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The union times., 1947-12-20
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Harry Feinmark, Joe TrianO, and George Sanders are heading a dele gation from New Haven Typos, No. AZ, who will join the picket line at Hof-Brau restaurant Monday night. Many locals are planning to send delegations during the coming week, with the Typos being first. (Who said ''As usual?'')
 New Haven A.F.L. unions more and more are becoming active in the affairs of the city's health and welfare agencies. The election this week of Saul Kreas, business man. ager of Local 186, Painters Union, to the board of directors of the New Haven Tuberculosis Assn., is an- other link. President Vincent J. Me Govern of the Central Labor Coun- ell is a member of the Board of the Salvation Army; William P. En- right, vice-president of the Coun- cil, is on the board of the Family Society; Stanley Creising, business manager of the Plumbers, is a member of the Rehabilitation of the Physically Handicapped Conn mittee; Mrs. Rose Brunswick, of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees, is on the Board of the Community Chest; and Nathan Sherman is vice. president of the Jewish Family Service, and board member of the Council of Social Agencies. Carl c. Hoff, Musicians Union, is vice. chairman of the Rent Control Ad- visory Board; and James DiLonar- do, Bricklayers Union, is a member of the Housing Authority.
 A LOST-AND-FOUND advertiser reported this hard-luck story in the SaIt Luke City (Utah) Telegram ''Lost-Keys on three rings, has four-leaf clover and rabbit foot"
 The Greek governments decree prohibiting strikes of any kind was criticized strongly last week by the American Mission for Aid to Greece, OHllAOF1HCu HI duNduCc dDOuL Iuc move, the Americans felt that some of the good work achieved months ago when the missions labor divi sion helped to settle a general strike threat and set up the precedent ot collective bargaining had been un done.
 We'll wager that those who are working overtime to wreck the overtime law are getting lot more than time and a half for their eff forts.
 There's a willing candidate to lend hand to any Presidential as pirations that glory-minded Gen Douglas Macarthur may have.
 Sen. w. Lee (Pappy) O'Danie CD, Tex.) this week said he had been urged to run for vice-presi
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The union times., 1947-12-20
Railroad Attacks Anti-Labor Ads

Washington (LPA)-The feather bedding ads which railroads have been running in newspapers and maga- zines turnout the country were repu- diated last week by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in a letter from its chairman, Robert R. Young, to all rail labor leaders.
 We will make no further contri- buttons to the budget of the Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference" said Young, "because we are convinced that the activities of this group have tended to injure 1abor-management re- 1ations."
The union times., 1947-12-20
AFL Asks Peoples Mandate On Labor
Small Business Group Speaks Out

WASHINGTON-FP) A Re- publican proposals that business be al lowed to talk over voluntary" plans in an anti-infation program without hindrance by the antitrust laws brought a quick blast last week from the Natl. Federation of Small Busi- ness.
 A wire from that outfit, boasting 'the largest individual membership of any US. business organization, to leaders of both House and Senate small business committees said 1t "strenuously opposes any bypassing of the antitrust laws, and we see no jus tifcation to permit this to be approved by the government"
The union times., 1947-12-20
LABOR MINISTER

H n (LPA) - Francisco Aguirre, appointed as Minister of La Dor for Cuba last week, is the first union leader to hold this post.
The union times., 1947-12-20
Teamsters Lose In Missouri Court

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (FP) - Mlssourl'S supreme court has ruled that union cannot refuse to handle nonunion products. Such action, the court held, is restraint of trade in violation of state laws.
 The decision, handed down in a case involving local of the Int1. Bro. of Teamsters (AFL), reversed a county court decision which had dissolved an injunction against the union. The lower court was instructed to enjoin the union.
The union times., 1947-12-20
NLRB Examiner Disagrees With
 Big Boy Denham

