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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17
The Special CIO Conference

the lives Of millions by decreeng their wages.
hours and working conditions.
Later Murray vigorously criticized the
national hodge.podge setup" for the ad-
ministration Of the defense program, and
advanced the clio industry council plan
as the only constructive solution.
He called for outspoken opposition to
the OPM proposals for industry and la
Dor advisory committees, which he called
mere tinsel, mere dressing, with no right
or power of decision"
Lewis voiced an urgent warning against
false friends and outright enemies in the po-
litical world. He called on the Clio to con
tinue to be fighting organization" that does
not cringe. or apologize. or yield. but battles
right down the line for the workers interests.
Fresh from one of the greatest victories in
labor history. the new United Mine Workers
agreement, Lewis noted that this had been
won through the firm refusal of the UNIV to
accept any compulsory arbitration.
After the case had been certified to the
Mediation Board. over the protest of the
United Mine Workers, he said. the union had
rejected those points in the Boards decision
which displeased it and had negotiated through
to more satisfactory conclusion.
Lewis dashed out at the politicians elect
ed by Mine Workers and general labor
votes who are now pushing anti-labor
measures. He also essailed the "use Of
the United States Army to break strikes
with their bayonets in the backs of
American worlsingmen."
Lewis position in this respect was unani-
mously upheld by the conference in a resolu-
ton which expressed approval of his stand
and that Of President Murray and JAW Presi-
dent r. J. Thomas in emphatically condemn
ing the use OF the armed forces to break
strikes
The unanimously adopted actions of the
conference against all the anti-union measures
threatening in Congress made their impact
felt in Washington at once.
They were communicated to the President.
the Vice-President and the majority and
minority leaders of both Houses by delega-
tons. and many individual members of Con-
gress were also visited. The CLIO served fair
warning to all that those who seek lsbor's sup
port must defend labor's rights when they are
so seriously threatened as at present.
The CLIO NEWS
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17

The American Gun Mystery. by
Ellery Queen. American Mercury
Banks * cents
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17
UMWs Great Victory

lion dollars will be added to the miners
pay envelopes as a result Of the agree
ments in the Appalachian area.
Vacations with pay are granted for the
first time in mining history and dozens Of
other improvements in conditions are in
eluded. Noteworthy in this connection
is the fact that the agreement also in
cludes the granting of a number of the
miners demands which the Mediation
Board rejected, but which the union won
through subsequent negotiations.
For labor generally there is an important
lesson in this magnificent victory. 1t was won
only through the full exercise Of labors demo
cratic collective bargaining rights. and by a
militant leadership which would not trucke
to any form of compulsory arbitration.
The miners depended in the last analy-
sis on their right to strike to make their
bargaining power effective. If this right
had been taken away or surrendered they
could never have achieved so much.
The Mine Workers. under Lewis leadership.
have again set an example to all of labor.
Their victory will bolster the claims and aid
the efforts OF all other unions. 1t will bring
new hope to all the underpaid workers in the
South as well as new protection to Northern
workers against undertaking of standards.
And finally, it will steel labor's resistance to
all current attempts to destroy its collective
bargaining rights
The CLIO NEWS
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17
UNIV Relief Group
Thanks Commissions

Stephen L. Cesnick. secretary
OF the United Mine Workers Re.
lief Committee for the Georges
Greek area sent a letter Of thanks
to members of the Eoard Of Allie
gany Commissioners for their aid
in obtaining federal surplus food
supplies for miners during the re-
cent coal shutdown.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17
Local 1874 10 Buy
So, 900 Defense Bonds

Local 1874 members at gen
cral membership meeting last
week. voted unanimously to grant
trustees the power 70 invest UP to
$4,000 in United States defense
bonds.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17

boys and cowgirls. Queen begins
spinning the web of the mystery
slowly, speeds up to a whirl Of
action. and slows down for a final.
somewhat complicated solution OF
the crime.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17

rains last week flooded the Kemp
ton mine Of the Davis Coal and
Coke Co. The pumps were unable
to clear the mine of flood waters.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17

Approximately 200 miners in
Davis. w. Va. were furloughed for
an indefinite period when heavy
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17
Labor
Library
BY Dixie Louise Fiske
The Great Bus Strike. by Leo
Huberman, Modern Age Books.


