The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
Federated Press)

NEW ORLEANS.-A new plea 10
I labor unity was made here by Pre-.
: William Green in his keynote address
: to the AFL convention Rejectin
CLIO Pres. John L. Lewis proposal TO
a dual convention as fantastic, Gree
advanced formulate based upon recoe
milton of AFL jurisdictional rights.
ATLANTIC CITY. Renewed de
mands upon President Roosevelt t,
issue an executive order barring gov
eminent contracts to labor law viola
tors were voiced here by Pres. Johr
L. Lewis and the CLIO convention.
NEW ORLEANS.-A membership OF
4247, 443, surprising the peak of 1920
was reported by the AFL executive
council to delegates attending the 6Oth
annual convention here
! ATLANTIC CITY. = Philip Murray
Scotch-born vice president of the
United Mine Workers, on November
% became the second president of the
CLIO. After week of indecision and
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the pleas of his fellow mine workers
officials and accepted the job for
which he had previously declared he
was not a candidate
ATLANTIC CITY. - The CLIO con-
vention called on the administration
to make good it's campaign pledge to
hold national unemployment confer
ence, as the delegates began consider
alton of the numerous resolutions re-
ported favorably by the resolutions
committee.
NEW RLEANS.-Delegate to the
AFL convention are comparing notes
on labor conditions in the construc
tion of army camps. Pres. E. H. Will
liams of the Louisiana State Fedora
tion Of Labor told Federated Press
that contractors for the big canton
ment at Alexandria gypped $4,000 AFL
workers out of overtime by refusing
to pay the higher rate until the men
had worked 4S hours.
NEW YORK-The signing of g.
year contract by the Bro. of Consoli-
dated Edison Employees covering 81
500 employees of the Consolidated Edi-
son System was hailed by officials of
the brotherhood and of the company,
but for CLIO and AFL spokesman it
was an occasion for re-emphasizing
the firms past and present anti-labor
activities.
WASHINGTON.-An -picketing in
functions, even when alleged anti
trust law violations are involved, were
outlawed and the distribution of anti |
union literature in pay envelopes was
barred in two important decisions |
handed down by the U. S. supreme |
court November IS.
CHICAGO.-An increase in working |
hours to 10 or IL day, in the event |
Of national defense emergency, re-
ceived the blessing of the nely-ap-
pointed NLRB member, DR.. Harry A. |
Mills, in an interview here shortly |
after announcement Of his appoint
ment by President Roosevelt Mills
was named November Is to succeed
J. Warren Madden, former chairman
Of the board.
SYRACUSE, N. "a 3-day strike
If 1900 workers at the biggest local
plant of the Crucible Steel Co. ended
November % when the firm agreed
o settle the workers grievances with
n five days. The walkout came Just
lfter settlement of similar strike Of
300 workers at the company's Mid
and, Pa, plant.
BUFFALO. - Apparently expecting
IN NLRB order calling for reinstate-
nent with back pay of 3S workers at
he local Ford Motor Co. plant to be
Ipheld, the company, in an attempt
o avoid Smelling out still more back
,ay, rehired most of the 38 men.
hey were fired for activity in the
United Automobile Workers (CIO)
" years ago.
MISUNDERSTANDING a wire of t
rotest from the CLIO national conven- t
ion, the Senate commerce committee '
unanimously approved the appoint t
lent of Rep. JOHN Dempsey, d., I
I.M.) to the U. S. Maritime Commits s
ion.
SEATTLE-The local store of Sears
.oebuck & Co. was shut down by a
trike of clerks, warehousemen and
arage men affiliated with the Joint !.
ouncil of Transfers (AFL). The :.
Lrikers are demanding a union shop. :
NEWARK Despite strong opposi- b
on by the Calico Welfare Assn, Dist. h
D, United Mine Workers (CIO), won h
n NLRB election among 260 en- Il
L.