let have faith that right makes might
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LINCOLN MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON , D.C.
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"Let us
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INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION
DAVID DUBINSKY FREDERICK F. UMHEY
By bringing to its members unrivalled working conditions, as well as substantial off-the-job benefits, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union stands high among the progressive lahor unions of America. Add to thil one of the most enlightened public relations programs adopted by any organixotion, in or out of lahor, and it can be understood why the ILGWU enjoys a high measure of respect among nearly all circles of American life.
David Dubinsky, who h,n been characteriled as "/I five-foot-five powder keg," is the energetic. imaginative president of the IlGWU. It WIIS he, 18 yean ago, who become head of the union .... hen it had 40,000 members and $1 ,000,000 in debts. Today, it has over 400,000 members and aneh of over $75.000,000.
To Frederick F. Umhey, executive secretary of the union, belongs much credit for the estoblishment of advanced heolth and welfdre plans in the lodies' garment industry. He is one of labor's outstanding stotesmen in this specialiled field.
The "Journal" has endeavored to relate tho IlGWU's outstonding success story in this issue. And we take this opportunity to wish the organization continued success in the years to come.
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Abe Lincoln, bcliC\'ed by a Jot of AmPric-ans to be the gre",!.'"t Amcrican or thcm all, madc a lot or atatements that have become famoua. &lme or these slatenlcnts of the Great Emancipator, wholie birthday il cele brated February 12, are printed on the following page. Lincoln's thoughts
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on the role of labor are good reading. This month Ihe JOURNAL cOlltillut'.s
its series on the work of the Intt'r. national Office with a stor), on the micro-filmin!!" dCllartment.
To fIC(' how your Congre.lJ9mt'n and Senatonl voted on Taft- Hartle)'. turn to paltt' 14.
* ..... FFILI ..... TED WITH THE ..... MER IC ..... N FEDERATION Of LABOR
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 0. W. TR.\CY
Intrnwtiol!ol Prf'si(letlt 1200 Il)th St .. N. W. Washingtoll 6, D. C.
J. SCOTT M n,N.' I Jltrrl!atifJllot Secretary
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UNITED STATES POSTAGE
SAMUEL GOMPEAS
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Aut' Lincoln - Ma n uf th e People Lincoln hall bcen cullL'(\ II mun of
the jl.eoJllc. li e WIIS II man of t he I)('oplc- thc lnbol"ing I)('oille. ..1,11 who w(>rt' downtl'odd('n or dl'prc,,!K"d could look to Lincoln and find und(,l'1Itanding and hope. If Lincoln W('N' alive tadll)' h(' lIurclr would IX' :1 champion of org:tnized labor. Il l' would hal'(' Illlldc a splendid union bool' IC:ld('r.
lIel'(' ;11"(' II f('w qUl)l('1I from his writingll and II I><"cchell tllk('n at nUldom which prow' him to 1)(' a man -of and f()t· the pco lll\·.
" L:lbor ill ,.wiol· to, lind ind('pend('nl of, ctlpital. Cllililni ill onlr lhl' fl'uit of labor, ami could nev('!" h:lve ('xilll(>d if laOOI' had not 1i1'S1 ('xist('d. I...abol· is the lIullel"ior of capitul, und dp\!('I'\'('1I much thC' higher C'l)nlli d~·mtion."
"As labor ill thc common bUI'(IC'n of our nI('(', 110 the ('!rort of IIOn1(' to shift l11('il" 8hal'(' of the burden on to the IIhould('I's of (llh(' I'1I ill th(' great dufltbl(' curIW of th(' I71C(,."
"Prol><"I1.)' ill desirabl(', ill a posi. tivc good in the world. Lt'l not him who is houscleS!i pull down th(' houS(' of nnother, but let him wOI'k dilig.'ntl}· and build onc Cor him!;elf, thus b)' exnmllh' nlllluring that his own IIhali be saf(' from v;ol('lIc(' when built."
" In giving fl'Cedom to the IIlave we aS8ure fl'eedotll to Ih(' fr('('hononlble nlike in whllt \\.(' gin' and what we PI1:!IICI'\"C."
" I belie\'e thill govcn\lIIent cun· IIOt endu r(' l>erlllanently hnlf slll\'e and hIM rr('c. I do 1I0t eX I>ect the ullion to be d ililloh 'C'd ; I do not expect th(' houllc to filII ; but I do expect that it will CCIII<' to be divided. I t will become nil one thing, or a11 th t:' other."
" T hiH is :l world o f com jX'llliation and he who would be no Sill\'(' must conscllt to hn\'e no Ilnl'e. TholW who deny Cn-edolll to otherll deser\'c it not for thclllseivell, lind, undcr a jUlit God, lhey f:annot long 1'('
lain it."
" 1 n('ver knew II mlill who willhcd himself to IX' II slave. COll llider if you know IIny good. th ing thltt no man dellil'1)8 for himself."
"Govcrnment of thc l>eOlllc , br the jX'oplc, for the pcople."
" My faith in the IltOPOlii t ioll that each 1ll:1Il 8hould do Iln"cillCl)' ;111 he
1'hf 8im/lle di.fJllity of A lITa/WIll tine!)l" ilf nf/cded ill 1//1' (lTcllil(:('lure "f Ihe .l/clllorilil 10 him ill lI'u1IhillytOI!, V. C., hrTe rcf/ert('(1 (m IIH' surface of Ihe l?eflf't'tillfl /'0(1/ whit'h lies IJf!/It't'l"JI it um/ the
1I'(I.~hill!f101l .110I/lmu'nl.
plt·alSeli with all which is exc!ulli\'('I)" hi'" own. lies at the foulldation (If th(' scnse of jU8tiCC there ill in me. I ('xt('nd the p rinciple to com· muniti('s of men all wcll as to ind ivid ull!!!. I so extend it beCIIUS(' it is Ilolitically wis(', as well as mllllrally just: politic:ll1 y wille in II:W
ing UII fl 'om bl'oilll about maUNIl which do not eonce l'1l UII."
" I go COl' all IIhllring thc Im l"legell of the gOI'cl"l1ment who llssist ill bearing its bUI'(Jen."
"As I would not be a IIlave, 80 I would not be 11 mallt.('r. Thi ll cxIIlX'SI!('II my idea o f de mocrllcy. W!tllle\'CI' ditTeJ'8 f"om thi ll , to Ihe cxte nt of the difference, ill no d ('IllOCI"aCY."
"Let us have rai th that r ight makcs might; and in that fa ith let us 10 thc cnd , dare to do our duty :18 wc understand it."
"Among frc-emcn there can bc no lucCt'lisful appeal from the 001-lot to thl" bullet, and- they who tnke such appeal are sure to lose thcil' C:llIC and 11IIY the cost."
"Il hall long been a grave quelltion whethcr any govel'1lment, not too SlI'ong for the liberties of itl l>eoil le, can be strong enough to maintain itll cxistence in great emergencies. 'I
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"" '~:lIU \~ I\OIlI,',r HUtI ,·1111.11('11 .f\.. hltH' IOIlA' Iwltl I h(' ,Ii", bWI ion of l~ill!! ,h" be~1 ,h',·""l'(] in the wol'll!. B{'hind til(' ht'ulltifully dr·'-" .... ',] lIollywt)I}(\ I!IHIUIII' ~i1'l. Ihl' 1'luliHI111.\'.{'lothl'd "(l('i('I,' ,Id" ,h(' 11(>111. .1'i1U .... oung' hlll'ill(· ... ' "tlmllll. ,Il{' IHJllI('lIIaIH']' in 11\'1' 1'1'('''1, ("olton how,.' fl'{wk. ,h" liUh· ,('I1/lIl\ :,!irl in h(>I' "'111'1'11('11 l'illlll'lll'l' lind ld01ISI\
stands IL "USI 11)')11,' ,)1' "orkin),! w('n 1111d women whu lnl1\)I' '\lIil,l' 10 k,'\'p them ull clotlH'd ill '<111111'1 ('oml'or!. Th{'~(' are tlw lIu,lIIlK't· ... ill' lh(' I ntcr'l111t iona I 1,lIdi.,... t ;al'lt1{,II\
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Spectacular Success
or nil til(' inh·l't· ... lilll.: "'Iot'it·.., of the ris('s of wOI'k,'r--:. rC'tol'lied in unnals of .\. 1". (II" I,. hi,,\ol",\', Ihal of' 111(' t ial"nl('llt ""(lI"kl'l"s i'! P('I'hllp'i \11(' mOSI inlel'('>;liulZ and ('l'rwirily tllC' mosl I<p{,('ln"\il:lI'. 1'01' Ih('il' IIl1ion lil'lrd ,h"111 nlll of tht, degrnliatioll and Inl>;(,I',\' of the ,,'1)1'.;:1 "w('111 "Imps Ill(' world 11I1'! l'q~J" kn(}wn lind pUI Ih"111 in ('I('an '!lIn1tnl'Y workillg plnt'C'>; with 11('-
Journal for February. 1950
1"{'lIt pay lind r"'u""lIuhll' hlllll':-., :tIlt! in alillilion IIJ1)\"i,II'11 \":II'alilub lIn.1 hl'allh 1M.'I1C'li, ... :111,1 1·,IIII'lII1"11 1'01" IIII'm.
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II I till' ,'arl." 1\1IY>;, whill' ('olldi, thJ1ts in wllllt \\'('1'(' I\IH"\11 II" "ill' .;:i,lt,·· ~hI)Jl" 1'('g'IIIHI" fill,tol"ies Wlil'I'(' ~llI ' IlWl1ts '\('1'(' IlIad(' W\'l"e d(']Ilur'ilhll'. it 1111" 1111' "I)II\"il\C''" >;hUI)S wllic·1t I'I'I'HI('II ("(11I,liliOIl" "'0 tl'rl'ihl(' IhHI il 1-; IWI"II ill tlu' ..... dll,,">; :111(\ lillII'" III l'l'alizC' thaI 11w.' ('\{'r ('xi,,\<'I.1. TIlt' '" nll"i,\(''' 01' ('01111"(\1"1 "hop "llI',III!! 11111 nl th(' "-,"stell! whC'l"('h." III(' IIII"!!(' !lUlUU' rlll'\I1I'('r, I he 0\\'11\'1' of lilt' '" ill"ille" '!hop, fanned flul 1111' gantlenh wlli('h wel'e flC'si/!,III'ti HI111 ('ul Oul in hi'! shop, to Iw "("\"II {'isl'wh('rC'. 'I'ht, "oulside" 1l1Htlllf:I('IIII'(' 1'
H/!'I·t'('d 10 do elU'h Int at >;0 nltlf·h !II'/' gal·/III·ILI. '1'h('I'I' WII"I no '!tnllllal'O\i1.alioli (If pl"i('('" 0 1' W:I)!('S 01' >;h,}p I'ondilioll". 11I,,,tillll(' Ill'Op!C'. PIII'liNlluri." ptlf)1" immi!!I'an,'!. W(\I'(\ /!'Ind \0 1><'l"fol'tll nn.'· kind of wO I'k
lu ~I't II littl(, III\IIH'Y hI ke('11 hod~ 11111\ ... oul t01!I'IIh"1" alit! '>0 111(' ];l\1
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SjH·t'lid 1I11t1 ('OllljlClitiot1 1!I'l'\\' 10 n fr'{,l1zi('d piteh. ,\f1, 'l' II whil(' tl1l' iIISlll,· tllnl1ul"a(,tlll"l'I' 11\1 IOIlI-!:I'I' :1(', "I'ptl'd ('ompel;ti,,(' bids. lIe .1\1 ... \ sr i 1I 101l'-llilll"lIlI." 10W-PI'iN', l1ud SOllie 1"01111"11('\01" alway" sl!appNI il lip ellg"('rly lind hi.~ POOl" (itm III rt)\ld('n \\"ol"k('1'S took :lnollwl" ('111. \\'a;::("1' W('I'(, 1t'l"I"ihl(', I n th(' lalli'" ) o,;"U'" WI)IU('II clOHknmkel"o, \I(lrkill/!, itllil'lillih' hOIlN eanled a" littl{' II;; ,111'(>(' anti II huH dollnl"i :1 wf'{'k, I n 'iQl1Je S('('tUI"S I'-) ('enb; W,I'"
Illl Ihnt was paid fOI" tllakin~ a whol(' ('Ionk. linin)!, Irillll1lin;,{ lind 1111.
Ortell wOl'kel'S hod to pa~' fOl'
th(' Wi{' or theil' 'lewing' I1Hlf·hilleS
1I11d WIII' II thl'.'· \\'("'1' eh'l'tr'ilied the," Ilud In JIll." for III\' pOWC'1' 10 1'1111 th('I1I, In some "IM(,s OWn' was II .... '·sl('111 of lim's whieh still J'l\I·tlwl' ,'('(\tW('1! til(' POOl' WU'II1{,111 workel..,'
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l,L,G,lV,U, flctiviliCB for ils mlJmbcrship arc lamollR, At right, 811yli8h classcR n"t< held to 1))'cparc ,.rcc.~/ 1111-migru'l/If for citi;:CIlBhip, UeiQ14), a wo)'/."cr gets all eye e;cumi'latioll, amI, at lower right, Unity Ho,,../:, tite
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wag-es, For' iWiltltlCl' 11 I"{'p(lrt from the );lew York Bu rca u or ImhO!" Statistics issued in l ROO ]"(,pOI'I~ thut berol'o new spoolfi of ~ilk f0 1" 'iCwing were givclI out, lire old elllpt:-' spools Illid to be retl11'l1('d and if onc was lost a fine of :'0 ('(,lIt~ had to h(' I)aid,
1'hc1"C \\'118 j 11St no I"Cg-UI;ltioll of haUl'S of work lit aiL In sillek sellsons, 1-1 nnd l r) hoUl'~ WIIS the norlllal dll,\', I n bUfi,v spa~OIlS,
people si mply worked to the point of exhaustion, Sometime after' midnight, workers, mell and womcn alike, would s natch 1\ few hours rest, often slecping 011 their "bundles" right in the shop,
3-W ay Menace
_\nd thosl' shop:;! 'I'hey wcre located ill Ill<' low slum nn'ns in the hll'~er I'itics whcre Ihe peoplc lived, 'I'h('y wel'c mtJlY, 1I0t only I'l'om Ihe hcalth st,mdpoint hut mOl'ully nnd liocially as well.
Those ill lower .Enst side> New YOI'k WCI'(' lh(' WOI'St. A factol'? inspectol' 1'01' New '~o rk ])11\(le t)lC
following rePO l' t on what hc tcrl11('d 11 t,vpienl shop, 'I'he ,veal' was 1893,
" '1'hi" was the shop of n cloakmakcr, who used one room n~ n shop for his workers, while the
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othe l' thrce t'ooJllS we1"e supposed 10 be u~ed fOl' dOlHc<;tie plll'POSes only, his flllHily cOllsi'>ting of his wife and S('\'CII ('hildrCll, In the r'OOlll adjoinillj.!' Ihe shop, u~d as the kill,llI'II, IIlt' I'!' was II l'l'd-hot ,;;to\'e, two lahlt,s, It ('101h('s l'1Ick. and s('\'('I'al piles of goods, 1\ woman was making' hl'('acl on a table upon whi('h there WIIS n Imby's sl()('king, !>e l'aps o[ cloth, ge\'cl':li old lin ('nns, and n Slllllll pile of unfinished ga l'Il1(,llts, In the next 1'00111 was an old wOlllnn wilh a dis('HS('d face walkillJ.!" the flool' with /I ('r,ving child ill hC I' ;lI'ms,"
Conditi on..; ill othel' large eitic,,, \\"Cl"e> oltl,\' sliJ!hll,\' less cvil. "'l'hc H('pol,t of the Pacto!',\' Ins])('('tol' of TIlinoi .. fo r lil(' ,\'eat' ('nding nc-
('cm l)CI' 15, 1~9-l," slntes Iwo typi(',ti t"llse-;: in l'hicago:
One wa~ Ihe shop of a ('('I'win ,J. BCI'l1stein Itt 159 W est Tuylol' Strect. " 1'his shop," w,'it('" the factol',\' inspN'tol', "is in lh(' I"car' of the )01, o\'e ,' II stable; ('lttnlll('C b,\' a nurl'ow passage b('twccn houses ilt fl"OlLt of the !!hop: lo\\,ceiling('d nud di l,t.r, with hare hri~k walls: sink in room l{i\'C'!! out ,I bnd odol": gasoline is used in ]lre!!Sil1)!: the odors from all(':-" and stable ('ollling up C'omiJinc 10 milkc II sten('h unbeilrable IIlik(' in win tel' and !!ummel'; 110 S('1111 I'lIte closet fOl' women: machine,,> l'Ull h,\' foot POW(' I': C'mplo,\'s S~\'(' 11 llIen, three wOI11('n,"
T he oth('I' ellse was that of the shop o[ Pet('r Darwl.lt lit !)-In 'Vcst
The Electrical Workers '
AfJO I 'r.:-S~e1U· iu IIIQ(,~" Toom I'J{ II Sew )'ork fltlr. l1!t'ld ,~wk('r, IN CIRCI .": -A worker stre/('lIe, do/h lor ('lIttillg, IJt:I.OIr . .., J;(I//('rll muker II/ work, .1lu('/1 ,kill ill rrquil't'(l /""
thill work,
Journal for Fe bruary, 1950
'\ilH'lcCll lh XI,'\'\'1. " T ld:,> plll(''','' 1'(']lI)I'ts tht, ill'iJl",'1!'I', \\';1" fOlLuti 10
lit' a hOIll£' silnp, ill till' ha"('IlI{'lIt of II 1t'!It'!llC'llt 11I1II"l', Im\, dHl'k, IIlHl filthy; tiimC'n"ioll-; or wllI'k 1'{lOIll Wt'l'{, l'I,14,'jI:! ft'I'!; two wilHlnw,,; l1)om t'onWill\'d 1'11111' lilli,
f'hinc~, <;to\'(' with lil'(' in it 1111() 1'(\111' IIlI'n, thl'~' WIIIII,'n \\III'kin,:r;
ail' wa" ini(II(,I'ahl,\' had: foidinj.! dUe)!'" W('I'(' 01)('11 II(,t\\'('(,1I Ihi" ,,1101' 1'00111 and tlu' IInne! roolll III \\ hif'h Ilarwul llll,1 wife "\('1'1' 1II1l1 I'at IIIHI I'flC)k alHl kt",p hoardt,,,,; tht' h(lanl{'l"" (tWill "ll'pt in lflw l'U1lI1l (Irr shop, l1nlhdll(',1. :1IIt! IIl1n'lIti· latl'l1.' ,
)!unr lim"" ,ltll'ill~ tIlt' W('III'Y
,In,\'s of th(' l'i"O's and h~IO' .. tIll' ~al'mcnt wnl"l,I'I'" atlt'llll'tl,d 10
IIni\C in n Ilational orj.!nl1i/atillll hut :liwn,n tlu'il' cff'"'h fnilf'fl. 'I'll liS the 1111'n of th(' ('(' utll l',\
roun d lil(, KIlI'WCII I workcrs, those who \llndl' lh(> gorgeous dothes whit'h ociornNI the l )(' lI t'_~ of the "g"Il~' l1illC'tic"," toilill g ill ralillfco;t('( \ ~Ilrl't'h IIIltI t'(~III1I'S. ill t'\'il'''III('llin),(: o;lahl('s, (·row(}ed into d:u'k hllllwn,\"~ lind I)('drooms of II'IICIII('lIt III)IIS(,", I"oulld ('xp('ri. 1'lwt'lI wOl'k(' .... loilillA" 60, iO and I'\"('n "0 h01ll'" for (l \\('('kl." \\ug-(' of li\(' or ... ix dollar .. , T he "'('aml'I"'" til' the trade CU I'ned olle Iiollnl' 111111 II half III 1111'\'(' dollars a \\('('k 1\ found wOI'kl'I'S pa~'il1g 1"01' I ht' IIS\' of "cwing: mu{'hines. thlTllll nllt! IIccdles ant! e\'('1l rl'lIt· ill)! lIlt, I,hllil's on wIJil'h they sat to wo!'k \rorke l' was pittcd ugnill"l wOl'kel' alit! pm'crty :lIld di '\Cuse \\1'1"\' Ih,-i" hl'I'ilaj.!",
Founding Day
,/UI11' :1, ju ... t one month and onc da,\' h{'!'III'I' (,l'll'hmtion of OUl' Jllltiollai Inti"pcndem't' I)a:r, in the YC1IJ' I!IOQ, !wlI'kl'd tll~' IK'/,:in ning uf illlli'Jl('ndl'IH'(' nnd fl'ecdolll for \\'() I"k", ... ill tIlt' glll'llIcnl industl'Y, On t hat lillY c!('n-II de1c:.\"utes rep· "t'sl'lIlillJ.:" 'Il'\'cn 10('IlI Ullioll!; und a lowl 11l1'JUilel'ship of :!,OOO wO I'ker!.' ill S{'w YOI'k, Philadelp hia, B:lltimOl'C Hnd S{'wark, m{'t ill l\ew YOl'k ( 'ity to discus..:; the formation nf!l ~al'1tU'lIt workers' ullioll Wll i(,h 11"0111<1 light thc tmgi{' {'ollditiollS nnd the injmics "isih'd on wOl'kcl'r. in lit{' IIt'l'tlll' ll'fHks, 'I'h(' tlel('gll\cs t\r('itlrd lo for'lII all indu"tl"ial uniQII ill th{' \\'OIll('II'S J..(UI'IIICIlI trnd('~ 1111(1 III ('Hll it IILI' 1111('1'1111'
tiollal I,ad il 's 11 :11'1111'111 '\Yo l"kt'rs' l"nioll, 11 (, I'll1lln (;,'o,,-;man lind HI'nlH!'" Bran', htllh I'\C\\ York ('loakmnk{'I'" \\"('1'(' ('I('{'\('(\ 1)I'l'sidelll
allli ~('n('I'HI ,«,{,I'('tnl',\'·t~n.<:ul't'r l'e<;pI,(,ti\"l'I,\', a!H1 a (;1'll('ral Ex('{'uti"e B ourfi of (h'e wa .. l'hO"<'II. The ,1t'it'g:IIIi's "(It{'d II I\('r rapila tax of (JIl(' l't'lIl 11 w('('k, Oil .IUll(' :!3, a ('hart('r was i""u('(l to iht' U l,r. w r .. whi('h wa'l to ('o\'('r the ('ulire womell \; ~al'nli'nt intlu<;II'Y, T his ~a\"1' tht' IH'W union n ~oo<l <;Iart awl within a f('w month" it had "prl'l\(1 to otJw,' /.:;II'Il1Cnt·
IIlIll1llfll('IUring ('('I1\(, I'S :-;an Pran· ,'i~(·(), ('1('\'('lal1<1 :l1ld rhif'1!j!"O, T he n('\\" un illn lIIall{' rapid stl'idc~ and II,\' lno~ hlHl morc th;1II 10,000 Illl'mlll'l'~, hnlf of whic'l! \\'(' 1'(' Ollt· <;illc Nrw Yor'k ('ily, Tn l!lO:l thi"
Page Five
<llI",i.!«'-:"l'W York ('1('llll'nt 11];\.\.' il .... ,if ft'lt at tht' i'!lnl't'lIliull ill l'I('H'land W[WIl Brlljamin :-:f'hh'o;in].!{' I', \Ihn WIIS nlll1la~i'l' !II' lilt' I 'hif'Il~(1 ('I!1nk ,Joint BOil!'.!, \UI~ I'lp('it'd [l1'l'o;iill'ul,
I II Ihlll 0;111111' ,n'al', 0;('\'1'1'(' tlt'III"'o;"i!lll hit tllll' l'lIIlIlII'Y, EllIpln,H'I"-l
,,\,il.i'fl 111)(111 IIII' fJPp"rtllnil~' In 1;I\II]('h 1111 o«('n ... in' H!.!nill ... t tht' lInion~, 'I'h(',\" hnndN I lo~t·tlll'I' i'ol'lHi n j,t tlwil' flwn Ol'glillilillillll, th t' ;\lI l iol1al ,\ ssl)('iatioll of ) I lltlll' fM-IIIT'(' I"S, IIml ('llmpnig:llt'd rOI' thl.' "1)('11 ... hop, T ill.' r.I.,n.W,l ', "lIf-1('1'('11 trrrihl.I' fl'Om Ihr injull('lion'l and 11)(,koUI'! whil·h hl111 1)4'1'01111' Iilr o l'de l' of t l lc tla,I-.
