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The union times., 1946-02-23

spOkesmen here was one of sur. prise at the scope and tightness of the wage controls reimposed, and considerable resentment at the fact that they had not been consulted on its final form.
 Other Washington observers, in- cludlng veteran newspapermen cover ing wage and price issues all during the war, were also taken by surprise by the announcement from the White House at 9:30 last Thursday evening. Only few hours before, the Wash ington Star had hit the streets with streamer headlines declaring that 'Bowles Is On Way Out" quoting Congressional sources as its authority.
 White House Silent
 The battle between the supporters of "a little imitation" including OWMR director Snyder, and those who wanted the price line held against the demands of industry for relief, led by Bowles, was never officially acknowledged by the White House. In the end, neither side claimed a com plete victory, and both Bow1es and Truman made 1t clear that the steel price offer presented a dangerous bulge" in the price line which must not be allowed to spread further Bowles has acknowledged that in- creases in prices for metal-consuming industries will have to follow.
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The union times., 1946-02-23
AFL Cooks Help Out
 Jersey GM Strikers

HARRISON, N. J.-(FP)-"We are grateful" wrote Pres. William Casper of Local 511, United Auto Workers (CIO), to the cooks ot Newark who have been helping tc feed JAW strikers at the big Hyatt roller bearing division plant of Gen. eral Motors here.
 The cooks, members of Local 390, Hotel & Restaurant Employees Intl. Alliance (AFL), have collect. ed more than 5000, purchased food at wholesale prices and pre-. pared it in the best professional manner for the JAW strikers. High spot came when they threw a surprise party-complete with eats for the wives and kiddies of the CM workers.
 Answering the unions message oi thanks, Bus. Agent Hans Firmbach ot Local 390 said: "We cooks know that the belly has no ears, and it can't be filled with fine words. Our members prescribe nourishing, wholesome food and we will continue to aid these peo- pie who are standing up for justice until they win"
The union times., 1946-02-23
Vet Takes $8,OOO
 Instead Of Old Job

Cleveland (LPA)-An ex-service- man accepted $800O instead of his former job last week on the basis of advice by a Justice Deparement at- torney. The Johnson-Sperry Co.,, of Middlefeld, explained that when for mer employe William T. Mcguire applied for unemployment we ex- plained that we just could not afford for the sake of good business sum- marily to get rid of the man who had replaced him during the war. We suggested that some arrangement be worked out, but explained to Ma guire that he would be taken back ii he was not completely satisfied"
 Mcguire, who was eastern sales representative for the company be- fore entering the armed forces, set tied on the basis of the highest years pay he received in the company's em- ploy.
The union times., 1946-02-23
Coast Machinists
 Win Vacation Pay

Seattle (LPA)-One of the strong est vacations-with-pay awards ever handed down in American industry was made in favor of several thou sand laid-off employees of the Aero Mechanics Union-IAM at the Boeing Aircraft Go. plant here last week.
 An arbitratOr's award will give each worker one hours pay for each 2 hours worked.
 Richard H. Powell, executive vice president of the union, declared: Immediately after the layoffs in September, 1945, the union was con- fronted with the problem of having thousands of its members laid off who had not yet established one years service with the company. It was our interpretation of the Vacation Plan Agreement, in light of the fact that employees on layoff retain and accu- mulate seniority, that once the en- ploye reached his one-year seniority date, even though he was on layoff status, that he was eligible for his earned vacation"
The union times., 1946-02-23
Treasury Thwarts Tax Refund Probe
Construction Men Get Raise In N. Y.

NEW YORK-(FP)-First gener- al wage increase for building trades workers in this area since l939 was granted in a Swear master agreement signed by the New York Building x Construction Trades Council and the New York Building Trades Employ CTS Assn.
 Retroactive to Jan. l, the con- tract provides wage increases aver. aging slightly less than l5% and ranging up to 25c hourly for a maximum of l5O,OOO workers in inc I5O locals affiliated with the AFL body. It also provides for six paid holidays. Issue of employers contribution of 3o of payrolls to a welfare fund remains unsettled pending OPA investigation of whether it would require a price increase.
 Included in the contract are a mo- strike, no-lockout clause and provision for arbitration of disputes arising un- der the contract. The agreement came after 20 months of negotiations be- tween the council and employers. Set clement was snagged when the Dept. of Labor's Wage Adjustment Board revised downward a wage agreement reached between the two groups but labor and employer protests forced a partial reversal.
The union times., 1946-02-23
 On Wages,Prices lsUnacceptable
AFL Pres. William Green Calls Policy A Back
 ward Step

