Electrical Union News, 1945 August 11

RICAL-DMION-NEWS-

Vagner Act, C arnerstoue

if Democracy, ‘Endangered |"

fing the next five years? ®

Who can. doubt’ that such an an-
Mouncement would rile the blood
of every good Union man and
woman? Millions of ordinary peo-
ple, labor and non-labor, farmers,

doctors, lawyers, teachers, and
“many more, would rally to the
defense of. our democratic heri-
tage. The tyrants would fee] the
wrath of a free people.

Of course, it wouldn’t happen
like that. There would be warn-
fng signals, and we would become
aware bit by bit that our democ-
tracy was being undermined, and
ve would do something about it.
When the people know and under-
stand they act.

WAGNER ACT IN DANGER

That is why we must know and
understand that the Wagner La-
por Relations Act, the cornerstone
of. democracy on the job, is in
danger. It is being attacked in
Congress by a slick bill-ealled the
Federal Industrial Relations bill,

sponsored by Senators Burton
(R., 0.), Ball (R, Minn.), and

By MILO LATHROP

ma What would the members of our Union do if they were to read in the papers next
“Monday morning ‘that Congress had decided to. call off all elections for public office dur-|_

MILO LATHROP,

Hatch (D., N.M.), The pill ig ‘de-
seribed by Philip Murray, presi-
dent of the CIO, as:

“. , unquestionably the most
bald-faced attempt to destroy la-
bor unions and nullify the basic

Veterans
News

By BOB ANDERSON

The veterans « committee  ac-
complished their biggest job last
week when they convinced the
Navy Department that one of the
Seamen was needed home for the
welfare of his family. The wife
and children were very sick and
needed him to personally care for
them and needed a home with
more chance of sunshine. We con-
tacted all the necessary people
and got affidavits, sent them in to
“Washington and were amply re-

paid by the thanks of the fam- j

ily when our man came home for
good.

Our telephone fund will end
Sept. 1 and the member collecting
the most money will receive a
pen and pencil set donated by
your Vets chairman. I would like
to sce nt least $600 for the worthy
cause. There will be no expenses
to this fund. Every cent collected
will go for the wounded Vets.

Don't forget, we are waiting to
hear of any cases whete we can
-do any good for returned Vets oc
boys .still in service.

On August 1 9 family who lost
their son ‘will- move into a lovely
home which this committee aided
them in séeuring.

“We contacted the real-estate
man. took the mother to see the
house. remained with her in nego
Hlations, obtained her an attorney
who charged a very low fee and
will have the pleasure of knowing
she is set for life, ;

Any other union member. who
wants the pleasure of keeping
_.. Shis worthy cause? We need you.

| iisurance

: Fart
Harold

Join C10 Union

~ Dodal’ 70 “announces thet the
John Hancock Insurance Co
agents of Schenectady, Saratoga,
Amsterdam and Gloversville have
joined the local, Also, several
Prudential men have recently
joined,

The joining of hands by these
men. with all the rest of the CIO
organization like UE Local 3801
will be mutually beneficial to all
like ourselves who seek a better
and more successful life through
group action. ,

Those who have recently joined
are as follows: Schenectady,
Prudential: William Fechner,
Robert W. Staley, Harold Sutter,
Edwin A. Washburn, John Y¥.
Wilkie and James H. Wright.

Schenectady and Saratoga John
Hancock agents: Samuel Gerling,
Stanislaus Belniak, Herman
Pribis,. Charles Rowe, Mary Lea-
vitt, M. Margaret Minersagen,
Joseph Monaco, Robert Kirkman,
Earl Strueby, Frank Coloby, Ray-
mond LaRoe, George Kohn,
Dorothe’ Lansing, Salvan Ross,
Pasquale: Carrese, Thomas © Me-
Guire, - Robert Wilson, John
August, George Powles, Joseph
Foley, Antonio DiCerbo, Joseph
Bologna, Philip Steele, Joseph
Hannah, John Robinson, Harold
Sager, Harold Royer, Ruth Bobo-
wiee, Francis X. Bootier, Agnes
O'Connell.

