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ae WASHINGTON, ‘June 18—Passage
“of the Smith -ripper amendments .to
the: Wagner: Act.in_the Jower House _
in* Congress is eredited by labor and
Congressional observers - here to the’
last-minute endorsement: of the biil
by William: Green, AFL president,
whose own employer-written amend-
_ ments have ‘been. blocked: by organ-
ized labor and liberal protest.
Green's action, which was described
as “a new low in treacher yin Am
ican labor history”? was received:first
with arfiazement and then, with sharp
condemnation from leaders in’ his
own organization and on the floor of
ponerese- ve
‘Others who récalled John L. Lewis"
exposure ‘of the original AFL.amend-
ments as having been. written. by the -
“agents o fthe National Association of
Manufacturers and other reactionary
employer groups, saw. it as “final
proof” of Lewis’ testimony before
| the U. S. Senate earlier this year. -
The most biting attack on Green's
: latest betrayal came from George Q. -
Lynch, president. .of the, APLeaffili-
ated Pattern Makers League—an or-
ganization long’ known for ‘its anti-
CIO ‘policies. Lynch’s statement, af-,
ter deséribing Green as an anti-labor
“Tyojan horse’ and a leader of
“blitzkriegs” against unions had this
to 8a 5
as -Hamatring- Labor! spe
“AN of the Smith amnendmerite were
designed for one’single purpose: to
hamstring the legitimate efforts of
organized labor. They. are. so bad
they: never ‘could have ‘passed the
lower house without AFL endorse-
ment to serve as-camouflage for their -
real intent and purpose,
“June 7, 1940 (the day. Green en-
dorsed..the Smith Bill) will: be. re-
inembered asa dark day in American
labor history. Let he record”’show
that the Pattern Makers League was
not_even_a_silent or indifferent part-
ner to the intrigue.
“From CIO: headquarters, President
_ dohn L.. Lewis issued a call for im-
mediate action by all CIO organiza-
tions and members to block passage”
of the Smith ripper bill in the Senate,
where the bill now goes after House
“passage. Lewis urged an immediate
nationwide campaign of letters, reso-
lutions, etc;, from CIO members to
the Senate Labor Committee and to
Senators from their own states as _
“well as a renewed campaign to warn ~
labor and liberal groups of the dan-
_ gers in the bill. ;
“T cannot impress you too strongly
with the need of initiating the cam: °
paign with the utmost dispatch and
the need of obtaining the maximum
degree of support from all of our
local unions throughout the country
in order to stop the Smith. amend-
ments,” he wrote.
Mrs. Norten Bitter
~ Lynch's ‘condemnation. of the pres-
ident “of his own parent’ body was
echoed in Congross by Rep. Abe Mur-
dock of: Utah, who -had signed. a
“georehing minority statement ‘on the*
Smith committee report; and: by Rep-
resentative Mary T. Norton, chair-
man of the House Labor Committee,
_ who. bitterly described the Green-
employer tieup as. responsible for
House passage of the bill.
“What you are doing today -you
are doing in responag -to the -re-
quest of the president cf the AFL,
the. Natl..Association of Manufac-
i turers and, the U, S, Chambor of ~~
Commerce. That is a’ beautiful
group,” she said.
“If the Smith amendments are ° -
adopted, the workers of tha coun-
try will have beons sold down: the
hiver, and those voting for this ‘bill
will have to do°the explaining.”
Rep. ‘Murdock, speaking .on the
‘floor of the House, declared | T am
vather shocked this morning atthe
smoothly-working machinery that up-
pears to have’ been constructed. and .
avolyad..potweon the majority ofthe’.
Smith Committee and apparently. the.
president of the APL. .
“M yposition on labor is “not, nor
is my mind, so versatile. that. I ‘ean:
keep up withthe fast moving changes
of the prosident of the APL and the
majority of the Smith Committee, I
do not believe that the laboring man
approves of such tactics.”
-months on filing complaints.
Lewis Asks Defeat
Of Amendments
- WASHINGTON, June 182—.-Anti-.,
labor amendments..to ‘the Wagner.
Act in the Smith bill, passed: by the
lower’ House of Congress after per-
‘sonal endorsement. by Wm. Green,
président-of -the-AFL, were analyzed
‘by CIO President John L. Lewis.in an
appeal for action by CIO affiliates, to
block the bill in the Senate. '
* According to Lewis’ analysis, the
Smith bill “threatens the destruction -
of all our industrial unions and in-
dustrial union contracts,” through
string labor organizations.
These provisions, as analyzed by
Lewis, are: ,
1. Forced certification of craft
units, no matter how small, at the
whim of “any conceivable group of °
craft workers in any industrial
plant.” This section, put in at Green’ S-
request, was scen as the reason for
his endorsement and motivated by :
his desire to erush industrial union- -
ism at any cost. a
-2. Full license to endlovets to agi-
tate and propagandize against unio:
which “under the Guise of frdedoni
expression, would give back to em-
ployers | their Ncense to destroy all:
unions.”
