Evening star., 1937-07-01
WILLARD ORDERED
TO RE|NSTATE TWO
BY LABOR BOARD
Hotel Found Guilty of Gun
fair Labor Practices"
in DismissaIs.
TOLD TO COMPENSATE
BOTH FOR LOST PAY
Gases of Webb and Miss Norman
Considered Together by
Federal Unit.
Holding the Willard Hotel was guilty


Holding the Willard Hotel was guilty
Of unfair labor practices in the
discharge of Garland P Webb, a
waiter, and Mabel Norman, waitress,
who were active unionists, the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board today
ordered they be offered reinstate-
ment and compensated for the none
tary loss resulting from their dis
charge
The discharge of Webb, the board
said, was ascribed by the hotel to
"errors committed" in serving break
fast ordered by the hotel manager,
Harry P. Somerville. In finding un-
fair labor practices in the Webb case,
the board reversed its trial examiner.
Miss Norman's discharge, it said,
FIRST was laid to incompetency by the
management, and then, when her
associates went on a sit-down strike,
to INSTRUMENTATION. 1t held her part
in the Webo case was responsible.
The hotel had not been advised this
morning of the boards findings.
Will Fight Report.
"If the decision is, as reported, ad-
verse, We will most certainly 60 to
the highest courts to combat it,"
6omerville said.
Webb and Miss Norman each had
been employed by the Willard eight
years and were shop stewards in the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Alli-
ance. Webb has had only part-time
employment since his dismissal jan
uary l and is entitled to $40 weekly
to make up his loss, according to the
board, which figured in both salary
and tips in computing pay.
Miss Norman was dropped February
28 and has not worked since. Her pay
was reported to average $35 weekly.
Hearing on the Webb case was
started by Emmett P. Delaney, trial
examiner. on January IS, and it had
not been closed out when the Norman
controversy arose, leading the board
to consider them together in reaching
It's conclusions.
Breakfast Discussed.
The board findings went at length
into the breakfast which reputedly
had led to Webb's dismissal, the waiter
having been accused Of bringing thin
ham when thick WAS ordered, serving
warm applesauce in peacock china
when the rest of the meal was in gold
band china and failing to include but
ter
The board concluded that these
alleged derelictions could not have
been responsible for his discharge,
because, although others were also
70 blame for the errors concerned
with the serving of the breakfast, no
one was discharged, or even repri-
manded; indeed, they were not noti-
fled OF what had happened"
In the intermediate report on Feb
suary II, however, Examiner Delaney
had found that unfair labor prac-
tices had not been committed, but
he recommended Wehb's reinstate-
ment. The union took exception to
this report in March, after the Nor
man case had developed, and then the
pOdTQ COnSOllQateQ both.
Other Dismissal Cited.
THE conclusion that the explana-
ton OF Webbs discharge is to be found
IN the antagonism OF the respondent
toward the union becomes reinforced
upon consideration of the circum-
stances surrounding the dismissal of
Mabel Norman" the board concluded
finally
Reviewing both cases, the board
held that in discharging Webb the
hotel disseminated in regard to hire
and tenure of employment and there
by discouraged membership" in the
Restaurant Employees Alliance, in vio-
lation Of the labor relations act.
Miss Norman, it concluded, was dis
charged because she had given testi-
mony under the act in the hearing
involving Webb's discharge" This, it
was contended, also entailed coercion
and restraint
Orders to Hotel.
In addition to the reinstatement
order, the board also directs the
hotel to:
u. Cease and desist from:
"(a) Discouraging membership in
Hotel and Restaurant EMPLOYEES Al
lance, Local 78l, or any other labor
organization of its employees, by dis
charging, refusing to reinstate or
otherwise discriminate against It's en-
ployes in regard to hire or tenure of
employment or any term or condition
Of employment:
CD Dlscharging, refusing to rein
state or otherwise discriminating
against an employe because he has
given testimony under the national
labor relations act;
"(c) In any other manner interfer-
ing with, restraining or coercing its
employees in the exercise of the right to
self-orgasa;zation, to form, join or as
sist labor organizations, to bargain COL
lectively through representatives Of
their own choosing, and to engage in
concerted activities for the purpose of
collective bargaining or other mutual
aid or protection.
Post notices in conspicuous places
in its place Of business stating that:
% The respondent will cease and de-
sist In the manner aforesaid; and ca
That such notices will remain posted
for = period Of at least thirty (30)
consecutive days from the date of post
ting;
"(c) Notify the regional director
for the fifth region in writing within
ten l0) days from the date of this
order what steps the respondent has
taken to comply herewith"
Dog License Tags on Sale.