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BIG BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY
UOI. XLUI LUASHIIIoDIO, D. C. mlRRrH, 1947 iO. 3
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N EVERY JGB THERE'S A LAUGH OR TWO
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CHAT
What Do Big Business Men Think About - 83 The JOURNAL is receiving many pleasant
Special Joint Meeting Vice Presidents--Council letters these days from members who com-
Why Does Congress Overlook Monopoly? - ment favorably-oan the wholuon JOURNAL
Tracy Answers NEMA Attacks on Union - .... ~~87 presentations and ask for careful revision
Vivid'Drama Tells Hopeful Story of Crippled 88 of mailing lists so that they can receive
Deserved Tribute to Men Who Have Gone Before 89 their JOURNAl. regularly.
International Cartel Leads Vast Sugar Industry - _- - 90
A Labor Constituent Speaks to Ball - ....- 92
Cities Must Recognize Employees Are Human .- - - 93
Far Panamanians Use Ingenious Craft Tests - .- - - 95 A letter front John V. Haley, L. U. 733,
Detroit Plays Host to IBEW Bowling Congress .- - - 96 Paseagoula, Mississippi, conveys interesting
.... 97 information. The local unions of the Amneri-
47th Annual Dinner Attracts Many Notables
can Federation of Labor of this enterprising
Editorial -. - - - 08 community cooperated to present to the
Woman's Work . -. - - - 100 Jackson County hospital two iron lungs. In-
Correspondence - - - - - - - - .... - 102 cidentally, the dinner held to celebrate this
In Memorian - - - - - - - - 112 fine gift stressed the need for community
Death Claims - - - - - - ...- 114 cooperation and community spirit. The
Official Receipts - - - - - - ....- - 117 International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, L. U. 733, gave $250.00 to this
* This Journal will not he held responsible for views expressed by correspondents. cause. Labor can do nothing better than co-
The first of each month is the closing date; all copy must he in our hands on or before. operate in worthwhile community projects.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The extension of this comnmunity spirit to
Interintional President, D. W.t liAC, Interntion.alI Secretary, C. M. BM.NTAZT, wider areas, such as the whole nation, or
1200 15th St., N. W,, Washington 5, 1). C. 1200 15th St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C. the whole world for that matter, is one of
Intertiational Treasurer, W. A. InoAN, the ways to solve the problems in the inter-
647 South Sixth Ave,., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. national field, in particular that of the atom
bomb. Community spirit and cooperation
VICE PRESIDENTS INTERNATIONAL must be worked out as the world moves out
First )istrict Jose RAYioND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the present doldrums of hate into the
245$ Rossinni Blvd., Windsor, Out., Canada CIAIiEs M. PArLSEN, Chairanr smoother waters of mutual interest
Second District -JO[N $oJ.RIEAN 4937 W. Cuyler Ave., Chicago 41, IIl.
Room 239. Park Square Bldg., Bllton 16., Mass. First District ..... LouS P. MARCIANTI
Third District JoSErP W, iccET 119 Murningaide Drive, Trenton. N. J.
915 Brandywine Street, Schenectady, N. Y.
Second District CHaRLrs E. (AraIsY
Fourth District GOaDON M. FsE,.AN 21 Saniford St., Springfield 3, Maas. The second article of the series we are
1423 Hamilton National Bank Bldg.,
Chattanooga, Toen. Third District ... OLIER MyERs running on other industries will appear
Fifth l)iatrict 0. X. BA..ER 912 Adams St., Toledo, Ohio
.. this month on rugar. Last month's article
905i Watts Bldg., Birmingham 3, Ala. Fourth District C
.. GnL . Scio"TG
Sixth District M.J. B.oLE [222 St. Paul St., Baltimorn, Md. on meat bad wide recognition.
4300 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 13, Iii.
Fifth District,1 H. IIL UaOCII
Seventh District ... W. L. INcAI 130 N. Wells St.. Chicago 6, Iii.
1201 Jonas St., Room 117, Fort Worth 2., T'exas
Sixth D[isrict ...- LAWSON WIMIIEIY
Eighth District . WALLACE C. WIGIT
945 E. Carter St., Pocatello, Idahi 601 Stiliwell Bird., Poalt Arthur, lTeas
Ninth Distriert J. SCOTT MILNE Seventh ])istrict C.. tLtS J. Fi()I' N Our cover photograph this month is "Dust
910 Central Tower, San Francisco 3, Calif. 3473 1ath St., San Francisco 10, (alif. Bowl" by courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery
Railroads . J. Dtnry Eighth Dlatrict -........- XEi COCsoRuN of Art and the frontispiece photograph is
330 South Wells St., Room 600, Chicago 6, il. 83 lome St., Stratford, Ont., Canada
"Earth Knower" by Maynard Dixon, also
by courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operalors
ANSWER
fly Helen Mitchel
WadJ .allma Tells performinig vaied jobs iin act"u life. Most
of these sieles are from the plants of the
Ford Motor Company, Western Electric Com-
pany, Caterpillar Tractor Company and
Bulva \Watch Comipany. These companies
OIT
slow
of the wre..k of war, and out of the
attrition of the miaehine age upon
Private business and Government igS facts:
m lye Sr handicapped vworkers,
fid il'ge mi,
they give strong testimonilis to the follow-
nm tioi
na#= CARTEL Le d ,making the cost of labor drop and thus Lthe
production cheaper. It may be that the in-
dustry will be publicly justified in the fu-
ture. The following figures show how during
the four years we were at war-a time in
Vat Sau aa Yna dti which the industry was supposed to come to
our rescue--the production fell off compared
to the four previous years. The decline is
attributed to shortage of manpower, ina-
This is the seconad in a sri esof trticles bility to install new machinery and priority
on basic indnltrice. The first ¢ql,snred in
Complex situation ushers in whole of crop aereago for more essential food
February on "MEAT." The ithird will deal international marketing relations. items. (See Table L.)
with railroads.
Many producers compete for U.S. Cone Sugar of the South
UGAR is a sticky business. The major consumer dollar. Besides the beet sugar industry, ther is
consuming nations of the worldi have a substantial amount of cane sugar made
not allowed the growing and processing econonmy. If we were dependent upon over- in Louisiana andt Florida. The output is
of sugar-inproducing crops to be adjusted largely from the former state, and over-a. l
seas areas for our total supply, we would
naturally as geography and unfettered acu- be in an even more constraining position production averages about 475,000 tons,-
nomies would indicate. Legislation involving for' want of sugar in war time than we were less than a third of the beet sugar mnanufac-
sugar is avoluminous and all of it seeks to in the two great wars of this cenoltury. tired. Cane is also a subsidized crop, pro-
protect the special interests of the several Such reasoning has gained acceptance tocted from its near Cuban competitor.
groups involved in supplying the market. in Europe as well as in America. As a re- The territories and possessions of the
The groups are various and their inter- suit, all around the globe beet sugar com- Ulited States are not affected by our tariff
eats are often conflicting. To begin at home, petes behind tariff barriers with cane sugar impositions, and a large part of our sugar
there are the sugar-beet growers whose from the tropics. In the United States last normally comes from the Philippines, Ha-
crops produce annually in normal times year, the Government paid $22,206,000 to the waii, Puerto Rico and a little from the Vir-
about a million and a half tons of sugr-- sugar beet grwers, and $3,884,000 to the gin Islands. Nearly all of the rest, and at
roughly 23 per cent of U. S. sugar consump processors in government subsidies. Bcsidos that a larger portion than from any other
tinn,. this direct help, there is the indirect subsidy single source, comes from Cuba.
offered by duty on imported sugar. This The Philippines exported about a million
Sugar beets are grown and processed tonr to the United States before World War
chiefly in the Western States. -Oregon, allows the domestic product to be sold in the
Washington, California, Idaho, Wyoming, same market with tropical cane sugar only II. The Japanese invasion completely cut
when the latter is put to a very great dis- us off from, that important supply, and the
Utah, Montana, and Colorado- and in the fields and grinting mills Mere ruined. Ex-
Midwestern States- -South Dakota, Ne- advantage. In recent years, the tariff duties
as imposed by the Smoot-Hawley Act of ports will not come in the quantities of
braska, Wisconnsin, Michigan, Minnesota, former times for several years, if the in-
and Ohio. The farmers have integrated the I3O have been reduced under reciprocal
trade agreements. The following figures Iunstry there ever recovers its former posi-
sugar beet with their crop rotation plans, tion.
and beet tops and beet pulp from the sugar show in fractions of a cent how the duty per
pound has declined. Under the original pro When the Philippines were granted inde-
factories make food for fatLenisg cattle. pendence, the United States signed a trade
visions of the 1930 tariff act it was lifted
Protective Legislation for Sugar to 1.7644 per pound and finally to 2c. treaty with the new government which,
among other things, would permit free entry
Heretofore, sugar beet growing has re- Tariff Rates in Fractions of a Cent Per IPound
Showing Year of Change of Philippine sugar for the next eight years.
quired so much hand labor that it coul. only This provision is subject to various inter-
be carried on if subsidized by the Govern- A,,.Usl pretations, for its effect on the Philippine
Yer, A~,rttbU
Daty
mont. Consequently, the sugar beet growers economy is important. The United States
have influenced their Congressmen to enact 19S7 .90¢(
1939 1.077 Covernment has g 'anted to business inter-
protective legislation. It is argued by the 1040 ests in the Philippines $400,000,000 for war
.190
sugar-beet processing concerns that we must 1042 .751 damage reparations. This money will be
have a healthy industry becauIse the prod- [!d4a .75 iused to re-establish the way of life which
uet is a basic one in our Ulnarurt.lu gig 1947 .75 kept the Islands relatively un-itdustrialized
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MARCH, 1947
Cuba Has Been Aided
TABLE I Since I90g Cuban sugar has had tariff
p'lefe'''rc, sover other foreign areas. This
Production (in husndsllds) of 100 lb. bags of suga' for ivebe,, et.r11w, o
elefle/e
has helped l relieve the distress which
Anterican Anabta-
Year (real er Ilolly Sugar Crysal Utah-hdI mil .leia , d fluctuations of sugar prices in the world's
I1988 X,.18 4,018 I.049 2,1!E 1J120 miarket has occasioned . but llOr policy has
199 :1,2,4147 8,67 1.721 2 1g7 not offered any ;issu'urans of continuing
1140 7,71;I; 4.739 1I11, 832<is 2: demiand because we have so often changed
141 I;55 5,39 I,7 11 2,776 it.
TotIUi 34Jga 18.51Ia ., ;,I 4i691 Growing and grindlr sugar canlle was a
1942 ED&212 4,170 3,251 2,1 38
telatively stable bNsbiss befole the irst
943 8,413a 8,994 3,881 21,1q 2,932 World War. Sucho c'urences as storms and
1941 6,211 2,3560 2.`86 ;I 1,721
J71
Ip45 5,ce.'.89tl 2.559 2,287 2,119 I 81 droughts were thile chiifc concern ol fl;lta-
otal 28.732 13,07 11,511 11 8,;.I. tiroi operators. he the lulopelan beet-
sugar ithlusteity ws;di (Irlupt'd hl ll rhntt
the contientluring tih lilrst Worid War,
a se~ver e i a mlllln l of su gart P cioc'rm eevey-
and agricultural, with a heap labor mal- tlolliur nleasries taken to stabilize the in- where, nm]ludina the IJniled ®States Wher-
ket. The planttation n vestm.ents have been dust,' til eils hntionly. ever cane could grow, ir, lutiori was in-
largely inl the handis of Amerians who ale ceilced and grindhillma pacities wre i en-
concerned golely with making money rathcr Will Cuba Weather the Storm? Ilarged. By the time that lihh Euopi,,,,t beet
than building nlw m nation, and it is inter Wiie, I::,tllit, t[ F' Philippines and Puerto Jindustry hai '.eeo.Y.reId. Ipher was enough
estin g to note that mnom of tihe sigarplai- Rico' have la,]l II1htc emrefully considered sugar cane produ ed to suppily thile world
tations and girinding mills are cin'tolled by wil l,re }lii' ill itlti[ a, I illtillll (f' their s gllar' unsuppli..ented by other soue,. This
the Hawaiian factors. Cuba has wettlic.'J I siltmny carler with vaeant notinlg toi hbel glowers, though, for
uncirtt itlty still Itri lwl ir Fhll illn the face. the governments had set about to ellncourage
Mixed Motiyes At Iresunt, the eintalldHlli, mdlisi 'y is boo.l- this uneconomic proitcLunll ILltin ill spite
The preferential treatment of Philippine ing, of 0o0rse, mid 11i (l!' ilive lisln on-1 of Word Wai I expeinet Wiring
. this last
sugar will tend to weaken attenmlpts to di staitly sint.e (,w ll ...ptm ol wIa', although war, tihe bert stgape indcstry av i/led the
versify industry within tIIhe country, but it European almost ilnothing aail. Nineteen-
is not certain that such is possile at this strln ently
I ha il.o. ini Ily all ithl r prod- forty-six con sllu. ptino in France, fort in-
point anyway. Some critics have indicated uets stance, was only hal tlhat per capita of
that the must ard.nt Utnited States advo- Cuba's s..u.a (Vp l,igei's firoll thlee to AmneTica, and ianlcle was in a falr better
cates of Philiplpine and Puerto Rican free- five nillion toints .ison.d only to India's position than nlly of the other eount:ies.
dom are those ipincipally int rested in the production. 'iThatthe evlllmnci( anti political Being the lrgestL explrter for huropean
encm'la$ge..le.t if United States sugar en- stability ef the Cou.. t..y ise18
d,]endn it upon and Aerian sullie, Cuba was rost
terprises. When the tariff artes for theSe the crep c'an be radiiy ulderstood, it one stunn.ed by tie Illil iii world dotmaIld for
two ae are lifted to equal
revintuailly Irealized that inl
Ut . no. .lli year over 75 per sugar, The price rcached arn all-time low
those of Cbha or other foreign eountrihs. coit of Cuban dollhnr exitS ;t..I tierived in 1932 and Cub all .III.1 pll.fit miargins
the heelt and cane growers it' the li ited from sugar, andr that thtisi ;Hie 'liturt'e suppllied were swept away. TIPi depresion inllsgar
States will haive an even iullre solid foril over half of the .tln...litl]
;11i[ ill the began lon tlieo'..e
Ien1ralai.he worhld i,-
dation for their businesses than they do Ultited States iii lte' ypeas' 8.llti l' gt'ihw pression. and. it sted lomer. Sinm the
today. nit e ehlealply l.t] le.tI er bill (]tlibl ilhir iii uils1 s.l.i.. l'r h)h) llgiS in CriilL III Ain.m caii,
ally of tillh oth'i plae L dist'l 'l. if w lived f atd ltie lte serb Ionparedl ettlerpises tod
Prodiction of cane lsoar in the IfLawailan
It a fte m'rkd'wii'lih ,'pl yl ill of ow' sugar the native mries, the (ulahpm frices and
Islanis has l[on bheen a prim.ary i..u.l's.il.
'The live sugar factois who have an lincha- g dblhi ie d I Ill ther
e ,
lenged grip
upon every illpo'.rta.t aspect
of the I van as sllilllg ieltS for
Wcoinmy
augar plaites. W hihi so engigt'l, they be-
came plantation (w,, ers ani their asend-
ancy cotinued until corlooi and ownership
of tranlportition anit all othel phases of
island commn..nity life became ailbost ,x-
elusively theirs, Thus it is that Castle and
Cooke, Alexa..der and Ba.llwitdn, American
Factors, C. Brewer .iin Company arid Thee
H. I)avis and Company, througrh their eo-
ordinated elfofrts fuil'ish us nor nally aover : ~ ~ *2:P
half a illion tons or ihgar annually,* They
ship most f. the sugrar raw to Caflifornia
where much of it is efiled by the Caliifmnia
and ilawaiian Suar Reflining Corporation, i'~~
(owned chiefly by the directors and officers
of Amerin nFactors Li .n ted and. Castle
and Cooe) andI a.othri ]large lefinery
owned by Iawaiian interests.
Hawaiian and Puerto Riean total sugar
prodetion is virtually the sa thet 1,915-39
average for the latter hein 974,00(10 tons.
Since /941, when Professor Tugwell became
overnior of the I an.id, attempts were made
to reduce the calle rop and stimulate aec-
tivity in other enterprises. Our idemands for
stugar increased just at that tLime, however,
and the war halted the program which Tug-
well had initiated. Formerly he had studied
the problem, of sugar surplus and was in-
strumoental iU, ourhutin g slome of the eon-
AMU
received.
Important Question
Shoild , nirnuicp/l itiity sigyjn a ibbor
conltl oct
On August 27, 1941. at the conclusion of
meetingr and as a result of unllrstatliilgs
reached between the union and the commis-
sioners, the Board of iRilway Ceommission-
ers of the City of Detroit adopted ule gov-
ernug tile Wages and working eollditious of
tiansporttitm eqiuili.nt opertateors and all
A. F. of L. union. It gives e(xclusive hmugain-
ing rights to time llion alel s'ts til an
l]aborat, scheme tfe handliS grievances
and complaints and makes a provision for
arbitration., It will be noted howevr, that CLCTE1iiIU
COLLECTVI6%VJJ IAR CoAIN ING
the rules adoptedl ale the rules of the city
unilatelally amoI it Idoes not represent a
bilateral contra.ct.
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Closed Shop Agreement?
I will raist, here thile incidntal question as
to whether ould public policy would permit CONVENTION MANDATE FULFILLED
a muniiepal utility to compel union nember- RESIDEN" PAN W. TRACY tIna appionted Orin Arthur IIuiroxIs, Loail riUnioii
ship, in olthle word., sign a unien hoji
agrt..., l.t. The idea of making uanion, men
pNo. 574, to
fulfillment
sigifi&..ant staff position
of a coivention mandate.
in W:dshiagton. -This LIPP0i)mdentVi nl
bolship a condiion .of eiploymenit ill the
pbhlic scrvice is so incompatile wvith .Ih
Mi Burow, is charged h thii leitplIihi ity of oranni)zinlg o [i.i...'l t Itm-
plbweft,1 o;
f administirfing 1,igr Itiiin
l, to wtilriie of Eleetricil Wol.kers' i all
merit syslem andil civil service i~rlneiicb s ha hi'lt[ilch iii the Governmrenit ;dl I.. I i llinling hgisltive maItteri affecting (I.iiv.i-
it hardly ia1sB'or discrssio. It is ilplh/lrttau t
that inion leaders and public emphlyees ai Mr.:owys ha. Ilal wkl e eleetricitfelddl union dIihistr'tit: t [].iiene', lie
volVed undlerstanld why ' union secuti'y is hld
Ihtul ir'e*'&I p,4.. t 11 f . .orenIt.I and shop plhaililg .Int.I. IIu i[n
...
l e
I
unneeded in goveqnment slrvice. have" of the exe ilrye lt[i i" Local Union No. 574 a[Id shop s1x>ll lillg the
tI sti l ing
pointed out that whereas a ulllon anid/li iml lays of tie war. Il, kiolWs ever.y phso ol Government stix cI ,eTiMi pI.ac.ci*
employees may neetd protection ill i[.[ate panIt. BtLriows ;as seleLed as a dlegat to. th r Metal TIdies C ouncil in
Industry, condition. in public QTillnIItI 19I10 an1d soed1e ioh1 nUosly in that 'a p[cin 5 As ai mber of the conferencec)tm-
are different. Phe fact that a rIrl[l niittee, he, hal .tllienee
t in talinig ip mallets (if glievance with mranagenient oIf the
union is accurstomed to IreeiinMg a losed shipi a, i Mr.t Bur'o
pInaval t
him¢}eu iit'hree
hlits as seeretaly of the BreilnertonI
shop in private industry i no leason fol etlnI Tradeis (...une..il in 19t: 1 1.a d V4T, MrI'. Burrows selred as vilHr.-..esidnti
tarrying aver such
, a p latice into the public o'rlb.
bl P';llific {.oeiDil iel t, ..In iiIt wts aictive' in the important conferences
service. ThIef is il slipport in practice r' ieol ,JIl tIjI ldoII the ct wh l ith
tichship repair and new conatructiom AOtil
law for a clstl shsp il government
e. srviV, stirld l S
As a cncbisipn.II laid like I nako a In Octoiber 1942, he ias one of tho, labor delgates from Puget Sounti Navy Yrdiil
few ohbselvations an s.Itee{ti ons which will wo itl.mi..led the labor rehutitiolls curlfortice calleedin Washingtln, I). C. I. Ilhi Navy
apply whethtr in,.l.l. ecs tgranize or not, Delal t'nenit
whether .su prvisi,, s e fact'd rith formal Iii March 1945, by invitnilirlI of thie SeetrieUrhs of War alind Nilvv ]J'plhejillint.
uniom itlialli; or nnt. he watI selectpad as one of 10 Welt Coast JllIo' lead..ers (two of w''ll.. .e.e civil slIuice
edioe)yes) to make a 26,000 mite i.speltlon eour of the Souuh nil Centra.
l Pacilic
Human Relations
Regardlcs of the distinctions which I nay
thiotre of
war operatilos1. Twcnty-l', tfhiiutis...., five hunrd nles of Ihis trlp welr
Iai by air, visiting such places s 'cIa :i -'ibore,Eniwetok, Gu ma.,Iwo aimsh, litbi.
have dra..wn between employee riltin ill Peleiiju. Leyte. Saniar, L.uzon, itlitlitl Mimiile, Mvrali illntie Halma ra
group of
public enploynent and private industry. i lslins. Rinak, Manius. Los Negels, (.t.hida:leial. Johnson Island anLd others, vsiting
oie very fundaimental way they are lierni ca Fleet Admirl Chester W. NiniiMit a:nd (zil l lDouglas MacArtihur during the tripl!
--cinipl)yeeo in either case are human. Hi- III is married, has one ehild, a Ii is on the job in Washington.
.an reia tions are no diilrenm in private cms
ployimnt or public. Public empioyees ait
motivated by the sale desires. cares anI
ambitions. The objective orgaiized labor " . .,, th roots of the present coito¥
O!rsy work of the eonmiissiol, if siceessful,will
seeks for its members is sunmmed up il one hetwveen the ilBoard of Trofaunsportatioin undoubtd]ly lay the groundwork for a work-
word by Samuel Gompers when he appeared the Transport Workers Union lie in lte lat ablei and sound city policy for the future.
for the A. F. of L. before a Senate Con- that the former ha. aiways bieenfxetetitilrly Ceftainly there is a diff.erenc between the
,uittee: "More" If public employees think jealous,,, of what it Iega-IIr a ita right atll effetI of a strike in a publie utility and a
that they will have a better treatment by prerogatives. It has never ace.pted the iiirit peanut stand. Why? Ilocause, and mainly
joining a union, then we can expect that of free negotialiuon with its employees'. has because, more people are affected and the
they will sign up. wai elid to I aii its shop in its own wi ' It public is more ineioven.ei.iced. The number
Roibert Littler, noted San Francisco at- has buttressed its posiiimoi by appeal. to the affected arnd the extent of the iieoIlvlelien e
torney, in a recent spoech in Salt Lake lod.tl'ilne of the peculia, status af tihe gov-
(City usually bears no rliation to wheter the
emtitled "Mistakes Emplyer s Make," said eramenlal eImployer and by seeking tile ad- plant is Iublicly ovned or pu ivately operated
that e.mp.liyrs are nti staken in beleving vantage of every technicality of the law" for profit. There has been talk of legislation
that their la hor troubles arise ouiely from (5 WLR 297) te prohibit trikes in all uitilities, private or
agitation of union leaders," He added that 'he National War labr' Board. in its iap- public. But municipal utilities already have
"all men are diseotented .... There are ptrisal of that same dispute t....u ul ed that: all the legislatio n they eould ask for Laws
alway, grievances in any etabliallinent. .. the manyor and the Btoard of Trans- wili not prohibit strikes any moro than laws
Usually the union merely gives volume and potimolltii of the City of Nce York havet not will put out fires, Whereiver ther es cause
power to the mutterings which have been provided adequate faeilities for fair aid .. n fp. ceinlbu.,tion there wiil be trouble. Wise
going on all the time." partial consideration and review of griev- pre tiun is beltter thaln loudl prohibition.
Supervisors in municipal utilities will be aecs and other odbjecties of i pripver .n.- Don't look to somebody clse to dio fot you the
held as accountable in the final analysis as ployee relationshp polic." job which you alone can do CiL yourself if
supervisors in private industiy. It would be If such a policy is folalowd for any great you are going to get along with eilloyes.
a great m and a disservice to the IIb- length of time. eor o ali of se.lral things
.ietake The conferene room and a cooperative ati-
lic if munieipal utility policy toward ogan- may happen. Dissatisfied empolyees will tiiude is the antidue folr strikes.
izel 0 unorga iiied riiedioyces is based ulipo prov to be most ineilien"t. Eumployecs will
legal and technical dlistinctiols. Uniotu- aeek bettel elply..nent outside whl.re mole Positive Measures Required
nately, a very few shortighted public oiM- sympanthetic treatmet, is Livn. Theo lses Commlon sense requlieh time public admi,-
iais have 'i jed entirely upon al attorney's may be made a political one anl submittied istrator to take positive . ol gorad
.measures
opinion that he is not hound by the same to the public. Hostile unions trIeated insym- ipcrsonnel ma.nangeennie
t All suelrvisors
rules which govern collective bargaining in pathetically by municipal utilities nlay join should be selected and trained and conduct
private industry. With I is negative concept sponsors of private utility ownership} ia. I- themselves so as to anmand the respect of
and in a salnletio.ious, attitude they have vretimg to a private enterprise. Right eor nI employees, All e xicutives should prepare
refused to meet union officials and have dis- right, enployaes tray strike. themsebles by becoming aequainted with
missed the eiutip ibjeet of employee rti L ti...lls in private tmploynlent. All rqluests
dions; have made no preparation to meet the The Mayor's Commission should he met with an open mind and with
underlying grievances which inevitably give It is tlecuraing to receive the I.ecrnt in- a desire to get at the faet-. all of them. As
cause to unlesi. formaitiun that Mailor O'Dwyer of lhe City Will Davis, chairman of the War Labor
In a dispoute involvilng the Board of Trans- of New York, has appointed a spepdl cora- Board, said:'"There canll hn no liffiren.e of
portatin, of thie City of New York in 19i2, lhisson of outstanding citirens to reviw opinion as to facts, there can only be ig-
the City Aftais CoInitPee made anl ii labor management relations of the City of noranae.," Most grievanes,. I have obecrved,
vestigation and issuedLIa public str l..e.iL. New York. The ma action
,or's
,ame in eon- ai se from ignorane di storted faieti. Mis-
The chaiirm.an Bishop Francis . MeCni- nietion with the 'cci li serious strike threat uinderstandings which thls iecu e n o nly
nell, In evaluating the attitude of the city by the ,'mallepoltatioil w..otikr. a il]I in ico- bl sotteld by sqularel.y 'acig th, fatct and
in this controversy stated: nectiin with that dispute prmalily. The (Cuoiiiuel/ o]i polte 110)I
85
over the uslai 10do boell We offi, ithe idea Disadvantages Eliminated
for Wht it ity be wth to the I.e...heir of
other locals. In order tIo elinlintte the disadvantage,
inherenlt i Figur' II, ofhbetrivga ufitiiuouS
Ring Depends on Resistonce drain ol the h;litely tie circuit shown in
Figure IlI was dvi.d. Here the auxiliary
If the tlorivneimiicl il and battery set coil is connected ae.r ss th breake, points.
sihwn ii F~igLr I is conltnected cross a When eonnlcted ii itis IpoSitil, the aixil-
closed ei tti,tie hell will jh/ with a iary coil fuL.tious alost extly the same
fieuiietcy qitle iniepenien t of the amount as it did in Figure II but the I..hsking of
of alklta Sli'a the circuit, but the streng.th the eircuit between the esto leads will inter-
of the rinl wil Idepenod upon tile amonnt of rupt all bati. i eu.... t.
mestsb atc an'u the hul try voltage.
