom Mr.
Quill just what can be done by
organized labor in the political
action field. Plans have been
made to have’ a ‘series “of such”
Political Action Rallies in the
Capital District area through-
out the coming months. An-
nouncements and dates of the
future rallies «will be made ag
* goon as they are arranged,”
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: ‘BLECTRICAL UNION NEWS
ELECTRCAL UNION NEWS
Published by
Untied Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America—Local 301
801 LIBERTY STREET SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
AUSTIN J. CASE, Editor ~ - ~ - - R. FLANIGAN, Co-Editor
Editing Committee a
B. MOWERS
TROY SNIPES
“FRANK BMSPAK
JAYNE STARKO
JACK NELSON .
‘ ‘SID. FRIEDLANDER ©
CHET COOKE
— yD EDITORIAL
What Sy, Our Union?
Often times people are heard to make remarks about the Union.
Many of them are destructive in nature although innocently made.
The Union is a group of people, 120,000 in our immediate case,
banded together for the purpose of bargaining on an equal basis
with the General Electric Co., one of the largest and most powerful
corporations in the world. This is the Union. We also have brothers
and sisters under our same UE banner who are likewise joined |
together to effectively bargain with their respective employers.
The leaders of our Union are the mechanics which make pos-
sible its operation. They are all people who work or have worked in
the shops until called for Union duty. They are people who by their
personal effort and sacrifice and ability have become ‘outstanding
among us and we have designated them to do.a job for us.
This group of leaders have set down with the management of
.the General Electric Company and negotiated a contract which in
reality is an article of concessions recognizing the rights of the
contractual parties. We have had similar contracts since 1987, but
the one negotiated for 1944 is a milestone in recognition of our
rights and problems. It gives each and every one of us as individuals
more recognition than we have ever had before.
, The provisions in the contract give us a definite basis on which
to negotiate our individual probléms and grievances on an. equal
basis with the giant G. E. We as a Union still have to negotiate
these problems as they’ arise each day and the success which we
have depends on the strength, integrity and cooperation we display
as a group.
. It is the duty of the membership to assume equal responsibility
with the leadership in these efforts. If you criticize the Union, you
are criticizing yourself for. you are an integrial part of it, so make
your criticism constructive. Lets be as strong as we expect others
_to be.. Let's look at problems yealisticly and not expect anything
“without plenty of hard. work and sacrifice. Then we, as the Union,
can meet every task confidently and have nothing to fear from any
_ quarter,
Pisce Conbalt .
In presenting labor’s case for revision of the Little Steel
formula, CIO President Philip Murray has emphasized that stabil-
ization of our wartime economy is the chief aim,
“Price control and the current wage demands of cio Unions
are two-parts of the same problem,” he says.
Labor seeks to bring about a stable relationship be-
tween wages and prices, as called for by the Price Control
Act of October, 1942.
To bring this about, wages must -be adjusted to the increased
living costs since that time and prices must be more strictly con-
trolled than in the past,
The people who are really trying to rock the boat are
those who would freeze unbalanced wages and at the same
time weaken present price controls.
" With the present price control law about to expire on June 80,
they are pushing crippling amendments to make price control in-
_ effective after that date.
That is why the CIO has launched its present campaign to
‘strengthen the price control law. You can help by impressing on
your representatives in Congress the necessity for keeping living
costs down, adjusting wages to prices, and thus stabilizing our
economy.
t
\
ings in the achievement of a
stable wartime economy that has
yet faced this congress. On June
30, of this. year, the present em-
EMERGENCY RALLY TO
SAVE PRICE CONTROL
CALLED AT CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON-(FP) —- An
emergency. conference to save
the price control act has been
called to meet April 19-20, by
the Congressional Committee for
the Protection of Consumers.
Headed by Rep. Thomas E,
Scanlon (D. Pa.), the committee.
has held two meetings in sup-
port of fthe subsidy program,
. both winniig enthusiastic back.
; vai church, -
pires. Unless this law is re-en-
acted every price and rent ceil-
ing, all authority for wage
stabilization ‘will become null
with unbridled inflation.”