Amsterdam. and Gloversville
John Haneock agents: Patrick J.
Compani, Harold Meyers, Charles
Wright, Frederick Webb, Edmund
Wileox, William P.  Hal'oran,
Roland Graydon, Stanley Batty.

, Albert’ Scheible, Joseph P. Hand.

Angelo’ Califano. Ralph ¥aleo,
TLouls Fasolino, Toulse Vosburg,
Califano, Clement Clulik,
Farl. John DeStefano,
Toseph O'Neil, Langdon- Cross,
Walter Groat, Mafalda Ales-
aandrinf, Vernon P. Vrooman.

fen

-| propaganda are the hard heads

constitutional rights of workers
which only after years of struggle
have finally been recognized,”
On July 5, the Wagner Act was
10 years’ old. In order to under-
atand what we are in danger of
losing we have only to review
some of the democratic gains
made under the Act during these
past 10 years. Here are a few
samples: ‘

More than 24,000 elections were
held, with six million out of the
seven million workers~ entitled: to
vote actually voting. °

eMore than 2,000 company unions’
were disbanded.

About 300,000 fired
were reinstated.

More than 80,000 workers have
received almost
back pay.

That’s the kind of democracy
which is worth fighting for, which
we have been fighting for and for
which we must continue to fight.

The Bali-Burton-Hatch bill fs
dangerous beeause its . sponsors
have succeeded in surrounding {+
with such fine phrases as “in-
dustrial harmony,” “fair - play,”

workers

$9,000,000 in

Austin J. Case, Editor «>
Electrical Union- News :
Schenectady, N. Y.

Dear Bro, Case:

The part Local 301 is playing in the life of the city of
Schenectady. is particularly important today when we realize that
the great problems facing our union are community problems, as

well as union problems,

As we prepare to solve such prob-
lems as those resulting from -cute

backs, the supplying of jobs for
turning war veterans as well os
workers, raising wage
keeping prices under contro], we

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war
standards,

are

going to find ourselves working, more
and more in cooperation with the peo-
ple of our community generally.

The people of our community

are

realizing that their welfare is con-
necled intimately: with the program

our Union ‘is - supporting.
It is in this spirit of unity of

all ea

people who are honestly concerned
with the public welfare that, 1 am sure, Local 301 will give full

support to various worthy community campaigns which are earried

on such as that for Allied Relief,
Unity is helping us win the

USO, ete.
final round in the war against

the enemy. Unity, around the UE program will also help us win,

the next round which is for jobs and security.
ALBERT J, FIT ZGERALD,

G

eneral President, UER & MWA.

Services Offered By

ete, But behind the words and the

and cold hearts of the National
Association of Manufacturers, of
the gentlemen. who dream of re-
tariing. to the old days when a
worker was only a worker and a
boss was really a BOSS, |
DEVILISH BREW

The bill is doubly dangerous be-
cause its senatorial sponsors,
Senators Ball, Burton and Hatch,
have a liberal reputation and are
in a position to do much more
damage than could be done by
sponsors known for their anti-
labor bias,

And, finally, as you have read
in past issues. of the EU NEWS,
the bill is-a devilish brew of
waiting periods, cooling off pe-
riods, compulsory arbitration,
regulations, definitions, “states
rights," unclear terms, new. terms.
All of which are intended to keep
your case crulsing in the courts
until you are too old and tired
to follow it,

What to do? Write, wire, tele-
phone, visit your Congressman
and your two Senators telling.
them that the defeat of the Ball.
Burton-Hateh
death matter for our democracy
and that you expect them to be

unusually active in opposing and
exposing it,

Local 70 Elects

At a apecially called , meeting
presided over by Robert Curtis
Bornholz, Field Representative of

the National UOPWA, the follow. |

ing were elected ag officers and
members of the executive board
of. that organization: Genevieve
Winarski, -president; Edmund “Wil-

cox, vice-president; Erlene Me-
Gann, treasurer; and Roland
Graydon, John DeStefano, Joseph
Monoco, George Powless and
Harold Royer, members of the

board,

bill is a life-and- |°

‘flciilt for them to plan’ satisfac#

Chest-Agenci

ies Outlined

(The following article is eapectally prepared for the Electr ical
Union News by the Catholic Charttics and the Family Service Bureau.)