Time of Strikes
, \ Ill1ll1h('l' of h i11 (' I·. U1IMI('('{'o;~flll .. lrik('s w('rc wllJ!rd in ( 'hit'u),!f), ( 'It'I'{'lund llud ( 'ilwillnali ill I!lO·1. 1'ht' union "{'('lIwd 10 h(,I)Il ils Iusl !t,j.,"i hut Iht' piolll'<'l's who rlllllHh',1 il W('I'(, II1n<lr or hal'd,l- sluff lIud IIH'." did nOI nlwl1Iloll Iilril' o]'j.wtli;mlioll. In IHOi strik,'" \\'('1'(' I'UII,Iut'\rd in Bo<:IolI !Iud X{'II Yor'k wllil,1t 11111 1 a l'I)II .. idt'I'llhl .. 1111'lh-
111'(' of SlI(,('(,SS. TIll' "tl·ikl·I .... g:ainrfl II :i:l-hour' w('{'k aUlI a tWIl-liullnl' w('t'kly int'I'('H"(',
Two :--('111"> Inl('I' lit(' 1lI!) .. t " 1)\'1'lM'uln!' s!I'ik(> r\"('l' ('nl'l'i{'(1 fill h~' wf)!'k(' I'" in ,II(' Jl('('tIJ(' t]'at1t'~ "'Ilk plarc in Ih(' "ltil,twni", 0;110[10; hI' XI'W YOlk It 1\1\-'; known liS IIII' " l -[l I'isinlt of Ihr :!O,OOO" nnd IlIId
hr(,11 IIHul(' ilHntilWnl hy til(' d('· ~rnding- o;uh-('(mll'a('till~ "y"h'lI1
Page Six
SIIf'II'11 i" d"('/'-lI'i~e order: 'I {'lIltf ", f!'ilo~(' Hkilled I('orl.- ('1/11/ 11111 II Ii,; lIifl/i I!'II!I('~: II'mnt'll finillhing 111t1I"n,.' 111111 llJoplI: II #'ll'<r lI''1rl.-i''.1 fm Il'omtn'·, f/rr,~,~f''': 1011/, I,doll', !If'II
('Tf,l !"if'I" of ,\'('11" York !Jnrmf'II/ factory,
The Electrical Workers '
\Ihil'h 1':-.: i"I('(1 in lIIHny I'ili ,·~ hul IIII~ II I ils WIl I"'l i ill ;\"W 'lJl"k. ' l'lli" "II·ik\· WIlli IIHl imlul 11'·llIlli· 111'111'1' f(ll' Ih(' (;U I'lIl1'lIl Wol"k('I'"
and Ihdr pli~llt. Whilt> Jllllil'" H,,,I Id,.t,d Ihm ...... Ilt'al 1IJ1 pit'hl-; dnil.\·, II,.. "1"11'1'111 puhlil', Illtln\' IWII~
pap'·, ..... "I(·idy j!1'1!U1''' alld ,'"I1I'~"~ ,·,pl·I· .... -..t·11 "~·II'1mlhy fOl' III(' ,'lI'h,· '1'11(' "Il"ikt' was '1'ul"t! F,·hnllu·y 1:-,. 1!l1n. I I W:I, h.\· 1\11 IIWIIII~ 11
I·OIIlI'\(·It' dellll',\" 1'111' III(' nnil'lI hut it ~(',·I"t'd I\) I· ... whli ... h il (III n 111"'" 11111111'111 lIa"j". 'I'll\' '\ .. \" 1"1"I"1I .... tI '·I'I·(ll-!uilioli. IIlI! ;1:I!t indh-i,hlltl li"In"i 11111 of :I.""i:.! ill thl' H~~lll"i:l lioll 1I:,!;1'1"',J I" tll'al \\ilh lit.· 1'111'1"' lIaliotwl. '1' 111' ~Irilil'I'''i \\tlll 11 .-I:!
1,0111' 11('I'k pili'; 11 (111)"(1' nd",' 111111 111(' ('IIIIIP1l1Iil'" rllt't)"'I' :t:':"""11 I ..
flll'lIi~h all ''''''III('~. lh .. ,'uti 1I11t1 1I('('I''''';!I'Y lIlll,li:llll'I'" 1'1".,., of
1'11:11")..(1' .• \lIti lillI' II1(JI'(' "il-!lIilh'lIl1l ]lohn :111 ... 11·ikt,t·" 11"1'(' Inkt'll h:lI'k
wilho1l1 1111I·",illll. It i ... ('n~y III ~4't'
tht, g't"\"11i si:witil 'ulI('(' of Ihi· ~ll"ikt-.
II was tilt' Ii 1'''1 "II('('I',~flll '11/1"
"il .. ilw ('11'1' 1'111111111'1('11 ill Ill(' nt'I'III(,
"'mll'" alld il ""I'('HII,I! IIII' \w.;l
1\1111'1111:11 I,.IWI'I·III' all ill\t'l"tlllli1llwl
IIl1ioll.
;\01 fin' 1I101IIhs nfH'1" Ih(' ('mll·11l
... 1.)11 or Ih(' "\ prj·;ill!! of I lit,
:W.OOO. ' , the "( ; '·t'at t 'l(wk H {'\"tllt"
hrok(' (lUI nnd .:i!i,OOO 1H(,11 lind WOlllt'1i WI'I'I' 11 pal'l of il. 11 l:'s!t,d :.! Jtwlllh" "'\a(·II.1 <I'HI 1,,,!lI,d ill 11 II't'ml'IIII!)II" \'i("IIII",I' f,,,· th" t"lonk Illakl·, ..... :lnd fllr ,11(' int,·l"ttatiulllil. Tlw ,trik,· \I'll' "()'H"lud"tI ill III(' t"atullu", "l't~IIII('(l1 01 1"·111·".·· 'I'ht, H!!I·t"·UII·nl 111"{IVi."·,)
Provi~ions Given
"1-'01" II ... il"l;tllalioll 11\ ,.!t'I'II"I,. POII"I' ill :tli "I;n,,, fill' i" rl"l'" lhl' h.\· 1111' \\01'1,1""; lIlt' alMlliliun lit" nil h,.m.'\I·", k a,,,1 1 lI,i. I" .. tlll.I'flllll·al'!
III!!; a 'I\d:!)' w,·,'k of :-1 1 htlll1"
with 10 l'ui,l lu,li.b~·" th"lIl1:,:-h Ihl'
IU()I'f~' II ... I'·HI!! ""Hh,. I"" ~Hfll rllil. d,.r"·11 cot/lit ii' till 1f,(;\I'(' /thol'. ,I T !?U;I-/T
A ll ill~/Jt"rlo" 1'l"lImiIlC>I II I/"'WIfOl'H drt'lIl;
,dfrr if hWI rumf' 'Iff thl' "tI"'" ml,llI lilf~."
Journal fo r February. 1950
,I't'ar; 1\"1'l"kly pay in ('1\"h: piece ,'111('s 10 IK' tj'l;l'd by a joint ('0111' willt't' \If ('lI1plo.n'I"'1 and th(' lInil!ll, II llIll'ltlllltll IIf Iwo an,l a hall IHIII'''o \I\'('I'\il1l1' a"11 that 'lIIl.\· ,III!"' ill).t till' hu".I" ~"asl)lI; lht' e'tuiJli"hIII1'n\ til' ;1 .Ioinl HOllnl III "l1ldl:II'y 1'11111/"111 Ililil'" lItiS It) '''p''I"\'i,,' 1·.IIIt\itiuIIS ill 1111" pia .. ": lilt" prl"ll'I"I"lIlial IIl1iol1 ,I lOp. (':11·,'1'1111.1' tlt'lilll"1l. ;111,] tinlllly, 1111' '·,I:lhli"h· 1111'111 of a ,"lII·hilll·'·Y To,. lilt, l'I"ll'iliali"ll 1t,!!1 ;I1'hill'ali"" III .Ii..,·
PIIII'" alld ·!:t"il'I·;lUI·('s.
TIli... '1'",'111('01" "';1" a ~! i"lllllIs \" II ... \Iitlllo- "I·,!:l1I1Wliun. \\'illiill uti I' .1"111' III\' I'ily III' \1'\\ York
iliff' It"im on wlllll II.~"'II to lrulif.'lf· rmdCI"/HwtS. 10 /101(,
Page Seven
was (,()lIl pletcly lUliollizro. I II tlcvcland and Chi('ngo, sc l·ious M'Ibuck~ oc('u .... cd by \'Irtuc of tile COUl'ts lining up on thc s ide of Ihe cmploye,·s but tll('SI' setb..'1eks \\l'rc only tClllporary.
In I!)IJ a grcnt lragcdy pro\'cd another stimulus to the LlLO W.l '. The Triol1g"le Wlli'li COmJllIlIY Wll.~ locaux] 011 all uI)pcr floor ill II ('011· demned loft buil<iiug ill !\C\\ Yo rk City. .>\ firc broke 0111 IllHt tllf> wOl'k~')I's wcre tl'appcd high nh()\'c thc st l'CCt wilh thc cxit dO<II's j,ullllled, Onc hundred forly·<:jx uf thelll were burn('d 01' jUlllpe'd to Ih('ir deaths, 1'he entire nation wa'" IIrowi/'d 10 the need fol' i'a("IO)'y ill· sj'K'elion /llld <mretr In\\'s and the 1.I~.n.w.u. redoubled its eITOI'I" to ol'g"aniz(' WOI11('1I in the ind •• stl'Y,
Between 1!lIO tllld 1!l1;J th(' In· t('rnntional in('I'('l1i>('d its member· '<hip from :10,000 to HO,OOO alltl fiO perrellt of Ihel1l W\'I't' r(l\'('I'\'d h~' protocol a!!rCCIl1(,lIts. 'J'h('n lownl'd thc 1'11(1 of HII3 IIl10thel' hll<:ine~ re("es.",ion sct in Ilnd as wn>! the ('a<;(' in the enrli(')' hie;lol'y of 11i(' ullioll lllld in fll('\ in nHiny of 0111'
intcl'national uuions. thi .s lIuiOlI dropp('d hack, ~l l' ike.s fnil('d, ) rembcl'ship fell on' and by 1!l 14 the " P I'oloeol of 1'(>;1('(''' wu~ OIl the way out.
W a r Days
])urin~ World \rar T Iht' :'::01'· 111('llt indu~tr,I' "llIIn:,d in Ihr g-('Ilcl'ul wa1' pl'Cls pel'i l r :lI1d lli('
T.L,G,\\', I T. !!nitlPd nl1lll~· 11(,\\ 1111'111, bel'<; a'i 1\'1,11 as WII!{I' inCI'('a\;('~ and <;horler hOIll.... Th(' 1.1 j.(:, \r .l ·, whi('h had fOUllI1 il;;('lf ;;o1ll('I\hnt e;tif1ed within Ilw limit-. of thc "Pl'otocol of I'(,ll('('," <m]lplnnICd the "prefel'entinl union .. llop" in the c-loak lInion ('ontl'a('j \\'illl n full.fledged union <;hop, Oillel' gains iueiud('d n -I!l·honr work week nnd pay rni'>('s. Tn thr wni.-;l and dres<; induslr:,', n similnr 1i(luidat ilHl I)f t hc •. prot()('ol" look pia!'!'. DllriuJ!' Ih(' war, 111(' (;nnll('nl " 'ork(-I'>!, likl' olh('r II 11 iOI1\;. wm-kl'd 101lf! /lnll hllrd II) k('('p Ilwil' il1d ..... · tryon an e\'cll keel. but in ) I1 IY 1918. Ihe Boston (,OI1I'{'nlion drcw up n pl'O!!,ralll of 11('1\· ('('onoll1i(' obj{'eti\'c!! fOl' ils ll1('m\){'I'S wilh n 4-I·houl' work wc('k ns its mnill objectivc,
Page Eight
When the )"ir~t World War cnded, thrl'e wus a "crr IJI"i('f period of prosperi I.,· followed b~ nlH<;~ lI l l('flIplo~' lIll'Ilt. We I\I'C nil famililll' with th{' IIt.1a('ks IUIlIH'h('d again'" Llllion". lind the "op{'n ~hop" drivc which followed Ilw War,
Roaring T wenties
'I'hc dl'pt't's.~ill~ {'('onomie ('ondi· lions of 111(' ('al"ly 1!l20 's 1Ilso hroughl illtl'I'lwl \tll"llloil inlo 111(' I.L.O.W.P. Bes('l fl'om in<;id(> llml Ollt, it wn'i 1I had limc for th(' (;nr· 111('111 "oOl·kers.
In 1!l:!Ii. all the strl'lIgth S('l'IIl('(i
to hl' dl'llim'/! 0111 Ill' tht' org-ani7.11-tioll will'lI a J.(I'OU]l of ('Ollllll1llli<;l<: ,,-\<1 ill('d 1('1ll pOI'lIl',\' con 11'01 of t h(' ~('\\, York ,Joint Board and IUlllwht'd II lonj.!, di:;:1~t l'Ol1'1 :;11'ik(', Whell th(' stl'ik{' en{\('d, till' 11·('n!>;· Hry WH~ ('1I1pt~' and the union wu!>; Si'1'iou<;ly ill deht. I t wn~ til('11 Ihnt th(' influ{'II('(' of I rlle union Irllll('I" ~hiJl wus f('1t and ) rorri .. Si~tlHlIL Benjamin :-;chl('~ill~('r and J)H\"id J)ubill"k~' <;O'O\"(' valiantly to l'{'Or· ganh'-c Ih(' wOt'k(>r'i, Befol'(' 111(' union 1111<1 a chanee 10 reC-OHI' ils sll'{,llg-lh ami rCSOll1'eee;, the stock IllUl'kct el'lI~h or 1!)29 d{'s('('nd('d on a sh()('k(>d count!':,' and hrou!!ht with it Ihe g'1'('ntt'St ullcll1ploym(,llt cra in th(' hi"tor~' of our nntion.
In 1!l;J2, when J)a\'id DlIhin,k~·
l)CCalllr I' l'c"idrnt, suerC<'ding Ren· jamin Rehlr'lillg'rr II'ho had di{'d, mcmbership hu(1 dwindl('d to 40" 000 and the uilioll wn<; deeply in dcbt.
Dnvici J)ubinsk~' was n man im· bued with optimism and d('If'rmi· nation, Thines im!llC1.1iatel~' 1K'g-nn to tuk(' a hu'n for Ih(' 1)('11('1', 'I'hell l'lll11C Ihl' .'Jew Deal and x n,J\ . T hr Garm(,llt WOI'kl' l'S mad(' n rapid rOllleh:]('k nnd h,v J !t'\:i thl'r(' were 200,000 melllh{'I's in tlH' iJlIf'r· n:1tiol1nl nnd moe;! of thc indu"'I'Y was ol'gnn1z(',d, .\ ncl what is mor(> importnnt, wel'c the A'ain'l, ('X_
tractNl f l'olll nil ullwilling indusII'~', il is 11'11<'. hilt 11(,I'('rll1('le'l" oh. tained th(' 35.holll' wOl'k w(>ck ill all mnin hl'nn('Il('<; of Ih(> trnd(', inel'eascd cfll'l1iu),:''! and Il r bitl'nliOIl ma('hin('I'Y to s('ul(' di<;pul('s,
Th('r(' is n liUIl' more of th(' histol',\' of lll(' I.Ij.O.\r.l". 1hllt \\(' mu';t )'{'('ol'(1 for you h{'l'c,
When the Committee for I ndu ... • trial Orglllli7.atioll was brought into being inside the A,F, of I j ,
and JOIIIl I ., I' jewis took the I('ad in trying 10 organize thc muss pI'OO\l(' tion indue;trics, lIe was joined h~ the 1.l •. n,W,ll, and <;hortly ufl('r Ihe (:tlrll1('nt Workers were telllporlll'il~' forced out or the A. f '. of L, I n the filII of 1938 whell the (,. Lo, de('icied to become a rinll un ion 10 the A, I". of L., th(' 1.1,.(;,\\'.11, wilhdt'oW nnd shOl'lly afier 1'('ltll'II(>(I to Ihe I'anks of the ,\m('ri"luI j'\'dt'ration,
.\nd that is the history of this ('olol'flll labor organization rami!· iurl.'" known as the Garment WOI'k(>l's, ' )'hey hllve come n VC I',\' long wuy fl'om a few huwl l'('(l m('miJ('I'8 wilh n II'CIISUI'y o[ $:.10 in ] !Ioo, Ihr union slands todn,l' on the evc of it'! gold(,1l lIJ1ni\'(' r · ".n,\', ovel' 400,000 strong, Hs as· ~ts al'l' $75,000,000, im'ludill/! Ir ust fU lld~, lind its annuli l illlllkt· in dill''' is morc than $7,OOO,OOn
35·Hour Week
'1'he !l5·hour w('ck is thc 1'111(' ill most lu'nnehcs of the indusll'y, W a!!es I1 I'C J,!()(}(l. Rw('atshops IIl'C
n th ing of the past. 'J 'he union now poli('cs the shOll'! 1IJl(1 II1l1k{'s sure that sallitar~' conditions Pl't' I'ail. Union ,'a('ution fund!! an' ('Ol1lll1on, rollectoo from payroll ta. .... cs paid br cmploy(>r'!. 1.11111,\ locals provide s id, 1)(,lwfits lind Illaintain rotil'ement funds. Union health c1 inies have hO(' 11 eslahlished in a dozcn eities. 1'ho uniol1, dis· tressed by the tubrreulosis, skin diseasee; nnd other nilml'nL'; thnt harassed ile; people ~tnhlishcd il<; fir:;t hCll1lh center - II jwo·rOOIll I'linie· ill Nrw York ('ily in 1!l1:J. 'rodll:" Ih(' 11nion Il rllHh (\'111('1' own'; n 20·story skyscrape l' find 1 I'ents SOIll(' 200,000 paticnt'> 11 :"Clll',
Tn l!l:.!O th{' l.lJ.G.W .ll , built n l'aeatiOI1 I'('sort ill thc P()('onm:, 'fodnr. I'nity lIolIS(' bOlls!e; I1lQfII'rJI IIl"t'ommndntiOJl<; for 1.100 g'1I('fo;h, offe~ vneations to l.TJ,G,W,U, m('mh('l'~ nt half tho prel"llilillA" ro';ts, is n modern, up·lo·dale, deIi!rhlflll '<;llll1ll1('r resort in evcl',\' "i('11'<(' of Ill(' word,
For :,'('ars thc 1,[.,G.W,IT, hns mnintllillr<i educational CCllt{'I'" in
(CIHltillUrd 01l pag" 29)
The Electrical Workers '
I
r I
CRITICAL ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS HELP SPEED EUROPE'S RECOVERY OF !;\"TERES'l' LO mcml>C I's of
the LB.E.\\". c\'crywhcrc will IX' tilt' siory or the purt that ('Ic('lri('ily is playing in the ECA 's I'e('OH· .. ~- program in J~:\Il·opc. L UI'OPt!
ill dcspc l'nt('\y ill m'Nt o[ J!l'culcr umounts of electricity to I'llll ib factories, carr~' 011 minill~ activitic., IUIII provide heal and li;..:'ht in it" limoc.... lt is cncoura~ing to lIuh' thnt ... iure the inl'l'plion of Ih(' MIlI" .. hall plan. !lOW('I' protiu<'lion ha .. heen noticcahly il1t'I'cnM'd 1111.1 hn" hc('olll(' nn il11p(II'IHllt flU' lu!' in l't l·O\"CI'~·.
H~' thl' end or 19-1", the Iii"" ~'('Ill' III the r.UI"OPCIHI 11l-(·oHI'.'"
1' 1'\)~!T:Jm, towi output o[ clcc:u'ic pOWH wa" li,} PCI'N'Ill hig'h(,I' thnn it WllS h{'forc the war.
Now, how is the i\ll1 l'l'ihllll PIIIII ud din ).:" to power pn.ltluditJli ill Wf'strl'n EllI'1:If1{'? ( 'hiclly hy illlJlOI'lillJ.! the impo\'lanl ]lrod\lct~ Ihe 1'1)111'('; and othrr II1rtnl~ " itlll III IIU' pl'ollue lion of lU J'hiHer., II'HIISfoJ'mcl'r., tubcs, filaments ete, ~o 11('('(",',1\1',\' 10 PO\\'('I' 1II'{l(\W'liOll
II lld nlso h,\' fOJ'wfinling the .'It",-11';1'111 equipment so II('C(''''ial'~' ;Il thl' pOWl'r production prO('('~'l
1':wlI more illlllOl'llillt nrc th(' 'i{' I'iI'" of \'usl power pl'ojects hdn,l! I'rf'f'tl'f\ thl'oughout W'cstel'n EIII'ope, nHlI\~' of thcm thlllne('l! hr ~'al'"hnll PI!1Il eoulllC I'part fund." On(' 'iuch proj('ct ir. n 'IT,\ -tYl'l' de\'('lo]lllH'nt on the ll horll' whh'h will Ill('nn reriainH'c1 lawL
Tht"e Iforkm~n. at Tr(l/Tord Pork, r:nniIHld, UTe cUlllpldi"!J ui",/i'11J "I
Il 62,5f!Q 1\11' hITbo-Alt('rU/lltlr,
Journal for February, 1950
I~ari.'f'.'f (11111(1/ it r(' 1ft Trilm'IJit(' r(1n Of/flil) lIt $potliglllf11 for 11111iOIl(l/ "ofill(IY" .1/1(rIlI1ll1l (lid i,~ hrlpinrl /",i/d II)!d ~quip 1}(111'l'r plllll'JI i., IIllllly EN!' c(lIIlltri.",
TMlI ,nllC is in Fmll('t" mOlll mo<lern powcr p/aJlt , locattll at H aMli'Il, nlld ('onstrtlf'ff'd fllljrtly v'ilh .1mtricnn mld(rials n1ll1 InfuhillCT1/,
J1 load 0/ dcctric(ll cIJuipment you «hoard (In. Aml'riNIIJ 1'I'III1(1l III Bnlf i_
more fl8 M lvlIllf!ll Plan cargo,
Sc('ne ilbot'(' .I1ustria', MOllerbodm 1/lIm, which will wnfl,U'r 600 million.
kilIlIN,U how'/I !t'h~n comp/e/N/,
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Page Te n
(Fourth il~ n IJcrie8 dealing with thl! work of the Internatiollal OUirt".)
E'f:nY "car al LB.E.\\". IlI'nd quarters, thousands and ,holl
'iJ:lIHl<> of fect or film are run. photo· graphing rccords-your importnnl I·cconl~ litC'rally millions or thCH!' 'I'his is donc so that no "alutlbl(' file matcl'ial will be destroyed and ~·ct prceious "pace, so much at a premium ill "-ashington, will he cOII'ICrved.
The Brothel'hood has grown SO "Hpidly in the pust few ycars that file cabinets containing vilnl record .. , somc of them so nccc,,-;nI'Y to the seenri!), of our members' pcn~ion and death benefits, WCI·C
O\'c l'-l'unning our hcadqlllll'ler~ huilding and some efficient mcthod of saving spncc hnd to be dedsed, 'J'hcrcforc, ill the fa ll of 1947, i\li(,l'ofiimin,!! wns introduced into the Tutcl'ua,ioliul Office,
Great Space Saver
BcCorc we tell yOll just how 0111'
)licl'ofilllling Depal'lment is set lIl) tllI(l operlltcs, and intl'oduce YOli 10 the cmployes who prepare the documcnt<;, film our records, "crif), and filc them, and perform the hundreds of duties neecssary to
Fro"~ toll of vaoe, IIcene, ,how: Mr,. Imagcne Clark a1l)itabeti:ing local union receipt, prior to filming: JUi" Cetilia Hoffman, ,upervisoT of Microfilmi11!J departmtllt; and MT'. Zcll{, lI' iliiam, ami iIIT8, Connie FiliteT,
,holt'II /1/·epI1rinll receipt,.