Scanlan'said that a slogan of
“price control is for the other
. fellow”. is being raised by special
capital seeing: relief and: “Bey
cause of this dangerous predica-
‘ment: of our stabilization pro-
gram on the eve of the mightiest
engagement of our armed ‘forces
“Wwe are calling a conference to
labor, : veteran,
sumer groups.
The call to the emergency
conference, released, Apwil 11,
said in part:
“We have before us one of
tthe most important undertal- April 19 and 20,”
ergency price control law ex-.
and void and we ‘will be faced .
. interest .. groups. .swarming . the .
wsave the price control act on.
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
A. W. Eastman
_ ‘The cooperation of labor and -
“ management which has been re-
sponsible for the _ immense
amounts of war materials manu-
_factured in this country during
the last three years should-prove=-;
a great lesson to the American .
public in general. While this co-
operation has not been coimplete,
so to speak, it still shows what
results might..be.ifthere_were_
a better understanding between
organized labor and Capital.
It is hoped that at least a few.
of the leading industrialists of
this country are beginning to re-
cognize the facts that a demo-
cracy is only as secure as the
‘individual citizens who com-
prise it, and if there is no in-
dividual economic security, there
can be no genuine prosperity for
the nation,
No bona-fide labor organiza-
tion will deny the rights of
capital and management to cer-
tain profits and a decent return
on money invested nor should
capital and management’ deny
labor the wages that will insure
a decent living standard. To de-
cide what is just and what is un-
just we must have organizations
of labor with the most experi-.
enced and highly trained men
available as our bargaining
agents to: meet with organiza-
tions of industry and to do a
mighty good job of old fashioned
hoss-trading.
The hope of the world lies in
the cooperation of men. This
hope of collective bargaining
does not mean communism or’
German fascism or socialism. It
doesn’t mean the red flag, soap
box orators and parlor Bolshev-
ists. The national and tribal
feeling will always exist, and in
that day men wil be as proud of
a starry banner or a tri-color.as.
now, only. instead of filling the
air with six ton bombs and the
sea with sub-marines they will
get together and bargain their
disputes out. No Hitler and
Hirohito. Rather Ben Franklin
and Henry Clay.
April 14,1944"
_ . Legislative _
tt
Committee Report
LET CONGRESS KNOW. __
With members of the House —
and Senate b k after Easter Te-
CeSs, iad! ; gt Wie legisla=
tors: know that it is interested
‘in their votes on the followng
bills
Poll Tax Repeal (HR 7).
~Pagsed-by the-House;-this-bil
is set for Senate actio: p
17, by agreement with Senate
Majority Leader Alben Barkley.
Unionists are increasing their
. messages of support of this bill
to their senators, asking them to
stop a Poll Tax filibuster by in- -
voking the cloture rule and ac-
cepting no amendments.
School Lunches (S 1721
and S 1820)
Almost identical, these bills
provide JU. §&. funds for ‘hot
lunches for school children and
help the war effort by permitt-
ing mothers to remain in war
plants during the day. The House
has killed a similar plan, Labor
is asking Senators to seek early
hearings and passage, and tell-
ing House members to reverse
their action when the bill comes
before them again.
Price Control
Price Control must be renew-
ed by Congress by June 30. This
means the continuation of OPA |
and control of the cost of living.
Unionists are urging renewal of
‘the Price Control] act without
crippling, damaging amend-
ments that would aid price pro-
fiteers.
G I Bill (S 1767)
Bill for rehabilitation of ‘vet-
erans of this war. Provides un-
employment pay and for hospit- =
alization and education of vet-
erans. Passed by Senate, it may
have a hard time in the House
where Rep. John Rankin (D.
Miss) heads Committee on War
‘Veterans Legislation. Urge local
congressmen to vote for the
@ 06.
ee oto would=}
Senate bill without Rankin’s ©
amendments.
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April 14, 1944
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AND WE COMPLAIN
This war has.to be won and
there is only one way to win it.
Prod wh :
Biddle Okays
Political Action
Committee
Sidne: Hill an of ‘the’CIO Poli-
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Production; “quality and hard |
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ARIOALLEULE™ Dept—2
T. Frederick
pnt —yeetnn oe ba.
VOR a WOU CH tO HO Lang ae
orks attention. a iors Atty ¢ Gen. Francis is Biddle and the
name is Preston Harrington. FBI.
