The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-27
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they ought TO be eqaully fascinated
by other construction, industrial
and service processes, Ornburr
reasoned. So why not stage a nam
moth demonstration showing how
hardworking men and women build
and manufacture the things that
make America great? Why not at
the same time show that the finest
products of American industry are
made by union workmen under top
flight union conditions and that the
products bear the union labely Why
not, indeedi
The immediate result was the
first AFL Union Industries Show
in Cincinnati in 1888. In 1916, the
show was in st. Louis, in 1913 it
was in Milwaukee, and last year
it was in Cleveland. The 1850 Phil
adelphia show, estimated to cost
half a million dollars, will dwarf
its predecessors.
Practically every AFL union
will be represented, and more than
300 companies will participate dir
ectly. Thousands Of firms will be
represented through unions or
through commercial associations.
The entire show will be contribut-
I'd by the participating unions and
concerns. The mile and half Of
booths and demonstrations will
prove, as Matthew Vol, AFL Vice
President and President Of the
Union Label Trades Department,
put it, "that in value, quality and
craftsmanship union-made-in-Am-
erican products are unexcelled any
where in the world"
Woll, who is director Of the
show, anticipates that upward of
half a million people will attend.
However many come, they will be
well rewarded. Woll says "the ex-
hibits will be vibrant with life and
action. Firsthand, the public will
see superb and skilled union work
ers in teamwork with their fair
employers actually turning out the
merchandise which has no equal in
the world"
Take television, for instance. For
most of US it's a twist of a knob
and miraculous play of light and
shadow on a screen. Visitors to the
Union Industries Show won't see a |
solution to the miracle, but they |
will see members of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers actually manufacturing
television sets, by arrangement
with Chicago manufacturer.
Or take bricklaying. At the
Union Industries Show you'll be
able to view the finals of a nation
wide bricklaying contest for ap-
prentice brickmasons, conducted by
the Bricklayers, Masons & Plast-
erers International Union. The 1850
champion will be one of the so fin
alists from among 10000 candi-
iates from all over the nation.
They will compete for four cash
prizes. After you've watched them
you'll have some idea of how exact
ng a trade bricklaying is.
The Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks will have a eyecatcher. It's
AIKEN over 5000 construction hours ,
o put together the model inter- ,
ocking transportation syste m /,
which will demonstrate how Rail-
way Clerks handle their response ,
'ilities for railroads, steamship ,
airlines and bus COM :
,anies. Sleek streamliners and ,
freight trains, built to
Gale, with tiny figures actually
'erforming the duties of men and ,
women, will demonstrate the COM
'lexities of transportation as mere :
words would never do. Ii
The Retail Clerks International
association will have scale model !
f big city department store. t
Jerks and customers. will move
cross the merchandising floors.
my elevators and escalators will ;
e working models. Tiny automo-
lies will move in and out of the
arking space. Visitors will under
tand, perhaps for the first time
ow a big store is operated and
hat kind of service department.
tore employees really give.
These are just sampleing of
ne kind of exhibits by which the
Inion Label Trades Department
ill demonstrate American indus
~ and commerce to the public.
here are hundreds of other ex-
mples. For instance, visitors will
ee cigar makers at work and be
sminded that the man who found
! the AFL, Samuel Gompers, oncel
ade cigars in New York and rose
} international eminence from the
lnks of the Cigar Makers Union.
LENDERS of the Stove Mountersl
Union will assemble
as and electric stoves on the floor
Convention Hall-and manufac-
rers will give away go stoves and
eaters. And so on through the
'ster of industry.
"The purpose of the Union In
lstries Show is to emphasize to
e American people that organ-