The Elect ri c a l W orkers '
AfJOI'f,--{il'ltt'l'ul ,'II',," ul 11.(: .ukr/)jibni,,!! d('partmellt, lt'jlIL Mi!!!! Hoi!-1I1{111 ilt 10reorOllllll, U/(;lfT-.1/i,Qs p(ttriei(t K1I1((iBetl lettilJ I.,U. receipt"
inlQ 1II11chine u.'hicl~ jiillill litem,
pn''>\'rn.l the 1.13.1-:. W r('('onb hy this IIp-lo-date lIlethod. \\("d IikP tu t('11 you a litlle nhout mieroIiImiuJ.{ as a space sou'cr,
MicrofilTlliu~ is a photogranhil' ..;yslem wherehy documenl~, 1ettel's, ll1eIHuel'sllip cnnls, r()I're~]lollclenrc', ('('I'linenleS, ducs !'cccipts, cle" nrc rt'produccd 011 ))hoto IiIm, Thc film is reproduced on II negative 16 millimetc!'s in width and stored in SI11IlU r eels, By tlds method a smull recl o[ miCI'ofilm ('1111 pr('M'!'v(" Ihe cOIlIi'nls of n whole l'U"I'
nf ('OfI'CSpolldc n('(',
"he miCl'ofilm 11Icthod Wi' h1l\'(' adopted at your I nll'I'nutional Office is known as thc Pilm-a-Rceol'd method and S<l\'CS apprllldmateiy 9!! l>el'cent of floor spac\'. 'I'he COIltell!" of lGO letk]' files ('Illi 1)(' sto]'cd in n H; 11\111. 1"ilm-li-He('Ol'd mi('I'()file I'cquiring thl' ~Pll('f' of lHlf It'tter fill",
Millions of Exposures
During the t.wo nlld a half ycars lhat the Mic!'ofilmiug Dopartment o[ tho Brotherhood has i>e('11 ill
existcnce, literally millions of dcl('umeuts h31'C becn !,<,produeed and filed away, They arc <,Iellriy lnh('kd and can be locah'd in the file in II
matter of n f('\\, "f'f'Olltl~ and run on the dewel's fOl' nll,l' sllpcl'vi'OOl'
Journal for February. 1950
01' 1'lIIplo,\"(' who hn .. Q('(':l..;ion to ('hN'k hnek tlll'ou~h n file,
11 tlJHhrd" of t IIOIISIII1(1<; ot' J)f'nth BI'n('Ot ,\pplif'lltioIlS, nl)liWlliOlI ('lll'll<i, denth f'!aim", ('unCI'lIed ('hceks and f'OI'r\'~lIondcnee have 1)('1'11 photo:;!raphl'd in the months ~inee mi(,l'Ofilminq Il'lIS in<;tnl1ed
Dues Receipts
On thl' clay our photographer visited the department. the girls I\"('rf' workin!!' on (]u(,'1I'('('CipL'I, nnd WI' W('ro :;!Iatl 1'01' wc told you in our Mtielc, ":;;tory of a He('eipt" thnt WI' W('t'(' :;!oil1!! tt) show :'-'OU whllt haPP(,IIf'(\ to that r(,(,f'ipt from tht' titlll' II't' I'eceh'f'd it ill the " lUO],!I inA' Mail " Hnlil finally it i'l just n lillY hlul'h on a roll of film in til(' ~t i('/'nfjllli ing Departlllt'nL
'fhf' dues receipts, somc J!'.j mil· lilln of them arc housed ill 1100 fill' 1II'/lwe]", in 120 eabinel~. }\ftl']' the" ar(' microfilmed the files showill)r' 1\1(''>1' d()('uments will occup~' ahout :l::! of Ill(' ()I'i~.dllnl l-i00 t!/·:tll"\'l'" Ihf',\' ()('I'lIpicd hefol'l',
'\'ow rOt' It lilt11' insil!ilt into thc lIatlll'l' of the wO/'k :'-'0111' mil'rufilm· ill~ ('mployf's 1Wrfnl'l1l. ~inc{' they wcr(' \\'ol'kinf{ 011 dIll''' I'l'('eipts whcn
WI.' <,ulled Oil I h('111 anti thf' .... e arc >;II('h il1lportalll and fnmiliar itl'lIl'i to OUI' meillho l's, wc'lI ('onfine OUl' w()1'k tll'-';('!'iptitlll"; to theil' photoJ.l'rnphillC!.
nUt>; I'('c~i]ll .... fIl'{' liil!l\·d find illtll'xed II." the yt'nr, ILl(Illlh alitl day of thc ))Ostin!; dlltt.' 011 the I'('~('il)ts
nud they nrc ul'"ull~cd in locn l uui()n ol'der lind nlplllll)l'li('ally wilhin the I(I{'II] union, \ 'oit! I'Cccipts nnd nppli(,llnts' ]'eet'ipts arc placed III thtl hont of ('u('h lucat's I'cecip"" 'I'hc I'l'('('/II /'('('Cil'h arc arrangC1.I this way nnll al't' ill alphabetical order 11'111'11 receh'f'(\ in the Mi(,I'ofilmiliK ] )('pu!'tment {]'om
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IIIf' po!'til)g" tlCpar'lJllcll t, hut oldor receipts, those pt'cviolls to ]fHG oftcn h('n'c to hc 1'('tll'l'tlllg"Nl and nlpllllhctized, 't'his is bccause, duc to tIll' bca\)' backlog of posLing pl'c\'iom; 10 that dale, .'Sometimes ns mall.\' a~ 10 or 12 indi\'iunal 10enl report~ W('I'C po~tcd on the samc dfll(',
" lndcx ta r'geLs" showing local union numbel', pO!<liug dnte alld nlplwbeticlIl rtlllge (A·]) or 0 -11 0]' ,,\ -Z ) II I'C llwde out lind fihn(ld lit the bcgillning of Ih(' rcccipt gl-OUp,
Mu st Be Legible
The I1('XI '>tcp in th(' III'l'lHII'lll iOIl
of thc reeeipis fo]' filing is the t'ilcckinl! o[ the writing: finu the condition of the I-cl'eiptll, An}' wriling- ll('{'('~'-;<lr~' to the idcntifica· tion of thc rceeipt'> and which is 100 faint or illcgibl(' to be rcnd after microfilming, is gOlle ovcr ill blaek ink. The ('{lges lire trim· mcd if in condition to eallSt: trOIlhIt> in thc mach ine. ~coteh tape is eut away if it can be done with· out damaging the rce('illt as scotch tape eatche,> in the filming mao ('hine" nnd NlIISC~ thelll to jlllll. These prcpnl'cd r eceipL<; aI'e then pl3rrd in rllhinelo;;: hy postillg dnt(' , in 100'al or-del'. 311d nn' l'cndy to he Ini(-rofilmed.
I Jl the ) 1 i('rofi lrll inl! UC])II I'tmcnt
tlrCl'C is a I'otating schedul e wherchy carll ~il'l \\'ol'ks fOI' n du~' 01' two 011 clI('11 OP(,I'1l1ioll pl'cpnrlltiOIl of mnl('l'illl, Opcl'llting the Film-n· Hcrol'(l mnchincs, checkin~ filmcd lllll\{'l'inl on Ihe " iew{' I's etc. '1'h is 1l('I'VC!'! a dunl pUl'pose in tlrat each !.dl'l knows all of tire operationll a1ld the work does not beeomc mOllot onOllll,
Two Machines Used
'I'ltl'l'l' 111'(' lWO 1,'ilrn'Il-H(,(lOI'(1 mll('him's in the Ih'plll'tllleu1. 011('
of thcsc is uSl'd cxelusiH'ly for film ing> d\\(',-; l'l'(-('ipl,> Ilntl it is <'fluippcd with 1111 1llltOltlnli(' feed. 'J' llt' l'lwl'atlll' IU'CP11I'iUg' 10 rlln a ,'ccl of (jIm, l1O;;:,,('llIhh's her l'('ceipts with their " index tl.ll"j?ets" and then 8('1<; lip an "opcration find in.;pcct iOll control sheet." On this sheet llI'(' ('n\('red Ih(' I'('cl number, type of Illllt('rin l, da tc and time started. operalor's nnmc, etc, An opcratol' ordinal'ily films th rce rcels of mill a dll~' llnl('ss she hilS nn U1Hl!sunl IlIIl11b('1' of bad receipt.'> (tho"e with ,'ng:ged edgcs or di o;;:figu l'ed with <;('oteh tape, ) Pro\-i:-;ion is Illude 011 the eOlllrol "hcet to show elnpo;;:cd eamcra time and explnnntion of cntll~I':1 t imc lost if any_
{{('xt, wI tat al'l' j('I'Ill<'t1 "mil'rodcx points" nr-e figu red. To faeil· ital(' indt'xin~ and for lire ('on· wni('Iw(' or I hose who 111H'e to 1't'i'(' 1-
BELOJr-RoUa of develfJped film (Ire Jmt 0'1 the "itll'flr8 «lid clJecked before they ftre okuyed for filiI/g. ilere Mr". Connie Fjn!er checks ,"oil of local union 1'eCeipt8, lil(,'lIT~l1 /"tl, Jillll(t Sim",MIIi /W'1I8 over roll8 of exposed filll£ to (..'a/i'trt LfJw/'y who It'i1111t'livt'l' '"rm to dn·doper •.
/
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to the files l'c('ol'dcd 011 the film, the approximately 0,000 images \\'llich may be f ilmed Oil CllCIt 100-foot reel, are I'un in groups of about 7501 sepa nrlcd by a space all
the rccl and marked with miel'odex point targets numbered from onc to nine, 'l' hcse points find their idelltificntion data arc rCCOI'ded on the eontl'ol shect. The machine has :Ill automatie coun tcr wllieh fu('il· itMcs the in~(, I,ti ng or the mierodl'x tar-gcts and cntcring the corrcs· pondillg data 011 the control sheets,
K('xt the OW'I'ator opens the mn· ('hiIlC, chc('ks the footage o[ film in thc eamCl'n, l'cloads if necessal'Y, (-hecks lhat lighl'> are in filming: poo;;: ition and connects the camera, I"illlling is Ihcl1 rcnd~- to begin. When )licl'()(lex Poi nt No.9, the Ill'lL point on thc reel is rCllched, film ing ('onti nues until Sl bU7.zing or the m:u·hine indi(-ates t hat the 100 f('(~t of film h:wc bcen ll'.;ed, A eerlifieatc o[ fIuthcntieity nml fin officinl lettcr or intent and PUI'pose for the filming of the rceords 1IrC thel1 made out by the Operato l' nnd filnwd on the 1'1."('1.
Developing Work
Tlrt' reel i.s Ihen rClIlo\'cd, placed ill a pI'oped)' identified hox and sent to the Inhoratorics for dcvelopin!-!" 'r llc dates from control '!heels and hoxes of expOS('d film
The Electrical Workers '
BE.' t OW : Mr/J, Marie Greer I)perating machine which s plices TI)Il/J 1)/ film, alteT addial)tlil I)T CI)T1'tc t il)71S hav~ been ')!/JeTted, mGIIT : lIf1'8, Viruillilt Fritz bl)x i7lU Tl)lI11 v/ dt>vdvped film
luul lu be/illY tllem Iflr filil/fI ,
/ HI'(' {'lll\'l'\'d nil n IIw~h'I' ('(jIll t'ul slll'p l,
\\' lu'lJ 1111' dl'\'rl()If('/l n't,1 i~ 1'1'IUl'IlI'd il i~ filt'd 1I111il 111(' ~il'ls will) ill'(' woII'kjn~ H" "I't·vil'WI')'''''
un' I'{'ad,'- 1'01' it. It j .. till'll plal'l'd {Ill a "it'III'" ill tlll' dil1'k 1'oom .llld Ih(' fillll('11 i(ll'lltifil'Htiorl ('ollI IHlI'1'11 wilh til(' linin on IIII' ('()J1Iml slwl'1. , \ 11 Ill\' dlll 'S I'('eeipl~ till til(' fillil 111'(' l 'III'I'hd illtlidtlwdly wilh lh,'
lwillill 1'1'\' I'jIlIS 10 {.('llll 1"I agHill,,1
IIII,V pus~ih l l' om ission 0 1' illq,~il)ilil,'-' 'I'hl' l'rl'il'I\'{'I' iaclltifirs any dOt'U IlWllts 10 ho t,t'filmed 011 IIH.' contt'ol Slll'l't and lIol('s the naIllI'(' or tilt' III'I'('('\. 'I'll<' ,'('Iakl's :11'(' Ihen lakrll nnd "pliN'd to Ih(' Ot'i:.:-inal film, A 11 lids is l'I'('ol'{lcd on I he COltl t'ol Nlwl'l.
Finall,v 11I1k'1~ at'e Illit dc ft'l)tll 1111' o]ll'J'HlilJll '111('('1-; Hild HI'(' gilwd to PI't'IIIIIIIt'lit <;101'll1-(\' boxes, 'I'll" 1'1'(,1" 01' fi1111 an' 1111'11 plnf'pol ill 111t'1II alld filcd .
T haL i~ lilt' stOI'Y ~ )r Ihe j\l i(')'o filmiHg' l)pl,al'tlllent. El'clitulllly 111(' ('I"I'II'al I'I'('Q t'ds of thc ('lIth'l' Hl'OllwdlOUlI will Ill' 1,('t'ol'll('d (III fil m in Ilti~ modeI'll, sJllIel!-saving WH~' allii kt'pl in /i"t'-P"ooJ' rahiJlcis whi('h will 1I"\'~{"'\' I' th('H) fol' 110S\!'l'ily,
(COllI i,ll/I'd on ,mile 47)
Jour nal fo r February, 1950 Poge Thirt een
Lefs looK qf file Reeo,tI!
rr III'" FciJruan" i,,-;ul' or youI' ·JOl'II"\ L seems II. 1ll0"it nppl'O
JlI'inh' (Inc in wllich to IWg'in Oil I' poJitienl campa ign, tlie (lJ)(,llillg"
gUll in 0111' fight. to hlWk ,\ 10'. of L.
I.tIlKlI·\; J,cague for Polilitlll Io:du('lIlion to the rull('~t ('xtClit
We "'11:,-" the Ft,!,.'u:JI·Y i ..... ue is pal'tit'ulnriy approI1l'int(· h.'('IHiSC "'ehnUlry i" the month ill whi(·h we ('t'I('1>l"nl(' the birth of Iwo of OUI' /tI'Clltc ... t heroec;. Wu"hilll.:lnn nnd Linc-oln. Both Wa'ihillj.!"IOII and Lin('olll li\'cd lind worlH'd and sacl'ificcd to make 0111' AmCI'i('lI the r.rrcnt {'o1l1111'Y it. is and to I,cep it fl't'C .• \nll that is what 1111 organi1.{'d InllOl' is likewiw stl'j\"ing to do in thi .. election yenr I!l.lO,
Tht' J.J.L.P.B. fund-ra ising drh'c to filltllleC the ] 050 polilicII1 calllpnign nctidtics i<; IInder way, We IIrRe till our meml){'I"S to coopcrate 10 tltt, \"('ry hest of thcil' ability and "cnd ill their \'ohllltnl'Y ('onlribu-1 ions just ns SOOIl liS possihlr, J\ S Intcrnational P re.sidellt ' l'I'11('r exprc';-;l'd ill a ,'ccent spcc('h- 01'I.:anized Illbor ne,·cr want("d to enter politics-it was £ol'('c<1 in to "lIr\-iyc, but now thllt it i" in, it is in to stay and do the joh that must If(' donC'.
Votes and Money
\\'1'11. it tllkes votes to do the job thllt must be done- that i<; first and mOst imporlllnt. Hut it takc<i 1ll01lI','- 100, money fOl' t'dli('ntiOJlal li1(1rlltlll'c and cmnpaiJ,!"1t \\01'1. to hl'lp the friend<; who will h('lll \IS .
.\t a eonferelH'c Ol all local, state and nntionnl I.. II. P ,E. leadCI'S in 'Yashington lu<;t "1I1ll111l'r, it wns l'C<'t1llHllend C'd that ('\"('I'Y mcmhCI· of organiz('d bil)ol' h(' I\<ikcd to contl'ibute *~.OO to I.lIhol"s
Page Fourte en
I lca~lIl'. Onc-hnlf of all 1ll01ll'y so ('olle('ted was to he sent hnel. to t.he SUite f)'om when('e it ('1'II11(' to he spent ns \lIe slate !lnd 10('ILI lellgucs saw fit. T he olhel' hnlf \\'a" to hc I'ctaill('fl hy lilt, nnlional Il"Hnte 10 he u<:{'d in Iho'i(' ~Inte<; IInrl <1i,,lriets where labor does not h:l\'c "1I1lie-ien! fund'! and wh('re the NlOlpnigll'l nrc of pnl'li(,1Ilal' illl' porl:ln('e,
$2 Minimum
'I'wo d(JlItIJ,~ wn.; Ihe IlmOll1l1
r-f'comllu.' lIril'd rO l' the minimULlI contrilmtiorl with the inlell tioll that $ L.OO 1-(0 to the ,;tatc and $1.0(1 to the naliollal l('aJrue, thus ('Iiminatillg all lI('I'("' .. "ily fOl' further local lllld sllll(' {\I'i\·('''.
H owevel', Bl'Olh('I'S, nnd lllis ili importlllLl! " '(' 1I('l'd yom eontrihutions. Give wlLllt ~'Oll e:lLl. ][ you enn Irh'c ULfJr(l Ihlll1 thc $2.00, please do so nn(\ IIC shaH he mo"t I!mteful. J f, hO\\'C\'I' I', you cannot affOl'd $2.00 ill 111('<';(, dn.\·'i of high pL'icC'i, give \l'lln\ .rOil can. F.\"i'I',I'
JX'lIny count.s. 'I'hc qual'lf",", the fift,l'·cent picee .. all ad,l 10 dollnrs, (;ke allY amount you can afford, it will he 1II0st w('lt'ome,
DuI"iTLg' 1;;lectricni
the 1!l IR campaign the \\'Ol'kC l'S contributed
Iwice as lI)u{'h tl) I,abor's League ns an .... other int"I'natiOLlal ullion, IJet's not fll11 behind in ]950 but better if possihle the record we s('t two YCIlI'S ngo.
Xow to (!ct hllc,k to our voting. S('erctary of 1.11001' Tobin in n l'Cecnt specch d('elllrcd thnt "A mandate from the voters so swecp· ing Ihllt it can't he misunder· stood," will hI' nl'('('<;<;aJ'Y in 1950 to wipe the 'l'nfl· llal'IIt','· .\ el of(
,
.... -"Uc .
the hook~ and t'lHltl Il('l\' 11I'0JrI'e.<.; si\·c l<'gi<;llIiion.
T,H , ' , a. Blot
" T he 'j'- II .\ et is still a hlot OIL
thc .\ meri('lln eseutcheon," Mr, Tobin said. " \\'c ha\'c to makc ,>ure tllllt thc HeprcsenL-lti\'cs lind Rennlol'Ij clectcd next year recein' a m:lIldllle for '1'aft-H artley repeal that th('y will have to make good in Washing-ton. , , , That menns that orgnnizcd 1111>01' will ha,'c 10 hI.' more flC'livc than ever 011 t1u' politi(,111 fron t. "
Must E lect 20
This )"l'nr, 19:;0, in );1.1\ "LlLbt:r, ()L'gllllized lahol' will be gi\en thl' opportunity to finish the joh it stUL'led in November or 1!)·1fi. At, ('ordinlr \0 voting records in t1w !louse lind Senate we need onl~ 15 more ('ongre<;<;mell and fh'c mOI"t' ~enntora 011 our side to rep('ul 'I'nft- I IIIJ'Iley - plus keepi ng t h(' !':icnntOl'S lind (:ongl'cssmcl1 nll'cnd.\ on Oul' side in ('ongrcss to fig-III for OUI' ellu..;e,
We promised our members that we would keep Ihem advised of Ihe \'oting r("('ords of their elected l'Cpl'e"icntati,'cs so they might kllo\\ ("welly how they measure up whell il comet; to \'oting Oil the iSSllCS which alTect nil members or orp:nnir.ed Illhor.
On thc<;e pages we (!il"c you n pllrtial pi('tllL'c of the Congl'es.<;ionnl <;eorernrd for th(" first S(,<lsion of Ihl' ~ l "t ('ongl'c<t':,
'fhe two yote<; I'ecorded here ,(lIl'el), mlly he (,Ol1si<1el'e<1 test "otcs h~' whi('h we know our frie nds nnd (,Il('mil'<; in Cong-I'c-c;s,
The Elec trical W ork e r a'
Below is a brief expla nation of the significance of the two key votos recorded on the following pages. Read these explanations and then see how your Senators voted.
TAFT·HARTLEY AMEN DMENTS (to S 249)
I . LUCAS ANTI INJUNCTION AMENDMENT
Juno 2B, 1949 Defeated 44 to 4b Yea = R
.1 ! alT' d ... 'I ab shinll IIUI of junction, in 10· al dna" erro.Hlltlncy ,!r'oe1'. Clear vete for or allain,t the se of iniunctions and did not invol"e en a.pression for or al)ein~t sailure or othor muns of selll,nll dilpules. Whan Ihi, a"', omenl I ,I by 1 vo'e it proved thai T·H ..... d would nol b rop al d in S01""'a Ihil leli
2. TAFT·SMiTH·DONNELL OMNiBUS AMENDMENT
June 30, 1949 Paned 49 to 44 Nay = R
S~b~tilution of maior anti·lobor plov"ioni of Te£t.H..rtlay Ad ,n place )/ Th ,..,al .epeal bill. ..... lter thil carried. only the ttlt q I,nu 01 ..... FL.lupport .. d Thomas bill ware lelt. No Sanalor ..... (, "led h. If am/lfldm"nl (ftn b~ (:('nl:do, .. d II friond 01 I~bo'.
al.t C on9r ... Sen.l. Roll C.II Volu
ALA BAM A
H SplI'klT! n
ARIZONA
Hayden McFare~d
ARKANSAS
Fu1bri M,Clt· ,on
CALIFORNI"',
Dowr.ey
KnOwlo-d
COLORA::
Johnl :'I
Millili'
CONNEr .. :UT
Baldw
McM~ -
DEL ..... W ..... RE
F'.er W,
(01 R R (O) R R
(D) R R (01 R R
(D) W W
(DJ W W
(D( R R
(RI W W
(0) R R {R( W W
(RJ W W (O( R R
(0) R R 'R) W W
li d C ong'." St.n.l. Roll C.II Volu
FLORID .....
Holland Pepper .
GEORGIA
Geor98 Runell
IDAHO
< • " < ,
' ;0 ~ ., ~ 6
t J: J: ~ ..:. ,.! ,
(OJ W W (D) R R
(O) W W (D) W W
Dw,,,,ha~ tR) (Miller decaased. Dwonhek
appointod 10/1-4) Tayl,r (D) R R
ILLINOIS 00"'91111 (D) R R lucas • ..... (D) R R
INDIANA Capehart ... (R) W W Jenner ...... (RJ W W
lOW .....
Gillell. ..... (D) R R H;,;~e"looper IR) W W
KANS ..... S Reed (Deceel&d~
Soh ppel (Rl W W
HOW TO READ THE RECORD :
Wan, VOTED WR<'NG. PAIRED WRONG
R muns VOTED RIGHT. PAIRED RIGHT
- mUM NO VOTE. r GENER ..... L PAIR
Journal for February. 1950
list Cong"u St.n.l. Roll Call Vol.s
KENTUCKY
Chapman (01 W W Withen . . ... (D) R R
LI)UISIAN .....
Ellender
eo" M ..... INE
(D) W W (D) R R
Brewster IR) W W
Smilh ....... (R) W R
MARYl ..... ND
O'Conor
Tydon'l 1 •
MASSACHUSEns
(D) R W
(OJ R W
Lod'le (R) R R
Sallonll,,11 IR) W W
MICHIGAN
Fa'g ... .on
Vandenb..fg
MINNESOT .....
Humphrey
Thye .
MISSISSIPPI
E~stl"nd
Slenn;,
MISSOURI
Donnoll
'.m
(R( W W
(RI W W
(D) R R (R( R W
10) W W (0] W W
(R) W W (R) W W
8 I _I Congrel$ S ... al. Roll C.II Vol.1
MONTAN .....
