Evening star., 1942-10-09
Hourly Wage Boosts
Granted Employees in
S Major Industries
I WlB Decisions Reached
On Eve Of RooseveIt'ss
: Anti-lnfIotion Order
BY the Associated Press.

u 6y the Associated Press. = &E:-'
) The War Labor Board has granted
hourly wage increases to- employees
.:of five major industries In decisions
reached just before President
sRoosevelt's nti-inf1ation order.
4 The five decisions announced yes
y,terday involved the u. S. Cartridge
Co, st. Louis; Underwood Elliott
Fisher Co.. HARTFORD RCA Manu-
featuring Co., Camden, N. j.; the
Worcester Pressed Steel Co., Worces-
@ter, Mass, and the E. H., Sheldon
$Co., laboratory furniture manufac-
.$turers, Muskegon, Mich. 4
= The decision ina sixth case, the
Toledo Peoria g. Western Railroad
Co, probably will !. be announced
this week, the board said. With that,
the boards rulings up to October
-, effective date of the Presidents
order, will have been completed.
F. Increases Reaffirmed.
( The board reaffirmed all past in
-creases in the light OF the presi-
dents order freezing wages gener-
ally as of September Is, and also
.areafhrmed its formula for granting
such increases-that were adopted
in the Little Steel" case. :.
{ The Little Steel formula allows
pay increases to compensate for a
ssl5 per cent rise in living costs be-
tween January l, 1941, and May,
%l942, to wipe out inequalities and
to eliminate substandard. condi-
1ftions. 1t was Endorsed" ,sby the
President in his order and y.the
Anti-Inflation Act of Congress, the
board said.
I The five wage increases:
. United States Cartridge Co.-Tn-
@creases to four classes of tool and
gauge employees at the st. Louis
plant, ranging from 19 to SD cents
san hour, to bring their average
hourly earnings up to the average
for 19 comparable plants in the area
The Little Steel formula could not
be used, the mediation panel had
said, because the plant was not in
operation In January, 1941. The de-
cision was unanimous.
f. Pay Rise Retroactive.
): Underwood Elliott Fisher-In-
creases OF cents an hour to $500
employees OF the Hartford plant, re-
troactive to May 26, to allow for the
IS per cent cost of living rise since
January, 194l. Eighteen issues we're
involved, many of which resulted
from conversion of the plant from
typewriter production to war indus
try. The three AFL unions involved
had asked for 10-cent hourly in
crease. BY vote of to 2, the board
allowed the standard maintenance
OF membership clause, giving mem
pers Is days to maintain member
ship in good standing.
i RCA Manufacturing Co.-Increase
OF 55 cents an hour for 5000 en-
ployes at the Camden plant, effec-
tive october 7, by agreement of the
company and the United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers. CIO.
Ronald w. Haughton, mediation Of
ncer, reported the increase would be
within the boards sterilization
policy" -Four cents was required to
bring workers wages up to the Is
per cent increase in the cost of liv-
Ing, and ~ cents was required to
correct inequalities between wages
paid RCA workers and others In the
mden-Philadelphia area, the board
said. Employer members dissented
In the 6-to-3 vote.
: 4-Cent Increase Awarded.
!! worcester Press Steel Coin
crease of 4 cents an hour to 600