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‘Demand for More : 3 i mma
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THE VOICE OF THE: UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO &
MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA—Local 301—CIO .

V2 0 0 ua SCHENECTADY, N. Y. — DECEMBER 9, 1940 |

Pervesannosupenenneagapapnesneervent

on current employment condi-
tions in New York State by Mil-
ton 0. Loysen, Executive Direc-
tor of the Division of Placement
and. Unemployment. Insurance,
State Department of Labor, The
~ demand is attributed to the:fact’
that ‘the national defense. pro- .
gram is swinging into produc-
tion. ; Bae ;
According to the report, out-
standing current developments
*- ave the widespread hiring of old-
er skilled workers, the increased.
employment of young inexperi-
enced workers, the tendency of .
away from some of the smaller
certain large defense production:
” enters to draw skilled workmen
towns, and the beginning of
plant reorganization to subdivide |
jobs and reduce the number of
skilled workers required. A prob-
able future development is a
shortage of foremen and other
minor. supervisors.
The workers in greatest de-
mand are the highly skilled met-
al tradesmen. These include tool

and die maker's, boring mill op-
erators, turret lathe operators,

—-machinists,-cleety welfer

AbaaAae Sp

moulders, and pattern makers..

—-<--According..to_the report, many

highly. skilled worker's’

ing to the large centers and some
smaller plants are increasing
their training and promotion.
plans in order to meet the situ-..
ation.

Most local-offices of the New
. York State Employment: Service

report inciteased job ovdet's as wu
“yesult the: national, ‘defense
program, Several uitices indicate-
close cooperation with local
chambers of commerce and man-
ufacturets associations, particu-
larly in cases in which ‘special
problems arise, such as outside
competition for skilled labor.

. One- employment specification .

“which has been’ relaxed almost
universally throughout the state
is the maximum age limit for
new workers. On'the other hand,
several local offices in large In-
dustrial communities report em-
ployers are reluctant to hire men
of draft age.

All indications, according to
the report, point to increasing
competition for skilled workers
between areas and, among the
individual employers in ‘particu-
jar ‘localities. Efforts are being

_.-made..both_by_local employment

offices and local employer or

ganizations. to reduce competi-
tive raiding. by developing more’
complete informatign as to local,
labor supply without interfering
with defense needs or the oppor-
tunity of employees to -better
their positions. °

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In “West Virginia, HM. Ki
gore (D), supported by the Unit-'

“the nietal trades, “it~ was-an : = asm ti a ee aac ae ie "
" nouriced yesterday. in a report 7 ‘pg £ - em ers ip

-. Seeks to Disrupt Labor

arters

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Register your vote for. .

1Oc an Hour

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sANUSEES RSI CBRBTEISEXESTIOUB:

The G. E. Conference Board

: sas 3 ; The union’s request for 10¢. an hour was unanimously sup-

ait Schenectady ported by all the General Electric Locals. Attending the conference

oEae EACIELE ; were delegates from Schenectady, Lynn, Pittsfield, Evie, Ft, Wayne,
Patten Makers Local, A. F.ofL. Bloomfield, Bridgeport, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Elmira,

, Craft Ua haba a a The union presented the company. with a 28-page brief sup-

ley detous ae: Wleses, 2 Peaea or porting the request.: It‘stated that the electrical industry had a

“Unity in the labor movement!” —but Very high percentage of skilled workers compared ‘to other indus-

all they-do is give lip service. to this. tries, The General Electric, because of its position. as. the largest
question and down aks they do ; : :
everything to split the labor move- |” ‘ie ' : ‘ sa
. trent . = ; tions obtaining the industry ‘as a whole. The brief’ outlined the

OUR RECORD’. ‘ position of the electrical industry as to wages compared with sev- -

aati in the eee of ihe Genesal eral other.major industries.” ° ~ :
Electric Company has such harmony © oo .
existed’ among the employees and : TABLE NO. 1
such good ‘relationship existed be- ~ s 1940 1940 xyey
tween the employees and ‘the Com- ' Weekly" Work-Month*
pany management. ; q : ; Rent
Pattern Makers Seek Disunity - Petroleum Refining -! ae ‘ ri
Does this good employer-employee Rubber Tires & Inner Tubes 37-3066 134.8 1
yelationship mean anything to the a dtomobiles : 32 14 a9 ar
American Federation of Labor top pjast Furnaces, Steel Works, and ~ ' aS
bosses? Does the need for good rela- Rolling’ Mills ei ~ . gdg, i 30.95 166.0
tionship at this time in the midst of 8” pyectrical Machinery, Appliances : ; "
national defense program mean any- - and Supplies a = GB f 30.14 167.4 F
thing to these disrupters of labor Radio, Radio Tubes and Phonogr..- .621 < 23.90 6 ABBA 3
unity? a eo . >” “Survey of Current Business, Oct, 1910, pp, 28, 29.
No, it doesn’t mean a thing. XMan-Hour Statistics for 105 selected industries, Census of Mfgrs. 1937, p_ 5.

