The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-01
LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
BY Federated Press

! WASHINGTON - Attempts of the
Natl. Assn of Manufacturers to wrig-
gle out of the commitment by indus
| try members of the labor-industry
council last December were nailed
April 90 by CLIO Pres. Philip Murray,
AFL Pres. William Green, and mem
bers of the Natl. War Labor Board
The NAM denied having agreed to
permit the NWLB to consider the I'M
ion security issue.
| WASHINGTON. = Abolition of the
War Production Boards labor division
and appointment of Paul V. McNutt,
| former governor Of Indiana, as man.
power car was announced by Pres.
Roosevelt April IS.
WASHINGTON of res
olution giving Rep. Martin Dies o.,
Tex.) an additional $4,000 was voted
by the house accounts committee
| April %.
WASHINGTON. - Payment Of the
| per capita tax of the United Mine
Workers to the CLIO was respectfully
requested" of UNIV Treas Thomas
Kennedy by the CLIO following the
adoption of resolution April % by
t, the unions executive officers.
NEW YORK.-The Skouras Theat-
ers Corp. has withdrawn from the
Hobbies Of it's IS movie houses blown
up copies of "You the People Are
Fighting for Your Country" an anti
labor Scripps-Howard editorial against
the 40-hour week. Pres. George
Skouras acted after Federated Press
story told of the editorials in his the
aters.
NEW YORK. - Citing figures to
show that "labors and arrangements
pledge of full cooperation and con-
tinuous production has been 99979o
successful" John R. Steelman, head
of the U. S. Cancellation service,
charged April IS that the anti-labor
lies of the press, movies and radio aid
the axis.
CALDWELL, N. T. Charges that
the Curtiss-Wright Corp. used occupa-
tional deferment provisions of the
draft act to get rid of active union
lists were made by the NLRB April
Is. The board acted on the complaint
of Lodge 704, Intl Assn. of Machin-
lists (AFL).
LOCKWOOD, Tenn. - Down t h
main street here, where union men
once were slugged and kidnapped, 500
CLIO members paraded and sang union
songs in the first War Victory cele-
bration in Tennessee.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-The heroism
of AFL and CLIO workers in the ex-
plosion which killed seven persons at
the Remington war plant here is the
talk of the town. The GOODNESS and
courage of the union men was praised
in an editorial in The Bridgeport Post.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. with
the real reason behind the navy's
seizure of plants Of the Brewster Aer-
onautical Corp. remaining obscure,
facts indicated that management was
wholly to blame. Labor was absolved
by Capt George G. Westervelt, retired
navy officer who Is in charge Of the
plants.
TULARE, Calif.-Rep. Alfred ]. FL
lott D.) received ironic retribution
for building his $4,000 home with
scab labor when he found Japanese
camp in his back yard.
Site for the U. S. camp is II u acres
of Elliott's land and the Tulare Coun-
ty Fair Grounds, in which the con-
gresham was financially interested.
SEATTLE.-V Victims of rent profit
teering are picketing the real estate
dominated Seattle Fair Rent Commit
tee, which is fighting the federal rent
freezing order and Is trying to sub
stitute a rent-raising schedule. The
pickets are members of the Seattle
Tenants Defense Committee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A program
calling for labor-management coop
grafton, full use Of all southern man
power regardless Of race, creed and
color and the conversion of southern
to war production was
adopted by the Southern Conference
Tor Human Welfare April 1921.
NEW YORK.-Pearl L. Bergoff, vet
sran strikebreaker, in brief In spe-
,ial sessions court April %, described
lis prosecution as an attack on all
Having already stalled the
case for five months, Bergoff is seek
ng to further delay his trial on
charges Of operating strikebreaking
agency in violation OF state law
UNIONTOWN, Pa Taking to the
lir to fight the current anti-labor
lrive, Local 491, Init. Bro. of Team
tiers (AFL), broadcast regular busi-