Edon ..
Murray ..
NEBR ..... SKA
BulIor ..
Wherry
NEV ..... D .....
(R) R (OJ R R
(R) W W (R) W W
Molone {RJ R R
McCarra n ... (O) R R
NEW H ..... MPSHIRE
B,idges .. (R) W W
Tobey...... (R) R R
NEW JERSEY
Hendtichon
Smilh ..
NEW MEXICO
A"donon Chavel
NEW YORK
I .. e, .... Lehman.
(R) W W
(R) W W
(O) R R (01 R R
IRI R R .(0) (Elecled
11.8)
NORTH CAROllN .....
Grllh"m •.• (D) R R
Hoey •.•. (01 W W
NORTH O ..... KOTA
len'l"r (R) R R Young IR) W W
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11.1 Cong,," S.n.l. 11.011 C.II Vol ••
OHIO
)REGON
Cordon Mor ••
PtNNSYlVANl1\
Merli,. Myen
II/I W W (II.) W W
(0) II. II. 10} II. II.
(II.) W W (II.) II. II.
(RJ W W (0) R R
'111 Con,)"" S ... d. Roll C.II Volo.
RHODE ISlAND t;reen Le.hy
> t: I Jj: ~ ..,:. ....
I 2
(0) II. II. OJ
SOUTH CARJ)lINA
Jo~nlton 10J II. It M .. yL .. , l I!)} W W
ITH oAI( )TA
Gurney (11.) W W Mundi (11.) W W
TENNESSEE
Kefellve, McKel ler
(0) II. II. (0) II. II.
Ihl Con'),ou S .... I. Roll C.II Vol ..
TEXAS
Connelly John,on
UTAH
Thomu W.llinl
VERMONT
Ailen Flenden
VIRGINIA
Byrd Robed, It
(0) W W (O) W W
(0) II. II. (11.) W W
(II.) II. II. (11.) W W
(0) W W (0) W W
II", Coni"" S.n ... Roll C.II Vot ••
WASHI NGTO N
C.in M.qnuw:>n
wEST VIRGINIA
, ] .~ ; o ~ ., o , < 0
~ I I ~ ..,:. t-!-
I 2
I W W o , ,
Kilgore I II. It Nuly .. 0) II. II.
WISCONSIN
McCerthy Wiley
WYOMING
Hunt OMahoney
(I;!. W W (R) W W
(0) II. II. (D) II. II.
Iiolls.· U.· n..~I .. ·eS.·lIh"h"PS ' "uHlig 1l.~cOl·d: Below is 0 brief explanotion of the sitjnificance of two most importont key votes recorded on
th e followintj patjes. Read these ex planations and then see how your Re presentotives voted.
I. WOOD BILL
May 3, 1949
TAFT-HARTLEY AMENDMENTS (to HR 2032)
Passod 217"203 Nay = R S\lbdilulion )1 .~. ,b b I hlely f t nq Tail Ha , I .. , pla~o G-f labo.-b-nkd L ... i~,'1 r.peel •• , Hell~d (R I .. d
... diled ., .ulhor: W :xl (0 Ga_ inlndu nol repeel Tafl Har!lay Ad.
d >~b5Ii'ui t 9(1t o· ·er·~t upper'. Til'l YC"(I ,.w •• I.d (I.ady I~el HOll u j
2. RECOMMITTAL OF WOOD BILL
M"y 4, 1949 Passed 212·209 r .. R
Recommillel ,£ dnli.lebor 1ub.litule beck to :ommitloe. T~jl WII e vole 10 ~ill Wood Bi I. No Repre$8ntelivo w~o ,,"clod e9dinsi recommillel c~n be r;onsidored " friend of I~bor.
~ .1.1 Cun"" u l :<i 'e Houl. of '] E Ropru.n!.ti.u a ~ Roll C.II VOIU ,. :g 3: ""
ALABAMA
t:i T-:t: .:. CI ..,:. ..,:.
Andrew5 O. W W Ballio O. 9 W W !Ioy~in O. W W deGraffen.
o. •
= ~ 1111 Cong,... :<i 'E Hou$8 of E "& , R.p .. ,.nl.liw.. 0 w
Roll COlli Val.. 3: .: ~ ~ ~ 0
AlI\BAMA-Cc~·.
Elliot .. , O. Gren l O. Hobbs O. Jones D. I/ain~ u.
7 II. II. 2 W W 4 W W , , , 5 II: II.
HOW TO READ THE RECORD:
W me~nl VOTED WRONG, PAIRED WRONG
II. meell1i VOTED RIGHT. PAIRED RIGHT
- mean1 NO VOTE. or GENERAL PAIR
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8hl Con'll"" Hou,. of R.p .... nt.!i.el Roll COlli Vole,
ARIZONA
MYrdQd D. AL II: II. PGIIGn .. D. AL II. II.
ARKANSAS
Galhing5 Horri, • H.y. . Mis No ... 1 Tedell T,imble
CALIFORNIA
O. I W W O. 7 W II. D. 5 W II. O. 2 R II. O. 6 W II. O. " W II. O. 3 II. II.
Allen. R.7 WW And(lf1O~. R. S W W
8101 Congr.1S Hou •• of R.p' ..... '.fiw .. Itoll C.II Vo! • •
_0 =< :0 " ~ , •• •• ~.:!
t .~
;; " .ALtFOR NIA-C"
Br6mblell. R. Do~gles .. O. O<.>yle.. O. Engle O. Hewenner D. Hin.h.... R. Holir-eld o.
,lIOn R. ohnfOn R.
King.. O. McDonout;:h R. McKinnon O. Mdl!:'. .. O. Nj\o~ R. P;'illips R.
~~
W W 14 R II. IS II. II. 2 , • 4 , •
20 W W 19 R R • W W l W W , , ,
15 W W , . , , 12 W W 22 W W
The Electrical Workers '
,j
,
lid Cong.ul Houle of Rep.uent." ... , Roll C.II Vol ••
CALI FORt. ".-Cont. Pou R.I1 WW xudde' R. t W W S"appftfd D. 21 R R Sh."a D. 5
IEI.:'ld "/8/49) W.rcie R. to W W W~;'. ~. 9 R R
COLORADO A'p;nel Carr Hill . Me tulil
D. 4 R R D. 1 R R R. 2 W W D. ] R R
r.nNNFCTICUT
LQd':le R. 4 W W ' .. 1cGu·'e D. ] R R Pelte'l 11:. S R W R:bic:oR D. I R II: Sedle~ p. Al W W W, ~ D. 2 R R
DELAWARE
6<:-':1':1 1
HORICA
B .. nnltt
H" Pe'.' Rogers Siles Smal~o
GEORGIA
B'l)"'n Com, Co. Day,. Lanham Poce Pre~t V,n,,," Wheel W~d
IUAHO Sor.b. Wh'
ILUNDt AI, A.o"~
Bi,l,op Bu ~ I Cllun C~-po
Ch", 0._ Go.d Grnl' H
Jon" Lino 1.10" M"
R. AL W W
J 2 R II: D. S W II: D. I W R D. 6 W W O. 1 R R !:l.-4 RR
D. 10 W W
D. • w W 1 D.
D. D. D. D. O. D.
W W , W W
7 • • J W W I W W , W W , W W , W W
~. 2 W W r.. I R R
~ 16 W W R. 17 W W 11 16 R II: C -4 II: R , . . R. 19 W W R. I] W W
• • V •• , . . R. 10 W W R. 23 W W 11. 12 W W D. ) R R D. 21 R R R. 15 W W
81ltCong'Oil Hou,. of ." R. p.olent.ti.... -:! Roll Cell Vot.1 ] ;>
t ..-: J: ~ is ,.!
ILLINOIS-Cont.
MeMill .. ., R. 22 W W O'Brien D. 6 R R O'Hero D. 2 R R p.ie" . D. 25 II; II: Reed.. R. 14 W W Sebol~ ... D. 7 II: R Simpson.. R. 20 W W VoId. R. 18 W W VUf'Soll .•.. R. 24 W W Yolol . D. 9 R R
INDIANA
Crool Oen'"n 11,,1" .. ·1 Herd .. n Ho,,",,·y leccbs KN~
Modd,,~
Noland Woh~ • Wi! n
'WA
Cunnin,.. h'm
ivor G, , Hoe .... n
""'On LeCompio Merlin Tollo •
KANSAS
Cole Hope Meyor R"., ScrivMO' Smith
KENTUCKY
O. 1 R R D. 8 R R R. 2 W W R. 6 W W 11.. 10 W W O. II R R D. 4 II. II. , . . O. 7 II: R D. , R 9 W W
,. W II: ,. 6 W W
R. 1 II. II: fI 8 W W R. 7 W W R. 4 W W R ' W W " 2 W W
fl. I W W R. S W W R 1 W W R. ~ W W R. 2 W W R. 6 W W
Bale, D. , . . • • • , . . Cholf 0
G,,:don R. Gte,.orV D. Mo'"o~ fI Pe.~in
Spenco LJ Uno...... d Whit~l"r
UISIANA
" " Bq':l\ B,~
Heb~rI a.-ade
Mo.. n D ,,,mOn
Willi, D.
, W W J W W
• • , . . • • • , .
• 1 • • • • W W
W W 7 W W
• • • , W W
J W W
J o urnal lor F ebruary. 1950
8hl Cong'." Ho"" 0/ R. p,e •• nt.li~u Roll Ca ll Vol • •
MAINE Fello .... Hal. Nol$on
MAII.YlA' Beoll Bolton Fallon Garmon Millo. Sas~eer
MASSACHU· SEn s
., , o o
:
11.. ) W W R. I W W R. 2 W W
It. 6 W w D. 2 W II. D. 4 W II. D. 3 R II. R. W W D. 5 II. II.
B~lel R. 6 I osed II/I)
Donon~" O. 4 R II.
Ho,ler He$~lIon
Kennedy l"no
N, Phi b·n Roof''' W:~9'11'
wOI'I"
MICHIGAN Benn"" Bladnoy Crowfo,d Di,,'1f' Donde.o Englll Fo,d HQfim~n
Le';n<~i •• Mi~henp,
O'B';en Poll", R"b"~1 Sad", .....
sh"ie' Wolcoft W", -1,,,11
MINNFSCTA Ander$ And'e 8 at I
H. " Judd Mern,an M~C"'llIy O'Hllla • W-._
MISSISSIPPI Abe.nell Cohro' Ra"\,
1 • R R. 8 W W R. 10 W W R. I W W
O. II R II. D. 7 R R R. 14 W W D. 12 II: R R 9 W W
••
••
J • • , W W
t3 w W
12 R II.
• W W R. 8 W W D. 15 R II. R. 17 W W 11.. 9 R II. R S W W R 4 W W O. 16 R II. R 2 W W O. 13 • 11.. II W W D. D.
• p
• • , . . 3 W W 7 W W
10 W W
R. W W R I W W , . .
, W W , W W
• • • I 4 R II. R. 2 W W
J • •
• W W • W W I W W
Whitten O. 2 W W 3 W W 7 W W , W W
Whilti ,I n W; I:,m Wln!!o"d D.
81.1 Cong'oll HaUl. of Rlp, ... nl. ti v.1 Rolt C.II Vol ••
MISSOURI . "' Connon Cornohon Chri~lophe.
'rvin
9 Jonol Kont
K""I,," Mogee Moulder Short •.... Sullj~el\
Wolch
MONTANA
D·~I!" .. Manlr.old
NEBRASKA
D. 5 R R D. 9 II. II. D. 8 R II. O. 6 II. II. D. 4 R II. D. 10 II. II: D. 12 II. R D. 13 II. R D. I II. R D. 2 R R R. 7 W W D. II R II. D. 3 II. R
R. , W W D. I II. R
CUrli. R. W W M;Uor 11.. • W W
1 • • 1 W W
O·Sulliven. D. Stefan II.
NEW HAMP. SHIRE
Cotton M~"c ....
NEW JERSEY Addoniz·o A,,<hin<lon C"nf-old Co~o E.ton H"nd H",I Ho .... olI Ke"n Norton Rodino Thome, Ic .. o . Wolvedcn
NEW MEXICO
D. AI R II.
11.. 2 W W 11.. I W W
D. II II. II. 11.. 3 W W R. 8 II. R R. b R R R. S W w R. 1 W W D. I~ R R D. 4 R II. R. 12 W W D. 13 II. II. D. 10 R II. •• 7 W
, W W I W W
K.
•• Fern~nd"l D. AL II. II. Mi. D. AL R R
NEW YORK B~'~loy
Bv·no C. , CI.. I. Co. Coudorl Da~iu
10nllY o in,.at Gembl G"",; G. Hall. E. A ..
o. 2S R R 0.]2 RR D. 15 R II: D. 4 R R R. 39 W W R. 17 W W D.35 RR D. 6 R II: D.24 RR 11.. 28 W W O.44 RR R. 27 W W R. 37 W W
Page Seve nteen
8hl Congr." Houl.ol R.prn.nl.liv •• Roll c.n Vohol
.. < ., j
NEW YORK (Coni.) HolI, L. W, R. 2 W W Hel!: " D. II R II. He'" D.7 RR JOvit~ R. 21 II. II. KIIft.n"y R. 31 W W Keotin<:l R. ~o W W Keo<:lh D. 9 R II. Kilburn R. H W W Kltin O. 19 II. R Lelnom R. 3 W W LeFtv.. R. 30 W W Lyneh • D. n R R Moey R. I W W
Morcon-lonio .ALP. 18 R R
McGrelh D. 76 R R Multe. D. I~ R R Mu.phy D. 16 It It o Tool. O. 13 It It Pfeifer, J. l. O. 8 R R PfeiHer.
W. l. R. ~2 W W Powell D. 22 R R Quinn O. 5 R R Refld R. ~ 5 W W Riehlmon R. 36 W W Rooney D. 12 R R R(olevell D. 20
(Ereeted 5/ 17 ) SI. Goo ' 'le. R. 29 W W Teber •• R. 38 W W Teu.iello . D. H R R Toylor R.]) W W Wodlwo.lh R. 4 1 W W
NORTH CAROLINA
Be.den D. 3 W W Bonno. D. I W W Bul .... in ~ lo D. II W W Corlye O. 7 W W Chelhem D. 5 W W Cooley . D. ~ It R Deene O. 8 R R DOU9ht,," O. 9 W W Oll.hem D. 6 W W JOnel D. 10 R R Kerr ., O. 2 W W Redden .. O. 2 W W
NORTH DAKOTA
Burdick lem~e
OHIO
Bollon Breen • B'ehrn
R. AL R R R. Al RR
R. 22 W W D. 3 R R R. II R R
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'hl Congrol! HOIIMl of R.pro,en'.'ivtl Roll c.n Vo, ••
~
" 1 is ~
)HIO (Cont., 8." .. n R. 7 W W , . . 8u· . e D. Clevenqer Crosser Eldon Feiqhen HeYi • Hubor Jenlins Kirwan MeCulioch MeG.eqo. McSweeney Pol~ Sec.ed Smith VOtyi Woqno. Woich.1 Ymmq
OKlJ\HOM ....
, 5 W D. 11 It R • W W D.20 RR D. 18 R R D. 14 R R R. 10 W W D. '1 R R R ... W W R. 17 W W D. Ib R R D. 6 R II. D. 15 R R
•• ••
• W 12 W W 2 • •
11. I]
o Al W W
• • .... Ibe.t O. J • , .
5 • , . • • • • • • • • Gilmer D. Mon.oney D. Morris O. Steed D. Stiqler D. Wickeuhom D. Willon
• • 2 • 7 • 8 •
OREGON
Angell Ellsworth Norblod Stodmon
R. ) R R R. " W W R. I W W It 2 W W
PENNSYLV .... NI ....
Be .. oll O. I R R Buchonen. D. 33 R R Covelcenlo D. 23 II. R Chlldoff .. D. .. R II. Corbell R. 30 R R Dequ ••.. R.9 WW Oovenpo.t D. 29 R R Eberherter D. 12 R R Fenlon.. R. 12 W W Flood .... D. II R R Fullon ... R. ]1 II. W Gevin ... , R. 19 W W Gill.lle .. R. 14 W W G .ehem .. R. 25 W W Gronohon D. 2 R R G ..... ,., D.S RR Jemes R. 7 W W Keorns R. 28 W W KoUey .... D. 27 R R Kunkel.. R. 18 W W
,ldCong'lIls HouMl of R,prellnl.ti ~e' Roll Cell Vo'u
PENNSYLV .... NI .... (Coni.) Uehenwoller R. 8 W W lind D. 21 R R MeConne, R. Ib W W Morqon D. 24 R R O' Neili D. 10 R R Rhodes 0, 13 R R Rich R. IS W W Seylor . R. 26
(EJeeled 9/13)
•• J W W Seoll,
Herd'o Scott,
HU'lh Si"'pson Ven lendl Walter
R. b W W R. 17 W W R. 22 W W D.20 RR
RHODE ISLAND
Foqerty •• D. Forand . D.
2 • I • • •
SOUTH C .... ROllN ....
BrylClI D . Here. O. Me Millon. D. Richards D. Riyetll ... D. Sims . D.
SOUTH DAKOT ....
• W W J W W , W W 5 W W I W W , . .
Co~e R.2 WW Lov,e R. I W W
TENNESSEE
Cooper D. , . . 10 W W 5 W •
Devis D. Evin. D. Frelier D. J • • Gore D. • • • 2 W W Jenningl R. Murrey . . D. Phillip. R. Priost .... D. 5ullon D.
8 W W , . . , . . 7 • •
TEXAS
Bedworth Benilen Burle10n Combs ... Fisher •.. GosMlIi Kildov luees lyle .•• Mohon • • Polmon ..
D. 3 R R O. 15 W W O. 17 R R D. 2 R R D. 21 W W D. 13 W W D. 20 W W O. 12 W W D. 14 R R O. 19 W W D. t R II:
Blst Congren Houll of R'preMlnl.tiy, . Roll Cell Vohos
TEXAS-C(, ~- . Pielell Pooge Royburn Regon Teogue Thoma. r
Thomp'on Thofnberrv D W,)son D Worley L>
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80sone Gronger
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VERMONT
Plumley R .... L W W
VIRGINIA
Abbitt Blond Burion Fugote Go~ Herdy Horr;lon Smith Sionley
c. ~ W W ~ W W ., b W W , . .
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Holmes... R. HOr~1II .. R. Jochon D. Med. . R. Mitchell D. Tollefson . R.
WEST VI RGINIA
Boney.... D. Burn.ide •. D. Hedrick .. D. Koe . . .... D. Ramsey .. D. SI09getll • D.
WISCONSI N
Biemiller . D. B~.ne, ... R. ollvi. .... R. Hull.. .. R. Keele R. Murroy. R. O'Kon~l; . R. Smith .... R. Withrow . R. Zoblodi.. D.
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Borrett . R ..... ~ W W
The Elec tri cal W o rkers'
CAPITOL GETS ALTERATION JOB * * * * * * * fI',' Lit/"ti"," St/Nt"'" to lie ll'!J""'·""
EX'L'ENSI VE im llrovements and niterations have r('('cutly hecll
made in the I [ou,,<, ami ~ellatc chnmbCI'$ of the l'upitol, which, along with tho Wnshiugtoll 1\rOIl\lment, dominates the skyline or the nation's cnpitnl. '1'ho job'i, costin!,! in execSo'! or $·1,000,000, have affO I'''('d job'! to hundred." of ~killcd \\'ol'kcI'H in the huihlillg tl'ndl's, in('\IHliu){ 1l1l'lllh('I'''' or rlorn1 t'llion :W, I.B.K\\'.
The cxlcnsi\"c t'kctl'it'ui wOl'k has included imilnllntion of Ih(' laIc'" type lIuOl'c"('('nL fixtul't",; ill many o[ the "mllllcl' rooms <;ul'l'uulltiiul{ the Ii ousc and S('lInh' ('IUlllll)('I ......
and of 1l1l1l1l'roU"! 111010 .... 10 (irin> lIew uil" conditionin~ "(luipmclIl. EV(1n the room .. ()('('upi('d hy members of the wOI'kinl: 111"(,' • .'01 huve comc in for exh'II'1i\"(~ fnee,lirtilll!, COVCl'jUg the ('nlliLOI during Wu .... hiug-ton's torrid SUmlll('f promiS("'; 10 be a somewhat {'u<;Iier ta .. k fOl' IIlI'lII
bel'!i of the Fourth Eslllt~, for ail' conditioning i<; nlllon:.:; till' illllWOH'
men!" tnlHl1' in til(' 11n':-'''; rOl)m~,
New Roofs Installed
Tile higg('~t jobs Ilnyc been the instllllution or IIt'W )'OOrM O\'CI' bOlh cluun hl'I'S of ( '()lIgres:-;, ,I n 10,10, thc architcct 01' til(' ('api!tI\ illsLullcti stccl tl'llS"C~ OVCI' holh ('!lumbers 10 SUp pOI" the dl'nc! wt'ight of tile flnl roof'l, ftll' II hil,lI Ill(' original framing had 1)("('11 ill .. lllilcd in til\' 18:)O's.
J·'urLlwr joh .. u('compli'lhcd in tht' recent f'xlcllsi\"c I'enomtiou hu\'c included new scuting fOl' Ihe Il ou"c, and ill .. lnlll1tiull (lr nUI .. hll' wain s{'(ltlinl1 ill till' ~(,lIltlt·
Instnllation of 111C nfol'el1l('l1-tioll(,tl {'\(>('lri(1:11 fixtlll'c" i" hut on(' phU'It' of a 10ng,r:Ulj{I' $ 10,000,000 Jll'ognun or l'('plurinl! nrI!11I1()(\r1'llizillj;l,' Ih(' Ii~htin'~ "y .. II'1I1 of nil huililings on Capitol lI ill now supplied b,v th(' ('npitol's OWI1 power sysll'm, '1'lIi':l SYlltl'11l will 1'\'('1111111\1." be nhnlldOllcrl nlH1 PO\\'('!' will he
(CMlti'!!H'fi QIIIW,!lC 47)
Journal for February, 1950
,\IJ01'ri'- lru,.J .. ;r Iln/XUI' I" "oj", (I /0I1t'1/ (.rIU"/l/( ~/ tlie tl/llt /,*,m/f"'11 IIrt, ,.tl'rc~t "tilly tI,t' .,rj',11 :>1,,1 u/ Iltd' Uniltd -"wttll, to tl,c reiling ~/ ,,,, l'nitE'11 St(IIe!! Snfllt., UII",,', JIItl"I'l'r" 01 I..l', 11; nrf' 1<"011 .. j,,"flllli"!I tI,""r,u"t
Ii""'" _ ill Snlfl/I I""" r ... "",
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.by J. SCOTT MILNE, Editor
The Labor Press 'rhe lahol' pI'ess has a gTIlVC I'c'lpollsibility to the
readers it sen'es, Wc arc speaking here chiefly or jou rnal ~ and pnpers of intcJ'Ilutional unions, though ecrtainly C\'CI"~' pCl'iodieal 1)lII'uding under the bunner of "Iahor" shore!'! Ihe 1'(''ipoJl!;ibilil~- or which we speak. The rc!'!pollsibilily to which we I'efcr i.s n eompo~ilc of sc\'crnl th ing ... , F il'st the labol" l)rcss has thc I'c'ipollsihility or keeping its people informed on iNlc') of the c1a~- whirh :lfl'eet their health nnd welfare, l n thil'l l'egnrd it has n responsibility to get the new'i whirh IIrrects it~ people, to those pcople, and somelhing more, it ha'i a duty when at all po,>sible, to report the news behind the news-wlmt al'e Ihr factor') hehind the storiesr Who is pushill~ the hullon ~ Jt hus n duty 10 bring to labor unioni sts the nrws from Ihrt.' angle, all hricklayers or bukel's 01' ('arpenl('rs or rlC'Clririnns. 'rhat i'i what tbe meml>crs are pa: .. ing for and that is what they should grt. H is our opinion that too many of Ollr labor jourllal~ of loony rely too steadil~- on "canned material" (thc mimeographed or printed JlIalcl'inl sent out hy new."; Ilc l,\,iec') nnc1 I-(OV{'l"lllllcnt hUI'(>nll!ol) 10 fill their pul,li('atiOIl<:.
