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. THE VOICE oF ‘THELNITED: ELECTRICAL, RADIO &
~ MACHINE, WoEES? AMERICA — Local 901 -- CIO
© Detroit Employers
Now Say It's A
Good Town
* By CARL HABSSLER |
(Federated Press)
DETROIT (FP).—A new phage is
developing in Detroit labor relations
with: the employers taking back all °
“the nasty things..they said about
unions and high wages driving indus-
try out of the city. . Now they are?
shouting that high wages are wonder-
ful.for the old burg and that all sorts
.....0f new. ‘highs..in_ production, sales, _
home building and what-not are be-
ing achieved. .
Listen to. the most honorable Her:
vey Campbell, who used to shed big .
teats over how the CIO and the AFL
were the ruination of the city. Har-
Vey is secretary of the Detroit Board
of Commerce, with a long tradition
of hostility to organized labor.
____ Campbell ‘says: “Our workmen are |
“our best customers. W
out them
-, Pest..of--us--would.dry..up.The.fact-
that Detroit can attract the highest
skilled labor is alone proof of how .
sound this area is.”
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- conference in Detroit Feb. 28. He was
__ telling the real estate sharks that
high wages are a ‘tine thing ‘not only —
for the workers themseives but for
those who prey on ithe workers also.
He argued it this way: .
“And that high wage "standard, to
you real estate men, means better
! ability to buy homes than anywhere
else in fhe, world.”
: échim- the part_of our.-Lnion_members_to_make:the Schenectady.G..E.___ attemnti
- merce is now Bungie | Bisiee | ‘than a
eat is the legend that factories were
moving out of Detroit wholesale. The
legend was started by the board, and
Mayor Jeffries roundly bawled out
the businessmen for the unjustified
way they smeared the town, Camp-
' bell confesses that the legend was a
lie in. these words, also spoken to the -
real estate gang:
“They. will tell -you that factories
- have lett Detroit. And so they have—
some 83 with an average of 100 em-
ployees cach—in the Igat five years.
But in 1937 alone 147 factories in
' Detroit expanded to the tune of about
"100,006,000.
“Wor every plant that left Detroit
I can show you another plant which -
has doubled its capacity.”
__. The repentant Campbell went. still...
The increase in production in the Refrigerator: and several
other departments through the plant, has brought to Local 301°
the highest number of new members for the firat three-months
of 1940. of any quarter since the Schenectady G. E.. Employees’
elected our Union the sole bargaining agency in 1936.
New March Buttons
Union Headquar ters has had to put in additional rush orders
&
for the green March union buttons due to the continual requests
for more buttons by our dues collectors. Green Union Buttons
. have become the new Spring style on work hats:and shop aprons.
. Every good Union Member is 8 wearing a eee button, Are you
~ Wearing: yours? ~ ak sami - “ a
Ls : . =
G.E. Pension
The Company's ‘recent. answer on the pensions (virtually
eliminating pensions as a whole) is bringing the employees who.
are nearing retirement age to the forefront of the Union. These
members are now taking a more active part in the Union in order
to give the needed backing to the GE. peataaies: committee
“tney “meet the: Company again
_modification. The Union’s demand 4 is full. pencioka | to the G.E
~ employees according to set-up previous to January. 1940, ving
Social Security. :
_ NAT no
= Maintenance
_ a. whe maintenance. workers in.
‘program of activity which’ is fear “Healthy interest in the
Union throughout the whole. Plant. The electricians are heading
this drive. _ :
“Union Drive | in Full Stride
_ There seems to exist an unprecedented amount of activity on
Plant a 100. per-cent-organized shop before the April contract
meeting. Dues payments are breaking all records for the month.
Union Drive in District 3.
; Additional organizers have been sent into the district to
organize the unorganized in our industry, so that the wage sur-
vey will give G.E. workers a. better break. Union conferences
have been scheduled between G. E., Westinghouse, Allis Chalmers’
and General Motors locals to pr epare a program for general: wage
increases.