Among the agencies supported by our Community 7

Chest are The Catholic Charities and The Family Service”

Bureau which are organized to help the people of our com-

munity with all kinds of family ©
and personal problems. Anyone
wanting help with such problems
can have a confidential interview
with a trained and experienced
worker,

Our workers fave found that
many people are faced with finan:
cial trouble even in these pros-
perous times. Such people are
mainly servicemen’s families liv-
ing on allotments,
workers who have failed to re-
eelve wage adjustments, and
others, who in spite of a higher
income are today, unable to
maintain their standard of living.

Many factors in today’s living
tend to create health problems
which cause disruption in family
life, as well as loss of time from
work. Knowing the community
resources we uro able to advise
them of these while discussing
other factors which may have
contributed to their illness.
Frequently many of these prob-
lems are complicated by domestic
difficulties or behavior problems
within the family. In such in-
stances through our confidential
interviews we explore with the
individual the possible cause of
such disagreement and plan to-
gether whenever possible to keep
the family unit intact.

Elderly people often find them-
selves in situations where they
are bewildered by the fact that
they have to make changes which
are complicated by health or
family problems .making - it dit: |

torily without help. Naturally
these same problems occur in
other age groups and we fre-
quently find thom’ among young
people who are living away from

white collar |.

home. Unmarried mothers are as-

sisted in planning for care of
their babies and working out their
own personal adjustments,

Other services of these two
agencies include help in planning
with working mothers for the care
of their children when day care,
or full time boarding home care,
in homes licensed and supervised
by the agencies, is indicated.
Both agencies have an. extensive
foster home program.

The agencies ave supported by
funds raised in the annual Com-
munity Chest Drive, Mrs. C. Billie
Rogers represents the CIO in the
Family Service Bureau’ B board of
directors.

Anyone wishing to use the serv-
ices of these agencies can call for
an appointment, Catholic Chari-
ties office is located at’ 625 State,
Street, telephone 3-1853 and the
Family Service Bureau is at 240
Union Street, telephone 8-1369.

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- THE VOICE OF THE UNITED ELECTRICAL RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA—LOCAL 301 clo

Vol, I—No. 28° -

August 11, Lid

3c per copy

This One's
On Me...

This is the fourth in a series of
weekly columns which will appear
in the Electrical Union News serv-
ing as a clearing house of ideas,
thought and knowledge of wnion
minds of. many union people. It
will be written by a different per-
son each weelt and the topics will
be varied. Opinions expressed. will
be those of the writer and not
necessarily: that of the editorial
committeeor- the--leadership --of
this union,

By ERNEST BEZIO

. A practice being followed by
most committeemen of Local 301
and many members is robbing the:
business agent's: office of much
valuable time and. tends to cause
an inefficiency which is becoming
serious for every union member
who has a grievance in the process
of negotiation, :
The practice I am referring to
is to call up the union office on the
phone and say “How is my case
coming?”. or “How about John
Doe's’ grievance?” A persoi’s
name ig not enough information
to work with to locate the record
of a particulary case, |
When a person calls up in that
“search”...i9
necessary which causes a tieup
on the limited phone facilities,
thus making tt impossible for an-
other person to enll. It wastes
valuable time of the business
agents and trys the patience of
the caller,
TRACING PROCESS

To trace the record of the
grievance by name alone, it is
first necessary to look througit
the name file, Failing to find is

there, the next step is to look in

the files that contains the record
of grievances submitted by build
ings where the DOCKET NUM-
BER is recorded,

Alter that it is necessary to
loo into the “inactive files,” the
“active files,” and then to the files
which contain the cases that have
to be submitted to Plant Manager
Howell, the file of those submitted
to Vice-President Spicer and
somewhere along the line the
docket is found.