Due to the inlullrtale of the auxiliary
The naxiui.... esitacellC through which winding, it will be impossible fo, the current
the hell wil
i ri
i ll eill
ieiid o.i thile voltage through the auxiiiarvy wi ...1gs to build up
of tile batteyi nd il ti, rhalacteristies of the to its iumll
llll vaI illinnl.li aliy upon the
bell. Whln fliain. alill set is used to test breaking of the vibi'itor otItats. If a con-
the conti.in.l y Of a ciruit, having an apple- Fegurn II denser of iughlhy I illfd. eapacity is con-
tahie anoiult of iuductane ill the circuit, neeted across tihe ni i iauxy cil I,as shown in
the cul'ent through the bll magnet coil ;vill
iary winding will have no tipreiit'rbli effect.
If this mnodiied bell set i. con..eted across Fig. IV, it will store u,pte initial surge of
build up so slowly that the cointacts will current and later discbarge it thn..ugLh the
a circuit of low resisti. e aild high induct-
open with &aslow b)lak amd the armature auxiliary wiidiags.. [),e to the rather low
anc, such as the wiidlings of a transform-
will ill.t be pllaw to the aognet pole pieces. inductance of the auxiiarhy winding, the
er, the inductive kick piit'ited when the bell
Instead of proiducing the usual ring, the current throgh the aixuilary winding will
armature will m .ldy flutter weai kly. The contacts open will Cause a Sine of current
through the auxiliary wirididgs. Since this build up quickly befbe the cmdenser is
flut teri ... .. otit., of the ramaitur e will only charged to any severe votage. The action
paLtially orenI th circuit at the vibrating su-ge initially will have a nmagitdie equal
to the pick-up eurireit of the Ilail inagnet of the auxiliiy coil it elf helps to reduce
conItacts IId ibth iindt vi e kicke of the circuit the sparklng of the cintaicts [but the com-
being tedstt will i a seve
IeiN ar
,re it the
coil ani ice te axilia coil has ni.ee
turns thiii the main wihdling. tihe breaking bination of the auxilary tIlI hl hut led by a
contacts. For these reasols thei conventional of tie bell clintarts ill i.suit in an iearease condenser wil cinIphtly eliminate the
bell set is Iboth ntsn..isfaeLory and . hort- sparking, evtn when the bell is rining
in flux tliough the poles whirh i,, turn will
pull the a ature 0t tlhe .lpoiiees snartly. through a high idUtace tlrasormer
Thle inuctlive kick in tilhe circuit beirng tested windinrg.
will uaintain a curllet throlgh the auxil-
Rewinding the Coils
iary wiidimig and hold the arnmiature picked-
up for an iappreiaciib inlerval of tile de- Only approximateot iucIttionis Can he
pending on the iiouitun of ilduetltnce in the given to eor,, the r4whliilg of the coils.
circuit be iln testr1d When, a a isluit o the The main coil should contain as leariy as
resistance in tlh wlxiliary cnil, the current possible the n.llnma I n l.mler of tufrns and
m finally dies to a eufilcnmtIy low vahle, the
lux will dblcease to the point where the
size of ire needed for a normal bell for
operation at similuar "ilsi', alid through a
ar matuir will be releasedl d the eimunit similar anieulit of ciriil Iistlnc . The
th.rough thle berae*i In
pn tored. Be- auxiliary coil shouili contain flon one to
cause of tIIe i'.. c inh tfhe tIe circuit three time s ianaNyrurns i>e nlailn oil,
the current through the bell set will build and should have a resistaace of a}ppioxi-
up slowly, .ontl under the action of the main iawtely 10 times the resistnlce of the maiLin
coil, the poles are oine orle mlagttized uatf- coil In most cases it will be founld that if
'1 ficinltly to pick up Lhi arnatue, t This cih- applroxinately y25 prcent of the turns on the
Figure I cult has thlee ndvantagesl (CoLlni.U.ed on pate lid
9$ The lournal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
TIBEW
IlE following call for the third nuamtl
out:
bawing tournament has gone
}0l0 iS c ae-
400 is tat
th for team event,
fin doubles.
200 is semarch for singles. Thn I.B.W.XV.
coting a traditi,i
1e,-it tI. ,Mich.
,ii - ,,ttir....n..it is be-
r ltihjratjrflhy upheld
"The committee in charge of the third in- Averages used shall hb those ahi ishedA..
nual IBEW handki.p howling t l..r..anldlt during the last w..k of Nlenear I.lt.h by the ii ii 11ll tliui,), LikeieyervV
Ipolttn
an:d ilmist hbeb.a se on not less than 18 thing (ie, it ald sm..all hclmittingsz- a ¢hild
to be held on April 12 and 13, 1(,17. at De-
gamlt,1 T'eams elterLtlg regular linre-up. of walr- ie, its irst event bore typicald.
troit, Michigan, invites you to paric ipaite
Its ILlil o aiitiulo(e leiage, may use eh.a ateristics: Only two tearms conipeteli
by entering one or .ore teams to Ireprosilt
te ll iVoqll:,, tite... tht
l ea gue. othorwie. Mlhau kee and St. Louis. The ore we
your local.
bowlers mau-t use their nean, average hil teleponedIto one another. TIhe St. Lmls
"Any mnemler of the IBEW in good stind-
sanetioned league competition. teati WO.
Ing and who holds an established A.B.(.
average is eligible to compete on any alrin All bowlers omlered in, five-ma.n, dnuhle,, Last year the second toultlnlettt %val held
he nay selert or on which he may be pliacud. and singles ate eligible for the all-events in St. Louis andi was II dyI aIun b he
.lyh i of
All itroties most be in the hands of the pri1e5. tie internuttional oit..i. F.li. all[! accunts
tourna.nen t secretary by midnight. March Handicaps are counted inl, anld the high- the games were e and the gathering
.rilh,
15, 1947. est totals receive the prizes as bown it, soiable. The Dltl,.I lenIn ,I1tit lhoe carry-
"Entry blanks are enclosed herewith. and the ofieia plrZe list which wil e pub- ig praises for St. Lou is hospitality on its
Irequet. lished ilnl the April JOURNAL. lips.
additionai blanks will be mailedi on
"The success of this tournament depeois Should tear nanme not he registered ii The teams pariiipaing in the second
on your cooperation. Please act at once. A.l.c. tlhnugh your Iocal city assoiatio, ournanment were It10.. Iam,mnond
,,1 t.ouit:
The comlllitte for the tournament is aIs 50 ents will becollected by aptaiii fel ;and Gary, Indianal St. Louis. Missouri, and
follows: registration and 1ust aceor. paIy a ppII- ,ioan WXisconsin cities. Lc.al Union No. 194
Emory J. Zanr, ehairnla; Ixonard SlIith, was the host for 1946 and the following were
tour.lanmetl secretary; John aser. records;: C(sptai mst vuc.h finor ai hoveg of the 'winners:
Daniel Diamond. treasurer; Jack E. Mi- ,i, umbeis from their respective l ias
ild Team Event
Keown. publicity. fllunish SIlae to tounant sretay
Kra.nle Electric Comipany Team of St.
ith applipeation. Loi, 1st Plaee
Plans Are Complete All It ry fe (100es perent.. will Ie ii-
The plo's for tihe lectrieal Workers IFrank Adams Electrlu (Conlpa..y Team of
tanlld aS prize imoney.
third. annual bowling tourn.ament havwe ben All teams and bowlers in this tI.u..mtII- St. Louis2nd Place
completed and the steel is nl'eady swinghi II
Two MEnt.im
oIwtet alal lorkeit all rights to prize money
into place. Two gfrand performnies willi aind entry fees if it shoul be &etermlnheIt Gra>jge Kaiser an i El'vn Miitzhe l Mi-
take place. On Saturday,. the five-man tra!n byihe oitruntee that averags subnitted waukee- Ist Placee
evnts will start pronmptly at 10 a.n., and ili i eoerntret. L. Smith and William Priem, IDtroit
will be followed Sunday by the doubles anld (Captins of teams, and those howmlig in 2nd Plae
singles. The spectacle will be staged at loubles anl singles must register with Singles
Great Lakes Bowling Center, Woodward land the secretary 30 minutes prvious to stuat- 1st
Baltimore Aenaues. I,,e of DetrliLt'si lrgrst, John Glassehroeder, Milwaukee
ig time.
bowling rre.tition centers (60 alleys ii
No team or individual, bowling in any L. Smith, Detroit 2nd Place
]Iine where every eonnyiellene for the mod-
unsanctioned Ieague, will be eligihle to C. McGinnis, Gary, Indiana 3rd Place
er bowler is obtainable. participate in this touirnament.
By the time this appears in print,, appli Th, above rules have been tentatively All Events
cation blanks will have been nmiled to it as of Dec, 30. 1946. by the Dlritit P. Bushmather, Wi.sconsinR apids, Wis-
approvel
least 500 lonas. If, by any oversight, y.our A.IB.C. Association in vwhose jurisdleiic n this consin. 1147 1st Place
has not arrivil,, please write for itnmli- Abthun Otto, Milwaukee, .1. .Ind I lace
alely. O0ing to alrangemnts to holdl this toiirnnlelit will take plaea. Comipletie anti
final iuks as appnoved by national A.B.C. 1, Smith. l)etroit, ti-58 lrd Place
ionouster tournam.ent during o.ne shlort week-
end, absolutely no pl..f.re.ees a.n be given
to anyon, in the matter of bowling tin..
The committee reserve s all tights to ar-
ranements; with the complete success of
the tournamentns the supreme objectie.
The following r-les will giovern the tour-
nament. They /re inimportant--please ead
them carefiilly:
Tournament will be bowled in strict tc-
cordanee with all A.B.C. rules and regu-
lations
All bowlers must be ertified in writing,
by the local secretary. to be members of
the IBEW.
T iondirapwill be 75 perent ef dliffer-
eler SCENE OF THE TOURNAMENT
MARCH, 1947 '7
· 4/kac Many
.otaes
OCAL IUNION NO 11-8, I. B. E. W
CcelehbateId iuf 1.l..t -,,rl Ij analiver..ary Baltimore is host fo Brotherhood's
Iby holding a bnnquet .in Wdeihday, Jan- officers, state officials and many local
tnry 15, aId Th.rsidaty, .Li..a.ry 16, at the
Eierson Ilfe, Bajltimore, Marylyand. officials and union officers
On Wedsnday .e.nveling, JOG OB l at-
tended the banque.t which inciudtel tw 0 national vice preide lls: i.li Ra ,t
hles, their wives and friends. A MaL'itd John J. Regan, Joseph WV. Liettt, (Grk,n
turkey dinner including all the tri..nimug 'i. Fireman, G. X. Barker, W. L. Inglarn.
was etrv1ed to all, fllowfed by a fioor show .iii t. , Wright and , Scott Mlitin T11h
{I
and intuic for danecing by Ad Lieder and hi, lletriat...ULI Exaliv Counlocil Ch4,rl, M.
Critei timl. Pauloen, hn I.I Louis I' Marciante
Charsle E. Ca;tlt. Oli, Myers., .H.H
The spt',akems ere D. W. Tracy, Interina-
Broach, L~as~ u,,n \\ inhliidl, Charles J. Foehn
t .n.al ir"'silvn / ; Cl(WIigzsman, Thumas
and KeOiO Cot knIii.
D'Alesaldro, a.. d Elr.id I.ieretz, assistant Other invlled glkuess were: Joseph
to th, p rsident of Ih . I. E.IW. Th ainvo-
,,ee,,an, ilrbe'hIt irie ., rt.earyif Build-
eation waq by Reve!0nd .l in Ii Buene- B . ing and (%4%,tl,c Io, mamI I ,la ( iiunciI of A.
nIali and the convocation by .everend
F. of L.; It. J I\htln,La ...... nt Mary
'ra ncis (t'hihibvi. lad-I)nlltict ot ( oiu'nh[I Fcehratihn of CARL G. SCHOLI7
The altil lstedi until I a. in. and the Lbahtw; Ilany (th,,,. p1-hhi. BlIltimore Business Manager, L. U. No. 28: membr of LE.C.
mne ,be. eniijoyldd themselves so much that I'e..rali/.h.,. of L,.l..o Fran,,k {. Iis, pes-
the hotel had t, put the lights out to get detit. BMli.niL.,e Bluinlg a;sdIConstuction
them. to go home. Smith, John Pierce, Mr. Austin, John
Trade, Cun¢il. Kappas, Ii. WV.I.eardot, F. Sehwickerath,
A mlrg, .1It'*l'
btli .. Ss ana,,grs of
Affair Well Attended the lnttrnatmelrrol Willina D ;.kel
D.
,otltherto(.ld of Elestrical
On Thii;li'y
Other vising in..be.. of the Intena-
Jaliuary IC6,1947,
Jtiilir, Worktqs l)cal Uniiiis attended: Frank tional Brothlinai
Local U iio No. -28, 1. It. E. W., held its hd of Eih clk Workers
Jacobs., Cla,, P, James Lopu. Frank
... ihIpa
oit of lthe banquet. Alproxinmately inemlded: S F T*erly, J. Lt. il ToIpson. It. L
Riley, A. J. Simpson, t IawideBright. LEugne Webb, Otrin Burrow. Jha
400 per'sns attended alind alongl tihe guess KIlly, CaI
Burke, Burto. Fout, (Gerine Sh..ir...
Wer: Vi,, Adali;d ( chlan Presi.Ie,,t of Benjamin Wiemgim, .l,ln,.. IBgan. Andrew
Lowry, Joe Cnger. L. Paliit I.. .1.1P. .Daly,
the City' (', neil Al Wright. (him.rDoylhe Joe Ia .ris.n.G.
. M rk land KelVy; Con- KhEck, (hals Gebi. Jo&,hn Nvak, William Whitcmlb. Viea, itq'l' , (;lis Richard, Mal
gressslin T..l.t.. D'Ales...dro. Sentor J. Middlhim.h Jon m ll i. Sherwood Clay Harris. Phil FrIra, It. Lighty, T.
Wiln..er ([ar;iel, (o Della. Dal Ellson. ton, .liliama Suit-, Willians Shatffter,
and Councilan, larLk Fdoelum The Ihllr- Naughton.
Shcrman Ki ... , 0. C. Feeman, Clayton sfonlHirtite on Ihqt i10)
ELE(TRI(IL WUORKERS
OFFICIAL PUBLI[WTOln IlTflmlfnrlTIAt BROMiEAROOD OF ELICTRICAL U101NOk
Who Are The Not long ago a Congressman arose in the
Monopolists? House and suggested that lthe ati-trust
laws be invoked sainsil laor. \Well, if
the anti-trust laws are invoked ,gtioist labor in the same
way that they have been invoked against business monopo-
lies, labor need not be afraid. The anti-trust laws have
Vol. XLVI Wkhington. D. C,, March, 1947
been on the books since 1892. For nearly a half a century
monopolies and cartels have grown to an enormous size
Progress A long step toward stalilizing American in- and influence. In fact, monopolies and ;,rlekls made greal
dustry was taken this month by the Building progress duiring the second World War, and it is not too
much to say that the Congress is pretty much ill control
and Constrution TradesDeparlnment of the American
of men who either represent monopolies rad cartels, or
Federation of Labor. By agreement with employers. it
men who are in favor of monopolies and cartels. This is
was decided to set iup the National Joint Conference Com-
a salient fact about the present day. Monopolistic indus-
mittee. This committee acts as a kind of court for the try has reached a concert of interest never before known
settlement of disputes in the building trades. The com- in this country during the war, and are acting in harmony
mittee acts for contractors engaged in heavy construc- to a degree never before practiced. The American people
tion work and members of unions so engaged. The Na- will wake up to this fact in the next four or five years.
tional Joint Conference Committee expects to be instru- Now they are lulled to quiescence by slogans and trick
mental in setting up a committee for contractlors in unions phrases.
engaged in road construction work in the building in-
dustry, in fact in all disputes in the fields which are not
covered by the foregoing categories. Craft The CIO was founded on an idea. The idea
Unionism was industrial unions. At that time the Flek-
Here is an example of the great construction industry lricad Workers pointed out that this was only
trying to settle its own affairs. Precedent for the National a superficial issue and other more important motives lay
Joint Conference Committee is to be had in the Council behind the division in the labor movement. The effort at
on Industrial Relations for the Electrical Construction that time to push aside craft unionism, we believe, was
Industry which has been a going concern for more than an error, and subsequent events have proved it. The kind
a quarter of a century, which has successfully stamped of workers who organize a union in the industry for which
out the habit of strikes in the electrical field. The elec- these workers move, largely determines whether the union
trical branch of the construction industry knows that if becomes a craft or industrial union. To force industrial
there is a will to cooperate, and the right machinery, unionism on highly-skilled people is a mistake.
strikes can wither away, and reason prevail.
Now comes David Stern, the ex-owner of liberal news-
papers in and around Philadelphia, backing this point of
view. Mr. Stern was one of the first to recognize the
Menae To An analysis of election returns indicates guild shop-the Newspaper Guild organized under the
Democracy that the Republican victory was not so much CIO. Though he was friendly to the union, the guild re-
cently called a strike against his newspapers; and the
a positive victory as a negative one. The
opposition fell off appreciably iand never went to the polls. culmination of that strike was the closed doors of out-
This does not deter the majority party from acting as if standing liberal newspapers and Mr. Stern's removal from
newspaper publishing. Mr. Stern said that he coukl not
it had a mandate from the people to do everything under
the sun, wise and unwise. Consider, for instance, the atti- go forward and do business if the guild imposed the con-
ditions that it tried to impose. Mr. Stern now in analyzing
tude toward labor. There are virtually 15 million trade
the situation believes that it was a mistake for the guild to
unionists in the United States, and you may consider that
become an industrial union. He thinks it should have con-
with their families, they probably represent 45 million
tinued as a craft union and should have tried to raise the
citizens. Now then, the majority party with its tenuous
standard of journalism rather than moved it against good
hold on victory believes it has the right to pass laws con-
standards. He tried to organize a system of education of
trolling 45 million, or nearly one-third of the population.
the younger reporters with the guild. In addition to the
Is this the way that democracy should work? If we expert journalists on the Philadelphia Stern papers, the
start down this path, it may well be that we will end up union had in it classifying advertising agents, bookkeep-
with drawn battle lines. The majority party tries to pre- ers, auditors and accountants, inside circulation employees,
tend that it has precedent for this in the so-called bad telephone operators, library workers, advertising solici-
MARCH, 1947
tors, and stenographers. The whole thing suggests that More At the close of the second World War, the
unions have responsibility to the business from which Gloom American people w ere credited with having
they get their living. If they take theii sition that their more savings than at any time in their his-
main busiliess is to mulct the empiloyers for higher and
tory. But a study by the Federal Reserve Bank
higher pay and nothing else, they will evenitually ruin
their employer and the union too. showed that these savings did not rest in the hands of
the small incone groups, but largely in the coffers of
thp big banks. In that turbulent year following the big
war from 1945 to 1946, what savings have been accumu-
Gamhling A hi ' IBritish ex-gambler,. Edwin Packer, lated have been drained off by an orgyl of selling at high
Psychology has written an article for the Loeadeon prices. Now comes a gloomy record of borrowing by the
Spcc/iaJo whic h has much sound comment American people to meet routine expenses. These figures
in it. Mr. Packer tries to diissltL gaoumbling. adl to tell why come from the lWall Street Journal, which is hardly a
people do it. Gamblinig, from Alr.IMickelv point of view, purveyor of gloom. The Wall Street Journal discovered
seems to be a method of escape that ml i ln lise to get that personal loans netted in 1944 two and one-half billion
away froum problems that overwheln tiher and annoy dollars. Ii the following year, personal loans had jumped
them, lie sreaks of the man who, likes a uliler every to three billion, nine hundred million dollars and are still
day. Tihen lie gives this trenchant anal'sls: on thle increase. In most of the big cities, people are
"Outu industrial civilization has produced, in spite of borrowing money at about double the rate of last year.
progress and the emancllipation promnlli sel.I Nciencle. A Pawnbroklers are doing an enormous business. The WIall
sense of boredom and frustration ill lhe (1 lnlH>on InfHiL,. j.r,,.rql says:
Set Jrl
A lestriciion oti gambling in allyv formInmt mtery serve "The borrowiing reason most frequently given by people
to di'rec the emotional drive into other and perhapis less seeking ineoicy is: 'I want it for medical expenses.' But
soeially aceeplable channels. " bankers listen to such stories with tongue iii check. They
In other words, wear and tear of machine lindustiryv onl are sure mich 'medical' money is going to meet routine
incividuals is so great thai they must get from it living expenises."
away
all. Your editor heard a British labor man say once; While this deplorable condition exists, big business and
"If the liney couldn't put a shilling on the British big business representatives in Congress arle telling the
Derby we would have a revoluion." American people that wages are too high and that labors
doennands
lire x>rbhitallt.
F-'
OF MANY THINGS
B A WORKER'S WIFE
L. U. N0. 7. 7
FitXr: Wehile mist reunlarly, sO that o(lr Iren .. ,Lin
r to ,,e h. Ihutirl, ndIiwe could ,ili
SPRINGFIERD., tn, 5r or 60 girItl
uf the "ar1i k urJ remote areas Ia, be.kept aoi,rea of .J1v,,. Iit oins iif wa
e ilii gel henl.
(MASS. oIingto the left, na- ments, Ilther. who arei..eli to , orking on hLIt
tionalizing basi- 'idels- Of firs nel
itiil t illest deitrilutki,,n
. ysteLs
a id t.goWould like to eLnuj
Ltris. breaking up big esanes aitd in gneral off 'Lsri! the prseint
elttin g the claws of the ex ip tino is the rent'ellr...i of the ne w il.. i wiwhich o Ih, ,ouqs sh<uh
l [put a ilraelfs in their ipo
.ket
of
lers tile noil ging,, on
i ilownion, the Aleriea ns hav~ givn, their ex
Local B-i4 has aut iaurhatsid for al etihee and Out. 'ha iot bring Your fal.itl
eulil]g hal. this new hleailiduuartir i, at the BileshIu ha.. plirevtntisy artnged for a ]11al
'Liiters a vote of colnifihirie. They wait their
business men to he free ontr-olk sot LbhaiIhtcy earnnr of lifblrt and West S.e .i.i. Stlrets, Los to lie, Ia Ieiuslug is ilt li vr i-thult to obtailn.I
may exrcise their genius Algnlva, and liroviiles aplelloxiatily 73l)0 square OilsL o i-s pr
ill ',i I wi, t "ltrutlii
for p.rodutilon i : .i.d with .leahie tnie fL :I d',ertlme, and we get
snul'py the A rne-iln ii ldep all that they ran feet of otIr lae-e. It i a 4n-story ns soid brick
buy, But what is the bas for such a hope? hu]ilin linilL well efolre the war .. when huihlh-r $112m.0 lOr moulth IIrJ Ihi, .l.ility ji, withIli a
coldi anl diid , pretty on..d antllrial. Sonlie :nLt oln-half for all oVI'iotle except. Sttnltays
id American business ever work for the welfare
of ilLir anstrn brothers Illy si]sil at (he idlte solldlaysllya' which are donhiule timne.
of Aenoricanrs? (leater Bowles. who was n
alverising man, says thai in advertising .. l..- of a,ou-stury building sproadl all iver a i) nly linemen] are leeded. We have plety
150 ilut Iib hilt here in Los Adtirele we do nut If gruundleilen ali other eleetriecl wrers.
palgsa one half of the Anerlean people are lut
en
'on siderd Is possible eustonies; go iii fri sky ireln.rs.
. he Lenldeny icine tII (Gntiii4 $iMi(iNDB, P. S.
thsir
ellrhiio is too low! [pread .lit raLther than to grl.t verticadly, iue
i lirik that most of you will agree that he no (oiloitt in pllrt toIn til fac Ihat earthrluaks L. IT. NO. 28, EdttI: Well, now
Pure, [..ood and I). i IS Act* i necessary 1li6Ytn- are tint eroiiely unkllown Ilnt ieoIn the fact BA ITIMORE, Ml!). the hlidayvs at, nil
tilln. The reason it w:Js necessnry was that busi- we
,thai IsI lots of roent in whihli to preald. ovor arid fr'no all ae
TIess men aflultealtleI tidn p the feid Ihey
tisoned In all of its Ilng history th is count8s l.e boys had a wonderful time. We havYe a
tihe first
sold to their fellow itiens, They even [)ltilnilr' time that lietrII B-18 has owned its own home, very brightand porIeprou n.w year lhbead
ptnny andy sold into hilidrin They llt abtit-- and every member with whilUe with lcnoty of -ork to look forward to. Our
I hlve eole ill
foensins drugs il tlhe Iutie n.aiedhxlon aiitiltl an t ac it happily enthusiastic oiv¢r our purchase hiuiens maranager, ('airl SGholt, and the
on the labels,. A j they bitterly fought the enl- of ucl ie l[it. loler I on..lnitte hsve tliee, earn of the big hal
nalemnt (if the law that wnuli interfori,with wlif itldi kLpt him away from our doer by tlhr
Lhoal B-1l, sIl-e last I wrIkI toetthe JItJttNAL, rig to the Contracetora
theil murderous uativities. And they till gbht riungabout ourt agre
e xpanteldl it.n considerably a I nlow repr.-
has nlght forl the coinigy ar. Well, as always they
it; the apprnlriation for the adlniiottriaitii.n if soets theO laFrgst group of nlnhenir, it haIs ever
th* "'nood and eann batek wilh goond .w.. }lIL surprise tIp ill -
n'ugs Act"' is o iniitedn that buli- had. ampllyees nf the Suthern. alifOnIia
Ilacs Atill gets away with plinty. an irerase in pay anl ilve paid holidays in Lhe
Iilso (Lonaly andi the (alifrnia Eletrilc year. hllbt shows that proress anrd nooerltitib
(:ulliem. has a series of articles on the Power (Coilpsn y have been 4)rg rhiii allt( a.grep
hoillSr situation, lh. utTirles cover the [rirI- still exist in Baltimorl.
nerts have liret worked out for them. We alsu lo[p~of our Brothers, (. L. [L, s, ,who hIs
ciial cities of the oountry. The l coniti ns ull idr hav t a itge sertion of iiiar m *lhru u rrently
.r iers' .any Ior a long tiilm, paid a visit o ii T,
wiich so lmany Amnrielans live is teri-ilI. Rltn- ellldpylsd by .ont(acttirs rull .o.lstruetJion work mll'ie
itd would like to be rmeliberild toal
inrestel homes, no repair irtnyears. the er Ii- in thi is rn. 'these
ing I"'ridiiig disease nrd c.rime. And wie, io
together with our backing the iLboys.
of Ol.d-time lO.li..ers
.. lnpyI-eh by tile nlUlni.- J ust I: ittle ini us wildI we iin, at
lodr for
you thinki beneits frOm these conditions? {I(tr, ipaLly nwnre Deitrtnlent of Water and Power
host tarules get thirJnione wholly or par- work- T, likt~ tps tilhee t o iio a job right tlho
nt this city, as well as those enpln[iyed by the it drp's tn explaln Onhyyou ,lld it wrong.
tinkly front the sitnls'' says ,i. cities If PLO~, ..a L. pasadeo. and (]lv ;ill, Iwushin-re in the JelolNAL we have given you
The minority proNems which we have ire Rli make ip ouir large dive rsiil anId reolraphically-
due to monl who looked for i proittand alae it! L picture in words of otilp towol-niht party whlti
seattlerei monleliershp. rtl, in celebratio n of bur forty--sev'nth ani-
Bostoinn business men made huge forunes in runi Anlther new devhlpinentl
itrd siMeas. Their dIesrcentant are still living in It that this year ve!itry.A We hope we did .iot forget anyi le,. if
fRIr the Ilrat tille iii ur history we are short Io, iholtse terelt our aoiogies. Yoi kl;ow with
iulury for the wonderful erc their inle 'birs of linersmn in the winter tinte,I The usual in
gave to their eoiltry Aliout half of llthewhilte a aris rew,d nmonline srie ii to he left out.
fuX of }rointr se.ieking to ctn, the coldI SI.ei.king of being lift out I do not think our
imrmingrata wer, solicitid illo reming h!ri- by weather hlls Int been enough to satisfy the
agetnt runt sy rtIn 'a;hil rlinranuie. by eeti Presidert Brother *d,.ll G,. Host, Jr. has any-
coipanies, railsrarls, cn a
anIa ither
h usrir.s, thing to compain ahbu[t truly the liistick that
men who wanted ehl.ap labor. The western rail was pat there by our lIoely lady enteertainer
Iroiad were fiirt built by hi nste ceslie s Now who I. l[dd him to the eieter of the finer nand
that they can't implt any more chealp labor they READ sani a b.autiful love song eit tield uatYYour
are p)lanning t1o biild factories without lifor to L. U. N. ArisAor ii.u d Al, ¶le lry'l, P ,boys y su
runl them. I wonder who will buy the proitrs of points out some of the
sh,>uid have seepl that (liu m.il, I he idiinot
lahiirliess factory? The sork holders? basic braer trails of big busines. kIIow what to in. Oh, I forgot to atoietion hio
('a a leopard rhanae his siort? (.io a ps;i- Linemen needed in California by L. U. wifawts lhere.
nets man chnne hi. hlabits? They neo.r have No. 18. ii likel to il-iatin, at this tile about
Vulin a rily IBEW botling to.rnament in Detroit one If the chaliiiing anl lnovly ladies of local
I have iben asker tn intquire if any Icae
ti how by L. U. No. 58. 11-28 who 'as there and who lost a pair of
ally nnsidoroation for tlhir oldler rothers, Any I. U, No. 79 takes us back to the shoes. Any inforrsiiol as Lato their w]-,ereabiuts
infornnation ini this subject will IIe applreiated, "goold old day," 1iii be greatly nl>r.i..aled. It may ha.r beep
L 8. GOR.L,)N, ,. S. ,. U. No. 124 fights anti-labor legis- hot .,i,,i, but who ,n,tell?
laflin. ]Now lbefore you get tirl. Iof reading nil this
L. U. NO. 18. ,. L'U.No, 193 installs a public address bunk, I thni, it very applroiriate that our B3IIwi
irfltor: After arti,.
