The people's voice., 1942-07-03
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
BY Federated Press

ship building programs are delayed
by three major bottlenecks in thu
monopolistic steel industry, who's,
city this fall, CLIO Pres. Philip Murray
informed the war production board
June "a.
WASHINGTON - The house ways
and means committee, ignoring Presi
dent Roosevelt's equality of sacrifice
proposals, decided June 23 that cor.
porations which pay excess profits
taxes will get 14qo of them back In
non-interest bearing bonds to be re-
deemed after cessation of hostilities.
| WASHINGTON.-T Dies commit
tee complied June 23 with a request
from Rep. William Barry ID, N.Y.,
lisolationist and anti-labor congress
man, to red-bait the Union for Demo
cratic Action. The organization drew
Barry's fire when it included him in
list of congressman to be defeated
in the coming election.
BIRMINGHAM Southern employ
ers, in collusion with Roosevelt hat
ers honey-combing the war production
board organization in the SOUTH" are
sabotaging the production drive by re-
fusing to set up labor-management
committees, The News Digest, labor
paper, charges. Local CLIO leaders
say that not single holder of a gov
ernment contract in the south has a
abor-management committee in ac-
tual operation.
CHESTER, Ill.-Aping the Flagstaff
(Ariz.) Merchants Assn, which re-
Gently staged 5-day town-wide lock-
out against the AFL, the Chester
Merchants Union Assn. shut down all
retail stores June 20 in protest over
a closed shop demand of the Retail
Clerks Intl Protective Assn (AFL).
SAN DIEGO, Cal.-An all-out pro-
gram for the defense of this vital war
industry center has been worked out
by 112 unions, AFL, CLIO and unaf-
filiated.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.-The New York
Industrial Union Council, largest state
body in the CIO ended 2-year split
here June 1920 with a convention
that was unanimous in support of a |
program.
PROVIDENCE, R. IA mass rally |
-
held June 21, the day which Gov H.
Howard McGrath proclaimed labor-for- |
victory day.
KENOSHA, Wis. - AS evidence OF
between the Natl Edu-
cation Assn. and the Natl. Assn. of
Manufacturers, Kenosha Labor, ALL
Of The Closed Shop, NAM pamphlet
characterizing the closed shop as a
Hitler method" had been distributed
at the Mary D. Bradford high school
by a teacher recently elected local |
NEA vice president.
PITTSBURGH.-Plan for one big I
union for utility workers
we're announced June 10 by Pres
Ieorge L. Mueller of the Independent
Assn. of Duquesne Lighting Co. en-
,loyes.
CHICAGO.-The number of deaths
rom industrial accidents during the
irst five months of this year was
30 higher than during the same pc
iod in 1871, the Natl. Safety Council
eported June %. Total for the g.
month period in 29 states was 3,555.
MINNEAPOLIS. "A fight against
roposed postal rate increases for
and magazines was
June 19 by the board of gov
rnors of the Allied Printing Trades
louncil.
SAN FRANCISCO.-A joint delega-
ion made up of CLIO and AFL spokes {
len in San Francisco has called on s
he OPA and urged labor representa-
on on the 500 war price control and
ationing boards in California.
NEW YORK. II In his first state
lent on a second front against Hitler,
-hich has aroused so much support s
/ organized labor, AFL Pres. VIII s
am Green told 10000 persons at 3
ussian War Relief rally here June s
; that this front is imperative.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo- Union firemen .
,ored a major victory in their fight y
ith city officials over organization 8
a unit of the init. Assn. of Fire 3
lighters (AFL). Officials agreed to 3
,instate six officers of the union who 8
Id been discharged, and to recognize 3
e union as long as 1t held to its no B
rike policy.