Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-04-07
Joe Lewis Speaks For Local gil, Vows
pIasters, Cement Workers Won't Split


Joe Lewis declares that the or
ganization is a part of the A. F.
and L. and supported by a strong
international This the answer to
an article carried to the press by
Brother Edd Holt and published in
our two leading newspapers, The
jackson Advocate and The Pitts
burgh Courier in the month OF
February, proves to be Hollis myth
ol0gy.
We want the public to know is
that there is no disgraceful thiev-
es in our membership. This organ
i2aiion was organized in 1864: we
will agree that we are like all or
CARNATIONS we have Political Argu
ments, but never has such been ex-
hibit to the public because we are
not supposed 10 deverpe DIR bust
ness
This is a frater1lal and nlechani-
cal organization with a memberl
slip made tip of experience Craft
man and working men We pay
$2GG Per month dues, $l.0O for the
local union TO operate, 81 90 Is sent
TO headquarters, for percaDitol tax
Therefore one can readily see that
there is no surplus for the MEM
| bers TO argue about.
We will agree that there are
some few eraftn1en who are in
competent, but we are not respon-
sible for them We demand that
every Graf man must serve four
years practicing the trade serving
his apprenticeship, or he must
serve two years after Icing released
from some school, or trade under
some of our experience craftmen
We are satisfied that we are send
ing into the world a craftmen they
need be ashamed of. Said craftmen
must begin at an early age. We
will not be responsible for one who
waits until his youth has faded
because 1t Is impossible to get over
the fundamentals of the trade
He cannot hold job and is very
easily developed, not an agitator.
/ We will agree that an agitator
+ can be of service if his energy is
used for a good purpose. The re-
/ spectacle word Agitator has fallen
! into desire with which men would
| not want to brand the undesirable
individual.
| fyfion emgn =?
/ There is no valid reason why a
| perfectly good and innocent word
/ should have descended to the level
/ of 'agitator' Our dictionary gives
the meaning of the word as one
who or that which agitates rouses
or stirs up and we would venture
the opinion that in its proper
meaning, the agitator is some
thing to be greatly desired.
If conditions on this old globe
are in every way ideal then the
agitator in whatsoever case is a
/ menace. If mans inhumanity to
man and the exploitation of one
/ group of society by another are
myths, then the agitator is nui-
II S1IiCC Ii improvements III our eco
nomic and social life are not TO be
desired then the agitator is an un-
4 desirable. But on the other hand
OF our methods of government, our
/ economical system, O r ethical
1 standards are not what they should
be the agitator is an asset 70 our
national life and PLAYS a very
necessary part in the process of our
] race
To agitators for a higher stand
ard of economic and social life for
workers to rouse the unorganized
TO their responsibilities that they
may be of greater value to the
membership. Truly a great and
glorious mission is that of the
| agitator. Therefore, the Holt and
Trevillion argument may split the
/ agitators, but local 81 will stand.
must commend two of our ex-
secretaries whose faithful honest
service expired with the expiration