Huberman, Modern Age Books.
Inc. 81.
This behind the scene story.
giving the real issues and grie"-
ances in the strike of New York
bus drivers in May. brings to the
public the Recommendation of a
great strike successfully won. It
is not only an explanation OF day
TO day events. but 1t is an insight
into the strength Of the Trans
port Workers Union-the strength
that brought Mayor Fiorello La
Guardia to the bargaining table
on June 80 to open negotiations
with 1000 subway workers.
Huberman gives a complete. yet
concise. history of the TWUs and
portrays the unions growth from
its nrSt group OF ten men 10 the
present effective union unit.
1t is a lesson in unionism. or
ganizat;on. discipline and solidari
ty. 1t is a lesson in employer
tactics. Hu5erman writes simply.
probes deep into the heart Of the
issues and tinges his account with
humor.
The American Gun Mystery, by
Ellery Queen. American Mercury
Books. rs cents.
Set in the glitter OF a Wild
West rodeo in New York City, this
mystery involves Hollywood stars.
New York playboys. Western cow
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-07-17
Inquest. by Percival Wilde. Ameri.
can Mercury Books, IS cents.

Inquest, by Perciyal Wilde, Ameri-
can Mercury Books. IS cents.
1t is like no other mystery
you've ever read. Less of a my3
terry than a psychological study Of
the persons involved. the story is
told through witnesses at a cor
oner's inquest. Testimony of wit
nesses absorbs attention and sus
tains interest throughout. Th1
surprise ending packs a punch.
Doorways, by American Book
Co.
Another collection drawing to
gethcr stories. essays and poems
about American life.
The books reviewed in this
regular feature Of the VOICE
OF LABOR are available at
Local 1915 library. Many
other books. fiction and non
fiction. may be found at the
library.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

offered their services as air raid wardens to Mayor Vincent A. sculiy.
 Arrangements were made for the posts annual military ball at the Elton hotel, Nov. Il; and it was voted to attend the VIEW. testi- monial dinner on Sept. 20, and the D.A.V. dinner Sept. 27, both at The Elton.
 Rudolph Hennick, past state Dept. commander, and a delegate to the .-s...enal convention in Buffalo,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11
JEWISH VETERANS OFFER SERVICES

At their opening fall meeting last night in the American Legion Home, members of Fannick post, Jewish War Veterans, voted to purchase el5O worth of defense bonds, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

N. F., over Labor Day weekend, reported on the sessions. Receipt of a communication from Noel J. La tour, a gunner serving in England
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

with the R.A.F.. to whom the mem bership has sent cigarettes, was acknowledged. Comdr. William Schneer officiated,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

RKo Radio series, "rhe Mexican Spitfire's Baby" again Teunites those master funsters, Lupe velez and Leon Errol,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

aiter-egos, Charlie Mccarthy and Mortimer Gnerd, aKB aAin to nnve pivotal roles in tho MEO NMdln comedy, Took Who's KAughins.S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

RADIO FOLKS FEATURED Most of the beloved charaetefs in the FEbber McGee and Molly air show, and Egar Bergen's famous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11
wACKY COMEDY ANTICS

Attaining Q new high in comedy antics and wacky situations, the latest "spitfire" film in the popular
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
BY Paul Harrison
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and Foibles

HOLLYWOOD. Aug 12 = The
golden gates; The hypothetical red
plush carpet was laid down for
Monty Woolley's return to Movie
town as the star of THE Man Who
Came to Dinner" The bearded ac-
tor is appreciative, but he also is
mindful of the other time he came
here under promising circum-
stances. For his movie debut, in
Live, Love and Learn" he stood
four days under a sprinkler. And
for his last film during that un-
happy period, he was tossed into
a pool.
Between those dunkings, Wool
ley played diplomats and doctors
mostly and bit roles entirely. When
Moss Hart telephoned him one eve
ming two years ago that he was
wanted for the lead in the Hart
George kaufman play, the dis
couraged Woolley said, Go away.
I'm just tired old man trying to
get some Sleep"
While he was starring in the
Broadway hit, Woolley never
dreamed that he would be hired
for the Warmers film version. His
cynicism was very nearly justified,
too; the studio considered almost
everybody in Hollywood before
sending for the original Man Who
Came to Dinner.
MIR. CAPRA GETS TOLD
Dorothy Comingore was a new
conner in Hollywood and Columbia
stock cutie when Frank Capra be-
gan Mr.. Smith Goes to Washing
ton" For experience, she was given
atmosphere work in the picture
walking downstairs in one costume,
strolling across backgrounds in
others; sitting in the Senate gal
lery; being the unseen voice on tele-
phones.
Since Citizen Kane" has brought
her prominence, Capra has been
heard to speak highly of her, US
ual remarking that she has been
in a number of his pictures. Told
about it, the actress sent him a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
CURE FOR CRIME KIDS