DOCKET NUMBERS
PUBLISHED

When a grievance is received
at union’ headquarters it is’ im-
mediately given a designation o:
“DOCKET NUMBER.” After tha
number is given each case, the
union and company as well, refer
to the docket number when dis
eursing the matter, :

In ench issue of the Electrical
Union News, the grievances pend-
ing settlement are published alony
with the docket number assigned
to them in the first left hand
column.

If ‘everyone would: take this ree.
ord for their own reference: whe
they have n case. in which they
fire Interested and when eatling:
up say, “What’s the latest on
. or whatever the
number may be, it wit] be a con:
paratively simple matter for ¢ha

ass‘stant business agents to trace,

the. number and. sive oe eels
information,

; sound

<

Jandreau

larns E

y

Failure to

Full importance of Wage-.

cep» 300

Aa

Ey Toe.

rogram Endangers All Workers

- Business Agent Leo J andreau today stated that he was concerned by the evident fact that peo-
:ple.in the shop generally do not-realize the great importance of the wage-job program of the UE and the
CIO and how their own future welfare as wage earners hangs on the acceptance or rejection of those

proposals by the Congress

Returns to

Businesy Agent Leo |
Jandreau “returned to his
duties Monday, July 30,

after his six-week leave of
absence, fully refreshed and .
rested, He states that he
“feels the best he has felt in
years” after the first rea} rest
‘from the hard union grind he
has had in years.

Jandreau expressed pleasure
at the manner in which Execu-
tive Board Member Edward

> Walling ford--condueted~his- uffice--
of Business Agent during his
absence with the cooperation of
the Assistant Business Agents
and. the entire office staff. Mr.
Wallingford returned to his
regular duties in “the Turbine
department, building 60, upon
Mr, Jandreau’s return, _

Morgenthau

Plan ‘Gov. Responsibility’

In one of his last letters before leaving his post as
Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau .wrote N.

Y, Senator Robert F. Wagner of his support for the full
employment bill, declaring that hee

is “strongly of the opinion that
government ‘does have a definite
responsibility, together with  in-
dustry, agriculture and labor, for
seeing to it that a sound and proa-
perous economy in this country is
maintained.”

“I could not leave the Treasury
with a sense of having completed
my work without informing you
of my strong support for S, 380.
the’ so-called ‘full employment’
bil,” he wrote Wagner, one of
the sponsors of the measure.

“The fact that you and your
committee plan to some-to grips”
with .the problem of creating -a
economic , structure for
after the war; his letter said,. ‘is
to, me highly encouraging.”

_CALLS FOR SPEED

Calling the acceptance of re-
sponsibility for full employment,
the most important issue, he added
that the bill should be acted. 91
by Congress “with all the ‘apeed
that -is possible and consistant.
with. a careful consideration. of its-
-proyisions.” . %

: “Prompt, ‘ginetavent of 's. 380

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fap to Saratoga Hospital and pur

‘to’ -all’ vets and’ their. families,

of the United States. ”

Union Post

LEO JANDREAU

Calls Joh

Veterans’
News

_ By. BOB ANDERSON

Well, here I go again, plugging
the phone fund for wounded vets.
The Activities Committee is going |
to lend a hand. and I know thay
they will do a’ job. In our nex'
issue of the paper we will show.
the standing of our contest. Don't |
forget, 8 pen and pencil set ‘will
be the prize to the individual

bringing in the most money, Bring |

it to the business office.
The Activities Committee went

on bingo games for the vets there
and awarded prizes.

.The requests of vets and their
families for advice and heip are
coming in stendily, We try to: help
every case. We have no waiting
list." ach case is‘handled the day
it comes in.’ This’ service’ is open

Don't. be-afrnid- to ‘call us if you
need: help.-Just call the -union “ot-
fice: 8-1986_-or- my ‘home . 3-0060.

