The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-30

holding most southern states for
the Democratic ticket. Atomic
Energy Commission c HARM n
! David Lilienthal agreed that atomic
workers should have collective
bargaining rights, but aroused CIO
wrath when he added that UE
didn't seem good security risk.
4 OCTOBER-At UNIV conven-
tion, John l.. Lewis served notice
that the miners will insist upon
full employment. He warned the
operators that if they don't stabil-
ize the industry UNIV will. 4.
LaboTs Committee for Truman e.
Barkley announced it would award
cash prizes to the local AFL or
joint labor committee which did the
best job of increasing Democratic
votes in November. First prize
winner turned out to be Central
Labor Union Of Somerville, Mass.
=. CIO oil workers in California
were forced into bitter strike
which ended in 121ac wage gains
at the end Of November. The
ITU-AFL was permitted by a fed
eral judge to continue supporting
striking printers, but had to yield
to interference with it's collective
bargaining program. In two
TIL cases the NLRB cracked down
on large scale picketing by CIO
unions despite the entirely peace
ful nature Of the workers protests. |
/. :. A good natured outfit called
the Natl Apartment Owners assn |
announced that it's prepared to
spend quarter-million dollars to /
kill federal rent control. De- /
troit contractors said they wanted /
no part of Denham's crazy scheme /
to poll building trades workers on
the union shop question. They were /
prepared to take the AFL's word
for it. Reluctantly the NLRB aban-
doned its expensive polling plan.
. Labor's greatest effort in
October was going into the election
fight. All of labor was working to-
gether in behalf of state and con-
gressional states, and most unions
were pitching for Truman too.
Dewey, was clearly identified with
the anti-union forces that had con-
trolled the 81st Congress.
NOVEMBER-Harvest day had
come. Scores of Taft -Hartleyite
congressman were retired. Over
confident Republican faces got
longer and longer as Truman plur-
alities mounted up. Henry Wallace
and his CP friends were shocked
by their barely a million votes.
Labor did it," the President HIM
self is reported to have said when
his election was secure. Demo-f
,ratic chairman j. Howard McGrath
and Labor Secretary Tobin repeat
I'd their prediction Taft-Hartley
repeal pledges. The Commun-
sts, however, vowed to keep the {
party in existence,
and that groups national commit I
zee echoed the promise. s. In the {
most spectacular refutation to date I
If the myth that workers don't !
are about union security, nearly 5
1910 of the $4,000 ILGWU-AFL "
members who make women's coats /
md suits in the NY area voted for
/ union contract. The Amerl- Q
an Federation of Musicians-AFL, ]
that if the government I
would okay a proposed welfare /
und contract the recording ban |
would be over. As the Chicago e
strike entered its sec a
md year, the ITU-AFL declared II
hat it is in full compliance with n
III court and NLRB restrictive a
riders. -. NLRB General Counsel +
Robert Denham proclaimed that he
vas carrying on Taft-Hartley en- e
election or no election. n
republican congressional commit n
ees were getting in their last I
icks too. . The Textile Workers 0
Jnion-CIO decided to start at once y
is campaign for 10c wage in 3
rease. The AFL's annual con- n
ention met in Chicago. LLPE L
7as commended and made a per $
nanent part of the AFL structure. u
10 and unaffliated unions were
rged to unite with the AFL. A u
trong legislative program was IL
out-Taft- Hartley re- o.
cal, health and housing legisla- n n
ion, civil rights, better social +
acurity and minimum wage pro- 7"
isions, and an attack on the high ;.
ost of living. Reports from Euro III
can fraternal delegates brought III
ONE to the convention the correct 80
ess of the AFL's traditional op- -
Dsition to Communist totalitar- II II
nism. =. Then all eyes turned to III
ortland, Ore, where the CIO was y
its convention. President -
urray left no doubt in the minds
the handful of pro-Communist
hon chiefs that CIO won't permit
em to retard the organization