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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

>. and I feel certain that en-
ploYers here can be made to
understand that our members
will take the day off for politi-
cal action" he said.
Regional Director Joseph Matt
son of the C1O United Auto
Workers greeted the proposal and
added that several states already
have laws providing for time off
to vote. We also have contracts
providing for it,"
A policy statement recently
adopted by the national confer
ence of the United clearinghouse
Workers union asserted "to defeat
the Taft-Hartley bill and assure
defeat of those who voted for it,
we shall take the necessary time
out on election day in order to
assure the highest vote in history"
President Grant Cakes of the
Farm Equipment Workers union
predicted that you can be sure
that if the ALL stays off to vote
election day, so will the CLIO and
railroad brotherhoods. But in
between there's just a heck of a
lot of work to be done. Other
wise the ballot choice come '48
will be between Tweedledee of
the Democrats and Tweedledum of
the Republicans.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
Open North Side
tenants office

The North Side Tenants
League last week opened its
new service office for the pub
lie at 1913 Broadway. Experts
on tenants problems will be
available for advice from 1880
am. 10 4:30 pm. every day ex-
cept Sunday. according TO an
announcement by Mrs. E. Zas-
low. chairman. and Mrs. Starr
Adler. secretary-treas
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

Predictions that the Taft
Hartley act would be fhe full
employment bill for labor at
torneYs are proving correct.
The AL Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers is already con-
testing the "anti-red" affidav-
its which must be signed by
union officials if they want TO
utilize the new National Labor
Relations Board.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
" Pop" Dearborn

President G. Soderstrom of the Illinois State Federation
had interesting, philosophical remarks
the Taft-Hartley Act last week.
Soderstrom hardly be classed progressive labor
leader he found that philosophers tell there good
everything Maybe the Taft Hartley law will unite the
wage earners of America
Remember the Boston Tea Party? Perhaps this
labor law will make them political-mnded That
would be good There are 100000 people gainfuly
ployed in America They should writing the labor laws
in these United States. Some day they will"
president of the ALL federation in this big indus
trial discouraged mo Congress- human
power he sad stop the onward march of labor and
enemies of humanity please note No Divine Power Will"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
Courts Get New Business

The IBEW is already de-
manding action by the Nation
al Labor Relations Board on
the basis of mon -subversive"
affidavits.
The AL union is preparing
its own Misunderstanding 10
sign affidavits presented by the
NLRB. And IFS officers are
ready to go on up TO the U. S.
Supreme Court for a decision.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
How About Constitution?

Secretary Treasurer Victor A. Olander of the Illinois
Federation of Labor tells the 18th amendment to the
constitution ouawing involuntary serviude in the field of
labor relates to labor and to nothing else" and empha
sizes that he TaHarey Act cannot destroy the const
tuition"
"ThG constitution" he insists SIS for the usethe effec
tive and continuous useof the people of the nation and
not only for blind worship"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
Clio Campaign funds

Go unions are raising tens
of thosuands of dollars here TO
conduct their own political ac-
tion campaigns. One method is
the Buck for PAC" Political
Action Committed. In addition
there is the one-cent per capita
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
Lobor sv-Doy
AFL's idea for labor election
day holiday catching hold here

cton Day of myb become a
made
Presden
makers Ttiartey
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

CIO leaders here were quick to
endorse the idea, although most
of them refrained from specific
comment, pending further discus
sion.
CIO UNIONS have long sought
contract clauses setting aside cleo
ton days as holidays from the
shops and they are now contained
in several contracts throughout
the nation, according to former
Congressman John Bernard, dis
trict legislative director of the
CIO United Electrical, Radio &
Machine Workers of America.
State CIO President Joseph Ger
mano, who is also head of District
81 of the United Steelworkers of
America, refrained from specific
comment on the proposal for the
holiday.
Steel union officials awaited
specific comment from CIO Presi-
dent Philip Murray.
Germano explained: The drive
to collect 81 contributions for :.
the CIO Political Action commit
tee is going even better than we
expected. All international un-
ions are making it the Number
One job"
MANY unions throughout the
nation have frequently sought to
make election day holiday.
legally written into contracts. A
question being considered by vari-
Gus leaders is whether the day
can be taken off without violating
contracts, whether employers will
make agreements or whether
workers will simply take the day
Off to mobilize votes.
President R. G.. Soderstrom of
the powerful Illinois State FEEDER
alton of Labor told ALL members
here that "an attractive sugges-
ton has already been made :"
that election day should be made
holiday. "This," he said,
would give wage-earners of AM
erica chance to go to the polls
and vote against any federal law
maker who voted for the Taft
Hartley bill.'
SPEAKING for the Joint Board
Of the CLIO International Fur &
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