IAS ANGELES. ere oif a good mainny system, one of the largest in the less l an. e r Carl i. Sholtr, his secretatry
1isls Iorethy Wihelmri, nli t'heeomnittee er)
CALIF. Iantls, <'eal 1118 is United SIlats. rilanfgenen t lnserve a heap Iof crdt. for r-
once again rel~Fosen tI L. U. No. 74:1 presents a conprehen-
in these. to]Urn i . earit for the lon lapsie
aOne ralgilg a parry Litat eryolie enjoyed an I rn,
sive education program. well be einemierod fIr a I .. g time to ein..
of lettes fromi us is that or p]res .seerel ry Cllective baergaining is "up against
mlyself) has until itte recently wrilten
weekly column
it" in Virginia by L IT. N. 980.
for til local labor pape'r, the
io5 Anglees Cite~,n which went to e..ry men- L. U. No. 1399 reports progres. and L. U. NO. 58, diorThe cl
i,. thus I explndill prelty much all of ly lit- pays tribute to stewards. DETROIT, Mi(If. uaicl,with illitt.
Iliary eniirgy mand exhaIsuti th veaunaille news. Newv from a score of battlelines rIllating to the TiLL
Nllw that this activit L, y ui. ta otin in,irI trenchantly reported. Anlllt IBEW Bowling Iournanunt, April 12,
will tninleavor to get a Itltter to the JotatuN). Ili Iietlit, AiiehilI L, vhurh ap.)ear1
. L it
isure wlis originally itullled atn]i u]lil.ietti for
103
MARCH, 1947
the /lIlruarI y issue ol the tI
o/nlA. Itrikown
to mre the deadline fir,n-h artilkes is t at
week tearl j than orresponde.lnccE TheII.ii RESOLUTIONS OF L. U. NO. 817
miiee would lik to assure one and all Ih11;
no stone is being left unturned to make ithi W'IIIIra , Elet]ricl. Ware r Liteycd .l. . thI New York Central Steml, are it pieenrt
tiOrlnrEiit a gloriou SUCceSS. It is now in thi wri lt-kin
g E rs per e e
hou ane
p ,,LfIhe It. andii the bhowlers; and eriour- ii:A E P e ltrkikLret.tire" time-and-ne-half after 4 hours: and
e
t ISi , Electrical Wierkers re.-d.ven.. co. postiof for the seven legal heliilbay and]
sgintI maprie..L IItII ready pouring in.
Wi¥tlials Electriual
W Vinker now receive time-and-one-half fir wtrk perforrmed e n
As this is rii ILI, hLiIinry 29, a progress Sthrtlhik il;lJIt, Leen legal holidays; atid
shrs dhaiII11,I
I..report i;tl have been con- Wltiial }t]tlrircal Work[rs dionot recexI: i iii ,:nl-ipensatinn fron the raPJlnlad while
acttd wit}h {ostr,,, itit; r-; Ientry blanks.
Dn irk ave I t.erefore be it
r i
Ten, balitiItII LLoIVies illti e
l In. .o. gorgeous RsILvEIIt, Ihrat Electrile ]Workers* htirs itf wi-i lirereduced from 48 hours per week
nuirilh folr the tLiai (reilt, a been ordered
Ile to 40 hours per week, to be eompensated at the rlt Of hul s and e it furhrer
andii ph'lotgraphld Ior the J.ol iN fltotiOYE.a That Eit ritea Workers rnei-ve iLnitid. one-rhalfT. aferl 4(hhour. PIr week;
The offichal sanrtiun by the Aimricani, Bowling and iheit further
(.ongless i in the hands if ,the orl: ut RIfIOLVIN, That Elet-i;i,li WUerkers receive compellsation for the r. hll
secretary. Uniel this sanction. sq-titi;h
{k and be it urhiher
up'" tennis nuE alyeorgaiiizerl and entedie! Itesoivat,, th
[{E80.¥~~ Thei lectric tsid W ork ers receive
at K*bre tli hIle ti me for ' I k p f u t.-'i il .•Ianra>
vlded that a cegistcitinn Iee of 50 enitI p'irlk ti seven legalho holda- anidhite further
indl feurther proiviileil that each la ltr~vnn,{ Ihat Eleetrii-l Workert reciveb eompenatin, i iiouting t, three vleeks psy
through
. i. captIain furnishes amipIe pmrf t, white on sick leave; and be it farther
th, tl.riirm.lent scrictary from the sntieohr- r : bhatof this r.lultton he sent to th' `,Ihllivir
l let ,opiesf tiealiatIoItl
I Iresi
J i l
league ill whirh he bowls (or bowled last year) dent tIII, LIracy; Internati.i.lu ViIce President John iii.
Duffy, in chartei f rat ...
that the rr ;-, ihiiited is cotive Eldwnr Il i{ li;,l. general ehairnilan: ine copy to each local undIr Sytent i'onir/i N,. 7;
d
in o t lderir:i il;t;ie the delay in the pay-olf, aI 11,e! to S>.,i; Federatio- s Nros [ LI, 54 and 57; one op to Local FeilerIltill ons No,. 5. ani
all captails shoiuidi prdudce at the tine of howl- i-, and4 tint opii, to Lhe ntoeroati.ina Ofillc for puhication ill the I[ectriail Woikers Journall.
WII[ tIAM It MIt ic H,
tares tha[t fhlit verages hlisted re orrect; .his 1'reslde'tt
alipfiis a;,an to inlividuale hiwling in the singles D. H, VAN ]0tT;eN,
anld Iioublhlc hillv. Rrcordin S...r.thry.
The epeiinig veremnfnies will take plae at
nine,'o'ler k Suiirday morning, April 12. and We
expl
pt snuilrld iIhn
i Iil p'nliptlb It 10 Sin,
for the fir't,qua d e S ,-Isir squads will roll asojihtlntt thi, Leri shopI. cihP urIijiilory arbitra- L. U. NO. so Editor The *apple-
eyery Itwo aInd irn hal{f lhir r and the coII- Lion, conrt injuntinitts,. nli die furbtidding of NORFOLK. VA. picking'" IIliticai ma-
s
mittee hotea, co:-hide the temuni events in atriftk in any industry with ,iher vindictiv chine has iicked an-
plenty fi tirr fit, the Saturday evening party, laws, if piassei would put nrganeled labor baclk lther apple into the basket of dictatorship in
whi all visitirs ill Ie the ,uestsof Local G ytar e to ie ldays of the orgaei zation of the Virginia by passing ant at in the special GCn-
W8s o[fher- and eI;IierailrimiiL coili...r.itt. Do.- Felderitiolt of Laihor in ]88, eral Assembly of 1947, to wit:
lTh..re isl much angerai. ill, aind fear of "To delaere th.e li, pII noi e of Vjirinia with
llrng il n.onI big In..... lies y the phieti i, the Plae eight- rspect to membershidpo nn ieitlershipn in
Please give thiI rormment secretary all the oelt uiluidretl. 'he Sherl.n arti-trust act was labor orgkniutio'i ls affectring lihe right to
informal onr yl .. ahiout the time nu
an expecL pas'ed y tongre ss {inI 7oi hI h i non opo.l. P ea work; to make unlawful and I T 1 rhinlitt corn-
to arrile a.. Ilave I D ttrtit. if yno have jot and luring Lhe nexI 10 yvars sor, e of the larg- i entionsor agreenien ts whilh require mer-
iirc WV ill make ever y efort to
tiee solW. est Lrlt wre forne. Ail t rledtrl hberhip in labor ornniriatio s a. a ci.n.litiln of
acqeniln~)dnte(. wirt widen making the chedidle; rultd tihit uniions were restrainig tradte by emlioynlment; o provlide that ner ijcship ill or
but the ;,-riiltc , ...rers the right to dIter- trilkes nilh other Dracties,. thus viailiing the paymient of noey to any labtr irgunization
nine when ynu biowl anti-trust act. IL those days it llwaspart f a shali not be necessary for einlpllloyen t and to
it i>nes nil responsibility rea-
[hr tiniiuiititt' enirbtton of eitploinenrt that Ith one hired authnrize suits for lamages for violations of
lve to hotel reserva.lon, A tisi of Detroit would nt jiin a unnn l;,lrr atlion in niany certain provisions thereuf.'
htl, iarIs een maile, to all applicants. Aly places. A uaiion ineeded oanly ti hreaten to strike There are eight sections in ndIitini to the
other iifol.ai.lo toi..desire
rl will receive prompt and ai, injunction was oibtained against it. above that definitely are of hr lal1guage to
reply its far af. areabIle to give ii hiiijLnelius were a colwnir ricr.rence i n a colpletely void any further closed-shop agree-
lhe 'lhird AinnIul BIEW Haniicap Bowing uniln man'l life ments in Virginia.
To1rnaren.l wiltt bhowling
.ke hisltory If your When a strike occurre in d erguarlds.
U Is-ually Should such an a it le dltliared awfulf it shall
hlil-d thigls, and the state nnlitie writl turned infrinrge upon the rigrht of aliy tWO parties to
Wile fori iitty I lank The dhardlite is Marnh against IhL strikers Muchi vi was.ntecaused make a cnntrat herle laor is involvei. That
I5, 147I Yur produce a
hIIIal .h..mpii
ma 'eti ohf Ols Ar exumiple of hLIs is the is {In say, if tIne an wihes t, contrIact to an-
(;oo i.d no
luckl, sit.! lomestieadnlvis steel sti-ike i} the ether a building in which owIrr h.i.sill
.ie the
elhtee, ,,inrii-i cat.ir a huse used the conlpany
mraterial nIece.. ry ,or th Clo, irton, the
refused to recognize the unitIn and wa cuLt-
other becomes a labor o.rzunltrllilon due to the
tin l wiL Rte o
fact that he i, furniishig only lai r andil a con-
Many cAties had ple ann their
L. (1. NO, 79, Ethr A ltti hl i - wrlir{Le. }layilt lived in western Pennoylvitia
dition of ernplygmit on such a jeob wuld be
SYIRA(ISE, N. Y. ran panr in ('r.ngresS
as a hby I vna remmiler when it wa t
lit that he was an eIIImplyee of the ht bor rontrac-
Lvithi iI lemoie.atie ait tor. Would not surh a Ionre
e rohibited
healthy III even a itviltan to tiar! arnunld
nrtnsill iiioli ilii' nc;i-ernet with ith proiliien the.lal fields of W ;tteiore/aitl County with- aecording to Lhe prolisiein of this art?
of induaiai. labor peawc. Law and el-Ir w Our law-makers should awake, themselves to
out his blisiiess there bleing wll kiuwi,. It is
knoew we inlis have flr the gnoid of 'll people ind..libly trae'd upen Lmy iiinil because as a
the fact that "unions" are not inIivildual, but
The qrue~hm..I that inuIt ihe demided is whLre ;irc the everyday work imen,that the closed
adl
it.y if thirteen I was riding horsebac.k thr.urgh
basic laws enl a.i. wihere dictatriral laws Countly illn the act f deliverinlg shop agreement is for the pIrotectIion f the
e~strtntorehlautlh
begin. By bashi {iwe I ireni uies sut'h is the honest workmen againstli the ullscrupulous, juSt
a horse which yllyfIather had sold Lo its newIL
right to, nrga . which, is th, right of all tai.
iZe as it is nPeessary for lawyers to be adtmitted to
owner, wheo a shot rang out anti elihh Ca, n
As applied to uni.n.il it is the right of wlokins the liar before they can practice law in this state.
uh o that the holse reareldInlring
llll ib aunmd
tilether with their m lployer lese1r/oul
for Emhplyers are not drtgged or kiriliippel or
mr sitting ii the road An arted ruhine Purrd
the purpise otf tlgariihrinig for belter 1wa;es, forced, or een tl (h reateneild, to get thelm to sign
appie.ared ' and after questioninig neI left with-
worriig rndi.ioniitis, and seeuriiy inasurea. AS a closed-shop agreenment. Sueh is a eonditioln of
Ilho ii eceniy uf heping me catcbh the hors,.
this IaIlgaiui s hliiilnd upo. employer anid all eollective bapgaining and any law contrary
Phoser were the ,e.d.ti orts as existed il, the
enplttyi es stliki,, ii eonly jusltifiahle I ,hat
all wouid cause more confusion and strife inl in-
so-callet i "gool old Iaysll which we are now
mnpIIll yec i ounid by hat huLgain shall be mre Im- By what an
threae riei with again. dustry than many of us realize.
bers oftie niurlo thority can any law disband any group of iti-
If . nilter hiietaiulln of that bargain should Even today there are certain industries and
sklneire ttleer inzeih .. in which workini s
oatdi- ze.s who are organized for the ptirpnsue ef fub
ariN,, iii after all mean; of attempted eIHI-
ions ate srohad it woilid tie ut lihievitldee thut tilling the following objectivea? The objects of
ai hanl [,ll .l1...... d .1ud h /g albilla
they eudI exist it A niLerica, unles; actually teen. the International Brotherhood of Eletricall
tidn the .inleIater of .Ii ounion detidel hy Vote I am confident that (ongress anid perhaps Workers are: "To organize all electrical workers
that a sLriki i tile only means of gettinr jus-
nielny If industry's owners are eon sreLLiou in Into loal unions, to develop a1nd to maintain a
ticl in the ease then a s ri]e is a justified right. higher standard of skill, to eneInurar the for-
their deirei to solve labor-management prob-
The piektion of their jo.bs dniing a starike
hutems,certainly restrictive legisltiinll i nliot mation of schools of instruction for teaching
hy piketilg is a rlight and is proper.
Restric htive legilsation a; it his been litedll the answer nor can it ever b ring peace. the practical applileation of eletricity and for
arol-rd iI Congressional commlittees, such as Fano KiNG, P. S. trade education generally, to prnIlote reasofLnde
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WOAKERS and Operators
r1t hois nf work to cultrat, foliinbg or friend uttgu 1;tiil&i loyalty tlnd wimle tlaitica! expe-
,. [. NO. 103. Edior. Th, Gniaalr
oibir nlolng those o oar rlaft, to iettl , !iip;tl! I(S'I ON, MASS. t',ee Boarld ,of IlocII lrielcn h tx'peen plu.a'l in Ltei(w,, tiida a guiard
letwcenl employer and employees by aiiiai ... IN , Blitsto n, am ul u the lnllt,,ci If the workers. Jehu ol Vtig tis
lif possible), Ito asist each other ill sickni.ss. I .aek Gi(;tatllir, FLiua eil] Secretary
'Jl, AI he{ I4al.lld []t, asurer Of the fullti, The adility
h
i a seclre employtment, to ruil.it. the
ttl Jile] lit't'nx and t iusiness 3lnnag
(' /
J..e S""it antu
IItItIIrit our bfnlness
Of niialhlagI'rlo, Ill
4aily hours of labor, to secure adetuiate pay fri tLery, have hLi thel firt meetinlg 'iti tih' I¢{ Wei
dielly known in labor l irkts hore, artl he
ur work, aibid by legat} an proper I.ean. to~ 1,]. r behnta itjvo
11,111tthtil.,, ..
'i I,, co
thh, ntr.actors l,a' ,ttatiro
rIlitli\ot. wti' ll It
i
v It.r.< l rifted for miere atuld mJre reslouiitIi-
ate the mhiral, ittlleeb(lial Inl social eonrlitiin, wais as usual ii very frienulls ll :/rttr even ties in LIlis area.
df our meabers, their faltlile dinll dlp+t i.ilrlr . Although thte hahor II{ I ,II' lrlIty lat* just
though ai dilltssion for intltiie, ia illgtI ald
ithc inter t itt a higher staI..dar..{d ,r itii-i now, ther, ar {,<,I ,'1I, louri lIrrt atnd
il vacation plan, were the or.lh .I.ti tly,te there. tine of I! tii i;IIIei.Itille sillation.
'
thipee The ilewspapeor Iiptulshcrr .ltgeenfleit will solon
'Al ofl is who Ink are
Ilflly aIwla.. i ilh Tho t .uia(tin tmiln this locrtl ever
run out and thp (n o'l . [
ordl jtb one
[urnetil litI ' , I,-ll is iitiiit to hil , gr ldu d ated
Lact that tho so-cailld "right-ito-worL." iill it riellbhr 1r, lrcn;ontil'g each ., ihe Bih,toin nhews
frinut uhcy . tIlmlg pchrloul. Modll If thlem alre
Virginiu is eaite wholly at the rtt'ieriaaInlilt I·"artrs, wil n nl It it publishers to dliseris
veter-nil ;ll [ ialauredl 1eyonrl their year by
Brotherhood 0 f Electrical Workel bl.e..iu.s I. m changu in the agreestieia t. x%'o are eallliin ht
that the boys I wilts e uccssf ul Win their lelilera l
tmt'i w t 'liertieces. [ighter by traiinlg,
the threatentedi piowr strike last year. Brohers. to making
It dl schl e<lot in liscilline, acutolistomed
lot's accept thi e'haliepn!4 uis in the inlerects
of higher,maniadrri af I uenhip llrepare to ieeii1iut an;d lieting oun thei prIm;[tIl. ihey
A verx ine('etiiig safely iprgrlit has started
ihluarl., istl ni doubt will, make this a stronger
vote in all fniuore ele'uti, ,t Why not he better Il lhe M ,[T. ia.r. a.ea. It ha to I, withlh
pr toetlint, the Lives of our yonngrt!rr in tilt ll itter ulacal than it ha ever been Ilef.ire.
organiIzel hiecisus ,f th, 'la'rl/ it organian-
htt
tin. in olppositnl, ald ] lt ace .iI 'eIl in posb- chotule. The lep-artment if TIblib Safety [;
tiel, to demand thyat rie . u. tha
l ItIiuilted
,h biwl d lecreed that enlergunly li'[ iltt Illaut he i,{
be abolished and to prevent some li hIe ridln ,t trlu in all] chool T'lie u it;rie,1,It e11nisis " ,f 1 . NO, 193, '' iTb: Illiniski
aonte front passage by the laiSlatler, a lei to a gasoline-driven geneiraur which xne$ inti SPRI N ( lEl Dli),1 S, r.o fig ct- of
the (enerail Asenmthly o f {r great (bimnatnl- utieration by the uose ., ,Miv of ehed ncH IL. [Ut II, and utnsvii-
wealth of Virginia. devices. hlirr the El]isin iEwi{r Illes oIf Audi i, 7Trades held its
ltLu'.s. halliays. tairw'a.y basementafe- alrhuail tctirg iut S[ riilvt i tie 11th andI 12th
We must put into etion our only weaL,[i of JanueyOt S+i, .I ]ati' .{ilac a balnquet wai
6terls id,etc., are t..I .. i iyith s ufliruten ill intia-
the vrte! given by thr it ., at Iadeil council here and
tion to preytit what cauld be a heartbreakinl
That's enough from the Lap-*Over Whrr, ealch leaiit l,li. c,,ilruil had a table The Ebic
eatastroplhe.
Virginia Iles over into Carolina i. The City If New"ton i the first I i suItall rinld W... erkr hall aIs dluegates all of the officer
E. A. {M*CK) Mrlt'{tI.toi;il, 1'. S. such equilmellt ani somni 25 schools atre io aTk
blld the,h,· dmrIt
Iiik~li- ateto
( il tile
Lb {/r'tlirug
'h.11di"iri, collhnit
l iodl, trades
being wireld at thi writing. The writel feels The nitmel tu;t exoellent anr tile eLtrrtaillreat
that Ihi, tipe a iinornlation is of such ailt,' Wns very 4od.
L. U. NO. 102. Bdit"l: os .Henr lthit w,,ii 1,a5t ii on to the IBrotherhoira. [he jeuut miror-osia is i)rrolrressin Somel of
PATERSON. N. J. the tirst letter in 1(47. WRI aft happly to report that Local lot; ha. the lrit ibil an({ tile lintk work hul)d sldart
V. I1. No. 102 is st Il II auon as the ~,a.httltr tper ilts. 3lrel is
1
startedii areat organization program. The If
making pric-ross The friefl hase bbin nluIL,I ieers ipIreented to the body a complet. break Ictlle]d al Ihe litli ]ti liter some 14 dldles below
and reniovated The new day room will ,uvryt dewn if where our nimebers ate employd and Iltar'towll Illinois. and his a populartion of
attractive. If we can eniy get niuee ItleT Ix- a a rrr intellient dis.us[ion ibyoitrmI..
IIrtr alMullt nol ruallrlle. It is about *}2 nuiles from
haust fan now. For bur neetlig roIm, so that iers the program was starled local (1:3 has n:t Springtyeld.
uek Burnlolyer won't have to go hmI film Ieehnritirsg idly by tihrough the years and as ihe Bilding andil (onrstrurti.rm Trads l)e-
meeting mellingt of tigar anul igarlIte sneoke, re,sll is strong in numbers and ittend, to rI u Iartlnent iln Washingion has awardedthe Il.m-
everything will hle hunivuiiry main so nlition of the orulirinae plant at Illiopoils, Ill
Our ,neetinr are interesting. At our last With all good wishes. Iluis, to he eaits whieh originally madie the
meeting Brihrh Mokawitr and Brather SUEt (l1 t t . S. ina lllitgon. The materials whieh ar, satlvlnrl
risti.ano gave a rIeport on the stile cniernlitimnn ire t,, bhr ued fir the vetera.s housirn thruligh
It seems that on sme*i job in th, state, the Ihl Wa, r Asr A *. diniitration in, Wnlshington.
l. I. NO. 124, ilor: There i a
ilstalling of the sitn hioins fcr the awitlchigoarads (vela ld Wriec bilg (."..njiay,o Chiacinnati.
{lee
KANSAS CITY, new calIendar on th
was awarded to tie Iranuworkers. Or luealI sent in iolation ,fI a dletish.r.l f i11e lliotling Trades
MO. wall abore alr sitting-
in a protest ian this action and I suppose that room desk an]d Ie'v{ Couneil in Washilgton, had employ(d clintmon
the other locals will also. written some New Year' resolutions beside laborrso
Ill sllage tile material over the protest
Brother Tou, tila ian toaid ut a viitt and the printing at theto fiI leadino the his is i ne if the lyocal cuncil hlrel in sqriiftield.
gave us some interesting details of hi, work ibout gettin a letterI in to the lOURNtI iery 'rho inetsiallion of the public audress sytetil,
in Washington with the Veterans Bureau. lop/i month inl 1il47. An'way, that's what the resoli- past .ll an] biill regitr in the hous anid
is alwa-ys instructie and sllutr..lnilg a rare inoi
l ays. eiarllrl s of the merit of the leters. senate chablers oif the Illinois State Capitol
combination. a lit of forirer mienlbers of L. 1., No, 124 buildini in Springlleld is nearing compltioun.
Brothel Beerhn thoilught that it would be scattered th rfixhillt the eonlylry look for news The ruisoleoI of [h{ pihleic addres;s ysteim in the
nice if we had anl artirie in the WORn.. once of their holIe lica in the pages of th6 lotiNn., hIuse has If;i keys, each of whuhh uhitros a
in a while. low absout doing a gUest colulnn for eelvty month. Ed Sieglina, I'rank Reynolds and mine anld whilih is fed Ilto oe mnaster seslitkr.
me sometime, Henry? Ther, areelso o utlets for radio broadearting.
iPat ('oyn.. now nemlber, of L. IU. Nol. 134I ot
On the national scene, tar ruts and lalnr President O'Neill in Chicago recently tha ilnll.ost This is sairi t lie oine of tie
larest systemns ever
regulation seem to be in the limelight. There their only contact with Kansas City is through Installed iu the II. , Thl, seltae amplifier has
were a number of good artiles eonernbinbg labor the JOURNAL. We know how it is. We worked in il kyr s. Both the senate anid hIuoe hanilelrs
regulation in January s issue--tspeeially MaKa- hare beeneul.. pltelty remlodeled this year,.
Boston for a hnumber of years; and when Joe
zine ('hat by Martha Thompson Hickok so I'll General fails to get an article about i,. U. No. Four apprentilce of hilsl Inlca, I'aI Bitishen
make a few remarks on ta cuats. 103 inlo an issue of the JoutNAi, we feel sort oailr. Wall (iuaidl{3att *h., il'tasl,. PIndget al..
Tar euts are always popular. Hwever, of let 'lown. So it's a good resolution for any (hh nrle I ichi,,an hainn
conapleted their four
thoughtful person will aways find out whether }ress secre a rVn yealr as ailprcnti4'e. the loal]' ap-
attinleit
or iot It is sound poliy. We knowl we have a For the fist time in its evil history, the pr.niie
eishi tralning sehoal and succesfuilv
staggering national debt When is this delb ito arrgant, reactionary, red-baiting, lnBor-hating, passed their exmnlilsin for jotlrnemen. we re
he paid off? 10toyears? 20 years? 30 yearst Do fascist-leading Kyansas City Steu is stoliped coll.
prhsenteti wll, a certifieate at the Nove,,ber
we want to aIdle thils dIbt on uir children and Its presses have been dilent behind a ieke t ilie meeting ly }lrother loland R. Kuater. i.
grandchildren ? Do we want to keep the ilintrest fBr nine days at this writing. alln thl l peojli Itf KIntt r i, serIttlrry of tLh lpltrun ticeship train-
charges piling Uipt thi resiun, wouldi he far better off if they ne.er ig Ichou..l anl
b hould i eonuli.rnd. d orl his i'-
In my opinion,, we* hotid keep the tAN as is. etellint work wel the apMrllren.iee M. Iser
we started again.
re They will be started, of
run the (iovernnent as econnmllealy as is on- eouse. Big money needs theI in its mnInk.y-
statel thd i Otre were 32 enrolled at the present
lietent with sounld polity and use the slrplus to business, and a lara proiportiotin f the vast and the a iteutianee was excellitt.
rtlhii the itinonai ab, miajorlty ( ,which
il labte, vigauieml and Lillt,,- JAcK N. Davis, P. S.
