The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-19
union OFFICIALS
TRY TO CLARITY
STAND ON LABOR
Say They Are Doing the COun-
ty A Favor" by Stressing De-
mand for All Union WOrkmen

mand for All Union WOrkmen
"All workmen on the hospital must
be union members" F. Patrick AL
lender, business manager of tie
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, local No.
1924, A. f. of L., said yesterday
while he attempted to refute an edi-
torial published in last weeks issue
of The Republican.
Allender and two other union Of
ficials arrived in Oakland to discuss
employment of the county's idle la
borers with members of the State
Employment Service. j. P. Carroll of
the Cumberland State Employment
office, was present also and pointed
out emphatically that the Service
would make no discrimination be-
tween union or non-union jobs.
He said that those keeping jobs
would be told of the category it
might fall in, the amount of pay, and
hours of work, but "all we do is send
the man to a job where he is best
suited"
The discussion thereupon branched
into "rebuke" by the unionists of
last weeks editorial, with Allendcr
stating that he was doing the coun-
ty favor" by supplying skilled la
borers to build the hospital. He also
intimated that if the criticism did
not stop, he could use only Cumber-
land labor for the job"
Meyer Brothers, the contracting
company that is erecting the new
hospital, is bound by previous con
tract with the union stating that all
workers must become union members
within a given time 90 days., Al
lender said. If the contract is not adj
hered to, he added that he could tell
workers on other Meyer jobs that
some of the men on the Oakland job
were non-union, and they would walk
out"
f. W. Glasgow, supervisor of the
Meyers company here, verified the
statement by saying that eve have
to pay the union scale in order to
maintain our other operations"
In criticising portion Of the edi-
torial which reads: "unwanted labor
agitation that is appearing on the
horizon" Allender said that he had
been called here by several "dissatis-
fed" persons, but when asked whom
the parties were, he replied, That's
one secret l won't tell"
1t was brought out during the dis
cussion that the initiation fee for
carpenters would be $55. The fee
doesn't have to be paid in lump
sum, Allender said, it can be made
in easy" payments. But we're not
interested in the initiation fee," he
continued, eve want the men to join
the union and we want to keep them
there"
Several other contracting cont
panies in the county were brought
under fire, and it was made known
that the Griffith and Booth company,
which is building the Hamill struc-
ture on Third and Oak streets, who
also is bound by a previous contract,
is hiring non-union men. 81 could do
something about it if | wanted to-
Allender remarked.
The J. B. Mumma contracting COM
pany was also considered, with Al
lender stating Mumma was using
union men ON his jobs. This Mumma
denied last night and stated that
"while | don't object to unions,
can't afford to pay men union wages
and still compete with neighboring
contracting companies. tell the
workers my wage scale before hiring
them"
Here in the local employment Of
flee, men are referred to a suitable
job and he must accept or lose unem-
ployment benefits, except if the re-
quirement is to join labor union, G.
L. Briner, of the Employment Service
said.