Montana labor news., 1939-04-06
JOINT conference PROTESTS Relief CUT
BIGGEST Sears Jobs Printed
By Anti-Union Do EneIIey 20.
Catalogue of Mail Order House a S Largest Encyclo-
paedia Still Produced by No gOus Chicago
Printing COnce

The ganization Committee OF
Chicag rinting Trades Unions, in
charge the nationwide campaign
against the anti-union printing en-
terprises of R. R. Donnelley & Sons
company, has just issued a statement
declaring that any rumor to the
effect that the Sears Roebuck &
Company mail order catalog is re-
moved from the Donnelley plant is
absolutely without foundation.
The Sears catalog is still printed
by that anti-union concern in spite
of all efforts to induce this big mail
order house to show some regard for
the desires of the millions of union
men and women to have their main
printing job produced under union
conditions. Recently a minor func-
tionary of the Sears concern spent
considerable time trying to induce
prominent labor officials to inter-
vene and take off the heat of the
campaign against Sears catalog as a
Donnelley product, but without any
results. The Chicago organization
committee states: 'There is only one
condition under which the campaign
against Sears catalog will stop; that
is when it is produced under union
conditions or when we have definite
written assurance that it is going tc
be produced under union conditions"
Sears Owns Britannica
mot only is the catalog of Sears
produced by the Donnelley concern"
continues the statement of the organ
ization committee, ''but the Encyclo-
paedia Britannica, which boasts that
it is the biggest single printing and
binding job in the world, is also
printed by the Donnelley antl-union
outfit. The Britannica has been
completely owned by Sears Roebuck
& Company since 1927 and when
spokesman for Sears try to make it
appear that only their catalog is
printed by Donnelley they + mis-
representing the facts.
"a campaign is being launched
among the school boards and Ii
braries of the entire country against
use of the Britannica and against
use of Compton's Encyclopaedia,
which is also printed by the Don
nelley enterprises, but is owned by
the Compton Company of Chicago.
All union men and women and all
friends of labor are urged to CO.
operate in the anti-D onnelley drive
by remembering that all such prod
ucts are on the 1--WE don't patronize'
list of the entire labor movement.
All who desire further information
are urged to write to: Organization
Committee, Chicago Printing Trades
Unions, Suite 1912, 1870 N. Wells ST.,
Chicago, Ill.
A false rumor to the effect that
Time and Life, two publications
printed by the anti-union concern
of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
which have been placed on the 1--WE
don't patronize' list of the entire
labor movement of the North Ameri-
can continent, are now being printed
under union conditions is being
circulated in many places in this
country.
The Chicago printing trades un-
ions, through their organization
committee, wish to call attention tC
this falsehood and to warn all labor
against giving credence to any such
reports. Labor will be Immediately
notified of any change in the situa-
ton as regards the printing of these
publications.
This rumor is probably based upor
the fact that Life, one of the publ
cations put out by Time, Inc, is tt
issue an Eastern edition, the printing
of which is to be done by the Phila.
delphia plant of Cuneo. The type.
setting and plate making are still
done by Donnelley and the plate.
are shipped to Philadelphia. Ar.
rangements have been made, undel
a five-year contract, beginning il
June, whereby Cuneo will produces
600 900 copies weekly of Life, tn,
balance, amounting to some 800,00t
copies, will continue to be produced
by Donnelley, although there is con
siderable talk to the effect that
Western edition is to be printed il
a union office at Palo Alto, Cali
fornia. In spite of this Life mus
still remain on the 1--WE don't patron
ize" list until it is produced 100 pc.
cent under union conditions. Labo
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