(Tulare Times)
The marauding teen age Dead End
kids of our cities, heading down the high
road to worse crimes, are themselves
Americas great crime problem. From
the ranks of these thrill-crazy youths
will graduate tomorrow's enemies of So
ciety. The law does its poor best. 1t
catches, scolds and sometimes jails them
or hustles them into reform schools from
which too often they emerge hardened
and hell-bent for permanent careers in
crime.
California is going to try better way
Of reclaiming wayward youth. Today on
its statutes stands a Youth Correction
Authority, a model act designed by the
American Law Institute with which such
eminent men as Elihu Root and Charles
Evans Hughes have been associated.
Members of the Authority will be charg-
ed with ministering preventive and cor
recting training and treatment to per-
sons committed to its jurisdiction by the
courts. State Senator Robert W. Ken
ny, champion of progressive reform,
has hailed the statute as the greatest
constructive weapon in 40 years for sue
cessfully combating juvenile crime. A
former distinguished jurist himself, SEN
atOr Kenney's appraisal speaks we'll for
California's attempt to cure youthful
offenders by humane, intelligent deeds
instead of by futile laments.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
AK. S-vine. Inc

AS fervently as anybody, we wish
the world were SO constituted that
we didn't have to decide things. If
we could just rock along in some
kind of Golden Age languor, letting
things works themselves out, con-
vinced that everything would be all
right somehow without our decid-
ing anything, that would be dandy.
This is a cold iron
world, however. 1t is a world in
which we have had conclusive DEM
onstrations that the most dangerous
thing of all is just to settle back
and drift.
Right now, for instance, Congress
has the responsibility of deciding
whether to break up the army built
thus far and start building a new
one, or to hold the present estab-
lishment intact until there is a
change for the better in the condi-
tions that dictated building that
army in the first place.
1t is an unpleasant decision.
Some people will be displeased
either way. But Congress has often
complained that authority was be-
ing taken off its hands by the exc
cutive. With authority goes respon-
sibility. In this matter, it has both,
and the people will hold its member
responsible for the consequences.
Should the United States reso-
lutely bear down on every action
that will help to defeat the Nazi
aggressors? Those who believe and
urge that. bear potential RESPONSE
bilities: we might get into war
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
VICTORY SOUP:
BRING ON MORE
{ Riverside PreSS)

(RlVerSlde PreSS)
One of the neatest tricks of the 'V' for
victory campaign we have heard of is
that of the Winnipeg, Man., restaurants.
Instead of the usual alphabet noodle
soup, "V" noodles alone are being served.
This "V" business seems to have the
world in its grip. Maybe it is. as one crit
ic suggests, Just baby business" bunk,
the annual summer Stiffness. But grant
ed it is Just an August fad, the laugh of
the year taking the place of tree-sitting
and knock-knocks and so on, it could still
be serious business and useful beyond
the power of its critics to undervaluate.
To unite millions of inhabitants of
down-trodden nations in one Dig laugh
at their oppreSSOrS is a valuable manlfes-
tation of what may be the public opinion
of a new world.
The tremendous psychological effect
of the 'V' campaign is worrying Hitler
according to dispatches from abroad. In
his war of nerves. and his fear offens-
ives" he has used this same principle of
mass psychology to conquer and destroy.
We have no murderouS war to fight
here today; but we have serious internal
problems which might be solved by
~ campaign of our own. The power
of mass psychology is an almost unbe
leVable thing. 1he world has seen Its
destructive effect in the hands of an
unprincipled power-mad dictator. The
nation might we'll demonstrate that psy-
chology can be used as we'll to build up,
to recreate and to make the world a bet
ter place in which to live.
The "V'S" are so small that they can
not be stopped. Even Germans who can
execute hundreds of innocent people be-
cause few Of their fellow-national slew
a few enemies in guerilla warfare, can
not stop hordes of mosquitoes from TAX
ing their bites. And that's what the
''V's" are like to the nazis - mosquito
bites itching and irking, or black-fly bites,
drawing silent trickles of blood
The ''V's" have two main uses: They
irritate the nazis, and they unite the bal
ance of the world
That ..N" noodle soup is delicious.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
WAR OF NERVES