Tnlr. Ihl'I't' 111'(' nlany Inuol' pnpcrs and ma~lIZillt'~ with exll'rlllrly limited fillnnce.<:, whose editors /1I'e fot<'e-d to usc IIllich of this "hoilcr plnte." 11 0\\,('\'('1', we ft'el thnt wh('lle\"cl' at all possible, labor IJllion~ ro:hould do tlwi!' 01111 c(lilorial work, It follows that labol' uniolls will IWHI' 1nako much money on thril' puhlicatiuns hut tlwll that is not their purpose Imel if thcy arc doin~ n ~ood joil of ~etting' the ri~ht n('\I"s to their pcople, in filll';l('tkc, refidablc form, they should not he nltlkill~ moncy 011 the enterpriS<',
We hUH tried in the Rl(ririful W orker's JOlirlUlf
10 Ii\"(, lIJl to the I"esponsiuilit~, which we have stnl('d h('l"I:' 11" 1,('lollg:ing- to th{' lahol' PI'(!..<;"S. "~e know \1"
ha\"e 11IIII'h 10 lellrn lind ha\"e ffil' to go, but we hu\'{' «et u ~"III lind will kCI'Jl stl'iI"in/-!, And our ]11'(,'>.'
eorre<;pomknls nl'e helping liS u great deal. 'I'h{'il' {'onll'ihutions, od~inlll. wholly "non-canned" ha"c IIddl'd 11l\l(>h 10 our ,JOUr/lilt through the ;nar" lind we are g"l'lIteful.
We hope in th(' months nlh'ad to hl'ing you matcl"inl you wnnt to rend in ~'OJlt' J rJ!l/'Iwl nnd live up to the I'cspoll5ibility which we h('li('H' is both the hcl'itllge lind dilly or ('\'rl'~- Inhor pllhlienlion,
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l'riblll.C We pllllse in the midst of Olll' ed itorial wl'ltmg
Ihis month to pny tl'ilmle 10 II man who has just rcecntly pus,;ctl nway--one who WIIS our friend and the friend of el'cry trade unionist in America, U (' ha..'l bee.n called "the mlln who mnde America lIlIionlabel eOllsciolls." 'Ve refcr to 1. M. Ornburu, see!·et..'l I'y-trensun'l' ot the A.F', of J ... Union I.jnbcl 'rrades Depnl'lment and founder of the nnnual "Union lndustries Show" which has taken on gig-nntie proportions in the past few ~-ears and which has dOlle unlimited good in cementing relation~hips betwC('n mnllngcment and lahor nnd in promoting the sale of union label goods.
1\[1', Ornburn, carll' in li[c, 1.JeCfime an fit<lent ad\'()('alc of the true lH'ineiplcs allll purposes of llIbol' unionism. It wns that zen I for labor unionism that moth'all'd his life lind to whieh he de\'oted his energies. 1'1U' ,\1". of J.J., and in truth the whole trad(' union mo\"('menl, i'i better for hn\'ing knowil 1. M, OI'nbUl'lI nnd his <lenth erellh'~ a lo~ from whi('h wc slmll Hot soon I'CCO\'cr,
Point for A rbitrators PI'ofes'iol' Williom H . i\ lc Phel'son of the Unh'c l'<;iIY
or IJIinois Jnstitllte or Labor nnd Industrial Relations posed a qucstion in a recent article publishe.d in the , tl"bi/m/ion JOItI"Iwl which g-ivcs food for thought.
lie asks if ial}Ol' 31'bitl'utors should play" follow the leaelcl'," und he points to II growing tendency on the part of arhitrators to rOllsider precedents in A"rie\-aJlce nrbili'ation eases. Professor ) rcPherson lInal~-7.c'\ the "doubtful ben('fits" and it is his eonrlusioll lhllt Ihcl'e are grc.'llel' dnngcrs than benefits in tlli~ new trend. He emphasizcs U1at each cnsc "liould be srttled 011 itll own mel,it" and within the fmmework flf the particular "ilnation or else there i~ dan~el' that al'hitmtion willi)('('ome more le!!ali'itie, more eo~tly lind le"i likely to yil'ld nn equitable ruling that will hclp to JlIfiintllin good !'('lations between the pal,tie" who 111\l"1 ('ontinue 10 Ii\"{' Imd work together,
Pro[cs~oJ' )fcPhersoli furthel' points out thnt arbitralol's' aWllnls IlI'C not sII1Jject to appeal ns are rO\ll"t deti~iom;, find tllcl'CfOl'e "lin inept awa l'd might he citcd as Wl'1l ns an apt one."
The ]ll'ofe'isol' urges thnt a!'bitl'alOI'S and plII'lies
The Electrical Workers '
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involved, recognizc t he dnngcrs of considering dc('i 'lioIl S mude in Ullrclated cascs,
' Ye fe('1 thllt tbe p rofessor's commcnts and l'ccomIllc ndalious are wcll t ukeu, 'f he J,B.B. W, has always ul'gcd and hn'l alwors fo llowed in its II rbitrntion cour t, lhe Council on Judu'lL I'ini Relations, the policy of j1l(l~il1g I'lll'h !~ase 011 ils uwn IlU'!'its, By followill~ this polic'y nlHl avoid ing Icglllh;tic nllll('t'ls of nrhi!I'(l· Hon we 1'e('1 1II0rc fail' (1\'(';5ioll1; hlt\'e come fl'om our Counti l ami more hurllll)llious reiatiml'l betm'I'n OUI"
t'mpIOrl'N nud Oll!' lllE'mbt'rs hl\\'1' iH'pn maiutllillf'd
D('/ayed - O"e I{('cessio" The rf'('I's"i()n that I'n-ryonc Sl'CIllCII tv f.'I'1 "as 011
the way ('crtainly diiln't arrh'c in l!H!I. 'fhe Unitcd States Department of ('Olllmcrec reports corporalI' pl'ofits n'lIched a total of nbollt 2G billion dollal's la~t year and that nct profiLs appro~itllntc 15 and a haIr hill.ion. I"urthcr the dcpartmcnt rel>or\s that. $8A hillion will be di<;trihuh,{l in djyidend~, .And how dn these fi~lll'C'S mC';1<;\II'C' up with rtgurd to previolh ~'-CllI'S?
fn J!l;!!) gTo;;s eOI'plII'atc profits lotll\('ti !';ol1lctilill!! ... hort of tlO hillion. Only in 1!l\1 and l!Q" did COl" [)orations C'\'cr mnk£' more 1Il01ll'Y than they made In.<;t yca!', .\ 11<1 liS for didrlcnds--ne\'er did eO!,(Xlrntiolls have mOl'e dividend'! to di.!;lI'ihutC', the previoll~ all hi~h iH'ing $7,n bill ioll in l!W~,
_\ nd nil though l!lHl .\ m('rictln businc"'"i men w(.'re h\lrlin~ cpithets rl'~:lI't1illg "statism" aud the "wC'1-fure state" and the disll<;trouS results the ']'rUlilali "Pair Oelll" was hn\'ln~ on free cllterprise. 'I'u lhC
a collo(IUiali<;1II which is also a bit of flll uuderstate· IIlt'UI. "[t lIin't hnrt I1wllI IImw!"
The New 1_ C. F. T_ U_ _\ 1\ f'lIcourogcd eontiubtCllt or dcl('f!ntt's from thC'
,\ ,.E', of I" and the (;, 1.0., clated with thc feelillg that ('omes rrom c~ceuting tl goot.l job, hns just I'etumed home to the United Stales theit· mi<;<;ion- t'I'!'alion of a ncw worldwide tJl'~Hlli1..'ltion of fl'ce tl'udc uniou~ -completcd,
Thc 1 nlCl'Jlational {JOIL fcdl'l'Iltioll of l"l'ce 'l'l'atlt' L:lliOIl'l, the official Ilamc o[ tht' ncw org-anir.ation. wa ... 1>01'11 in I,oudon during' thc days of lhe hiSlori{' IIIcetillJ.;' l\oWIllI>eI':.!" to J)e<'\'mlK'I' ~I, .\nU tlli .. e\'cl1l !'allks hi~h in impOI'lIIllt. c\'cnts in wol'ld history for it is tlH' sllf'('esslul culmilHltiou of the en'ol'l~ 01 ( I'el' trade unionists to bl'\'Itk away from thc World Fc(\cra, lion of 'l'mc1e Unionists whi(!h had II1cl'cly hcconw n puppet of the &>viCI I nioll, lind f4Jr~c It 111'\\' worlt! insll'umf'nt or theil' OWII,
'I'llc 1.rY.'I',u, iii 1[0) 1\'I'nk hUllding tog'ctitl'l' of lj
handful 01' labol'itf's, [ t was sct up h~' ... ome :!:iO (\eh'gaH's fl'om lH'lll'I,1' .')0 COUlltriC!'l 1tJ1(1 l'('pl'es~nts man' tllllll rIo milliOIl \\Ur!..N'I, It unitt,s thl' free labOl' 11101'('1111'111 .. of E1I 1'01'('. ).'01'111 and ~otLlh ~\ mel'ica.
,\Erica, til l' Neal' nwl t he I"al' Ea..,l l'('m'iling out
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into all pal't-. Ill' the world, Ils hcmJqunl'tcl's h to be ill B r'us.~('I ... Hilt! its Gell l' l'ul :O;cel'ctlll'Y is ,J. 11. Oldcn\)l'ock of the Nl· t lrcrlnnds, 'I'lle I ,C. I,'.'I',V, is govl.'l'ned hy 11 ('onA'I'('~« of dclegnles from nil un ion" which will Il1c\'l ('\,CI'Y two yeal's, I n its constitution it !sets thc hi~h aim "to support the right of all pcople to full 11l1tiullul freedom Hllli scH-goH'l'I1l11ent and to (']1H11IP10ll tilc cause of hUtlHlIL Il't'cdom and oppose nllt! rom hal totalital'illliism and !Ig'rcssion in allY furm,' ,
Through Ihi .. I1CW f(,t\('I'ntioll, frw unioll'l of the wlIl'ld ('nil \\lII'k eOllsln\C~til'cl.r all O\'CI' twO hcmi"plll'rt''> 10 nLi ... t· the ~lltlljlrll'tlS o[ linu!-\, o[ thdl' In'!)'
"It'. wOl'k toward (,(,Ollouric illljH'OVl'l11l'lIt in nil the "')Ulltl'il'''', 1'('IIU!'i(> rOl11trlunistic infiltration and protctt Ihe rr~'dol)js which arC' ('n'IY human Itt'ing'!; right.
'l'hl' f'"tllUIi ... hlllcnt uf tlri ... (Ir~anil!ltioll is a pm~I'I'" ... iw ,,1t']I wiri(;h should \)t' haill'd ill joy b~' "\"'ry _\w(;ri.'aH tmde unioni ... t.
111111, rOllse yOIll' IHurt a/Iff mind, (/tid the lOllY Imy will 111111'illd to l)((lce /0,. /Ill U11111/.-imi ill Cl'ery tllllillll.
1/lIlf,/rom your /01/11 r 's /Iflul n)lIl(l [ortlt tolil/il to .~11l1fll, lUI/ill joilltd ill 1,,.ot1l(r · ,~ "(/lid, U'lIrld Fedl rtlliflll!"
)1 \11(; I1WT I I ()n~:"m~:\'
YOllth Of Ollr Nation _\ call to thc nation hilS just bl'C'1I issued ]',\ lite
Pn'"id.'u! "I' lhr , 'lIikd :-it1l1t'.., II ., hils 1·1!.,t'l1tly nn11011l1('1'11 lhnt latc ill 1!l50 a confcrcnce will be hcld ill Wn~hin~on, C'lltitlcd thc ")1itlccntury White H ouse (;ollfl'11'nee on (,hHdN'n and Youth,"
This is nil interesting and hcartening aIlIlOUIlf'Cment. The fOU l' prc\'iou'i White ][ou~e Coni"1'cncc ... for Chihlrf'1l heir! one each decadc "incc 1909, (\('COI1l
plishcd such outstnndill~ gains (01' the chiltll'('n of ,Amerieft as formulating tirc first child hcalth lind wcJ[are standards this );ation had el-er known, specded up ehild lal>Ol' legi:o.lation, stimulated rrNllion of the Childr'Cll 's BU1'('(nl ill the ,",('dl.' l'lll nOYC'I'l1l11cnt and mn~h' IIlir('1' out~ll1 ll(l il1t! gain ... f()I' the WI'It'IlI'l' of our _\ IIlI'l'it'lIl1 ('lrildr('11.
The ('IIi1i..'(l :;lJ.l\e~ is thc .. it'ILI:"t nntiol1 in tlw world. .\nd juo;t now it is I'idler in ehiitirCIl tban in any olhcl' 1~1'iod in its hislo l'Y, W'c now hn\'e -1 6 million c1li1llr'(,11 uncl('!' 18 ~"'I\I'~ of aA'C. 'I'hl.' \\'o..td in which lite), al'\' g-I'u\\ing up h a cumplex OIlC.
1'he Presidcnt has thrown the conference opcn to nil the JlC'ople und hns appointcd n eonurrittee of will('ly rcprcscntativc leaders to direct the tusk.
\\'c or the Electrical \\'ol'kers hail this llCIV Whilc !lousc ( 'onI'Cl'cnce fO l' C'hildrcn, H'I a neccssHI,)" p Z'o~ gl'e<;<;iYe mensur'c and wc a'lk our l111'mhcl'S to coopcl'atc (lI'el'ywhcl'c in aidi11g Ihis conft'rcncc in bri nging ,:p'cate l' oppol'tlin itie'l to cvery child with in the bound/II'ics of OUI' great NntiOll ,
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Editor: I was imercst(>(l to sce your account of the harmonic generatol' and oscilloscope ill the Now·mber JOII!;'; \1 ..
I wonder if any Rrolher could gi\'c me the "set-UI)" for an ell'Clric, "by sight" IJiano tuner or put me in touch with onc who rould.
M. COWM;H-S:\IITII 225 Montreal SIreN Victoria, n. C., C(lIwda
The "~lrol)QCOflll," pictlll'ed here-1(·ith. ill , tllllld"clilred by C. (;. CO"" Uti .. 1-.'lklm1'l. llldiana. On, 01 it" 1I._r" j" /",. pill no ami argmt rIming. Jt 1'1101,/._, !l1I!/"'11' 10 '"f'a.tlre 1,itch 1-iRllIIlIy (wd to illlI/lllltMIf'Qllilly 8(,r'
tdth d, fillill' U(,(,llrncy, dOli'''' /0 J J(}(JO. ", II s(,"ilo". I'xnd/JI Idlllt 'Ullt' .~ ~Im"(ltlf. Til#' SlroboC'()l1tt (Irjillilciu (limi,wtl'll IHIU (111f'litiOJ~ of tIlIO/llilio" (I/If/ i1ll Mill of 'lie tnollt 7)mdicfI/ dC!'il'('R t't'(''' r/f'!'/'II'J/Jf'd 10" the CU"l'lIr'11fe M!d (lirlii/y 1IIule,.stood , urfl.U,., ",,/11 0/ t'ibrutiOI'l/"eqlfOici/'II,
One Itirrll>ly 'OIHUIIl tllr IUllt dellirefl, lookll fit tilt COI'reet "1I/lIIlliNY window ill the Sf rO/JOeO?!1I 111111 imllrediatefll lIeell the exact Jlilclt 0/ tlwl li(lrlicuifp'
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tIme. II the lone il! ahuT/I, Ore pullc,./I in the u'illdulI' 1II01'U /0 rigftt. 1/ the lO/lf' i, /flit, tlte lX1ttern move, to telt. All Ille tUlier IW8 to do ill adjust Iht 11ilUlO II I rilly Imtil tile lX1t1ern . /fma, etill.- EOITOR'S Non:_
Q. 011 a nortltld rlll/il) or T I' riTer/it, !IOU' 111(11111 PM "pen/of'TI 1111111 be wired ill scries Sfrlisfllc/Ol'ily? /low lIIallY Ill/Ii u-hlrt lIi=('II fire !lelte,.lllly regarded as brirlg llllOiriellt to git'e complete 101lfll rendition for lrome reeeptiorl?
A. The addition of another permanent-magnetic sp·eaker will causc nn impedance mismatch for the outl1ut tube of set and give distortion. If t ..... o speakers are d{'sired they both must be of the same imlledllnce and (or the best results they m\U;t be connected in parallel if the I!t't hns It I1cntode output tube and in serics if it has n triode tube,
The addition of thr('c speakNs to that one of th(> s(>t will balance the original impcdllnce of the one speaker, pJ"Ovideci all spenkers arc of equal iml>edance and thcn Ilarallcl groUJls of two speakers BCllarately and 8('ri{'s connect thc two paralic led groulIS. Also three speakers and the usc of a "dummy" resistor for the fourth speaker, connccted as abovc lor the four speakers, wi[[ gh'e thc same impedance match,
The number of speake I'!! that olle rna\' wish to connect dcpcncls upon the' power oulilut of the SN and the volume desired from the sl~akers without the uS(> of an Ilflditional amplifier and also the quality of rffCption.
For complete tonal rendition the speaker should he of the cnlibel' of n RCA model 1.elA or emll]oy the double speaker type, Th{' quantit)' that may be connected ill answered "bove, or by the usc of "dummy" I'esistors to gh'c the exact impcdance I'C
qull'ed fO I' the ouqlllt tube, one may
connect all mallY as desired and the set will handle.
Q. ,4.,." feeders that are carryirlU (l/tel"llfLtirlO and direct ClIrrent s allowed to be pulled in IIle 8ame C01lIllfil! AI80, are low 1:0110g6 nUnai or bell U'iT" ttllowed in .dlh tI.e fight eirellits!
A. Articl.. 300, section 30Ll of N.KC. states: "Conductors of sigllnl 01' radio s)'stems shall not occupy the same ellclosure with conduclors of light or power systems except as permilt<'d for clevators in sectioM 6216 and 6217," Also: "Conductors of light and Ilower systems of GOO volts 01' leas llIay OCCUIIY the same enclosure without regltrd to whether the indi\'idual circuits are alternate-current or direct-current, onl)' if all conductors 11I'e insulated for the maximum voltage of any conductor within the cnclosure."
The Electrical Code of thc District of Columbia and certain other localities do not permit the runrling of AC u/ld DC cit'cuits ill the same enclosure and so one should inquire of thc electrical inSjleclion omce of his city what is allowed,
Q, TIle electrical cOrlduit. flrll beinu rllII 1IndergrOILnd in a e/ftS8 / lra=ltrd01l8 loefL/ion from the panel that is locatffl inside a non-lwzardOIt.8 ImildillU to tile motor. outride. Si,,~e (l ¥tea l-off fitting is placed at the motoT where the nmduit comes OlLt 01 tile grolmd, is,,'1 this a 81IQicient Ileal?
A, There should be another BCal· ofT al the point where the feeders enter the building or before it enters the IHlnel, as gases can leak through a fault)' couilling and entcr Ilanel. Also Section 6015a3 states that, '' In each conduit rlln leaving the ClaSH I, Division 1 haY-ardous area there shall be 110 box, couilling or fitting in the conduit between the seal and the )Mlint nt which the conduit leaves thc luu:urdous al'{'u."
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EIJITOIl: In your November HIoI9 issue undcl' Questions and Answers was u t"C<lucst for a Ionnula for finding the wire size for a 25 horsepower 3·phase 220-\'01t motor with a spe-cified drop of 3 percent over a distUllce of 300 feet. Your fonnula for 3-phase was Circular Mils =
10,7 x 1 x 2 xL, E
this should have been multi])\ied by .8G6 to be eonecl for a-phase as youI' fonmlla is for two wire A.C, Most commonly used for 3-phase circular mils is the fonnula; CM =
18.7 x I x L E
in which 18.7 is the constant (10,8 x 2 x .8G6) combin<'d for {Juick use.
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My reference was C!'Oft's Amcl'icll.ll ~~leetrlcian's Handbook.
W. E. ]lIN(W.\M, Venice, California
A. The table for the vottng'1! Ul .... ll
in the Handbook, which )Irompted our answer, stated that it could be used Cor single phase 2 or 3 wire, 3-phase 3 or 4 wire incandescent lamp Circuits; resistance type heating units; or unit)" power factor motorl. The tllhlr had checked with the formula gi\'en in the ~o\"ember luue.
We are most upprcciati\'e for Brother Ringham's corrective formula for 3 phncc, a·wire circular mil cIIIculations as we have always ulWt.l the table COl" long runs. Therefore the answer to Brother Kelly's problem should hu\e been liO,40;; C.M. instend of Ci7.G83 C.M. or She No.. 3 A.W.C. wire. Because Size No. a is not commonly made, Size No. 2 would be used in stllndard practice.
-EIJITOIt'S NOT.:.
• • • EUlTOIt: Rtference is made to
Brother Chatre's article in the :s'ov('mber, HI·HI, issue of the JOt'ltS"AI .. III' inquirM just "why does Abbott's Tllblcs re<:ommend 2-300,000 C.1\I.tnlC 'JHI'-per leg" Cor his I~O horsepower _ 3-phase - 2:!0-\'olt Wound ltotor Motor or words to that eff('('lYou not only erred with )'our own answer but failed to anSWN his "type lUI" inquiry.
This ill auglo;catL-ti ali an answer but could also bt- in error "wll)' Abbott's Tables" sugge~t this 300 MClt{ size. The motor's use is not known according to the data he gave relaUn to its dutr. Let it be IIssumed then that his motor is mted "Continuous Duty." From Section 4312 ·)'ou will note that the minimllln current-cnrrying capacity is 125% of motor fullload C\lrl'ent rating but the tll(u:imum can 1M! up to 200' ... for Varying nuty, lIow(o\"cr, let it be further assumed that his motor falls into the 140% c1as.sillcation. The design and control of thiti t) pc wutor ill such that it nlDy be started with IIllproximately the slime current "alue as is the value oC the full-load motor running current nllmeillate value. The conductor ought to be capable of carrying the maximum current that the O.L. )In>
t('Cli\"e dcvice will allow to pnss per ~ection 4309 wherein the O.1J. setting is based upon the motor nameplate current rating or 376 8m11S. And per Section 4::122-8-1 aM amended by Section 4321, the O.L. setting is 11 maximum of J40<:"'O nameplate current \'alue.
Thus, :176 Nameplate nating 1.4 Max. % O.L. S('tting
150·' 376 526.4 Amps. O.L. Setting ]leI" leg
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Ol.ll-.I.. \lOL'/l.CoC \.I.O"TOR.,Cj..~ ~ ':.ITOt... "St .... 1l..1-!t\t>lJt.110T\ R.U.,
EIJlTOR: I would like to know iC )'our oftlce could send me 11 wiring diagram of a Sterling Single phase motor (capacitor type) which can be. used on n a-phase drum control switch (forwarding and reversing type) so that the motor can be made to run forward and reverse on 220 "olt or 110 \'olt hooku)l! Would appreciate it very much if someone could manage to draw one to be printed in the JOURXAL for the benefit of others also who may encounter such a liroblem.
ARTUL'1l H. BROWN, SOldh. Gate, Calif.
UlIforhl'lllltl'ly the wiring dill!lrllrn of a Sterling, .ingle plllue, dual 1101/.4ge, capantor "'1M motor is not to b. had at pre.ent. So u'e hare sublfihded a Cenuai t.·ledrie motor of sinriluT cliaraderistica for ulle tl-'ith. tile dnun C()1l.
trol rtvo·.ing II.l'itrh. The diaura,n uPlJear. aboue. JJjJ /ollowi"y .imi/aT COft_
nectioru in any type 0/ tll%r ollt' "lOlIld be al.11l In fuinpt tile drum >lluitclt. -EmTOIt'S NOTE.
I n multil.lr oC 2 conductors per leg: 52G.4. 2 263.2 Amps. lH!r
Conductor From Table J: 263.2 Amln!. caUs for a 300,000 C.M.
T)'l)C 'RU' Ir Type 'R' was used, from Table l: 263.2 Amps. calls for a -100,000 C. M. Type 'n' and not the 300,000 r,M. that you havc computed.
Brother Chaffee ought to pDy pDrtil'lIlar attcntion to Section 3018 for his installation, too.