Local 301 Progress:
_....During 1939, which was classed.as a subnoxmal year. (accord.
ing to available government statistics), 1100 individual wage
increases were granted factory and maintenance employees in the |
Schenectady G.E. Plant through the efforts,of our Union; besides
CIO Files Defense.
of Labor Act =.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 16,°-— The
Smith Committee proposals to amend: -
the. Wagner ‘Act are “directed toward”
the destruction of the rights of la-
bor” guaranteed by the Act, the CIO -
told House Labor Committee-mem-
bers considering the ripper bill put
out by three members of the commit-
. tee here, :
Keynote of the: Smith” proposals, 8
the CIO memo to the House Commit-_ -
tee pointed out, is in the antilabor
scheme to redefine the statement of
. -Rolicy of the act, in the new. Gefinic.. cent oy
. tion of collective’ bargaining, which
‘merely reqcires an employer to meet
with his” workers, with no xequire-
ment of real bargaining, | and in the
proposal to allow revocation of all
outstanding Board“ordérs. |
..The Payoff:
The payoff on the. Smith amuend-
“ments, Pressman. declared, was in the
approval. they won from the
U .S.. Chamber of Commerce, which _
issued_an..enthusiastic.statement-the-—
day they were put out.
‘We do not doubt that all anti-
labor hin aoa who are: still ener-
, CIO message.
_ Simlarly . proposéd actininetedetva ‘
“ ghanges and license for employers to
‘talk against unions would destroy the °
basic purposes of the Act, Pressman
wrote. The latter proposal, he de-
clared, was merely “a thinly disguised
tha-nama.of fraa_ anaech
to permit the employer to destroy =
any attempt on the part of his work-
ers to exercise the right of self-or-
ganization.”
Senator Wagner Says New Act
Would. Hurt Labor
Senator Robert F. Wagner joined
the liberal critics of the Smith pro-
posals to amend: the National Labor
: Relations Act with a fighting speech”
in the U.S. Senate that described the
tory amendments as designed to make
| the Act-a-“de usive-remedy- for the
worker and a conerete weapon for
‘the oppression of labor.”
~~ Smith has~ produced no~ evidence ~~~
that the Act has not led to industrial
peace, Wagner - said citing the evi-’
dence’ of U. S. government reports to
show how, strikes. have. declined.since.
.. thousands of. other_grievances. settled_by 1 Union-representativess—- Act taihe into-eitect alter” tlie
WRECKING and! CONTRRERING:
“No Job Too Large — No Sale Too Small”
Building Materials of All Kinds for
ail and 2 ulding Homes,
WORLD'S LARGEST EXCLUSIVE.
SALVAGE YARDS
wp Meatennawenslayner tie ts:
“further. If wasn’t labor trouble that —
drove the 83 plants away with their
3300 combined total of employees
over a period of five years. Not at all:
So what was the cause? Listen again
to Harvey: :
““Bxcuses given for factories leav-
ing this city were taxes, labor trou-
bles and other reasons, which area
___is._ reason ta—suspeet—wore sin
alibis’ for. poor management.”
What's behind the new line adopted
by the Detroit bourd of commerce is
not yet clear. Some labor theorists
believe the unbroken string of labor
board victories, in which up to 90%
,of the employes on a rough average
“east their ballots; showed the moro
‘intelligent employers that unions are
here to stuy.
Others believe it is another trick
to lull labor to sleep.”
The simplest explanation is that
the cries of wolf have been bad for :
~ business. The profit motive therefore
itched its way in e new direction.
‘These grievances and increases were SETTLED WITHOUT ONE
MINUTE LOSS OF TIME to any employee due to labor trouble. ©
BETTER PROGRESS EXPECTED: Because the general
business conditions are more favorable we.can look forward ‘to .
much ‘better progress during 1940. An indication of this.is the fi
granting of approximately 200 individual wage increases during | i
January. 1940, Your Executive Board, during its weelly confer- 4
ence_with the-G,E.-Management,_has. managed to make satisface |
tory adjustments on all of the grievances referred to it.
Shift Workers
The Union has made satisfactory working arrangements in |
order that the new shifts now going into operation would not ‘
affect the earnings or working conditions of the present ahifta. i
Why Above Progress?
The above progress for G, E. employees, anid, the development
of a good efficient business employer-union relationship must be.
attributed to the well organized Union hembers and their leaders
in. the Schenectady Plant. i ee
(Continued on Fags 4)
Supreme Court decision in 1987,
“Yt is only fair to recall to the
public that none of the three .mem-
bers of the Committee who filed the
majority proposals assumed leadex-
ship in the hard struggle for the-orig-
final act,” he said, “and that the
chairman of the Committee stxongly -
opposed it’:
Warns of Drive to Discredit Unions:
ITHAGA, N. Y. (FP). — Warning.
that “the move to. discredit unionism
is in full swing,” ‘the Rev. John P.