The Orients war of nerves may turn
into shooting war one Of these days
soon, in spite Of the fact that nobody
really wants it to do so.
The trouble is that nation cannot
carry bluff too far without getting
into serious trouble.
Japan undoubtedly is bluffing today.
Her moves to adopt wartime economic
footing, her semi-official TRADES against
the United States, Britain, Russia and
the Netherlands, not to mention China,
are undoubtedly intended as war of
nerves, to distract attention from the
European situation. But
The United States has gone too far to
back down now, and Americans are not
in the mood to back down, anyway. Brit
ain cannot afford to back down. No more
can China nor the Netherlands And all
of them, between them, have Japan so
completely encircled that it would be
suicide for the japanese actually to
fight. Yet they are liable to have to do
lust that, unless they check their head
long course Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12

wire: You mean, Mr.. Capra. that
I was in one of your pictures a
number of times"
When Victor Mature came to
crash the golden gates, he landed
with only II cents and sent collect
wire for money to his father I'm
Louisville. No funds came back, but
there was a message that fortified
his determination better than any
money order could have done. The
wire said: when 1 came to thia
country 1 had only 6 cents and
couldn't speak English. Good luck
OAKIE THE TAR
Besides having been in six Navy
pictures, Jack Oakie somehow al
ways reminds me of sailor. On
the set Of Navy Blues" during
some war talk, l asked what ships
he had served on, and he laughed
and said none. It's common error,
he explained, and maybe hang
over from 1928 when Paramount
gave him a sort of honorary nauti-
cal background as publicity stunt.
Although he was fresh from New
York musical stages when he be-
gan working in THE Fleets In,"
press agents decided to build him ip
as a real COB. They unblushingly
announced tnat Oakie had been
discovered on battleship while
some scenes were being filmed with
the fleet off San Diego. and that
special leave for him had been OBJ
tanned from the Navy Department.
Even the navy believed it,"
Oakie chuckled II began getting
letters from old shipmates' all over
the world. Most of em wished me.
luck. A few wanted loans. Oiie~
guy was very tough. He said he had
been looking for me for two years.
and how about that 20 bucks he,
had loaned me when we went QH1
that binge down in Panama."
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
by Peter Edison -.
The Inside Track in Washinqton

WASHINGTON, Aug. u - With
all the millions and billions of dol
lars being ap ropriat e d and
thrown around Washington these
days, it is good medicine, every now
and then, to take a run over to the
department of the government
which seems to get big kick out
of saving a few thousand dollars
here and there.
This outfit, known as the Treas
ury Procurement division, does most
of the miscellaneous buying for all
the government agencies, excepting
only the defense purchases and
what the Department of Agricul-
ture buys Of surplus commodities.
Just the other day, for instance,
the Procurement division announc-
ed that it had saved the govern
ment $1,000 on snake bite kits. Now
at first thought you might imagine
eiidJ Vic OIIIy llttQ Illt BOVtIIllllellI
had for snake bite kits would be
to administer when Republicans bit
Democrats and vice versa, or when
New Dealers bite businessmen and
vice versa. But that isn't the situ-
alton at all.
The Departments of Agriculture
and Interior have field agents and
forest rangers. and then there's the
Border Patrol, all of whom fire.
quently run into real rattlesnakes,
copperheads or gila monsters and
have to take steps. Heretofore,
there have been no standard spe-
cifications for snake bite bits. and
the prices have varied. But the Spe-
cifications division of the Procure
ment division got all the boys to-
gether recently, got them to agree
on a standard kit, and by making
purchases in quantity saved Uncle
Sam the II grand
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
THE fostering SORE
IN AMERICAN DEFENSE

