Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-02-18
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LOCAL 497, UAW-clo
STEVE 1. NOVAK. PRES.

ger is not yet an accomplished
fact, the AFL1CIO agreement is a
great step in that direction. The
fact that two great organizations,
with their differences admitted,
can agree to labor unity is remark
able in these days of so much dis
unity in the world.
The agreement reached by the
AFL~CIO Unity Committee sets the
course of a merger into a united
trade union. However, the agree
ment must first be accepted by the
executive bodies of both organiza-
tions. Once this is accepted an
AFL-CIO joint committee will be-
gin the task of writing a Constitu-
ton for the new organization.
Ii and when both AFL and CIO
Executive Boards have ratified a
new constitution it will then be
submitted to both an AF'L Conven-
tion and a CIO Convention for
their approval.
You can see this may take some
time. Their earliest hopes is to
accomplish this by the end of 1855.
A statement issued by A F l.
President George Meany and CIO
President Walter Reuther states:
'sThis agreement will preserve
the identity and integrity of the
more than 140 trade unions now
affiliated with the CIO and the
AF'L. These unions will continue,
under this plan to conduct their
own individual collective bargain
ing with employers, as in the past.
The agreement provides for vol
untary - not compulsory mer-
ger of individual trade unions in
the same field. The swift progress
made during the past two years
will be continued to eliminate
"raids" and "jurisdictional dis
putes."
'We feel confident that merger
of the two union groups will be a
boon TO our nation and its people
in this tense period. We are happy
that, In our way, we have been
able to help bring unity of the
American labor movement at a
tine when the unity of all the
American people is most urgently
needed in the face of the Com
raunist threat to world peace and
civilization"
Gottlieb Harnish, faithful worker
here and longtime member of Lo-
cal 497, died early Monday morn
ing, February Ia. Brother Harnish
had served over 20-years with the
Standard Products Company, a
conscientious, well-liked worker
He had been in i'll health for some
time and it was necessary for him
to take several sick leaves but each
time he returned to perform his
job to the best of his ability.
Brother Harnish was born in
Germany on January 26, 1899 and
was SO years of age at the time of
his death. Funeral services were
to be held at 2 pm. Wednesday,
February Is. We wish to extend
our sincere sympathy to his widow
and the Harnish family.
Jobs are opening up On the
Stamping line here at Standard
Products and recalls are due to
begin on February 81. Since there
are only six hale workers left on
our recall seniority list we are
glad to report that the Feb. 81 re-
call should completely take care
of that list.
The $219 million reduction in
General Motors tax bill for 1854
would pay Ohio's share of poor
relief costs for nearly Is years!
Thanks to Gladyes Grandma"
Estep for the interesting letter we
received from her this week. She
sends her regards to Local 497
members and says she hopes they
go for the guaranteed employment
plan because she thinks its good
thing to have for all workers. Bob
Calm and Rose Skinner are thank
ed for being so helpful during her
sickness.
We would like to hear from more
of our members who have retired
On our pension plan. And speaking
OF retirement reminds us that our
pension plan is good step in the
right direction but we have much
more work to do on the plan to
provide for the needs of retired
workers.
Bob Calm, Recording Secretary,
reports:
Ed Ludwig returned to work this
week after leave.
Floyd Finken and family were
in an auto accident which occurred
north of Port Clinton, Portage
River bridge.
Rose SINNERS daughter was in
the same accident but was later
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