The suggestion made here is hased ullOn the assumption that hc intends to run only 3 conductors pcr t'OJlfluit. If all six conductors are b<'ing installed in the same conduit, the Note 4, Tables I and 11 will alter this ('lillY'(' suggution considerably.
Pratenmliy 1/ours, C, W. Ll:WIfI, I. O.
Bro/hel' Lt'w'II' expla'I(Jtioll lor A /.batt's 7'(tbles 1186 of 2-800,UOO C.M. type RIl wire i8 indeed eorl'ert find II'e are grateflll for his OliIlrTI·otion. OIIT rq/ly IfflR given ollly for 1/1'11 qw!sti,m, "1I'ill 2-0000 wires flcr /1"11110
be O.K. I" ilnd.o 100 showed him. for CIte gcneral1taage 0/ the motor as implied th~ ,nillimll'" '1::e feeder is !$00,(j{)0 C.M. tllpe llu·ltich is based on Ih~ It5% /oTnuda. and which agreell with. Chal/fer 10, Table £0 of N.E.C.
Brother Lcwis' .ltggeBtion Ihat tlto ttire at"ze 1. baird on. onl1/ three 1dres ill one COMltit is well propoced; since placing fill aix tt'irta in one conduit u'ould rcdllce tho ctlrrcnt ea.rrying capacity 0/ th~ (ceder SQ% and tlterebJl reqlliT~ a 14rger .ize ltire ill eaclt leg.
• • • Conl.aim'.' fur Lillks
A weatherJ)roof storllge container for spare fuS(' links has been announced Thr Inw-r.()Rt container, made of strong, durable aluminum, 's equipped with 11 galvanized steel hracket for casy pole-mounting. B)' IItoring spare fuce links of the proper size at the cutout location, lim'men Cllll restore lIe)"vice more quickly in cllse of outages. The bright aluminum finh;h iti lcndil)! visible f rom the ground.
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What 's Your Philosophy? O",n, yea)'s uJ.."O I ll(~al'd 1\ scrmon
by II tor('ign millsion:!ry that just about IUnlm(>d up thl:' philQlIOphy of life of evelT crClIlut'(' that lives on thls old sphere of ours we call our world. Men anti women in ('VHY country live according to II creed that falls roughly into 0111' of three IlnUerns. The first creed is that of the man or woman who BUYS; "What's yours is mine. I'll take it!"
The aceond has the theme, "Whnt's min(> i8 my own, I 'll keep it l"
And third. the creed of thos£' blessed ]tcople wc call unselfish "What's mine is YOlln, we'll share it!"
Code or G r (,l'd
There are a grent many pcople who Ih'c according to that first code who are vcry wicked prople--lhese are the thic\'es, and the murderers, who go ruthlessly through lire taking what they want regardless of the rights and feelings oC others, until lhe law or Divine Providenw catches up with them, But there arc muny decent ci t iJo:ens of our country who live by this code, in a lesser degree ot COlirse, and Rre Ilerhaps not even aware that they live by the same code that motivates the criminal element of our society, These ul'e the peollie, who, while they do not (lctually take things illegally, are Cort:'ver alld eternally taking all they cnn get, Crom their families, from their friends, from their empio}'eNl, from all with whom they come in cont1lct, lind give as little as they can get IIWIlY with in rdul'lI,
Think or how many women there are (and I cite wOlllen as an exnmple here since this is the women's page, though they are cC'rtainl)' no more
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fn'qucnt offel\(k,'s thnn the males of the race) who make every demand possible 011 their husbands, for clothes nnd sllending money, etc, dl'Uining the fnmilr resourCeS to a low ebb to satisfy their own sclfish whims, and yet neglect their household duties. keC'p a sloPl), house, prepare slipshod meals, in other words, g:in· as little as possible in return for all tlmt the)' demand that their husbands A'h'e to thenl,
Thrre arc children who e",.ecl th~ir pnrents to make nil sorts of 8ucl'ificeB to gh'e them everything and yet do not even give courtesy and loyalty lind obediellce in return.
There are employes who demand the highest wages and best working conditions from their empioyerl and yet nevcr gh'e II fair day's work in payment and as for IO)'alty and relia· bility. it ne,'er oeeurs to them that they owe these to their employer as 1101'1 of the return for the 8111ary paid them. And that works both WIIYS too -there are employers who C'xact COli· s t llnt emcicnt wo rk with no thought to an adequate ,'('turn or happiness fOl' tlleir employes.
Yes. there arc nUIII)' people living according to the "criminal" code who are nat even aWnl'e of it,
Code IIf Selli8h neH!I
Xow what about the I)cople who live according to Code No, Two! These are tho tolks who, in genera] live unto themselves, both giving and laking' little, What they llnve in the wily of worldly goods or talents the~' keel) to thenlselves refUSing to share with BnYOIlC, Often these persons, lh'ing in their own little world. while they gh"e little or nothing, either of themseh'es in friendliness and kindness, or of their abilitiCtl and talents, or of their worldly IlOssessions, take nothing eithcr-missing the friendship, the helpinll' hand, the knOW-how and knowledg:e others have and would be glad to shure with them. These folks miss so much, They contl'ibutc little to life and get little ill return from it, T think these are very sad I)cople-for while they do little IlIIrm to others they miss SO much of the fun and beaut)' and camaraderie of life by their selfish, seJr·centered atti· tilde, Perhaps we're a little hard on
thrill for some of them may ha\'c comr to live within their shell fl'OIll shynesll on thC'il' own pa rt, and lack of lindeI'· sl1lnding on the part of others,
Cude of L()\'e
Then there arc the Number Thl'Ci.' Ilcoilie-and thank the Lord there ure flO many of them-those with the Ilhilosollhy, "What's mine is yours. wC"1! share iU" Thesc arc the people who give. They give their work. They do the best job they know how ever~' dny-whether it is as a housewife in the home, liS II worker in the factory, as an electrician on the job, or a stenographer in an office. They givf' of themselves in many ways-by being friendly, b)' helpint::' neighbon and fellow workers, by joining in community projects, by giving cheer· fully through life, adding to the hap· plness ot others by their kindl)' spirit. They give of their worldly JrOOds too. giving to those in need, sharing what thC'y have with friends and neighbors,
Give and Get
These arc the people who put the 1Il0st into life and reap their just re· WlIl'd, they get the most out of it too, Surely, adversity seems to follow them sometimes and hard luck often tracks their footsteps in spite of their ~ncss to their fellow men. But inside is a comforting peace which abides in the heart or every man and womall serene in the knowledge that he has done his best nnd has lived for some· body else besides himself,
Now's Ule time to stop and lake inventory, Whieh of the three codes or Jlhilosophy is yours? Perhaps in
(Continlltd on pafJe 3())
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G4n"C."·lIn.CnC D ... ·call
l~ TillS column this month we thought we'd !rll )"OU Il little about
the Governm('nt Burellu that more Ihun nny of the othcrIJ. belon~ to us, the Women'. 11111'(:1111 of the L'nited States DCl'urtment of Lnbor.
The "'onum's Bureau WUII !let uu man)' YUnI ago by ('ongn,:!. 10 formulate standards lind policies to IlI'ornote th(' w{'lfllrt' of wlIg,'-('nrniIlK womcnimlln)\'C their working conditions-incr'eus(' their ('i1lcicl1(,Y advance their Ollportuniti('s for Ilrofitablc emolo\'I1l('nt. It {'mplo),11 II COnll)("tC'nt !ltatf of workers who inH'lIliKutr nnll I'(>J)()rt 011 all Ih('~(> 1l1llItf'l"lJ.
C ll'III'j" lt lI ulI "..,
TIlt' WOnll'II'S Bureau is n clcal'in~ house for fnels on wom{'11 workers. It it 111'('1)(II'('d 10 nrlllWl'r itlfllLirirs ill such fielcla 1\8 {'nl]lloyment of womell: cmJlloymrnt outlook (or women: training; ('al'l1ings of \I om('l1; recommended standards for wom('n'a workinJ:! conditions; wotl1('n's lui)!)!' laws, such as ec'\Ual PU)', minimum wage, hours; the legal status o f womel1, iJuta on women in oth('1' countrlell is also u\uilubi",
The 'Volllen's Bureau maintuins technical and consultativc services. Its workers draft legislatioll 011 such subjects us minimum wn.L:es lind maximum hours, <'fIua! ]1:1)" for L'(luai work.
The Burellu Ilublishu pamphlets ;wd bulletins of vuiul.' to women 1I'0I'k('I's, It. prellur{'11 articles and radio scrill!8 and displnYiI of Chlll'ts, 1Il\IPS, and Ilhotogl'Ullhs of wOII\('n emplo),l.'d III VIII'IOUII tYlles or work fur cOII('l'el1c('8 lind IlIcctin!,(lI,
The Womel1's Bureau also provides !llll'nkl'rfI anei discuuiQlI lenders wherc\'cr possible for conf('l'enees and mc><>tinJ,'1I.
Womcn c\'crywhue, and csl)Ccially our union .... UIll\:II. IIhould bcc.ome familiar with the services of this their own bureau, and take advantage of all thal it has to olfer. The services of the RUT'Cau, as a function o( GO\'ernment, al'e wilhoul chal1(('. For additional infomlntion write:
Wom('II's BUl"f'nu, C, ~. ik,mrtmC'nt o( Labor, Washington 2:" I).C,
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UtllU Ch«k Up
Woman on lOlI"I,hu",,: "I . 'lIlt my little boy to your Itore for two poundl of pluml, I\nd I ,ot only II pound and a hilt, Your lea lei must b~ wrong." Fruit dl!nler: "My leall. arl all righl. madam, IIl1ve y~u weighed your little boy1"
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I"ooKII:: reCIIIt'1I alwaY8 seem to lK> 80 IlOpuhu Wilh our readers that '-...t we are going to d(,\'ote our whole rt'Cipe column this mnnth to some of our sllC<':ial fa\'orith Cookies are the perfect lunch-box dessert, und after-school and bcfore·oc'(l snack with milk, 80 get busy mothers and
~t Illease your famil)' with any on ... or CO,m,binatlOIl of the following: §§§","
I't-:A ' ('or nw:H'S
CUl' finely ChOllllt'(\ 1I<'1111uls teaspoon salt
§~ C'lIp ~Ul!'al' 3 egg whitl'lI ~ K.. I" CIIII sifted 1I0\lr I, teaSI)oon '1ImOl1\I extrnct § & . Mix the Il('nlluts, sU.L:ur, flour an'~ salt thoroughly. Bent the e~K § ~t" whites unlil stilT. Add flavoring and then fold into the fl"st mixtu!'e. t
Drop by small SllOOlisfuls well allart on a greased bnking sheet, nake for about. ,r, minute!! ()I' unt!llightly browned, in II mod('rate oven. (About :.12.; F.) ~
f ':: CUll buttcr ' .. cup brown su~ar 1 egg
~A .' I) 'rAin s ~
, 1 .. teaspoon snit 1 teasllOOn cinnnmOIl 3 tablesllOOllll granulntoo &ug:u'
2 CUllS si fted flour Halved IIlmOllds or Ilecans 2 teaspoons baking I)()wder
Cream tOlo,'cthu the bulter and sugur. neat the CJ!:g lind add, SiH to",-cther the !lour, haking I)()wticr lind salt and add to the first mixture. Ou a lightly floured bOllrd mllke 11 roll o( the dough about. 3 inches in diameter, Wrull in waxed IHlIler and let stund for several hours or overni.L:ht ill the )'f'frigel':l tor. When "cady to usc, Ilice wafer lhin with 11
I shlll'\) knife nnd SI)rinkle with a mixture o f the cinnamon and granulated sugar. P ress a nut in thf' c('nter of cllch cookie. Hake in a moderate
" o~:n':~'~ho:t:n::~ n::~:o ~'~::::~:\ ;:~~~~~;:~,:"wnw ~ 1 teaspoon suIt 11,~ CUllS silted tlour
2 teaspoons einnulllon ~4 cup milk L~ CUll su~al' 1~ cup molass('8
egg, unbentl'n
1l}J cups rolled oats 1,~ cup I)('anuts, choPI}C(\
I Cil il raisins
mend shortening, salt lind cinnamoJl. Add sugar and nlolasscs and blend w('I\, Add (I~" and hl'al well, SiH soda with Ilour and add to creamed mixtuf(', Add milk, uutIL, I",unuts 11.11\1 raisins, Drop (rom tableSllOOn on ~rra8t"t1 bakinf( Shl~t. Buke in mooerate o\'en (3r,0' F.) 12 to I:; millut('!!. (Mnke's r. d07.cn cookics.)
( 1I 0 COL.\ TI': O'L\~GE Cn L;-';C IIIJ':~
CUI' shortt·ning teaspoons salt tableslKKm orange rinel tablespoons oranb"" jlliC(' CUll browlIsugar.
firml), packed egg. unbellten
2 CUI)S sif ted flour I. leaspoon soda I:: cup nuts, chOIlJl,ed 1 cight-ouncc bur of IICmiswcet
choeolatc, cut in pic«s, ( l.ea,·1' in srood sitcd pieces.)
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RAIL ELECTRICIAN'S INVENTION IS VALUABLE TROUBLE SHOOTER
By JM1ES W. Cm:,\I)I,t~
J~. U. No. 31iJ
It has beCIl said that lIec(-ssity is the mother of in\"cntion - -01' was it Inzincss ? At any rate, out. of olle man's rl'l'l('ntmcnt of slow eleelden] trouble-shooling methods on B29 bombers in the South Pacific and Intel' 011 railroad equipment, has come the "Elecu'utc l',"
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The Elcctruccl' is an anmidng little electronic instrument with which the electrician cnn locate grounds, shorts, hiddrll conduit or pipe, and tracc wil-· jng in n matler of minutes, whcl'C hours were consumed when convell' tionai methods were used. All of these things can be accomplished ('''en when the wiring being wOl'k('d 011 is hidden behind steel panels, bulkhcllds . in conduit, or buried in the concrete 01' the cad.h. The Eleclmccr can also be used to locate open circuits where the wiring il! not sllieldcd by metal.
TIH~ "F:fectracer" consists of the fOllr 1Jar!s shown, (In electronic ,..eceiv6r witll lu!{!(/plvmrs and probe /01' 1l'ork in con/ilu'fl Splices, and n lJignal genorutor.
Weighs Ki ne Pounds
The Electracer is composed oI 11
signal gellerator, an electronic receiver with headphones and a detachable probe for working in confined spaces. The total weight o( the instnlment is
l1ine pounds. I t is entil'ely Bd( powcred and portablc . The instrument is pal·ticulal"ly ndapted to railroad work and at prl' li<'nt. is u~ed by several raitI'oads in the Eastern United States. Thil! article (lI1d pictures arc based on the usc of the Electracer nt the Washington Tel"lllinal Co., Washington, D. C.
With more :lI\d more electrical equipment being added, the need for an accurate lind speedy means of trouble shooting has increased accordingly. A g"r'ounded or shorted light fixture on a railroad passenger car can be located among any number of other fixturcs in from five to 15 minutes.
A short circuit on panel board U'irin!] can 116 60sily and q'lickly located ill the "'Gl1m'r il/wJ(rflted by E. t, Booth,
an electricif/R " lIelJ)6r (lnd (! member of I •. (I. $62.
The prinCiple of such all operatioll in case of a gl"Ound is as (01-
lows: A signal from the signal generator is introduced from the grounded side of the main light bus bar or even at the main battery lend. Then with nil lhe light switchcs in the ;'0:-.''' position, this signal can be detected and heard with the electronic receiver and head-
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phones. By following this signal it can be determined which switch, fuse, or wire is leading to the point of gTound, and the signal can be followed on to the grounded fixture, all without disconnecting any wiring,
In the case of a shorted light fixture the signal is applied across the shorted circuit and then rollowed out to the loudest signal which will be at the shorted fixture, Locating a ground on a genel'lltor, motor, or charging receptacle under a railroad car is simply a matter of connecting the signal generator and walkin~ nl"Ound the car with the electronic receiver.
The E1ectracer is ideal (or locating sholts and grounds on control wiring on Diesel locomotives. In an actual test. an electrician with no previous experience on Diesels located three grounds on a Diesel locomotive with an average o( 10 minutcs for locating each ground.
S imple 10 Ollerat e
The operation of the E lectracer is not, as many people surmise, based on high frequency radio, radar or mine detector principles, It is much simpler than that, It is simple enough thnt the average e.lect.rician can operate. it with no previous experience.
I ts operation is based on two well known facts, one, that any electrical current nowing in a conductor of any kind produces a magnetic field around that conductor. Fact number two, that any voltage applied to any conductor produces an electrostatic field around the conductor that produces a cOlldenser action with any other metalic object ncar by.
In case of a magnetic field, nothing but iron, steel or nlloys of these metals have any appreciable effect on the field strength, and e\'en the iron
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and steel don not stop this magnetic field, but may weaken it. to. n small degree.
L'nfortunalely Ihe eledrotitntie o.r voltage produced field is not 110 reliable. It will not go through allY metalic shielding and ia gr('atly w('llkened by c-arth, water and man)' other non-metalic material •.
KnowinK these elcml'nlal), e\{'Ctricai laws, thl:' n('xl step was to. deSign an instrum('nt that would be selcdL\'cly sensitive to. citht'r type of field. The ruci\'eI'. ('of detector of the Elcdmcer is such lin instrument. With the flick of a switch the receiver will rcspond eilhtl' to. a fluctuating magnetic or e\('ctrostlltic field, as the Ollerator lIIay choose.
The sit:nal used is not high fl'cquency, IlS we have found that ('\'1'11 1\
rrequcIlC~- of ,100 ('reIn I)('r second is 1II11'cliabl(' in this 1)'1)(' or work. T he signai grnerator b)' means of a heav)' rillty plr'rtriral \'ihrnlor Iinxiu(;es about eight illlllUlsf's per flt'Cond, and has low, m{'dium and high ~Hingll
that provide low or high voltages, all mfty be IIHdc!\ for low or high re sistance I!round~ or shortll. The hea\'iut eurn'lIt is produced on the low settin!!" and does not exc('('tl six amllCll'S ',lIIder any condition, The \'oltage 1'1'0<lu('(,d, mng<'s fl"Om six volts on the low s{'tting to 1200 volls on the hi)!h setting. Although the 1200 \'olts will shock IInyone who IIccidenti), eontacts it, thc shock Is not dangerous and the power ill it is not I'Il0uyh to damat!'c the electrical circuit. Tht' Sif,!llal)!enerator is powered by n six-\'olt lantern battuy which ill containNI inside of its own case.
The sif,!nal whfln UB{,c\ for locating j{rounds on railroad e<lui]llllent can be heard any distnnce from one to six re<'t away from the conductor e\'{'n though the colltlucLol' ;" i .. r.h>e1 conduit ami ,,('himl steel (landing, The strength of the signal dl'llel1lls on the I'Csistllnce of the circuit and ground cOllllection. Grounds or f,U,lHJU ohmll ha\'e bet-n located with thf' EIl'ctracN,
I)iffer('nt S(' lIin)l1l I t will be noted that on groluul!l
ami shorts we opcrat('d OIl n magnetic field PI'(l(!tICed b>' elC'Ctri('al current flow, hnl whl'n WI' hnvf' oJWn circuits it is imllOssilll(' t(l cnu!\e current to flo\\', so we lI\ust change our t('ceiver over to the "01'01 Circuit" or electrostatic s(,tting. Aa prc\'ioulily stated, an f'1f'cl]'(I~tatic or voltng(' field will not penNrste or pass IIny lI\('talic harrier. !lO in ca~e or an Ol)('n wire ill th(' I"f'illnl! ot a railruud CKr ill CUIl
duil, W(' would hll\"{' to ol)('n each junction h,'1( and liJ,t('n fnr the !lignal applil'i I,y tht' liKnal !."('neralor, In the ca~, (1f ex]lOse<! wiring the signal can 1 « fol\(lwed t'lIsil)' along thl' witt' 10 tht.' ,>oint of thl' (1)('11 circuit, l)('yolJ(\ which point thl' signal will no !ollf.!l'r 1,(' hl'I\n1, or will be JtTl'ally (\iminish('(I, T his Oll('n circuit
Journal for February, 1950
V. A. n '/lUttOIt, fm'clrtor uJ III( " I;'ilrlraur," trace" .I01"1! (I !lrmmd Olt a molor !l/IHI/lirt ,'aln. 1'he datrmtir ru'dnr r(1I! Ite ",,(,(1 witlt or ",it/Wilt tile 1"0/11'.
IIi~/1U1 ill H'r~ 11I"Il" ' ful ",tl, tl,,-, ,il{nul gen('rntor Sl'l on "I II " IlOllitioll und can !Je h,';\rd III II dilltnnc(' UI' to 2;) feet.
The ]'~h'<,]' is un 1'1.'clronic II1s11'\1-men! of a "elath'('ly sim pl(' und rugI{('(I cOIIstruction. It is 11180 balll'l')' powered by inexlll'lIsive and {'nsi1y obtained battel'ies, one l'~ WIll stundIIrd flashlight cell and Olll' G71~ \'olt "13" hattery, and al prc\'iously 'tilted can be mllde seMiti\'C to I'illwr !\
fluctuating current now or \·oltag(', the r{'Cei.ed signul l)('ing h{'Rnl in the headphones.
The following IIl'e n few of the actunl cns<'s of trouble-shooting at the Wnshington Tel'minoJ ('omllllllY of Washi ngton, I), C.
1~{'Centl)' one IlRSlI('ng('r Cllr (\(·\'{'lOIled a ground on a bl'ackel fan circuit carrying fiw fanll with individunl contrail! for each fan, It happened that an t~k'Clrucer WIIS not nvnilable. Elevl'lI hours were consumed culting 1001lC each fHn, each switch and cxnminin~ th(' Wil'ill!" with nn IIUrl'I'1I11 IowaI'd clearing the ground, \Vhl'll it was possihle to get an E:lectracer, the ground was located in 20 minutes in Borne old wil'ing that hud run to II fnn that had been remo\'ed nt some Um(' when the car WIIS in the home IIhopll. All of the cutting loose could have been u\·oide.-l II)' ulling the Elt_'t;lrucer til'llt.
A shol'te<llight fixture on a passen· ger coach was locah'(l, on a ccnter light circuit cnrr),in1{ six Ihaurell, in 10 millute!!,
On another llallllf'lIj{<'r conch 11 ground Oil a baggag<, "ack Iluor('licent fixtuI'C on a cil'('uit currying 10 fbctUteS was locnted in 1:; millllt(,II.
Th!' 1:1('cll'acl'r has hecn used to tract' out wiring on 0111' occasion when II short had hurnl scvcral wires in two, in :t ducl containing many IllOl'e Wlrel IImlel' a dining cal" By introducin:{ II sil{nal into the OJl('1I end of the wil'« undt'r the car the OUIt'I' end of tli(' win' wus identified easily and quickly in thl' electric locker with the ai \1 of lhe receh'er.
I'oinl of (;round 5hO"'n
On many occasions the Elcctrac('1 hIlS IJe.rII \l8('{1 to locate grO\lIIds 011 underground chnrging lines, both A.C. nnd 1),(" The IlOil1t of ground can u,tlally be locnt('(1 to within one foot. This Siwell a gn'at dt'al of tlnnecesS!II'~' digging.
A ylbratlon s('nsitj\'c llfObe ill ;.1\,,;1-lillIe ns an ('xtrn nttachment for the ElcdruCt'r, It ill actuated b)' mcchaniC1i1 vibration on contact. This probe is ver~' sensitive nnd is very valuable in thc location of the exact source of mechnnicnl noise 011 ;IIIY mechanism, lIurh M noi8Y bearings 011 motors. gl'nerntOfs, lIir conditionin~ or yenti· lution blo\\'eNl, diesel engines, etc,
Mr, Donnld A. Wharton, a railroad (>\eclrician. and memb@r or L. U, Xo. :162, I.B,E.W. is lhc inventor of lhe Eleclrnc('f. Mr. Wharton has been lIui$ted in the further development of thl! i""lI'ul11o:,,l b) tJ.jg writer, alllO :\ railroad I'lectrician and member of L, U, No. 362, and Geor~re T. Martin It retired Jllate printer of L. U, ~o. 2, A, fo'. of I.. as partners.