If our federal government continues
to ignore defense industry strikes and
the things which cause them, we might
as well abandon hope of ever attaining
"all-out" defense effort.
Strikes in defense industry today are
the greatest single obstacle to full-Speed
production in this country. Strikes have
tied up more projects, delayed more ships
and planes and guns, than even the met
ficiency of Washington bureaus have ac-
counted for.
Is it not strange that every strike these
days is in an industry working on defense
orders that none of the major monde
fense industries have faced serious
strike threat for several months? Or
perhaps it is not strange. The labor
union racketeers work where the job is
easiest, and right now it is easier to force
a favorable decision in a plant engaged
in defense work, because such plant
cannot long resist pressure without do
ing harm to the whole country.
And while defense industry strikes go
merrily on their way, adding every day
to the dire peril congress shouts about
so much, neither congress nor the ad-
ministration does anything to overcome
this one peril, which could be checked
so easily by little forceful action.
Both congress and the administration
would do we'll to consider the list of ma
ior strikes in one days news Some OF
them are:
The Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Co. Kearny, n. j., S439,OOO,OOO IN
defense orders tied up.
The New York Shipbuilding Corp,
Camden, n. j., millions of dollars in de-
fense orders.
The Curtiss-Wright Corp. propeller
factory, Caldwell, n. j., critical airplane
orders held up. Same at the Clifton, n.
j., plant of the same company.
The Aluminium Company of America,
New Kensington, Pa, vital orders held
up while the government asks housewives
to hand in their aluminium kitchenware
because of shortage
The Consolidated Copper Corp, Silver
City, N. NJ, production of another vital
metal held up by strikers.
These form only part of the whole list
of defense strikes in progress on one sim
gle day this week.
No wonder the public shows that
apathy of which the administration COM
plains so bitterly every week or so. What
else can you expect, when the admins
tration countenances the greatest blight
of all upon defense production? Talk
about apathy. The administration can
give the public aces and spades, and still
score a grand slam.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
SILKLESS TYPEWRITER
RIBBONS

This matter of Standardization of
specifications on on-defense pur-
chaSes is what the Procurement
division is working on all the time,
now, and it's bringing results. The
drive for simplification has been
indirectly spurred on by the defense
program, for in the desire to get
civilian manufacturing down to as
few lines as possible, in order to
switch productive capacity over to
defense items, corners nave to be
cut.
The OPM crowd got Treasury
Procurement interested in this
work, and now all government
agencies have to submit their pur-
chase orders to this division for
analysis, simplification and check.
The thing even gets down to
fights over typewriter ribbons.
There are specifications, it seems,
and then there are alternate seci-
fications. Your normal, peacetime
typewriter ribbon is special, finely
woven silk with over three hundred
threads TO the inch. There's a short
age of these fine Weayes, however,
because of the demand for balloon
silk. SO the government has adopted
alternate specifications in which
they take a coarser weave in the
typewriter ribbons. Soldiers who go
up in balloons should think of the
hardships they work on government
clerks. because of this whenever
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
Uranium Crackers
CRIMSON CROWNS

ChIMSON ChOWNS
All is not gold that glitters, for
it may be just the red hair of one
of the neighbors children. or OF
some movie queen. See If you can
get the answers to these questions
about redheads.
/. What English and Egyptian
queens were famous for their red
hair?
2. BY what nicknames are red
headed persons often called?
3. Name three of the five U. s..
presidents who had red hair.
what English playwright were red
what English playwright were red
heads?
5, Name three movie or stage.
actresses with red hair. a
ANSWERS -,
/. Queen Elizabeth of England
and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt
were redheads. Al
2. Strawberry Blond, Carrot Top,
Pinky, Rusty, Red, Goldy, are nick
names of redheads.
g. George Washington. Thomas
jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses
S. Grant and Calvin Coolidge we're
redheads.
5. Katharine Hepburn. Myrna
10y, Ann Sheridan, Judy Garland,
jeanette Macdonald, Janet Gay
nor, Billie Burke, Ginger Rogers
and Barbara Stanwyck are among
Hollywood's redheads. Sarah Bern
hardt was also one.