The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-01
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
Federated Press)

| DALLAS. - The AFL was pledged
to take a leading role in developing
national unity by Pres. William Green
April 20 at a conference of organizers
opening the AFL's organizational cam
paign in the southwest.
WASHINGTON Technological ad-
vances destroy purchasing power fast
err than they cheaper prices, Pres.
James B. Carey of the United Elec-
trical Radio & Machine Workers
(CIO) told the TNEC April 49,
| WASHINGTON - Consumers are
giving up more and more goods and
services for telephone service and re-
ceiving less and less in increased pur-
chasing power the TNEC was told.
Rose Sullivan, organizer of the init.
Bro. of Electrical Workers fAFL),
charged that the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co. installed the dial sys-
tenn in New England to forestall union
organization.
WASHINGTON American News
papers Inc, publisher of the strike
bound Chicago Herald-American, was
ordered by the NLRB April Is to
withhold exclusive recognition from
Newspaper Commercial Associates
(AFL). The board also ordered an
election to determine whether the new
AFL unions or the American News
paper Guild (CIO), which struck the
Hearst paper 16 months ago. should
the newspapers employees.
TULARE, Cal-An anti-union cam
paign by the Associated Farmers
failed to block organization of the
Arden Farms Inc, unit of one of
the largest dairy corporations in the
country and said to be controlled by
the Standard Oil Co. The firm signed
a union shop contract with the Intl
Bro. of Transfers Chauffeurs Stable
men G Helpers (AFL).
PHILADELPHIA. - Local unions |
have rallied to he defense of John |
Murray, business agent of the init.
Maritime Union (CIO), who was ar
rested on charges of conspiracy and
assault. The charges were based en-
.irely on the uncorroborated word of
Robert Wade, criminal with five
aliases.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bound
delegates from the second Southern
Conference on Human Welfare car
led with them plans for intensifying
he drive to eliminate the poll tax
n eight southern states.
DETROIT. = The NLRB's largest
lection, among 137,451 General Mo-
ors workers, resulted April IS in an
victory for the United
Workers (CIO). The
won in five of the 81
lants.
LINCOLN, Neb.-Under the active I
of Roy M. Brewer, the Ne t
raska State Federation Of Labor has 0
lcreased its membership from 1000 a
} 5000 in the past three years.
NEW YORK.-Indication that Rem =
lgton-Rand Inc had its fingers =
rossed when it agreed recently to
its company unions ap- +
cared as new company union +
,rang up at the Middletown, Conn, g
liant, and the firm resorted to vio- n
nee in an attempt to break strike I
, 400 ALL workers at Tonawanda,
Y. n
NEW YORK.-A record in suppress 1
on of labor news was hung up by u
he Dallas News and the two other u
alias dailies during the recently COM y
eted NLRB hearing in the Ford @
otor Co. case. Although the hearing
coupled "a days, only 10 separate u
cries were carried in the News, the "
aiding paper of the southwest. Pa u
RS throughout the country gave even q
antier coverage. ~
Ind.-Product of three pc
ars' struggle, a CLIO contract is in of
feet at the local plant of the Intl
arvester Co. The agreement was A
9 sequel to victory of the Farm Z
uipment Workers Organizing Com r
ttee in an ULRB election three =
,nths ago-an election which sound J..
taps for the firms notorious COM a
ny union.
NEW YORK-Unusually heavy SEN IN
ices were imposed April 10 on Pres. te
n Gold of the Init. Fur & Leather pr
,rkers Union (CIO) and 10 other Da
ion members and officials convicted Sc
6-year-old charges of conspiracy to
late the antitrust laws. An imme- ma
tie appeal is planned. Gold drew an
heaviest penalty: the maximum of tal
year in Jail and $4,000 fine. pr
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charges made ge
Westbrook Pegler, Scripps Howard ge
umnist, against the Miami local of pr,
Hotel & Restaurant Employees init.
lance & Bartenders Init. League GU
FIJI are absolutely unfounded," me
tie Attorney G. A Worley declared 'tf
er a Today investigation. DO,