Each of the proposals are so important and essential,
he states, that it is not possible to say we can ‘Bet by with .

one and without the other.

The proposition of providing sufficient jobs which -

would provide for full em-°
ployment was subscribed! to
by all political parties diir-
ing the ;
election’ but Congress has
now gone into summer re-
cess without taking any
steps which would put into

| actuality, a program to make

that" goal possible, Because
of slowing production which
is ‘cutting the work week
from 4 40 hours in many
plants, immediate
tion by President Truman of
a revision of federal wage
policy to permit a 20 per cent
increase in wage rates to re-
store the loss, of overtime
earnings is immediately es-
sential, he says.
_ CEILING OUTDATED
Unless this is done, Jan-
dreau states, a worker who
now receives $50 take home
for a 48 hour week will re-
ceive only about $89 when
he goes back on five days, a
cut which most workers’ fin-
ancial means could not stand.
The working people must,
he says, protest the present
inflexibility of government
policy in maintaining an out-
dated and disastrous ceiling
on wages while Congress ap-
plies elastic rules so gener-
ously in setting commodity
price ceilings.
nificance is the matter of i in-.

last ' presidential.

authoriza:)

Of equal. Sige.

suring full opportunity for
employment for. everyone ;
who wants to work after the .
war, The importance of this’:
issue is highlighted in“
Schenectady where ‘the Gen- '
eral. Electric Company, in
carrying out its present pol-

fiey of de-centralization ig:

moving far more work out. of
Schenectady that indications .

aewaahe

man Full Employment Bill ----

which Congress has left lay
until after its recess is of
utmost importance to every
industrial community.

CALL CONGRESS BACK

In some cities, Jandreau
reports, union workers are
petitioning President Tru-
man to call Congress back in- -
to session for the purpose of
considering the many hills
which are needed to ward off
sure economic upheaval
which will otherwise come
the day Japan surrenders
and all war work ceases.

Schenectady. workers
should join all the others -
throughout the country and
flood President Truman and
Representative Kearney with .
messages urging that this —
nation no longer delay. pro-_
viding for our welfare. at

| home.

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Jayne Starko, Troy Snipes, Blanchard Mowers.
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Schanectady, N. Y.

British Elections

Working men and women all over the country are
elated over the victory of the British Labor Party in the
recent elections. Members of Local 301 have shown much
enthusiasm at the decisive two. to one defeat of the Tory
Party, and some have suggested that we in Schenectady can
learn something from the results,

These results show not a mere “trend to the left,” as
press and radio comments put it, but a definite forward
movement by the large majority of the British people.
(hey are moving, ahead to more democracy, -with a program
of jobs, social security, medical care for all, good houses tu

live in, and: better’ wages.

is

The British people were not willing to take any chances
with a Tory’ government which did not offer concrete plan-
ning measures to back up their promises for: prosperity.
In defeating the Tory leaders at the ballot box they were
defeating Tory policies, Tory thinking and Tory attitudes

toward the people.

We feel sure that the new Prime Minister, Clement

‘Attlee, will spare nothing in

continuing with us the fiSht

against Japanese fascism, and in wiping out the Japanese
militarists and industrialists resporisible for Japan’s crimes

against. the- civilized. world.

_ We.look forward to the coming of a new day in Greece,
where those who opposed the Nazis most fiercely have en-
dured the bloody oppression of a reactionary government
maintained by Tory British arms.

We hope that the new government of Britain will carry
out its promise of justice for Spain, and that our gov-
ernment will follow its lead and not stand before the world
ag the sole supporter of Dictator Franco,

We could wish for much more and we do, in fact, ex-
pect these British election results to strengthen the demo-
cratic-cause in Europe and throughout the world, The sue-

cess of our British brothers and sisters

in using ballots in

the same fighting spirit that they used bullets is an iu-
spiration ‘to all working people, :

The result of the election was not, as some people mis-
takenly think, a repudiation of the war-ieadership of Win-
ston Churchill. No belief could be further trom the truth.
tis great fighting spirit and “never give up” heart won him
a place among the great war leaders of all time.

