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The union times., 1947-10-11
Minority Keeps LAM Out Of AFL Report Charges

SAN FRANCISCO-(FP)- The AFL executive council charged in its report to the Goth annual convention that decided minority" of the ,mem- bership of the Intl. Assn. of Machin- ists participated in referendum vote by which a comparatively small ma jority" rejected a proposal to reafhli- ate with the parent body.
 Notwithstanding these facts" the council said, it entertains ''the hope that eventually the LAM will become reaffiliated with the AFL. It is the opinion of the executive council that efforts should be con- tinued through conferences and otherwise to bring about the re- utilization of inc LAM with the AFL."
 Withdrawing from the AFL in a dispute over jurisdiction with the Intl Union of Operative Engineers, the LAM insisted that it be given certain guarantees by the executive council After negotiations last May, the HAMS conferees took an AFL pro- posal to its membership that included some assurances and permitted the machinists to continue the fight as an affiliate of the AFL for the adjust ment of any differences about which they complained"
The union times., 1947-10-11

cancelled the date when Denham held that no affiliation organization could enjoy NLRB services until the top officers of the AFL and CIO had submitted the required afiidavits.
 The IBSW protested that both its local union in Virginia and the inter national officers had complied, but Re gional Director Ross M. Madden stalled on his decision. On Sept 30 the IBEW demanded action, either the granting of the election or a dismissal of the request. In order to support Denham, Madden issued his dismissal order.
 Immediately upon receipt of the official notice, Pres. Daniel Tracy of the IBEW delivered am official appeal to the national board here. Under the Taft-Hartley act the NLRB must either uphold the de- cision (and Denham's rule) or throw his verdict overheard. Should the decision be in favor of Denham, the new law permits the IBEW to proceed immediately in the federal court for a full review of the prob lem.
 Should the NLRB upset Denham a touchy problem would be avoided at the AFL convention opening Oct. ( in San Francisco.
The union times., 1947-10-11
Enemy Of Co-ops May Be Probed

SEATTLE - Congressman Wright Patman galvanized the closing session of the Small Business Committee in- ouiry on cooperatives at Seattle by revealing a letter to the Post Office Department asking full-scale investi- eation of the National Tax Equality Association for alleged mail frauds.
 Hitler didn't like cooperatives; he tried his best to destroy them,' said Patman. The NTEA is attempting to deceive the people of this country and mislead >the small businessmen by con- stant repetition of false charges against cooperatives.
 Patnlan pointed out that the NTEA has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through the use of the mails, much of which was paid by reason of false representations made by the NTEA to people from whom the money was collected.
 The Cooperative News Service has received word that the Post Office De- partment has called for all the records of the NTEA.
The union times., 1947-10-11
Credit Men See
 Recession In AS

NEW YORK (FP)-A business slump is expected to hit the nation beginning in the second quarter oi 1948, according to S0%o of those mem bers boiled by the New York Credit Mems Assn.
 The association, which has $500 members in more than 20 diversified industries and services in and around the city, said that reasons given for the expected recession were high prices, excessive inventories, consumer resistance, lack of capital and labor unrest Only the steel and construc- ton industries were reported looking forward to continued boom conditions
 The poll showed that 659o of the credit men were experiencing "cus- toner purchasing resistance" term used to cover the consumers inability to meet high prices.
 Sixty percent found business fail ures greater in the 8-month period of this year than in the similar period ot l946; 93@o expected an increasing number of failures; 95@o were expert encing slower collections than in De cember l946; and 829o reported con tlnued elimination or reduction of cash discounts.
The union times., 1947-10-11
A.F.L. Approves Stiffer Foreign Policy By US.

SAN ,FRANCISCO-Vigorous ap- proval of the AFL executive coun- cil was given this week to ''the ex> tent to which our government has abandoned a policy of appease- ment and adopted a policy of plain speaking" toward the Soviet Union.
 In an extended report on foreign policy, the council called for amend ments to the United Nations charter to eliminate the privilege of member ship of any member in an agency, and the right of veto."
 The AFL council said the time is past when the labor movement of any country can safely refrain from interesting itself in national foreign policy and maintaining positive stand- ards by which, that policy should be determined. We are constantly made conscious of how national poli- cies are related to foreign policies and how foreign policies impact on na- tional policies"
 Turning to the postwar period, the report said ''we have been shocked by the disclosures of terms in secret agreements made by our representatives during the war - made as the condition of continued cooperation of the USSR in the war. The concessions made to the Soviet premier included, in effect, the gains he thought he could have secured by dropping out of the al- liance with the fighting nations.
 But during the war;" the report went on, and this postwar period the USSR has continued to promote its own objectives even when counter to the purposes of the LIN to which all were committed Each concession which the Allies have granted has been an active instrumentality in com munist aggression More than two years have passed since hostilities ceased and yet fighting%4 continues in. Asia due to Soviet plans to dominate more Chinese territory, and European conquered countries are prevented from making plans for recovery"
 The AFL council called for full public support of American foreign policy saying it is effective ''only as we support it by public opinion and by power to enforce"
The union times., 1947-10-11
"47's" Progressives Elect Santillo