8. All orders of the old Labor Board
may be revoked:which would “permit
-anti-labor corporations to further-de-
la ytheir compliance on all outstand-
ing orders which now protect our
ar
4. Limitation of back pay awards —
to 12 months and a time limit of six
Under
this section, according to Lewis, ‘La-
bor is treated as a Pariah with the
short statute of limitations, with
property rights on the other hand re-
ceiving full protection.”
* 65; Excluding workers guilty of pet-
» ty law: violations from the: benefits’
of the act. “This is nothing short of
an attempt to sentence to economic, f
death peaceful pickets who would be ~
at the merey of labor spies, provoca-
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‘SCHENECTADY, N.-Y.
Y.—AUGUST Ist, 1940
_ The'Union Field’ Day was a suc-|
‘cess.: Approximately 5,000 people at
“tended during the day.
The gate: prize winners ° “were a3
follows:
Helen Koral, Building 53, 1st prize.
W. Schemerhorn, Budding 37, 2nd
prize.”
O. Aridress, Building No. 60; ard
_prizew.. .
The” ‘Activities Committee dia . e
ge job, and congratulations are
in ordér for the following members
of the Committee:
P, DeSiena, Chairman, Bldg. 53.
A. Eastman, Secretary, Bldg. 16.
A. Christison, Bldg. 16,
D, Belott, Bldz. 17.
AY MacNichols, Bldg. 85.-
L, Bellinger, .Bldg.. 60......;
M. Tedesco, Bldg. 17. . °
J. Corsetti, Bldg. 53,
W. Sanders, Bldg. 85,
_ W. Mastrianni, Bldg. 12.
H. Rector, Bldg. 37.
C, Campbell, Bldg. 52:
R. Anderson, Bldg. 1%.
’ P, Cartesse, “Bldg. 53,
oR Coleman, Bldg. 85.
Delegates Elected
To Convention
ployers,” he said.
Workers Loge me
6, Exclusion’ of agricultural pro-
cessing workers from the act, which
would cut out many thousands of
workers now protected.
7, Drastic reorganization of. the
Administrative. machinery of the Act,
.described in the. Smith Committee
minority report of Reps.. Murdock and
Tealy as “The Ripper Amendments.”
~n@rbicense-to-the-courts:-te
virtually every case handled by the
Board, which. would “make strait-
jacket rules and permit the courts,
with their reactionary tendencies, to
scuttle the entire Wagner Act.”.
Lewis’ analysis of the Smith Bill.
was accompanied by an urgent.appeal
to CIO affiliates to rush protests to.,
the Senate Labor Committee and to
their own Senators. ©
Time to Save the.
Wagner Act.
(Continued from Page 1)
(2) That CIO unions should en;
list the support of AFL unions and
progressive organizations of all
. |sinds in making representations ‘to
‘the Senate against the proposed
amendments to the Wagner Act.
All reports indicate that the AFL
membership i is as. much outraged as .
is that.of the CIO at what has
-happoned....
(3) That employers enjoying
stable collective bargaining rela-
tions should be warned of the in-
dustrial chaos which will result
from adoption of the craft amend
ment and other changes proposed
-in .the. Smith. bill,..and. urged. to
make their own protests to the’
Senate.
‘In other words, the ‘present. threat
to the Wagner Act is,a'threat to all
labor unions, to all fair employers.
and to, al], good. Americans who .de-
sire ‘to see industrial peace preserved _
‘on the basis of industrial, democracy
in the present national emergency.
Tf all who have labor's and the
country’s welfare at hoart will-act at
once, to impress their wishes on the
United States Senate, the Wagner
Act can be saved. But the time is
short, There must be no délay!
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Of Bidg. 37: News.
eee By Fred Schoeffler
The vacuum tube employees were
sorry to hear of the passing of Sister -
Carrie Cramer, We extend our deep-
est sympathy to her family.
Brother. Earl Schermerhorn’s son
is playing. «wtih: the U.S. Navy Band
at the New York World’s. Fair.
We understand , Wilson. Snyder's
boat is still in dry. dock.
It sure was a oleviy birthday cake
to Am & Hap. But the wrong bake .
shop, ©" 7"
As-we ore-all'getting ready for our
vacations, bear in mind when on it
to look for union shops to do our
trading. ;
Well, we are all set for the depart.
ment outing at Bob Robinson's Camp
June 22nd. Many: thanks to Brother
Bob for having the gang up.