Captain William P. Odom
has broken all round-the- world
flight speed records and he was
billed for appearance at Sol
der Field on Labor Day. Odom
is a member of the American
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

assessment to locals.
The question still remaining
is why CIO. AFL and other
unions can't pool their resourc-
es for common n d S which
have already been announced
as parallel.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
ALL Brings Odom Here

Federation of Labor air pilots
association and participated
with other ALL members in
the program at the Field.
Everybody on the program was
a union member.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

Leather Workers union here, Lew
Goldstein greeted the Green pro-
posal as IAN excellent idea"
This is one time I can agree
intellectually with Bill Green
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

Coming soon will be an I'm
radio broadcasting station
owned by Go. License for the
station was obtained by the
CIO United Automobile Work
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06
Legal Papers Fly

Typical of attempts by corporations to utilize the Taft
Hartley act that of the Globe Company against Philip
Murray and virtually everybody else in the leadership OF the
Clio United Steeworkers union The suit originally filed
the company against the union July g. according to WSW
Attorney Frank Donners letter The Star. thrown
out of court.
Then the full impact of TIL and the company filed
again. with the allegations and the demand Tor
Injunction asserting the union broke contract clauses The
company demands $4,000 in damages The suit is pending
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-06

exs union. which is also lead
ing the parade in starting new
stations in Detroit. Michigan
and Cleveland. Alan Saylor
will return here for finsl ar
rsngenents soon.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
National Marine Museum

With the addition to its collection Of
the Joseph Conrad, last of Americas large
square -rigged sailing vessels, the Marine
Museum at Mystic, Conn, near New Lon
don, is on the way to becoming the Ma
tion's most interesting storeplace of sea
relics. Begun in a small way only few
years ago by group of prominent lovers
of the sea and it's tradition, the museum
today is an attraction for sght-seers from
all parts of the country. There may be
seen some of the wooden ships which
once composed part of Americas pioneer
whaling fleet, with other craft, rigging
and paraphernalia reminiscent of Mystic's
heyday as leading whaling port and
shipbuilding center
The ceremonies several days ago at
Mystic in connection with acquisition of
the Joseph Conrad may serve to remind
some Washingtonians that a historic ma
tional marine museum once was planned
as part of the Federal park and building
development program in the Potomac
Park area. Under original plans for War
and Navy buildings between Constitution
Evening star., 1947-08-28

and Pennsylvania avenues. west of Seven
teenth street. provision was made for a
basin near the foot of Constitution avenue
in which were to be stored such national
relics as the U. S. Frigate Constitution and
the u S. Frigate Constellation. The Con-
stitution, still in good condition, is
anchored at Boston, where she was on
active duty during the war as flagship of
the commandant of the First Naval Dis
trict. The Constellation, which similarly
served as flagship of the commandant of
the Naval War College at Newport, r. l.,
recently was overhauled at Boston and
towed back to Newport.
These historic naval vessels properly
should be on exhibition in Washington
where they could be visited by the thou
sands of citizens who annually come to
their National Capital The old ships would
serve their maximum usefulness as objects
of veneration and inspiration if they were
permanently displayed in national ma
rine museum in the Potomac River.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
Check Those War Souvenirs

Formation of the Know Your War
Trophies Committee for Washington and
vicinity fills a need that has become
urgent since the close of the war and the
return of veterans loaded down with q
variety of souvenirs of battle. Most of
these mementoes of war service are of the
harmless type, but some have proved to
be extremely dangerous. There have been
numerous reports from various parts of
the country of exploding grenades, shells,
flares and other devices sent or brought
home by combat veterans In most of
these accidents it developed that the owner
had assumed" that the souvenir had been
rendered SAFE
The new trophies group is composed of
experts who not only can determine
whether such objects really are safe but
can make them harmless in the event they
are still dangerous. The committee, COM
posed of representatives of the Army,
Navy and Treasury Departments, the
National Rifle Association and police ballis-
ties authorities, is. one of many groups
being organized for this public-safety
service throughout the country. These
experts not only are available to deactivate
bombs and other explosive missiles, but to
advise recipients of captured enemy guns
regarding registration requirements of the
National Firearms Act. This statute re-
quires registration Of machine guns, sawed
off shotguns and similar weapons that
might find their way into gangster hands,
through theft or sale. It will be to the
interest of the souvenir-loving public to
take full advantage of this new type of
accident-prevention service.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
High Cost of Bricklaying
Wages Only Part of It. Say the Employing Buders More
Serious Is the Low Production
BY Frank Acosfa

