The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-11-10
An+i-Union Policy
CONTINUED From Pace One)

IIldH 1L,oUO peOplC, Will ucduHudAICIS .
in the city Of Chicago. 1t is operated
under completely anti-union conditions.
For years it has been the implacable
foe of organized labor, and it's officials
have been in the forefront Of every
assault on trade unions in the Chicago
area. Some Of the most widely cir
culated magazines Of the nation are
printed by this concern.
Formed Anti Union Vigilante Group
"Since 1906, the time of the printing
trades strike, R. R. Donnelley & Sons
of Chicago have fought the printing
trades unions.
"It was Mr.. Donnelley, Senator, who
took the initiative in organizing COM
mission to destroy labor in Chicago. 1t
was he who popularized the so-called
open shop plan which he had the eff
frontery to term the American plan.
"But Mr.. Donnelley did not assail
the printing trades unions alone. He
interfered in every labor dispute in
Chicago and vicinity.
at was T.. E. Donnelley who formed
the notorious Vigilante group called
the Citizens Committee for Enforcing
the Landis Award. This award had
for its purpose the tearing to pieces
of the building trades unions Of the
Middle West.
''The award provided for twenty
five to fifty per cent reduction in the
wages of all building trades workers.
That was in 1921. The labor unions
opposed the award and the formation
of the Donnelley Committee, and for
seven years fought Donnelley, insult,
Marshall Field and others in the State
of Illinois.
"After seven years the Supreme
Court of the State of Illinois ordered
the committee dissolved. Donnelley
revealed his true nature when he hired
gunmen and gangsters and placed guns
and gas in their hands and had them
assault members Of the labor unions
in Chicago and the Middle West.
Underbid Union Printing Firms
! "Every effort was made to terrorize
and destroy every labor group, and
since that committee was ordered dis
solved by the high court of the State
of Illinois, the printing trades and
particularly the Typographical Union
have carried on a defensive fight
against Donnelley, but last March the
Chicago Typographical Union was sue
cessful in negotiating wage increase
for it's commercial printers.
"Donnelley Immediately sent out
salesmen to underbid all union print
ing shops in Chicago. 1t was a di-
rect challenge against the higher
printing commercial scale in that city.
If successful the next commercial
scale would be affected in a serious
manner, so the Chicago Typographical
Union Immediately accepted the chal-
lenge.
"a wide campaign against Donnel-
ley's was instituted. The Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor placed Donnelley's on
the unfair list. Labor's radio station
in Chicago was drafted and the public
was notified in every possible manner
of the campaign against the Donnelley
enterprises.
Prints Time and Life
'Time Magazine, Life Magazine,
Current History and many other mag
azines were placed on the unfair list.
Hundreds of local unions, building
trades councils, the Carpenters Dis
trict Council, the Painters District
Council, the Metal Trades, Street and
Electric Railway Brotherhoods, the
shop and railroad brotherhoods have
ho,nr,n ,n}i,,o1., ann,.rnl -, hn l,.iu
against the Donnelley enterprises.
(Since Mr. DiPietro made his speech
before the A. f. of l.. convention, Cur
rent History has ceased to be printed
: by II. r. Donnelley & Sons Company.
This information was made public in
!, an announcement by Chicago Typo
graphical Union No. 16, which said:
Current History Leaves Donnelley's
: For Union Shop-Current History, for
several years printed by the notorious
anti-union Donnelley concern is now
printed under union conditions in CO.
lumbus, Ohio. Editor, American Fed
Grafton of Labor Weekly News Ser
vice.
"This reveals clearly the fact that
ldDOl mas not lOIPOllcH DOliiielle.
past record. 1t reveals that labor con-
sders the name of Donnelley as
synonymous with anti-unionism and
anti Americanism The campaign
against Donnelley's has now become
nationwide. Special representatives
, have been placed in the national field
by the printing trades unions.
Loses IA Telephone Directories
"Donnelley prints number of large
telephone directories, so we started
after that type of work. In Indiana
, alone AS telephone directories have
been taken from the Donnelley enter
prises and are now being printed un-
; der union conditions. In other states
we have enjoyed success to a fair de,
gree.
1--WE are carrying on this phase OF
the campaign with all possible vigor
and hundreds of advertisers have beer
induced to cancel their ads in the tele,
phone directories being printed now
by Donnelley's.
"Snocial efforts arn hniOp oyprtC(