The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-06-05
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
BY Federated Press

/. Pres. Harry Bridges of the init. Long
, shoremen's G. Warehousemen's Uniol
, (CIO) was ordered May 20 by Atty
Gen. Francis Biddle. Biddle's ordel
was based on findings submitted b,
Judge Charles Sears, who conducted
the second deportation hearings, ant
overruled the findings of the board o.
immigration appeals which had de
cided in favor of Bridges.
WASHINGTON CLIO Pres. Philip
Murray was ousted as vice president
lof the United Mine Workers May 28
The action was taken by UNIV Pres,
John L. Lewis.
WASHINGTON. - Eight large cor
porations filling war orders In New
York and New Jersey were ordered
by the Presidents committee on fair
employment practices, to cease dis
elimination in their employment pol
icies.
| WASHINGTON. = Settlement of a
long-standing dispute between the u.
S. Lines and the Natl. Organization of
Master Mates & Pilots (AFL), provid-
ing for a preferential shop, was or
dered May q by the Natl. War Labor
Board.
NEW YORK. Pearl L. Bergoff,
convicted May Is for the first time
in his 35-year strikebreaking hisotry,
was sentenced May 26 in special SEES
sions court to $500 fine or three
months in jail. He also was put on
probation for year. Pearls brother
Leo and Bernhard Haas were both
fined 800 with the option of 30 days
in jail.
CHICAGO-A union security poll at
eight plants of the Init. Harvester Co.,
first to be conducted by the Natl. War
Labor Board, showed 91% favoring
maintenance of membership In the
Farm Equipment Workers Organizing
Committee (CIO) and AFL federal
locals. Results were 9,716 favoring
of membership and 1000
against.
NEW YORK-Celebratio of Natl. |
Maritime Day, confined in past years |
to shipowners and government Off |
Gals, was extended to union seamen |
for the first time this year. AS part |
of the days celebration May 90, May
or F. H. LaGuardia presented union
medals to 13 members of the Natl |
Maritime Union (CIO) for acts of
heroism at sea.
CHICAGO.-In an attempt to pene-
rate the education field with anti
lnion propaganda, the Natl. Assn. of
has launched series
If joint conferences with the Natl.
Education Assn, which has been ac-
used In some communities of being 4
company union for teachers.
DENVER. - Labor unions and or
sanizations Of working farmers should
20 represented on all local price con-
rol and rationing boards, Pres. James
J. Patton of the Natl. Farmers Union
las written Price Administrator Leon
henderson.
CELINA, GA decision of Judge .
,larence U. Ali upholding the right :
f municipal employees to strike held !,
God when village officials unexpect-
dly asked for dismissal of their ap-
cal. Ali last December refused to
njoin Local 100, init. Bro. of Firemen t
! Oilers (AFL), from picketing the e
light and power plant.
CINCINNATI = Delegates to the A
lird biennial convention of the D
Tnited Transport Service. Employees =
oted to affiliate with the CLIO and to :
oycott Westbrook Pegler, anti-union s
columnist.
NEW YORK-An editorial denounc-
lg the New York local of the Amer z
an Newspaper Guild (CIO) for de- 3
anding that the columns of West 3
'ook Pegler be withdrawn from the 8
tars & Stripes, official AEF news q