They are only interested in split. _ o aed e mee 3
ting the American, Labor movement. _. It shows where the electrical industry yanks fifth. place out of

No Union in G.E. for 20 Years! six comparisons. _
id any AP.ofl. union 2 On the other hand the brief points. out.in a comparative table: -
any employees or aes Poe ate ee "Gos = To Page Twoo” —_ :
in the General Electric plants d (Continued on Page Two) °
_ the ten years previous to 1988, when’
ried to organize our union?-
answer iss NOs
A, F. of L. Did Not Want Us
_ In the fall of 1933 we'went to the
_ AJF.ofL, Trades. Assembly in Sche- ‘ :
nectady and begged them to help us The Company made a survey of community rates covering 238
“a fhe Biche iestaay Ge Qian firms. Approximately 13% of these firms granted general in-
workers do not want a union’— ¢reases. Of these, approximately one-fourth of them were in the

and this gang went back to their ‘ Bridgeport area and have been included in the Bridgeport commun-

card playing. : 5 " : ‘nereases for ee
Now, after we have done the job, ity rate survey, and have resulted in some increases for the Bridge-

___after we have a written contract with port workers.

the Gener Blectrie-Gompany,-after

company in the electrical industry, has been responsible for condi- ,

© for 1Oc an Hour Increase to the Company >

Children's _.
Christmas Party

The Activities Committee of Local
801 ably led by its chairman, Philo-

mena DeSienna of Bldg. 68, is plan-
ning a Children's Christmas Party to

. be held. Monday, December 28rd, at

Union Headquarters at 7:00 P.M.
This Children’s’ Party. is going. to
be the best the Local ever put on.
Every child attending will be given
‘a free toy, candy, and fruit. ~
Belle Baxter is working. hard on a
special. Christmas play, which: will be

presented in the evening on that date, ~

» The Committee is also planning ‘a

“ special visit. tothe. Children’s Home .

on State Street and ‘will ‘present. a
short. play, together: with. presenta-
tion of gifts to the children of the
Home. : Se
_. Free tickets will be available at
Union Héadquarters to shop commit-,
teemen, Tuesday, December 10th.

Dues Collections

Thedues. collections for:the month ~

of November kept pace with the rec-
ord month of October.

Among the dues’collectors who are
keeping their sections on. a hundred
percent basis are th
= John. Trager, Buildin
__Sigmund Klein, Bldg. 10°.”

lid Laing, Bidz.

E. Messitt, Bldg. 9

I, Anibal, Bldg 12

John Neimeie, Bldg,

“EY Bater, Bldg. 12

Joseph Godell, ldg. 12

M, Phillips; Bldg. 12

T. Caulfield, Bldg. 138

M. Tedeseo, Bldg. 17

David: Fisher, Bldg. 28

HH. Hearn, Bldg. 28 '

W. T. Wilkinson, Bldg. 28

A. Cunningham, Bldg. 42

George Fay, Bldg. 42

H. Herbert, Bldg. 42

we have established a good-collective field area, approximat
pa a relationship with the com” ‘This would also be included in the Bloomfield survey for December.
pany have also vouched for this) the The Company claims to have found one large corporation em-

Pattern Makers of America are try- ploying approximately 60,000 employees had made general increases

thie eer bile monkey wrench into iy a number of its plants. The Company stated that all increases
<" By ‘doing. this’they ave definitely “of a. general-nature must: be. indicated, in the community rate
hain; i ‘ * * ere
sabotaging and torpedoing the de- yeys, The Company claimed there was not enough of a general

ange | ion. A : : +. gs
fense Program oF Wenlt'Mean ‘Movement: to increase wages to grant the request at this time, In

By pranting collective bargaining other words, wages in the.G.E. Company will be governed by what

rights to a craft unit in the plant jg paid in the communities.

yoy ate cota ot fipaetntenet The Union has pointed out time and again that the mystery

peeve. ’ surrounding the community survey makes it difficult to accept the |

wernt ahah 8 group didn’t sive plan as a basis of wage payment. The question of comparable work
: ST noe rotioti q] : alot
over some smalt incident, they would /as-always arisen during negotiations. The Management claims we.

claim individual bargaining rights. | must accept their word. ~

ite rie ern Te aintag However, this cannot be accepted as good business by them
rights would mean that they could when dealing with customers.