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Dinner and Dance
The Officers and Aides of the La-
dies Auxiliary of Local 801 U.E.R.
and M.W.A. marked the. closing of a
successful,season with a-dinner and
dance held at Dinty’s Terrace Gar-
dens, Lathams, Friday evenil ne; May
24, A most enjoyable evening was
elimaxed by the entertaining Hiciag
of Mx. Leland Bellanger and M Sid-
ney Bellanger, assisted by 1 ember
of the ‘chorus.’"Those attondin
Mr. and Mis. ‘Taylor, Ma fand. Mrs
Leo Jandreau, Mr. and Mrs} Corsetti,
Mr, and Mrs, Harry Harnis, Mr. and
Mrs. Plummer, Mr, and {iMrs, Harry
Aussiker, Mr. and Mrs. 4, Bellanger,
My. and Mrs, Michact Smith, Mr, A.
Aussiker, and Mr. Sidiey Ballanger.
. Turbine Department Vacations
Cancelled! -
The vacations were cancelled for
all. employees in’the Turbine Depart-
ment, A special committee composed °
of Executive Board members and
Shop Stewards from the Turbine De-
partment discussed-this-question with
the management to get the ‘full de-
tails on the necessity of making this
sudden change.
. The Committee reported back'to a
special ‘called meeting of the Turbine
Department, and the following reso-
lution was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, the G.E. Company has
notified our Union that due to the
~ great'intlux of goyertimerit ofdéts for
the defense program of our country,
it has become necessary to cancel va-
cations:in the Turbine Department, in
order to effectively. tale care, of these
orders during. the next nine months,
_anticipating an increase in the pres-
ent turbine production schedule by
40 per cent; and ¢
* WHERE AS, . the’ Company “has
‘agreed to give all ‘its eniployees ‘af-
fected,
their regular pay,- and to: make ar-
rangements to allow vacations to
those employees who have obligated
SiktH AME > Convention wilt
: be held in’ Cleveland, _ starting Sep--
_ tember 2nd,
‘Local 301 elected three. delegates:-
President E. Wallingford; Leo
Jandreau, “Business Agent; and Mi-
chael Tedesco, Hxeoubiye Board. mem-
ber, °°
The alternates are: ke Christison,
Ss. Schreiter, C. Herbeck,.
‘Unemployment Ins.
Benefits Increas
28% in May
“ALBANY, July 23. —During June,
unemployment insurance _ benefits
amounting to, $18,318,275,-in the form .-
_ of 1,114,778 individual checks, were
paid to unemployed men and women,
~ by the. Division of Placement and Un-
employment Insurance, New York
State. Department _ot. Labor, accord-.
ing to a report issued today by In-
dustrial Commissioner Frieda ~ S.
Miller. ,
Compared with the May figures of
$10,376,190, ,in. the form of 862,267
individual checks, the June data rep-
resent increases of 28 per cent in the
total amount of benefits paid and 29
.per.cent in the number of checks
Eaiiat The average check for asingle
k. unemployment-in=the 21940«"=
1941 benefit year was $11, 85 in June,
as compared to $11.48 in May.
Jung payments for the Schenectady
employment office amounted to $$51,-
459.00 for the 1940-1941: benefit year
in the form of 4,486 individual checks
to. unemployed persons, . formerly
“holding. jobs in covered employment. .
The average benefit payment for a
single weelk of unemployment ‘in the
Schenectdidy area was $11.18 for the
month,
During June, 100,458 persons ap-
plied for benefits at local offices
throughout the State for the first
time in the 1940-1941 benefit year,
which began April 1, 1940. This was
19’ per cent fewer than those who
filed in May, ‘Additional’ claims,
which are based on a second ov sub-
- sequent period of unemployment dur.
ing a benefit year, totaled 94,888, an
inerease of six per cent over May.
and me
Lees 4 and-ave—ever_prepared_to_lend
vacation pay additional to.
tional defense; however, we do not
» feel that at this time due to the large
number of idle able-bodied workers,
it is necessary to sacrifice any of the
major gains we have made, such as
CIO Outlook Sees”
2M Million Jobs i in.
- Defense Work
. WASHINGTON, July 20. — From
$15 to. $20 billions a year, would be
needed to employ. all the U. S,:un-
‘employed on arms production, the - -
GIO Economic’ Outlook, released to- .
the fortyshour-week; time and one= ~ay,- declares in--its July issue, Une—
half for, overtime, etc., through. our
hard-earned — collective bargaining
agreement; therefore; be it
* RESOLVED, That we, the-Turbine
Employees, wholesheartedly ° cooper-
ate. with-the Cothpany on their re-
quest for vacation cancellation, and
be it further, 4
RESOLVED, ‘That_throughout any
national emergency, labor’s. rights as
embodied. in the National Labor Re-
lations Act, the Wage and Hour Act,
the Walsh-Healey Act, the Guffy Coal
Stabilization Act, the Social Security
Act and other legislation must be
“preserved. The-rights. are
1 The vight of wage earners to”
ganize into Unions of their own
_ choosing.
2. The right of organized labor to
bargain collectively with thei
employers.