Boland, chairman of the State Labor
Relations Bgard, made a plea for la-
~bor-unity ‘incan® addvess before ‘the’
Cornell Institute of Hunian Relations,
“Attacks on. labor today are more:
ruthless than in 1985, when the. Wag. |
ner act was: itself tivst subjected: to
the humiliation of 4 decision of au
unauthorized: court—that of a coiu-
“ mittee -of highly peid gorvorstion © °
lawyers,” le sald.
March 27th, 1940
Published by: ~~
UNITED" “ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS
OF AMERICA, LOCAL 301
EE 1940
” Sedfeais ‘Schreitor
Sidney Webb, ‘Secretary
Michael Tedisco
Fred Matern, Chairman “
~ Editer — L. Jandreau | er ati
sta ES a ware
WAGES TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER PROFITS
_ SAY THE CATHOLIC “CLERGY
- ‘The right of labor: to a living wage—-a ‘security wage-—takes
precedence. over the claim of owners to _brofits in industry, is is pro- |
claimed by the Catholic archbishops and bishops of the United
States in a statement on “The Church and the Social Order,” issiied .
through the National Catholic Welfare Conference at | Washington.
Labor Takes Priority. Over. Profits. a
“The first claim of labor, which takes priority over any claim
of the owners of profits, respects the rights to a living wage. By
the term living wage we understand a wage sufficient. not merely
for the decent support of the workingman himself but also of his |
family, A wage so low that it must be supplemented by the wage
of- wife and mother or by the children of the family before it can
provide adequate food, clothing and shelter, together with essen-
tial spiritual and cultural needs, cannot be regarded as a living wage.
Bad Management No Reason for Wage Cuts.
“Bad management, want of enterprise or .out-of-date| methods -
~ do not-constitute.a just. reason for reducing the wages of working-_
men, It still remains true that a living wage constitutes the first
charge on industiy. if a business ig prevented by unfair competi-
ti Eh a living wage, and if such competition reduces
prices to such aleve
against moral principles as well as against the common good. The
remedy lies first in the adequate organization of both employers
and employees in their own proper associations and in their joint
action; secondly, inadequate regulations and supervision by the
‘State through proper legislative enactment.
Excessive Profits Must Be Reduced In Favor of Higher Wages
“The first t vequirement is that the lowest-paid workingman be
. “JUST A MOMENT” fiton,
In the March 16th issue ‘of the Schenectady Works News’ op
““Long Range Industrial Progress” the Company: “burgeons out wit!
jey (of course Spring is coming) over the better things-in life'th
“workers in these’ United States have, compared ' wath the Europea
countries.
One-third of the people of “tha United’ ‘States “are ‘iil clothed,
undernourished and ill housed. “
-“Ten.-millions-sre-tetally- -unemp ployed: aa
_.* Is-the G.E. Company speaking ef these:people
Our National Income Compared With European Countries: . —
Our potential national income in 1929 was equivalent to a five
per cent income on-an $85,000 investment for each of the 28,285,000
families in the United States, or an average of $4,250.00 annually
-"_ more than $14.00 a day per fainily, 800 days in the year. How
many of the G. E. families enjoy this income? .
“Here Are the Facts:
Fact One—$90,000, 000,000 (ninety billion dollars _— - ninety
thousand million dollars) —- that was our total actual- production '
in 1929. This estimate is accepted. as reliable by the. President of.
the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
This ninety billion dollar income was equal to the grand total
income of all the following countries :
England © Wales
__ Scotland Germany
- Treland France
Belgium Denmark — -
Sweden Switzerland.
_' Norway _ Romania _
_ Bulgaria Japan
.” India
Italy
_ Poland
“Holland”
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia .
Canada.
Australia
Brazil
The total national production of all the 23 eennlaien | in the list above —
was $87,695,000,000. That is to-say in 1929 our actual national
income was over two billion dollars. more than the grand total
income of more than one-third of the human race. _
Fact Two—In 1929 our nation’s industries, as a. whole and on.
the average, were operated-at only 75 per cent (or three-fourths).
of production capacity. It ifollows therefore that since three-fourths:
of our production capacity was 90: ‘billions, cur total potential
capacity was 120 billions.