pull. the switches and ‘call a strike The Bridgeport Plant was affected more directly than any
SE ie at we Degen _other plant so far as being in a community where general increases
Would:have no control over the group, Were granted. Several large concerns in and around. Bridgeport
A’smalt, group of refrigerator granted general wage increases: Naturally, the Bridgeport G.E.
eee A ake Tang @ union of ee workers who are working for ‘a’ much larger company and more
the Winle deoatment “> sound financially, expected to receive similar consideration.
Modern Production Methods However, they will find according to the community rate pol-
. and Crafts icy, some’ selective increases will be given out affecting a small
. With the present modern produc. rercentage of the employees,
tion methods, where cach operation - I as ; employees. _ a ¥ nya
"is dependent upon the next, it means ‘Th delegates to th G.E, Conference Board, after hearing’ the
that one small group can tie up whole company’s position on the increase, realized that the Community

Bee i, this fair to the majority? Rate Survey practically eliminates any possibility of getting a gen-

Hubert Mallia, Bldg. 46

- George Pendlebury, Bldg. 49
Charles Campbell, Bldg. 52.
A, Lenta, Bldg. 53
H Aussicker, Bldg. 57
Ms Barber, ldg. 60

P. Moore, Bldg, 6

Carroll Nye, Bldg, 60.

B, Schermerhorn, Bldg. 60
M. W, Little, Bldg. 60 ..

Nick Marzitello, Bldg. 72
Everett ‘Matthews, Bldg. 84
HE. LeMoine; Bldg 85

H. MacNicoll, Bldg. 85

CG. Selke,.Bldg, 89 :

J. Hammill, Bldg. 227 :
Fred Thelen, Bldg.227 “°°

‘Huge Press Corps

Covers Convention

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Nov, 22—
Clear ‘evidence of the national inter-.
est inthe CIO convention proceed-

ings was:the- record-breaking “dele” =:

gation” of newspaper men present ‘to
cover th-sessions, = |” :
Well over 100 reporters attended,
and they oceupied half a dozen-tables
at the foot of the stage. Veteran la-
bor. leaders. could }eeall no compar: .
able turnout of newspapermen.atany |.
previous labor inéeting, : .
. Papers as. far west as San Pran-
cisco and Seattle sent correspondents

to Atlantie City, while the New York \ ' :

; at . ‘ ee eo as re 7 a ge ine te; | 7 ; 7
_ ed ine’ Workers, (GIO), was 100 percent Union for [Oc an Hr. Increase
~ elected senator ‘while wen. A. ov. — Fee “ a Is it fair to the majority to have an eral wage increase, Delegates to the Contract Negotiations in Jan- correspondent of the London News:

Neely (Dy, also supported by. . een ; . : iwi @ majority e a ; : I res} v

the Yan Was aanted wove. : y fuemesiongy Chath otbeial aw gi wary are expected to be instructed by the various locals to take romeaponterin Eee fortum,
, : . : y for ; : : not affect . i pr ose

nor. ney (Continued on Page Four) action on that part of th contract affecting wage policy. _a thousand words a day to his paper,

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» «e+ ELECTRICAL-UNION NEWS...
me eles : Published by:
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS
: — OF AMERICA, LOCAL 301 ‘ .
201 Liberty Street, Schenectady, N. Y:

EDITOR BOARD mee

oe “Seymour Schreiter
Sidney Webb, Secretary
Michael Tedisco }

r*) Fred ‘Matern, Chairman

Editor —- L, JANDREAIT nN

“William .Tumbull ">.
Thomas’ Caulfield’
“Benjamin Geersen
Fred. Schoeffler ©

‘ gituation, with the company itself pointing to labor shortages in

We are now in the midst of a national defense program that
will make our country the strongest nation in the world and will
discourage any attempt to invade our shores on the part of any
foreign nation or group of nations..We are wholeheartedly behind
this program. ed. ;

To make this defense program a success (and we dare not
fail in this).we need a “unity of purpose” among all our people—_

—this-means-industry-and big “bisitiess as welf as labor.
However, we simple working people cannot understand how
this unity of purpose can be achieved when certain greedy indus-
trialists in our country demand unlimited profits for manufacturing
defense products, and insist on holding their employees to barely
subsistence wages. These short-sighted economic royalists, blinded
by their greed, cannot understand that disunity will bring about,
~their-own: downfall. A-nation-cannot. and ‘will not be defended-by--
slaves—and workers receiving low wages are economic slaves.

We had a recent example of this in the case of the Vultee
Aeroplane Manufacturing Company in California, when their em-
ployees struck at the plant, after months of fruitless negotiations
to bring up their minimum of 50 cents an hour. Immediately the
wolf pack—the anti-labor newspapers of our country—including
the Schenectady Union-Star-——took up the cry against the strikers,
calling them. Communists and Fifth Columnists, g

For months the United States government couldi’t let out con-

. tracts on defense armament and aeroplanes until good fat profits
‘ were guaranteed these ultra-patriotic industrialists Are these the
real patriots of our country? Can we be made to believe.that these
industrialists put the defense of our country above their individual
profits? These industrialists must-have a-cash incentive to defend
their country! ; ;
. We, the working people of these United States, are the true
patriots and defenders of our country; and we demand a decent
American standard of living.
Working people with a high standard of living have a stake to
defend, but people with a low standard of living have no stake to
defend. : -

Industry and big business in our awn country, including the
newspapers, must take a more fair attitude towards labor if we
are to achieve that unity of purpose we need to properly defend our
nation and all for which it stands. ;

' Hour Increase

"More per_wage-dollar, making higher-profits-for the company.