’ However, despite this: personal ability which he pos-
sessed to fight a foreign enemy, tHe. Policies of his political
party and associates did not equip him to fight unemploy-
ment and home economic ills with the same vigor and re-
solute purpose. !

"Consequently, the ‘British working people, who want a.
“laws in' the sun for themselves, ' not just for an empire,
elected a labor government whichi (will carry on now for
them with the same vigor as Chittthill defended the em-

£m

. By SWONEY EIEDLANNEE .

‘Several weeks ago, the @.B.
Works News and the locel press
published an official denial by G, E.
Works Manager Howell of a
statement by International U.E.
Representative . Turcowski* that
G.E, planned to employ 12,000 fac-
tory workers in Schenectady after

V-I ‘day. Howell claimed that
Schenectady G.E. would employ
about 20,000 factory workers af-
ter V-J Day. Fi
The question of Mr. Turcowski’s
statement was raised at a union |"
meeting, The explanation of the
difference be-
tween Turcow-
ski’s claim and
Howell's. w a 3
given by unioa
members who
have attended
conferences
with the com-
pany in New
FRIEDLANDER York, Up ta
the time of Mr, Howell’s denial,
company officials -had consistently
maintained that factory employ-
ment in Schenectady would take
a considerable drop after V-J day.
Citing sections to be moved out
such ag refrigerator, electronics,
ete, the figure of 12,000 has been
considered accurate.
. ” * *”

Many union members will re-
member other statements made by
the company in the past. About a
year ago, G. E, President Chas. E.
Wilson hit the national headlines’

conversion, workers would have to
receive the equivalent of six days
pay for five days work.

Another statement: by the com-
pany, in fact an ‘oral agreement.
with the union early in. the war’
when the need for full production
was being emphasized, was that
day workers should receive a
pullout bonus up to 15% in every
section of the plant where piece-
workers’ production increased 15
per cent or more.

Another, statemerit by the com-
pany was that éstablistied piece
tate prices would not be cut after
the war on the basis. of wartime
pullouts, THIS 18 ONL TO RE.
MEMBER. ;

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In the conservative New York
Sun, of June 25, a story was car-
ried saying that Max Schmeling
was to be given the job of re-
educating the German youth alon::
democratic lines with the approvnl
of the Allied occupying forces,

This is the same Maxie, the

America, who was commandant of
the concentration camp at Oswie-
‘elm for over a year, Oswiecim was
probably one of the worst of all
the ‘brutal extermination camps in |

with a’ statemenit’ that, “with” re- }”

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LY... authorities | Spacating
Montgomery Ward properties
have notified CIO that they will
pay $1,342,000 back pay as: or-
@ered by the National War Labor
Board, This was one of the orders
that Sewell (carry-me-out) Avery
refused to obey. (CIO News July
Sth.)

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Rep. Rankin, the Poll-tax Con--
gressman from Mississippi pro-
poses to set the veterans against
their fellow workers by making
seabs and stvike-breakers out of
them. (Union Star, July 10.)

His bill proposed to exempt re-
turning servicemen from joining
a union even in a closed shop. Un-
fortunately for Superman Rankin,
the returning veterans almost in-
variably. join the unions even m
oper shops as soon as they get on
the job. Local 301° membership
records show that: by far the
larger majority of veterans sign
up in the union when they return
to work.

Schenectady Gazette, Monday,
July 9,‘ gave the Rankin story a
big play quoting the usual Rankin
atyle spicl about wartime strikes
and union big shot racketeers, We
have yet to see an article in the
Gazette or Union Star stating the
well-known fact that strikes have
averaged less than 1/10th of one
per cent. of all time lost since

Davia Lawrence, professional la-
bor baiters whose columns appear
in_the..Gazatte_rarryon_with_the...
usual string of misrepresenta-
tions. Close called ‘the workers
‘and, since the column appeared in
a Schenectady ‘paper, he must

the “coddled masses.” Schenectady
shop workers, when asketl if they
zeit particularly coddled, almost

ET -the- fmanirer-
mig SENS QT S,

Tt was Upton Close who see,
ated that China’s Premier Soong
would ‘avoid Moscow on his re-
turn trip to China for fear of be-
ing arrested by the Russians, On
the same day, the Gazette carrie 1
the story of friendly negotiations
between Soong and Stalin “in
Moscow.”