Every morning he arrives here:
t.-work_ten-to-fifteen-minutes-—mittee,-conscious “in
“The cIo Political Action Com-
Ben Borgy
> he recent illness.
Our .one and only, Lillian
Demis, has been on the sick list
recently.
erliy.__He+runs—-a—bore-mati
ay eee UNS--&-— SOTre-MBLlic —, ledge" that it was" “acting ¢ accord=
ing to law, had no misgivings
using plug guages and snap
guages. His work is above aver- q
‘concerning the outcome of Mr.
age as far as quality goes, his.
production is advancing with
leaps and bounds. Every one in
the shop likes him. In other
words this. fellow is a hard, con-
scientious worker.
I as a board member hear all
kinds of complaints running
‘from ‘prices, recreation, condi-
tions of work such as poor light-
‘ing, etc. This man’s only com-
plaint is that the working day.
isn’t long enough. This man does |
not go in for sports. His recrea-
tion is the radio, and work he
does with his hands. We people
who complain continually should
think of this man. Because Pres-
ton hasn’t seen the light of day
for 30 years. Yes folks this man
‘is blind, yet he runs a bore-
matic on production,
said. The. probe ‘was based on
. charges ‘by labor-hating Rep. .
Howard W. Smith (D. Va.) that
the CIO committee was violating
the Smith-Connally act. ;
“Bxoneration by Mr. Biddle
and the FBI,” Hillman. said,
“gives the lie to those reaction-
ary and anti-labor elements who
sought to impede the lawful ef-
forts of the CIO Political Action
tion of voters and to place the
issues before the electorate so
that they may participate intelli-
gently in the affairs gt the na-
tion.”
Saved His Life
“Ace in the Hole”
The story of a life-saving “ace
in the hole’ was told here re-
cently when Boatswain's Mate
James Stalker of Albany visited —
the Schenectady Red Cross ‘Blood
Donor Service to see the source
of the plasma which saved his
life on Guadalcanal.
{ When Stalker’s ship was tor-
pedoed off the coast of that em-
battled isle, he and his mates
were forced to the ‘island, but
landed unfortunately. on the
Japanese-held side. With hand .
grenades they held the enemy
off,- and Stalker eventually
woke up in‘an American hospital.
“When I woke up they were
giving it to me,-shot after shot,
seven pints in all, I never expect
ed to come out of it alive and
asked the doctors to send my
‘ying home. But they- told me
they had an ‘ace in the hole’.
That ace was blood plasma.”
Look Behind. You,
Rep. Martin Dies
PORT NECHES, Tex.-(F'P)—
No wonder Rep. Martin Dies (D)
is peeved at tthe CIO.
The same day the polltaxer
hurled accusations at the CIO
Political Action Committee, his
constituents here voted over-
whelmingly in favor of the Oil
Workers Intl. Union (CIO) to
represent them in collective bar-
Production Record
Hens Set War |
Hens are feeling mighty chip-
son of flush production. in the
egg industry, “War Food Ad-
ministration reports. Nearly five
billion dozen eggs were laid by
patriotic American hens in 1943
and more than five billion dozen
will be laid in 1944,
~ This means that more ergs
may be eaten by civilians than
ever before in the nation’s his-
tory, WFA says. With three
eggs out of every four going to
the home front, there ‘will be
enough for everybody to eat 350
eggs in 1944, according to official
estimates. .
“The major problem confront-
is one of using eggs fast enoug
WFA says. So here’s a tip:
Sunnyside up or easy over,
poached, boiled or scrambled, an
egg a day keeps the doctor away.
If the hens can lay ’em, we can
eat ‘em.
Workers Ideas:
In the race toward victory
over fascism, workers produc-
tion suggestions are way up in
tront. War. workers ideas have
saved the War Dept. an estim-
ated $6,809,348, latest tabula-°
tions. of. the Ideas for Victory
program show. In the first five
months of its aes the pro-
Co,
The NURB election indicated .
by a 290 to 9 vote that workers
in, Dies’ district, which includes
Port Neches, Pont Arthur and
Beatumont, are not at all im-
pressed by Dies’ anti-CIO pro-’
pai
totaled $52 945.