WASHINGTON = (FP) - An NLRB trial examiner, acting with little apparent care for his own job. has recommended dismissal of an employers charge that a strike re- sulting from failure to reinstate a discharged worker constituted cOer. cion and restraint of other em. plOyes in violation of the Taft. Hartley act.
 The bold trial examiner is Horace A. Ruckel, and he recommended dis missal of the complaint issued by none other than his boss, NLRB Gen Counsel Robert N. Derham, charging the strike was called to force the company to violate its contract with the United Boot & Shoe Workers (AFL).
 What happened in this, the first trial examiners decision since the new law took effect Aug. 22, follows:
 SPONTANEOUS
 The Perry Norvell Co. at Hunting ton, w. Va, fired Pat Tryee, a work CT, and on its. refusal to reinstate him, the strike began spontaneously Aug. 21, 1947 while the plant was under contract with the AFL union, against which Rucke1 said there had been some dissatisfaction.
 Then the company filed unfair labor practice charges against the United Shoe Workers (CIO) and the Perry Norvell Shoe Workers Committee (unafiliated), charging them with in- terfering with the right of the AFL local to represent the workers.
 Efforts of the AFL local to get the men to return to work proved ineffec- tive, and on Aug. 25, the unani1iated committee was formed and the plant was effectively tied up until Oct. 21 when the company attempted to re- open it despite picketing.
 PEACEFUL MEANS
 Trial Examiner Rucke1 declared that the strike did not take place until the arrangements final rejection oi the request of Local 613 (AFL), and the employees, that Tyree be reinstated to his job." He said it seems clear that "the peaceful means" available tc the employees were exhausted, "and that the strike which followed was no, in violation of the contract, and it is so found."
 Ruckel said there was ''no actual restraint or coercion exercised by the respondents herein, or their agents," and that the story of Boss
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The union times., 1947-12-20
School Bands Out In Commercial Shows

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-(FP)-Free use of school bands and drum corps in parades staged by commercial organ izations has been ruled out in an un- derstanding reached here between the board of education and Local 325, American Federation of Musicians (AFL).
 The matter came to a head when a neighborhood businessmen's club asked for school participation in a parade described as a non-commercia1 civic enterprise, but actually staged for the benefit of the neighborhood stores. The request was turned down.
The union times., 1947-12-20
Radio Union May Strike

New York IPA)-A Jan. 1 strike date which would affect most top net work radio shows originating in New York was authorized last week by the Radio Directors Gui1d-AFL unless collective bargaining agreements are reached with the NEG, CBS, and ABC networks and Station WOR, New York outlet of Mutual.
 William Sweets, president of the New York local and director of the "Gangbusters" program said the Guild is seeking to remedy "gross inequities in the radio directors pay situation. ,
The union times., 1947-12-20
Celentano May Intervene In Hof-Brau Case
Central | Labor Council Urges Mayor To Act For
 Community

The following self-explanatOry letter was sent to Mayor William c.. Celentano today by Vincent J. Me Govern, president of the New Ha- ven Central Labor Council:
 December Y, 1947 Dear Mayor Celentano:
 We know, that as Chief Executive of our City, you are greatly interested in harmonious relations between or ganized labor and management. We know that you realize that the entire community suffers when either organ ized labor or management refuses to settle disputes.
 Tt is for these reasons that we are writing to acquaint you with the sltua- tion which now exists between Local No. 4O4. Hotel and Restaurant Elm ployees, an affiliate of the New Haven Central Labor Council, and the man. agement of the Hof-Brau Restaurant at 39 Church Street.
 Because it was indicated that re- duction in wages was about to be made by management, the Union, al most six weeks ago, was forced to withdraw its members from Hof-Brau. This was not done until some seven weeks after the contract under which the men were working, had expired. Unable to obtain new contract, and faced with a 16 per cent wage cut, despite the marked increase in the cost of living, the Union had no re- course but to take the action it did.
 "The cooks, walters, and bus boys walked out to a man. Some have worked there 40, 30, and 20 years. The quality of their service is well known. Believing that Local 404 had just case, the Central Labor Council ap- pointed a committee to meet with management and learn its side of the case. This committee consists of Jo- seph M. Rourke, Hon. James P. Gee Ian, and Nathan Sherman. After a two-hour conference with manage mert, the committee reports that man. agement will not agree to settle the points at issue through arbitration.
 'We contend that an employer who is unwilling to submit his case to ar- bitration is harming the community. The American way to settle disputes, when they cannot be settled in any other manner, is to have both sides place their claims before an impartial body, and abide by their decision. This the Union is willing to do, and was willing to do even before the contract expired last September.
 ''We know that it is not within your province to take sides in any dispute However, We know from past expert ence that you accept the responsibility of doing everything possible to end situations of this kind.
 "We therefore call upon you to use the power and influence of your office to intervene in this situation. We fec certain that with your assistance, the Union and management can find ways and means of settling this dispute. We suggest that you call representatives oi both sides to your office, and insist that the men go back to work and the dispute be submitted to arbitration.
 Organized labor is prepared tc agree to this plan. We believe it to be fair, and we believe you will benefit the entire community if you can con. vince management that it too has { responsibility to the people of this City.
 Sincerely yours,
 VINCENT J. McGOVERN,
 Hp%o oesIou4o
The union times., 1947-12-20
Wyatt Comes Out
 For Truman In '48