3. The right of wage earners to
freedom of speech, assembly,
action and worship,
on vacation plans, a
WHEREAS, we, the Thirbine em-
ployees, although we feel that cance
lation of vacations is a hardship up
on ourselves and our familities; who:
have: been looking forward for
months to these vacations, we also
are loyal and patriotic citizens of our
country who fully appreciate the
freedom enjoyed by us under our
’ American democratic form of govern-
. .This declaration of tabor’s wights is”.
designed to stabilize industrial rela-
toins: and promote. industrial. peace, .
“It dogs. not contémplate industrial
strife, It seeks to improve the rela- .
tionship between wage earners. and’
their employers; to increase the pro-
ductive efficiency of industry; to
maintain labor’s existing wage and
hour standards, and to improve these -
standards with changing. economic
conditions,
employment (for May): is estimated
at 10,748,000, of ‘which the’ arms out-
lay of 64 billions for. the. present:
year will’ absorb - directly and indi.
rectly about: two anda’ half million:
workers, Q ‘
Eight million’ will still be without ’
jobs, the Outlook adds; commenting:
“The unfolding of the national di
fense program emphasizes ‘ ‘again’ the: —
fact that the program as now ton-
eeived will not wipe out: ungmploy”
. ment,” mes
“ Not much expansion in plant cas
pacity is needed.to take care of the
present arms program, huge as it is,
the Outlook points: out, since ‘the 12
ito 15 million tons. of steel required in
‘the next two years can “be produced
. by present plants. in. two or two and
a half months. Plant expansion’ in
_aireraft and other ‘industries where
present capacity’is not large ‘enough
“so. far has only been sufficient to
‘offset. the drop in. government fi-
hanced: public works,” it ‘adds. :
nansen aslo.
NSCSHHOOLS
ed
he:- Outlook Hoalaven citing
a U, S. Government-report of 4.1
million registered’ jobless workers, if
43 states, of which almost half are
skilled ox semi-skilled workers.
“Tn* most’ of the cases where em-
ployers have repor d shortages of |
labor, -it says, “investigation has”
shown that such shortages could be *
quickly filled: if: (1) employers paid -
“ullion rates; (2) if employers would
practical, Wholesome, and feasible co.
operation in any undertaking to pro-
tect our nation and prepare for na-
Any national defense program, to™
be successful, must contemplate this
kind of cooperation.
. New York. AFL
Unions Don’ t
Want Labor Act Amendments
Senator Wagner Palin to
~~ @ppose-All Amendments to the ~~
_ Labor Act by 149 Officials of
" AFL Unions in New York Brea, ‘
One hundred and forty-three offi-
cials of AFL local unions in the New
“York City area petitioned Senator
Robert F. Wagner recently to oppose
enactment of any amendments to the
National Labor Relations Act, Harry
Reich, president of Local 89, Ch
“Cooks,” Pastéy” Cooks” &* Assistants’
Union (AFL), forwarded the petition
to Senator Wagner yesterday,
Although William Green, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
had urged passage of the> Smith
amendments to the Labor Act, Mr,
Reich's letter stated: that the 143 APL
officers “represent the spirit of the
rank and file of the American Ped-
eration of Labor in New York in at-
fixming that amendments to the Act
will work, to the detriment of the
tradé unions,” of .
“The officers who have sivned this
petition,” Mr. Reich’s letter eontinu-
ed, “and the thousands of members
they represent hope that you will ve-
sist any move in the senate to amend
the Magna Charta of labor which you
fathered in 1985,”
Among the 148 signors prominent
in the els here ‘are:
William Jeremos, business agent,
Loeal 455,.. International: ‘Association...
of Bridge, Structural and Ornamen- _
tal Iron Workers; 8. Novik, secretary,.
. Loeal 2090, Brothersood of Carpen-
ters & Joiners; Max Wormflash; bus-
iness agen:; Local 2, Plumbers and
Steamfitters; B,J, B. Dannoy, Bro-
therhoad of Firemen and Oilers;
Thomas L. Hickey, secretary-treas-
urer, Local 807,. International Bro-
therhood of Teamsters; William Dev-
ery, presidetit, Local 807 LB
~“Hynian Beristein, business agent, Lo-
cal 802, I. B, of T.; Jay Rubin, presi-
dent, New York Hotel Trades Coun-
cil; John J. Sullivan, business agent,
Local 8, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers; Willy Schulte,
secretary, Waiters’ Union Local .219;
M. Obermeier, secretary-treasurer,
Loeal 6, Hotel & Glub ‘Employees!
Union.
‘The petition stated: “The under-
signed officers of American Federa-
tion of Labor affiliated locals realize
that our membership has achieved
great benefits as a result of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act, We be-
lieve that any amendments to the
National Labor Relations Act at this
time will be disadvantageous to labor
and work to the detriment of our
affiliated momberships.”
‘The complete list of 148 signers
will be supplied to any interested
parties upon request, :
provide-somo~slight-vstrainines—and—___._
oo)
(8) if workers were sought outside
the immediate vicinity of the plant.”.
