The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-03
By Drgsg Rsa1s0N

strikes It helps inorease their power in the union A m Schenectady, General Electrioe pnakles Wilson long has advocated higher wages he seys V helps him sell electric refrigerator1, electric .et& ekc He has been ready to make upward weso od34ts ments voluntarily, just as wise Standard p. o5 " '. increased It's pay nnmediatey and ausom1seas ts s Y the end of the war; i. . However, certain l40 sANp- trfcai workers seem more interested in sEike tnan a voluntary or negotiated wage boost some labor leaders 1nfortunately seem oeliesrAssy ,22S ing for stfikes-anong them John r. AeWiss 4HsF bring disfavor on the heads of other apoE s4ee. have given the entire labor movement Dau q. S.2.s s, with gO,lo % ov Opon so Sntao ss eNT Truman V would I tnlnderous applause if he called out U's' sEoops 4 strke-breakers.
 Auto workers averaged e5s weekly in lelA unasr 4s-hour week. Elimination of overtime now pA.es n this down to s4O week. m additlon noM snss .s, nO I onseT ,oO sos uS reducing hgher-paid jobs. .. Incentive payment plhns aAs0 are being dropped.
 Average weekly wage in the oil refining lnausGy ss was SSe25 in Io44. Most oil workers were on 11- hour week, so are taking bigger cut than auto workers as they SO back to 70 hour week. :: . Many oil men got double gsy sCr eacn arss so cC tinue. but on the other hand, profits run up " certain war industries are on the books tor eveFyone :c see and this irs labor osnsTs saas m osC This shot up to e436 100000 in le44-befcre taxess
 While taxes were heavy, General Movors nev worth increased during tns wAE sSssS
  ie4O and io4i they climbed 1ls per cent as against profits earned between lo36 and 1889. DuElns the war the steel industry made sl 22O OOOUVO com- pared with only 36700O0OO0 during the prevous @ aays years-after paying taxes. Pnil MusEsy, G1O a chief also head of the steel workers unon nas cAE cuated these profits among his union members WneFe a showdown is due soon.
 Secretary of Labor Lew schwelenbach deInanaea that Truman feorganize the Labor Department sass July but Truman didn't budge until after tne EUEa Motor shutdown. . SchWellenbach nInseu nA.O has moved slowly. In the oil strike, ne let !Our days pass before labor and management neia vnsE E first meeting. Excuse iS that both sides neeoeu time to get to the meeting. PTesent"uay CVLn- rnunications permit Secretary of State to Iy ~ London in less than 24 hours but 1t takes longer yO Net a union head and company president 70 Oni" cago ,...ss.. \. largely synthetic. He transferred the v. v Ma- ployrnent Service, the War Labor Board, tne WAx Manpower Commission and the Retraining ana he- employment Operations of the Veterans AdmmntxA@ ton to schwellenbach. same gay AEuMAn AEusal abolished the War Manpower Commission, nb IElsnas sen Scott Lucas of Illinois, pushed pill tfansierLlnB the USES back to the states. tln Chicago, ETu- mans pal Mayor I'd Kelly, will be the benefactcrl
 Truman and schwelenbach are pnning tnelr hopes for labor peace the forthcoming apcf-man- agenent conference still four weeks away. Tncy hope both sides will agree on some formula TOT sestnnG labor scraps without strikes. Others are dupious