ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
,_ December 10, 1948
| Christmas Program
For 301's Children
Harold Vine, Albany magician,
and Bob Coward of Building 56,
pantomime entertainer, will per-
form at the Christmas party for
shildren of Local 801 members Sun- ~
day, Dec, 19, at the union hall.
The program will be: movies
from 1 to 2 p.m.; magic show, 2
to 2:30; dancing and entertainment
by children supervised by’ Belle.
Baxter and Mrs. Dorothy Perlin,
2:30 to 3 p.m.; pantomime act, 3
to 3:30 p.m., and then refreshments
and gifts.
Ice cream, cookies and pop -will
be served the children, and Santa
Claus will distribute gift bags to
them,
Union members can get tickets
for their children from their shop
stewards.. The tickets are free and
must. be. shown. by the children —
when they enter.
Te 0 Perform Magic
HAROLD VINE
UE Strike Victory
At Hoboken Plant
UE strikers at the Thomas Wire
and Spring Company, Hoboken, N.
J., have won a three-week strike.
They obtained a pay raise of 10
cents an hour and other. contract
improvements.
One of their chief grievances had
been a short work week which re-
sulted in pay losses, They won a
gunranteed five-day week.
Getting Voie Count from Election Machine
Jandreau, Hodges
Make Statement
The following statement was giv-
en to the Electrical Union News by
William G. Hodges, vice-president,
and Leo Jandreau, business agent,
both re-elected last week:
“The membership has chosen its
officers for 1949. We who continue
in office have always carried oul
the policies of the union in the in-
terest of the membership, as estab-
lished by the membership. We shall
continue to do so. The constitution
defines our duties. We shall carry
out these duties as always and
shall work to that end with all oth-
er ‘officers, board members, shop
stewards, and members.
“Naturally we regret that sev-
eval of our former assaciates in of-
fice, whom we considered best qual-
ified to carry on, were not re-elect-
ed, But that is just another practi-
cal proof of the strict trade union
democracy which has always gov-~
erned this union.
“In view of the extraordinary
amount of interference in the elec-
tion by the newspapers and all
kinds of other outside forces, and
the expenditure ‘of considerable
money from outside sources, the
re-election of the vice-president, a
shop leader for many years, and of
the business agent, the union's
main executive officer, shows that
the membership continues to sup-
port the collective bargaining poli-
vies which have brought such great
benefits to GE workers.
“This should serve to remind us
that a union is primarily an econ-
umie organization, designed to im-
prove the living conditions of its
members, We must engage in leg-
islative and political activity ‘to
back up our collective bargaining,
but we must continue to fight to
keep the union independent and
not let it become either a political
organization or an appendage of
any political machine.
“In view of the numerous state-
ments in the newspapers in the
past, week about ‘control’ of Local
301 by one group or another, let
us keep in mind that control is in
the membership alone. The consti-
tution provides that ‘all matters
of general importance’ shall be de-
cided directly by the membership.
That always has been true in. the
past. We shall strive to keep it
that way in the future. We believe
the members will fight to keep, it
that way at all times.”
WEAR YOUR UNION BUTTON
Christmas Trees
For 301 Members
UE District 8 has bought
from Elliot ~~ Roosevelt — 500
’ Christmas trees which will be
on sale to Local 801 members at
$1.50 each, starting tomorrow
(Saturday) at 2 Wall St, below
the union hall, The hours will
be 9 a.m. to 5 pam. tomorrow
and Monday and until the trees
are gone.
The trees were planted by the
late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt near Hyde Park in
19388, The entire shipment will
be spruce trees, four to 10 feet
tall and guaranteed not to have
been eut before Dec. 1. ~
Sales will be made strictly on
n “first come, first served” basis
to 801 members.
THE VOICE OF LOCAL 301 - - - - UER &&MWAD - -
Vol: 6 — No. 50
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
Statement from @
Kriss, 7 Others
The following statement was
given to the Electrical Union News
on behalf ‘of eight winning candi-
dates in the local union election:
“We the undersigned, wish to
take this opportunity to thank all
those in Local 301 who have so gen-
evously given their support to us.
We shall not fail in our task of re-
storing within Local 301 free dem-
ocratic trade unionism to the ulti-
mate benefit of each and every un-
ion member, our community and
our nation as a whole.