The Outlook criticizes the current
tax program as a: burden on consum-
ers, and calls. for an excess profits
tax which “would substantially im-,
prove the tax structure of the coun-°
try and would be in line with labor's
rogram. aa
Munitions Makers
Strike for Suitable
Tax Law
(BY FEDERATED PRMSS)’ . _
WASHINGTON: (FP)— Munitions
makers are stalling on the production
of vital national defense materials,
until they are assured that thei pt-
triotism will have a dollar. return, it: |
wits ‘disclosed here. .
~Lettors:-have~been: ‘drafter th
war department and’ sent all manu-
facturers scheduled to receive busi-
ness under. the ‘air, corps program
urging them to go into production .
immediately and hinting: that legisla~”
tion. concerning profits. will be satis+
factory. 7
Airplane. manufacturers; was
learned, have -béen. on strike’ until |
they learn the intention of Congress.
concerning amortization schemes and
excess profits taxes. ’
They are coneerned with diponits
ing practices to be required rather
than..the--rate of the’ excess. profits
tux, it'was: stated, Indications that!
they would be allowed to. make
charge-oft's sufficient to pay for their
‘plant expansion mein five years have
-beon given,
Under such a yuling, airplane’ man.
ufacturers would be -allowed. to add
to the cost’ of the plane enough. to"
(Ponting? on B, "
Page 2.
ELECTRICAL UNION. NEWS
Angust Ist, 1940
“Sa _ ELECTRICAL UNION. NEWS...
"" "Published by:
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS
x OF AMERICA, LOCAL 201
301 Liberty: St. Sclienpsiedty,| N. ix?
; NEW yoRE~
“EDITING BOARD
William . ‘Turnbull’ Seymour Schreiter
Thomas Caulfield _S eb
“Benjamin Geersen >: Michael Tedisco
“-. Fred: Schoelfler Fred Matern, Chairman
“Editor —L Jandreau o>
EDITORIAL
OUR DEFENSE PROGRAM
eo |
* —KueusT ist, 1940"
When’ necessary, the American: working people, the true eiAineds /
icans, have alwiys been found ready to make -‘sacifices for the
defense’ of our country. Our working people always rally to,.the
“defense: of our country voluntarily, they never hesitate like some
big business peopla; who'make sure they are Busnantest a fat pectin
' before their. patriotism comies.. to the fore. .
A good example of this true patriotism was given by our Union
Brothers of the Turbine Department, who gladly sacrificed their
~ vacations for the American Defense Program.
\
The need (for a strong. defense program “for our country has
been heralded: by organized labor for several years, and this is
where our unmployed problems come in. We have been erying from”
th house tops that a country with the most natural resources of
any country on eartli, and eleven million unemployed, is a danger-
ous situation for the general health of our nation. This is ‘the real
vulnerable spot where the Fifth Column can best strike and pene-
trate—this i is the. weal. spot. in our ‘defense.
Story “lias proven-that.the_mass of unemployed, who: have
che least to’ lose, are more conducive to the arguments of sub-
versive elements. A people who are ‘well ifed, well housed, and well
clothed, with a voice in their government, have a stake in their
country ; they-are an integral part of their country, and such people
vannot be licked, either from the inside or the outside.
There are a few optimistic economists who claim that the
~-present.defense program will clean up our unetiploymént problem;
these rantings are far from 1 the facts, for at best the defense pro-
gram will absorb approximately two million of the unemployed,:
and that still will leave many millions more.
Organized Labor has offered a solution for this problem, by
urging a shorter work week without a reduction in pay or purchas-
‘ing power. This, ‘of course, would entail a new approach to our
economic set-up-and some sacrifice on the part of big business, and
not the customary way of tacking the cost on price which is not
a sacrifice; and is not conducive toward consumptive and produc-
tive expansion. This sacrifice could be started by whittling down
some of the huge salaries paid large corporation officials and the
coupon clippers’ shares could be cut down; this would be a true
patriotic move ahd a real contribution to our teste Program.
However, regardless ‘of haw others: ‘feel ‘about. these “matters,
speaking for our broad Union membership, we are good Union
members, but ifirst, and foremost, working people of these United
States, who are ever ready to make any sacrifice to defend our
country -against-those who would - destroy:
government, and take away from .us freedom of speech, freedom
of religious worship, and the freedom to join a Union of our own
choosing.
For these principles we are ready to nace: fie supreme sacri-
piney it necessary, or without them life is not worth living,
Horrible Thought
What would happen if the executives of a money-making cor-
‘poration accidentally sent to stockholders a copy of their hard-luck
speeches to union negotiators? :
THE UPPER CRUST by Redfield
“Six years [ seve for you and no raise — you teats your job and..."
“YOUR DOLLAR
By Consumers’ Union
Vacuum Tube Dept.
Bldg. 37
» (By Schoeffler) . -
“Referring to the American Flag
Laundry Soap
No one brand of laundry soap is
likely to remove dirt: faster or more
Aumiat Is 194
ELECTRICAL - UNION. “NEWS |
Timely Topics at.