WASHINGTON (LPA) = Close on the heels of President Truman's announcement last week of a new wage-price policy, and the reconstruc- tion of wage control machinery, came this statement by AFL President William Green:
 "The Governments new wage price policy is unsatisfactory to the American Federation of Labor and unacceptable.
 Tt constitutes a backward step return to wartime economic condi- tions. It re-establishes wage fixing by Government and strikes a body blow at free collective bargaining.
 Employers Unwilling
 "No employer will be willing tc bargain collectively with labor unior under the restrictions imposed by the new policy.
 ''We realize that the Govern. ment faced a serious difficulty in seeking to promote full production while wage and price disputes dis rupted recOnversiOn.
 But the new policy is no solution It will only serve to increase confu- sion and multiply the nations troubles We fear it will also create widespread social, industrial and economic dis content and upheavals.
The union times., 1946-02-23
TeamsterS Refuse
 To Yield On Coast

SAN FRANCISCO-(FP)- The International Brotherhood of Team sters served notices that regardless of pending NLRB ruling, the union will blockade all canneries in north ern California signing contracts with the Food Tobacco & Agricultural Workers (CIO).
 "We will under no circumstances recognize any other organization as bargaining agent for employees in canneries," Vice Pres. Einar O.. Mohn said. We take the position that we haul from grower to can nery and from cannery to warehouse and therefore insist on our rightful jurisdiction within the canneries. Any processor who deals with any other union for cannery employees will have to accept consequences of our posi- ton as outlined"
The union times., 1946-02-23
DoubtsAccompanv Wage-Price Policy

WASHINGTON (LPA) - After weeks of highly secret conferences. a complete rehauling of the Ad. nliistration's machinery for ''hold- ing the ine'' against imitation was announced by President Truman last week.
 Wartime wage control machinery was reestablished, though with less rigid rules covering price rises and wage boosts.
 Bowles Appointed
 Chester Bowles, former OPA head was appointed Director of Economic Stabilization, post abolished by Tru- man after VI day.
 John C. ColIett, now Econom. ic Stabilizer under John W. Shy. der, Director of War Mobilization and ReconversiOn, is expected to return to his Federal judgeship in Missouri.
 Truman said that an average $5-a- ton price boost had been offered tc the steel industry as the price for set tlement of the crippling strike of ESQ., 900 steel workers.
 Porter Replaces Bowles
 Paul A. Porter, former chairman of the Federal Communications Com, mission, and father of the highly sue cessful OPA rent control program, re turns to OPA as administrator, re- placing Bowles.
 The first reaction of labor
The union times., 1946-02-23
ITU And Engravers
 Agree On Practice

CLEVELAND-(FP) = Differ ences between the International Typographical Union and Interna. tional Photo Engravers Union (both AFL) over the latter's hand ling of varityper or paste-up copy during composing room strikes were irOned out by the two unions executive councils here Feb. l3.
 Although declining to make speci- fc reference to the varityper dispute, the two unions issued a joint state ment declaring that neither shall Zen gage in any strikebreaking procedure by doing work not previously" han died.
 Two Unions Will Act
 Determination of these facts will be left up to the two unions in- volved "and shall not be subject to outside interpretation or application, , the statement said
 The varityper is a new machine which produces pages that can be photographed and reproduced on cuts for printing. It circumvents the typesetting process and has been called "a newcomer in the field of strikebreaking" by ITU Vice Pres. Elmer Brown.
The union times., 1946-02-23
Morse To Address OEIU Convention

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon has accepted an invitation to address the annual convention of the Office Employees In ternationa1 Union being held in Mil waukee, Wisconsin the week of Mar. 18th, according to Paul R. Hutchings, president, and J. Howard Hicks, sec retarytreasurer.
 Morse, who is widely known and respected in labor circles, is expected to deliver an address of major inter est to the delegates attending the con- vention. With his background and his experience and knowledge of the labor movement and its problems, Senator Morse is particularly we'll qualified to address the convention delegates of this enterprising International Union of the American Federation of Labor.
The union times., 1946-02-23
Group OK's
 Minimum Wage Bill