weekly newspaper recently reprinted side
by side in its editorial column two classified
ads from The Star. One asked for 10 brick
layers at s24 day. The other asked for an
accountant-veteran for $50 week.
Whats wrong here?" asked the paper How
can veterans desperate for homes deal with
such situation9 You can't buy new home
for less than $4,000 and under present prices
you can't pay for the house unless you earn
at least $40 week. Why should bricklayers
get such fantastic wages to build houses out of
reach for thousands of homeless veterans?
Elsewhere, at the same time an international
official of the bricklayers' union was visiting
contractor who had written him complaining
that his hricklayers were slowing down to the
point Of flaving only 400 bricks day. The
union official remembered laying $500 day
himself during the depression. Conscious OF
today's antilabor public opinion he suggested
to his members that they might bring it up
to at least 1000 bricks a day.
eff you're so hot get out from behind that
desk and come out here AND lay 'em yourself"
he was advised.
Plenty Of Other Jobs Available.
One of the biggest contractors in Arlington
said:
IT can get about 450 bricks day out of them
under the best cOnQlClOnS, DuG IT. SIlu only d
third of what they were laying a year ago.
They know if they get fired they can walk
around the block and get five other jobs"
A local contractor, says:
"Producton is so per cent off what 1t was
three years ago. I get an honest days work
out of few ld-timers, but most Of them are
fy-by- might. The trace needs new blood and
competition the worst way"
The "old-timers" totaled 1000 in the
District in 1910, but local union officials.
apparently wary of the number Of "jacklegs"
masauerading as trained bricklayers, refuse
to estimate the number here today.
Thus, the bricklayer, highest paid of the
building trades workers and still the most
important in the building of new homes and
apartment projects, gets the blame for hold
ing up the national effort for veterans housing.
Even his familiar assertion that labor is
still accounting for only 80 per cent of the
total cost of house is disputed by the con-
tractors.
Absolutely dead wrong said one Of them
II can show you my books to prove that labor
is costing me at least 43 or A per cent of the
total, and it's getting higher"
E. H. Boeckh and Associates, Washington
copsulting valuation engineers, recently re-
ported that in 1899 the cost of quality homes
was equally split between materials and labor.
but that in April of this year it was 63.5 per
cent for materials and 36.5 for labor.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
Judge Raedy Defended
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The letter to your worthy paper entitled
Same Yardstick for All" reads as if it were
written by one who has his eye on the chair so
ably presided over by our most efficient Judge
Raedy I, too, say "let the chips fall where they
may" but on the other hand I say let this
alleged misdemeanor be tried on its merits
in the right place and by the right person, not
by the newspapers.
Our distinguished Judge has been tried and
retired by our local papers for much too long
time They have been most unkind, most un-
the press attempt to brand and discredit the
word of this lady? I feel they are being most
prejudicial in their attitude toward her. ,
All of the space which has been used in this
scandal-mongering attempt to embarrass our
worthy judge could have been put to excellent
use-for instance, it might have been used to
run down sex criminals, highwaymen and other
public enemies, who make our streets unsafe.
Again, say Judge Raedy has been treated
shamefully by the press. She made her state
ment and it should stand and be accepted
until found otherwise. She says she was not in
the car at the time of said accident, but she Is
willing to pay for any and all damage to the
other car. What more can any good citizen do?
do not know Judge Raedy, nor have ever
seen her, or spoken to her. have heard her
voice only over the air. I, for one, have great
respect for her, and I will not lose jot Of
confidence In her as a judicial officer because
the press and the writer of the letter to The
Star are trying to make much ado about
rothing" A. G. P.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
DR.. WissIer

Dr. Clark WisSler was the last OF the
great pioneer group of American anthro-
biologists. He belonged to the company
which included Major John w. Powell
Frederic Ward Putnam, Daniel G. Brinton
Lewis H. Morgan and Franz Boas His own
distinctive contribution to expanding
knowledge of the primitive peoples of the
New World, however, was as important as
any offered by his predecessors or con-
temporaries. He was a syStematizer of
facts, an architect of ideas. Working in
the Museum of Natural History in New
York from 1902 to 1912 he organized every
thing relating to the Indians accumulated
there The task was prodigious in size and
complexity, but it badly needed doing and
he had the genius demanded by the job
A staff of assistants helped in the labor
but the leadership of Dr.. Wissler cannot be
discounted in fair appraisal of the result
The exhibitions of artifacts and cultural
treasures which he supervised set an
example for other museums and widely
were copied to his delight. Thus what a
relatively few scientists had rescued from
the past became implements for more
habitants of this continent and of their
neighbors in Asia. A helpful aid to this
comprehension was map of Indian civil
lzations which Dr. Wissler developed. His
hooks also had the effect of bringing order
out of chaos. The reader emerged from
his experience with them equipped with
a new appreciation of his individual place
In the universe.
: Dr. Wisslers own mind was notably
receptive. He was no doctrinaire, no dog
matist. Specialization to him was mo-
mentary convenience, never rigid limita-
tion. His interests ran through the whole
ramut of life He shut nothing out arbi-
trarily. The ethnography of vanished
times in his Judgment was of single piece
With that of today and that OF tomorrow
He was devoted believer in human power
to conquer circumstance. Even the atom
bomb did not frighten him. He was an
optirist by conviction because the impact
of human progress gave him reason to be
Evening star., 1947-08-28
SquubbIe Over the Armoy