Sih, 1940

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ELECTRICAL

December

reached $47,855,416 as against $49,395,897 for the record-year 1929.
“Cash Dividends Paid: The company has outstariding 28,792,664
shares. of common stock. On this it paid in 1940:
” April 25 \a5e
July 25 35e°

October 25 35c oe
“December 20 °° * BOE ee

oo < —— $1.85
In 1939 it paid-as follows:

- April 25—-—-
July 25 oy
-Ostober 25
December 20

Present Case foi

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“TABLE NO.2.

: : ; Per cent that ‘Salaries ‘ a
: : i , Wage Make up of Total Wages
: . Rato*, and Salarics
Electrical Mach., App. and’ Supplies. 69.9 212
Radio, Radio Tubes and Phonographs.... 58:2" 25.1
Rubber Tires and Inner Tubes_.____.____ 94.5 20,7.
Steel Works and Rolling Mill- Products
! tei torezcles : ;
Petrole ning ‘i 90.4 «
*Man-Hour ‘Statistics for 105 selected industries, U.S. Census, 1937, pp, 4,5.
that even though low-wages are paid in the electrical industry, this

‘is far from the case with salaries paid to executives. A larger por-
tion of the wage dollar goes for salaries inthe electrical:industry
than in oil, auto, rubber, or steel. 0. 7

SLOW GENERAL INCREASE IN. WAGES

Wage increases won during the last year have come quietly and
were not given much publicity. Even though wages have increased
they have not kept pace with profits. For instance, the U.S. Dept.
“of Commerce reports, while wages and salaries paid out have in-
creased 5% greater in 1939 than 1938, dividends were 15 per cent
higher. The U. S. Department of Labor reports real wages increased
from 1937 to 1939 approximately 5%, while during the same period
output per man-hour increased 10.8%. In other words, despite a
slight upward movement in wages, the workers were producing .. -

7;
ge ee Sh.

» 35e ~
35c
- 85e---

35c

Re

Thus in-the-year-19

stock than in 1939. .
= “Total paid: on” tommon“stockin-the-first-nin
was $30,232,297, against $21,594,498 in the like 1939-period:
The question naturally arises, if in 1940 the company could
" increase the “wages” of its stockholders by paying them 32% more
per share in dividends, why could it not boost the wages of its
_ workers by at least some fraction of the same amount?

General Electric treats its stockholders liberally. .It has not
in recent years at least, followed the policy of appropriating large
amounts out of its profits. towards surplus. On the contrary, in-
_ereased profits are immediately rcflected in larger dividends to

- stockholders. In recent years, the company has been paying out
nearly 100%: of its profits each year in dividends.

Says Barrons: ; ; :

__._ “Since_1930, the General Electric has-paid.out-all-it earned: or-
~~’ more in dividends, there having been no further need for expansion

of reserves. ; ‘ : oe
‘This is shown in the following table of earnings per share and
cash dividends paid per share in the last four years. (The former
is arrived at by dividing the total number of shares outstanding
into the year’s total profits.)

THE G.E. CONTRIBUTIONS TO UPWARD WAGE MOVEMENT
The G.E. does not lead the field in wage increases. It is far
behind some of its competitors. . ;
In pointing out. the wage gains in itemized form won by the
United Electricalin little over a year, amounting to more than
$3,500,000, it was revealed that G.E. contributed very little to the

total sum. In the last three years, the G. E. has appeared to lag
behind and ignore, what has been happening in the electrical. in-

dustry and in other-major manufacturing industries. In the present

“ Percent that Divi-
Cash Dividends dends Paid Are To
“Paid per Share Earnings per Share

$1.40 97%
90 93%

1937 ° 2.21 - 2.20. - 99%

1936 1.52 1.50 98%

The company’s reserves are tremendous so that it does. not
appear to have need for outside financing at this time. Barron’s
- further observes that General Electric Company “now has upwards

of $110,000,000 cash on hand:whick should -be sufficient to cover
all or a major part of expansion expenditures.’ ;

nonths—of 1540," earnings “ber “share--
$1.29; and $1.03, or 85% of this, was paid out in cash dividends,
The additional dividend of 80c announced for December 20th will
appreciably increase this percentage,

It -is-entirely reasonable to ask that these higher profits be
passed on, or in part at least, as higher wages to employees.
Workers should -be permitted to share along with stockholders in
the greater profits. Thus far it appears that G.E. has been passing

Earned
Per Share
$1.43

96

1939
1938

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certain skilled trades, and failing to advance with the rest of the
industry is not to the best interest of the company or its employees,

INCREASED ORDERS .
The company’s orders are such ‘as to indicate that production
will be high during the coming period. Orders received in the first
i 0..totaled. $397,810,151,-apningt $248, 581,851 im...
d, an increase of nearly 50%. ses
Reliable sources commented, “Bookings in the first nine months
topped the total for any previous full yeay in the company’s history
with the exception: of-1929, when the year’s orders. amounted to
$445,802,519, The company expects turbine orders alone to run over
$100,000,000 for the full year of 1940.” :

COMPANY PROFITS

Net profits for the first nine months of 1940 were $37,094,776
as-against-$25,022,631 for the sane period of 1939." Sale reased ~
31.6% over the like period of 1939, but profits increased 48 percent.