Building 10
‘which is: gomposed -6f good’
“men, won the. first half. championship
for New, York State Semi-Pro
League., The team ‘is leading in the
» gecond: half. The -teani‘s: manager,. E..
Weiss, promises some good games.
The Albany Eastern Lengue team is*
Here and There
in Bldg. 12
S$mpathy’ is. 9 ptessed y all to
our, brother, Melvin. R.- Garrison, . on
the loss. of his: mother, sho-passed
away on June 25th. A floral tribute:
was sent by his co-workers on second
i shift, ‘C.F. Assembly. Burial ° was in
Burnt Hills Cemetery.
June 26th was one of great rejoic-
ing for the girls of Tray Assembly _
xpected--te--play—at—G 1. Pixk-—_group_as they. celebrated-the. birthday...
shortly. The boys play a better game,
says’ Manager Weiss, when the gal-
levies. are packed. Why not turn-o
and give the team a hand? You will
also'see some pretty good: ball play-
ing.
If you can't catch fish, you'd better -
see Bartburg and ‘enroll in his, fish-
‘ing school so that you willbe pre-
pared for the big ones during vaca-
tion, The lowdown on the technique -,
of really catching fish is guaranteed
-by* Bartburg if you. successfully ab-
sorb his instructions. A recent report «
is.that one of the students hooked
Bartburg through the ear while dem-
onstrating in casting. Well, I suppose
this is part of the day’s work ‘in
teaching the fine art of fishing!
You have heard it said that the~
foreman’s. job is to take. the honey -
from the hive without disturbing the
bee, Well, they have nothing on
Armstrong, ‘when ib comes to bees
~ and honey.
The boys in the depattnient are
sorry to see Woodin and Williams
‘leaving, but wish them the best of
luck in-their new jobs.
It must be the season for it, be-
cause —T.—Hawley,--M.:Holland,~ W.-
Edgell, KF. Chotkowski, L. Ratonde,
. and S. Barkusis. are all tuned in on
the strains of the “Wedding ‘Bells
Axe Ringing.’ Congratulations and
best of luck. — ; .
we
Seven clo Leaders
of our fellow union:.:member, Miss ’
Martha Califano. The cake for the
ovvasion® was baked*by- thes dettrh hands
of Miss Mary Virgil.
This group outdid themselves the
second time when they celebrated
the birthday of Catherine Ziegler on’
* duly 15th. A bouquet of candy flow-
ers from the handicraft-of Miss Mary.
Virgil was presented Miss Ziegler.
In Building 9—Glass Room — we
understand there was great noise and,
commotion when “Hank” Gerring,
staunch, Local 301 member and for-
mer committeeman, made the proud.
announcement that he.was a grand-
father. The youngster, born in Glovy-
ersville Hospital on’ July: 6th, was
‘named Arlene Ann Barker, and tip-
ped the scales at 6 lbs., 8 oz. Hank
‘ean, be seen any noon telling the.
group what a wonderful baby ~his
granddaughter is,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Mrozowski -
(Murray) are the proud parents of a
darling baby girl, Lucille Marylin,
‘who arrived in town on June 17th,
weighing 7 Ibs., 9 oz. Chazlie, ite
proud father, is employed under R.
Johnson in charge of evaporator as-
sembly, second shift. 4
A very pretty wedding took place
on Saturday, July 28th, in the Ad-
vent Christian Church, when our co-
worker on the CF’ Line, Alfred
Cruickshanks took as his bride, Miss
Ella May Goodrow. Best wishes. were
extended -by his fellow Local 301
members, together with a wedding
gift. Miss Goodrow is the daughter of
Geo. Goodrow, employed on second
thoroughly than other brands, Con-
. sumers Union found in recent’ tests
on 44 brands of soap, reported in the.
July C.U, Reports. The most adver-
which the CIO ‘members presented to
the. Department, .our speaker, for
some reason, forgot to say: “J'rom
the CIO Members‘to the Department”
tised pure brands, Li, Ivory Plikes~~and-trom..thepicture_in_the Works
and Ivory Snow, cost around 30c per
pound of dry soap, but equally good
soaps can be bought at half the price.
“Tattle-tale gray” is caused not by
poor soap, but by hard water. The
minerals in hard water form hard-to-
rinse curds in combination with pure
soap. The harder the water, the more
soap you need to make a suds, and
the more “tattle-tale gray” in your
clothes. The only way to overcome it
is softening the water. If yourswater-—>
is only slightly hard, you can do this
by using a soap with a tetrasodiuri
pyrophosphate or sodium metaphos-.
phate’ builder (like Co-op General
Purpose or Oxydol). The builder
combines..with the .minerals.:in the .:
water and prevents them from form-
ing. soap curds in the clothes. If
your water is very hard ,you need an
additiorial water softener, ”
For use in hard water, a soap con-
taining the builders named above is
clHteaper and move efficient than pure
soap.