The Union Star, July 9, carried
a long story with the heading
“Reds remain in control of Ber-
lin,” and elaborated on so-called
‘fssues” between’ British, Amer.
iean and Russian authorities which
were so serious that withdrawals
by the Western Allies might be
considered,

On Wednesday, July 11th, both
the Gazette and the Union Star
carried stories about the friendly
agreement among the three pow-
ers on problems relating to the
occupation. ;

* * ™

Students at Union Theological
Seminary of Richmond, Va., have
voted: not to renew subscriptions
to thé Readers Digest after anal-
yzing it as a reactionary and pro-
Fascist publication, Schenectady
high schools use the Reader's
Digest regularly in their curren’
events courses.

have meant Schenectady workers, |

Mead, Wagner Warn

Thousands

| Will. Be Idle _

Unless Congress Acts

: Let's pretend tomoriiiw is V-J Day. What would happen? Throngs of ‘deliriously

happy people crowding: the streets, tooting horns, throwing confetti,

celebrating the

end of a long and terrible war, Yes, of course, but what about the morning after V-J_Day2

dieting that the “morning. after” ®
this nation will wake up with the
worst hangover in its lengthy his-
tory of economic ups and downs.
What's their picture? .

“We will be largely unprepared
to cope effectively with the many
home economy problems. Recon-
version will not have progressed
far enough to absorb the man-
power ‘that will suddenly be re-
leased, Government work . pror
grams, designed to cushion the
shock, will not have been estab-
lished. We will probably experi
ence widespread unemployment.”

This warning from the fourth
annual report of the Mead war
investigating committee. confirms
what responsible ‘labor spokesmen
have been saying for months now
—that, unless the government
acts quickly, the U.S. is heading
for a fall that will make 1929
seem like an era of delightful
prosperity.

MAY MEAN 12 MILLION IDLE

The “widespread unemployment”
referred to in the Mead report
may mean anywhere from eight to
12 million workers out of. of jobs
after the defeat of Japan, nccord-

dues are one dollar per month in
Local 801, initiation fees $2.00.

Talking about time lost through
atrikes, a high army official said
last week that the work done on
Suly 4th this year alone was more
than enough to make up. for all
the time lost’ through strikes
since Pear] Harbor.

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Upton. Close, Paul. Mallon, and

F

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places Wal tar
Magdalinski

LE MOINKE

LeMoine Back On Exec. Board

One of the recent changes in
Pearl, Harbor, and that Union| the make-up of. the Local 301 Ex-
. _ceutive Board has

been the return
of Eugene Le
Moine, the old-
est board mem-.
years,
spent on the
board, who re-

of

Cable Department.

LeMoine has plenty at sta in
seeing that the people enjoy the
type of life after this war thut
our boys have been fighting fos
because his own son, Eugene, Jr.,
gave his life for that cause in
France, A bronze star was award-
ed posthumously for his bravery

; Here “the picture changes “and we “have & group of. “very distinguished Senators Pr@e

ing ‘to expert government econom-
ists,

And, according to another dis-
tinguished Senator, “mass unem-
ployment would drive us toward
both economic isolationism and
econemie imperialism — economic
isolationism in the vain hope of
providing joba in America by ex-
cluding the products of other ‘na-
tions; economic imperialism in
the vain hope. of. creating markets
abroad for American products at
the threat of the sword.”