Washington (LPA) - The Demo cratic National Committee announced last week that former Housing Expe- diter Wilson w. Wyatt will be chair man of the Jackson Jefferson anniver- sary dinners, fund-raising affairs for the Truman campaign in 1o48. Wyatt at present practicing law in Louis vile, is also chairman of the Ameri. cans for Democratic Action.
The union times., 1947-12-20
Meany Appointed
 To US. Prison Board

Washington (LPA) = President Truman last week appointed AFL Secretary Treasurer George Meany to succeed the late Robert J. Wyatt as a member of the board of directors of Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
 The AFL has for many years op- posed the use of prison labor to com pete with union labor.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
-ERANK-LY SPEAKING
Scene: A restaurant

quizzically, he saw the guys
face was grim but satisfied.
Coming right up" he said.
AS HE turned toward the
kitchen, Joe saw the flash of an
American Legion button. Joe
hunted for Little Orphan Annie,
partially aware of a telephone
being dialed in the back room.
Joe waited persaps 10 min
utes,. half realizing that the
other man was looking out the
>door, apparently looking for
something. Joe heard a motor
stop. A car door opened and
closed. AS joe looked up, the
other guy appeared relieved and
hurriedly brought in his break
fast. Almost simultaneously, two
plainclothes cops entered and
came straight toward Joe.
This him?" one asked the
guy. The guy nodded.
''All right, you," the other
cop said. You're under arrest"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

supplies can be diverted into
essential channels, instead of
being siphoned off into nom
essential but more profitable
branches of the economy.
Each aspect of this anti-infla-
ton program is tied in with all
the other aspects. Initiation can
not be halted without price
control. Food prices cannot be
rolled back to June 1916 levels
without the use of consumer
subsidies. Rationing is required
for fair distribution so that low
income families can make their
purchases at ceiling prices. AL
locations are needed to prevent
the diversion of scarce goods
and commodities into specula-
tive channels.
THIS anti-inflation program is
not a cure-all. But it is the es-
sential first step towards curb
ing and rolling back initiation
airy prices. With the lid clanped
down, it will still be necessary
to curb prolfiteering through an
excess profits tax and to raise
purchasing power through an
other roundo wage and salary
increases.
Unless Congress acts prompt
1y to enact this anti-inflation
program, prices will shoot
through the sky and ruin liv-
ing standards as well as the
economy.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

looked at the Trib cartoon, not
only did your eyes fail to light
up but you showed you didn't
like it. That's gonna make the
Colonel madder'n anything else.
Let's see now, Adolf" he said
to the man behind the counter
with the American Legion but
ton, that makes six counts.
Right"
Right" said Adolf, tearing
off the check and handing it
to the cop.
Listen, you guys" Joe said,
I'm an American citizen.
Where do you get that stuff?
Who do you think you are?"
'You poor fish," one said,
"where you been? Ain'tcha
heard about the new laws just
passed in congress to preserve
American freedom? Went into
effect last night. We're going
to keep this nation free even
if we have to lock up every
body"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
Frank I5l|:Il Davis