The New Haven Progressive Club of Local No. 47, International Typo graphical Union, held election of of hcers Saturday night at Americian Legion headquarters.
 The following officers were elected
 President and Secretary Treasurer, Joseph Santillo; Vice-President, Hugh Lenehan; Recording Secretary, Fran cis Mazeau.
 International Representative Char les M. Lyon of Lynn, Mass, was present and gave a talk on the effects of the Taft-Hartley law on negotia- ton of contracts in New England. Talks were also given by Herbert Murray of Stamford, president of the New England Conference of Typo graphical Unions; and Stephen Modugno, president of the Stamford Typographical Union:
 Following the business meeting, a buffet lunch was served.
The union times., 1947-10-11
IBEW Outsmarts MT Denham On
 Affidavit Stall

WASHINGTON-(FP) = Upset ting the strategy of NLRB Gen. Counsel. Robert H. Denham. which called for delay of a real test until after the AFL convention, the Intl. Bro. of Electrical Workers (AFL) is in a position this week to force a quick decision on Denham's nOn- communist affidavit requirement.
 Moving swiftly on a case involving five technicians employed by WARL, a small radio station at Arlington Va, the IBEW first forced the NLRB regional director at Baltimore to dis miss its petition for an election.
 Although the IBEW had peti- toned for the election early in Au- gust and the ballot had been sched- uled for Sept. 3, the regional NLRB
The union times., 1947-10-11

All branches of organized labor are participating in meeting to be held Tuesday in Bridgeport which will deal with the plight of the Jewish people since the end of World War II. Spon- sored by the Bridgeport Labor Com mittee on Palestine, of which Joseph P. C1eary, Teamsters Union, is chair man, the meeting will be held in Bas- sick High School, Tuesday, Oct. IA at P.M, and will have as its chief speaker Governor James L. McCon- aughy. Also on the program are Thomas J. Dodd, Nuremberg trial prosecutor for the United States; and Joseph Schlossberg, former vice-presl- dent of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and national chairman of the American Trade Union Council for Labor Palestine.
 Also on the platform will be Lieut.-Cov. James C. Shannon, former attorney for the Conn. Fed. eration of Labor; J. J. O'COnnell. Bridgeport, chairman of the Chris tian Committee for Palestine; Tim. othy M. Collins, president of the Conn. Federation of Labor; and Edward Lavery, State CLIO. presi- dent.
 The meeting is expected to protest the attitude of Great Britain toward the Jewish people; will demand that 100000 displaced Jews be admitted tc Palestine now; and acceptance by the United Nations the report of it's com mittee on Palestine. The meeting is open to all interested.
The union times., 1947-10-11
If Denham's Right Hoffman Is WrOnq.
 Then Balls Riqht And Taft Is Wrong

Washington (LPA)-NLRB Gen. eral Counsel Robert Denham suffered the cruelest cut of all here last week when Rep. Clare Hoffman (R. Mich.) said in effect that Denham' interpretation of the Taft Hartley anti Communist affidavit requirement was as screwy as tugboat propeller
 Denham, according to the arch-re- actionary Hoffman, has "grievously misinterpreted" the law, to such ar extent that Hoffman is willing to see 1t amended.
 Labor lawyers chuckled. Hoff. man was one man on whom Den. ham could presumably depend no matter what extreme interpretation of the law he made. It was Hoff. man, they recalled, who denounced the Taft-Hartley act as "sissy'' leg. isIation and told Congress to its face that if they dared pass so mild a piece of legislation AFL General Counsel Joseph Padway and CIO General Counsel Leo Pressman would hold a champagne dinner to celebrate its enactment.
 But the harrassed Denham, who is opposed even by some members of the NLRB itself, had one drop of conso- lation. Sen. Joe Ball (R., Minn. ) came to his rescue. Said Ball, "What we were trying to do was cover the national unions so Congressional in tent as to the CIO and AFL is blank There simply was no discussion oi applying it to the federation that recall. But the language certainly is clear and broad enough to cover them"
 Sen. Robert Taft (R.. Ohio) on his west coast trip had previously declared that the legislative his. tory of the law did not justify Den. hams peculiar interpretation.
The union times., 1947-10-11
AFL Teachers Drive Wins Bonus