In- following issues of the
Electrical Union News, a series
of articles will be run explaining
ifferent features of the new
ontract. Look for them and be-
fcome more fully acquainted with
ally, has under contract every
major refinery, as well as many
production and pipeline units, in
Dies’ district.
BUY WAR BONDS
Biddle’s investigation,” Hillman
Committee to call for registra-
gaining with-the B.-F:-Goodreh-~
nouncements, The CIO, incident-
“really “isn’t as ugiy ast
p
tends to be, he. is just trying to
act like a foreman. ;
Steve Madej took a day off to
‘see his. son off to join Uncle
Sam’s Navy. We wish Frankie
Madej the best of luck and a
speedy return, —
Mike (cold feet) Mone lost
that big smile the other Gays We
wonder why?
Ed. Slovack is selling fishing :
tackle.
A correction trom the last
paper, Ann McKennon was the
lucky one to receive a dozen of
eggs free and not Josephine
Loftus. (So, so sorry).
The new girl in the Dept. is
aon Toman. (How do you
lo
Ken Goodberlett has°a ‘pipe
that is so strong it makes him’
dizzy to smoke it. Al. Rater was”
trying to borrow it the other
Heed to save the price of a keg of
eer,
There’s a new game going on
in the shop. It’s to guess Herm
Smith’s weight within 5 Ibs.,
and win a war bond. I wonder
who started it and would like to
make a guess too.
Bea Wall informs.us she spent
her whole bonus check for a
slack suit to wear to work.
(Very becoming to Bea).
Harriett Nye is all smiles these
days. We wonder if that piece of
ice, is the reason?
We hear Freddie (Jockey)
Baker has made application for
a riding license at Jamacia,
New York.
sk
Building 10A—
Rose Carbone - Caro] Bucholski
Welcome the following girls to
104 Stockroom who are trans-
ferred from Campbell Avenue
fplant. Vivian Drosez, Ruth
Garrison, Frances Colear, Clara
Wilson, Eleanor Jones, Dorothy
Loeper. They will work in SR4.
Sorry to hear that Marion
Waite is in the hospital. She was
operated on.for appendicts. Hope
ishe gets well soon. Josie De~
—-Mereo--was.-rerbainly-:
aww
and happy ‘when she’ found her
a—hrother--Cornomal.—Stenhe
ae ee a SEA
Marco would be home for a ten
day furlough. |
Welcome ‘back ‘Rudy Palmer,
who has been out sick: | since.
Carol Bucholski—is—eertainly
‘doing her bit at the blood donors,
‘Carol has donated blood seven
‘times. :
Joseph Potak who was slightly
injured is getting along fine.
Jennie Feeney of SR4 is leav-
ing us this week to make her _
home in N, Y. C. ‘We sure will
miss her. i
x wR OF
Shop Committeeman—Bldg. 269
Third Shift — Herman Polachek’
“Congratulations to our efficient
.committeeman Salvatore. Sammo
who sponsored @ motion to start
each meeting of Local 301 by
pledging allegiance to the flag
of our country: It passed unan-
imously. ;
“We were pleased to see some
old friends sworn, in as commit-
teemen-in Bldg. 269. They -were
Harl..Copeland, Arthur Orzalli,
and Serafino Tiscione. "~~
Two members of 801 working
on the 8rd shift were married
March 15th. The happy couple
was Frances 0. Daverio and Phil
Rogers. We wish them much
happiness. —
Now that ‘the roads are open
again Agnes O’Brien, the Ticon-
teroga Flash is planning a trip
home, It sure was a long winter
for her.
_The mother of Sal Sammo
passed away recently. Our sin-
cere sympathy to the family.
Your reporter attended the
initial meeting of the Wage Ad-
justment Committee and urges
everyone to support the pro-
gram.
Josephine Lucas has left the
3rd shift for the 1st. Her hus-
band received a honorable! dis-
charge from the Army because
of injuries.
Carmen Agosta (the champ)
was recently appointed leader in
the chemical room. Good luck
Carmen.
The husband of Filomena
Civittello .died on, March 28rd.
Our sympathy: to Mrs. Civitello
and her children.
Give a Pint of Blood Today!
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