Those words- were spoken by
Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D., N. Y,)
in a report to his Senate banking
committee as it opened two-day
hearings on’ the Murray full em-
ployment bill, Enucting the full
employment’ bill won't make. up
for the fact that Congress “has
done too little and been too: ate
in acting on matters of reconves-
sion and postwar economic af-
fairs,” Wagner said. |

But, he argiied,.one of the’ rea-
sons Congress has been busily
dodging its responsibilities is be-
cause it has not-decided in which
direction” to lead the nation. Onze
it accepts the perspective of an
expanding” economy and jobs for
all, it will be easier to enact
specific measures. Like the Mead
committee and organized labor
spokesmen, Wagner too struck
the note of urgency.

OUNCE OF PREVENTION

“Tf we act promptly, transition
unemployment can be held to a
minimum and our peacetime
economy can-move ahead in high
gear, avoiding both inflation ‘and
wild boom, on the one hand, and
unemployment and depression, un

and devotion beyond the call of

the Wire and

duty.

the other,’ he said, “If we fail to
act promptly, we may-once again

be swept along the boom-and-bust
road. We may once again be forced
to use'a pound of cure rather than
an ounce of prevention.”

Actually, the prospect of poat-
War unemployment is not at all a
frightening one. to the. big cor-
porations, which relish the idea of
a huge supply of cheap labor. But
businessmen who open the gates
to “postwar enemy No. 1” are
committing suicide, Sen, James Ey
Murray (D., Mont.), sponsor nf
the full employment measure, told:
Wagner’s committee,

“We have in this country,”
Murray said, “reactionaries aad
tories who ave just as blind to the
dangers which threaten our coun-
try as the reactionaries and tories
of England‘, . . ovérwhelmingly
defeated by the people, .
no longer could accept a system,
which offered so little’ in happi- "
ness, opportunity’ and ‘security.” ;

It’s one of those’ ironies of
Washington life that, the biind-
ness Murray so sternly warned
against is’ most deep-rooted ia

.. who .

,

Congress; or while-the-outstand-—-— -

ing grim conclusion to be drawn
from both the Mead report and
the Wagner hearings is thas
there’s so little “precious time lefs..
for building a strong fortresa
against postwar disaster, Con-,
gress itself has picked these
critical days to take a vacation
until Oct, 1.

Congress may choose to be
blind, but the labor movement has
its eyes wide open. And because
it can see so clearly the two
alternate paths before the U.S,
it is getting underway an enec-
eetic, far-reaching campaign to
mobilize broad public support for .

its program of jobs and sccurity.

(A, STREET IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1505...

HE FIRST-
REAL TRADE
UNION IN
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GAN IN PHILA:
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Loyal MEN TO KEGP OUT?

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SHALL MERCHANTS
AND EMPLOYERS BE
ALLOWED TO COMBINE
FOR RAISING PRICES,
.AND YET THESE POOR

fire, reac 18. A CRIMINAL OFFENSE

To COMBINE TO REGULATE THE
PRICE OF LABOR. THIS UNION,
COMPOSED OF MEN ONLY A

Germany if it is possible to make
such comparisons. It is believed
that over four million persons

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Morgenthau

Calls Job

| Plan ‘Gev. Responsibility’

(Continued from Pago 1)

will give this country—industry,
Agriculture, labor and government
wma definite policy with which to
pproach the epoch making prob-
ome of reconversion. Delay, on
‘the other hand, offers the spectacle
of this country facing this rapidly
Q@pproaching crisis with indecision,
onfusion and stop-gap  emer-
foney measures’?

“As you and I agree,” it adds,
“our returning soldiers and those
on the home front who have con-
tributed so generously to victory
deserve-——yes, ure entitled — to

Imow now where their government
stands ‘on the issue of full em-
ployment and prosperity after tha
wan,’

lied or were killed with every
‘Teoneeivable form of torture at
-this camp,

No regular commercial paper
has told this fact about the great
democrat Schmeling, The National
Maritime Union and several other
unions have protested the employ-
ment of war criminal Schmeling.
in educating the German. youth, A
sugeestion that Al Capone ought
to be placed at the head of our
boys’ club and Boy Scout organ-
izations would be as sound and
proper. ;
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