BA, 250. 00 Annually for Every Family in the United States:
- If we had produced at our nation’s full capacity in 1929, our
national income of far more than one-half of the 2,000 million
members of the entire human. race, including most of the richest -
“level that decent and just wages cannot-be’ “paids and ‘most-advanced-countries“of the earth: Our potential income -
‘then-those responsible are guilty of wrong-doing and’ sin grievously ©
of 120 billions was, as stated before, equivalent:to a five per cent
income of an $85,000 investment; that is, $4,250.00 for ath of
28,235,000 families. Figure it out for yourself,
Yet about 73% of all families in the United States in 1929
‘(comprising far more than 78% of our population) had monetary
incomes of less than $3,000.00; and over 55% of the total had less
‘than $2,000 per annum. About 42% existed below the level of health
and decency. :
“the first to receive air invrease ‘of wages. and simultaneously~that~ United States: Has-50%-of Worl?’s-Energy :-
prices be not raised but excessive profits be reduced. The ultimate
aim, ther efore, must bea reasonable relationship between the prices
obtained for the products of the various economic groups.”
“Because economic society has not followed the mora] laws of
justice and charity, the principles of interdependence have been
‘violated and we precipitated unemployment with: all its conse-
quent hardships and misery. To. withhold just and ‘reasonable wages
from the working man has injured him directly and immediately,
but_it_has_also injured.the common.good and the interests of the
very owners of property.
Higher Wages Open More Markets
“Unless workingmen as_a class have sufficient income. to. pure.
chase their share of the goods which our economic system is cap-
able of producing, the markets will automatically be closed to the
-Sale-of goods, and idle factories and unemployment
HUMITHOTIAMNUIRATITITTITIETANEU HARON AMER HOUTEN
GALA NIGHT FROLIC AND DANCE
Sponsored .by U.E.R.W. of A, Activities Committee
C. 1. O. HALL
‘SATURDAY, MARCH 30th, 1940
Dancing 9:00 to 2
Music by Lacal 301. Orchestra .
ASSESSMENT 85c Sea Your Representative for Yickota
& (anc Het AdtN aerate adtriimmateiateeiumicieiieaiiiiiemmimnneaieumnen
is :
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“The only serious trouble is that folks don’t get enough pay
__for m julio’ the things in the store windows to take them out again”? .
With only six per cent of the world’s population, we — sBonk
50% of the world’s energy. We now. have more than 127 million
major machines, such as locomotives, turbines, motor trucks, looms, -
lathes, ete.—one for every person in the United States—equal_to
seven billior manpower energy available for all- of us, plenty to
produce plenty of everything Ifor all of us, And this could be vastly
and rapidly increased,
Attitude of American Industry:
American Industry has had its chance. The question is, Did"it™
make good?” Ten million wage earners unemployed in the U. 8.
Organized labor has had to fight many bloody battles with the for-
ees of organized American Industry before winning shorter hours,
@ 0
setae ng Engineer, Baleony, Bldg. 11.
‘Here endl There in
Building 12 |
During the past three or ‘tie’
weeks out of all the new employees
‘in’ Building 12, all have joiied” Local
801 with only two exceptions. Some
-of our new members ure amazed at _
.e wonderful spirit of harmony and
“eooperation that .exists . among the
good Union members. Listen in the
washrooms and you can tell the non-
, union members, since they are: al-
ways trying to’ stir up trouble. Never
in the history of the Refrigerator De-
partment has there been a better
' feeling of solidarity (that is, One for
All, and All for One) than there is
right now between the. day and night
shifts. «© |
Perhaps it was Confucius who: anid,
“My Union—may it always be right,
“but right or wrong, My. Union,”
» We wonder why. all the younger
fellows on the Assembly Line are
coming to work all dressed up and
lookin gtheir best. Can it be because
_.of_a-pretty young lady who has been .
temporarily transferred to their line?
Reward: Lost, strayed’ or atolen——
One large round oil eylinder. Return
We wonder why. the day gang re-,
fers to one. of the boys.as “Unéle
Glut”, Can they mean hungry?
The fellow downstairs who is strut-
ting around rather proudly these
days is Brother Marty Sheldon on the.
Cc. F. Evaporatox Assembly Line.
Marty ‘las just recently become a
grandpappy. The cute little young-
ster arrived in town weighing five lbs.
15 o2., and was promptly named Jim
Allen Sherman. We have it on ‘good
__ authority that our own Brother Ani-
~bal will soon” bea grandpa too.” "He
is seen quite often of late getting
pointers -from Marty on how to be a
good grandpappy.
oo
oe AR. this writing, Local 801 is sure...
‘the eight-hour day and~higher wages” to buy” back some of “the
things they produce. Shorter hours and higher wages have never
been initiated by American. Industry.