News there was more picture of feat
than of the American Flag.
From the grievances on the small
receiving tubes on rates, it looks like
a survey of rates will have to be
made, It has been suggested by the’
operators to state the rates in this
column,
Hap Hicks’ wife is feeding him too
good, mae a bog he is getting to be
(in 8 iz
“brother, <“Martin~
isethy in the future will be in charge
ot all CIO doings.-So if you want a
clambake or outing, see “Marty,” the
_ boy who won't let us down.
Earl W. Schermerhorn of the Ma-
“chine Room sure did pick the lucky
number at the U.E.R. Field Day,
That Sleighride
of Building 53
ers of CIO unions and a Trepreséitta=—
“advise thé wovernment-jon-—
our-democratic-form.-of -
ROR than SIRS rc
Silk, Nylon and Lisle Stockings
If your stockings regularly wear
out in the heel or toe, it may pay
you to switch'to Nylon, says C.U. But
if you get runs ahead of holes, nylon
will offer“only a very slight imp Q
The Refrigerator Assembly girls
‘are still wondering if everybody was
included in the sleighride.
The. affair was’ quite exclusive !
one. The girls say it would not be fair 1
if partiality was shown to any, by
not including them.
George drove and collected the
tickets, Is it possible he could have
overlooked anyone, because they were
too close to the driver's seat??
compared with most. sill stockings.
Nylon's resistance to wear is about
eight times that of sheer, good qual-
ity silk stockings, But its resistance
to snags and runs fs only a little bet-
The $1 lisle stockings Gotham
makes to U:S. government specifica:
tions are as yet too poorly fitting and
too.high priced to meet the silk and
nylon competition,
In C.U.’s tests,-89-.vomen wore silk,
nylon and lisle hose on successive
days, until the hose wore out, Ques-
tlonnaireswere’ filled out daily. Re-
sults are summarzied in CU, Reports
for July.
Canned Tomatoes
Only two of 66 brands rate Grade
A under government standards, C.U.
says in the July Reports. Most of the
nationally distributed brands tested
were found to be Grade B, a few
were Grade C and 18 brands rated as
“substandard (too low in solid tomato
“content, but good for soups or
sauces, if the price is low enough).
It's foolish to insist on Grade A
tomatoes for.tomato soup. It’s equally
foolish to pay a: high price for to-
matoes which are low in quality, But
how ‘are you to know the quality?
Until all brands are graded by the
government, about the’best you can
do is to rely on.reports of consumer
testing agencies,
One interesting fact was the low -
quality of samples of Cresca and”
Sanitarium canned tomatoes—most
expensive brands tested. Both were
substandard,
ety
judging from the price it. cost. each...
Named to Defense ~
Labor Committee
(UNION NEWS SERVIC)
- WASHINGTON, duly 3. —Six Jead-
* shft,:CF Line.“A large ‘number at-
tended the reception, which was held
after the wedding. The lucky groom
is the son of Brother Cruickshanks,
Building 9 Committeeman. ° .*
_The Te
aj to bestow”
good wishes on their fellow worker
- Thomas Nealon, whose marriage to .
Miss Harriet Nemicik took place on
Saturday, July 20th, at St. '‘Columba’s
Chureh. The boys of his group wish
he and his bride many happy years
of married life, and as a token of
friendship presented Tom with an
tive of the CIO national office have
accepted appointment to. the newly
formed Labor Policy Advisory 'Com-
mittee set up here:by Sidney. Hillman,
GIO vice-president and labor’ coordi-
nator for the National Defense Ad-
visory Commission.
Their function, according to De-~ electric clock,
fense Commission sources, will be to The story-of the month is the one
~-employ----nbout_Joe Raes who recently bought
Group re- -
Five Years. of:
~_NERB petty DUNLOP’ TIRE & RUDBER co.
768. State Be
To discover by secret ballot: the
bargaining. agencies of American em-
ployees involved the holding of 3,157
. elections in... which 1,158,819. valid
votes were. cast during the past five .
years, the Naroue! Labor Relations
Ph, Bch. 6-6700 David V. Maxwell
Ak wuror rrr,
7 AVAL Wo balada “ako Ge Ohana eRL yan
The only, modern’ plant. between -
4 News Clty and Rochester”
_ Orlental and Domestic Rags
Repatring and Weaving ;
1597 State Bt, Schenectady, N. YT.
d by ‘the Board also
show that during this period a total
of 2,768 strike cases were handled in-
valving 441,086 workers. Of this total,
three-fourths of the cases were set-
tled and 272,136 workers reinstated
following strikes and lock-outs. An
additional 20,270 workers. were rein-
stated after discriminatory. discharges
‘for union activities. Preventive action
ofthe Act’s machinery was effective
“in averting 838 threatened strikes in-
volving 192,967 workers.