Arrest" Joe gasped. What
for?"
"Your breakfast is un-Ameri-
can, that's what for
''Un-American? What are you
fellows talking about?"
YOU ordered scrambled eggs.
Only a Communist wants to
mix things up and confuse the
issue. You asked for sausage.
That's one of them foreign
words. You said you wanted
whole wheat toast. You want
to change our American tradi-
ton of plain white bread. You
called for coffee with lots of
cream. That shows you're an
agitator, wanting to mix up
black and white, another of
them Red ideas. You didn't
want spuds, so you must be
trying to overthrow the econ
omy Of the sovereign states of
Maine and Idaho.
Whats more, when you
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

all prices are controlled, the adj
vance of initiation will not be
checked.
The second essential is price
rollbacks. Ceilings at the pres
emf unconscionable price levels
would simply legalize the goug-
ing of the past l6 months. Pric-
es of essential foods like meat.
dairy products. bread and flour.
and fats and oils should be
rolled back to the levels of June
lS46.
Part of this rollback can be
financed out of the exorbitant
profits of professors and dis
tributors. The rest of the roll
back should be financed with
consumer subsidy programs.
The cost of this subsidy pro-
gram would be about So billion
"a year. BY contrast, uncon-
strolled food prices have cost
the American people an addi-
tional $12 billion a year and the
bill grows larger every week.
THE third essential of the
anti-inflation program is ra-
tioning Of foods that are scarce
in relation to total domestic and
foreign demand. Rationing of
meat, for example, would en-
able workers and their families
to get their share at fair prices.
The fourth essential is a sys-
tenn of ALLEGATIONS so that scarce
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
100 years Of Harvester
VS.. formers, workers

THE Bureau of Agricultural
Economics of the u. S. .Agri-
culture Dept. reported Nov.
that the index of farm machin-
cry prices had risen to 214 in
September as against 185 for
September 1916 and 152 for the
5-year period between 1859.
Thus tractor which now costs
So, 140 would have sold for
81 ,840 last year and 81, 500 dur.
ing the five years between
1859.
The package INC prepared
for its workers for their ami
versarY present is union
busting drive. The first gun of
which was fired during the
days of the festival at Soldiers
Field. It came in the form of
q letter from the company pres
ident TO all INC workers who
were members of the CLIO Farm
Equipment Workers. and char
acterized as irresponsible radi-
Gals" the union leaders. local
and national. who built the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

international leaders all assert
the record shows that INC has
provoked work stoppages in its
plants by fighting proper job
classifications in violation of
its union contract, and by its
stubborn refusal to settle work.
ers' grievances.
Union leaders say the Nc
CafferY letter is exhibit A
under .Taft-Hartley.". Ne xt
year. when contracts expire. il
is possible that trouble" will
arise for both farmers and city
workers as the big companies
may decide TO use the law as
an excuse TO refuse TO bargain
with unions unless the workers
comply with such ultimatums
as the McCammerY letter.
These companies would like
to see unions reduced to the
status of social organizations,
dehorned and emasculated,
with as much fighting ability
as new born lamb in a chill
ing rain. Since the farmers who
use and the workers who make
farm equipment will certainly
attempt to make their next 100
years better than the last, we
must assume the advocates of
Taft-Hartleyism are in for a
rude awakening
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

should have sold for much less.
INC also failed to exhibit how
it always waged relentless
war against the men and women
who actually nodded and built
the farm machines when these
workers sought better living
and working conditions.
How INC bilked the farmer
who bought their equipment
can be seen in the 18th quar-
terly report of the now Destroy
ed OPA, by Paul A. Porter. In
a chapter titled Critical Eco
nomic Developments, Porter
showed how price increase in
farm equipment. of IL per cent
would have covered the wage
increases granted by Harvester
in 1916, still leaving the COM
pany with sky-high profits. In
stead IHC stuck on increases
amounting to 81 per cent,
which they increased by anoth-
er 8 per cent later in the sea-
son.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
By HOMER AYRES

