Evening star., 1944-10-24
Work Stoppage
Continues at
Printing Shops
Union Head Offers
To Explain Demands
To Employers

s'HsSySsS
Setting of type for magazines.
football programs, banquet menus
and political broadsides remained at
a standstill today as union printers
continued to stay away from WASH
ington's larger commercial printing
houses because of their Continuous
meeting"
The Bulletin, which displays news
and race results in restaurants and
bars, missed publication for second
day. Publication had been uninter.
rupted for SO years.
Today's session of the "continu-
GUS meeting" of Columbia Typo
graphical Union 101, AFL, at Pythian
Temple was not to begin until 6
pm. THE boys decided to 60 to the
races" 1t was said at union head
quarters.
Jesse Manbeck, president of the
union, said he met with George Mall
lonee, head of the closed shop di.
vision of the Graphic Arts Associa-
ton, the employing printers, at the
latter's Office this morning and Of
fered to 90 before the entire closed
shop group of the association and
explain the printers side of the dis
puted contract clauses.
Offer Referred to Committee.
Mr. Manbeck said Mr.. Mallonee
told him he would refer his offer TO
the committee and let him know
the decision later in the day.
Mr.. Manbeck said the clauses in
dispute are on severance pay, sick
leave and paid holidays. He said
Mr. Mallonee had informed him
again that the association would
never willingly" sign a contract
containing the three clauses.
Mr.. Manbeck expressed indigna-
ton at letter given to the press
by Alfred D. Calvert, retired Gov
ernment Printing once employe
and member of the union
He said Mr.. Calvert had retired
from the GPO- IL years ago, that he
had voted against the continuous
meeting" at the meeting of the union
Sunday which decided on it. and
that he now should be bound by
the mandate of the union"
Mr.. Manbeck threatened to repri-
mand Mr.. Calvert publicly. The
union president said such action had
never been taken in Washington.
but that the union in New York
had so disciplined members who
undermined the unions position.
Calvert's Letter.
Mr.. Calvert, veteran Lincoln Park
civic leader and champion of de-
velopment east of the Capitol, sent
this letter to members of the union.
their families included" through
the press:
The unfortunate fiasco that has
involved our union the past Is days
has reached a climax. We are the
laughing stock of the town. The
entire mess is an unwarranted vio-
lation of labor's agreement with the
Government not to strike during
the duration No. 101 probably
holds the Nations undesirable rec
ord for violation of the agreement
in the past II months.
If other labor organizations have
been so unpatriotic as to violate the
agreement it does not absolve us.
The saddest thing of all Is that in
the days to come we will surely hang
our heads in shame at the remern-
brance of our temporary alliance
with the Axis powers.
Whatever subterfuge is resorted
to does not alter the fact that the
union is on strike, else why the re-
peated pleadings in these Is days to
international headquarters to sane
ton strike vote. only to be met
with polite refusal?
Protests Swept Aside.
I'VE must bridge over the interval
to get to the October 70 meeting.
On the motion not to return to
work until the employers meet our
demands cooler heads protested the
proposed illegal action, but were
noisily swept aside.
To-day and tomorrow the poor
printerman, who has been his own
leading man in an off-again-on-
again comedy Cor tragedy will have
a glorious CD holiday at his own ex-
pense, for there is no provision in
our bylaws to reimburse man for
making a fool of himself.
THE greatest kindness we can do
ourselves and the community is to
discharge the committee, junk the
entire proceedings, kiss the War La
Dor Board good-by and forget it.
"The greatest good the employers
can do, we believe, is to follow the
same course"
Geographic Issue Cleared.
At the National Geographic Mag
azine 1t was said that the Decem-
Der issue had cleared just before tbs
work stoppage and would be mailed
as usual. Interruption of publica-
ton was not expected unless the
stoppage lasted more than a week.
| Phil Pearl, editor of the American
Federation of Labor's Federationist,
Illustrated monthly magazine, said
the November issue was to be late
anyway to include comment on the
election results. IF the printers are
not back when we go to press" he
said, I'VE will have it printed in
Baltimore.
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