The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-24
Labor News From Britqin

dustrial life There is, however, plenty
Of evidence, both in the General Coun-
ellis report and in the resolutions from
affiliated Unions, that organized Labor
is looking ahead. 1t Is thinking amongst
other things of the reconstruction Of It's
own international machinery. One resO-
luton on the Agenda, from the TailOrS
and Garment Workers Union, records
full approval Of the steps taken by the
General Council in approaching the
| American Trade Union Movement and
expresses the hope that the success Of
| these efforts in laying the foundations
of a more complete understanding with
the American Unions will encourage
the General Council 10 continue in the
spirit of international solidarity to de
velop wartime relationships between
the Trade Unions in all the United Ma
tions, leading to the immediate fOrma-
ton Of United Trade Union Council
tion of the international Federation Of
Trade Unions as a worldwide Organi-
ZatiOn after the war
| Arrangements are now being pushed
forward rapidly for the visit of the
British TUG. delegation to the United
States for the first meeting of the
Anglo American Trade Union Commit
tee. A special meeting of the #. L. G.
General Council elected the British
delegates, of whom there are five: all
| l, IS la,, 4,
the Anglo Soviet Trade Union Com
mittee, which will be linked with the
Anglo American Trade Union Commit
tee through the common membership
of the British TUG.
| The British delegation is planning to
reach the United States in September
and expects to be able to discuss with
the representatives of the American
Federation of Labor not only general
questions of war organization affecting
the working people but particular as
poets of emergency legislation, and the
development of industrial relationships
upon which an exchange Of views and
information is likely to be of mutual
benefit to the Trade Unions in both
countries.
Scientific Workers Confer
A conference of scientific workers,
concerned with the training of tech
nicians and the development of scien-
tific methods in the organization Of war
production, has just been held in Lon
don. 1t was cOnvoked by the Associa-
tion of Scientific Workers, for the pur-
pose of discussing how the training of
technicianS can be greatly Speeded up
by the use of slillfully made instruc-
tional films. The armed forces, grappl-
ing with the gigantic task of very
quickly training large numbers in the
use of modern instruments and tools,
are using instructiORal films and the
Association of Scientific Work kers
wishes to see this technique extended
to the training of all technicians in fac
tories, technical institutes and civil
defense units as well as in the Armed
Forces.
The aim of the Association is tC
pOpularize science by the making of
films, and to show how everyday prob
lens like salvage collection, the plan
ming of meals, the organization of a
factory, as we'll as such vital problems
of strategy as defeating the U-boatS,
ztican all be handled in a scientific way.
The Association believes that the
specialist needs to know how science
affects his work, but the general public
very much more requires to have
knowledge of the benefits that science
can bring in every department of life
in agriculture, nutrition, industry,
medicine, social welfare, architecture.
transport, social science, and every
other field. The use of the cinema
screen for this purpose is part of the
gigantic task of mass education that
faces us, says the Association. Tn
less the people learn to understand the
process that produce social change they
will not be able to direct them; unless
| they learn to understand more fully
the principles underlying modern in
dustry, they will both fear and mis-
use modern Inventions"
Their First Congress Attendance
The Association of Scientific Work
ers, by the way, will be represented i'll
| the Trades Union Congress for the
| first time this year, although it has
been in existence since 1913. 1t is Il
very distinguished Trade Union indeed,
with an imposing list of vice-preSi-
dents, including such internationally
known scientists as Sir Richard Greg
DRY, Professor =. Nj. S. Blackett, Sir
Thomas Holland, Professor b. w. Hol-
Hopkins, and Professor Julian Huxley.