THE old saying that the
i first 100 years are the
hardest might apply to farmers
who buy farm machinery and
the workers who make it, but
it surely doesn't apply to the
International Harvester Co,
which celebrated its first 100
years of making farm machin-
cry and money with lavish
and recent much-advertised
display at Soldiers Field.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

had to write anything down..
Out OF the corner of his eye, as
Joe looked at the cartoon lam
basting Russia and England and
grimaced slightly as usual, he
felt the other man watching
him intently. AS Joe looked up
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
but who decides what's

what?"
sThe new Un-American COM
mittee, you dope, with gen.
eral as co-chairman. They know
the way real Americans ought
to think. We're on the special
police force to see that every
body keeps in line. You didn't.
We got agents everywhere, just
like Adolf here"
How about the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights? l got
some rights
Don't you worry about that.
The un-American committee
has power to decide what they
mean"
But this is an outrage. Tell
ing me what I got to eat
ooh yeah? Well, you amt the
committee, see? You didn't kick
when we jailed the Eislers and
Dennis three years ago. You
didn't say nothing at the Holly
wood film hearing. The good
Americans backed us up when
they elected Republican Pres
ident in 1948. We got a mandate
from the people.
you're just one of them
lousy radicals what wants to
be different from what's good
enough for the rest of the ma
ton. Come on, let's go!''
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

strongest union in the history
of the farm equipment indus
try.
This letter would have been
illegal before passage of the
Taft-Hartley law and was hot
national news. Labor leaders
are of the opinion, inasmuch as
INC Pres. John l.. McCaffery
is on the board of directors of
the Natl. Assn. of Manufacture
ers, that his Letter has national
significance as the first test
barrage by any corporation into
the direct affairs of a labor or
ganization under the new law.
They point out to the farmers
that it comes from the same
NAM hopper which now holds
some rotten eggs soon to be
used against farmer and con-
sumner cooperatives.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
nLAIN Joe Doakes

i dropped into a little
restaurant on his way to work
this November morning in 1850.
Gimme two scrambled eggs"
he told the guy behind the
lunch counter.
SCRAMBLED" the guy asked,
unbelieving. did you say
scrambled"
yeah, scrambled. What's
wrong with that?"
The guy made a note, pre-
sumably on a lunch check.
What .else?" he asked.
Sausage, whole wheat toast
and coffee with lots of cream"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

What INC fail
ed to exhibit in
its century of
progress S h o "
was the shame
full manner in
which the farm
erS who use the
machinery have
been taken for a
r d e all these
long years by be-
!, pay monopoly
machines which
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

He wrote. it all
down. g w h a t
about spuds?"
mo potatoes. +"
Joe turned to his
copy of the Trib-
une and glanced
at the front page,
vaguely wonder
ing why, if he
didn't order po-
tatoes, the guy
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

undermined by galloping infla-
ton. Congress has the respon-
sibility of voting Immediately
for a system of controls that
will put the lid on prices.
THE first essential of the
anti-inflation program is price
control at all levels of produc-
ton and distribution. Unless
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
A S CONGRESS- meets in

A S CONGRESS meets in
Aspecial session, it finds
that the nations No. l problem
is initiation. Soaring living costs
have already forced millions of
families to pull in their belts
in an effort to make ends meet.
Unless Congress acts quickly to
curb initiation, runaway prices
will destroy the living stand
ards of the American people.
There is no need for time
consuming debate on the infla-
ton crisis. Experience has amp
ly demonstrated that the only
way to overcome the initiation
threat is to enact price control
at once. To make price control
effective, consumer subsidies to
finance price rollbacks, ration
ing and ALLEGATIONS are also
needed.
IN THE last 16 months of
price control, despite sabotage,
living costs went up 5 per cent.
But during the first -16 months
without price control, living
costs shot up % per cent. Since
price control was destroyed, re-
tail food prices have gone up
40 per cent and clothing and
household furnishings h ave
risen Is per cent.
And the cost of living is still
climbing. During the past three
months. living costs have been
rising at a rate of over Is per
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

cent a year. BY the end of ls47.
1t the present rate continues.
living costs will be more than
70 per cent above the prewar
level. That will mean that The
purchasing power of The pre-
war dollar will have shrunk to
less than 59c.
The health and welfare of
the American people are being
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

MccAFFERY'S letter advis-
es Harvester workers to see to
it that their union e a d ers
change their policies which
have evidently been too sue
cessful in the past. The union
leaders also point out that in
stead of the company having
labor trouble" the workers
are actually having company
trouble" Local, regional and