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The union times., 1948-05-08

hundreds of thousands of dollars from physicians and drug houses"
 Tt has been repeatedly guilty" he said, "of using the vicious Hitler Stalin tactic of the big 1ie-as in labelling as 'conmunistic' health in- Surance legislation which has been in- dorsed by two Presidents of the Unit ed States and sponsored by six mem bers of the Senate.
 He declared that the committee calls itself "non-proft" but that "the three laymen running it profit to the tune of 10 to IA thousand dollars a year salaries, plus apparently unlimited ex- pense accounts.
 Actually, its biggest contribu-
 tions have come, not from doc
 tors, but from IA big drug manu-
 lecturers, Murray pointed out.
 1t says its purpose is to extend medical services to all the people, but its record shows over a million dollars spent ln opposing health legislation, and not a penny spent, or an action taken, which extended medical care to anyone" he said.
 Floods U. s. With Propaganda
 Tt has flooded the country with more than 25,000,OOO pamphlets and circulars distributed through every conceivable channel. It has arranged tor publication of more than 5000 tull-page advertisements in newspa- pers. It has swamped newspapers and other periodicals with everything from carefully angled news stories to can ned editorials"
The union times., 1948-05-08
Miners Pension We'll Deserved. StandardsShould A Banquet To Apply To Us All IA Fair Judge

WASHINGTON-(FP)-The pen sion standard set by the United Mine Workers Is none too high for the US government to set under the Social Security Act, Rep. John D. Dingell CD, Mich.) said this week.
 He introduced bill which would set $lOO monthly as the minimum pension for fully insured workers under the old age and survivors in. surance program. Top limit now is $85 monthly. Most single persons now get only $25 a month. Din. gelPs bill would set the retirement age at 62, another miners stand. ard, instead of the present 65 un. der the federal system.
 Dingell long a fighter for social in- Surance and progressive taxation, said the recent settlement of the UNIV pension plan clearly indicates a recog- milton of the economic hazards from old age and the need for increasing benefits to reflect the high cost oi living" Benefits have not been changed substantially since 1940, when the first payments were made.
 The plan, said DingelI, would call for no increase in present so. cial security tax rates. He added that the plan should not have to pay for itself entirely, but should draw on general tax funds if need ed.
The union times., 1948-05-08
Conn. Packers
 Warned On Law

Operators of fresh fruit and vege- table packing sheds in Connecticut to- day were reminded that the Fair Labor Standards Act-the Federal Wage and
 Hour Law-limits the school vacation period employment of IA and 15-vear- old boys and girls in this industry to elght hours a day, between 7 am. and pm, with weekly total of 40 hours. During school periods, the working time of such boys and girls, outside of school hours, is limited to three hours a day, or IS hours a week.
 Importance of these provisions to packers who ship their products in interstate commerce was stressed. It was pointed out that the basic mini mum age for employment under the Wage and Hour Law is 16 years, and cautioned packers that no boy or girl under that age may be employed in a manufacturing process, such as box making. Furthermore, the minimum age for employment is IS years in occupations declared to be hazardous for minors.
The union times., 1948-05-08

Judge Symes presides over the federal district court in Colorado and to our way of thinking does a good job of it. In a recent case he quoted the Taft-HartIey law, be. lleve 1t or not, to protect a union which was being prosecuted by the NLRB.
 The story starts with two electrical contractors named Gould and Preis- ner, whom the Denver Building & Con- struction Trades Council considered unfair. When a local contracting firm named Doose & Lintner hired Gould and Preisner the council posted notices at its union headquarters b1acklisting Gould and Preisner.
 The NLRB then asked Judge Symes to issue an injunction against the coun- cll under the secondary boycott pro- visions of the Taft-Hart1ey law. We quote the judges answer to this request:
 ''It is admitted that Gould and Preisners names were put upon a blackboard at union headquarters where the unions held their meet ings and the labor unions and mem bers congregate. That is a perfectly lawful act and comes within the exception of Section 8 (c) of the law which provides that:
 The expressing of any views, ar guments, or opinion, or the dissenina- tion thereof, whether in written, printed or verbal form shall not constitute or be evidence of any unfair labor prac- tice under any of the provisions of this act if such expression contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of benefit
 ''There is no evidence of any threats or reprisals and the mere fact that among themselves, in a private meeting place from which the public is excluded, arguments or views or opinions are expressed by the labor leaders to the members of their union, comes clearly with in the above provision of the law"
 A bouquet to a fair judge.
The union times., 1948-05-08

The new tax law is denounced as full of ''catches" that favor the wealthy at the expense of the many millions of low-income wage earn CTS in an article by Boris Shishkin, American Federation of Labor economist, featured in the current issue of the American FederatiOnist.
 Blasting the reactionary majority in Congress for chicanery and Legislative Responsibility, Mir. Shishkin empha- sized that the income tax reduction which went into effect May 1 does very little for the average worker but rains dollars into the already brim- ming cofers of those earning $25,000 a year and more.
 Suppose you have two dependents and that your net income is $2,500 a year, before exemptions" the AFL economist wrote. How much more cash would you bring home as the re- suit of the new tax law? The answer is that your take-home pay, or net spendable income, has increased 32 percent.
 PRETTY BAD
 "Now, how does that compare with the increase in take-home pay of the fellow who also has two dependents but earns $25,000 a year? Believe 1t or not, but the fact IS that under the new law those earning $25.000 a year will have their take-home pay increased 18.5 percent. And what is more, the man with two dependents earning $250,000 a year will have, his take home pay increased 56.4 percent
 ''See how cleverly the congress sional ma ajority set it all up to put it over on the workers? They gave the $2,5OO-a-year wage worker a palty percent increase in his take home pay. They gave the $25O,- OOO-a-year top business executive 56 percent increase in his. And, having done this, they cOntrived the illusion tkat their law was doing just the opposite"
 MT. Shishkin charged Congress lead CTS with "the worst kind of political double-dealing" for promising the peo- pie full support of needed national de- fense measures and at the same time cutting out lIIS ISVG1luc necessary to finance these measures"
 TRICKERY
 "Hell-bent on political victory" he added, ''the majority party went even farther and resorted to downright trickery in trying to- deliver to the voters reduction in their taxes and to make this reduction appear as bene- fcent and lasting boon."
 In his article the AFL economist focused the spotlight on one pro- vision of the new tax law which favors the wealthiest families in the country in special way. This as- pect of the new law has been com pletely ignored by almost all of the daily newspapers.
 Congress not only chose to permit income splitting between husband and wife everywhere" MT. Shishkin ex- plained. Tt went much farther than that. It also permitted the splitting of the family's wealth between husband and wife to avoid gift and estate taxes.
 "The chief benehciaries of this pro-
The union times., 1948-05-08
Shishkin Exposes New Tax Law JOkers Conferring Huge Benefit On The Wealthy

vision to the tune of $25O,OOOOOO an- nually, are the 12=000 most wealthy families of the country. The advantages of this new device to the wealthy may go even beyond this. Tax lawyers ev- anywhere in the land are now urging that every estate and trust be duSted off for complete revision and review, with the view of finding means for their clients to get additional relief from federal estate and gift taxes"
 Mir. Shishkin asserted that the tax relief for taxpayers with in- comes under $5,OOO a year aver ages sol per taxpayer, while such relief for taxpayers with incomes over $5,OOO averages $54l per tax payer. More than 95 percent of all taxpayers have incomes under $5,OOO and less than percent of all taxpayers have incomes above that figure, he pointed out.
The union times., 1948-05-08
Look For The Union Label!
EWING CITES CRAVE CRISIS
 Thousands Face StarVation ln Midst Of US. Prosperity

THOUGH the nation prosperity thousands Americans at the brink of starvation That disclosure hgighted appalling issued this R. Ewing chief of the Federal Security Agency
 Those relief and social rolls suffering the because the benefits they small food prices Ewing declared
 the Social Security he ad only $39 a month.
 "Ihe plight longer able ptlful iii the extreme,' Ewing explained
 indicate that thousands dependent
  shoes and clothing enable attend schoo Letters widows and V ros all mote of desperaton he said These tell heart rendng the barest necessities he declared He described the situation crisis and voiced appeal Congress bera1ze legislation relieve the
 We much think depend much and meanwhile peril, ignoring Ewing warned.
The union times., 1948-05-08
Is Low Rent Public Housing Political ?
MURRAY RIPS MASK OFF
 Senator DenOunceS Vicious Tactics Of Medical Lobby

The American Medical Association propaganda and lobbying agency, known as the "NationaI Physiciams' Committee," was given a rough going over in the Senate last week by Sena- tor James E. Murray (Dem., Mont.
 For years, the A. M. A. itself, under the direction of Dr. Morris Fishbein, has been fighting health insurance and low cost medical care. The Phy- sicians' Committee" evidently was set up to do the kind of dirty work" the A. M. A. wouldn't soil its hands with.
 A month ago we disclosed the methods resorted to by the N.. P. C. lobby in "smearing" health insurance legislation. As we reported, one of its raw stunts backfred. That was a scheme to bribe newspaper cartoonist, through $3,0O0 prize contest, to turn out cartoons attacking health insur- ance.
 Even newspapers which oppose health insurance denounced the con- test as plain bribery, and as result the scheme has apparently been killed.
 In speech on the Senate floor, Murray, who is one of the authors of the health insurance bill, described the whole nasty mess and lauded the pa pers for resisting this fragrant and vicious attempt to undermine the free press of this country"
 He described the Physicians Com mittee" as notorious and disgrace ful lobby managed by a few highly paid public relations men who. through misrepresentation, annually extort
The union times., 1948-05-08

the statistics mean. The feature writers for the big metropolitan daiIies had field day writing about people in cold water flats who woke up to find their goldfish bowls frozen.
 Best estimates by housing experts indicate at least 11a million homes should be built each year to make 8 dent in the problem. The most private builders have been able to construct 1T any one year since the war started is 750,000 At that rate the housing prob lem will keep on getting worse.
 PLAIN FACTS
 The root of the problem IS the sim pie fact that the people who need hous- ing are people with low incomes. Low income housing is not profitable. The real estate lobby has put on a master ful campaign to stop government housing program.
 Arthur Binns of the National Home & Property Owners Founda. ton said that people use too much space. That is the reason for the shortage. There is no record that Binns said this face to face with veterans who are still living with in laws. In Connecticut alone. 24,OOO
 Rufus Lusk of the National Assn, of Home Builders told a Senate committee that the shortage could be solved by raising rents. Then more people would be forced to double up and there would be enough vacancies to go around.
 The lobbyists have had a direct ef- feet on the Republicans in Congress At the same time, there is little enough for the administration to point to-
 Back in February l946, Pres, Truman set up the veterans emer' gency housing program. The pro. gram lasted all of II months. Al the end of that time House Expe. diter Wilson Wyatt quit. complete. ly blocked. The emergency pro. gram had turned out a record breaking total of 1,O25,OOO hous. ing units. But the administration cancelled ''Order L-4l''. ending the
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The union times., 1948-05-08
SELL. Adds 18th Bank In State

The Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund of Connecticut today announced the appointment of the New Canaan Savings Bank, New Canaan, Conn, to act as an agency bank in the Savings Banks Life Insurance system. The New Canaan Savings Bank is the 29th Connecticut mutual savings bank to offer over the counter life insurance.
 At the end of March this year sav- lngs banks in Connecticut had almost $10,000,000 of Savings Bank Life In- surance in force, representing over 10000 policies. Applications received during March amounted to $313,150, the largest amount of Savings Bank Life Insurance applied for in any sin gle month since the system was started a little over six years ago.
The union times., 1948-05-08

CAN'T STAY NUMB (DUMB)
 The housing shortage has been SO much with us for so many years that we all are little numb on the subject. The actual figures on the need for homes are startling.
 At least 31z million American faml- lies are living doubled up. Back in 1o40, the U. s. census showed that more than 7 million houses were in such bad shape they ought to be torn down. About Y million homes had no private bath, while 8 million had no gas or electricity.
 The bare facts in the census showed that AZ million homes had no central heating or stoves. It took last winters blizzards to show what
The union times., 1948-05-08
Write or Wire:

If you want favorable action on the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill. write or wire your Congress man. and tell him so. Here are the names of the six Connecticut members of the House of Rep- resentatives:
 William J. Miller, Hartford. Horace Seely-Brown, New
 London.
 Ellsworth B. FOOte, New Ha-
 ven.
 John D. Lodge. Fairfield
 County.
 James T. Patterson. Water
 bury.
 Antoni N. Sadlak, At Large. Write to the Representative who comes from your District, and to Rep. Sadlak, who covers the entire state. Address them at House Office Building, Wash ingtOn g, D. C.
The union times., 1948-05-08
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

CLASSIFIED AID in IrOntOn (O.) Daily NesUs:
 For Rent:
 Sleepin Groom, close in. We made our annual mistake a couple of weeks ago. The commit tees for the New Haven Central La bor Council banquet described John J. Miller as business agent of the Motion Picture Machine Operators. That's wrong, of course. Matthew W. Kennedy is business agent.
 Spring is here, but Big Steel has decided it's time for freeze.
 On wages, of course. Not profits. While in l945 corporations made $l in profits for every $7 paid out in salaries and wages, in l947 cor pOrations netted $l in profits for every $4 in salaries and wages. Rep. Morrow of New Hampshire has introduced a bill which would set the fighting borders of the US. at ''the approaches to the Atlantic. Gibraltar, the nations of western E uEOpe, the Dardanelles, Greece, Turkey, Iran, the Near East, the | Persian Gulf, China and the islands of the Pacific.''
 And look at how hard Britain had to sweat to gets ITS empire.
 It was good to hear that Croucho Marx radio contract has been re- newed and that the famous come dian will be back on the air in Oc- tober with his You Bet Your Life. His silencing was one of the queer est quirks of commercial radio yet seen. Scheduled to run through the spring, as all successful programs are, his series was suddenly can- celed a couple of months ago, aI- though it had developed sensa- tiOnal following. The reason: his sponsor could not fill the unprece- dented demand for its product, created by Croucho's popularity. So his success temporarily cost him his job ..
 Earliest use of the union label was in 1869 by a San Francisco car penters' 8-hOur league, which put its stamp on lumber turned out by blaming mills which had adopted the 8-hour day.
 Reading on a display classified ad in the Bethlehem (Pa.) Globe Times:
 BRASSIERE OPERATORS
 WANTED
 DUE TO EXPANSION
 BEEF STEW recipe in the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Eagle advised adding ''three cups water, bring to a boil, then turn heat low and
The union times., 1948-05-08
No. 349 Requests Full
 Attendance May 10th

All members of Local 34o. Plumb CTS and Apprentices of New Haven, are requested to attend the next regu- lar meeting of the Labor Temple on Monday, May 10.
 According to Business Agent Stan ley, Greising, this is an important meeting, as Brother Patrick Drew, U.A. organizer, will be on hand to an- -swer all questions regarding tools.
The union times., 1948-05-08
Everybody alks
 About Housing...
But Have You Written Your Congressman? Taft-Ellen der-Wagner Bill May Yet Be Blocked In House Of
 Representatives Unless Everybody Protests

You might think would favor housing program Only the casehardened real estate lobbyist deny that there housing shortage Like the politicians slogan % against sim housing ought to be a sure bet.
 Even and half after VI Day. housing bill only half through Congress- On April g the Senate passed the Taft ElenderWagner housing bill At that time making book on how the House would follow suit
The union times., 1948-05-08
No Oral Amendment

In a case concerning the Flintkote Co. in New Jersey, an arbitrator ruled that a contract signed with an inter national union cannot be amended by oral agreement with a plant committee. Three employees were reinstated with back pay as a result of the decision.
The union times., 1948-05-08
Sheet Metal

Another carrier, the Peoria X Pekin Union, has been brought under the banner of the Sheet Metal Workers. The union was certified by the National Media tiOn Board this week as bargain ing agency, following a check of authorization cards.
The union times., 1948-05-08

The most dangerous hour for motor ists in this state during 1947 was be- tween pm. and 6 p.m., according to the State Department of Motor Vehicles.
The union times., 1948-05-08
BRASSIERE OPERATORS
 WANTED DUE TO EXPANSION

BEEF STEW recipe in the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Eagle advised adding ''three cups water, bring to a boil, then turn heat low and simmer, covered, for three years.''
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-04
10 Hold District
Leqion Auxiliary

It was announced at the regu-
lar meeting Of the American LIE
gion Auxiliary that the District
conference viii be held in Yalki-
ma Saturday, November 6. There
will be q dinner in the banquet
room Of the Donnelly hotel at TOO
pm. followed by the conference
meeting. Price Of the dinner is
SITS plus tax. II is hoped that a
good representation from Kenne-
wick viii be present, Auxiliary
officials said.
There was discussion Of the
Community Chest drive at the
last Auxiliary meeting and the
organization voted to donate $l0.-
90.
A pot luck dinner for all MEM
beFs Of the Legion and the Aux
ihary viii be held November IL
at 600 pm, at the Legion hall.
Baked ham and coffee viii be
furnished. Families are asked to
bring utensils and a dish TO pass.
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company said, was being shipped
from the east. It viii be installed
by Ballaines when IL arrives.
The contest was In its third
week when Mrs. Peterson won
her prize and is now in its fourth
week. II is sponsored nationally
by Bendix Home Appliance, Inc.
for its dealers throughout the ma
ton and 81 prizes are being
awarded weekly. Winner Of the
first prize which Is a Hudson Sc
dan, is eligible for the grand
prize, q trip for two TO Honolulu
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any Misrepresentation and to
supplement any half-truths. In
such situations" Muir continued,
silence would make us q party
to deception Of our employees to
their possible harm"
During the past year, General
Electric has been developing q g.
point job Improvement program
based On surveys showing the nine
things people want most In their
Jobs. It Is the goal Of the com.
pany to have each job contain all
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letter 10 &c. Employees Outlines
Altered MISREPRESENTATION By AL

Emphasizing General Electric,s
position as bystander where un-
ion organizing efforts are con-
cerned, Roy c. Muir, vice presi-
dent Of G. E. and general man.
zrer Of the Nucleonics department,
has stated that employees Of the
company are free to join or not
to join unions as they individually
please.
He stated. however. "that II is
a policy Of the company In all Its
locations 70 speak out 70 correct
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unions are In separate village OPP
Grafton, not connected with pro-
duction and covered by different
contractsJ A second plant CY-l2,
has no union 1t al because the
$500 employees there voted
against going into any union. The
third plant R-25) has . CIO union
as its sole bargaining agent for
about 5000 employees.
In view Of these facts, those
attempting the organization Of you
here can hardly claim that all
permanent employees at Oak
Ridge are under q single contract
or are even all In bargaining units
represented BY AL. In TACT
ealy ESQ -ou1 q 1hs moro than
"a, 900 ps1mansaf operating en-.
ploYess q Oak Ridge are In the
ALL bargaining agency. Our
source Of this information Is. the
Report Of the Presidents board
Of inquiry Of March IS. 1913, ad-
vising the President Of the United
States as to the jufisdictional and
other strike threats to our ma
tional security by this AL union
group and the Statement Of Po-
sition filed with such Board Of
Inquiry by the employer on May
II, 194s.
Sincerely,
r. G. Muir
Vice President and Cen
eral Manager
NucleonicS Department.
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Pasco Woman Is.
Rendix Winner

Ballaines Furniture and Ap-
pliance store yesterday announced
that Mrs. p. A. Peterson Of 1916
East Lewis street In Pasco had
won fourth place in the sixty-five
thousand dollar Bendix washer
prize contest.
Mrs. Peterson's prize was q Kea-
vinator electric range, which, the
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EARNS DEGREE
Patricia Gilberg, Of Kennewicls,
was awarded her bachelor Of arts
nounced this week.
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