“We thank you.
--“Frank ©. Kyriss-~ -
“Frank Fiorillo
“John P. Green
“William A. Downs
“Stephen A, Watts
“Ralph Mirando
“Edward A. Luberda
“Stephen E, James.”
An Eye on 1949
Through its thought control pro-
gram the General Electric Com-
pany wants to prevent the UE
from organizing successfully for
its 1949 wage negotiations. The
company has fought UE demands
for wage increases in 1945, 1946,
1947 and 1948. The company hopes
it can fool workers into believing,
‘contrary to the facts, that its prof-
its are small, that good wages and
not exorbitant profits cause high
prices. GE feels if its propaganda
goes over workers will not unite
for higher wages to meet inflation-
ary living costs.
MRETINGS
®
301 Children’s Party
Moved to High School
So many children are coming to
the Local 801 Christmas party
Sunday afternoon that the affair
has outgrown the union hall and
will be at, Mont Pleasant High
School instead.
Shop stewards have handed out
over 2,000 tickets to union mem-
bers for their children, Tickets
are tree, but every. child must
show his ticket at the door.
The. 801.Executive Board. voted
“Monday night to invite all the
youngsters at the Children’s Home”
‘Oo hé the guests of 301 at the
party.
The Board also authorized ad-
vaneing money to the Activities
Gommittee to cover the cost of
the party, with the expectation
that the money will be repaid
from the sale of tickets to the
301 dance tomorrow night,
The doors will be open at 12:30
pm. at the high school Sunday.
Karly arrivals will sing carols
until movies start at L pam. There
will be an entertainment by chil-
dven, under the direction of Belle
Baxter and Mrs. Dorothy Perlin,
from 1:30 to 2 pam, a magic show
hy Harold Vine from 2 to.2:30 and
a pantomime perforniance by Bob
Joward from 2:30 to 38. Then
Santa Claus will distribute gifts
and there will be ice eream and
cookies,
Union Advertisement
The 3801 Executive Board has
voted to place a $25 advertisement
from the union in the yearbook of
the Schenectady Old Time Baseball
Players Association.
Local 301 to Skip
Xmas Week Meeting
The Local 801 Wxecutive
Board voted Monday night to
cancel the December member-
ship meeting which would have
fallen on the ‘Tuesday before
Christmas,
As there is no pressing busi-
ness to be taken up, the Board
members felt a meeting should
not be scheduled for Christmas
weels,
First
Opening
day scene
at the
UE District 3
Christmas
tree sale,
2 Wall St.
The District
has arranged
to sell trees,
planted
by the late
President
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
near his
Hyde Park——
home.
Local 301
members can
buy them at
cost,
$1.50 each,
The store
under the
union hall will
be open again
today and
tomorrow,
from 10 a.m.
to 6 pam. to
sell the trees
that still
remain.
Election Report On Shop Stewards
The first official report. on the
balloting for shop stewards, which
will not be completed throughout
the plant till the end of this week,
shows the following stewards
olected from the following build-
ings:
Building 5—Willis P. Boyden,
William Delos, M. P. Petro and
Zoltan R, Wissley. ‘
Bldg. 10—Albert HE. Davis,
Violet Lyall, Alfred J. Pollak and
Fred A. Randall.
Bldg. 10C—C. R. Mullin, Lawr-
ence Parker, W. A, Ramsey and
Homer A. Roy.
Bldg. 15—James Mangine,
Bldg. 1?7—Andyvew Bufano, Nd-
mund D, Calleo, William A.
Downs, Sidney Friedlander, John
A. Martin,. Edward J. Messitt,
Leo EB. Mullin, Kenneth Sheehan,
Kenneth Sommers and Stephen
Villano.
Bldg. 18—John P. Brauneisen,
Jerry Favata, ‘Andrew Giari and
Stanley Rusezyk.
Bldg. 19—Joseph Oswald.
Bldg. 29—Americo Brunetti, Ar-
thur De Lucia and Ernest J.
Townsend,
Bldg. 87—Edmund I, Kelley.
Bide. 40--Benny Fasula and
Medrie Guyette.
Bldg, 42—Daniel JJ. Bogus,
Lawrence A. Campbell, John J.