Washington (LPA)-A 65c legal wage floor for the 25 to 31 million workers engaged in industries "af- fecting interstate commerce" will be a reality if Senate and House act fa- vorably on the bill reported by the Senate Labor Committee in a sur prise move last week.
 While vigorous opposition from poll-tax Democrats from states pay ing low wages, and attacks from Re publicans in non-industrial areas are expected, the bills supporters pre- dict that it will win after a hard fight. The almost complete defeat of the opponents of the bill in the com mittee, including insertion of a last minute amendment which will cover retail establishments and other indus tries affecting" interstate com merce, is cited as an indication of the ultimate defeat of the low-wage, sweatshop-industry spokesmen in Con- gresS.
The union times., 1946-02-23
Wyatt's t'sProgram Getting Steam Up In Congress
Patman Bill Headed For House Floor-Mead To
 Start Headings

WASHINGTON-(LPA) = The Administrations housing program was a little nearer to turning out houses for home-seeking veterans last week This much had been accomplished 1T the seven days after announcement o1 Housing Administrator Wilson w Wyatt's ambitious program:
 l. The Patman bill had the ap' proval of key members of the House Banking and Currency Committee, and was on its way to the floor of the House.
 2. Hearings were in progress on Sen. James Mead Q., N. Y.) bill to expend $25O,OOO,OOO more to provide 100000 temporary housing units for veterans.
 3. Wyatt announced that the government soon would issue regu lations channeling the bulk Oi building materials into homes cost ing less than $6OOO a unit or rent ing for under $50 a month. Ali present about half of scarce ma terials are being channelled into homes selling for under $lO,OOC "a price too high for most ex-ser vicemen.
 The Patman bill, as it will go tc the floor, is satisfactory to labor anc consumer groups with one exception It omits the controversial issue of i'm, posing sales price ceilings on olc homes. By "gentlemen's agreement this will be fought out on the floor o1 the House, and a narrow squeeze i: expected when the vote comes.
 Rep. Patman O., Calif.) has listed the important items in his bill as il now stands as:
 l. Extension of the National Housing Act to permit FILA te guarantee low-cost housing loan. up to 90 per cent through l947.
 2. A provision for the use oi subsidies to increase the produc tion of building materials.
 3. A formula for placing price ceilings on existing houses, to re strain speculative reselling. (Tht House Banking Committee has vOt ed against this.)
 4. A proposal for a $6,OOO base ceiling on all homes built under the priority program, with the Housing Administrator having dis cretion to raise this ceiling in spe ciaI cases.
The union times., 1946-02-23
.55thAnniversary
 Celebration By .Carpenters,746
Norwalk Union Plans Out. standing Program Sunday
 -Yoczik To Preside

Organized Ia b or throughout Connecticut is rendering its con- gratulations to Local No. TAG, Nor walk Carpenters Union, upon its 55th anniversary. The anniversary is being observed by the Local with celebration to be held Sunday, Feb. "A at 3 PM. at Redman' $ Hall, 25 Main Street, NOrwalk.
 During the celebration, special awards will be made to William J Sheehan and James H. Walsh, who on March 1 and April 26 will com plete their 54th consecutive year oi af6liation with No. 746. The local will also honor IA other members who are completing from 40 to SC years of membership in the Brother hood. All sixteen will be given paid up life membership cards in the union
 Prominent Guests
 Thomas Yoczik, business agent oi No. 746, will preside at the celebra- tion. Mayor Edward Kelley will rep resent the city of Norwalk. The spec ial guests also include William J. Sul- livan, international representative oi the Carpenters; Joseph T. Rourke and J. Lawrence O'Toole, secretary treasurer and assistant secretary, re- spectively, of the Conn. Federation of Labor; Michael J. Barry and James O'Kane, president and secre- tary-treasurer, respectively, of the Conn. State Building and Construc- ton Trades Council.
 Also, William Fargo of New Lon- don, the new president of the State Conference of Carpenters, and John Dillon, of New Haven, its sec retary. Rev. Clement Shea of St. Mary's Church, NOrwalk, will give the invocation and benediction. The main address will be given by Rev. Charles Papp, pastor of the Hungarian Reformed C hurc h '. South NOrwalk.
 During the celebration, a deluxe model General Electric refrigerator will be awarded. The program also in cludeS refreshments.
The union times., 1946-02-23
Minimum Wage
 Of 65c Needed In Conn. Also
Rourke Describes Situation In Talk To New London
 Central Body

