The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-05-14

nected with companies which a
Federation of Labor workers.
Philip G. johnson, president of the
Boeing Aircraft Company, reported
that delivery of Flying FortreSSeS made
by his firm has more than doubled
since Dec. Z. He added:
I'VE want to win this war and we
know we're building Il weapon that
will help to do it. Every executive and
every worker in our plants is on the
job. We still have II tremendous job
ahead and we've got to do it in Il
hurry to win this war"
Close Relations With Unions
Johnson said the company has
worked very closely in cooperation
with the unions representing its EN-
ployeS The unions are Aeronautical
District No. 15l. international ASsocia-
tion of MachinistS, covering production
workers International brotherhood Of
Teamsters, Local No. ia, and Inter
national Union of Operating Engineers,
Local No. SI3 All are AFL affiliates.
The second employer interviewed was
\. j. Higgins, president of Higgins
Industries, Inc, makers of torpedo
boats and other small combat craft
and Liberty cargo ships. He said:
I'VE are building them Corpedo
boats ut top speed. We have stepped
up production very greatly in the past
few months, particularly since Pearl
Harbor."
Praises Workers Spirit
Asked about the spirit of his EN-
ployeS, Higgins said:
The spirit of the overwhelming ma
jority of our thousands of worElnen
is simply grand. They are working
strength for Just one thing-the only
thing that is important today-produc-
ton"
Higgins, whose firm has contracts
with the various crafts of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, added
without cooperation between the
management and the unions it would
have been impossible to build ships in
record-brcaking time, as we have
done. The unions have made an i'm
portant contribution first, by sup
plying us with skilled craftSmen sec
ond by working without interruption
and working hard, and, third, by. Of
ferng suggestions for increasing our
efficiency"
Builder Last Speaker
ULn final intnp,rinN, with IataI
w. Eller, vice president of the Thomp-
n-Starrctt Company, Inc, which has
contracts for considerable war con
struction work. He said:
Every one of them (war construc.
tion projects) is coming along on
schedule or ahead of schedule"
Ellcr said his company has had
closed shop contracts with building
trades unions of the AFL since it,
inception. Asked about the companys
relations with these unions, he said:
We'll, there's no Us" Kidding our
selves or the public by saying We
never have had amy troubles. We dc
run into difficulty occasionally and
that's 10 be expected in the normal
course of business. But generally
over the years our relations with the
building and construction unions hay,
been fine. our policy is to give labor
II square deal and "" have found that
such policy pays dividends. We
treat our workers right and they treat
lis right
Enninyers Held TxuicaI
In summing up the program, Ihilil
Pearl, commentator for the AfI.
pointed out that the three employers
interviewed were not exceptional but
typical of "thousandS of American
leaders of industry VIII" are working
shoulder 10 shoulder with union Labor
today 10 help win the war;