Throughout the five years a total
of 28,132 cases was handled, includ-
ing charges of: unfair labor practices °
and petitions for elections, The cases
involved: more than 6,140,000 work-’
ers. ‘
Of the total timber! of cases han-
dled, 25,080, or about 89 percent,
have. been closed as of June 1, leav-
ing 3,102 cases pending. °
Ninety-two percent of -the closed
cases were disposed of through agree-
ment of employer and. employee rep-
_ resentatives, dismissal by the Board,
or withdrawal by the complaining...
union or individual. The remaining 8
percent were closed in some other ~
«way, including compliance, certifica-
tion ,intermediate report of no viola-
tion. and cease and desist orders.
“Phe-data show. Board activities up
to June 1. During May 577 new cases
were filed: as against 614 during the
previous month. Of the. cases filed in
May, 274, were filed by AFL unions,
208 by CIO unions (one ease being
filed jointly by. AFL ‘and CIO), while
unaffiliated unions and individuals ~
filed 91 cases. ° :
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“Tas: anhi:
Building 60.
(By James Wilkie)
Qalifornia ‘has its “Wrong Way
Corrigan” but the Toolroom has its
“Wrong Way Baum”. At the Union
Field Day, Carl on his way home, got
mixed up with the ‘sodium lights on
the Duanesburg road.and came near
CASH. MAKES_THE DIFFERENCE)
Rugs - Carpets
Broadloom
Special Sale of 9x12 Rugs
Discontinued Patterns
Watch For
‘a building lot. Seems Joe. was’ told
there was a pair of horses on his
lot, so Joe secured two sets of har-
ness and two feed bags, prepared to
ment and other labor policies with
specific . emphasis, on putting idle
workers back on jobs as p dafense or-
ders come in,
Members of the Committee are:
ClO: Van A. Bittner, chairman,
Packinghouse Workers Organizing
Committee; S. H. Dalrymple, presi- -
dent, United Rubber Workers; Clin-
ton Golden, northeast regional direc-
tor, Steel Workers Organizing Com-
mittee; Allan §, Haywood, cIo
director of organization; Samuel J.
Hogan, president, Nat’l Marine En-
trucking business. But to his great
disappointment when he went to his
lot he found only a pair of carpen-
ter’s wooden horses. So now Joe has
two sets of harnesses and two feed
bags for sale cheap. Or he. will ex-
change for a good straw hat.
Sympathy is expressed to our pop-
ular Miss Rena Bloom on the death
of her sister, Jennie E, Van-Nattan,
who passed away on July 21st, Inter.
ment was in Tribes Hill, N.Y. Mrs,
capture the horses and go in” the ~~
~ ed as he had him drinking Democratic
APRIL“ BROADLOOM SALE
going-to-his-old~homestead-in-A: tiete-—-f
ta, Ohio..° :
Ed Wallingtord, our dsieaduble
President, could audition for a whis-
ering-bey soprano after “barking”
at one of the concessions at the union
field day last Saturday,
at Frank © Gilchrist thinks
epublican Ted Hess eonvert-
diidy Rug Co., Inc. ||
789 STATE STREET
j| Phone 4-2863 Schonectady |
‘beer at the Field Day. Maybe the PHONE 4-5164
ee ONE 4816"
recent Republican Presidential nom-
inee, who was a former Democrat,
has something to do with it,
The boys of the Department wish
Sam Perrone the best of luck dn his
FRANKLIN
PRINT SHOP
For
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
J omAmamsE
gineers--Beneficial-Ass'n;-Eimil-Rieve, -
president, Textile Workers Unions of
America; and R. J, Thomas, president
“United Automobile Workers,
-AFL: Harry Bates, president,
Bricklayers Int'l] Union; H.W. Brown,
president, Int’l Ass'n of Machinists;
John P. Coyne, president, AFL build-
“ing trades dept.; George Q. Lynch,
- president,
Patternmakers League;
Charles MavGowan, vice-president,
Brotherhood of Boilermakers; George
Masterson, general president, United
Oss'n of Joruneymen Plumbers; and
~ DW. Tracy, president, Int'l Brother.
hood of Electrical Workers.
Railway Brotherhoods: George W.
Laughlin, first assistant grand chief,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
ees; and A, E. Lyon, grand presi-
dent, Brotherhood of Railway Sig-
nalmen,
Bloom _is employed in Mr. Hinkel’s
“department, whose groups sent a
floral piece together with deep sym-
pathy.
We have it on good authority that
the coolest girl in Building 12 during
this hot spell is the one who takes
her breath in short. pants.
——-="Congratulations are extended to
our brother, Mortimer Sheldon, who.
celebrated his birthday on Mortiday,
July 22nd, and also our brother, Geo.
Smith, who celebrated his birthday
on July 28rd. Many happy returns of
the day to both our brothers.
As we go to. press, we learn that
the following ave confined to their
homes due to slight illnesses:
Miss Ireve Avery
«Miss Loretta Blackburn
Miss Lila Hilmer
Brother Edward Post.
Local 301 wishes them alla speedy
recovery. co
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