Chicago.-The drive on the part of the AFL's American Federation of Teachers met with at least partial success here when the Board of Edu- cation agreed to pay bonus totaling $1,S7o,559 to teachers in the Chicago schools. John M. Fewkes, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, said that nearly 155,000 public school teachers and school executives will share in the bonus to be distributed in November. MT. Fewkes, acting for the union, urged the Board of Educa- ton to authorize the bonus payments.
 A $2O0 limit was set on payments to the boards highest salaried execu- tive personnel.
The union times., 1947-10-11
Mitchell Speaks On Labor Legislation

Clarence Mitchell, National Labor Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will speak at the Dixwell Commun- ity House Friday, Oct. 10th, at SOC PM. His subject is: Labor Legis- lation and its Effect on the Worker 7
 Mr. Mitchell, a former newspaper reporter, has done much research on labor problems and has held numer- ous positions with the government among these being Regional Repre- sentative of the Labor Division, Office for Production Management in Penn sylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey Assistant Director of Negro Employ ment War Production Board, and Director of Field Operations, Presi- dents Committee on F.E.P.C.
The union times., 1947-10-11
UNITED CONFIDENCE

United confidence that the forces of democracy and progress will prevail over the reactionary tide which put over the Taft-Hartley' Bill emanated from every section of the convention floor in the Civic Auditorium
 The delegates were expected to con slider Away attack on the predomi nant problem of the aft-Hartley Act:
 To challenge specific prOvi- siOns of the law in the courts and to seek a decision by the National Labor Relations Board Overruling NLRB Chief Counsel Denham's rul- ing requiring nOn-COmmunist affi- davits from all AFL Executive Council members.
 2-To negotiate new contracts with employers which will Obviate application of some of the strongest provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act.
 3-TO conduct a vigorous educa- tiOnal campaign, including the use of newspaper advertising and spOn- sOred radio programs, to rally pub lie opinion against the Taft-Hartley Act.
 4-TO intensity the AFL's pOlit- cal activities in the l948 campaign so as >tO. defeat those who voted for the law and to elect a new Congress which will have mandate to re- peal the Taft-Hartley Act.
 Aside from the crippling effects of this anti-labor legislation, the attention of the delegates was centered on two other major subjects.
 First union leaders were demand ing action to lower the cost of living. Higher prices, they charged, had wiped out wage gains and threaten the entire national economy.
 Second, the delegates appeared deep ly concerned by the recent develop ments in international affairs, es- pecially the aggressive attitude of Soviet Russia. To maintain world peace, they felt, an immediate show down with Russia IS necessary.
 Convention committees prepared to hold hearings on large numbers of resolutions and Executive Council
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The union times., 1947-10-11
Teamsters AFL's Strongest Union

SAN FRANCISCO-FP) = The Intl. Bro. of Teamsters entered the AFL convention with 6,250 votes to retain its title as the largest organiza- ton in the federation. Second place is a tie at 6,000 votes each for the United Bro. of Carpenters and the United Mine Workers.
The union times., 1947-10-11

As The Union Times sUent to press, scOrd sUGs receiUed from Washington that the NLRB had oUerruIed Denham by Al UOte, furnishing organised labor in general, and the IBEW in par- ticuIar sUith complete victOry in this instance.
The union times., 1947-10-11
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

We think it is important that Mayor Celentano and the Board of Education come to understand that Local 93S, New Haven Federation of Teachers, will have to be recOg- nized. at least to the extent that other organizations of city em- plOyees are recognized. The Teach. CTS should be represented on the Citizens Advisory Committee on Education, because it is in a posi- tion to make a positive contribution to the work of that committee. All thoughtful people agree that the Board of Education should hold a series of meetings with the Teach CTS Union to discuss the Unions recommendations in the field of salaries, in-service training, and in- crements. If the Board fails to do this, it will be remiss in its Obliga- tiOns to the community.
 The New Haven Joint Council of Municipal Employees e i V e d strong support from the Board of Aldermen this week for their just demands for wage increases which average about $235. The aldermen shattered all precedent by unani- mously adopting resolution re- commenting to the Board of Fin ance that provision for these wage increases be made in the budget for 1948. The Civic Advisory Board of the joint Council previously had recommended that these increases be granted. The Boards statement was widely read throughout the city.
 Citizens Housing Council of New Haven scored another victory this week when the Board of Aldermen took from the table the Councils resolution for a city-fnanced hOus- ing project, and referred it to a special committee for investigation and report. The successful mass meeting held last Friday night was largely responsible. Of course, the fact that a city election is in the offing did not hurt.
 Rev. Edward L. feet, former New Haven minister, who now is minister of the North Methodist Church in Hartford, is candidate for election to the Hartford City CounciL In New Haven, he was highly regarded by organized la. bor, and was elected an honorary member of Painters Union, No. l86. He is an expert on the prob. lems of working people, and his election would be a progressive move for all Hartford.
 Running on the same ticket with Rev. Mir. Peet are two other well. known liberals. They are Joseph Cronin, business agent of the Hart. ford Machinists, and Dr. Allen F. Jackson, former New England chairman of the N.A.A.C.P. All (Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1947-10-11

