The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-08-28
Defense
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has such a man on its staff and cam
not afford the high cost of a survey.
Then the government should step in
to put a competent technical man at
its service.
Faced with thousands of such
cases in thousands of towns, govern
ment technical men will be so hard
pressed in the weeks ahead that they
cannot possibly serve all needs. The
situation can only be met by cooper
alton of labor, employers and govern
ment on a national basis and also or
a community basis, so that resources
can be pooled and plans developed
and technical men familiar with an
Industry can make their services
reach as far as possible.
"This has already been done in
some of the first industries affected
In aluminium, priorities closed seven
plants making aluminium consumer
goods near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and
threw 5000 out Of work. Due to eff
forts of the American Federation of
Labor, engineers from the industry
and from defense agencies made Q
quick study of the situation, and de-
tense contracts were secured for
Some plants. In silk textiles and hos
iery, when priorities in silk threatened
ia 600 jobs, an industry committee
representing management and labor
worked with defense officials to plar
combinations of cotton, rayon ant
nylon and get manufacturers to re
lease these necessary substitutes. In
these two cases plants will probably
be kept in operation through this
Joint action.
"Thousands of such situations face
our membership in the weeks ahead
If widespread unemployment is to b'
prevented, union officers must at once
Survey the situation in their plant
and be ready for Immediate action
Does your plant produce civilian
goods? Does production depend o,
one of the materials listed above
If so, report at once to Presiden
Green, giving the name of your com
pany and the number of workers con
cerned. Then urge your employer t
get in touch with the Conservation
Division, Office Of Production Man
agement, Washington, d. c., or tn
Defense Contract Service, and ask t
have a survey made Of his equipment
The Defense Contract Service fo
your town is in the nearest Fedora
Reserve Bank or branch bank. Thi
service was intended to keep War an
Navy Departments in touch wit
small businessmen and thereby hel.
them to get contracts or subcontracts
The service, however, falls short 0
expectations. If the Defense Cor
tract Service cannot give you the as
.sistance needed, then we must get
service that will help.
an cases where no adjustment t
defense work is possible for plan
workers must be helped to find jof
in defense industry, and to get tt
training necessary for new skills n
squired Here again union officer
need to know the resources of tF
community, where to apply for d'
fense training; government agent
must also be notified to help in tt
transfer Of workers. Go to your loc
Employment Service and then writ
TO President Green. Adequate con
'pensaton for loss Of incomes shou
he Immediately available to thos
whose jobs are taken by priorities
OPACS orders.
"Great resources of man power al
equipment may be wasted in futi
aidlencss and lost to the defense pr
gram unless unions, employers az
government work together for tn
shift to defense work. Plants me-
be forced out Of business; worie
may lose their jobs and their home
Permanent dislocations of ndustl
may occur; whole communities d
pending on a single industry may
practically wiped out. Such disaste
can be prevented by the action on
lined above. Unions bear a grave +
'sponsibility for their members"