The "t:le-clrnC('r" (price S!)6.50) is ('nj;tin{'('l't'd and di!:!tribul('(! b)': Wharton 1';leetronic Ins trument Co,
1217 Euclid Street. ~ . W, Walhington 9, D, C.
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Footrn"ints of Sciellce Co pernicus, Who Sow Ihe "{orill A new
]'rlnl I.IIm ('uln. So .. I ...
CQprnlitulI.
B 1'; I,'Ollg the time of Nicolaus Copcl'niclIs, man \,jcwcd the
('Ill-tit as the illllllo\'able center of a ~.rstcm around which the SUII
and the planets re\·olvcd. It remained for Copcl' ll icus, who was horn in 1473 and died in 13-13, to dcmonstl'lltc what C\"CI'y schoolboy now knows; that the earth is just 111101iLcl' ot the planets, and a fairly insignificant one, Illuking its presc ribed ol'bit. :u'oll!ld the Sllll . Consid{'rillg the [net. that. Copcrn.icu~ did his work a hundl'cd yeul's before the invention of the telescope. his discovery must be considered liS nn intellectual fent of the first mngnitudc. But Copernicus did llIorc than this. H e also calculated the time OwL it took the planets to make theil' tt'ips around the sun.
Copernican Theory
I Us famous work De rCl'olutiolLibus orbilU1~ coclcslilLnL is in two parts, the first of which deals with wlwt is IIOW called the Copernican theol'Y, 'l'he ~eeolld is a study in tl'ig-onometl',\' \\hiell shows that Copel'nieus was 1I fit'st'I'ate mathematician. Copcmieus did not see his great work in published form until he was on his death bed (he died from an attack of apoplexy at thc agc of 70). Hc had c irculated,
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in nUl llll ~('ripl I'o l'nl, n bl,jef, easily undCl'stnnrlnhle nccount of his IltrOI' .... and a COntCIllPOl'nt'Y had delin'red n Icettll'c on it at Romf.', which hnd l'c('civcd the approval of the 1'C'ig'lI illg Pope, Clemcnt \ TH , WhclI Ihe complete text was Pllb-1i~hcd, hOWC\,CI', it eontni ned a Pl'c[ace, insel't('cl witltollt COPCl'lliCllS'
knowledge, Ihat im;il;ted the work \\"hidl followed was of a purely hypolhMieal character. It is tholl/!ht thi., was done to diseoUl'age the possible inculTing of ecclesiastical wralh. t.:opcnlicus himself was a dc\-out ll1on, a nephcw of the bishop or El'melulld, in whose ep i'icopol palace Copel'llicus lh'ed a portion of his youth.
UOPCl'lliCUii was bol'll in 0 small Polish tOWIl, of u Poli sh fathe r and a GC I'I11:1II mothel'. J\ t Cracow, Poland·s great scat of learning, he studied Il1cdieine, theology, mathematic" nud nstrollomy. A t the age of 23, hr W('lIt to Italy and for two years studied {'1I1l0n law and aslt'Ollomy, 1n the ~'ca l' 1500, when he WHS ollly 27, Copernieus lectul'hi nt Home 011 mnthcmntics and a~tt'onomy, J Ie had his doubts thcn nhollt the I' tolclIlllie system of ost l'onollly, but it was not until he went to li \'e with his uncle in P ru<.;Sia that he ocgo n to develop his own theory. Until the bishop's death in 1512, Coperniclls sen 'ed as his physician. 'J'hough hc ne\'er look ot'd ('I'~, rop(,l'llieus played an a('live pnrt in the affui t's of his tillcle's dioeesc, and gave frccly of his medical talellts to the poor. l';xeept for occasional trips to visit other noted scientists of the day, \ 'opemicus lived most of the balallce of his life at PI'auenhurg, in P russia.
Notice The Intel'lmtional AgTcement
with the F'rcderick Li ghting and Manufacturing COnlll:lny, Inc. of Akron, Ohio cntered into February 12, 1946, has been canceled, efTcclh·e December 16, 1949_
ROlders The Commi ttee in charge of
the Sixth Annual I.B, E.W. Handicap Bowling 'foul-nament to be held on March 4 and 6, 1950 at Cleveland, Ohio, invites you to pal'ticipate by entering one or more teams to represent your local.
An~' member of the I.B.E.W. in good stunding and who holds an establishcd A DC a\'cragc is eligible to compete on allY team he may select 01' on which he may be placed , All en tries must be in the hands of the tOlll'ltamcnt chainl1rlll by midnight, J anuary 31, 1950,
The success of this lounlllment depends on your' coopemtio ll . Mnl' we hear' fl'r)m you at nn early date.
Local Union No, 38 will play host to all bowlel's attending, and will attem pt to make YOllr visit a pleasant one.
Further information :\lId entry blanks will be m:dled upon I'equest by contacting Barney Cam ill, tOlll'nament secl'eta ,'Y, 12613 Edmonton Avenue, Cle\'eland 8, Oh io,
Toumament HeadqUarters arc at the CflIter lI otel. Kindly 1'Cquest hotel rescl'vation with entry blanks,
The I.B.E.H'. Bowiill!l TOltNWmcllt Committee of Loc(tl UlriOIi No. JX
Effieie .. e .. · of • ,Uotler .. L'"lIlt
It all the illumination lll'o\'idcd by modern incandescent lamps in the United States was instead 1)l'O\·idcd by ctl.l'bol1 filament lamps at the If)OG val'iety, the nation's Ught bill would be increased by about 12 billion doUars, Dudley B. Chambers, executive engineer of the OenCI-al Electl'ie I'('~al'ch laboratory, said reeently at the Fl'tluklin Institute in P hiladclphia.
Pointing to the modeI'll lamp as an example of widesprcad benefi ts brought by industl'ial l'c~eal'ch, (,hlllilbers sa id thnt not ollly would the ligh t bi ll be ello l'll\ousl~' higher had not the modem lamp bcen dc\'cloped but Ollt' fllel rcscrves would be dccreased b~' the yearly equi valcnt coal rate of nbout 200 million tOilS more thull ill ])1'\"">('II\.
The Electrical Workers '
His tory of the Garment Workers Is Reviewed (Cul!tinlled /rol'll. page 8 )
New York, Boston, P hiladclphia, Chicllj!"o nnd ot her dties. ]n these ren te)'.; lho,;c Ga rment Workers with n ;nn f or education IlI'C
otlen'd (,ol1r~cs ill everything from literature, economics, psychology lind hi'itory of trnde unioni<;m to puhlic c;pcnking, d ramatics nnd the fi ne Ilrls. An elahorate athletic progl'nTll j", maintained fo r them nlS(),
Tht' U.l.r..W.U. hilS an ex('cllcnt 1'('<;('nl'('h clcpart lllC'nt.
Excellent. Labor Journal It iv,ul's a sJllcmlitl lalltlt' jvul"ll nl
known Il'i ,hlsticc wh ich lms n cirl'1I1ntion a( ovel' 300,000. [n addition to the English \'cr~ioll, it htl<; monthly editions in I talian, .l rwish, Spaui .. h lind Fn' lwh, to ac('omIllOdnle tIll' lal'g:<' l)umlll'l''1 o[ fon· jg:ll<;pcakilll! 11"/1(1(1 \lllioui"(,, who llI:lkc lip lIw 1 tn.woU.
'I'hnl i" th{' "101'0\' of whcre Ihe OarlUt'HI 'York(,l"~ sland lodnyo ;\\lW fIJI' n word o r two ahout Ih(1 ]wopll' in Ih(' U ,.cUY.l".-th{' 111.01'1,. wllo mn.\(' li p iho"C 0100.000 m('mh(,t·" who 1111'11 Oltt the dt·I'''~(,~ nnd snits lind ('onl" Ihnt clotll(' 11m' W(11H('n I'lnd ('h il(]t°C'1I all O\"{'I' ,1t('<;(1 " nit(1d Stnle'>. \\'1' llI U!;t ncw t· losc !;i~ht of the fnet Iltnl lin ion" flt·C p('opl l'. '['hnt io.; why it is "IJ illlI,Orlnn! to l(1nd a hclpin'! hlltHI to hlooth"I' Iltul .,io.;l('tO unioui"',, hy hll~·itH! ,ill·ir !!:()()tls. in"i"'lin,:! (Ill tluunion 11111('1. W(' hrlp ,11('111 nIH] Ihr~' in tlll'n help \I".
Ynlll' lwiQ"hhor clown til(' "11"('{'1. Ih(' mllll who ('nl('ltc<; ~·O\1r btl'; ('WI·y JIIO!"llin~ nt Pine ~tr('{'1. Ihe mothl'l' of tit(' littll' hoy wllo sils Il('xi In ~·OUI' lill[(' /.!id in !-.('Iwol. th(' 11t.'n~ll11t Illllll wlto howl" ill 111(' IIl'xl III\('Y to ~'01l1" t('lIm \ ('neh PI'i,ln~' nighl 1111.\· on(' or lh('sc 1'011111 hi' n mli()11 !Ilt'!IIiJ('I' pNIIll[,s 11 JIIt'IIII!!"!" of Ih(' (:nml('nt WH!"k,ol"'l.
'l'akl' ~ix 1~·pil·alll ... 'mhl'l"'" lit loan_ dHm it",11lI the PIIII 1:i\·('I'. 'In"..:af"hll'il·l1 .. 10000ai or Ih(' t.f,.(;.W , -
Th,l' '" ~J!I William B. Iii,;· all"·d '1I1"all lind \\iIllWI· of th{' 1'111'1,11' 11':11'1 .• \( 1 .... ("al"lII"ll:l I" .. !lllllh,'I' OIl 10UI' !r1·,m·1l f'hildl'ru. all
J ou rnal fo r Fe bruary, 1950
union members; Lcona G.,IU rears old, ha l·d worker, unlll/ltTied, give .... Jots of l ime to mlioll and eOIHmunit.\, Mtivities; Claire B., pl·cHr, ,roung-, Iy pienl o ( t he youn ge r elemt' li t in tl l(' lI nion, member o r tlte un ion 1'1t(l1"l1~, "i ngs on the radi o nftt·1' work; !-ilall islan D., lougtimc mellllK'" of thc union, fa thel' or six g irls, Iwo of whom nre 1.r ... r. .w.V. membel''I; ) [nry r., mother of "I ix youl1~ child,·en. These nnd thouSllndr; of otherc;, plain, !tOIl(''''t. hnl',lwOl'king people :ue III(' <mli(l cili ),('11<[ who mnke up th(' (lH l"lllcnt Workers'llnion
\ nd whal ,10 Ihl'Y rl()~ 'f hrir work for tilt' mo ... t part is skilled , tt'nilwrl WOI·k witli n III~Tiafl of i'la""i fi('a l iolls.
J "ir~t. tht'I'c an' th(' d('$iflll(,I'.~, t11(, first PCI"SOIlS in\"ol\"t'd in Ih(' pI"Ot·t's.~ of mn ll ufatturinct a f'loak ()I' "uit 01" d l'i'''s 01" "k irl.
Sample Maker's Work
X('xt rome" the Stllll/,Ie 1II1I/;'r who may be a Illa n or II womano I ii "! or h('r work eOllsist'; in Illaking "ampl('s of nt'w !!1I1"1lI('nt<; from lHo,hoJ!'j rlll'lli~h('d hy tl1t' t1c~igl\(,l'. 'l'h(' wOI'k ('alli; fo[' Ini1Ot's and o)l{'I'n\{\I"~ of I'nlh('r ('xcrpt ional abilily llIld «kill.
'1'11('11 til(' l·r i" the rullrro In mo,,' illdll"lril'~ ('Hllill!! j" 1111111' h.1 1111'11 :Il1d ('oll"i"ls in markin/:. IHying lip.
:lilt! t'Ulti ll1! I('xlil('s ill :ll'rOl'(l(1I1(,I' wilh '{p(·(·ili!' pattel'n~_ E1('I'II·it· ('UII('N al'{' oflrn lI<;('tl and <;()[IW
tiHl(,'> 11101'(' limn 40 Inyrr~ of clolh nrl' ('ul alone tilll('o ( 'u"ill!! i" IIII' IJHI ... I .. kill('ll and rl"-;pollo.;ibl(> of all tIlt, Of'"t'lll'llliou" fur til(' rt';t<.;()11 thai lIpOU litr qIlJllit.\· of tht' i'11Hin!! d(·Ilt'ud.., not (.ul.\· Ih(' fit find 111'p('nl'HI)\'(' flf tli(' g-arlll('IlI, hilt 11]<.0. to n (·pn"i,i('l"(lhic ('xl ('lit, ilo.; !,O~L
iUIl"II11ll'h 11" th ,· II hilit.\· nf IIII' ('lIllt'l' tn In .\' out ('{'nnOlllil'I1 II,\' hi~ patll'I'll tldl'I'mini''' Iht' amount of 10lo1h thnl j" ('OI1"UIIll"t1. " lItliIH! i, 1111' ollly OI'('upnlitm of Ih(' !!1"OIlIl'UI 11·1I11t-" in wllil·h nil app1"t'lIlil'bhil' i~ l·t'lllIil·('t!.
'\(''\1 1'0lllr thl' nf!{rltl"n. (t]l-
1·'·nlilH! i, dum' ,,~. Hlt'!l nlhl \\11\11('11 Illld (·(m,i,t, of ~(·\\·illg 1111" p;ll"l' of Iht· g-alollli'1I1 lo!!(',h" I" lly 1Il1l·
chi ne, liS they come from the eutl ing clepartmell t. E xcept in Ihe ('look and suit industry where !I
g .oca l Jl!l l't of the ope ra ting i~ done hy men, the Upc l"l1 t OI'S III'C PI't'domi llll tely fe mal e.
JJas t ero~. ] n the ('Ioak, suit an d ~ki l't ind ustry. an d in th(' (l l"C<;.o.; li nd blouse illdu,"lry, hn;;lillg i ~ 1I0ne 1110;;11.'" by WOnit'll, and ('011-si", .. (If rou!!hly «ewing togcthe l' hy haml ("hustill~") the par tly fi lli~h('d J!:arment [or the purlm ... (' of plncing it, at lil11('''. 011 :l r1 l1 l11m~' figtu·c so th nt ('a.·('ful I'xlITninnliotl mllY be mnde hy th(' tnilor QI' ~mple maker of tIll' ehllra('l('r of Ihe work at yadon .. stng{''i of manu factu l"Co
J"i1Ij,~h c ,.s. F inishing i'onsisl8 of doi n~ 1110'it or the s('wing 011 th(' ga rment that has to he (\011(' b~· hand . ~o-eallcd plaill fini"ht'I°'! '«'1\'
011 llooks ancl cy('~, huttous nnd 1)('1 1<.;; th('y also ha"l(-' hottom'l (III
"ki l·ts. f'ress,rs. PI'c!;~iIH! i'l dOIl(' h~'
both mell nnd wom('n nnd {'on'!isl'" or pl'cssin~ out with n hot pn'''~ or iron thc s('nm'i anti ,oarion<; pal'h
o[ the gHl"ment lIft('r tht'.\" 111\\(' IW(,1l put to~elh(,1" hy the OP('I'1I101"~. ('x('cpl i ll tile I"aw u r I\;(' pnrt I w(-'~s('r, who is 1"1'ltllil"cd 10 111'(,",
Olt t pi(-'('(-'s, Sitch ns sk('vcs, pockct~. ('011 11 1''1, !'lIfTo.;. belt ... ('It'. 'I' ll(' !IIUlt'I'
Il l·r .... "(' !" ])1'(,".<;(,'1 t IJ(' ~a l'n)('nl ll rfol,t, it i., l illct! . nnd lilt' U]lJl('r- IW('<;S('I'. the mo,,1 .. killNl or titc threco 111'('..;.,r" tilt' finish('11 ,:!:Inll('nt. shaJi ill),! ant! moulding it, to <:.lllll(' ('xI('nl, intn thl' fini~hl'( l IlrOfl ll('1
Work of Cleaners
('Iltlllf"r.~. Tn all of the ~nrm('nl ill . III<;I I'i('''. ('1rnning i'l done h.\· Ih(' int'x p(,I'i('11("1'11 work('I's. II fnl·m« th(' 10w('''1 <;Icp in Ill(' intillstl"ial ladd" I' nl'lhc"{' indll'ill'ic«, and ('on... i~h of ('lilting- on' with s{'k<;01"~.
lotl~(' Ih"('u(k and nl tim('~o of "I'olll..!in!! 1111,1 1·lolllO\"ill~ "pn", f .·olll Ihl' lini"h('(1 ~lll·llIt'II"'.
H.nIlJljl.rt",~. EXllmining: Wlll"k i" 'hmt' (·hil'1l~· hy WIlIII('n ant! ('nn~i"h in in"I"l('('lill~ th(' 1!llrtlll'nl" "flt'!" tllt'r lIa\'(' 1)('('11 ('Ollll1lrll·.1 l)y Ih,> wllrk('l·'. 10 '«'1' 111111 I Ill' II\I .. \.. nnd fit i~ ~ood.
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W(· havc 11'1('11 lo hrill!! \,)11 ill Ihi,> IIl1ulysis tL pil'llll'" uj' IhHt colorfu l industry lind of Ih(l men and womcn in thut i1111w:ill'\' ('n. ~,!'ag'ed in elolhiJl~ thc ',OIllC;/ und (,hildrCII or .\ lIIel·j('a. lind 1I lic'>('rip. lil)1I of theil' work,
TIIi'i it, It union, n<; w(' poinl('d mit, thnt hn'! ('Ollll' up the hurll WilY, ,,1('11 IJ~' J1I'\'('1lrio\l<;, hcul'l· n'llflillg slt·p_ II hll"i 1',';I('III't1 1\ pilllllwil' ],111 il 1'0111 illH(·... to ,e-o fOl'w1lI'd hl'I'1I1bl' il i ... fm,· ... ighted nlld f/ll""I'ill'llilll: lIlld i:-l lint <;lIti,;· !it'd to 1'('IllHiu ,;tll).tllllll1. '1']li" is n uniOIl '1111'(11,'·' IIIII! li\'l'o; nnt h~' hl'l'lUI nImH'. [ t ]Ins nul l!lll~' hl'I· le l'('I1 Ih.' "ilnlHhu'd of living" of il<; IWOP].·, it IUI"i op(llIed to th('1lI Ii
whnlt- m'w vi-;I;\ ill inlllt'o\'ed lidll!!, WI' \'Otlg'l'allllall' t he (:nr!U('llt
WnI'K('I'S ntl Ihl'it' hnl'd \\011 <;llI'· ,'(,:-;,-;. W (' 1I1'gol' nil OUI' (It KW.
IlII'm ]wl"'ihip tn "IlPpO"! IJWIII, 101lk fill' thei!' union ]al)('l, lillY Ilwil' IUlillli ).tood<; nnd Iltll" 1',IIIII·ihIlIC 11'11111 \\'l' {'all lowlIl'Il Ilwil' ('nil, ,ill\l('11. Wt'\I ,dt'''I' I'\('d 111',J,!:I'I"',
In ('onl'iusi()ll, w(' wi~h tn .. tah'
tllIll '\I'itill~" of .\11', BI'njlllllill ~tollk'rg. Dr, I.oui .. J.('villl' 1l1l1l ~ I r. :;'I inx Dnni"h III'ol'i,h'j\ Ihe SO\lJ'{'C 1Il:llcriul f(II' tlli" Ilrli,'I('.
We wi.,h 10 lIl'knnwl('(lgl.' wHh
Ilumk!) the cooperation of liI(' 1 n' lel'llulion:!1 Office o[ the 1.I.J'(:,W,l , 3Jl11 ill pal'ticu\nr titl' s:lIendhl help of )11" J IMry ,1, Crone, withollt whose n<: .. i .. t:lIw(' in supplying liS wiLh information and pi(,lur('<;, thi~ article ('nlllr) nen'r hal I' hl'cll written.
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\~' ith Iht! Ladit ,~ (Continu(''/ In)", IIII!!( 1:)
~'ou lhe!'(~'s a touch of all thl'cl' and you fluctuate betwecn them,
We can obsel've and Jlrofit by Ih(' codes of lilt three.
"What's yours is mine, I'll luke ill" We must not take and give nothing in return but we can learn to tuke the ~ood example of others. learll from others, follow the lead of othl'!'.'! who are better and wiser thun w(',
"What's mine is my own, I'll keep it!" F rom this mun we leUI'll not to Ih·c selfishly for ourselves :11011(', but \I'e can learn to cherish and ]ll'otect that is OUI'S-{)UI' families, our fri<'l1l1ll, OUI' homes.
"What's mine is yours, w("11 share it!" Here's the secret of the really ~ and happy life. Thill is the I)hilosoph~' we should tr)' to emulate in our own li"es. It combines the little good that can be found ill the other two creeds into the perfect. code for daily li\'ing.
By liI'ing for others, shnt'ing with
lhem, gil'ing illstead of laking, loving inst{'ad of hlt l ing, we apl)r03Ch per· fection In our dnily life nnd the ncar· est sub8titute for Ilerfect happiness we can find on lhis earth.
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~LnH Result , t'uticr- ll nmmer 1'0 .. Brollx, 1\ew
YOl'k. {'ertifil'(l (dcctlieians and l1t'ipt'I"'): 1.8 .1':.\\'" whieh l'ecciwt1 lite two Yote~ ('n~1.
]. Iu]li EII.'<'lI'i('al )Ianufnctur· iIIA' (';0., Uhicllg'o. Ccrtified (pl'O' duction lind muill\cn:t1!CC: employ· ('~): r.Jocnl Union 13t, which re· ('ei\'ed 2G votes; IH ngnill'L
B ndio Airwa;,'<;' !tw., Portland, Ore. Ccrtified t 1Jrond('n~t lcchlli· ('iUII"i und nnnO\l1l('Cf'<; Local l ·ll· iUII 4!J, whi!'h l'C't'ciwll 1111 of tlw f01l1' yotcs CIlSt.
\'clemlls' B I'oallcH~till.1! ('0 ( Hadin :-;Iulioll K).'CZ , Jiulislon, 'I'CXII!i, ( '\'l'lifil'd r I'lldin opel'lltol''i :tnd h'l'ltni('illJl'.. : 1.,}('ull'niOIl illi, wld(,h ""('l'ivcd all III Ii,,: Ihl','!' YOll''; cn,,'.
BI't'~~I1{'I' Iladio, Ino.: .. B"\.lI)kl~·II, ~1'W York. ('('1'tilil'lt all .... lil' .. , t'lt.'l'i(.'a\ and I('('hnical etlll'lo~-!,o;J: 1.0(.'111 l'nil)lI j.t:jO, whirh l'\'{'('iwd :;:1 "otl'~: onc ng-ain.'il.
SLl II Sh;lI e., 011 Three BLlsilless il'Iallogers ;11 Ca /(/,ol'll;o
, Bob Jord:tn
LO<:I11 Union 3 t:I
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\ 'erl' l John<:on Local Union oIo1i
J ack Ca rne) Local Ullion 477
C. U. No/lnr, Oil" of tlH- 1,fl.B,JII.'. InterJlO.tiollal RtlprC8flllatil'cs, forwarded to the JOllnlal thfJ tilrtc pic/llre8 abovlI O/llliflill('/l1I 1IHIIIII!ll'rs ()f titre!' California 1.B.E.II'. lo('«lll. TIl( three locol/! r{'pre8ented are itt O,e BOIl/hail lXITt of
tiHJ {;olllcn State, 1l'herc the '!Ilt i8 8aid to shine frcqlu:ntlv.
Page Thirt y The El ec tr ical W o rkers'
Changeover to Diesel Electric Makes Jobs !tEGIONA I. COUNCil. :"\0. 2 ('0.\1-I ' IU S I ~G ALL CA~/\OIAN RAIL\\'1\ \'S-We lire enc\ollillf:" II eOllY of a circular letter which ill lI<!lr ex plana-1011'.