Dividends per share of common stock in 1940 will be 1.85 as
against 1.40 the year previous, Thus the company continues its
policy of paying all of its profits in the form of dividends, so huge
are its reserves, that it feels no necessity of laying aside anything
for contingencies,

It is quite reasonable to ask that the company’s increased pro- __
fits, which come in part from the increased productivity of its

employees of the General Electric Company, we. emphasized ‘the
leading position which the company occupies in the electrical in-
dustry, and the responsibility which the company bears for con-
ditions obtaining throughout the industry. However, a mere quan-
titative discussion of value of product, amount paid out for wages
and dividends, etc.; is not sufficient to show the really commanding
position-which the company occupies: A further discussion: of cer-
tain qualitative factors is called for, notably the influence which
the General Electric Company is able to maintain over other con-
cerns in the electrical industry by virtue of its control of basic
patents.

Eighty-one companies, not including basic affiliates, were men-
tioned in a National Recovery Review Board ‘hearing, as using one
~or-more- General Electric..Company- patents,-and_eight.. companies...
(including Westinghouse) were declared licensed by General Elec-
trie to produce light bulbs—the nine companies combining to pro-
duce 93% of all electric light bulbs made in the United States, The
licenses under which these companies are enabled to avail them-
selves of General Electric patents are, in many cases, vital to the’
continued solvency. of these businesses, providing them. with a
steady and assured source of income. Thus the General Electric
Company is provided with a lever for influenciag prices and wages,
which extends its influence much further than would be possible as
the result of financial control alone. .

Because of the company’s dominant position in the industry,
-which it perpetuates by maintaining an expensive’ research lab-
oratory, thus assuring improvement of old patents before the ex-
piration of seventeen years, it benefits most from any new indus- -
tries which may come into existence in the electrical field. Already
it has profited enormously from having given birth, so to speak, to
two industries—the electrical utility industry, and radio. Other

its
employees, be shared in a greater measure by the employees who
produce them. .

ADEQUATE WAGES

The average annual. earnings of employees of the G.E. Com-
pany have never equaled. the 1935 health and decency budget of
the U.S, Bureau of Labor Statistics, let alone the more civilized.
Heller Committee University of California), budget of $2,198.17
for a family of five.

Prices of many articles of common consumption are going up
and will continue to do so as in previous wars. Moreover, the cost
of the war program. will fall heavily on the low income gioups.
Low pay will reflect itself in worry over budget problems, and
workers will try to better themselves by changing jobs whenever
they think it to their advantage to do so. .

With a high labor turn-over in prospect the G.E. Company will
be obliged in self interest to pay higher than going rates or else
relinquish its traditional position as the manufacturer of finest
quality. electrical apparatus. ; : a

FINANCIAL POSITION OF GENERAL ELECTRIC co.

The company’s net profits per share of common stock were
$1.29 in the first nine months of 1940, against 87e in the like 1939
period. It was only slightly under the $1.37 per share for the first
nine months of the record year 1937. In 1937, operating income

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UNION NEWS -

Here and.

pamemommcamcem By Bernard. Geerson... meer

Among the recent visitors‘in Bldg. employed in the C.F. .weldin

2_was.our_ever-novular_friend_and__on_the.day_shift.

ormer co~ er, Frank Moran, who

was pensioned a short. time ago. °
-Kranle-is_now. enjoving-life by taking ___

things a little more easy. He. looks
fine and feels fine, and it is the hope
of all his past co-workers that he will
enjoy life to the limit for a long time
to come.

The second shift- (Mike Phillips’
group) on C.F.°Assembly are rejoic-
‘ing with their fellow worker, Robert
E. Moran, for not only is Bob a proud
daddy, but he.is the daddy of twins!
The babies arrived in town- November
8th, weighing 6 Ibs. 8 oz., and & lbs,
12'0z., and were named Patricia Ann
and PrisciJla Jean. _ To'the proud
mother and father, the heartiest con-
-gratulations from all Local 801 mem-
bers, _ :

An invitation is’ extendéd to the”
few employees in Bldg. 12. who have
not yet gone the “American Way”’—
that is, by joining our Union. Last
reports are that dues are coming in
very good, with-some of our members
paid up in advance on 1941 months.
Only one. that we know of at this
time who ‘isn’t a member is the ma-'
terial chaser, He feels he doesn’t need
a Union, but he does admit he needs
the ten cents an hour that Local 301.
is trying to get.