Feldman, Lester P. Grethen, M. L,
Milkins, A. J. Nielsen,’ John W.
Rej and Roy V. Sebatfer.
Bldg. 46—-H, E, Barnum, Arthur
Chevalier, Cecil M. Diamond and
Frank Emspak, W. R.’ Germain,
Thomas J.. Horne, Morton F,
Lewis, Irven W, Parks, Frank W.
Ruhl and William J. Sulzer,
Bldg. 49—Casmer Jd. Geglerski?
Raymond D. Flanigan, Fred E.
Genior, Barl H, Groat and William
Spellman, .
Bldg. 62—-Mario Baynato, Harry
Bayliss, James Cognetta, Charles
kK. Doherty, Adolf Korkosz, Charles
Nitsche, Kant H, Smith and Louis =
Strenka.
Bldg. 59—-C, F. Oldorff.
Bldz 6G0—Stanley Borysewiez,
Stewart H. Burns, Herbert Graefe,
Ray Greiner, Steve Jakubec, Wal-
(Continued on Page 8)
Ask Repeal of
Taft-Hartley
Shop stewards this week started
circulating throughout the plant
UE. petitions calling for 100 per
cent repeal of the Taft-Hartley
Law and 100 per cent return to the
Wagner Act. The petitions are
addressed to President Truman
and the Jincoming Eighty-First
ACO TOSS assessed cccceteerctemnanerenyellbeaes
The Executive Board voted
unanimously Monday night to take
part in this national UE campaign
and petitions were distributed the
hext morning.
Workers Glad to Sign
According to reports from all
sections: of the Works, members
are enthusiastie about signing the
petitions and newly. elected shop
stewards are finding their first as-
slgnment an casy one to earry oul
There’s every sign that the drive
will have 100 per cent backing of
the 3801 membership,
The plan is to wind up the cam-
paign as far in advance of Jan, 1
as possible, so that the complete
UE petitions, with hundreds of
thousands of names, can be taken
to Washington when
convenes.
They Don't Believe Boulware
The response of Local 80L mem-
hers to the petition shows that
they haven’t been fooled by the
GE propaganda trying to “sell”
them on the Taft-Hartley Law.
G. E. Vice-President IL. R. Boul-
~ware has been writing “messages”
for months trying to put across
the idea that the Taft-Hartley
Law isn't anti-labor.
UE President Albert J. lity.
gerald predicted recently — that.
practically 100 per cent of the
UE membership throughout. the
nation will sign the petition, par-
ticularly ‘because recent Taft-
Hartley Board rulings and court
decisions “have more fully ex-
~the_Tatt-Hartley Law's evil
nature.” }
JON CESS
301 Basketball Victory
‘The 801 men’s basketball team
beat the Katz team 52 to 46 at
Oneida High School Dec. 8
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Business
FALLS OFF
Congressman Proposes That GE Run
Marshall Plan; GE Chairman Willing
At a Congressional hearing on the Marshall Plan this year, Repre-
sentative John M. Vorys, Ohio Republican, suggested that the plan be
administered hy a group “as near as we could come to the board of
directors of GH.”
GE Pay Day Case
in Court Tomorrow
The hearing on the GI pay day
case will be at 9 am. tomorrow
(Saturday) in Schenectady Police
Court. .Memhers of the 301 Execu-
tive Board plan to attend the ses-
sion which is open to the public.
The company pleaded not guilty
Dec. 3 to a charge of violating the
state labor law by postponing pay-
ing workers from Friday to Mon-
day. ‘The information was signed
by live workers in Building 73. The
State Department of Labor has in-
formed 301 that in its opinion the
union is correct, in calling the pay
day shilt a law violation,
WEAR YOUR UNION BUTTON
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Workers of America, CIO
Scnenzorapy GE Loca 301
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Clayton Pudney
Victor Pasche
ted to Gongress.
Must Press Fight
To Kill T-H Law
Bruee Waybur, UE Washington
representative, has warned UI lo-
cals against sitting back and wait-
ing for the new Cotigreéss to repeal
the Taft-Hartley law and carry out
other campaign promises.
“We must remember that per-
formance does not automatically
follow political promises,” He said.
“A united, vigorous and persist-
ent drive by the people will be nec-
essary to obtain the results that
they want,
“The people are looking for re-
peal of the Taft-Hartley Act and
re-enactment of the Wayner Act.