Who owns the National Guard Arnlory?
The people of the District paid for it.
Although it was built as Guard Armory,
other civic uses of the property were con-
templated at the time. The Commission
ers say they are the ones who must make
the terms and conditions for its use, when
the Guard is not using it, and collect the
revenues. The Guard maintains chat the
building is it's property and is proceeding,
on the theory that possession is nine
tenths under the law, to contract for its
lease to others from time to time and
collect the money.
The controversy could occur nowhere
else. For nowhere else in the country is
there so much confusion and overlapping
of jurisdiction between authorities who
are appointed by others to decide matters
affecting people who have no form of
representation themselves, but who pay
the bills.
The National Guard, in Washington, is
Federal organization, subject only to the
call of the President. The Commissioners
have nothing to do with it. But when the
Armory was built, the Commissioners were
charged with the responsibility for it's
construction, subject to consultation with
the commanding general of the Guard
During the war the building was leased
to the FBI, under agreements reached
with the Commissioners and the District
collected the rent. AS the Controller Gen.
eral has just pointed out, in an advisory
ruling, the Commissioners seem to be the
proper authorities for rental of the build
ing. A 1888 statute, approved before the
Armory was built, provides that "All build
ings belonging to the District of Columbia
shall be under the jurisdiction and control
of the Commissioners. Title to the build
ing rests in the name of the District. The
Guard contends that it is custodian for
much military property. housed in the
Armory Unless it has complete response
hility over the building, 1t cannot assume
accountability for property stored there
The controversy ought to be settled, and
quickly The Commissioners should have
control of the building when the Guard
Is not using it for Guard purposes The
money earned by the building should be
paid to the District. Legislation to that
SlcCG was 1HG1OdoICN, OuU 1loe ~,
In the past session of Congress. Such
legislation should be amplifled by provid-
ing specifically for management and use
of the building in the interests of all the
people of Washington, and that would
include the National Guard. Unless the
point of jurisdiction is cleared up,
So 100000 capital investment In the Armory
by local taxpayers, who are also charged
with a 100000 annual maintenance cost;
will not yield the returns that are possible.
The Armory is not the civic auditorium
that Washington should have. But 1t
comes closer to an auditorium than any,
thing available. Sound business manage
ment should prescribe it's use for the
benefit of the people who paid for it and
the management should be responsible to
the Commissioners.
Evening star., 1947-08-28

THE only answer the Arlington builder
continued. 'is more and more apprentices to
alleviate the shortage of workers and to do
away with the premium prices we have to
pay for men who won't work."
Unfair" says union man. 1--WE have put
on 1000 bricklayer apprentices since W. day
and are still taking them In at the rate of
$50 month. That's more than any other
union in the building trades. Hire more
apprentices and we'll take them in"
The important figure, however. Is not tie
apprentice but the qualified bricklayer. And
most home building contractors do not blame
the union for the current slump in individual
production.
Human Nature Blamed.
It's just human nature" said the District
builder. "The bricklayer knows building
prosperity is here, and he remembers the dark
days of the depression when he had to work
for go cents an hour and like it. He knows
contractors are working like mad while the
market is hot"
Union business agents admit that their
members can even sit back and negotiate be-
tween the two locals in the District for the
better wages. Local No. l supplies bricklayers
for all commercial and Government building.
Local No. deals with home builders
The bricklayer who, for instance has been
working on the Navy Ordnance Building at
White Oaks, Md, can either stay there and
be sure of a long run at straight union wages
or play the housing market and take his pick
OF any of a dozen big private housing projects
for more money. The union business agent is
powerless to stop him.
Sure, I'll get the best I can" replies the
bricklayer. And $24 day is not so much
as 1t sounds. We can't possibly work more
than IS per cent of the year. when you take
into account bad weather, week ends and
holidays. We get no paid holidays, no paid
vacation, and we lose time between jobs. Fig
ure that out and it comes to an average
weekly pay of just about $40. Why shouldn't
I take the best-paying job I can find?
'The trouble with half of these contractors
is that they are paying union wages for brick
layers who haven't even had six months
training. let alone three years of apprentice
ship. How can they expect to get a days
work out of jacklegs, helpers and floaters?
"And don't forget this The union is taking
in as many apprentices as it can put to work
But what's going to happen in few years,
If the makers of prefabrcated houses get their
prices down where people will get interested?
What becomes of us then? During the de-
preston there were so many bricklayers around
you could get fired if you Strengthened your
back That may come again. That's why I'll
make 1t while It's here"