About the meanest man we know —
of right now, is the one who bought
eges from his: fellow worker for. a
long time, but now refuses to pay for
them because there weren't any dou-
ble yolks in the eggs. This same indi-
vidual séems to be running in the. ved
with a lot of his fellow workers.

To All’ Who have been inquiring
about the new young lady in our

afeteri

group .

io! ‘Imay_
enever criticize my neighbor until I

cave walked at least a mile in his
“moccasins, a

LOST — A twenty-dollar bill in
Bldg. 12,. Finder please return to
Union Headquarters,

_ A Word Against the Voice of Slander

Certain individuals in Building No.
12 have s vicious habit:of congregat<
ing in the washrooms and slandering.
our Union Officers—they say things’
that they know aré not true, thereby
hurting themselves and the Union, .

~""We" Want it to be understood that
these irresponsible individuala do not
represent thebuilding in this perfidi-
ous scandal mongering, and. we ‘here.
by denounce them as.a disgrace td
our section, and reaffirm our loyalty

. to. the officers of our Union whom
we have elected to office on the basis
of thei personal integrity, -

WE MOURN OUR Loss.

e Employees of the Refrigerator
Department were recently made °
sad by the loss. of their ‘fellow
Local 801 Union member, Henry

| O. King. ; ; : :

. «“Hank” asche-was known to
all his many friends, passed to
his reward on November 17th,
after 9, long illness in Ellis.Hos-
pital. * .

“Hank”,—until--recently--em-

oved_in.. Building 8A, voll
Known throughout ‘the entire
Refrigerator department as a
staunch Union members He had
also been employed in Buildings”
9, 10, 12, and 24, °

~ Deep sympathy is extended to
his wife, Mrs. Dora Bushey King,
from his many friends who wil

me, we all hope. you
will like “your new“work. With her
pleasant smile, it won't take her long
to make a ‘host of friends in the de«
partment, ‘

Latest reports are that Tony Nebo-
Nni who has been on the sick list for
some time and is still confined to his miss him greatly. ;
home, is slowly but surely improving, ‘A ae .
and all his fellow workers i 12 Phnanrene tole tuberin ones
Aine anlar as haaeeee rv bee 3 ea Pers. :

slad-to-hear th them vane was in the Bramanville Ceme-

hope he will soon be wi . :
tae ae : ; . tery. His co-workers in Bldg. 84
A card is displayed on the bulletin sent a floral tribute. .

board thanking the. Local 301°mem-~ .
bers for their kind gift Tony was
industries, or branches of industries, now being born and for which
General Electric holds basic patents, are the following:

(1) Carbaloy: The European war, with its demand for machine
tools, has created a demand for this mixture of metals which pr
duces thie hardest cutting edge known. °° =

(2). Frequency modulation radio: Providing clearer tones, and .
free from static: it will eventually replace existing transmitting
and receiving equipment. .

(3) Television: Convincing demonstration of its practicability
already have been given. Commercial exploitation is a near reality.
(4) Power transmission: Long distance transmission of elec-
tric power by direct current is a coming thirig, but requires expen:
sive equipment at the point of origin and the point of consumption.
This equipment will provide a further source of profits for General
Electric Company. ; .

(5) Turbo-electric. oil engines: This is, in actuality, a steam
electric power plant-on_ wheels. The first of its kind was built for
the Union Pacific Railroad in 1939, ’ ,

(6) Fluorescent lighting: This produces a brighter light at
lower cost. It already is in wide use in commercial establishments,
-but nevertheless. is still in its infancy. neg

QW) Aix conditioning: This is the industry which the U. 8,
Department of Commerce once suggested might lead the country .
out the depression. :

_. All of the above prospects point to increasing business and’
ever greater profits for the company. , :

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~ Your Dollar

By Consumers. Union

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ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS

New Executive Board
of the CIO

ATLANTIC CITY (FP)—The in-
coming executive board of the CIO
follows: 2

George F. 'Addes (attomobile
workers), Mario Arcario’ (barbers),
Lewis A. Berne (architects, engin-
-eers and technicians); Van A. Bitt-
ner (steel workers), Harry Bridges
_-(longsheremen},:~ Thomas’ Fi" Burns’

~ (rubber workers), E. F. Burke (ma-

Bicycles :

tear clear..of. @adwats—when--you:

buy your boy or girl a bicycle, C.U.
advises, Every extra pound.on that
bike must be ‘pushed around. by leg
power. Flashy gadgets may look pret-
ty under the Christmas tree, but the
child. whose parents have put their
money into quality will get more fun
and service from his bike. Get the,
medium grade if you can, C.U. ad-
vises., further. The’ deluxe grade_is
loaded down with odds and ends, the
cheapest grade usually is: not good
quality. The medium-priced brand is
most apt to stick to essentials of good
design and quality=-" —- -

Fifteen makes. of bicycles, nine
makes of velocipedes. are discussed
and rated in C.U.’s article.