In one plant surveyed by the Blu reau of Labor Statistics an increase in the work week from 40 to 48 hours increased the injury fre- quency rate by 5O@o.
The union times., 1947-10-11

Maximum unemployment bene- fits under the railroad unemplOy- ment insurance act are $5 day. Maximum period for payment is 26 weeks a year.
The union times., 1947-10-11

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The union times., 1947-10-11
Resurgence Of UniOnism Seen All Over Nation
Will Result From Expressive Effects Of Anti-Labor
 Legislation

SAN FRANCKSCO.-RalIy- ing the forces of organized labor to mobilize their full strength for the drive to re- peal the Taft-Hartley Act, the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor struck an optimistic note i'm its report to the Goth annual AFL convention here.
 Without minimizing the harsh and oppressive effects of the new law, the Executive Council pre- dicted that 1t would serve to arouse the nations workers to a fighting pitch of union loyalty which is bound to result in a great reSurgence of the trade union movement.
 EUROPE WATCHES
 After assailing Congress and re- actionary employers for the enact ment of the Taft-HartIey Act, the Executive Council said in the intrO- ductiOn to its report:
 ''The action of Congress is dOubly regrettable because the world is looking to the United States for material help and for proof that democracy assures rights and opportunities for all national groups. Though the fighting war is over we have not yet won the peace for democracy. In the present crisis of international relations, all our national policies are under world review and directly affect our abil- ity to carry out our international programs. ReactiOnary employers used their great opportunity not to serve but to embarrass the cause of democracy.
 ''These efforts to handicap and weaken unions have reused wage earners of the United States who have the resOurcefulness and the faith to meet their difficulties i'm a way that will serve and strengthen our democratic institutions. The coming year will witness a revival of trade unions which will make each member conscious of his re- spOnsibilities."
 That the American Federation of Labor intends to fight this obnoxious and oppressive law with all its power and to carry on the fight relentleSsly until the law is repealed, was made evident by the expressed attitude of the delegates from 105 national and international unions, as we'll as State Federations of Labor, City Central bodies and directly affiliated local un-
The union times., 1947-10-11

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The union times., 1947-10-11

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The union times., 1947-10-11

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Evening star., 1947-04-21

They can, OF course, II they have been
given an opportunity to read recent
statements of President Truman and
other American oficials about conditions
In Greece. Yugoslavia and Poland. And
they must wonder whether all the west
ern world is mad, trying to stop commu-
nism In one place and swell its ranks
in others.
The United States, Latin American
and the British Commonwealth have no
need for IRO, u. N or Russia to solve
the DIP problem. 1t involves fewer peo-
pie than were resettled by Fridtjof Nam
sen and the League of Nations after
World War I. All it demands Is will, or
ganization and planning. Less than one
fourth Of the refugees are Jews; the
rest are Yugoslavs, Balts, Poles and
Ukrainiars, almost all Of peasant stock.
All Of them have proved that they pre-
fer exile and the horrid conditions Of
their present camp life to living under
communism.
Alaska alone could absorb many Of
them with profit to itself. Continental
United States, seriously In need OF farm
labor. could use them. Canada, Austria
lia, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina
all have plenty Of room. Certainly Rus
s1a can exercise no control over the Inn
migration policies Of these countries.
The truth is We too often use the
U. 3. s. r. as whipping boy for our
own sins Of omission and blame Soviet
opposition for things we could easily
solve ourselves. II We had mind to
do so.
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Art and Bikini

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is with q certain amount Of sad
ness that protest against the editorial
in The Star about art March 2l), and
also against the recalling Of the State
Department exhibition.
In one day 900 people went to
see the unsuccessful experiments OF
Cezanne" in New York. II 50 Of these
people would use their power to pro-
test ignorance and prejudice, 1t would
carry terrific weight.
That the opinions Of such an unin-
formed man rs Congressman Stefan
should be able to destroy such 4 well
organized and well chosen exhibition IS
the one for the State Department Is dis
astrous to free cultural expression In
America. There are many who may feel
that the 900 spent for the peaceful
message OF art to Europe Is well spent
rs compared with the millien-
In an experiment for destruction At
BikinL SARAH BAkEn.
Evening star., 1947-04-21
Press Conference

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