The 20 percent acrosiu.the-boarI tax cut is ganizd5 will eontinue to let the Stlr dio their
especially vicious because on the filce of it, it thinkig for them. L. [. NO. 212,. Edllr: A itna note
seems so fair. I prsactlo e it woul1d cut only a few The Cenralr Labor Uninn recently liaskedal CINCINNATI, OHIO rogarulirig our hiintt1al
dollars off of the tax of a poer man but wtuld affilated erutftu to levy a cent
da0 isOegsmeiet oil dance whikh wa, hal
cut thousands of dollars of of the tax of the each of its Incmlirs to maitini a representative Ion St.Liirday, Jauary 25. The nlelbelrs anti
rich ill Topeka, also one in Jefferson City, capitols heir wi veur o wr twhea-rtCs wilho attende the
A much better plan would be to raise he of Kansas anti filsori. respectively, to uuaimhat affir really alld a gr'lnd timtn o' showv
''he
exemption so that everyone onild Isinefit the the virnus anti-labor bils now per iiu in each was reIlly tIlll .ertainl Ihe best w.h lavu
same nuIll or of dltrllera. But iA I soid heore, lgislature Thhe rescpnn hIn bean si alnininun e been
tr fnrtunht.e enou..lh Lo have at our a-
a prugram f¢or llquirlatiriu the rational elobl that lhin, leael.rs ar enourraged
. to belliev fairs. ]he entire aloal wishes to hank tlhelb
tuat ti.ul,risft finbllyairl awake to the slnister uliui(ttciu
fr Ii ii.lit show andi dilane. We were
PaTEIl IIIIIIII*YI.ii
PITIIII JIoIJh. It I{EK, $.c~
a/. ' S trend If proposed leislation; anild two ien of fortutiit enolgh to have Mlr. rdloi Freemani,
'
l's
MARCH, 1947 I1
Internati nal vast prll,
lenbach. the rel.r
a nd M.,,ohnJ i D.r F
ident,
IentIive frot
ll int iii'll
I
their wites illn our ity at the tine 0 f this A BUHSINESS AGENT'S LIFE IN THREE ROUNDS
splendid annual affairIso they
ol) ret wet
come vsit ors. ROUND ONE
And now to get to an entireiy different ,uII- A business mnlager is supposed to he a nan who is capable of creating jobo for
jet -our progrIess on the educational protrai Ile limembershtip when there are none to be hadll. He must be especially fitted to have
lmppedl out by our lomlittea for our iflerat of
i Job tor, I uenlber when he rt'I'ets ou/t it work. He must have the ability to defend
is¥ce
1 1, I. It has progressed lonbg very nicliy himself i, all occasions, physiclliy anti otherwise, and have ample influence to get
iviig el-Ii I-olier a good work and sehool lay- all .in'in. i,iw out of any kind of tIIble at all tiwres no matter how serious the trouble
out. Quite ;isfe f ou'r boys have received either
ail or I Pal iu'h&i tootsl from the Govem is. He intis have suffiiaept unemeu.lbered real estate so as to be in a position to sign
melt unler thi I,, ImL To tlhose of you who personal hIea.t. -dlie hld also carry enough ready cash to insure m bnhbeiship small
haven't seen these If,'. they a very good loas fot mI:,ls. street car are, lodging canvas gloves, gasella( tobacco, theatre
workable tools alrid the tln. bio it.lf is very money, and other things too numerous to mention, Such as asiiiiKg 1,ecks, buying
niae. A* mot of you mert,lbrs kno all if us drinks, and fare for the ball games. He must furnish hi, xi cai
"I to carry members
are very pruid of the mnei.lers of .-I N,, 212 to different jobs and have a telephone in his house anid IIu t keep himself available
who saw servie in World War 11. iDort let to the membership at all times.
us ever filtrge thos, hiirs of World War I ither ROUND TWO
Wec are Irl, eI gidl they are etlfing groat
education if they deilc it amd swell tpreatnmen He must keep himself posted so as to know where every member can be located
from Uncle Sa]n,. i ick ll i yu veterans!
]Ioo on a minute' notice. He must be capable of dl'titding a member before all employers,
On our siwk list we note ilt.,t4 Welterman even said menmhier i discharged tot i goid cause, and force the riployer to
I,,when
had quite a battle with a viious I,. Ih which he maintain all in employment wbiether he walt them or not. ie must be hiable to collect
had to have cut our in the hospital Glad to all wages fill members whitchi consientiou s scr uiles forbid inividiaid to ask for
know that IIt i his writin he N some bettir. thenislIves-, WI ie. sending i member oilt on a job he should have sufficient vision to
Johnlly Whohlvender tried to det a feinrt give sati meiitiber the correct number of days the job will last, the amount of
on an autoe wii his knee. Result one iiijured
Wohlieinder knee. Well at least. ate can ke-r
ovetrime lie s;ldild make, when they pay, how many days they hold back, and how
hier e, en hi, while he is laid up anyhow thi tutshl is t, wirrk for; sos whether they pay in cash or cheek, and if by check
I aso aw w heire hariie i Ulrich broke his ankle uh m l p aydthe bank a oih ll out-of town cheeks so the poor melmber' will not saere He
in a falloff a taild/ but by now is better. We must visit the e-<k, irc--hase tikets for all bazaars, pinclis. boxing ointets5. ball
are glad F F. Burkhart our treasurer is up and gaelfns, chaii ty balals, ad lli other worthy causes from his personal funIs, which as
around again after a h ill e- s of seven amonths. a rule ale rather small when he is on the membership pay roll-
We of Local B-?12 ire very sorry to hear that
Brothe Creorge Hacket t lo I hi: ..t..i.er the ROUND TIHREE
latter part of January. Blrother Iltikt. ia ly He must keep posted as to corenditions in all cities in the United States and be
humblie is a i-eal union man an, a fine
opiion. personall acqipuainted with all busine.s managers and seccetaries of all loeal unions,
friend ald I know L I 212 as a whole. joins o as to inl.l.e pIonlpt acceptance of all traveling calds, ha e a job for the merehber
ill vttxending its heartfelt sympihpay to George and[ his hotel room reserved when he arrives. He muSt have a Pleasinr disposition.
in his loss "Il a she re-t now aid forever in
peace."
bg posted on weather conditionsl, oas to be able to tell in advance whether it ill rain
ighit
And now to our husi ness aftirs here and or snow. pe must bh posted on all current events. know how to drive o fix ally car
arou ad Our B uIi les, Ierresntiat Hi rry IV i>- belonging to any of thile menbers if they should have trouble with the earl and know
lianis has~S'l e~ded in working tot ;a tory nice how, to Iet bet resiuts fronm iadios and saxophones. fe must keep well posted oil all
wage agreelitii folr iihe
sign n ree. We here in sporting events, land out winning tips on the stofk ili kts, horse races. log races,
L . .212 ire very lucky tII h a good heads-up
ave ball games aidI what nitinber Cubla will throw; also. vhait the treasury balance will
bushlies represent atlye such aI FI.,r, Williams be He must know who the best doctors, lawyers and lean sharks are. He milst take
has been for us -lace
hi, election by a uarge all isulits fitoni the and learn to like it, for they setei to think thirat is what
.members
,oe an iil Osio
(;i g.i.g
I ih-ce I haye cvered all the news I habe
they pay him for If a business manager can do all these in addition to getting a
at hItnd il. si unlil ne't time. once again I e.losed shop town ith bietter wages and shorter hours, with a Audie on his face, nlost
shall say at rev. r. oif the melbers will $It that he is a deaf and dunb business manager and should
212's News Hound. be defeated at our next eiec.ion.
E. I. Sil;Ir., P. S. The bus laage goes round and round, yh. h ho,
iness e, hh!
Sent in by
I.Eo J. HENNESSEy, F. S..
L. U. NO. 353. Editor: Work in L. [. No.1, Sf. t,ri-.N, MoLhi.
TORONTO. ONT. gnIera is hotling up
very we.l ill TlIlnVIto
at present. aid the pnrspectsleiqk good for a
year or ,o yet, utless the bottoti dopis out as terials, extra cost iII ep niveis Il ituots,
to
the going gets tough. But it is my opinion that
i diii in 1l294. onder-the-eounter trIrasactitis. Iloubful deliv-
they will niever, b the equal of a mechanic who
Tih c.lintractrrs are very much concerned ever has served his Iroper apprenlticeship- try t tc- ai i inreased overheaId, W here pre-
the high c fof biildi ant siare blaming it on viously three or four p1ile took care if tie
the low rate of production of the average me- ]he codntrac-tors s- aint, to.i that electricians
who k nnw the Irnie arenAIl producing as the>'y esltnatirieg. hilin anlId fliring. upervising anll so
chanic. lThi may ibe partly t1rte, hot lhe lon- on. Ill .- see, fnur timles a~ ]nany, an(d these
hould andI re getting areless ill their work;
tractor iimself, is respronsible whet he hires people IaIIr
'
[t ie paid out of the earnhling of
ufnqualiied Iert anti keepus them in inrldefinitely. jobs l-c ieing dlon rpoorly aind have 1t he doell
over again sotlett]]eg doltl lng the cost. Thy the ier ,ho built the builshiis. That i one
If he had Iel then, go after a frow dais, then thing the Ian or, the job tan't lio ani-tything
these meoll WUl fad out of the pit-r- anId no aliso lintintl that tin average of an hOUr a day
per sun ix losl ihliueh th- mlen ]s-inigihe huihi about.
dlmiage wonul le ine,. whers-s. keepilng Now thliese are SOle of tie farts rel itti to
thenl on, the uninl iS forced. to Itake thenl In to ge, uotIer Lwl u i , te,
lil a deh. ( telltdiled
con]dlitirins in ,..roinwill giv-
an{I ycu sonle
becauseoi the meliihre' ldinmandi that ien ir- lunch hiio.. late stlarti.ig ii, the .nlrning. and
ie lihat lhe -,Agleem
nll t ltiitl(,
.. willlI u
ceivhng unitun benefits shouldI paty foi these beie- qiitiiig eartl, at iight. Whenl a Illan is late ir
againt whn a.egsti-atiotns oibilmence, Vhilh will
fis arid leuo-itlseof the held o fice
ruPling that 1o the raifig h, hates to be late twice illhe rsaie
le any day npw.
permit fee caln be cha-glmL- day. o he leaves early. {That's tne of Birother
W. ARUQI'HAR, .1'. S.
The moembers 'ho oilisttheir trade are niow Shaw' philosophial onmenrit,.i And. it se,,m
failedl with the,choi-e f letting these areoIterd t bhe thei custom htilty that whei a miani hoa
brothers struggutIlga by UPIheiselvcs, taking at charge if a jol arid one or two jiurnevymen. h, L. U. NO. 390, Editor: It is rumnored
(lay .or laire o lo two hours work and ruining pnmptily diiff his overall, , lacks his tool; PORT ARITHUR, arounI he-e that all
haur it get miaterial, or teasthiiag them the tralde away. palu the butleprirts ill his, pocket and TEXAS the men i.terested in
waters aI d llliIg people htw g.oodh e is. organized la.bor rn-
at the same rate of lpay thus Ieluing
h uliirling
One eontleetor ex.ress.d Ihe opiniri thai. he going to joinethiurehes now. berause with a
ruosts arid mtakiig it lin siile to negotiate a
aatlsfitcttr
a griernen, wtlh the enqfi'lyni eould raiso WLegt I 2a, pirenlt if the me Repuhlikxtn I org,-.s., only (;d can help the
It isi,'t the easiest hhi i the worli idto try wo ld pull
.. np their 5ocks nd ,io a fair daty' uninn man! Aroun d here we elljOy that as a
to help a ann who thinks he is must+r of his woirk. Fair is what the man paid... . That ould] good jike. which nevertheles has a lot of truth
trade. anid will reent a o from
Iany... hi$..eon. mean rlnri t g shoes and rtller skites, it de- ill it.Frankly no anion has any right to expect
that he thinks is no letter a mochal, ithan" pensisou what gle you look at tile word, or any favsr from the Republicans. Why should
himself. Ne.e thel ess so.me of thl.es Ien are what side of the fence you are on . they? Union men do not elriong to nr give finan-
learnrig and will bIe ble to hold their own if Aiother item is the inteased p rices of ma- cial support to the Republlan palty, except in
lOG
The Journal ot ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operalors
isolated eases. The Repuh'lkan party is the
party of hi bUtheSS,, anI all its assesliates, aa kind mugh to give their blood can you ap- L. U. NOI. 174. diItor: Two ndl Iwo
fellow traveDlers, The RepubIlicans are ohligated
preidate how lig a .ift of blood is. Local Uniot MEMPIIIIS, TENN. eqll routr, wheels,
390 iss oinig a list of all our meme
rs ' blod Two and two equal
to, and will pass consilreablc anti-labir legisla- four wheels. It is a self-ct'len, fact thati figure
types, to keep at ilte oace, so WO eani be ready
tiea. Organized labor will raise an awful try of aldIways Ial the samet lYr', they never falter
to help our ireher and Siters when the iricil
[>rotest. Blut the conservative, f1irr-nnllndd len when tflhy ar used ieirr'itly. The ratio of
ariseslInldentally Joe Vt rat, Jr, r, eretI
in rgani;z~ed labor
w ill welcoinm this lijIlation. passel thb joufneymen wiriman's wheels s;La'ty get the senin r-eu t, The .Ondoet
sanlni
i t. on
i heart tLey will think the IRepubliltuin ftr wilh a ! 'rade, His s-ih.ooing mn eile' rieil til hlu..llrt would get the saume res u i t, if at.
rosJng us to dO s.l.I .. re.Iy needed bo.. lseI u work iii iu th arthlseol ,l', t[o Oiler, the ,ruolr' in sti' lira<
he 1 ed h ii
I, in
I'tl littol T*illinlt thait we hlvP tall asked for iainner.
I}eeau*F, kr,,", i nhas in the hirerest of or-
ILoan{ (H'Itie No. a90 i, UI ,I upy to rlieor It is nl uil'staniT ' ItL
Farnizettd li It , uljiit... tithn of juriisIlIetionMl a~~~~~~id,~p
4 [
slieslk, e[ l[~lOi
p /irillfaran .. d Iresa ih'
f
th piA
Al ket link
e on a ontat/ueton or, corporntloris anti latwsifil l.tee there-
inllaleuanee ;I' ilI the hi lery of the Sabine fore human.
strikes .lid other r, *ttiary to pDubl'e I
D)istrict. The /
Sotme goeitle'tlan. il an essay about
at'ellle's Of Orange and the
t...sI aI... ItI nl ItI t ; < I''rganized labor: I'inters of Polt the dsiff,rent s lrLI I isee Of the huanle
Y,[hor hlave iul tI pi'ket
tile list whUl ii I.... lines secking an iIn'rease Fri wagesI el o l/ r -
Andi L, i*.orhey., I[' Iaears to think Ie llilI
Big buarll at [he pat
ir il, Io clean its tion jobh of the DuPont Nylon Salt Plllt I' nd h: : I , ,1It lilft. WVhoeYer heard of a
ownL heils, 5o wI Qha t e ati,iu t I, tini d other the JefIrson Chenlill Io Over 200DO of U. stil iolillir ulp I hoard of cocoanutr or
laws regulating ibusingi ess. Luibr ' . I, to la herswere made tilt' by this strike., lHIe . iral ba~r[,then/ f'.n'ilg less fortunaute mollkeys
its own house so iow we shall have anti-labur is showun the need of olne house eleari nm in ur t,, hIirtg bl~l
FIL
himII, still
f,. I,,more.
Ii No! ilfd-ee
iipinit.lie get ia
laws. Did the anti-trurt ntd tther ilaws put big AFL. Our old it Irl, reasoned in the hbartl ily grlltp of edueat'dI RotLilts tt. ta kei Iansto
business out of utines? On the onutrary it school point out that we never used topuit lip, ,net.'ct him.
has made it bigger, likewise a eertir sill(nti rd-hkel
k i, iihrt we walked off a jpl tring to vul do not .
'1 [ol wihllrg auts, fruit or
of anti labor legisation will .. mak tih inlli ail highet wage". not until rl uO{led nionar-' turnip lireet Il't ve r e want a just portion
unidons bigger andi beter. iien',L hired nonunion mlin tO in the ,ork of fur the ;,tl rJLg.
I wollt . ut ,,IIjet if sonie just regulations
Communisni ail over the world is growing by the men out on strike. In Lhis wia ithier 'afts
"'en "reaining on the joit .er' ,lbl, ere pane,4,d l. tell what p urtionbelongs to us.
leaps and bounds growaitn rlati aal.r inn rate Io gi Ie I' in... and rules shoiluld he as illdiar
strng liifancia support tI the mentli onii
in our democratic 1niti t Ie l d [ h n growing unII
ljuiLC ais they are on the worker. lieweiel'
front the propaganda, lies aOni ieoiy aets strikes,. Surh pikeht liesi
of rk an esua hurli
ship on striking and 'onasti rking crafts
if jtice is to be obtainul tht( oilust be pro-
C(ommunist within o rgizie d Ilnb.: growing be. ith
visitonts for arbitration.
cause of the ignoranee of ihhe great nass of only the strilking riafts standing to F ain itd
ein P}'ismng libr law s i '
,tl litem, miany
in labor organizations who It noI know wheiI the tine comes !hat tha stri/ing rntlf,
the iaare must he told i ,'it the filr' one.
I
truth about a eommuninlist state. Does the aver sedli fiuaniitl aid their non-striking Brothrs
uMayIuhe
bigl buisirve'~'
s , iut hnw1 or care.
age man know that in Russia there areisoil-.. will neither have the money nor be in the Ouod Anti-iaiug w Jtf[ 'wre that unions are
where between I0 and 3 nmilion slyaves? Slav, to aid them. Fantt our AF. International Ixeeu
herei say
". li. iay theyt see to choke our
because they darei not to approve of 1he oulO tive Board take an interest in and restrain such eto, tc Ueclate
ilt us so we will be without
munist regime. Other millions have Iben put to a situation as this? Or would they rather wait
p(er' i al. no(t Io.. nervous, as a group of i.e ..
for C.ongress to put it into a law?
death because they opposedl osnnunirm. You say, i . I .t. .lisr.l a d ocument that will stand the
"That cantI happen here' If you trade our C. RJni¥r S ... uM.
T . S. sraini, a long tinie yet.
democracy for communism, it has got to happen I eald that the makers Of that seript, nalely
here, because that is the oly way you rail llkO, the Iorsilitution rf the U. S. A., opened the
o.Immunim kork;
it is the only way that itt.rixl U [. NO. 429. Edior: A new agre- ,'sion with a fervent prayer to Almighty God.
is making it work. Does the average man,, kLi NASHVILLE, m renthas been put ito I firirnly beleve the , ere tin the right wave
that in eoniunist Russia they haeI labor 'rENN. effect here with a,smlli hlengh. Let us he uubltdI by the vows we made
unions, BUT the Industrihs ire owned, by the raise and no great whil wewere,, ii a tight spur. Let usobserve
communist party. ANI if the 'arty deeides not change in the body of the agreelin..t. The raiis the antieilt igolden rul. I shal pass thirough
to pay the workmen anythilng for live or six is, of course, welcome in the baleatcing oIf huiie this world hbut onc,; .ay gooed thing that I
months at a time. they just don't pay them, and bulgets and npresents good work, on the iart Mitenrd tg i.T let me do it low, May I never
the uiuons don't dare say one word iin protes of our uliilles Mauliager, Duel Wright, aand the idfer or neglect it for I shall Int pass this way
because if they did they would all he sent to I,O..i.
itntte. again.
the slave aromp. l the
ies average man knw, We are in the process of organizing cIla ses to J3 It. IAIEly, P1 S.+
that in Russia the mnn with the ability to sue- study the new code and it promisees to be ery
rbasfully run big industries are paid MORl* in interesti ng to, our menmbers. It was ltIl
comparison to their workers than they are in that sonie contrators he invited to atllend as L. I. NO. 611, Elditr: AIbIuaer.-
our npitalistic i. S,? The average lan knows they seem to hare overloiked certain sections ALB[tQUERiQUE, i's II U. .l11 isends
that the Ciommunists ill the U.. S. cnn't muster during the current shortages. N. mEX. greetailgs and saluta-
enough votes to elect a Congreys. BUT does he ine of the local ontractors has inslituted the tions to the Brother-
realie that (Communist in control of labor practile of giving a week's vacation with pay, hood everywhere witlh a wish sinere that 1ti47
organizations an do mIore damage to our ia- to our melhers who lhave been in his employ will in riiig ess orrows, griefs and [siiiakes anid
tional economy, yes sabotage our italionai eon- fr a year. This
T seemn to me to be a forward ,ill hrig instead mare joys. blessings, privi-
Oly, our democratic way of lifei(, and render this step in our city by a forward-looking Juan whose leges ind progeas toh the urganiration. Let us
strongest IatLion on the earth one of the weak- hiiu less is the Travis Electrie Compan,. justify such aspirations and opthisnl.ins bY earn-
esat, just as aidly s a communistis congress Solie months ago I took exception to some ing bttelr our oligae ions to Gd aud iaa ! LOet
could. Does he know that I.l the CIO Interna- remarks concerning the wage policy of TVA and is take physical inventory of our cond of ethics
tional Executive Board, one third of the mem- paitinted out some things I thought shoulid e, particularly as it applies to what we owe the
hers are confirmed Comlmunists and that with consiuleild. Since that time lmy father. Charles public, what we (rwethe emtployer and what we
a little horse trading they swing the votes ilnd J. MaunielL has been taken to task for th.s.. owe to the trnde itself.
appropriations and fix the polieies of (10. remarks,. They were not his and any opiiior.. It is eertinly gratifyinpg ti see so many mn-_
Think this over; if you were a omnlnist expressed by ine are my ownLL and I still fDel bt' ls Kiei it 'onsideraLtin and expiression to Ihe
could you think of an easier way to render our that a great many of the operators do not knlow Ouestin of better if not propithr eployer-
industries and nation weak so we should be al when they are well off. They show no great emplioyee reIntioas. Eternal strife and dis or in
easy onrlquest when Russia is ready to take us Inlterest in the Brotherhood u iti time for a wage this dirertion
are surely no prerequisites for
over? ilnfl'rene and then can't even agree anong progress in the eletrial field, had if coo-
It is going to take harsh antid e-Inor leitle. themselves as to what they want. headed nlis the natioin over will resolve ldeal
tien to put a stop to Comnunist-eontrolled We are looking forward to receiving the new fairly ands qua ly with this problemt, we can
Constitution, so that the work at theauiver-
ntticJpiite tangible results that will bring into
labor unions sabotaging our nation,. May the
tin nay be evaluated by the members. Manty reality an era in which sensible nae ean an.d
Republicans and ilnumerntw
a in ongress realize
believe that a convention is more a reunion thant will unleisesanr one ,liether.
this and have heart enough to pass laws with
anyLhing else, but those who have attended one I ,..ui Noi. fil is "in phase' with the program
teeth in them to curb this tisrend The conserva-
realihe that more work is done than is generally of the National Apprentieahilp ('oulcil Our
tive and fair-minded abor union 1ll riot be
believed. local chuncil e and I'reaident F, I. D)an
elsminttes
hurt by this legislation, at least not ni,tueh.Al,
forth were fortunlioat indIedi in securing the
if it dioes hurt us just a little let us take it The performance of M. H. Hedges, our Re-
serha sieof anll instrutor so fully q(alifid as
ilie a man and p roudly
say 'This is our con- search DIrettor, on the American Forum Radio
Dr . It,
Il Hlarrilgton. We have an enrollent of
tribution to danocracy anil better lair .unilns ' I'rogrn, January 21ist, was very good. IIe cer-
38 apprentices in Albuquelnue and]<-611 has 42
Our business manager's son, Joe A. Verret, Wiinly held his own against such ptersons ,
enrolled at ins Alannos. It is apparent that the
Jr,, recently gave a Ilood transfusion to another Representative Case, and dil gain an iadm isdiin
eelat I war has taiuhIt us a l sson never tL be
of our neaihl', Sisater Byne,. Only whon yon L. the effect that the IBEW has a w.n derfI
forgotton antl h.as cauld uO to ialiZL we mnlust
have had a loved one in idil nled of a tOnn lu ricordmin employer relations. I hope we will reciify the general isiIaskss mlade by. various
sion. and it is always an emergency, ie (I lu [wllye be sio well represented. etiita in the past nut-h pritfCesions inl ielilnie,
have had to go out sli fin d olaeoulie big and (;. '. MAMUNaEiP., . S. teachin., II el, have long insisted upol, quaifiets.
107
MARCH, 1947
tiens first "hiIe Iany craft. have iet'lvly ]ut Ill mad. .o R great eollrihutll)1 h]l owrf In addition th iafo -rementione d aetlvkiets,
JIahstt.d uplon
enpl lunerahl/t qd pasII:
, iy it. Uihn'apierrea s. tIe eIIher haildinS tdrad lieul! ..e. hl.,,~ Of the 1Iea'r eltlbl~dioIl oIfinltill"
.Ad tothe whole localI lbolr {h.11eyeIIIUItt h~* f'Ji pubficize andand...... ifi to hib,,e Bumrne
of (IliuallfaiInFrom h it lokI a s if the
Ire anndd nud souleadrship. 1e11ll Ifil - Wm rpo.. ;orell by hngi .... ifin
future e]4eHtriiil] will be required to uhmxrantlld His eff"ort Io behalff , Oe elph·ye- .eil4 i ...uothers.
I A lit of these leetire{ in.
and I., ti therya r,Ill is Io lIke Int* ¥tilriol,8 {IP]i oyor reiltionshi0 ate :{[larIdil{~ a Vf 1s
lr chldeI the followmitt
hihefforts il pmdotall" 'llliHitshal (lo' and 1Di, {'hillip, Thomi. research sienishht of
TpilIa
LonIll,
a iii I approaitit'e [rtalung IIr I,, :.. ll .l Wlk.1
.... Welthhou v, isreldlttfd "Adventures n EIeeI
CaT t.e.t iM L, N,, iH I..tl: irl thI imfioqlase
trlltly." in whirll hi! discussed the history an d
.I~ De,"I eI
e I . /Il~th thll~kill filly lxulh~ Iak~ aicaplw.Uh{111 of Iromllghcetlr ve from the
IIeIIIv hIsik ifl n ,U U[ ;*.; I.I ;I~ .....
i.l ul
flirly days Of the Irilelne to.the Pllent ultra
mrr ionP-e
uakr I,u jo- aI ik*? f(isllr..lls privilege jroup. ht as
a, [tt tl l ltl[ I liB>K frIIeq e
... xValy. f dthir ahppiil¢loIn s up to and
IInI i .t Ir i j~.t
s Iut1I/t] Ill~ til
l % ithti Ihlo[{gh radaG. rutliplem""intLilv ]is 'eure with
COW/tFU
fhel~ , flpreH&pohIes wid[ (
n)nllyfllthr tlfl d n h1I Ins* lA
Irl ire imIslry
I e. insu
r 1grelaIr ti s, teIf Ai fhytte .. ih ihe elII"rOftrali . of alay very
If.n~ Asiae, pLkO.;i:, ill
1,rld alMi ....
'rlcetl daaPld
. device was given by Fi. R. J.
ar V ii iiill, Ill, hi. .. I hHH¥> . ,- wa knw, to his telIw unyJen- Peerrih I( lbi Bell TeIeWphon(, Labratorios which
ia$Ft the one U.. ll ,, Ihllm h, /t !~~~l 1,,'dly mis ed. L.ota N.. B-743 jobis ,,III UJLi, Iiplila to FDr. Thoma.'~ hut leaned
with ~
If, st!,
II J, . IIi Ir
dXl leig RIS dee D, hlr]'w II ..
il!.k3 ,to~· ih W[[ and famrily ofm Beether~il tiillar Leiphony and .oumLi.
liltBII"Il",
. tcd .,. ank
hhH[t}
higg h IHI
he l't "Proulsion of Airldamls"r, wasgien, by Mr.
thug tr [ No . t/l h[a aquIre0 ill I' buihdin It, C., MilT o f tillrait G
iishm eof the pneral
ion Bi Stlti/Lt1~S~fsl ln·cr. Moqhi, IQ1ml< Hilkne.
a ,ls ppoin Io fill Ele],i e 1o, Mi. H il"le'd
rilpr
o peller anld
has entupledte/ It. hs qtit, ty hit el
I;'erllef ell{,e[. rtiYigh(i~i ber i~11i a((I1, noto pil Ih- IBU, lipie ldl o,f ofUr Wa, Brother
.pace, renied [Ir 4Iffleo In !I nn, Sth .e.e
. ll jII proptlffl:ion n.f fJrlilhne with neclroeating
509 illth Sti l St7
1.r(. ][lf th I Ilrilg
h]qeuile
I l [{,,:[ ham the
whole- ellaies,, /lh, ttfrlne, rolkets, Gheinal V.I en-
Agli" Td] tls ,ay {{aiiy Newll Yel I.r.e.l tilh hla~led am.nl oFthm Iho..y 11,...
rnkiln lhe giniho, bth(p~yd, hr]-sup,,ereharged eril
land of seasfilge ilU .. J]IIt h l 8rime· helh Iay "w
eAe~ell }Italinillnet',I.