They expect real action on price
control, housing, taxes and many
other such matters.”
Waybur pointed out that some
of the important. Congressional
committees, especially in the Se
ate, will probably be headed bh
men whose records aren’t encourag-
ing.
_ Dreaming of a Taft-Hartley Christmas?
The suggestion came after Vorys
questioned Philip D. Reed, chair-
man of the Board of GE, He prais-
ed the GE set-up so highly that the
chairman of the House Foreign At-
fairs Committee, Representative
aton said:
“LC pot the impression that Mas
Vorys, in the back of his mind, had
the notion that if we could turn
this whole) thing (the Marshall
Plan) over to the board of direct-
ors and the men of General Elee-
tric, that it would be well done.”
Reed suid modestly that Gil was
too busy to take on the responsi-
bility.
But Vorys knew what he wanted
and he said so.
“Why could not Congress set up
a board of directors,” he asked,
“possibly not of the same caliber
but as near it as we could come, ta
the board of :directors of GE, and
have them proceed to puide the ad-
ministration of this thing?”
Reed replied: “Tt could be done.
There is no question about that.”
Representative Vorys was reclec-
Better Luck Next Time
The 801 girls’. basketball team
was defeated for the first time this
Ae
season Monday night by the Com-
miundos,
“Christmas. will be a little late this year, Master Clarence I
fired Santa Claus for refusing to file a ‘Taft-tlarWey affidavit.”
Your father
December !7, 1948
3
$1,513 Awarded
For Hand Injury
For an injury to his-left hand
Apr. 1, Zygmunt Poteralski, assem-
bler in Building 18, has received
a Workmen’s Compensation award
of $1,535 against the General Elec-
tric Company. Because his left ring
and middle fingers were amputated
tu the first joint, he suffered 22%
per cent loss of the hand. Marshall
Perlin, Local 801 attorney, handled
the case.
Other awards obtained through
cases pressed by the union lawyer
were:
$4108 to Gail Litts of Bldp. G6
for a leg injury Aug. 20, 1941.
$257.60 to Domenico Aldi, Bldg.
60 lathe operator, for 20 per cent
loss of the use of his right index
finger Apr, 7.
$32 a week to Anthony Marra,
Bldg. 76, from Sept. 10 to Nov. 1
Chr a back injury suffered Sept. 8,
#32 a week to William Woolcock,
Bldg. 60 tool grinder, from Aug. 3
to Oct. 11 for injuries Auy. 2.
Cords im his wrist and forearm
were cut,
$23.91 a week to Mary Catalano,
Bidg. 73, from Oct. 28 to Dec 2
and for three additional months,
for” a low back sprain sulfered
Jan. 20, L047. ?
$382 to Caroline Franking, Bldg.
286 punch press operator, rom
Nov. 9 to Dee. 7 and for two
maonchs more fora hemi sufered
Aug. 28.
$26.87 a week to dohn Pielsy
kowski, Bldg. 64 furnace worker,
from Oct. 25 to Nov. 28 for a back
injury suffered Jan . 1.
State ClO ‘Convention
The New York State ClO: con-
vention was scheduled to open yes-
terday at Syracuse, Loeal 301 dele-
gates, elected at the November
membership meeting, are William
Stewur't, doseph Saccocio, William
Templeton, Fred Pacelliand Leo
dandreau .
Got Your Ticket?
Today and tomorrow ave your
last chances to help support the
30L children’s Christmas party
by buying a donation ticket from
your shop- steward, The ticket
will entitle you to attend the
301 dance tomorrow night (Sat-
urday) ab 301 hall and puts you
in the running to win a tele-
vision set. You dou’tthave to
attend to win the prize. Pro-
ceeds of the dance will finance
the chikdven’s parey Suaday,
in ea TANT
"OF COURSE BUSTER DRIPP 1S ON
HE BRINGS ME THE PAPERS EVERY DAY.”
3 Sy
MY PAYROLL .
Election Report
On Shop Stewards __
(Continued from Page 1)
ter KE. Neff, George Rifenburg,
Marvin Rumrill, William Stewart
and ‘Teddy T. Wheeler,
Bldg. 63-—-Charles D, Fervis.
Bldg, 64-—Daniel L. Cichy.