Women’s Shorts
Don’t go by size when buying
women’s. shorts, C.U. advises, after
testing 41 brands of. knit shorts.
Measure the shorts with a tape meas-
ure, or hold them up to you to make
sure they will: fit. One. important
point is that the waist should stretch
easily to the wearer’s ,hip measure-
ment, Jos
Get a fine knit, but preferably not
‘a plain knit, C.U. advises..Plain knits
will run up and down, like stockings.
A multiple warp knit will not run at
all. You'can identify a multiple warp
knit by. the ribs-on the back which
run:as cross angles with the ribs on
the front. ° re
The best quality rayon garment
tested by C'U. was Ward’s Cat, No.
846 at 59c plus postage. Next in
line were Briefs, sold by tha J. C.
Penney stores at 49c, then two higher
~priced::garments,-and--fitth-avas--Run-
Resist, sold in Kress stores at 25c.

Blankets

For adequate warmth and durabil-
ity, a blanket ‘should weigh at least
12 ounces per square yard, C.U. ad-
vises members in its November issue.
For a 72x84 blanket this amounts to
about 3% pounds. .

factor to be considered, The quality
of the wool ard the way the blanket
is constructed also influence the.serv-
iee you will get. The thread count
(number of yarns running each way) ;
thickness; tensile strength (resistance
to pulling); ‘resistance to abrasion;
shrinkage and washability all affect
the value, and C,.U. covered these
points in its tests: of 11 wool blankets,

in-which it found sone “outstanding”

buys.

If you buy blankets without bene-
fit of test ratings, be sure to check
on four important points, First, actu-
ally measure the blanket. Wool prices
are going up and there may be some
tendency towards deception. Next,
weigh the blanket - calculate wheth-
er it weighs at least 12. ounces per

_—-square- yard. Then=2ub™thé- nap -be---

tween your palms, and also~ pull
lightly at the nap. If it nubs up into
balls or’ comes loose, the blanket is
not well constructed. Last, hold, up
the blanket to the light. Light spots
indicate a sleazy weave,

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Union-Made Blankets

The following manufacturers of
blankets (wool and part-wool) tested
by C.U. have union contracts, reports
the Textile "Workers Union (CIO):
North Star; American Woolen Co.

(some plants); Portland Woolen Mills ©

Ine.; Marshall-Field; Popperell. The

following are reported by the TWU -

ag nonunion: St. Mary's; F. C, Huyck
& Sons (Kenwood); Shuler & Ben-
ninghofen (Mariposa); Chatham; Is-
-mond Mills; Leaksville Woolen Mills
(Cannon)

Of.-course,_weight_is_not_the_only__pointed-hy_Kennedy.___._

rine.eooks), Joseph_D. Cannon (dis-
tillery workers), C. W Deal (inland
boatmen), Irving De Shelter (glass
worker's) ; iu! ax (electrical
tadio“workers), Anthony H. &
posito (playthings and novelty work-
ers), Abram Flaxer (statu, county
and municipal workers), Ben “Gold
(fur and leather workers), Jess Gon-
zalez (mine, mill and smelter work-
ers), John Green. (shipyard workers),
Allan §. Haywood (utility workers),
: Donald Henderson (agriculture work-
“ers) ,S. J. Hogan (mariné engineers),

‘alius Ems

-J.F, Jurich (fishermen), Arthur’ -

Kampfert (packinghouse workers),
. Milton. Kaufman: (newspaper ' work-
ers), Thomas Kennedy (mine? work-
ers), O. A. Knight (oil workers),
John C. Lawson (quarry -workers), ”
A. D. Lewis (construction workers),
Frank MeGrath (shoe workers), Lew-
is (construction workers), ..PY

is Merrill. (office workers), Morris
“Muster (furniture workers), Freder-
ick Myes (seamen), Eleanor Nelson
(federal workers), Grant Oakes
(farm equipment workers), 0. M,
Orton (timber workers), George C. .
Peacock (diecasters), J. S Potofsky .
(clothing workers), Michael J. Quill
(transport workers), Joseph P. Selly
(communications workers), William
Smith (textile workers), Ward Wal-
cott (optical workers), Samuel Wol
chok (retail clerks) and N. A, Zonar.
ich (aluminum workers).