, {is iflelieney whi, an.hd eomhpeui Iinei.
l ]ie discussed air,
bhdhef illocilee jIll at IV inl Al{l]e, 111.111yi be hII0diflg the dIlllen f I1f i[dent WII~rcg iela plane design,, IIad DerPlH0nue. a thehy are af.
gh ..uhill. Nv, le, I, 2 By w . ayI y ... I(hlFt
oI - aI uns,
ll sht
lll,
aH fil ....
l hlln,tow*~d
gr, s t e feted hly 0hese devk'es after lhowAng a sound
n121, DI.a .... pfleual~t .ith I Ll]hIle and fill. on thb P59 ahrplane,
Ibenlperalnre n Il 70', santa ! asof Hete - r(dhe11
l RA.l.loll... g, ltzer l}] dhcli
, IIl ru "Impl'nvroe Alley User}d ill Ell,1,il.1 InidusItry"
'ity ThyxdaI , i aif tl I id th' i I tllth~ h.1 ,lI I uf wIE Iht sllhjae t of Mr G. V L.1uerIe If the
L. L. GIItYA¥ P. S. p}O lftl~. 3i1r(. r il(it 1 {el
r'~ It l, i] C. lpenter Bttnl
e G mp.'li of Rea ing Pennsyl-
I
IN ~llnlhp pnIq yIlr 1he. l~i"o~ e .... leel",~ vanfia, inwhich the eitlte IO~tlh trristies
and
ha· Ildl , H) I iIy
..... Io t I....
i I ....
r it...
lhe t l u eppllcni~ttin* of fe.ro~
.. nI d IllI fe.rrou. alloya
L. IT. NO. 731, dil deurper d d Ouringtile war fft were de...iberL
NORFOLK(. VA. liY ," P161-1 Jin, i hi a is .lha]Uell fhaerd. "Why "Ithaiteers \iil G(l ... ln bht~I the topic IT
,I l'~
I , l Ih lIII L lle e ' B h ,,irl fi~l Tnrls,
hp M,]C. (LF' W.,l,,n~ of fhhe C(llta] 'nrl er
al. NoI. 7:4, 1 oos it s limer· fo Fne Ill Wet ,h. Tilln i hiOlus hI1l, "pIll'ed :il* il,"
l lI;iril if idlstoln of Wetjoillsh.olle aml he relole
wvrk, and wlt, {m Ilrlicle Ior th~l .lol, aNAL1 hiir ebsorvgit.11 xhih. nIakln a WarDepart-
As it I ismy
belfi,t fiat liedh,
t pe
l I(m':
F. }{aviinur
lke tu see
re nltnt sponsored
. ilp theeach Germall)l im. di-
theln, Im in
thpin.
i h lI
t~~~~~~entlu ~~irrhy
Ili start h'ni
off byappohine
writingf Iri· Olil
th.r· lllg nifid,t wIlhwh Ilplii,. IliidLIIalati
iaalthll hl l. ibifil ilIlweyt
I·(·h elcric eqilomn I' ai that
d el r"illinig
se t
ki 1i,, thinits That ht.lle htipelle Fo
llw (,f ,., ]nn retelltiy.
,l rTwo of ..n 1hl waT
IeIes *If. I illnr idusl{ dfllts(Jd t lre P." IIIr T~~~~~~h4 dct~lL prmta has been in
thei,respective shnn Bruthl, OI't,{ sa M]it Mrt, Frank Raa .....
:asehl. f ? re, ixes ithe prog1re Itill 'oItillll[
he .i..nI Iill hiedla."de soundi
to. ma...stelir h.Ell0 ther Shop lin d Blather
Walteri T~/er Io maslter of th, PnWxx Phllt of this OLalJnitigal .hle.h :LthraxIal Ill'OrFi
Joe
Brothe iiaappnted by
eann,, .illI.o~ ,iell .irt
th Ieo
ait... h I elaa for a~.F, LILE. inlt kIll[ headIuarter s anh other
]nlnaIIIemIl till 13th NatiIfal I unrerem1ie A brief ,oufine I[ the hltr f [}U] eleetron...r6 s T*,
,.oilth. eiuli hd:ile
uh toli lern uo.e
Labor itil~liihl ,,h [htlh III.Il ldhehl
that i ,, it,Il~ri
lnV
..lO,
eClin Ifp..
Ill ahf1eutelerlel IheIrI a p eit i.s..I.d panned
hilP
rrahI Lii ehe
Id ilteeraestirll!te{atya
rfifjd
,HIIl, 'I.l, ll "I"
ofhst yea, YoIl . e wa r r.hl .apied h> I..... s ihnsin. the arilnlentlone t p,,lafter
tIII Ge
Ghal iel ainollther ntlr-year Lerrn oII ithe
.luht
Maeihavw
ral.t~t ell, honda
od ....
yirothe
}1,ry
Jke s ieI I ....
nd igIF
SatI~l Alpp~teltehi[~(~rl I d . IIIIoIhel (IIt {]L~ui iSlai fellr uws:rh~li ii) mriu160 Ill, I'll)
Holder1,I I wasIII
I1 hnrd
erlty Fly helng 1, hcted
vie preho hnt of till Portll ..outh I'etlira Lahrll
eomill~ ~
thrlhtIll I joh, A]hb~hh the fllw
hrlinqmrtiuncc ~ keen.gabvriasil at th lnimes. isn t Ir, IaIIInI rIlIaIt .I It I xe[3I It1 rtiealie. to, h,
UnhioI Btrther 1HughI }/l hald his picture 1h, areif~tnlp~
o ~Ihr d illoaon STlro~nen~
of th. beil ,hA I;,,(Ylh,,hIIIl I... llat,,
egteult thll a/}Iebs hiX il(* el il. dietinT ar
paper net ITong aIro show111u hill andII hi, Fill ]~e-iilni ihhii fh. rlar ha. elirL ( I [IlaIlIled PI'l At COA {)lili ,t IPe gea,d B-
Ieath of f'l isIh... hi OLTP eit, Iles. an'd it ia )lls, 'Iyi e dlai, In ....I Il rllN, F ly I1beekh t1 ,ylv~lln{,, [hi full 81viI,, bu, thby leak h..s nt
rumored ihn[ lihls pletfir an( the pI Il eiy. ec., Iilitiltld,
p... hkatedlI
Tl y.11
hy a hw ah ill O eei.... ~lc~h'Ld ItlilhlqR. Ius Lldia (9enator
(:Je ....ille physila Chfighe],rl III yeIII ha8, ~]at ilob Ilide I.ontrol
Frle 1.ehl hasoi Lttiin ai hislltf it n wife.
ew Last Oarbli+
to, th Ifi
e , phaiq,O t oIrL,. Troy,,fibi pty uf $62 full ly h.s been achieved
was }heghI W~lc Iil ...lo4] 1he- ¥t'I/ll subjects of eff,~ltof our depalirted
thefigh the hlllhld w r
Throufh th. co~ru 3'*yInrry ('uslilhei ad nIlthrlrta sl,.and Olb filtllhdll, eltalsoI f Iioieity Brother anfd business nant, M,. Ellis liefrei-
hi, Eood wtfc.I, g(]Jhy
I()li , and hIIs Mlr. were
li l fnlger. t .eollpnlfint [iN the mNileage
between
abIe Io at~end IIur ...~Itt S..[..ra....Isll study of the oscilroacope. These cls.. ,flit hdhl
as ;isfills Alnd lha¥1ng Ilel'. heeu, ftlrlhe "Ist one, nibbt each week inl the- hill
rh1" lholhihldingl. .o11irvn J.l ILA1rOKA, P. S.
than St S Ll·ii
ouisi heric we IIca truthfiuff Ill
k
thait 1e hadl ill inet ln be OF,
tip Ief or lives. h... fllduIe thb I1 ,,tlil all tf
I¢ f~llhal textf-
Colltlafuheiion teinall there gehl Bvother~ L. },. NO. S,{6, Elio:
Senator Me-
c.IgO~~y~hH."fIOfli,'l
anld hea.iirill F., lb.". (...I (' hiiY1.ll wei/ L"
linII{
htllg$ ~everujnllll
trmlela s ... ?!alS
.. i~g)
n}( Jei
f*rl Leffn(aB/eo
eercln h
, by the, CHIATTAFNOOGA, KeIIar is Io.rI,
the wa-
,ee qtf FEi, gmat ...... o fl .fIlI .... h u. t,,,all path again. }{ej~ tilM
TENN.
ilhe Ipaee" ill If,, JI, 'I"NA W.eIII, lllSy I..i . f lrib;~ to rtir up (ou-
wa.d Ie theqIlle xbhe we ... go lim Fginthin hie with TVA. lie , TVA
VAnlsillIllitill so bad
bun ~iffnl elio.... o r ,mltyy Oh flo II al]:~il ~ Clq... ly ' cullo
l in- hII ,ilt Iry .,,3,hmrl l H i,~ Iuw iOle tlt.
I thinke
ti~k I , ll her spaIl e I....llill II d1,r-al ee I, el]hf,,. ~ o pijing, 12 roll~ (if GC.n.o ( ILpp w-ho .,,In.ln.ldae by Presfident
now. so ,,ill dee b) a31ng L~>> l ick li{(] 35=llI fillis a",hyJll p, r thtan 1oe f~fil, ldSpe
II, hil ",ti-Ifil lin tOlifiily: II...I ALI Tru.ma toa dirl(, hll nil. thII Beardi ofDi-
besit h,aishes
,.d O FTo allII membersl
tI IJ It off" h+l I.BF-W ll .. i1f. iDI. a...
lille rlI.ilhI Df Mew, Iievd I~v ehlo- rorltr, of the TVA. Mr Ula1ll p h., been silh
J. FbR,` "I'll"¥ P.J S. l~iz
leor({l~s
t hld itlld idllid gr,..Is oPf sludy the TVA IIr s(>n~ time, huI Mr XeKe Fllar eIal d
b.~~~~.,hhswa blha1e Th or. .... pre- find no fault Iith MrA. 1t.bql, untit Il.. A. Mr
L. U. NO. 713. dl, At th AlIKellar .[a, eeledr to hi, high0 Ifliee bly a
READING, PA. Yl Fl iliadII ~r13n[[lb
te shthser t llle , Dalta from .era. groll] oI..1
.... f ler {el lI I ]iIiti~ h. Joehn't
l~,
Ill II, I c.l, see it h.. ¥a pohMDlldished teehnh,al haifleitu wee ad h.ve (,), luliny fri-ilid. ad a he i an o ld In,.
been a uec~,sfhl one fel L. 1TJ No~B-74{, I ,il1 now he. should try fl h, .. klkkn fritem], ,ith
enevo
, giveaI htirl relmrll a to hOl[ actlvl A I,,bl I I...c I, an {{...P ahem} W0 :lS m side his felkm men.
filt Oh/18ipae by Me, Widthe~I]({eItler f MiT. I hear a Iot of baiid Il.nnr.k mIade about him
w~ith dep tget ou'Iaea feely thil los ofa witkm, Wimaenns
h h u .. dIIr ..... rset, thill on the TVA bubjet. Menl who are noI con.
,tory (,h thei tIh,'Uy 1Ifl{ npdcti~n f OA aceted with the TVA may they jast can't undet
deIar Bierher" wheO waM's .. ...../es
I Oh¥nt. Ellfis 'rmillPsepe In "iWAstI4o electllyrc, Lo..aI Mtn.d tile Senator
has been illt .... t otd, by labor, bill Lhe general 0Oe .,f thb derlgates who was on the wage
i(eaof, ehctrII lle]uprIIeut whh,h WI,, [looked orfferene at Knoxvfll Ie]eorted in one of ou.
.... al Un .ol ,leaLl~,hs yaso ~111s ulp ,,Io.. ellU0.0s Hkld ai~pll th.eh of the
~t fnee~tw Fifth M, C pp lAwsa tile fellow, and
Aric . fii
er fe ItI,1, h.O
iais Yl oI ifin te subJi leOl oe'l~y mte III. Richtels nates, flh deghleae alithe Waget cofnferene enoyed
dealing with a man of Mr. Clapp's ability. I hope I believe we can elas ie Governor at hi, inmt vast underground networks, "Bn "i>also
the TVA never gets into politics game, though, with 10,pm ,-it backing frnm tir grew in intrinsic stture, retleeting petsoual
We have been having some great : llhJgsat memhbership. l'nI sre We ain. I.ast March we had vortIb with selfless serie the attendant wit-
our local and we are now trying ,I aq innre ever- man emllelp d on th eproperty of the mrs; iever though his loyalt anid devotion in
memrbbers to attend these meetibii.(ur el- ViEP(O behind us thai is every man under iur 111¢ piiOrliiance of his duties fashioned lhii,
tendance is getting better every recia j lihg jirtsdiction- regrilir's of whehherh be was a anil xpr i, his chosen craft, such dexterity
and we are looking forward t filling the hall. t'nmbier or not N, i',11, noteven the Governnir dhd not ex-cl his rapacity to hindinto lastindg
Every member of labor should see aoi] uniidr- iaTI beiit 100 petlprit l king, and we still hlive rip .. ip
li in veritable hos. of associates along
stand what Congress is trying to dip to labor, Brother Joe Mlritnish rn the I. 0. in the State the way.
and the thing for us to do is attend our meet- of Virginia. Ani I thu we pnause in bowed tribute as wve
igs and stick together. because if we don't . M. 'n]cr,
. P. S. ieviitl thu ]i"t Of CLir
on, and
ledrihrfriend,
stiek together we are going to lose in nothing andr we, lipi
... .. tld foltuni ii was to have
fiat, what it took our older Brother, years to L. U. NO. 1141. Ed;i.: ,eclosed I worked by his M ilein yerss past, will cherish
gain. So come on, fellows. attend those OKLAO3IA CITY.ha' inparr1ed a bhrief ii ,i .l.lr- rat it ude a loving memory of that
meatiiigs. OR
OKLA. .i\ art t, t-rihi'h IIIhlp..m
he pas sing asiati t e grieve your departure, George
I was appointed reporter for this Ical nIan as of nrt rolther, Ge.orge
you can plainly see, I am not mu.h of triorter
"14ui" M A 1rthui r, as we bid you farewell an
lerbert MeArthur. This Bronthr was an nld- Coiset-d i, your journey to your appointment
-but fellow members if there is aisy xi, Ilat
timer among oltinier' siri-nt lii iers at1 hi, with the M>iter Craftsman.
you ran heli, your lials,. please do si. chosen craft, andI enj,.atd a ncl-lilersbip of al-
If we keep our la il in gond .. a.. ii"l anld wALm, M. CnrfluAM. P S.
monst :To y~earsastendiw i thl, I .L.W-
the menibersh p eon uteii- p crow we will help
keep prosperity i kef rospry w can Hie was well know aer* the enitrttr, hati I.. U. NO. 1340, Edite : This Is mY
eat three meals a day, ha',' r
in honl ialt orkedi in mer.iilns i frm coast to NEWPORT NEWS, opening article to the
automobiles to rive. all b;Jve
h¥e Ihings ie coast. arii hadi a oultililtit .f friends nation- VA. J.,iNAi* so I'ii exted
have never had
t before. It's ia geat hlhssing tip ally. ey grKeetings Io all you
read in the JlosNAL where otiher lorIls are i know ily ti, iluhI like to read about his Brothers from Local Union No 1340o, down here
doing so well. life service .ngiI r us. in ilhe Tidliiwater section of Virginia.
Down here in these hills of Tenn,,ese, we The Virginia House of Delegates this week
Miay niltilir-r'r lrs the country will pause
passel the C uvernor's anti-laIor hills, one to
are now building new power lines in the rut-l ill ihawed g iicf a, they reii If the death of our
districts and supplying farms with eletricity. outlaw the closed shop, and one directed against
Brothler, (eorge Ii-i'teiert MeArthur. Local 1141p the utility wrker.
Thisis a great help to these peopile a farln irli 0klehnma City. Uk, uhiahma.
will be lots easier and thea rmn folk ans Lithirow What effert will the law against closed shops
their old lamps away. You should see the happy Born in Ennis, Texas, May 21, 1883, George hvre upon the construction wrnker?
smiles ,n the faces of these plh,,ip as we hivk Was ole 0f the lsth ealih,c splieers in the ierfiiteliy our fulitrre will be tough. I am sure
up their homes for lights. It rakes a man feel country nnd a inlier
h uf alltoSi 211 years that the I.iH.EW. will wether the storm. We
good to know that he has had a small part in standirng in the ] W.B.W
lie was initiated must prove ti the public that the laws now being
making other people happy. March 1, 1918. are harunful not only to the man atliited
passed
In the line crew I work with, we have an old lie began his career at the age of 16, when he with organ ineid
labor but to he pulii at large.
work hors. I am sure some of you members know altushed himself to one of the early-day cable Let us start our campaign now for the omhing
him as he has been doing line work since 1109. crews. The older members of the crew started elietiplr. IlEvery man beome qualified to vote
He is John Brown, lineman from Clevelnde him off with the nickname "RBuh" because of and exercise that privilege at the polls in the
Tenneasee. Remember him? I am sure some of his youthfulness. The original connotation has onpinig elections.
you do. Mr. Brown would be glad to hear from been transfrmned with e the paysing years to News and views: Brother "Lipke'* is working
some of his old pole buddies. become a aole Iprerogatie among his more in- on that blowout. Brother Geary is away for a
Boa Be sttrf P. S. tinate acquainteiaes. Alrrt to grasp the mle- while. That is all for now.
chanics of cable distribution then in its in- D.ya T.c..... P. S.
L. U. NO. 980. Editor: Things are fancy, he soon mastered the tricks of the
NORFOLK, VA. going smoothly with trade, and through the ensuing years won L. U. NO. 1366, Editor: The conver-
L. U. No. R-P9O at the national recognition among the pioneering sons CIICAGO, ILL. sion program of the
present time, but we expect things to start pop- of the industry, Conllmriwealthl Eldison
ping at a very near date, because our present Hlis earlier years were spent answering the C0o., whieh has been pending fir some timip, is
agreement with the Virginia El.etric and Power summons of expanding utility companies. As he now binig put into effect and indicstions are
Company expires on March 31, 1947, adli last lent his skill to the weaving of tenuurs lines that it will progress rapidly from I towiI. This
year. as some of you will remember, we hadll program has to do with the rosln re at.
quite a battle with the company arid the iov- tenld subittations and remote controlled sub-
ernor of the Stateof Virginia-in fact we were stations that were controlled from attended
all drafted into the State Miitia. The company sulbstaiLions to operation iranmsupervisory eon-
amle across at the last minute though and waved trol centers. Three attended substations, Lake
a lirib . View, Firwell Avenue and Irving Park, have
Colletive hbrgaaining in the State of Virginia been cut noer so far. as well as a nui.her i nn-o
has been given quite a heating, due to a couple tiendmed substations. The operating personnel
of laws passed by the speciae session of the Gen- displacld thereby has been a bsorbed
in openings
eral Assemlbly, namely, "Strikes in Publie Ic ttili- caused by retirement. in subitanimis er-
ties' and '"The Right to Work" ills,. These bills manned and on a 48-hour schedule and in lew
were drawn up by the attorney general of Vir- positions ihi the supervisr y control rcenters
gil.nia at the request of the Governor. or so they themselves. The plan of the company to carry
claim. If that be true the attorney general could out this program without lay-oiffs and without
make better money by taking a position as reductiols in regular rates of piy to present
head counsel for some public utility, as the bills Inrplnye.s is under discussion now biy tile lpcal
are in public utilities' favor. They would have lolther Thomas Cameron was one of those
gone over big, back in the days of slavery. tp, -tlre di uin g 194¢. Tom started on the job
The firt bill says it is unlawful to strike and way ba k itl 1D06, on Noeollher 17. I1 C8a
should we want to strik we e must help the eom- .olor-muoviofan and was made a present of all
pany hie someone to take our place on the job. exposure meter which he is probably giving a
We must also tako the person or persons hired good workout.
and work with them for five weeks so as to tr.in Tlp athletic activities of the local center
them so they can do our jobs while we are on mainly around grldf and bowing. Iuasunmch as
strike. Of course we ean work for the state if the mem ,bershipis scattered all river this huge
we want to, but the Governor says how long we city a..d works all shifts, any a.conpl iahIhent
can work. If we strike we will be sulject to a in organiing programs of this nature requires
fine of not less than $10 or more than $1.000, a lot of fortitde and hard work,. Brother A. O.
and not more than 12 months in jail. Now the (Bud) ('arisen won the golf championship
company will be penalired by having the (Gy- trophy at Glen Bard, with Brother M. L Fisk as
ernor seize their property and run it for them. ruonier-up. hlasmuch as the I946-I947 bowlinrg
(the proposed law was for 10 perceant and only season is still in progress, it is tooearly to
charge them 25 percent of the profits. nanme a ehamlp. Understand that Brother tud
The second bill says a person can work with- CaIrlsril also is hot man of the south shid, grnup
out belonging to a union. In,, other words. so far. Pluns fir au,y post-season pla-i.ff hei-
there can be no closed shop in the Swtate f Vir- tweell the north and south side grnitsp this year
ginia that is in any enterprise that is covered hav1 not buen for~iilated is yet. Tlast y.l, Lhey
by the Natioial labor Retinus Act. Therefor,. had ii plny ta l.y nlail with ip. south ship cein-
it only covers intrastate enuterprises. Georqs H.rbert McArthur isig out oi top.
MARCH, 1941 109
Brother Si Williams found another use for Our reorganzatlon and new administration pleased and almost satisfied. An Interesting
his 1. 13.E. W. membership card besides gaining was effected in June C.last year and theretipon faari t f the grathu was e aounoi t of tilme
admission to the union hall, Si has a twotone we found ourselves endiswed with a negotiatedI and labor involved. At least 80 percent of the
Irpam and brown ailt joh on his car that coltract yet utnIted and all arb Iirated wage work treklrs ... t with committees to diseusa
makes it resemlnie s oe o I he Vets Cabs that controversy resting in the files of the reeina1 l and elrrect
the Job specifications which had
roiam the city. On his ily ho.ne one Saturday Wage Stalillation Hoard. bee, writtet by th, company. These conimittees
night he was halted at i slnic t signal when a Although iuch relmains to he ltm'foplhel, we in turI, rnet with company representatives to
loupie clhabtred into the hack isat and ordered are VirY p rold of ol¢ recortd itlillt ' he ast six reach all agiement on the proper wording of
him to drive them to pl..rihiot night
Ma club, months. Under the aIleh }11] if Business Man- the specs. Thein the company made offers oI
lie had to reinfore Ia lhIy argu mn with,ii nage G. V. Ftzpatrick ain I the boundless en- new salary rates msied on a study of these
his union card to convilce the l.easure-bent thusinjas of Presidei t. I, I. Harvey, plus the speeifieations. q''li, I I pany o ffer to 139 and
guy and gal that he was not a ea, jel key. deliLberative action e an executive board of one its sister leea i li([del rash irL].eates for
Local union meetings are so arIiraed thatl milid and supported by a loyal and courageous oilne jobs nil ]ow r salary rates for future In-
every member can attend and it is urgently maembership, we h beten b able to build a union c arbentsof
o ther jobs. This offer was rejected
riquested that every member do attend. Do this or goLo faith iii nL.immunity. by the group of locals although not parti( uarly
to make your Ior l a democratic union operatel Ii is aiIer xii 'losn'ting our union's crises objectionable to 1899. As a eon pro I l.se, the
rot the lienefit f all and to help protect your fril,,gi the 1
ll, i ril Septnber and October company offered $50,000I a year increases and
ilterest in your job. Coeme out and give an arid itftr ,iariil Ih th Funy fn and spirited let- cancellation of all decreases to the live locals
opinion or get one. teres in the JaJoary ,.tillNAI that a very lazy involved. This offer was accepted anti the
Rt K. MicnRiN., P. S. press secretary has li.... inspired to add his second round of work began with co.lmittees
feeble comment. if stewards determining thie lohals' pjiitiii OIl
L. U. NO. 1383. Nidtor: Hi ya, Broth- fuch puhlliity Ilus reaIched our eyes and ears each job. Next an iInterli commilte
sall e wioked
BALTIMORE. MD. ors, here I am aain. through the soI-iill l of
Inniiiln
free spnech on theI uestion tol assure mutual understanding
Your ole scribe is on regarding irrhesllria Ihhlabor nld its l ,ealershipand then turned the detailed work back to the
the ball with a stack of Ienws Of what and and what the carlell( governmental action local committees to work out with iluagenleli
whatnots, as some folls lilk, soe things aInd should and will he. represenitatives. fhic htl result found no Job in
eelie like others. I shall try to ii te rest as many ritthers a lot j nfew p onple have been seit the local taking ilss than the coIIpally's orig-
as I can Of course, I lealir thai some people to the legislative fer i.s either with or without Inal offer while 10 jolt. rmade additionial gains.
like to read pictures iietead of ediitorials, o I our blessings bit Ilt lis iut Forget ine thing, None of the eirhit jioIs that the conIFpaty pro-
shall try to impress upon you the facts. Now, they are our rep resuitlv's who may be either posed to cut wrle iceed ,to aeIpt dcraret.
ellows, with nild-winter with us, we should all niot unlike the proverhiMt holine, h.eautilal bat The presideit andi iief stewarrdwho acted for
,eel t as fiddles, as thi brai,,g refrrigerated duiii aliiit the wiy wiays of Washington or just 1399 on the i erloca } inequity in cominitte, are
air goes through you, If you happen to be solidi itiens who hive Ibeen unemployeld these appreciative of the hnrd work performed by
workirif outdoorrs, of course you hae to realie manLLy years anild ayieed guidance around the the stewards a.,in these who,asi L ll. They
ted tin
that to avoid illness asIatuh as possible, you burg. particularly eii.. eni idBrothers Volelnig, Ball-
must lie on the alet r, Iulexpected weather in view if all (ie ...alolllallin g of our repro- wanl anld Rutlchniano for their iegotiation
chLanges, or so I've ieen told. selltabJve friends thai is bound1 to he exercised by work with . The local
Lmanageen, s houl id also
At our last ne euCcverythinrg
,ti wasmas a meet- the anti-labnr gon aild thlir spoilsors, We can ki ow tat Brother ittne tori dci thrhese con
hing should Lbe. Evly Idetail which presents ill aTford to allow tIlr into go unchaprer idl frences ifn behalf eif h lihternational Office
itself liefore the bod.y rIceives the due coiod- Rnfeimiler a letter to a Congressran will help anl provided ijnVahllale support to all the
eration of our venerable preid en,,t, Brother Joe create a lobby for litor. lo'als' contentioll r ITh
. wh, participated in
11ammen Illd at the finl i rap or the gavel, it C. E. tLAN, P. S. this work knox tila there are still ilequities
becomes history. See what I loan? existing in the Mlcl 1iut the job of e..rierttlH
With regard to thle ontidihin at the Coast them will bo atirerked whei the present eon-
L. U. NO. 1399, Editnr: The Job-in- tract ends.
Guard yard, at presen we ire anticipatiing a
CIHICAGO, ILL, eiuilv program is over
few more ships as far Is ships are ,on.erned, All of the foLregI'il is dold stuff to thoxe who
at last. Increases rang-
but from what I gather, it will only ie for de- reguilarly attend tiedinrigrs h at was w.riten as a
ing fmnI $2.50 to $17.50 per nlonth were ob-
commiasioning purposes. Sio for the time being tained for 1t or the 5I Jobis reiesentied by the eital] selriefor thlSe who are, not allowed
progress marches mL local. IHowever, even with these excelerLt re- out tights a.nd Lhetlief cannott attend.
In reading through the correspondence see- suIts, our lowerp ilii jirs still tag bhind other IIn previ.us rL
i lAs we have, mentioned of-
tion, I enjoyed reatding the article by Press shop. field and station hioal, fiers ant ilbod 1ierlilerI and delegates, but
SeretIary George Co.swol of L. U. No. 28. Inasmnuch as the retrealii'uity involved in the have never dwelt huIh
on the steward. Perhaps
Hope he continues with Liis interestig write- ineqLiity program goes rack ahout a year tid a because we have daim, a few odds and ends of
ups. The rest of the scribes also have very good half, Ihose memlirs who bernefited are duly steward work ourselves we have been reluctant
rearling matter.