The only _angwer.
Sole.
so-svages -so-high-and-the houn W'that every”
waren in these God-blessed United States of ours will have the
opportunity: to work and buy back the things he produces. God has
given these United States of ours unlimited natural resources but
we have organized..gvoups of human people withholding this abun-
dance from the American working people. Does this make sense?
Organized Labor is the living hope of the American working
‘people,
Cc
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YOUR HALL
WHY NOT ARRANGE YOUR SECTION MEETING AT UNION _
HEADQUARTERS? THERE ARE MANY CONVENIENCES AC.
COMMODATING ANY TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT, THE USE
OF THE HALL IS FREE TO MEMBERSHIP. CALL, THE OFFICE
--AND-MAKE ARRANGEMENTS,
Baneaanianiniinnanninnininannnttivananniniisinnnntenanynanneannennnit
o.this..problem-is- more: -and-more-Unionism—~
_Chatlie McCarthy, see the two fel-
“lows that sit on our boss's lap every
night while they eat their lunch, one
~ on each knee: Can these be the ones
referred to by Confucius when: he
says: “If Boss would. know one who
squeals on him, boss. must be. suspi-
woius of all who squeal, to him.”
Funny, isn’t it?
ing strongly ahead i in its membership
drive. Only outstanding non-union
girls are two inspectors in‘ the Tray-
Department, One ofthese girls re-
cently remarked they were waiting
for the Old Age Pension before join.
ing. We mean Jo and Mary. Among
the men, are the boys in the Anchor
Gang, who for some reason are still
holding out, Can they feel superior
>to their fellow workers hecause they
get so much overtime? Yep, lots of
overtime, but can’t ‘spare a quarter |
per week,
The .Amorican. Way._Io, the _ Union
: “Way!. i
The workers on. Mr.” Mathewson’s
-line—did--themgelves--proud—the-other—
.day_when.they..showered their good.
friend arid co-worker with cards. The
occasion was the birthday of Frank
P. Moran, who had reached three
“score and ten. Never was there such
a deluge of mail to one person. And,
when the day yw. yaa over Frank counted’
a total of 93 cards received and, be-
lieve it or not ,he reports no two
cards alike. The postoffice reports
that next March 15th they will put on
an extra shift that day. Not to be out+
‘done, the bosses got together and pré-
sented Frank with a box of fine
cigars, (Yep, Union Made).
Frank is outstanding in Building.
12 due to his’ willingness to lend a
helping hand to others, and when it
eomes to personality, Frank rates A
’ plus. He firmly believes in the golden .
rule: “Do ye also unto others as ‘ye
would that othere should do unto.
you.” Frank is a member of Local
801, and a Life Member in the R. BR.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
eers. :
YOUR DOLLAR
2 —— Union
Why is-it 20. often! necessary £01 re
turn cbildren’s clothing? Because the ©
garments are bought by aga, and age
is_a most unreliable guide to size,
says. -Conaumerstinion,-4 A-hetter enide—
is a combination of two body meas-
-urements—trunk and width. So far,
howevei, manufacturers do not mark
their garments in this way. In its
. March issue Consumers Union offers
a chart to determine the proper ege
size from body menaurements,
All-cotton is the best material ‘for
children’s underwear. and sleeping
garments. Rib knit constructions are
likely to be mors elastic than plain
~ knit.
C.U, tested 12 brands of children’s
winter-weight. underwear and 10°
sleeping suits ‘for construction, ©
shrinkage, warmth, durability and fit.
Among the best quality underwear
were Sears’ Handywear Cat. No.
16D7116 (50c plus postage); Speed-
undies (66c) and Forest Mills (65¢).
The-highly advertised. Denton $1.59
sleeping suit was NOT acceptable be-
cause of relatively poor tgbric. cone
struction,
Washing Machines ‘
Will it work? Will it wear out the
clothes? Is it safe to run? How long.
will it last? were among the ques-—
.tions C.U. asked in testing 18 well-
known washing machines. Tests of
durability included 6,000 ‘starts and
stops, 500. hours of--running under
load and 150 hours of exposure to
strong - alkali.” Washing ability was
measured by laundering teat pieces, man) advance notice next time go this
_---soiled_with. a-standard-dirt-mixture,
and measuring. the increase 6f white-
ness. The amount of wear on the
pieces was also, measured. Complete -
_.-—raaults_ara_given—in—the- earth issue- ~
“For one “of “the bust séiilata of
: of C.U. Reports. ......