Bldg. 67—Michacl FE. Donahue.
Bldy. 6Y—Antoinette R. Daley,
o. M. Halterman, Emmett G.
Paige, Jy, Marie EE. Sweeney and
Joseph Whitbeck.
Bldg, 71-—Frank J. Palmo,
Bldg. . T3—-Stanley’ D. Bradt,
Domenico Gabriele, CG. . Groes-
beck, Witham J. Mastriani, J. C.
Richtmyer, Leland 8. Thomas and
Joseph Thorpe.
Bldg. T7—Joseph Mangino, John
Petrogzi and C. Edward Wetsell.
Hdg 85—Thomas J. Callahan,
Rembrandt J, Coleman and Miles
Moon.
Bld, 89-—Dewey Brashear, Mar-
tin J. Callery, Joseph A. Hils and
Merritt A, Wilcox,
Bldg. 98—Robert Leonard.
Bldg. $7—Edward J. LaBom-
bard. i
Bldg. 107. John) Keeler: and 8.
Matarazzo,
Bldg. 269-——S. Aldhous, Howard
Anthony, Manuel Fernandes, J.
Marakowski, Helen Nichols, J. d.
Niemiee, Frank J, Ragueci, Fred
Schoeffler and ‘Leland F. Sisto.
Bldg, 285—Joseph L. Archam-
beault, Franeis C. Behan, Lorraine
M, Di Cerbo, Frank Du Bois,
Percy ©. Everett, Victor Farina,
David Fiore, Paul J. Landolfo,
Pauline Scott, Sam Seott, L. C.
Shannon, Texar L. Sible, Oscar
Stolze and Ralph Tubelli.
Campbell Ave. Plant — Leon
Chase, Vineent Fayata, Leonard
Hofmeister, Fred S$. Hudson, Carl
Selke, Floyd Thomas and Joseph
Willi,
Campbell Ave. Race Track Bldg.
—-Donald MeWhinnie.
13 Cent Increase
Their new UE contract brought
workers at Charles T. Brandt Com-
pany, Baltimore, Md, a flat raise
of 13 cents an hour, Changes in
classifications resulted in additional
raises for many. Increases for
some workers totaled 21 cents,
List of Inspectors
As a result of a grievance ses-
sion, GR representatives have
promised to give the Fort Wayne,
Ind, UE local a list of all inspect-
ors and testers employed by the
company at Fort Wayne, with their
serviee records,
Seek ‘Separation’ Pay |
in GE Plant Closing
has published as a newspaper ad-
vertisement an appeal to the Gen-
eral Electric Company to give two
weeks’ “separation pay” to the 500
workers losing their jobs because
of the company closing its plant
there,
“Because of the increasing cost
of living’, the “ad” stated, “our
members have been unable to make
any substantial savings. Loss of
jobs at this time of year means
particular hardships because of
fuel to buy, children in school,
Christmas expenses and taxes. Our
merchants and businessmen in
Kokomo will also suffer from our
loss of jobs.”
Pointing to GE’s tremendous
profits, estimated at $700 on each
employee, the local said:
“It seems only fair that the com-
pany help tide over the employees
until they can find other work.”
Clo Longshoremen
Win Strike Victory
The International Longshoremen
and Warehousemen’s Union, CIO,
has won its three-month strike on
the west coast with a smashing vic-
tory over the employers’ associa
tion.
Terms of the settlement include
a pay increase of 15 cents an hour
and improved vacations. But most
important of all is the saving of
the hiring hall, safeguarding mem-
bers against unfairness and graft
in hiring. The shipping companies
had declared they wotld destroy
the hiring hall, with the help of the
Taft-Hartley Law. ”
Employers tried to split the un-
ion membership from the presi-
dent Harry Bridges, and other of-
fieevs by refusing to negotiate with
these leaders. The strikers re-
mained solid, however, and for 85
days not a ship moved on the west
coast,
GE on Profits --
GE says “. .. it’s hard to see
how protits can be considered ‘high’
ho matter what method of compar-
ison is used.”
GEE profits for the first nine
months of 1948 were $84,000,000—
over twice as much as GE’s war-
time profit rate. GIG profits have
inereased 34 per cent in the last
year, while wages have increased:
only 8 pez cent,
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