Strong approval of the mini mum wage law voted out by the Senate Committee on Education and Labor was voiced by Joseph M. Rourke, Secretary-T Treasurer of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, in talk to delegates of the New London Central Labor Union We'd nesday night.
 Pointing out that the passage of this bill would raise the present minimum hourly wage rate to 65 cents for workers in interstate com merce, MT. Rourke expressed tine hope that the Connecticut General Assembly would follow suit so that employees in businesses confined to this state would also have floor un- der their wages. The present state minimum wage he thought was en- tirely inadequate.
 Too Many Get Too Little
 Tn spite of the full employment that existed in the country during the war and the higher earnings of work erS," said the A. F. of L. leader, government reports showed that 2,616,000 families in this wealthy country of ours had yearly income of less than $1 500 in 1914.
 In the tobacco, lumber and tex. tile industries half the workers re- ceived less than 65 cents an hour. in clothing, furniture, leather and paper, about one-third; while in food, stone and glass, electrical equipment and printing publishing about One-fOurth received less than the minimum now favored by the
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The union times., 1946-02-23
Reluctance To Release Figures lmpedeslndustry
House Committee Hearings Meaningless Without
 Data Sen. Bailey Says

WASHINGTON (LPA) - The Treasury Department has consistently thwarted the at. tempts of Rep. Cleveland Bai. ley O., W. Va.) to obtain fig. ures on the millions of dol. lars U. s. corporations are claiming in carry-back tax re- funds, Bailey declared this week.
 The West Virginian, who has solid labor support behind his bill to elimi- nate carry-back refunds as of last Jan. l, told LPA that Pm having all kinds of difficulty with the Treasury Dept; I've been meeting a stone wall at every turn.
 Hearings Meaningless
 Hearings on his legislation before the House Ways & Means Committee Twill be meaningless" unless verified figures can be obtained from the Treasury Dept, he added. In an ef- fort to force the Treasury into coop erating with Congress, Bailey said that he would introduce a privileged resolution in the near future asking Treasury to file its figures on profits and refunds.
 ''I will insist on hearings" the Congressman said. ''Rep. H. P. Eberharter O., Pa.) and Rep. Charles LaFollette (R., Ind.) also have introduced legislation simi- lar to mine and we intend to join forces and have hearings on all three bills at once. It may be that out of the three bills one good one will emerge"
 Bailey asserted that aside from the charges that carry-back refunds are making 1t possible for industry to pro- woke and continue strikes, the carry back provisions of the revenue law which he alone voted against-"a comparable to having a checking ac- count and permitting anyone to draw against it"
 LaFOllette Joins
 Bailey's fight to clip these enor- nous tax handouts to corporations was joined last week by Senator Rob ert LaFollette (Prog., Wis.), who de- clared in an article in the weekly Progressive that "it can be stated unequivocally that Congress has un- willingly stacked the cards heavily in favor of management"
 The Wisconsin veteran Senator pointed out that These carry-back and amortization provisions are Of- ficially estimated to make the Treasury liable for refunds and losses in taxes in excess of $2,77O,- OOO,OOO in 1946. Think of it! A fund of almost three billion dol Iars-a gigantic subsidy that can be used under present tax laws to finance a last-ditch fight against labor.
 Tt is reported in the press," LaFol- lette continued, "that General Motors is in a position to get back from the government in tax refunds 8312c of every dollar in lost income because of the strike"
The union times., 1946-02-23
HERE'S WHY

Washington (LPA)-The fact that you couldn't get that holiday travel reservation was due to the fact that troop movements have reached the highest peak in history. Seventeen thousand men day are being moved through the ports of New York, Bos- ton and Hampton Roads alone, and Army Service Forces officials say that these three have handled more than 214 million servicemen in the less-than-six-months since VIE Day.
The union times., 1946-02-23
Boilermakers Planning
 New $2,OOO,OOO Building