“ Best buy of the spines type * was.
ABC Model 176. Best quality and
most convenient of all machines test-
ed, but also highest priced, was Ben-
dix Model S. Highest quality wringer
types were Sears’ Kenmore, ABC
Madel 250, Kelvinator Model. 7-C.
Washing Machine Workers
“Many workers manufacturing
washing machines have been organ-
ized. in the past.three years, although
not many plants have closed shop
contracts. Chief gains of uniodization |
have. been better pay and shorter
working hours. Employment in the
industry is still irregular.
Bendix and Kelvinator are made
under contract with the United Au-
tomobile Workers (CIO). The AFL
reports that its members are em-
ployed by the makers of Apex. The
United_Neletrical Radio & Machine
Workers (CIO) says that the makers
~—~of ABC-refusad~to obey ~an-NER.
order to reinstate about 88 men a
that the makers of Easy, Whirlpool
~ Dhow" ants ‘Savage’ are open shop:
Be oO.
Most: people who bathe frequently
don’t need perspiration suppressors
or deodorants. But if you want pro-
tection of this sort, don’t buy expen-
sive branded products. Aluminum
chloride solution is the main ingredi-
ent of perspiration suppressors like
Instant Dew or Odo-Ro-No, and it’s
much cheaper to buy under its own
name, Just go to a drug store and
ask for Aluminum Chloride Solution
‘15%. Wash the solution ‘off after it
had dried, tu protect your clothing.
If you find aluminum chloride ivri.
tates your skin, stop using it, You
might try a two percent solution of
‘formaldehyde, although some people
find the odor objectionable when it is
just put on; and formaldehyde, also,
may irritate.
Fact and Fancy—
Building Ey ae a
We were all sorry to’ hear X the.
passing of our old shop ‘mate, Fro
Alburts,, Who passed eway:( on March:
All attendance ravords were s broken
“Zhe ohly’ modern plant between
New York City and
“March 7th, but we
that record at our next on April 12,
thanks to our.committee who also
were reelected, They are Francis Ren-
kawitz,-chairlady; Leola Gage, The-
“resa Basile, Helen Rector, “George
Witze, Dave: Otten and Wilson Sny-
der. Martin Scharback was chairman.
Speakers’ were Business Agent Leo
Jandreau, Sol Vottis, William Hodges
“CORNELL'S.
Brake Service’
Sclentific Brake ‘and ‘Wheel
Aligning Service. . —
DIAL 60704,
279 Ballston Ave. Scotia, N.Y,
and Lester Steddard.” William Cowan
was appointed chairman of-.the 100
per cent shop committee. - ;
Oliver Schimpf ‘was appointed
chairman of ‘the Seeaigeruanita com- |
mittee of one. .
George (Doe) Cook is still on the’
sick list but is coming along fine and
is expected to return to work.soon.
Our too].crib. attendant, John-Ben- ns =
| cain, =
A Mynderse Beverages :
DIAL 43378 :
or teat your neighborhood store
nett ,has been. transferred to the
, Marine and Aircraft Department.
Good luck on your new job, John..—
Leon Faitchild; 2-while-back, was. aleo—-5 :
transferred there,
Bernie Dunn likes his*new job in
Building 19.
* Did you notice those two fomales
who work during noon hours? What
are their names? It is yours if you .
request it right. in print.
Telephone 6-5747 said
ae span Blaad - Glasses Fitted
115 BROADWAY AE
(Three Doors from State Street) |B
Who was the female who rushed
up to the foreman the noon we held
‘a gathering’ and:said: “They- are. all ...
up at the end of the Shop’? Our
committeemen will give (the fore-
pet won't have to get all worked ap. —
See your committeeman first.
“Dues Collector Hicks reports dues
-are right Up to 0 date,
THIS COUPON WORTH
10 Cents
ON A BOTTLE OF
|Guerra’s Triple Tonic)
] 1459 State St.
600.Union St.| i
~ Toolmakers Hold
Fine Meeting
Approximately 300 Too] Room om-
ployees were present at the Tool
Room meeting.
Several matters were discussed af-
fecting Tool Rooms.
__~..-A-committee-was electad-represent-—
ing éach Tool Room to further inves- -.
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-tigate with the Executive. Board, the
questions that were discussed at the
meeting.
A motion was unanimously ‘passed
deploring the action. of the Company
relative to Old Age pensions.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary served a
sauerkraut and frankfurter supper
which seemed to hit the right spot,
according to all reports.
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