The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-31
LABOR'S NEWS
in BRIEF
By Federated Press

WASHINGTON. = ALL Pres. Viii
liam Green called upon Pres. Roose
welt and congress to reject all arbi
trary wage freezing proposals in max
ing public July 81 the AFL's own 10
point program for initiation control
based upon the principle of equality
of sacrifice.
PITTSBURGH. = Demanding en-.
forcement of the rest of President
Roosevelt's 7point program, the
United Steelworkers (CIO) accepted
the Little Steel order of the Natl. War
Labor Board. Republic, Bethlehem
and Youngstown accepted the board s
order under protest while Inland an
nounced a court fight against the I'M
ion security provision.
WASHINGTON = Although Henry
| Ford lost his fight to prevent erection
of any federal housing near the huge
Willow Run bomber plant, he sue
ceeded in forcing the government to
Ereduce the original project from 3D.
900 to $500 units.
Observation-Disclosures by both
the AFL and CLIO, labor policy for
some 100 government-owned and pri-
vately-operated war plants was an
nounced July IS in joint statement
by the War and Navy Departments.
WASHINGTON = A threat to use
the treason laws against unions which
might be involved in so-called juris-
dictional disputes hating war produc-
ton was made July 81 by Wayne L.
Morse, public member of the Natl.
War Labor Board Blame for an ALL
CLIO dispute at General Motors plant
in Dayton, o., which prompted Morse's
statement was placed ON management
by the unions.
the citys 500 non-uniformed employees
ended July 16 with the workers win
ming 1870 wage increase, a 60c mini
mum wage and the 44-hour week. The
strike was conducted by Local 101,
American Federation of State County
& Municipal Employees (AFL).
TRENTON, N. ]. - Three seamen
framed during the 1897 maritime
strike in Mayor Frank Hagues Jersey
City have been paroled by the New
Jersey Court of Pardons. The men,
Anthony Panchelly Edward M. Wood
worth and Donald N. Brown, belong
to the Marine Firemen Oilers Water
tenders & Oilers (unaffiliated).
LOS ANGELES.-The aircraft stab |
ilization conference recessed July 16 |
in deadlock after employers success
fully enlisted OPAs aid in their fight |
for wage freezing.
NEW YORK.-A maintenance of |
agreement for the 100000 |
employees of General Electric Co. has
been negotiated by the United Elec-
trical Radio & Machine Workers
(CIO).
BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Charging that
almost every shop within our juris
LECTION has several score of idle ma
chimes standing around working night
md day for Hitler" delegation from
Local AIS, United Electrical Radio &
Machine Workers (CIO), asked the
War Production Board that the fullest
possible use be made of machine tool
equipment.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. = The state
n test case July IS asked the cir
,uit court to outlaw the closed shop
IS IAN undue restraint upon the right
# citizens of Florida"
PITTSBURGH Announcement by !
he Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co. that its
tinplate works would |
hut down August brought de-
nand by CLIO Pres. Philip Murray {
hat the war production board force Il
he company to convert continuous |
trip mills in other locations from t
nplate to steel plate. 1t
WASHINGTON. - The salary of :
very officer of the Emerson Electric
20. of st. Louis was increased 500 ;
fter the company received war 7
ontract, Chairman Andrew j. May of
be house military affairs committee :
Did congress July Fl.
NEW YORK. - Fifty thousand I'M
,nists attended a Second front now" r
ally July % which its sponsor, the 1
raeter New York Industrial Union a
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