New Conventions Will
Settle N. Y. and Wash-
ington State.Scraps

(By Federated Prens)
ATLANTIC CITY (FP)—Splits in
the New York. and Washington state

councils were averted with agreement
by all parties concerned on the ap-

--pointment—of-committees—to-—handle

tho-affairs of the two_bodies.
Pending a new convention, the New
York council will be run by a three-
man committee including Secretary--
Treasurer Thomas Kennedy of the
United Mine Workers, President Gus-
tave Strebel of the New York State
council and Hugh Thompson, upstate
New York regional director. The con-
vention will be supervised by a three-
man credentials committee to be ap-

The affairs of the Washington In-
dustrial Union Council will be run by
John C. Lewis of the UMW until a
chew convention can be called, Lewis
supersedes a six-man committee ap-
pointed in October by the CIO exec-
utive board. -

‘The appointments came after ex-
tensive hearings before a three-man
committee in which both sides of each _
dispute were presented. The commit-
tee included President Reid Robinson
of the International Union of Mine
Mill and Smelter Workers, Chairman
Philip Murray of the Steel Workers
Organizing Committee, and;. Secre-
tary-Treasurer George Addes of the
United Automobile Workers

_Junior-CloO Delegates’ —

At Sessions

(Union News Service)

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov .22—

Junior CIO members were present in
abundance at the convention.
. Heading the delegration of up-to-
two-year-olds was. James B.. Carey,
Jy., son of the CIO Secretary. Others
also ‘present but not voting were jun-
jor members of the families of Pres.
Mervyn Rathborne of the American:
Communications Ass’n; Pres. Michael
Quill of the Transport Workers
Union; and Seeretary-Treasurer Da-
vid McDonald of the Steel Workers
Organizing Committee. ,

Only person to be escorted from
the hall under-protest was an uniden-
tifled member of the younger set, who
unsuccessfully heckled during. one of
the most important of the convention
speeches.

December th, 1940

» United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
of America — Local 301.

_ GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Tuesday, December 10th, 1940 ©

7:30 P.M.

_ AT CLO, HEADQUARTERS
CornerErie Blyd. and Liberty Street

Regular Order of Business — Reports of Officers
, —-Executive Board, Local 301 .. -

All Shift Workers Membership Meeting
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 — 1:30 P.M.

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Taking Effect January 1, 1941.

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All members over ‘three months in arrears in their dues after
Jonuary Ist, 1941, shall pay all back dues, PLUS $5.00 REIN-

STATEMENT FEE. -

The General Membership Adopted This Rule
, ; NOVEMBER 12TH, 1940

(Signed) S. M. VOTTIS, Financial Secretary

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© Pe 8" Report Pays Tribute___

To Lewis Policies

ATLANTIC OITY, N.d., Nov. 23-—-
“We. pay tribute to our leadei, John
L. Lewis.” With these words, the com-

“mittee on officers’ reports closed its

survey of the CIO based on President

‘Lewis’-report- read to the convention --

delegates.

“Under his constant guidance, our
young organization has in five short
years. blanketed our nation with pow-
erful organizations that are the best
safeguards not only of the workers’
wages and working conditions, but of
the very democracy of these United

“States Whit We are so” deter
to maintain and defend,” the conclu-
sion states,

“Without exception during those
years, again and again the full weight
of his personal ‘prestige and his or-
ganizational assistance has been

“thrown behind our affiliated organi=

zationss in their times of crisis. |

“Your committee feels humble in
its inability adequately ‘to express to
this man its full measure of ‘respect,
loyalty and support... We are proud to
have worked shoulder to shoulder
with him in building.this-glorious. ov-
ganization, We are contident that he
will continue to work with us for the
welfare of the men and women of
this nation, his understanding and
courage. ,

“We pay tribute to our leader,
John L, Lewis.”

SEEKS TO DISRUPT LABOR..UNITY

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“screwdriver operators’ or the sand-
paperers, and throw whole sections
out of work with whole sections not
lmowing WHA it’s all about~-and not
even being consulted. 3

What We Have Done for Crafts

and Pattern Makers’

During the. past. four.-years, Local
801 has successfully bargained forall”
crafts. in the plant, We have also
bargained for. the Pattern Makers
Union — they have enjoyed all the
benefits won by the efforts of Local
801. We have never asked the Pat.
tern. Makers to pay dues into our
union, They have paid dues into the
Pattern, Makers Union right “along
and we are not asking them to

S-into our Local. We are.
ready. to bargain for them—as we
have for the Steamfitters and Plumb-
ers, who are affiliated with the AI.
of L. and pay dues ‘to the A.P.L

Pattern Makers. Want Trouble

The Pattern Makers, however, are
not satisfied—they do not seck col-
lective. bargaining. All they. want is

disunity among the G.E, -workers-~

Seventy-five pattern makers seek to
destroy. the unity of thousands of
G.E. workers, , '
One for All and All for One...
The cry of the G.I. workers during
the past 40 years has been one union

“in the plant, The G.@. woukers have

this one union now—Local 301. Much
hard work and sacrifice was expended
in building this magnificont anion —
and we. are going to fight io, the bit-
ter end not to have it broken up—
by an irresponsible gang of Ag F.-
of L. top officials,

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