We had the pleasur iof havilg with us for
another enjoyable evening recently, Mr. M. J.
Hul,bard of the Chesapenke aind Potoimac TeIe-
phone Comanipry of Baltimirc with an uotii rig
projector tn4 thousands of feet of movie lilmn
We., the audience,enrLIjyel very uh the "'Bell
Telephone lour" and others, thanks to our ell-
teIlrtaillnent conmmittee. Brother Walsky, bring
on soIme nlore '"you
Iknow wvha.l " entertainment
of ourse[
Ard her are our r'lalsi Flashes. I no-
ticed all the brIId . til. in the faIes ,l'
fellow workers lately. In IIIser contact i found
out that sone had oveljpaih. some hall in-
creases in their faniily, which means depend-
ent's elain sure enough it was their intconl
tax statemlrent. It appears that Uncle Sam will
have a great tiine macii, a Iit of refundis A
far as iny statement went, it went in favor of
Uncle San. So what? IFt's hetthin that cmes
naturally share and share alike you rehem-
her? I wrote oince about doilg some of the ali,
selfsh acts for a few months. Are you trying
it? Try it. Also give to the March of Dimes, so
that the unfnrtunalep will be able to mar. h
with us. "Brother WILL you spare that dimel"
Security BENEFITS!
C
Thanks for the children's sake,
IA U. NO. 1393,
INDIANAPOLIS,
IlltaEN SIARS,
E ditor: As a matter
of iatloductio. we are
1. .
TIN',KEYZR" %ciai
IND. a local union of O1600-
odd members undor the
jurisdiction of L. U. No. 13-13113 and working
FOR NOWRE INFOA'W7Z70N
generally under contracts with the Public Serv- [ :/.,,/Yur Union Social Security Cqmmittee
ice Company of Indiana, Inc., and the Indiana
Gas and Water Company.
______&. .or the Nearest Soial S&curity Of(ce.
11
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operalors
in the absence of specific legisitio lThe lviril ofi health asid decncy. In fact, it is a
Members' L.o, Anteles iuchimnelyr provides that if a rathel iterestiog coftmniinnmtary that the peo-
giVill-m eachtll the bh,ard it nay call iI an ple of the country, acting through their
leather .t..sidle eInloyIrl Irelation ounrcelrl : mlakt
Iall iurvtedation, and reeponine,latlen
elective representl s. have imposed der-
to the ing recent years 1eil 'h .idalively high stand-
Pocket holder .. oald. Th,
o l
decision of the I.,:..d is final. ards of fabor cti n shiP
upoll pirivate in-
a
S h aI pIl...L.r I., where
, roplltlly admin- uistry hult ai the sale l,,e have hain-
durable, micclld, , ieets
he ieuiuIreolents of sounid tained such, /.w staniardli in public employ-
~
public adm.. intilt..ion anud inl general will he nlrqll J
handsome entirely aelptable to employees and their in a renteaet involvasing the City of New
folder rep .es.ta iyes. York IA ,,aitifhan Realy ('a. i. Cit of New
to contain 1' k. 295 N Y. Snpp. 423 (5 Wlt 293)),
Souad policy and declarations of gM... in-
Official tention, however, are not enough. In the Judgoe Roseman of the Siupreme ('Colt of
Reeipls sanme way that '"a.Irministratinr. is nin- New York pointed out lit flincl progress
brown or black tlntls of the law," he ivllnnter ismIicll has been made in the d.,,mie
thilnkinlg of
poliies and hinteltionsare ,,arriedltc Al cd' uficia.l The uitt rtilu.l that the city is
35 cents tlily iS of gln tet importa.ce. Elbin .. ii- juttiiied in denmaln;d that matenils and
,iriplil utility hould establish a dejpirtiiltlt supplIies slid , ianltealaturld under
-i In 'ldneI l nministration ,eponsffih for lion.o.. .... ,i,. Even though the imecdi-
to throw a spot on the guys in the mftoarnnten,l t ,lr)fil . oigthe labor policy. It shouih ie ale cost ill dollars and cents to the city may
labor foxholes but staffel by quaified professional officias. Ic hithr than the cost of sweatshop prod-
Private industry has learned by experience ucte. we have now come to recogni,, the
Hrre's to the steward. the battered and greater ultimate cost of the people as a
thit pelsoinel officials are wurti their salt
skewered, whole wiich results from lower wages, over
Who worky on the jol lo'
a. and
salaries are set accordingly. The per-
The great aimder-rLetd ai oer [e rated, sunnl department should be delegated sufi- long hours, and unsanitary working conmli-
Who never iecxets ally piq- ceat authority to handle the complex prob- tions.
iens which may arise. In the final analysis employees of mu-
The gent who ain't lazy, but ntusivo hteen .rity nicipal utilities ae enticd to wages and
To take on the job that he has. A trained staff of experts will prove a hours and working conditions equal to if not
Whenever there's credit he's certain to shied it. valuable asset in determining wages anil
better than those which exist in private
But never gets out of a razz. hlutrs and working conditions. It is the pre- industry.
vailing practice for municipal utilities to de-
But silent or vocal, the sirean h of the local
Depend. on the lob he can do termine those matters upon the basis of pre-
So, with to one preveltillg, we're herewih pro- vailing practice in private industry outside ANNUAL DINNER
seating In fact, the larger cities are committed by (Lontmuted frmt paes,97)
The steward--in fact, the whole crew. ehartsr to the same procedure as is required Representing the local contractors were:
by the state code. A. C. Brueckmann, president, Institute of
The two-maonth gap in the publication of thi, Electrical Contractors of Maryland, Inc.;
column was ill the ailture of a bonus to the The quality of seride performed by
Edward Bauernschmidt, Sidney Blumenthal,
Io.l. Be very good boys and we pronise to skip imunicipal utilities will be controlled in
a couple of more montha soon. large measure by the efficiency of its em- Edward Brown, D. Crook, H. Crook. Jr.,
SaTvs BAKER, P. S. ployces. Efficient employees can only be at- C 0. Darne. John Breck, John Coyle, Ray
trilctd by proper wages anid hours alnd Beck, iHarry Offutt, Tom Stewart, Earl Cill,
CITY EMPLOYEES working conditio,,ns. In this connetion. it has Harry Goldberg. Eli Goldenberg, John
Cluontinted trol, page 94)
been my ofscrvation that although most talk Heath, Joe Peterson, Edward Noone, A. W.
talking them out in a friendly way. Of this Milhke, D. A. Murphy, Charles Russell.
much I am sure. no mmunicipal executive cal in lelerrminin E persnnel polity sereso to
eenter around wages, other inianae Visitieg contractrs were: S. P. Lipkins,
afford to wait until a grievance, small or ,nle t
poliies are of equal, if not greater, sig- Georse Larringer, Stanley Cameron, Ernie
large, has become a public issue. Iledlet, Lloyd Zinn, Hugh Evans and
I Iuggwet that public administration re- nificance to individual employees. Moe
sptcifically, I refer to tile ecurity of tenure, Edward Ziegler.
quires that the executive not wait for em- The tlal union was honored also I hae-
ployees to come t him or to his department attitude of fairness by mana.gemn., individ-
ual recognition given to employees, ystetns ing representatives of the utilities, steel and
heads. He should take the initiative. M.ore manufacturing industries in attendance.
specifically, municipal utilities should pro- of award, opportunities for prog-ress by
Among them were: A. Penniman of the Con-
vide adequate machinery for employee co- merit, lean working conditions andi modein
tools and equipment. A careful a solidated Gas and Electric Co.; F. Dixon
operation, to remove causes of grievrancs, nalysi(of and J. R. Kern, of the Chesapeake and Po-
and to develop morale in the service. working conditions in each operatimon by
skille echicn will undoubtedly reveal tomac Telephone Co.; William Cooper.
I recommend that each municipal utility Crown Cork and Seal Co.; Paul Titnor.
establish a grievance machinery. It should oplp,rtunities for employment by manage-
meat, There is the whole field of job Itraiing Glenn L. Martin Co.; William F. Marks,
permit each employee the right to be repre- Rustless Iron and Steel Co.; W. Dorsett, of
sented by a person of ,is own choosing, whoi which not only gives management all op-
Bethlehem Shipyard C.; Fred Good of
need not be an employee of the utility. It is portunity ito put over its poitl of view ill
gives the employee an opportunity to acquire Crown Cork and Seal Co.; C. Emerson, of
most important that each employee knows Rustless Iron and Steel.
of his right and understands the rules; that further knowledge and new skills. A f.amous Maryland turkey dinner with
he has no cause for fear; and that he will Skilled technicians will not only be nee.led all the trimmings was served, followed by a
be given fair treatment. Under the griev- to assist utility officials in analysis and plan- lnot show andtusie for lancing by Ad
once procedure of the Los Angeles De.part- ling such a comprehensive prnrm; such Lieder and his Criterions.
lent of Water and Power an employee may assistance is essential in surveying outside The speakers were Acting Mayor Mark-
appeal to his Immediate supervisor and colnnlnnty conditions. Current surveys nlust land Kelly, Congressman iThunmas D'Ale-
from his decision he may go on up to the be eon.istently made for the purpose of de- sandro, D. W. Tracy, International presi-
general manager and, if necessary, to the terminin prevailing practice in private in- dent, and Business Manager Carl G. Scholtz.
board itself, I am informed that the system dnstry where the work performed is com- The invocation was led by Reverend Francis
is working well. It has not been abused and parable. Periodic study should be made in Childress and the convycation by Reverend
it has resulted in the satisfactory disposition the relationship between jobs and job rates Erwin H. Bueneman. The toastnaster for
of all of the grievances, most of them at the within the utility operations so as to guar- both occasions was Judge Edward Garmats,
first level. antee stability and balance within and tn who ha. been a member of Local Union No.
Such a grievance need not end in arbitra- avoid intraplant inequities. 1-28, 1. B. E. W., for over 24 years.
tion by an outsider. Provision often is made Wayne L. Morse stated in the opinion in The committee on arrangeinents were:
in private employment for neutral arbitra- the City of Newark case: (5 WILR 295) Carl G. Scholtz, business manager; Edward
tion, but it is not customary for municipal 1such data as are at hand adequately sup- G. oRest, Jr., president; Earle G. Sells, vice
agencies to arbitrate disputed matters in port its taking judicial notice of the fact president; Gelore II. Neukon,n. financial
that sense. There is considerable doubt that that large oumhrs (if public onIlployces are seretary; Caleb Griffin, recinring secre-
public authority can be so delegated legally not paid enough to maintain a stanldard of trry; I C. Fran, treasurer, aid excutive
board members: Henry Mans, Robert C.
Miller, Ralph S. Meichior and Clayton G,
Burch.
A feature of the show was Vice President
J. Scott Milne stealing the show from the
mistress of ceremonies.
its attention to the small consumer. It is ill
effect a tlade-promotion body.
An electrical afety code has been worked
out as an '\meoran engineering standards
project, sphored y tilhe Bureau of Stand-
aL
ards of the 1lki Iartt iof Commerce, which
has had the c..l.r.atibn of other Govern-
E(I(NOMIC WARFARE ment bureaus, [re interlu[rte Commerce
Cr1HLun d f1ron, cale 87) Commission, Stale public utilities commis-
The radio section of the policies division sions (among which are those of Connec-
is now investigating the possibilil is of the ticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New York,
cross licensing of patents, I, practiced by Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania), municipal
the National Autumnobile ChaniLbr o(f Com- officials, and such national organizations as
"'crce, the National Electricl Light Association.
Th rouh a standing commino tte the - the American Electric Railway Associa- MD4PAM
soe ation has just issued the fifth edilO, o tion, the America,, Ga Assooition, the 2600 MS.
"Standard Accounting anti Cost Syslel American Institute of Electrical ,ngineers,
Manual." the American ailway Association, the In-
lernational Asscmiation of lchetragists the HANDY
As a member of the National lnlustriil
Assoiation l, G..ver.mnental La}bor Officials
G~' ~SIZE
-'l
Contfr llcre Board, the association fllrltrIsl · AUDLS HANDYBOOKOF ELTCTRICITY
to nlendlers tineiy informatio n n emlplhyee of the IJniled Stlates and Canada, the Ilu- rrrErwintee. E[ectrikianSn,&nt aind alt inter esd tn
mntinatig E ngirw,,ring Society, the National E~etIjLty. A wufick*
ftinhfioJ. r~ad' reference ~lvil~
relations. cplte r. truetion and petlox io. to
The association has formulated a uniform Bureau of Caslliy and Surety Under- cndrlrstLn. A rejble] aqhi~rrty ond a [aityl
writers, the Nti, ia Association of Mutual that oawpere your qucsffos*
electrical ordinance and unifornm statute *ThmINSIDE TRADE INFORMATION ON
and, iI iromoting their general adoption as Casualty ICornpani..s, and the National lauhea;dLiw of Ektricirct r-M,,Lotic iLPc o Ma*
Safety Council. ahinerv~A. C. nd D.C. Motors-Armature Winding
a means or furthering recognition of the and Repair-WIring DisUnms-llo., Ligb;ning,,wer
established National Electrical Code and This code is recognized by insurance com-
NationM Elmectrical Safety Code. pallies inii ajpproving ectlieal ilstallations n Vualtna -Tniiie or~nhthont-Radio L'riil·e¢le-
Standarddizatimn is a major activity of the from the point of view of fire hazard and
group, as evidenced by association repre- has been adopted by ni.any snitd bodies ind 'm YmMot. Ao,01ulaa.
sentatin on the American Engineering muneipalities to giYern e letricatl installa- .aodyou
e can u a ,
Standards Committee, the United States lions in buildtigs. It also is al important OF~ Pi[OPiT
National Committee of the International governing factor in specifieations for elec- fill in ad milth~ r m"N o]o.,
trical work of all types.
Electrochenical Commission, the Electrical *T~
uc &C.. _fL.W.1,t 2D: mn,. N. Y. H
Safety Confer-ence, and on the various sec-
tional committees of the Ameriacn Engi- CRAFT TESTS
(ConltLin Itd ol g,, DlSe
)5)
neering Standards Committee dealing with poles of an oradin.ary bell are removed, that
specific standardization projects. Various the requiredo auxiliary coil can be wound in
sections of the association have also formn- the space thus made. If the resistane of the IK,
1. .EEl
lated standlards. auxiliary coil is too high its time delay ac-
The National Council of Lighting Fix- tion will be reineed, if the idlstance of the
ture Manutaftu.er.s, relrelniig inole than poles of the bell magnet are recSlninited so
auxiliary coil is too s.all I the amature will that one coil functioned as a main 1iagneti6z-
80 mlanufacturers and providing associate fail to drop after bhavilg once been picked
membership for jobbers, retailers. and im- ing coil, while the second coil was used as an
Up.
porters, is about to undertah e a three-year auxiliary coil.
When the auxiliary coil is connected it Since tihe resistance of this auxiliary coil
p'ogram of cooperative advertisiig to de- must be properly polari.zed. In the case of
velop giter ineterest in the aitistir ari.d was so low, it Was necessary to insert an
the ci cuit shown in Figre II, the auxiliary adjustable rsister in series with the the
decorative effect of lighting equipment. iro- coil should be so connecetd that when the
vision his been made for a national exhi- auxiliary coil to prevent the bell from hold-
vibrator contacts are elosed and the test ing up. While thits arrangement was found
bition and for a detailed study of disilibu- probes open, the magnetizing effect of the
tioe pradcties aad prodiuction stficieic y. fairly satisfactory for a narrow range of
auxiliary coil will buck that of the main
The Association of Electragistes, e.., ist- use, it did not have as wide a latitude as
coil, In the case of the ircuit shown in that shown in Figure IV.
ing of contritctors and contractr dealers, Figure IV, the auxiliary coil should be so
has developed standard forms and account- connected that when the vibrator contacts Testing Continuity
ing nethois and is interested in local elec- are open and the test probes ar closed, the In addition to the usual uses for hell sets,
trical codes. It has also developed a standard magnetizing effect of the auxiliary coil will these modified bells have proved very useful
form for estimates, in accordance with assist that of the main oil. These ,onnec- in testing the continuity of high inductance
standard cost-accounting methouis. This tions can be straighbtcned out by the use of ci cuits and for comparing the inductance
gives assurance against omisson of inl- the right hand rule or by cutand-try with betwan clifferent leads on tlanslmorIers,
portant iters and is believed to reduce the the bell operating through an inductive auto tiriant om rs,e and chokes. Since the
uneconomic cuntpetition of firnm whil, un- circuit.
derestimate their costs and either have to
skihp on the quality of work or do business
at a loss, this latter procedure gradu.ally
lcstrying their capital and ending usually
in bankruptcy. This srnvice also aids the
snall contrator in setting up his bilunss
on a sound basis.
One of the objects of the Association of
Electlagista is the wide recognition tf ihe
"Red Seal' standr ids for hou.sehold wi ring
installations, which establish minialum
standards for such work.
The Society for Electrical Dev, IIpmnit
represents the industry as a whole,, incud lg Figure IV Figure V
the National Electric Light Association, the
National Electrical Manufacturers' Associa- To eliminate the need of rewinding the frequency of ring is approximately inversely
tion, the jobbers, retailers, an.d eectriml] magnet coils, the circuit shown in Figure proportional to the inductance in the circuit,
contractors. This organization carries on V was tried and found to be fairly satisfac- these modified bell sets can be used to com-
statistical reearch and cooperative adver,- tory, though not as good as that shown in pare similar inductances or establish the
tising and devotes a considerable share of Figure IV. Here the two coils on the two (Continued on page 114)
1112 The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators I
.In.eph iloss Brown, . U. No. 211
litiiited May $, 1932
It is ,l, dtec srrow and regret that we. the
members of L. U No, 211 record the pasng of
"tI Brth, Jlireph RoS Brown: therefore be it
Re:olved. That i1 tribute to his mnory the
MO
INME M
RIA
aLSscn.bly stond 1n seint prayer Sir a period of
one minute; be it furtlher
iteglv rd. That a co y of tiese resolut ions hi
en is fmlly a c sprad
liy onl'he Iliruiil
l V It
this loa and a copyserit tal /{ I It, iba Wok-
M
ers Jbi.rlal for IILcIatIii. "rl, I,, i nrliihe
lResolved, Thai ihe chial li Io L' No 21tl he
William Bell, L. U. No. 9 ternal reo t J ha. deplaci l LoCIal nioR No. driraed Inltnuitlviln~ to. p, le 3q. daVS In
Initilted April i, D927 [-86 of a [oIai andh rspcteid mneiber: 1w. respetI oir lib alLrepalNledl
thereforic hi IFo
rspct r ;iANIK
SCWICKERATI,
William Schultz. L. U. No. 9 fResolvi. Thlht lie cdiItIr be diapead for a VIRNA I AMP.
Jlliated Novrembr 3, I904 period of 30 days and be it further STICKEL.
IIIKii-I
It is with profound sornow that Local Union No. Resolved. That we a this timle explesis our Commaittee
Atlantic (! N J.
BH9 of the internationaIBrothelhood ot Eltri- condolence to the lamily of oure Brother in lhe
cal Workers recodll the de/lth o] ils two memberS and be it furthler
whose lame
.. It mi.nitililed above, bereavblement;
of these rfesolutin bet l,o1[Iitrhlre. L. IIU.No. 283
by the ... blehrahip of R.isol.ed. That a ci, (N ttiritr' Moj 15 ISO
These urlin "cu l iirWR Inclrporated in the ioioles of this ltal ulnionl
Local Union No B-9 fo their tilne attuchri{i Lo, sent
Iopy to th e flLly of our late Brolher, andi Itis Viii] mcere
' reting o orrotw and regret
ntki~O]i ail &l iiiiierd of our iotlhrthood fior o C,, to the ,titeiatonalOM.ce for ptilicatiol a vib i embeis of [ 13. No B-28:1. reord
mn,
their good example in ursunug thil ailm In the Fecrical Workers JoSnsl. the pasl igof our Brother. IhI)d Ilarbelt, on
The IaII shown by tse en li the Ilii u.llls WALTER MAUREH D~cehcrnkr 20 theeforenrl ic
of our Brotherhood was a great IncIi "I ;eel FRANK KIMPIAL, eisolvecd. That we i, ate ¢1 halrr bir 30
the memnbers of or lkcal union, ..ad l. ll HIERlMA N KTIITN dayo in trhoU e to hi, I 1 "'lt extnrd our
long be reznemberld for their rneulernarlvl~cvll anid Rorlh e t . N. Y.oummnidttee s' patiiY to his a11nil 01(1i it
iii fulther
work in oun bhalaif frcidvec. Thlat .a.n I.f tils. rI,, iCOlionin be
Whereas we de.em. it [Itting and pi-rireI il I h Robert Lee Meeks. I.. I. No. 108 Sread oe our iflinfi.. aoil a copy bhe cii to the
memnbers of Local Unton No }/-9 .fre tlheti iliil- ]iriti.ed October y, i925
ournal for
Jel pi hi IIt /
ute to the mremory oIfilrl 'i' li t rolh1Ir ifn iArPII PRIEST.
their loyal ty to oi ;ioihri.nd ileld iCOlliIr, A. H. Sanhez. L.. U'. No. 108 F, D CARTER.
their faithoulore to their li na unio and llH Initiated A ttiMt S, 1941 JOHN ESTEP.
friends: therefore be it Percy T. Hammond. L. U, No. 108 Boise Idahio. Comlittee
Resolved, That the sincere slrplh y 'fi tie /liiifated Mrch 7. 1910
memberhip of the lnternatlional Britlhe ii'rit Wlheiu ;t i ilt keen regret that I,, the (;eorie Morse Rose, L. U. No. 295
Eleitrieal Workers is heleby extended ii, tliar inber, of LoGII Union No. IN, reord the l a,,- 1,ifuated AI~ri[ 2. 1940
bereaved families. ig of ,the io..-n.am.ed
.. mnemher from our It ' will, hi~rrrload egret that we. the morn-
JOHN A. MacDONALD. inid 1,s
therefore be it hbl of L. E
No -5 record the pa.ing of
D. J. MacLEAN. Resin'Ied That R e express O, r n,,b,]ath, tR
IlARRY SLATER. their amliie: and he it further ioiir Grohri
]enrtr Mrsr
h Rie, o.on Deenber 14.
Ci'cegu*Iii. Comntittiie II of
,y thUv lb '" W.
III h"tesotRitions be 1 19,6, thero, c h, it
i ,,,~,, That
I,,,Tk.1nIed. LbR,,becnopes Resolved That we e xt.nd to the bereaved
U. No. 1? liai ornai or puibieaot wad ate Oyp be nead fiuily ol hiartfe-lt sympalthy: and be it furteil
r.
Joseph Lessner. IteRsivd, That our charter be draped for a
Ilnitiated MArch I, $g12 ulDon ilie millurea of our meetinlg ri,,d of N day. a copy If uthee resolutions be
W. 1R.GREEN,
Fred W. Wagner, L. U. No. 17 W LOeSFIELD, sent to his faLry. a copy spread oil hile niinu.tes,
oate{d Jue 1I, 1922 alld a copy e/t to the JoItiIl for publit ion.
L T. PAYNE. L E. NEWLAND,
With sinere feeling of sorrw and renrel wI. Tampna. Fta. Ciirnilittbe
the membership of Local Union No. B-i recor"d K DV VANCE,
the death of olr departed riends and Broihers. HAROLD VEAZEY.
Fred W. Wagner and JoSeil, Ls.snr[; therefore Martin T. Rowley. L. U. No. 131 Little Reelk. Ark. committee
be it Inita ted Mly 31, 1037
Resolved That we pay triblte to their nleilnui Whereas it is will, deepest sorrow that we the
by expressing to their familie and friends our members of Local Union No 131. IBEW Pay our Mdward C. Little. L. U. No. 349
saiere symlphy; and be it fuirler s1 ribute of respect to the m.emory of oa r Initinted Jtte 7. 1924, in L. U. NO- 474
Resolved, That a copy of thee resolutlioD be late Broher. Martin T. Rowley, whom Sod IlI, S. C. Illeird. L U. No. 349
sent to their families, a cpy he spread on 'ur His ilninite wisdom, saw fit to remove fro. our /li/tlalted Juiy 26. 1918. in L. U. No. 28
nilntes, and a toepy be sent to the ,SOtulnii u fI with deepest anrrow aUd tit we. the eem-
Electrical Workers and Operatora for pnbiieiton; Whereai we wish to extend to his fatily and bers of L U No .W I B. I W.. record the
and he it farther reltives our deep and heartfelt sympatiy: there- pasisng . our loyal and esteened Brothers.
Resolved. That the mmbls stanld in silenice fore be it Edward G Little ard S C Heiird: and
Resolved. That we, in ieetig assembled, stailnd Whereas we wih to extend to their families
for aperio d of one minute as a tribute In their in silence for one minute as a tribate to his rymnipathy; tLcrifre
memory and that our elarier he drnpe' for a and fiends olr hartill
period of 30 days .ermnIry: and be ii further be it
VIRGIL G. HyNEMAN. RolvedI, That R COpy of these rsohltions be Rrived That we, im a meeting assembled.
rtANK W. HORAN. s, tohis bereaved family, a copy be sread stand in ilenee for one minute In tribute to their
WILLIAM J RICHARDS. Upon thIle miJnui of this metig, a copy be meonlory: and be it further
GEORGE DUFF. sent to ou ofal Jornal for publication aid cllrxivTd, Th l thie charter be draped for 30
hia our rharr be draped for a period of 30 ays a copy of these tIo.utiuis be entered in
JAMES Ml CRAVeN. days,
Detroit, Mich. Colmmitte tlhl ini.tes .. arid a coby be sent to our official
ARTIHUR L. SMITTENDRaF, Jsoullie for publication
BEN HORROCKS CHARLES J. BRYAN.
Lotis I. Ekert. L. U. No. 31 ORVILLE L MANN. IIOLLY TAYLOR.
Initfited Alugt 5. 1937 L F PUTNAM.
it is with deep sor1o'v nI lretet that we. the Miaml, F)a.Committee
Ka lamnaic. Miih, ommititee
members of Local Union No, S-31, record the
sudden and nptimnly death of Louis J. ECkEI.II a Fred W. Konkle, L. U. No. 160 (Clayton E. Stone. L. U. No. 405
worthy and loyal Brother. initiated Febrary 17. 1917 Initiated AugUSt 9, 1929
Resolved Tha we extend our dleepest irm- With sincere $orrow and regret we. the Irm-
path to his bereaved family at this tim;: ie it M,. C. Bur, L. U. No. 160 bor; of Loal 40.i, record hie passlir of Brother
further Initiated March 23 1937 Clivyit, E Stone: tOherefore be it
Resolved. That the mletllnl stand one itllte Whereas it is with the deepest sorrow thai we. Resolved. Thai tih charte6r of our local be
in silent trihute to his menory; and lie it further the lemlibers of L U No. B5-160, 1, B. E. W., d=raped nl a period of 30 days in rle-ect to his
Resolved. That the chaltr bei dra edl fm a pay or last lribite of repet io Ihe ileinry nemory, he It firther
peord o 30 day. and that a topy of bl Ii of Brothers Fred W. Konkle and M. C Burtil: and Ilesolved. That a copy Of these reItulion, be
lutmon be spread upo Ih Inutes Eof au tone Whereas we wti,- to extend to the melibeIRl of gent to tihe Electri.cal Woieke Jonla.l for pub-
ing, a COpy et o his ereved faly and a their flmilies and relatives our deep and heartfelt
copy sent to our oticial Joumal fsor pbbli.tiot. sympathy: therefole be it licelionaon~l~c E. ;8 DARLING.