KANSAS CITY, Kans. = (FP) A 5-story office building, to cost $2 million, will be erected here by the Intl. Bro. of Boilermakers (AFL).
 The building is to be constructed in the business section and will be de- signed for medical offices. The union already owns building here, part of which serves as its headquarters.
The union times., 1946-02-23
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

NOW that Honest HarOld's gone, will they call Truman's new nOmi- nee Pious Paley?
 Or the Old Oil-Smudge-On?
 TRADITIONAL New England sportsmanship was completely lack ing when the special town meeting held last week in New Canaan con- demned the legitimate activities of organized labor, and refused to let a representative of labor take the floor, on the ground that he was not a resident. There was a vigi- lante spirit about that meeting which, in our opinion, was alien to the democratic process. New Ca naanites should remember that you can't have democracy and slave la- bOr.
 CONN. ELEVATOR COnstruc- tors, No. 9l, have elected their Business Agent, Jim Brennan, of New Haven, and Mike Brunning of Bridgeport as delegates to the in- ternatiOnal convention to be held in Toronto in June. What will Con- necticut be like without Jim Bren- nan, even for few days? Toronto, we are informed by a reliable source, is already making prepara- tions to welcome our James.
 HEADLINE in the DecOrah (Ia.) Public Opinion on items from East Canoe read as follows: |:
 Nursing Student
 Ends Visit with
 Parents in Canoe
 FUTURE course of the Progress sive Mine Workers (AFL) will be chartered at special convention of the union which will convene in Springfield, Ill.,, Feb. 25.
 The convention was called after readmission into the AFL of the United Mine Workers, which holds the same jurisdiction as the PMW.
 SHEET METAL Workers No. 40, of Meriden, held grand 'Wel- come Home'' party for its return ing veterans at the Cabin Grille, Meriden, last Thursday. A fine steak dinner opened the festivities, and was followed by high-grade floor show. Ben Bassel, Stanley Stefanik, and Ernest Kunze were in charge, and did a bang-up job. Guests included Mike Barry, presi- dent of the State Building Trades, and our editor. There were no speeches, for which all were grate- full. The Sage of Hamden, Business Agent Joslyn, kept a watchfuI eye to make sure that everybody had a good time.
 P.S. They did.
 Question: Does an employer have to bargain with the union over such questions as reclassifica. tiOns and merit increases
 AlssOer: The NLRB has said that he does, on the ground that such questions are not exclusive management prerOgatives.
 AMERICAN industry's net work ing capital reached an all-time high of $5O,9OO, 100000 during the third quarter of last year the Securities X Exchange Commis. sion reveals.
 While corporations throughout the country were protesting that they could not afford wage raises demanded by their employees they were increasing their working cap. ital $2,9OO,OOO, O,OOO-the hi ighes,
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The union times., 1946-02-23
WDL AWARD TO REV. MYERS

New York (LPA)-For "distin- guished service in behalf of labor rights" the Rev. James Myers, for over 20 years Industrial Secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, was given the 1945 C1endenin award of the Workers Defense League.
The union times., 1946-02-23

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Evening star., 1946-02-16
BY WoIter McCoI!um

The Maryland State Golf Asso-
citation isn't fooling with its plan
to set up new system of handi-
Gaping amateurs who play in its
tournaments. With suggestions from
half dozen Washington pros and
twice that many golf chairmen, the
State solons today have a work
able basis for establishing the new
handicap setup to become effective
as soon as the 1916 tournament
season gets under way.
They agreed on the essentials of
the plan at a dinner meeting at
Kenwood last night at which Frank
Mirth of Indian Spring, handi-
cap chairman for the Washing
ton area, presided.
Briefly the new system is pat
termed after the Chicago District
Golf Association system and will
be kept up to date by careful scrut-
my by the pro of all scores turned
in by members of his club.
Must Turn In Five Scores.
1nitially, each contestant in MSGA
events must turn in five scores, to
be followed by others. AS a handi-
cap he will get 80 per cent of the
difference between the average of
his scores and the rating of the
course.
Local courses whose clubs belong
TO the MSGA are rated as follows: