Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-05
Typos Vote
For
tn Fight

A4N04AA4NAAA SGAO3 NA6A Ill -
.(LPA)-Though it suffered a
setback in federal court here,
the international Typograph-
ical Union-AFL is determined
to fight all the harder to prevent
d struction of its hard-won
gains. That was made clear by
ITU officials this week.
The setback occurred in the
court of Judge Luthe er M.
Swygert, who sustained constitu-
tionality of the injunction pro-
visions of the ft-Hartley Act
This was the first court ruling
on that phase of the law.
Backed by all branches of
organized labor, the typos" had
challenged the validity of the
injunction mill" section of the
law, and on that basis had asked
the court to throw out the in
junction sought by Robert N.
Denham, general counsel of the
National Labor Relations Board.
Swygert Denies Plea
In denying the unions plea,
Swygert declared that the in
junction procedure in the law
did mot violate the due process
principle" The judge also re-
jected another typo" argu-
ment - namely, that the NLRB
under the act had no legal right
to delegate to D e n h m the
power to seek injunctions.
Judge Swygert set March 3
for hearing on whether to
issue an injunction and ITU Of
ficials made it clear that the
flight has just begun" and that
they stand ready to carry the
battle against an injunction to
the highest courts if necessary.
Meanwhile, the ITU armed it.
self with a million-dollar a
month defense fund to carry on
the battle against Taft-Hartley
shackles. TYPO" officials de-
clared that almost complete un-
official returns showed better
than-two- -to-one majority in the
unions recent referendum favor
ing SO payroll assessment to
build up an effective protective
fund.
Levy Boost Figure
Hitherto, the assessment had
been u of one per cent, which
raised about 100000 a month.
The new levy will boost the
figure ten-fold.
The ITU staged another signifi-
cant counter-attack in Phila-
delphia against the "harassment
policy" of Denham. There, Ger
hard Van Arkel and H e nryI
Kaiser" typo" attorneys, pull
ed out of an NLRB unfair labor
practice" hearing against the
union.
Van Arkel and Kaiser sent
formal letter to Denham explain
ing their decision. They pointed
out that the NLRB had already
issued nine different complaints
against the union, all involving
the same issues, and that three
are already being litigated be-
fore the board representatives.
AS a matter of fairness, they
demanded that Denham cease
flinging new cases against the
union until the old ones are
disposed of and decisions are
laid down.
Will Accept Decision
Van Arkel offered to let the
boards decision in any pending
case apply to all of them, to
avoid costly rehashing of the
same issues in case after case.
A new strategy in the unions
struggle for wage increases,
without being tied to the Taft
Hartley straitjacket, was applied
this week against commercial
printing firms in Philadelphia.
There, to break a long dead
.ock on wage demands, 900
printers stayed away from their
Jobs. Sinclair L. Muir, president
Of Local 2 of the "typos" de-
,lared that "this is not strike"
out 'the men merely do not
desire to continue their employ
nent under the present wage
scale"