LEONARD PINYERSON. Resolved That we. as a body, in mctingR as- WARREN HASSLER,
DUluth. Mlnn. Recording Secertary sembied, stand in silence for one mIinute s a LEO JUST.
tribrlbe to tihetr neIllnril alnd be it uirithe Cedar olmeida, IoWa. Committee
Frank Bernhard, L. U. No. 11 Rlesolvil That a conY of these resolutions hi
Initiated June 7, 1027 spread 21o1the minutes of our mee-tilg, a enfy
witha slurei feelin ofegret.sorrw aud we. he sent to l.,eir bereaved families, a coy .be William Madsen, L. U. No. 482
the members or torIOf ntOioNo. -41 record sent to our official Journal for phibirtaiion and Heiditiled Mrict 7. 1944
Flank Berln- thea our charter be draped for a period of 30 days, Whereas, ii hils phlased Almihty God. il His
the death of o.r friend and Brother, HARRY E. LEONARD. infiilte v, istlii and .mery, to renove fron our
hard: tlerefore be it Blitness Manager midst our esteemed and wotlhy Brother. William
]heolved. That web ay ill ... Into hIs 1emory MMinneapolis. Minn
by expresS ng to his aintly and friend" oiu sin- Madlsrn, and
eere sympathy: and hbe it iher RId Behling, Sr., L. U. No. 195 Whereas. in lhr passing of Brother Madsen
Resolved. That the omembers stand in aileti Reibitiated SeptemIbe 9. .933 L. U N, B48 hiras losil a tSle and loysal iem-
meditation for a period of one Dintrue as a tribnut Wihereas AImighty God, in Sit; iininite widom, he; ..
erefore hb it
to his mentoy and that our charter be draped his seen it to call from our midst our esteemed Resolvd That we pay Iribute to hi memory
fior a period o 30 days; and bhe It further Broihe, Rud Behling. Sr.: and by expressing o"r beantfel syipathy and sorrow
In his be iived fLin ii and relative in their dark
Resolved, That a copy of these reoltlltins bI{
sent to his family a copy hr iread on the mlin-
Whereas L. U, No. 195 mourns the loss of a
true and loyal member: be
therefore it hour Iorrow:or 4e
and it gil.l.er
Mes, and a CopY be sent to the Journal If lle 1qesolved by members of L U1. No 195 That Ileslvedl, That a COpy of thee resolutions be
Electrical Workers for publiation. we acknowledge the great boe In the passinR of I*l i, the rnmily of our departed Brothor and
LEO ARD KOEPI. our beloved Brother. Rud Behling. Sr.; and be it atilo":copyand be betent lo the omieial Journal for publiea-
it further
JAMES T LOPUS, furlher
Resolved, Thait. our charter be draped for a
Buffalo, N. Y.
ROBERT J. WOODLEY.
Committee
Rsnolved, That L U. No 195 express its .sm-
a~thy thie amily of our departed Brother; and
gerid of 30 days and hail we starnd in silent
ribllo I0 tile i.etl.oly of our late Brolher
Herbert A. Lawrence. LU. . No. 86 Hesolved, That the charter of L. U, No, 1fl be Will ain Madse,
ittin terd Jontlilt i 8, 1[$32 ilaied for 30 days and that a copy o heat
If lesgo- LEE FROnl
lutlons h sl" o he Interlntional Olie of lIhe HIINRY J TORNWALL,
Whereas Aimighty GCod, Ii Hli intlonle, wlirn, ROBERT MCOWELL
hag seen fit to take frlo'n Ior mlIdlt lhr aboe- 1.I E. W. or publieation in the oPfic al olilli,
FRE]EIID]CK WeILF FlED StUNDBEGO
naed rtilier; andil Ejnrlka. aCII. .. J ,e
lnIu
Whereas the pssling of thiNs Bihther to his MllwaUkee. Wis. Sreetary
MARCH, 1947 113
John Hecerk, i,. U. N,. 504 IIUa e Jacks.n StoR,,ipRher L U. No. 702 copy be wil Id the families o£ cur deaned
/mtsiated M/c, 28. I'll [/,,r "l,~lybe sen1 to oCur offic i
hitillted J ..... 0 1923 +
With a Iincere feJiing of isirow,nd ir lft We. Claude Bourne,... U. No, 702
Ji·l,:t~rs {lr pub {enrlich.
ti ImIemberdf~s o.1 L. U. No 504 record the sudden STAIREVy W. TUTTLE.
death of our eatee/ed and ,gorihyBrothyhs Joll /l~!,aed Jtte3 1~i923 ]c-~ tlciy N. J. .eeordidag IEmldmrY
Heeker:i and i anna Mae Jones, L. U. No. '02
WhL'ere it is ourI IV, PIo XpPIIIe our u ss and l litiofwd March Jo, lldl Arnold Jmes. L U. No, 915
grifP to he eyedones LOUt behdid and extenld to ~ i, with )tow a~ eg tr tte. tile nlI im ln~irge~
$p~e*br 28. 11~4
tIle OUr sympathy Ond {hldbidirtahdill: terf- bilet fL i B1 .702 ,.l * tlloWlr Whl I.eas Alinighty Bill IHis lin{it. wJdoil
NOr be it ia~w eeinfit toIdttaclJbV o.n mi6itiroiPEr
soIlved. Thiat thel rn.rnt silencey Ilea pan .ln
oI
. I ul B lli'la.
t sd Stsieb1 thels e II L
,
r
i:, AliPid Jim~ss ,tld
I i....kodIofI, o winume I' l tr.bafte Co his meddo~y ]-710 2t nii Li;~ i ~ me lelIy b "ux 'llt Whereas RIe psalll.g of th16 Brother Id hi,
andi tillhsi uh chatter b. dirdly for
,erio
a L of t, lbh
L", amlth, ,,[ I reil syfLt ,.ly add{ II, it steryli reyard LIes depri,,Id L, U, NO. -9ft$ If
EI da~i an ". b it Il~thcr o.e a( its loyal arid reIpetfpd memb!es,; Ish,
HIu-ed, Thl I o"iI of these r'Co utiolls br RiNlyd, Thi. . be daped1 allII thoser L be it
-sen 'Il
h~ bmlicalid fm Iaopy be,plrdad 01 ,Pl~~usl
li:;,,.,, y ,hi, ftsit A, RIrolled. Tllai t11 al21!u[lg ltand fol one
our idduyte~. and is ",i') b .e
I'll I tol the difiil, 'iod'I f 3 da'f Ill I .Il.h
oI i Hle Its 11mo
11.tal( ifite il silent tribute to hi, memory; and be it
Jodt'li If the el ~etild 'dGaI.blieatiiio t. bIludi'ill. s Istill be i:l, ,o tI, , B . W, JOifiuIi
F H STEINLE fo~ ptlbhlielwisl. alOd I ,., 1,,ii po.'s ...I ilt, Relsed,ill That the e0l.rt.r be dladed for I
MIe dvill e pa [ (..o.dlm~ S It~,t erWiti Of M0 days... l~ 6eb it LAU:th
Illidd~f,'IfLI sy, 'ynfd
WILLIAM XTORT0ON Reslveld, 1r1al w, li rll, fill exLOso
H A RLFS RAY, cidPloenees Ct ht~I'" i[?il Il h'lEir liveIstnenl
Harold D. WeImsnn L. U.. N.. .67 IVA LOU FRIEND. aId Ie it findrtb
reiilttu~ld Isvecole,1r 27 A917 W.L Flan,.kfn Ill. CElmitteel f ]RIoweid. Thiat cotll if 'hlseu icsoh111l.~ be
pa~lg of omI esteemed, Bmth~ H~d D fieoswrts-d LA tII m f t[si' }coal iditJt II,
{?rank W. Cummings. L. I . No. 724 oilpy sd 1o hIs lli ll a eopyIo til IIt
L, U Nl. ID. We filly /ih, imi tile
ofidic PI, R mi-dttlste Fdb,,fl ! Is 192.1 naidnali Unlity III 10itldioU~d ill t1ile Electrial1
by, Lilldof is o an glltclin lihayld; ll f idses (iarmt I idim
~oll Hl
ly~, :~l III , do
tleit sid hJ~ hi;ulboum]{i..) willbngneg Io help alid Wd 3 Brotl.,,I I.4,mk1 W lum g ~ EDWARD TCRACKER{
o tbwm;
ff,; thidfhedor be it LIEWIS YOBINSON
Local
WItere W~,...Lits Um.... N, Ihagd l W. GORDON TURPIN
L 1, 24, I B, F 1.
Lby filites'l ouIf fili;alt Ili
t m, >{tilh and IoIrow lff"eled ihe Iof, ofI a huI, `,1 "I y B' I"r; e Danvil e }i- Cronmittre
to fity
d I an,
d hd is Iovod oft ,h Iiorn h~ ad
Whee a hi, .. a f 3VJ H M]] [Ic ]'IhIl iC[)I'II James Di Gmiall, L. U. No, 921
Reoted, Th11 '~ il oua lOfeeItil)! mienlbl o b"rLI' by those who, ., ilacial, ild illt hhii: /,01idted JPu/ 2U. 1937
alnid in lifes, e a rd IaII f ... ..11, el ami the"fo'se be ii W[Ir'f J'
is wv'h 111-1? ~ t his ws, ill.
ex.pw.il ,f tribUle to hid, memor y: and bie it jR Itgl]d. b, HI~1, ellllstll , of IL U I, 724 IaII .l.l. r of L. L N,, 1-921. ]ast pay o,
fur0i)i L B E II , i ll s.~lda
liirabilje Thad h1ibslie of rpe to lphe rnerIl... II o. ui latf
Rero]¥ed. Thai a copy of 0h1sO feio.Wtio1 be we a~lo~e thtJi s g ]O
Riii , 'I'letasilg f'.P, bt.l i Is . gianHtI]iiohlill Jl*anes Di GalldJd;
seniohs f~i~ya copyi) b. aerltu oi ul EbeF- Hi~ lif,tl ,f ,lc ,idl] Illloved add hight) Wll.iais we l Ill ,lii xtendIll[. IIdllbeTrs
ti}ol ,'volksr ' Jo/l. Ia fo. publlea iolt aEld (gIIIII d }{lo[,e1
T'llllk k¥ (1 1 lJ l ..ld [,It it ol hi. £afld, Olr deep and hiartietft ill,...... ly
coly, writle, .. n. Che mlinule
o f our local wnd ft, tilllil ri'" " t %herre fore be it
iuiirsov.Th ]lNo24elsseia R..oled ThaI Ill as a body. ii]ll istf8l,
that o.., ¢hari(d rI d:a.i sdfor a petriod o£30 day. d~ abl pel
e. Ih It Pi , ce,ll Io , fe .. waife
ALBERT G Met[AND. Lscrubled. i ]c/e
Atandlyitrs o$fe init a. a
WARREN }' COBIB (iibtit~ tD hV¢ [}llnor},;ll alid bs ii ifthl~lc
LIONEL L. MORNEAUL.T. 'If nl{~olrr
Ill I I N,
d. Bltl " ZCl,11I
That on ,till
hii· I [~
iiI lrihped
I Litt
nlt iC r 11
inouln- Rl its L That opli ofs tne reiuioli[{os, b
poi 11and Maine. Commitittee ]ild, f... a per.d "J t3l dlls I[1 .I~l ...ry Of di" ap'Iis D un eln.IIIll, $ of !l zetisdg a c...I
be $eI C. to' H8 l)r Ivd fall],11 A Iopy' [} sedI
}~~ovd Th.( a e,~]>3 oi ilrle$( i~Sol iiiOLra bl· Io oltr olf4ia] Jo....l... IIl pffb]ieatyd/L ald that
Staney King, L. IT. No, 584 89/e "ldoilsl
$e llllh,w[h s.DHote1asd
Thll[ I. Il IL lJB U1 II.NoI I1.1 a ctl[)
distill ]~y bt
I'rll othe hr isarediaplll (,or a pfiliofl 3ofi{Dday~ .
lniliatetd Noo~Tllb~ IS I922 G ENEVIMVE NYCZ,
W. W. Whiteer, ,L. U7. No. 584 ll ol iddc ul iauna]t OI el Uobe pillh,
724 e n inl Elilbeth. N. J Recsotrdi.n Sleary
Ldiit. ~d
Aipri 24,. 1918 ,oulbfl i ans] a copli y hamtHlind hdlg in Olll hahii
JollV ox,
Wit),l d ep ollow, ad tg*,t .y a gleat Is.
FRED LeIREVER EdmUnd FLegell, L, U. No. 931
1O OLiss]Vy,, arid dec), lyn{~alh, fty doth.h la.Ilkc$ bnili'lhly April $,i9 2
dlid man.,y Nli dld L 1, Nil 5i84 leords {le hpas- JOSF ir KCREMIAN.
Pit of fldothdq Sdanlfy xi ...I dldu W, W Albzly,. N.Y.
YXlm C II0l te, .o ][,slilliorl Wh.reas L. U. No RI 1-911 I. UDeif follecti tln,
Pi pay its last rcsDlets l olno k~ l snd ilfaidhd
Wfiltlill"r, ni0o her, Edmdrl..,d rIIIIIll:aild
DlhOishelr Kin. anld Whilytet ilhd been m1n1dlr1l EI efilf
lli iner, U. UN, 743 Whiet,,it we dire II ...... . l I", family onr,
of ongL htandifnt ThIleir ...
mma] a.Igd I.I.IiNlOAM Dln/$dfd 3tlIy 15, 193fl deepest 1ympatdi, lht1t'choll lbe 1
[lf}CwICL* hpelptd PIue for the Ploittea IC tl}/il Wihetaa it it w ith1 dIIIjve it "oI'l,," tIt ,~ thle Rolived Thai we ,tanOd in i'lvnsC on
.m
ilic~li itlylrtbel~ of L Lr No R=7B1 F %V L
WF HLihia aS a [t11i[ll "o ilhk LrPuqfloy; adld be it
Those, of tc, h. knew tvn anld hdadthe Hill',ibl~ f l$)o I ot o ...i om ll further
PPIlege Of wolk.,,L with ile1,1 o CC tbLiT, Its "MIdhe
EwhI]tI~lil ~ ,hm
God. Ill [[is XlIelvId. Thad e hraItll,,r,be droiined hol JO
~eally alhl folr e fi. Witlilra wild,, h It en I aml%
Resolved. That ,e p., tli tttes Io Chidr iyy.I Iy o1y the O.iml[a
el oulmedt'n.
"sfl a opy be to
by ilhiBtiiyn th bll£ alihtll[[ oPt dis,,E I .. n.- .. I d.O,, a lid'L'He "e'""
. ''"'" "I"'' OiN bereavedd fami m..di a CdOpy be senl to oud
pl.1hy al11d be it further It[~ivesur o~11 deep mlrd hia;;ff~]tsyn~Dath~i [htrr~ Oleha[ $ouJ lal I... pIldblitiod
Re,,illed Thai IIour Llianed
cila ,oliet y folt blie it RALPH N. PAETII.
periodi of 30l daysi in iheir ilnllnory+ Rhtolv..1 Tba ai IioY oif Ihi. ,solio s .. Ibe CIIIIr Rapidsr ilsta Rcclding Secre tary
fiay ond ,et Uheir leIli, rl'l·ilnc nIpon th,~ ......I.P, tofOill ,eethtl! 4, copy
M L_ Bt{BUSH,. Ilb 1,11 P. I, JoI ... [nlhh el iiin ald I t",pF
TIED. OkLa. I;'Ha//In Seeflir ~,.,iH D, lh,~ e riaell II hy hand ..... Chyl~ ILHrmandW. Bynallylly, L,, U. 9~
95.
dap"! dl £
d. a op .. Ik~ fy Lga3 bi;ilildId Xdth 25, 1937
BURY~t 54 LONGLENECKER, 1 II * Wih
1.,I'll a o~l
a..l~h.l Itcingof mrowni alid
, IC 'Ity's, .,III
Lotui, W. Clmntr. [,, U. No. 595 tt.~rlt ithat "I [h, ltlmldl of Braniii Local
71PRIotd 4, q 1, y9317
ItL, witlh deep ... ~e
Omdt IIw.e . .. Illb of
D"1J3., I B, Eo W, 1,l
wo,.lly Blo~tl, [[cfwial W~ 13usarmy IherefdIe
tl hpa ,ilg {if ld,
I~. U Ns, [B-595 .. ee...Ie the death of B.iolhe George c L.
LBakePr. {, I. No. 763 hil it
Li~nf, W, 'I...llun fI..i * iallilyaiao.h( oi Ihi, RIIleed Thati Ill CIAt ttlblittl Id I1}, dne,,odd
T ;,3 ~>+ple·slllgIts ',~ll if i ,,.I sIiteyre, sym lat
o4;auis.'/on
1qlo d oNe bll<i[ N ~?~I' hl l .'~ Ie'lld *lel~
It~~~~~T~~l.
~otov i a1<l
xsd lh~t.~ ht egimm hI Ill 'll", t~ if r1l.x ;:t( III it h,/hrth.
i ttesle Tha-,l i. ,,I)3 n-fihe s1e rewolltiIn, Id
by I4 xl'~ll ~ Io, his
...
ill in{1 litroer tyn{~aI[l' ila..(d s,., 1eeb~
4 I94611]: titreut be, J* .IqH ilt hi:: adpced in the. ntlnttts.
atnd I", it Nt M.
~ ~~dTh.l ... . I.pIf Ciffse resofiltis be
R,,I1¥1d Tbald{
[~-7711:1 Pay tlit~'
,, ,,I
b..
ii, his
....
m
Im.,
be of L U, 'O
) by ¢xIr.w itnI
dind a1 IIop3 ,{'r~ [, I'de Eketrlc~[t Weslk
Pit Jor piublicaliol: and be i fiurther
or
.,ent "I ht~' wyily ")co pb~, ,eut to IJ ...da~tll IN.,Ned, Tll'i (E. rLe dPI hi, iilibite
.ii
for, Cdhbfie~do Odd II ICIII lh, IPIId I'l Hn~l IllLI, Ul'il 'I ""
dvIIInIe for oneI InIln,,I. II .. ,[1i Omof rlly.eased
rlii? trlvcd Tai ouii eh{~{r(l{ b~ dlayed fo~ 111dllft
S .E ROeCKWELL p i "I da ." I ~et ,o h~ I eo t : rId FLOYD L ARRACIREE.
,t,,d a cp h of th(~ete.. ... Iftldis 1be Aent Id ~i$ La Cl-..I WIl Comdlitt£ Chmyisma
FriE F. ]EDGEIqS
Oakl.Id. Calif. P. eshIden
p'.baIhm
kcai'd b d i J... min
fi t le Miinnie J,,,,,.1. ,U N. 1112
Ddioledr~ Deelniier i/ ]~42
Wilbrlq Meteher. . I. No. 620 Wite...aI A}lighit, Gild, Ii tId, inS!!, wild%....ozn
llzil O/el dM ll, 20., {937 Is, lsed[ i][ y, lalke {lll.. ... t midsht Si~ler s~vlln,
Whyrea3 Ablmi~t, Gosd Di I]is nI.1lM %¥{Ed.... eides and
his Id ait Ilo iarki Ilora
I ..li~IdlHl.dri Bioih W i- AlexPfi IPi,] CI U, . NoI.
. 8I. Wheleas in thel passiilg of 1'idie. I_. V, NO
bertl ]~.lcbeY; and B3-1i2Iu d,,I aosill., aymd bylo T, .... i
Whlleys, IIII I.a ill} . IhII [h N , Io
hi rdt,.bl, yh 11.lw13 l, Oduil o litl Illf:
eIII[IIII [( Jose. ph I. TemOpile L. I[. NO. 853 Xlld dt-vds xl~iil h(; li~imlmbs(LeIlr ios ). h
fi.Y)i;d Id,,slypfi~d
hl~ dl.fJ%%,i I
.... "I I.11 It N, fI'd ef I
1shl. I i W
A1,YnIlhh, L.
i·i"1'. N.. SS3 i~ill
loyn a~ i d ii Irste
imber;. now "'llefore Ib. i.
}{eocI' Tlha( hie.a ulI oi It, fl, sincere. fh.dhf~,~ Il:,1ro ...I d teyrot
HII,a ld, ]Ih memb~If , f I 1, NoI B-B53
]I IU~iirsF1ilrW i bliildllil
rtcmd O'lc1IIl, m)I23mo CII lil94il
f ou~ W~TI h~ Rekolved Thid a ll, I.Y ef liird hisollt o, be
iRlilhe ,Il lenl H, l
l}/ his ylbel, an i II ,I.l .o hfli I.l.. aI cophy be re, to lPe Elee-
P RisolWed,
tindilI1"I
$ 1d,,ThasttO lt t
t}1hf. filed tI-PICI III h'iklll Iy, -, 94 chattlWorkelo
LIh~*] be draidpublica1ion.
m ilil]
asDoyfo
fol of, dysa copy [{
be.
wlitte inio the· mJinlste of ouir local ald our
..llo.. el 3ifi da. fit ild he 'I f lti Il er
till", bft~leatimt aild L", it I .. {lh I EARL. NIC HOLSON,
¢oI~~~do~~onC(Si
Reo~dThat . co Boh
,,iioi l}efmi>o
o{e(Itso~lllill,~
i i eer nil~l
b[~ K ENNETIH PEArSON,
N'tH~oD andthi ] out, ehart...., id De . ....
e fo~l
]I .......t .eI d I, till IliDIt lle of IIl Ilocly U t RI Sidve
purel kfll ThAl.
da~d:il, ad jll
m f[nfurtherl
...Il 1mtiB~ Volat i die~ RIOBERT ZIIKLIC
JuIesboro, Ind. Committee
fild a cul,)} SIll{ Il [i' filfilllstldona]Of]{s for
pIIII1ICi,[iol in ihe Eiliireil¢a Work*eli Joull~l] R,., ~
... IThlat ILIcxp111..
/ml ylatb io H
Mpy hne I.l hl, e Wea George IH. MArlhur, L. U. No. 1141
.I CONRAD. be~ileae fol damies
aofperiod
m~ od b. it fhilehs
mmte in llibu ne
the
i
[{ MANTIIE¥ hnlilONPe MCrch i. 1918
C ACKER, Resolve-d That a cop; ofIhste tesohtityyns be It L, with, pfoflyiid row tlmt we., {e illerl..
SlithOYstfid WiS. Comrllil[~ lncm'0s,Pn..ed inlIl fiy odau'se af otll weeldL Is bi!l! of L. U. Nd UI-4]. I ]U.E W..
recod Rill
114
The Joaurnal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Dpsralors
flssing of our loyal and wothly Broter, Geoeir r. I. 1 cup
l ulr % cupmilk
. (1U1bi MeArthur on January 10. 1047.
Ils ,many friends across lhe nation will share iill-n
W.
I egg 1 tsp. vanilla
in our beLeavelnent, for. In the course of his i,.., ,0
Am'it"iji i cup shorteninc
and loyl service among us his superior .1{ A. N. L W
skll an his chosen craft did not excel his ca- mla
A,.. 1esarz F....uio........... .
pacity to bind into lasting friendship his every IT
N:1 I,, A ir......r..
L8,hol...... ...... Sift flour with baking powder, salt. Cream
ac uointance along the way theiretore be it 1t. I. Ward. ...... the shortening and sugar together until
eolved. ThaLt our charter be draped ot a
period of 30 days. and that we st aside a minute light and fluffy. Add the egg anl bult
Iof sience as we stalld in bowed tribute to his ICA Oha~lus.- thoroughly. Add flour mixture alternatuly
lastln* Inmemory: be it flurlhir 1Am 0~ with combined milk and vanilla. isleiing
ResOlved. That these reolutitons bc spread upon
the minules of our meting, aIopy be sent to 6651 an, aut,n well after each addition. 1 : il ''ll-
his beloved In mourning as anl expresio'n of Our .17 greased 9-inch sqialen
l
I 'l I) l'lollCTieL
deepest sympathy a.id rntdolrml "iveil
e. and that a 90g 4140a0.
copy be sent to the EIctrical W*.kcrs' Journal (i50F.) 45 rir/utt. <1 ,ulalld cut into 16
for publication. squ.are.s. FPost Ip 'nd'l slides with butter-
LEE COURTNEy, 648
W IW. CASIEVLEnrtV eream {l iii (i6,g /riowih meited butter,
T M CHEATHAM. 175
Oklahoma City Olat,. alittee 40? , ,4' ''I"~ Cr I, ifted powrleered sugar, anild fiavored
"7"O-
~1 (I (ia0)
i..... e oe ..... ... with ii lila,ianl colored with green food
Arlhur lIllhce. L. I'. No. 1368 F' 1491e41 coloring) and sprinkle with 1 cups
"g K> A. H,lukia3....
DNioioted OeI,,6r ;3, 1,14~ Kl uicler.. cru.shcd .eanuts.
It is with deep sorrow .m, IT:rl that we, the
members of L. U No S1 : 1C it E W., mourn
the paslong of Brother AI I! V.1llI le;
5I herle- Ai 5,~ 13oaer...
fre be, it KIILARNEY CAKE
Reoolved. That we pay tribute II, hi mrerr- )fli 410
y expresmng to his falily our lILcere regret 9'
'Is
110 2 cups all purpose.i I %cup milk
and ,ym:lalhy; and be it lfarther 3 tsp. baking i owder I tsia. .a"ila
ReSOlved. That a copy of these resolutions be 5hS WmI C. MnUiW., 2,00000"
½ tap. salt 1 eup suglr
sent to his lamily, a copy spread upon the
minutes, and a copy sent to our,ourna] ~ii
7"" M V~~~a~ ........ ... 'son' 04
i cup shortening
for It ,1C myen.... 1.1)3)1)1
$25' 00 2 eggs
publioation: and be it further 640 I~WMuU
...... 1,w~i
K. l.Icoiten. ..... .1)0 f~ll
J S ~
ResolVed. That we drape our carter for a 1,31001)0 Sift and measure flour. Sift again with
period of 30 days, and IaM we. the members. 11's 50000"
sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut the
talnd for one minute in ;lent tribute, I O (3 l"lhll 00'
WALTER TAUBEL. JR., .3,"~
00 0 shortening into the flour mixture with
Burinton, 1'. J. Secretary ClrKeO Stunt'...... 1>1(10 n' pastry blender or knives until fine as corn-
121 1.143> meal. Add-all at once--milk. flavoring and
Howard 'Pete' Rouslg, L. U. No. 1393 46 O, Thu. H) I itsaaloo~ ..... ...
A, TIO......... ... 1,0(1 4)4
ReItItiated September. 21, 1943 F).C 'l"flif .. 8%" O` unbeaten eggs. Beat wit, rotary beater until
It is wUith deepest sympsahy and rcgret tha we. I7ON1)
10e~ l"a (II
m.
M, o,A lAi·.c,
N arat ...e ........
........... 1.301
toSo no smooth, crpiling sides and bottom of bowl
the members of L. U. No, f-1393, recold the 437 Ch) A. tluieanfIe ..... 1.310+3042
=nlog of our friend and 1rother, ioward 71 I.0l
L~ao'4 UO
.310141 onc.,. Pout ilto Lwo well-greased S-inch
.1og, n January 1, 1947; therefore be it A rioid It Mne~tr ..... .310+400
Resolved. That the mrmlers uiarid ad pause (ii 3 0. IAWPI,..,,
RTh, orle........
moono layer cake pans; bake in a moderate oven
olne nminut at our iext reular mieing. and that Oil"
"
114134 ?huo. V. Dykeall ... 1511 04 (3753F.) about 25 minutes. Cool. Spread
our charter be draped for .0 days: and be it 592 Ona Summerrlialle 5000' your favorite custard filling between the
further *mart hIii. rry( 1.410.01
RIsovcd. That a copy of rllIe reolutioiL be It4
149 (lTostiI.oriiCery.,..
%...... "I'50 1( layers. Ice the top and sides with half a
spread n or minutes and a copy sent to our 4. Fiag
I05 J , CrsnyeaS......... recipe of Seven-Minute Frosting--adding
oi&ial Journal antd a copy to the famiiy of our OW t. Beullervln.....
departed Brother. Sa Paulo
Frtl. Snyllir.
ra.liery. ...... 1501)0"
ISO" (40
X cup drained green minted cherries and
CLAUDE E LANE. i.oep
"lay W, 1. PWna...
fluinl ¾ cup nuts, drops mint flavoring aril 5
RALPH t, LIt`1E. 41;
GILBERT A. HEY. "5 drops green coloring. There it is a dream
Idllanapolis. Ind. Commititee I"n of a cake- the likes of which would en-.
4:17 1rank A.fi
M(ler,...........
lHarry Youngman, L. U. No. 1543 OR: no""ii
hance Killarney Castle.
