The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-05-20
THE CENTRAL
LABOR COUNCIL
Wednesday, May Is, 1921.

ne COuncll was Cdlleu TO order
at 8 p. m. by President Michel
Credentials were presented by
Nels Nygard of the Building La
borers to succeed Delegate L. w.
Haskins; by Raymond Carroll of
the Cooks and Walters to succeed
Delegate Frank Hughes. Creden-
tials accepted and new delegates
seated.
A letter from President Short Of
the State Federation of Labor, re-
lating to the vote of censure passed
by the council on the Federation.
Executive Council, after some dis
cussion was laid upon the table.
On request of the Plumbers, con-
Cured in by the Building Trades
Council, Joe Wallem and his house
at 1926 Lombard were placed upon
the unfair list.
A communication was received
from John j. Manning, Secretary
Treasurer of the Union Label Trades
Department of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, read and ordered
printed in the Labor Journal 1t
follows:
Fellow Trades Unionists:
The one surest way to combat the
effort of the employers and their
rganiZations, who are attempting
to disrupt the labor organizations
by their "Open Shop" campaign, is
for Trades Unionists to be more
insistent than ever in demanding and
accepting only such articles as bear
the Union Label.
ic oh hA
ing concerted action, based upon well
laid plans, to take advantage of the
depression and try. not only to break
down the labor standards to pre-
war basis, but also to disorganize
the unions as much as possible in
the process.
For the successful carrying on of
I.abor's fight, large amounts of pa
per are necessary. All the various
forms of communication used re-
quire paper. The question arises,
what kind of paper is being used,
non-union ("open shopD paper or
union watermarked paper? OBJ
viously, all printing of labor organ
izations should be done on Union
Watermarked paper. Like all other
articles, paper Except newsprint
paper, in which it is impossible to
considered as union made unless it
carries the union watermark of the
international Brotherhood of Pa
nermakers.
There has been some demand for
union watermarked paper in the
past, but not nearly as much as
there should have been. One of the
principal reasons given for failure
to use Union Watermarked paper
in the past, especially with reference
to bond and ledger papers, was the
inferior quality.
1t is now possible to obtain pa
per of any grade and quality in
Bonds, Ledgers, Flat Writings, MINI
eograph, Typewriter, Machine and
Superb finished Book, and several
grades and finishes of cover pa
pers, all carrying the Union Water
mark.
The three sources of supply are
the Alden Paper Company of Holy
oke, Mass, the Peninsula Paper
Company of Ypsilanti, Mich, and
the Unity Paper Mills, Potsdam,
N. \.
There is no legitimate excuse for
using non-union ("open shopo pa
per. On the other hand, there is
more reason than ever why only
union watermarked paper should be
used, and every union label more
strongly insisted upon. In these
days of unemployment and propa-
ganda for the so-called "Open Shop"
the consistent demand and purchase
of only union products will bring
about the greatest possible allevia-
tion of these conditions.
Besides reading this letter at the
meeting, you are requested to refer
it to the Label Committee for ac-
tive work among users of paper.
You should be sure that the job
of printing bears the union label
and is done upon union paper.
Fraternally yours,
JOHN j. MANNING.