Initiated September 5. l94o 1142
948 lit)" O"
It is with the deepest sympathy and regret that
we, the members of L. U. No. NB-I43, record LeoA. II. Isezow.....
Xcil Ityu'l. ISO" 00
VBI" 040 SHAMROCK COOKIES
the passin of our member Brother, Harry 105
Yontlman.. on December 1i,l946: therefore be it I"" Cisac SIegelan~r Use your favorite sugar cookie dough.
Resoeved. That we, the memblhip. ply tribute Ceorg jt. Wyole........
to his memory by expresnlng our mosl ncere Cut cookies in shape of shamrucks. As soon
imythy to his bereaved family; and be it as the cookies are finished baking, brush
Reolved. That we drape our charter for a them with a little egg white and sprinkle
period of days in his memory. and send a copy themn with geeln sugar. (You cau make
of these resolutions to his family. and oae tu
the Elctrical Workers. Journal for ublicatlon. your own green sugar by rubbing a little
GEORGE B PA. E. food coloring into granulated sugar.)
EUCENE D .NIN,
PETER PAULSON.
Sycsamor, Ill. Conmnlttee The last part of the walrus' speech in
"Alice in Wonderland."
DEATH CLAIMS FOR THE MONTH OF WOMAN'S WORK
"And why the sea is oilding hot
JANUARY 1947 (Continued from page 101)
L' U. Nme Amnount Beef or veal soup hone (with at least 2 And uwhet he pigs hve wings,"
'I. I j lili . ... ... S
ass a*m" E I~y I er .r ....... .. 75 lbs. of meat on it.) Cut meat off the bone. is not often quoted, but we're quoting it
W. C 1Hughes.. ........... $ 53.0 Place bone in kettle. Cover with cold water. here just to finish off the rhyme and be-
6,4 CWr Kaiti
y . .W I,..........
a.n,,,l , t , , , 1.o0
41 : 0 0
Add: cause we have something to say about these
Ollie WV M'iuzy ..... .000 Salt, pepper items too. You already know from what we
O X~ ilo~~~e 1,00000
n 2 culls diced celery said above about ships and cruises that the
W, oU.
.. ..... ... ....... 00
2 cups diced carrots and finely sea is not boiling hot but cool and blue and
t+6
Wm. Sluib ...,.......... I "OI,00 cut onions, combined beautiful and perfect for a summer vaea-
.290, 15u) c h iobh...lb. ... . 1.01000 Bring slowly to the boiling point. Mean-
(K)9) tion-and a, to whether or not pigs have
W. e tn m1,00.00........ while cut meat into 1-inch pieces. Dredge
C. Ec Sioe. e , 000.0 wings-try our recipe here for "Pigs in
lnk..... 1.0000o in flour, and brown in hot fat. Season with Blankets" and you'll almost think they do
134 E F. Kumm, . 10000 salt and pepper and add to hot broth in
I7 7 XV A. Moihican . 25.00 have wings, these have such an angelic
1.
I34 C has. Blusch .. 1000.100 kettle. Simmer for 2 hours. Remove soup taste.
0, F. MoCOrnilk.k2O00.0 bone. Add:
IV. A. Bell.1.000,00
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F XV lonke .. . 1.00000 I cup diced turnips
4(76 C. E Ituerhio~, S_ I 4,00 2 cUli iced potatoes PIGS IN BLANKETS
I'l M. OliS
e r 1,010.00
i~, I. N este r . . . . , , fl500 1 cup diced carrotI
21 1' Murr F 0§0.4 Cook ao minutes more. Add:
Use a pound of frankfurters cut in halves
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XV and biscuit dough made from two CuIlls of
IO
"'I $ D ,. S. Elkl.
Uenlly .....
I .100,00§... 1 cup cooked peas
UI L, J1 Keke, t. 1.000.00 I cup cooked green beans flour or prepared mix. Roll your biscuit
10 C , 1' G o oller. 1,ooo0 n dough three-eighths of an inch thick and
H, A. B orn.1 4+ 3 01G and allow them to heat through before
475 C, M, M rtn U10+ .. I 0 s II serving. (Serves 5 to 6 Irishmen.) spread lightly with softened butter or mar-
77 J.1 5, GlovI~r.1000.00
Is M brhiatlar .. I)40o.00 garine. Cut into strips large enough to wrap
II F. OW W agilolnv I,0ll000 BLARNEY STONES securely around your haIf-weenles. Place
Mt 'P. r ol e w .,~ , ,.1u O0
121 V. Anton 1.0(l1 O0 cup,
O sifted enriched flour on a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven
S . A. Rin g . 1.60 )S01
2 isio baking powder (425.F) about 12 minutes or until dough
1. 0, (6142) It . M,
ar s ho i . 1.04 0.042 . tsp, salt is nicely browned.
115
MARCH, 1947
(RAFT TESTS capped UnleF Saml In getting ready for his
(Continued from page 111) fight with Germany ft d :,Iran. Now that "IJIF}'f"
order in which taps are taken from a trans- the war is over, thise c;iiis are scheini SOLDER POT
fornlne or auto transformer winding. The to resumetheir iiii. ess iat the sa..i old
relative polarity of transformel' windings stand. Swingingl Cop
can be established by consecting the will lar-gr app.,priations for enforce-
primary and secondary wndizgs in series N. Spilled 4ler
nent, and n] t( vtiih" in the anti-trust laws,
arld ringing through the coinbination to d,- chdnra ,,ny flflurt into sun ?
termaine whether the actihon of the two coils TRIAL OF1ER
These Ien,emlie heuid War d, i t they Send $1,50
is u niative or diffretjtiid. Actual tests nlay not be enoLugh, as(,miobselcr!'
iVa withll ths ad i.
have shown that a 110,220 volt transfo erln Thly point at that, in tht twit greit
with four unmarked leads can be straight- CLVDE W. lINT
"emnergleies'" which fccli, Ithis ounllty dir
ened out and marked with NEMA terminal 1144 W. Waslilgtoi
ing the past two tie anlti-trust
IrI.des,
markings in from 30 to 45 seornds fron, the laws were "abolishrd." llvd . Chicago 1. 111.
tine the electrician sets his test box on the In the dep.ession 193I0's, Presidernt Roose (Mbnrey back gaLranter)
gouelnd inl front of the dismconneted tris- veit instructed Ithe 1)epatlnent of dustie,
former. One set connected Rs shown in Fig. andl the FehraIl Tride Commission to "'ilay
IV Gad operating fit ,4.5 volts if batteryi oll' the ao Li tl it" laws to permit orpoIla-
gave perfect satisfaction whiln used on ti I lls LIto
dI, thihr> wvhicih those laws fol-hade.
RVA tlan sftorml rwhllirngs rangilg fromll any partirulh r district, ven though they cine
Tl'hos. thiings 'e,.eru. neeIalssaly under the fron, different driet. Therforef, the Joint
40 to 880 volts. Variatisoi inll frlellueey of NRA plan tto putt r "lloor" under prices htrnititg ifter full ci.rqislradtimn, uf..ii.i.uaisly
ring glare a lears inkliathin o, the difflrneec. andl ro.np-tilw, ir,'thi'ds-and thus stop decided
l tot to ijiertsy lhe tlrumiler of uutacil
betw(,ee 40 volt nd ()0 volt 1;iloloigs. (in th0 thle downwe ld iide mIjblers hIt tnIuke Ii better alrangieielt of
880 volt winding tihe flquel.tey of rig weTll Again, durhlw LIl, war, IotporIt.ton
. X.CU- the diijrits fro il Winc they eome
down to ino beat every [hie rt, ends. tirje cldinmed tihy wpn t.o, lbusy to be both- Acc.rdli.il}ly, the jint rmeeting uni,airnousy
redii with ani-t. posecutions.
i So the renhnLileikd to tihe membership that amero ,
MONOPOLY las, agaislt nioniuol} anld nlice-fixing were of the I. . (7. sh1l oInie from e,:h nf the
IConilau@d fillnit pure N) called oil. loliowing ii-rirt,
e xcept the chairilaan who
in thile Ntlioual Ideprtd. i. a iiti ade maga- T'here
.... i.t b, sn]ahilg wIontg, with a shall be eleted at large:
zine which speaks for indepln iTint tire leaIl- "fre, unittrplrls" sv<m xlWiili has Io abol-
ors against the big rubber manuufactu r r itb even the pi>tcen iif eo.nipeltiioi nlld Fist New York, New Jerey, Pennisylmai ,
who sell their tires through teil, oiwn stolcs. aniti-t-'lst enfo.qIiiiit wli...e.e. the going I)olwarle.
"The years old anti-tu st laws huve failI'd Reils tough, the obsves i nsist S¢ond- -Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont.,
to check the glowth tUotloply," the ati- 'Thry ,lto puilii.o u..t that, all over the *Mtts-sa'usettI Rhode Island, Con-
ce flatly declars, It g..es on to pile up proof wmold. county after fl.nty-v is tult'ni/tg to neeticut.
in the automobile tire field, which is typical some fro'i of public w)Lhuen--hiji in oIler tri Third Oh in. Mhi.l g,.. Indiana, Kentucky,
of ianyr others. get away from thi. evis o]f anunr, 1 olistic big West Virgini.
'Alti-rtrst onfircllei.t. has become i businewss, Iinele Sg.. is II' rlO alot nhe in Fourth--MAry, rl, ldistri't of Columnia, Vir-
kind of game, providing lifetime jobs fior his faith in "private entelplise'" gLnia, Noirth Caroina, South Ctro-
Govr.lnlment lawyers a ld fat ineomes f.l. "It's time to
I qit klinii urselves' they liine, eiersita Fol.oida. Alabama,
r NMisrsippii. ['enli, essee, (ubs, Puerto
Crpo'ationi liawer",' al.nother obseivem si[d. say. "We haIelI a list hanace to make tile RiIo, Pr iii.....
.. (,.'aun Zone.
"For example
, let's trace the history of ole anti-trulst laws work. If i1 we sh olt,[
.cessary,
ease. take ifrther steps. Filth-lllnoris Wist,rosin, Minniiesota, orth
I'About 25 years ago, the Federal Trade Diakottliou
Sh [)ierota, Neb .raka,
"For exanlple, we night expand the yarld- (Ciyraal Kasas, Missouri, ]owa.
Comnir.ssion I)gan investiasilug the 'Pitt, sti:k' phlan. Ther l'nnl.sse. Valley Authority
burgh Plus' plan by hidch all steel illalla- hais doimonistrated that it wirks. Thle TVA Si/th--ArikaiTlISig Looisiuna. Texas, Oklahoma,
factll'i's set idlentical Ilices, New Meico. Arizona.
yardstick - pllhiic competition with the
"In WL24. the contnils'in oldered this ,lan 'power trust--has brought down electric
abolished, on the gouniad that it violated dth i}ho, en tu ...
na. RLyonhutr. Utah,
lta'ns evl.ywheir .
laws against price fxinS. NeIada, Alaska, Pacific WIolnd.,
'Another TVA yardstick public manu-
"The tctel cornpanies took the casl lo f-tulet of nitrogen firtdmitiv h has
l.rl .o.e Eiqhth oiniotn of Canada, Newfoundland.
.outl., where it ellianI ... a dIzuni years dyfetive against the fertilizer trust' than The joint neirg o,f vice lresiens alnd
Finally, the Supreein (uilt uphehl the coIn- the anti-trust laws, ha.I saved arIge suits 'ou1ncnlo lnnber, onarnciigYly
l l ,ren.m
I ,Iad, all
mission's order. for the farlers. =
of Ihe foreo.il. g (lig
f ne IIrilusu I for the one-
*Then the steel coimpalnis took a new plan "], the past sessi.n if Congress, atn a belslin's eonjiltraition nld rI adoption.
off the shelf called the 'Multilie Ba'inw [roptliition Was souglit for a TVA phes- Hiilng Ii,,1Ipeted its wrk the joilt .t..tillg
Point' system. It fixes iidn tical pri.es just phate fertilizer phl.t,L it it was defruted ,atjurr~etl T'r,,d} ,,Illtuy 10, 1947.
as effectively as the oll P'ittsbtrrgh
P lus by the Fitilzer Trust Lobby. AMt-e the jbmil .a.n -f[ng adpjourneod. the Etae-
plan. "Would public yardistick plants in tie utive ( dyucil l iaili.ll. 1.jl sesion atll Udltti-
''"The eommaission sprt e!veial years in- steel, cement and other iib
silg ine.s indii-
est
iglting the new price-fixing ystem, tiell" ties brig boult soilo real e.ompetitiohn Iellnig f-l riistrieting Ibe hubnaitted to
ordered it sboiahiod. The steel eondpatie! Imeasl'e fair prices, iiuilore the anti-trust leetirtelutt of th, nr,1nbe-sli ir *i.orlne
agaill went to the courts, ani this case is laws, andi make them really worlk f, tre with the coitei,,tioHll &iiin. i..t the (onsl/ititiln.
still there. first time in history?'"
"If the commission is asian upheld, the
(<,, tnII .1I. I..tdea
steel corpaliel have a third prie'-fixing MEETING I hainltelt
plan all lready to take dlown off the hilif. Cont[iLad filnlo ]i"a 85)
Then the game, which hibs been going on Nhwlt Dihirht: After adding Alaska to
for moe than a qul'ttlr of a century, will this district. and takihg Arizona Daon it. [I I.Broach,
start all over again No, enid to it is in sight.' the dlistriet woul then consist of Nevada. St r reta r y
The crOinoi sionv has ft und monopoly c"l- CalifXnnia, Ordireg, Washinfton. Alarka and Janutnar¥ l6I91
spirties" and price-fixing in scores of in. the Pacific Isonds.
thlstriha fOn, big business clear On il own TeIthb Dirier T is covers jailroads aId
to t.he maniufatum' s oiIsUi) littl. thinig as should not be lhanl,ll.
wile "papetl clips' which would sem a RI .. n. Di. p siel: This
new district woldd IS THAT WI{R HUT? PE-PROU IEShR
natural field for completition. onslilt of Misseri. Itwi. Nebrasha. South IeaL t.a*.
Almos every' week. the /Ietljtrlrlt If liot,,g, tI d N'oi Ii I akosa.
Justice annl ne , 1 I..tstrtuiti
.W (ii of
LA n.tr. Twelf Ih DiMHo t:'lThis new district would I.."
itn~ri itIn i ie li i, mlRyrnrfl~ i4K4r
irlel "trusts" and inteeatiao l "cartels," conslist of Arknlsas. ('lllesse.. , North (l'o-
whhich are monopoiy and priee-fixing com- lillnIn. South Car olinn. , I3q
I-
o I
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hines of Anierliean, , Binn
riitish and 'lhe joint netting i.",, conhieredl the ils- I5I.,
%-,o 1, ....
,., ,
other foreign big bushiless. tiriet of Rxecutive I'onIt eler. These I I.W ..r aso"""
in the pr-war years, suhI cartels
t llhni- on
unci men represent all the membership, not
11l The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operatlors
CAMPAIGN TO TRIPLE vidual and members of his family under- beet an6 cane, Hawaiian, Puerto Riean
stand their ealm,tiolr difficulties, and when and Virgin Island cane, and 44.41 to the
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES necessary puts the family in touch with an Philippines and Cuba. This meant that
Services of the public health nurses of appropriate sourc of help in the community. 3,715,000 tons would come from domestic
The public health n'se's role as a teacher areas, and 800,000 long tons unrefinad 4ad
America are dedicated to the home care 50,000 tons refined from the Philippihes<As
of the sick, the prevention of disease, of health involves her in u variety of duties
that the average person would not ordi- a result of the change in policy, Cuba. as
the development of sound minds and bodies, exporting to us in 1938, 27 per cent 4$ our
and the establishment of comstructive in- narily alOciate with nursing. She may ar-
rive on a visi to give instruction and care total consumption while in 1929 it had been
dividual health practices. Tribute will be 62 per cent.
paid to their work by the nation in the to a mnotier if a newborn baby only to find
that the screenless house obliges her to turn Naturally the Cubans hope for an en-
observance of Public Health Nursing Week, hanced position in our market and they pre-
April 20-26, 1947. her attention also to malaria control. On a
communicable disease visit, she may notice fer that a standing agreement be made
Ainl of the observance inhlude: which will guarantee them absorption of a
1. To inform people not already conver- the unsanitary iridition of the well in the
backyard and turn the discussion to sanita- specific amount. During the war the United
sant with public health nultag ser- States bought virtually the whole of the
ices of the broad scope of the work tion and perhaps initiate a visit by the san'-
tary inspector. When she assists a family Cuban crop and production has incresied
done. clmnsiderably over 1!lt0 output. We hope
2. To spread the message that public in getting a birth registered, she is in the
field of vital statistics. this year for 5,000,000 tolts or more from
health nursing services are for every-
On the whole, the publie health nurse Cuba.
body and are not limited to those in
the lower income brackets. works with and for il.....on beings, to help What of the Future
3. To encourage more nurses to enter the them improve in healithi avoid sickness, and
deal effectively with those illnesses or acci- What will the future of the sugar busi-
field of public health nursing. ness be? New laws will soon be passed in
dents that do befall them.
4. To interest more high school and col Con..gress. That a more normal state of
le]ge girls in choosing public health We Need More Public Health Nurses affairs will come out of the morass is un-
nursing as a career. Today, for the country as a whole we likely. All of the sugar interests, (including
5. To help relieve pressure on hospitals have one public health nurse to approxi- the cane refiners who have insisted that the
by calling attention to the fact that mately every 6,500 persons. To render a off-shore sugar be imported raw so that in-
part-time professional nursing care is complete public health nursing service in- dustry will not develop in the islands to
available to people at home, eluding bedside nursing in the home, our compete with them), have very powerful
6., To stimulate the development of or- country needs one public health nurse to representatives in Washington. At crucial
ganized health services in all areas of each 2,000 of the population. Based on the times they band together to see that they
the United States. 1940 census, this would require at least can each get from a new pie the proportion
More than 20,000 public health nurses are 65,000 public health nurses, about 45,000 that it had of the old one. The senators and
employed in the United States and terri more tat]. we now have. The American representatives of the sugar beet states
tories by local, state and national agencies, Public Health Association has recommended never fail to vote for higher tariffs and sub-
They work for health departments, boards that a ratio of one public health nurse to sidies.
of education and other official agencies and each 5,000 of the population he maintained There is no single answer to the problem
for non-official organizations such as visit- for preventive services exclusive of nursing of supplying the world economically with
ing nurse associations, tuberculosis associa- care for the sick. At least 10,000 additional sugar and at the same time creating healthy
tions, insurance companies, and industries. public health nurses are needed for the pre- business and social conditions everywhere.
The objectives of the employing agency ventive services alone. If our sugar industry was destroyed to-
may limit some of the nurses to particular morrow, many people would he jobless. As
health problems, or to certain groups of the SUGAR the improvements in cane cultivation and
population. For example, nurses working (Continued Llfrom
page gi) beet sowing and harvesting machinery are
with tuberculosis agencies devote themselves grinding mill owners were the first to ask perfected, many will lose their jobs anyway.
largely to the control of tuberculosis, A for production regulation. Administration The sugar may, however, comemore cheaply
nurse employed by a board of education con- for allotting quotas within the country were to us, and for that the public will be thank-
eerns herself chiefly with the health of the instituted but they proved ineffective and ful. In the meantime, we should not be in-
school child, An industrial nurse may co.- sensitive to the plight of the Cuban nation.
were opposed by the Americans. Interna-
fine her activities to persons employed in a tional plans for cooperation were put for- In time of need, we cry "More, Morel" but
particular plant. Most public health nurses,
however, are concerned with all family and ward, but none alleviated the situation until we do not hesitate to turn a deaf ear to
1937 when an international agreement was their pleas in our own time of plenty.
community health problems and are respon-
concluded which attempted to stabilize the Problem for UNO
sible for looking after persons of all ages
from infants to old folks. marketing areas as they existed at the time.
Here then, is another problem which de-
The nurse's acceptance in the home, as a Twenty-One Nations Enter Cartel serves the attention of such bodies as the
nurse and a teacher of health, gives her This international government cartel was economic and social council and the interna-
rich opportunities to know people and to help, entered into by 21 nations, including the tional trade organization of the UNO. A
them to get well or to stay well and even, report on the sugar situation was made by
in some instances, to achieve optimum health. United States and Great Britain, and it
represented 85 to 90 percent of the world's the League of Nations but it gave no per-
The nurse's first responsibility on every tinent recommendations beyond telling the
home visit is to do whatever she can to sugar producers and consumers. It did not
decrease government barriers to importa- interested parties to work it out for them-
hold the line against disease. selves. Eventually that happened, as we
If her agency includes bedside nursing tion but it freed the market from future
ones. Production control was established by have seen, to a limited degree. The solution
in its service, she renders nursing care to was not thorough, nor the way progress.ive.
the sick. If her agency provides only in- a provision that in general, stocks should
not exceed 25 per cent of annual production. The 1937 international agreement might
structive nursing services, she helps the be called an attempt at economic planning.
family to secure bedside care, or she demon- The agreement set up an International It was not based on really fundamental
strates to some relative or attendant the Sugar Council which was to administer the prinoiples of economics, but on greed and
care the sick person needs, and she returns assigned quotas. Representation on the fear. Its purpose was to protect the
to supervise such care. One of her main council was fixed so that the sugar-export- existing business interests, not to remedy a
duties for the sick of the community is to ing countries had 55 per cent of the votes. sick industry. If the interests had been less
help them secure medical diagmnosis and The United States and Great Britain- monopolistic and more democratic, well and
treatment. She assists the family in carry- largest importers--received 17 votes apiece. good; but they were not. The sugar prob-
ing out the doctor's orders. Cuba had 10 and Java nine, they being the lem, again, is proof that true international-
largest exporters. The couneil's powers were ism is a thing of the future. Nowhere is
Her Help Is Multiple narrowly limited with regard to altering
In many homes the nurse finds that men- is there a lack of work to be done. We are
quotas up or down. The United States only wanting a method to see that it can
tal, emotional or social problems are a drug Government passed legislation to fix the be done profitably in a free enterprise eeon-
on the family's well being and an obstacle quotas agreed upon, allotting 55.5 percent ony, with the interests of the public as a
to recovery of the sick. She helps the mdil- to domestic areas, i,, United States sugar (Conltinued on page 120)
MARCH, 1947 117
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(Colntinud fromn page 116) RECENT PUBLICATIONS MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW--Follow-
ing are among the special articles scheduled
touch-stone to its validity. Today the in- AND CURRENT REPORTS to appear in the January issue of the
equitie, in the sulgar business are evidences Monthly Libor Review:
of concentrated power, and fear that profits U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
from investments will not be realized. If the Bureatu of Labor Staistits Nature and extent of frictional unem-
peoples of the world had more confidence in ployment
themselves and other nations, the interna- CONSUMERS' PRICE INDEX-Retail
prices for consumers' goods advanced ap- Trends in housing during the war and
tional cooperative agents could work with postwar periods
assurance and truly constructive tools. proximately 2.2 percent between mid-Oc-
tober and mid-November, bringing the price First year under New York law against
index to 151.7. the highest level on record. discrimination
Retail food prices increased 4.3 percent Inflationary problems at home and abroad
during the month. Bulletin 8i4Injurieo and Accident
EMPLOYMENT-November gains raised Causes in the Brewing
employment in non-agricultural establish- Industry in 1944
ments to appronimately 40,603.000, which Reprint 1856-Railway Wage Changes.
almost lqualled the wartime peak of 40, 1941-1946
838,000 in December 1943. The increase of 1857-Wage Structure in Found-
353,000 employees between October and No- ries, January 1945
vember 1946 was largely owing to employ- 1858-Wage Structure of the
ment expansion in manufacturing and trade. Structural Clay Prod-
ucts Industries, October
VETERANS-Over two and three-quarter 1945
million veterans or almost 19 percent of all 4859-Wage Structure in the
employees in manufacturing industries in Electrical Light and
September were veterans of World War I. Power Industry, July
More than 60 percent of these veterans were 1946
employed in heavy goods industries in which 1S60--Postwar Increases in Basic
weekly earnings averaged over $48. The Wage Rates
quit rate of 72 per 1,000 for veterans was 1861--Structure of the Indus-
the highest on record, but the rate for non- trial Chemical Industry,
C389=-. veterans was also relatively high: 48 quits
You want the JOURNAL We want you to per 1,000 non-veterans. January 1946
have the JOURNaLI Note: Subscription price, Monthly Labor
HOURS AND EARNINGS-Weeldy
When you move notify us of the change aof earnings in manufacturing industries in Review, 30 cents a copy, $3.50 a year, Gov-
residence at once. November averaged $45.65. This was about ernment Printing Office.
$5.00 more than November 1945 although Prepared by
N ame ..- --....------------------------ the average workweek was about one hour Industrial Relations Branch
Local Union ---------------------------- shorter. Preliminary estimates indicate that
the average workweek in November 1946 Boris Stern, Chief
equalled 40.2 hours and hourly earnings
New Add,-----------ress............... BIG BUSINESS
averaged $1.13~.
(Contlued from page 84)
PRODUCTION-Lack of an adequate nual wage and said he has been unable to
supply of skilled labor coupled with cutting discover even one international union which
ZONE NO. operations on stands of smaller trees have provides its own rank and file employees
contributed to the increase in man-hour re- with a guaranteed annual wage. This is
Old Address ---------------------------- quirements for the production of dressed puzzling, he continued, in view of the fact
ZONE NO. southern pine lumber since 1935. Produc- that the annual income of a union, with
INTE]RATIONAL flOTflflfROOD OF tion of 1,000 board feet of dressed lumber eheck-offs and maintenance of membership,
LECTRICAL WOORXERS in the south required 34 percent more man- is more predictable than are the sales of a
1203 ISt 8t., N. W., Weshinron S. D. C. hours in early 19486 than in 1935. company in a competitive market.
Arrears, Officl Notice of. per 100 $.50 Receipt Book, Applicants (300 Ye- Wariant Book, for R. S
......... ..... ,30
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.....
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(300 receipts)-- 1.75
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Labels, Paper, leon,~ per l3'.00 Reeip nBook, T'Lemporary (1750 re- Clasp 1,00
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Receipt ..........
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Ledger paper to ft above ledler. Receipt BOok. Trpemurer S .25 No 8-10 Ol. Gold flallond Shape
per 10 1.50 Emblem .ioldFllhed Tie Slide 4.00
Receipt Holders. Miembers Leather No. 11O1Fl kt. Gold Ring -1 1-10.,0
Leldger, Financial Secretary's, 100 pocket, Folding, each ....- .35
Pllages -------- 2.50 Receip Maioders, Members' pocket. No. 11 10 II. Gold adige of Honor 2.50
dlger Financial sCret rys 200 Celluloid. sold dIlly in bulk. SaUll- (5, l0, 15. 20 and 25 years)
pages
PO9~ -___ ...... ------ - - -1- 3.75
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Ledger. Financial Secretary's 400 Per 100I-- (Gold Chalin Ti, Clap - I 4.-0
pages-.-......... 8.00 Research w.eekly report cards, per 10' .11 no. l-oDld plated AuxilAiary Pin
(Extra Heavy Ilnding) Seal. cut o- - (For ladies) 50
Ledger loose-leaf researech illnciidin "IO
500 NO. 14- -GOld Ffled War VeteraOIs
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Se.1tal
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paOr, Official Letter. ipr I00 .50 Wlitdrawal C;,rd, with Trarm. (ds., f'I, No.I'eOvy 10no .nl .I O D. 1.0
Rtuals, extra, each. - .25 per dozen - ewelry not sent C. 0. P.
METAL
MO LABEL
ADDRESS, G. M. BUGNIAZET, I. S.
1200 Fifteenth St. N. W. Washinigton 5. D. C.
Once that would have been a heart- worker leaves a measure of security to his
breaking question. The young widow, widow and dependent minor children: (1) a
faced with the double task of providing monthly annuity to the widow so long as
both income and home life for the little she has the children in her care and does not
family suddenly bereaved, could find no remarry; (2) a monthly annuity to each
answer to it. child until he reaches age 18, ceases to be
Today, thanks to the Crosser amendments dependent, or marries.
to your Railroad Retirement Act, a railroad This is protection which railroad workers
struggled long and well to win for their
-Ilk loved ones. You may well be proud of it.