We of Rl'gionul Council No.2, renlize lhnt if we IIro to maintttin jUI'isdietioll of IIlIlIhallell of the electrical work on the diell('l electric locomotive now !x-ing in1roduced on the Canadian HnilwnYII, we IIIlIst be In n Iiosition to provide enough skilled electricians for the work. The changeover from litl'alll to diell('l eledric will develop a8 mpidly :18 the now power will be a\'lIilable, and indicatiOIlS nrc that thc Ilelllnlld for nuuitionul e\(.'ClriciIUUJ to IImill1uill thill e(luipment will continue for ~ollle time. COlIlI('l lucntly we feel that thl' l'e is n definite new field for I'lectricians in railwny 8ervice :lI1d we hope to ill\("'(>8t our C:III:ldi:t1l mem-0<>I'8hip in lhis development.
OUI' 1I11'ge81 Railway 1.'(lI:nl Union in Cunada, L. U, fiGl of Montl'eal , QueWC itl !1I'CI\t.'lll1) UI!CntUng an ",,,t,,,u-8h'e ev('ning courll(' in uil'scl electrica and :llrendy some of our I.B.E.W. members from the outside Local Union ;)68 arc enrolled ns members, having signified their desire to gl:t into the diesel electric field,
We hope that the responsc to our ('in:ulnr, COl))' or which follo ..... s, will hnw' mllde our etTort worthwhile.
I~TJ-:nNATIONAL B1tOTHERIlOOD o .. ~ f;J .. ECTIH A L WORKERS HEG IONA L COUNC IL No.2
11 72 Crnwfo)'{1 Bridge A\'e. Verdun, 1', Q.
D(!Cembcl' J2, 1!)49,
To Jill Local Ifnion ~, I. ll.I;;. W, [ n Canada,
Brothel'lI, G.-rotingll: You nrc no doubt lIwafC thnt the
HlIilwll)'1I in C:llIllda nre now cmbark~ ing upon nn ~tcnsivc I)rogrom which when romplcted willllC(! the Canadian It;lilwl')1I cVIIII,II'I,dy Inultlrcrn.-..! from Steam to DielM'l Power. You will appreci;II(, tllnlthi, changeo\'er in power will 1'{'(luirc thnt the Rnilways have ill th"ir eml)lo)'llIent n mueh larger I'lectrkal st:IIT thnn now employed.
It ill ;mticillated th!lt the reque8t of the Hnilwll)'8 for additionnl lr:tined d"ctrieialls will not be met by the electl'idn ns IIrell(' lltiy in their employ nr b)' the electl'icnl 1I 11111'I'ntices under tmining.
OlX'nings now exist for electricinns for Diescl f:lectl'ic Maintenance on the C.P.It. at line points nnd it is anticiIlated tlmt:ttl IIL .... I'" (lich(ol units go into oper:ltion on both Hnilwll)'8 the call for I'lectrieinns will inereasc.
i\1 embel1l of the Brotherhood emIlloyed in l'nnndn outside or the railwily IIl1lulltry, lUI well IlS tholle pres-
Journal for F ebruary. 1950
NEWS FROM THE LOCAlS eutly emploYl'd 011 th" Railwnys and who are inteJ'4'lItl'd in this bmnch of the electrie:ll field should I;ontnct the undersigned by lett~'I' stnting qualifications. etc,
All communicntions n'<'"i\'ed will be referred to lhe G('neral Chllirmnn ill your territor)' to !x- a('ted ul)Qn when "acanei"s occur.
Send your communications to: n. w. WOKIL\K~:Il,
Sccrc!a'1l-Treasurer. Regionnl Council No. 2 International BI'Olhcl'hood of E]('etrical Workcrs 1172 Crrnvf0l1! Bridp;n A\,(>" Verdun, P. Q.
• • • Organizing Drive On In Missouri Counties L. P . I, ST. t ons, 'IO.-Local ~o. 1 is putting on nn organi:r.ing drh'c in outlying ('ountics of Mil'lllOuri and hal'ing much rcspon~l'. Frank W. Jacobs, International \ iee-President of the Ele,'enth District, nnd Busine~~ Manager of 1.ocal No, I has directed Business Reprl'lIenlaUve Ed Redemeier to put on this dri ve, Ed so fur has succeeded in Signi ng UII flome 50 elect ricians in JefTerHon, W aRhington, St. l<'rancoill, lind !it. G"n(,vi"vn Cou nties.
Reuemcier ill confident that hI' will bring the total to more than 200 by the end of 1950.
We und"rstnnd that Ed is doubling UI) on his bUllint'S8 relations by dosing contracts with the Busch-Sul:r.er Brothers Die!l('l t:ngln(' Co., dh'lslon of the Nordberg llfl{. ('I).
He has aiM !'il{ned up the Crown Can Co., Americ'nn Can Co. nnd the Liggett and Me),('r. Tobnet"O ComIlanr·
Besid('s being bu!<y with eontrael!' RNl!"m!"ic-r and Elml'r C. Kelly h1\\'(' time to shoot the huck ns you rend the following artit-II':
" The H!rr deml deer held UII by the two proud huntCl'S abovti, namely Elmer C. Kcll~' right, n member of AFL Eleetrkai Workers Local r-.;o. 1: nnd Ed Redcmeier, bU!'in('!'!! agent of the S8m!! Lv.:ul, LrilIK" .... ul \1 hat ('~'rlainl)' is one of the mo~t remarkable deer hunting f;torie!> of !!lIn. The scene of their kill was a fnrm in C;I!>eonade County, )10 .. !lenr Mount Sterling.
"On the night before the onida! O]lellLng of the MIS80uri dee" hunting f;e:lson on Monday nlOrning, December 5, nt 6:30 :l. nl" Kelly b('t Redl'meier $S that he would kill the fint deer one minute arter the senson opened , nt G:31 n. m. the next d:l)'. Thinking that this was the best evenmon!")' hf"t I'\,I'r mad" in galllhlilll: nnnals H('demeier tried to grt K<,lIy 10 rnisc the :IntI'.
" The next monling, exacU)' :It 6:31 Kel1y's 20 20 Mnrlin rine spoke onc,," and the deer shown nbO"e, was tht· first ueer shot in Missouri, whi<-h il; Il roo( or the mo!'t im possible long shot winning' in hunting arumlM. ]{CJl-
meie r, who was about 200 )'nt'dll away when Kelly got his deer, vouchl'!! for lhe aceuracy of the story, enn though no ollleinl lime clt)<.·k wns a\'ailnble at the moment to ]lUnch.
"Kelly's brother, Constable Hobert C_ Kelly of S1. Louis County, hunting with a part)' of union offidals in Stc. Ceneviel'e Count)' also got thl' first deer in that group at about 7 a. m. Sec story on page l. The Kelly Brothers certainly ex('mplify the luck of the Irish.
"Redemeier stu ted thnt PI'ather'!l 1I 0tei in ML Sterling wherl' Ihl'Y IIto l)ped for the night, is opcratC'lI by the father of a member or the rl'!Iidentinl wiremen's unit of Locnl One,"
M, A, " 1\[oun\'" N.~ \\'M \N, P. S, The [~otter 0/ "Uoht" Work.
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Life Insurance Bldg. Has Rewiring Job I •. U. 7, ~ I'UI:'\ GF I ": I.n , MAS~.-Thl' },ea r 19-19 i!' now past history and what 1950 hilS in store for Locol Union No.7 remains to be 8C('11.
As far as the enl illoyml'nt situution ill COncel'lled in our "City of Home,," we are jUllt nbout holding our own, only a few out-or~towll men left in our ranks and not many men from l..ocal No, 7 are losing much l ime.
Th(> largelll job now in progress i!l the MaS!o;;Iehusettll Mutual Life lnsur· :ltIe(' Building. This work is about In percent eomllll'te.
'The M3!isllchusettll Mutual onief' building was about 300 feet slluur ... having four stories and u basement, :111 f('(\ from a f;ingle Ilha!le sourel', The entIre building is b('in~ rewired 110 as It) be SUPllii('d from II four-wire,
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three-phase system. The lighting is being changed from incandescent lighting to some sevcn mites of f1uor('s«-nt lights; ::ind some J200 11.1'. of air conditioning equipment is being installed. In addition, a new Service Building; two wings, each fOllr stories high and measuring GO feet by 120 feet are being built on to the rear of the main building. A lightning protection system is now heing contelllll lated for the entire buifding. The general foreman on this joh is Local No. 7's vice president, Thomas Dignan who has a crew of about .10 men.
The ot.her jobs of all~' si7.e now Sl'oin~ on nrc several housing projects which are in various stages of progress.
Wj,ldi ng CI;\ss Stnri('d
The weldinA' class started several months ago fOI' the meml>crs oC Locnl 7. We hnd slich a lal'ge turnout thnt the da~s was divided into two scparate elMses and the boys nrc getting to be quite proficient in the "art of making sparks."
Anyone looking for a new escul>(! (or not showing up for work is going to lind it hard to beat this one related by "Bill" Wylie our assistant businel's agent.
It scems in hi!': routine check on work conditions, he callcc:1 011 one of the contrartors who reported that !;(I
and 110 had not shown up for work 011 Friday, Monday, Tuesday or Wrdnesday alld handed Bitl a 1I0te saying, "See what you can make of this."
The note read: '"Dear Mr. Contractor:
"I could not report for work the last lew dny l1 as I had to go to the hospital {Ol' an autopsy.
"Very t ruly yourS. " :\1 r. "
What's more, Bill sa~'s. M t,. --has 110t reported for WOrk !'incc,
IllVING WEl!la:H, P. S,
Honor Old Timers at Los Angeles Meeting
I.. U. I I. LOS A~GELE~. CA Ll f .Local Guion ~o. 11-lIot too old itsel f-hal; a lot of old-time members. We found thnt out on Xovember 22nd, when all of our members having 25 or more rears of service to the Brotherhood wel'C Ilresented }1Onor scrolls nnd buttons.
When the roll was called, 78 members were in the 25-year group; 80 \\'('I'e in t.he SO-year group; there were 21 in the 3S-rear group; nine in the 40-year group; two in the 45-year g roup; and two of the lads werc there-hale and hearty- to I'ecei"e their 50-year awards. One-hundred and ninety-two members ill all received the buttons and honor sero11s.
It. was a tl"Uly impressive and thought-pl'ovoking occasion. Looking at these old-timers one was for ced to realize that while these Brothers were Joyal1r serving our g rent Brotherhood, practically the entire history of the United St3tes- f l'om a social stand]loint- has beell written bl' the Inbor 1ll0Vemellt. If this sounds like over-em phasis, trr thinking of an}' of our social ad\-ancements that have heen made without the active :llld milit:lnt leadership of labor,
Everrolle pre"ent at tile eeremony, which was held at a ~lleei::llly coll('(1 Ollen meeting oC 111(' ]()('al union 110 that the wives and fnmilies of ou r honQr('d members could shnl'e in the honor of their husbands and fathers, were thrilled by the stil"rin~ oddrcss of M rs. Esther i\!urnly. who is being actively sUJlJlorted b~' hlbor liS the Democl'atic candidate fOI' Congl'ess in the IGth District, which is now bein.t; disgraced by ihe Taft-Hal'tleyite .Jackson, They wel'e also deeJlI~' moved by the words of International Heprcsentullye L. B. Mon-ell, who made thc pl'esentalions.
Mrs, Murray spoke on the utter futility of trying to destr'oy ::I mOve-
Additioll (U S prill;.:!ield Buildillg
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Two four-slory winys nre I,cing (uide(llo the Ma~8aclmseU8 Mutuall1t8urance Gom1JallY ImUdin,,! nt lI'on"('~tcr. Sr6 letter from Loml Union 7.
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ment so \'ilal to the weICn\'e of working people as lo win their allegiance for 25, 30, 3S, 40, 45, and 60 }'ea rs. To last that long and to hold the loyalties of its pcolIJe, an organization must have made itselI an integral part of the lives of lhe workers, and must ha\'e, through sacrifice and tears, produced results worth working and waiting for.
Excoriating the "T:lft - Hartley mind" that sees nothing but destruction of all that Americans hold dear in the hani-won advances of Labor, Mrs. MUrray emphasized the need Cor registering and \'oting to relegate TaCt-Hartley thinking to the limbo in which rest the countless attempts of the reactionaries to hold hack the progress of Labor. lIer splendid speech was received with enthusiastic a pplause, aJld all who were present fervently hope t hat in the coming election we Can re place the TaftHartley apologist .Jackson with this charming lady who also has a social conscience and brains.
Our old-timers were called to the plaUorm in groups of 25 or 30 to receive their honor scrolls and buttons, nnd photographs of ench group were taken. In line with the axiom that " the first shall be last" Ollr two 50-year members, Brothers Neil Gordon Callahan and Fred R. Fox, werl' called after the other pl'Csentations had been made. International Represenlntivc L. B, Morrell cOllgratulated Brothers Fox and Callahan eSllccially, for the vision responsible for their joining the Brotherhood half a century ago and for the fortitude :lncl tenacity that. kept them in the fight through the ye:ll"S of struggle that h:lve resultcc:1 in the high \\';Iges, short hours, and good conditions they are now handing over to our ~'o\mger members.
It was n proud lind hap]l ~' e"ening for Local Lnion No, 11 , and one that \\'e hope to repeat.
.J A~lES LANC ~;, It S.
• • • Urges Defeat of a '"Certain Senator" I.. LI_ 28, IM LTDIOHE, "'1).- 1 sometimes find it hard to start these lett('rs, espccially when I have nothing to say. But my job as PI'CSS SCC\'Ct:lry for Local UniOIl No. 28, I.B.B.W. calls for a letter to the JOI1K:O: \l. every month. So I must at le:H;t make an effort.
As you probably have alreacl~' l'ead in the papers-there is n certain Hepublican Senator already eamllaigning for reelection. From my interpretation of the vicious quot:ltion!': of his that have appeared in the lot'al papers he is playing only the big business man. It appears thnt his only :lmbition is to ruin labol',
The way these money men, by that
The Electrical Worker s'
I mean mell who ha\'e never worked a day in their Ji\'es, had ever)'thing in life handed to them on a silver 1)latter, "for instance, Senntor Tail," slick together and follow the age old cycle of making the rich mall richer alld the Iloor man l)()Orer, brings to mind the story o( the farmer and the bnnk('I', A~ the 1I10ry goc~, th is hank ('r wn ll
[l very hard-hearted man, lie also had only one eye, his r ight on(', th(' oth('r b{'ing false or glalls, bu~ a vCl'y good r('pro<iucliOIl-so good thlll 1I0lle could e\'(' r tell which was real and which wus falll(,. One day n certuin rarmC'f who had been ruined by n drought went. to visit lh~ b:1I1ker to ask for an extension on hil lOan, The banker turned him dowli n;lt, and the farmer began to 1)lead f rantically, hut the banker's nllswef was Rtill "No," The farmer conlinued to Il lend lind ti nnily in deSP<'rat ion the Imnk('r Raid, " You know I ha\'1' a {alII'" f')'~. now if you clIn tell me which on(' ill fllllll' I will ('xt('nd you r loan." The lillnkl' r . imm('(iinlely lIufllfised by the ron 'ed anSW('f lold the fnrm('r thnt it wall 1I good gueslI. The furm('r allll\I'ered. "No. it. was not a gue8ll, the way I could tell ..... as-while I WIIS "I('ading rOl' nn extension your It'lt eyc ,lilUI' loU a little bi t of lIynlp:lth)',"
Now to me, this Senator f rOIll Ohio ill lIu r('I)' foli owinJ: th(' footlltl'jls or tbe hanker. A I,erson like him could i'milf' while th('~' took tb(' b~lId and buttrr (lut of your ehild'lI mouth,
'I'hl' "good" Senator from Ohio, as said befof(', along with sC\'C'ral
oth('n in hill dass will Il0011 be UI) for f('('ledio ll , I am hoping that you fellow6 will get )'oun<elves and your families out to register and thf'n to \'ote,
By til(' way £ellolls, nunth"I' way to defcut thclle mcn ur till' lIilv"1 platt rr, is to contri bute to the L,L,P,E, ( Labor'lI League £01' l'olitknl Educution), Thi s league is doing much good work.
W ith nothing else to sny or write for thi! month I must. sign off, lA'a\,inK you with a bit of philolllll)lIy that th('''e f('lIows running for Iluhlir office might do well to also hN'd, "Easier \I('re it to hurl the rooted mounlllin from its bu(', than force the yokl' of flln\'err upon men d('termincd to be free."
A, S, A NIJ~:IIMs , p, S.
• • • B. R. Is Elected to Voters League Club 1... l '. 10, l1 Q LI .. YWoon. ('.\1.1 1-',· BUJlintSll Ih!llf{'Jlentnth'(' Bert Thomaa was ta-ently elcett><! presltlent of tll(' lGth CongreslIional Distrirt A, F. or L. \'ote~ )..c:'Igue Cluh. Thill ill one ot the Ih'e club.s chartcr('d by the Voters J..('lIgue in the 1..08 Angcles n,'en ror the IlUrpose of cncournJ{ing
Journal for February, 1950
HOllorill g /.JOS Allgeles Veterans
/Jl'vt/lcrs Seil GvrdQIl Cnllah(1I1 alld Fred 1(. Fox, showl! abot'e witn h ltenl(J.tivlwl HepJ'Cllclltatil'c L. 11, M OI'rel! (center). 1'rccn!lu rrl'Cit'('d their so year
blt/tlJltl! at 111f'f'tillu 0/ 1 .. U, 11, LOI! 1\1Iu"I"",
m('mhers, their fumilies and friends to tak(" a more a(ti\'(' llUrt in lOcal nnd national e1eclion~, IIroth('r Thom:111 h:'11 long Le('n Msotlated with the 16th's Ocmo('wlk :uld Iibcral grOIl])S, lind,s I'ery fa miliar with the the ])O~
litkal functions of that distril't. It is vitali), iml'ortant that all
members take an inlcre~t in their Congl'C"sional Yol('rs League orglluitation, the California and the N8tion~ al I..abor Ll.'nJ;U{' fo r Political F.duca~ til)n, nnd that thl'Y r rgilltl'r and \'ole in the coming elections,
Around til(' lots : 'I'he local r('grets to inform the memb('r~hi l) of the pussinJ: of two of itll Brother!;: J o~iah J :Ull('S and l1arl'~' 'rI llIrtin, Jalll(,s had bN'n confin('d to bed for sel'eral yenrs. lie originally worked at Paramount, as did Harry )tartin up to thl" limu of hi~ death.
Hill Busher, M.G.M .. i.s now home following a kn('C operation. Bill will be out of circulation for a r('w weeks, Fr('d Hutchi:<on is also home after his iIln('~s ill ~('\"ada nnd 1"O\l\'alescill". John H('inhllrt maint:'lins that military b<'nring with th(' nid or an ingcnious str:lllping d('I'Lc(, whil'h, according to rumor. prevcnts him from coming 1111:II't lit thc sellm~, tying his II hoell, 01' pi{'king up any loose money h(' llJay £md sNl tt('red around. As flnantial secr('tary, thi~ Iallt. mllst be quit.:: di5trC5~ing,
G.:onc.: L\!\TII, 1'. S.
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Portland Local Elects Officers I .. I, 18, POUT!..\ ' U, OHE. New oflieel'S 11l1\'e been elected ror IAIC'II
-4~, mill from their actions to dat(' , it looks like th<! mcmbers did u \'ery good job in tlwir 8f'I('clion. And Ull
U mujorit)' or till' m('llIbershi l) elected them, let 's nil give them our rull :;u pport.
Aft(,f the l'll'elion the Intern3tiollal Office withdl'('w their lIuper\'ising 1"('1)
ref;entllti\'e nnd turned the local bnck to th(' m('mix'nI, The International Office hnd tak('n o\'er the affairs of the 1000ni more than n year ago, and I('t's hop(' th(')' ne\'C r again will hn\'(~ occ:Jllion to do !l0.
The EdU('ulionnl Committ~ has promill('d some more films to be shown in tho nelU' future. They will be like tholle II ltown in the pasti hoth interesting and edu('lItLonal. While IIOm(' o f the members may think they an: F:Ji"",nlJ ,,,' Sh,inm..,h'8 and would not be inter('st('(l, I think a majority or the menlb<'rs would not only find them cntertaining but vcry educational.
You know, fl'llow members. by just pn~'ins:: ~'our du('s you are not doing your full duty al u union mnn. It is ~'our union that ha" gotten )'0(1 your wng(' IIc:d~' Itnd working conditions, and if ~'ou tuke no more intcre~t than !I!)m(' of you do, it. is possible to los(' the~o thin/-(K thnt \\'0 hl\\'e fought 110 hard to !l1'eomplilliJ, Talk it over wilh your lI'i ((' nnd !!t'e if I'he would lik(' to get along on l('~s. H('member, the morl' ),ou work for your union, the beUt'r it will be nble tn work (or )'ou,
As the driw to re~i!'ter nil union mell will start !loon, this suggestion is oifC'f('d, If rrOm !:II) to 100 ])('re..,nt or the m('mbl-'rsbil) is rcgistered, 1Inl'e a drawing (lr Ilnllle!l of 11.11 thollc rCKistcred, ,,'ir);l nume dr;lwlI to I'eceive I I prize of $100; sccond name
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'(jf/fJ1/ of tlte MOl1tlt
The HOllse By the Side of the Road
There life bermit SOIlIJ thaI lite rl'ilf,dr,/U'1I III flu place of tbeir u//-um/elll;
There tlfe JOIIIs like slars, that dll ell ,,!'.trI. In tl/dloll'/dI firmtmull/:
There are pirmet:r JOIIIs Ibat blaze fhi,i,. ".lIbs IIY here highwo)S l1Ctlef ral1-
But lelllle Ii/Ie by /he fide of /be road ANd be If /I'iol(/Io 1/1((11.
LeI me lit'e ill a house by the side of the road 117!Jere tbe mct' of men go bJ-
Tbe lIIell who (Ire good olld the mell who nre bad, As good alUl liS bad as I.
I would 1101 sil ill 'he scorner's Ie(1I
Or burl the rynir J bOI1-LeI me Ihe in n bOllse by the side oJ the road
Aud be II friend to mOil.
I see frollllllJ hOllJe by the side 0/ 'be roat/I BJ the side oj the highway o/Iife,
The men who /,reJI with the ardor of hope, The mell w/J.o are jainl 1I)ilh the strife,
B", I '"m 1101 ttli'll) from their s1lliles 110r tbeir tears, Both pnrlJ oj an infinite p/an-
Let me live ill n bOllse by the side oj thl! road Alltl be a Iriend 10 mall.
J know tbere Ilrc brook.gftJddenc,1 ",ellt/oIN ahellti, I ll1d mOII11/(l ins olwc(trisomc height;
T battbe mad "aHcs 0011 through tbe long tI/femOO1J A nd s/retchf!J a/Uay to tbe night.
AmI ;till J rejohc when the Irat"elers reioia: I ll1d weep Ulilh fbe strangers that mOllll,
Nor lire III my hOllse by the side 0/ the road Like II I1MI1 ldlO dll'ells a/one.
Let me lin: ill 111) hOllse by tbe side oj the rand, IJ'l'herc 'be racc of men go hy-
They are good, they are bad, tbey are wcak, they are strong, If7ise, loolish-so am I.
Theil why shollld I sil ill/he scorner's seat, Or h"rI the cynic's ban?
Lct1ll c liI.'l' in my bouse b)l tbe side of tbe road l Ind be (/ Iriend 10 mall.
SAM W'ALTrR Foss
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drawn $ii); third $50; fourth $25; fifth $20: sixth $15; seventh $10; and cighth $5. To be eligible ror the drnwin~ of their names, members must be I)rcsent at the drawing unless excused. 1C 80 to 90 percent of the mcmbcrshill is registered, the same typc or d rawing could be held wi th the Orsl Il rize to be $75 and so on down the line. l think this plan would be a good incentive to get members to register. Eyer)' union-man and his wire should have their names on the polling books.
We in Oregon are fortun3te that some oi the men representing UJ;; 3t the National Capitol are friemls or labor, [lnd it is our duty to see that they are sent back.
Work has not been too plentifu l here this winter but we are hoping thllt by II pl'ing things will be better, but oni)' time will tell .
Tm KO(lR~::'I AN, P. S.
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Big Detroit Turnout H onors Apprentices I •. l '. 58, o .. ::rnOIT. MI CII.-The apprentice trnining program and the annual graduation ceremony are not exnctl), news. They are now firmly intcgrnted into 80 per cent oi the cOllstruction industry's 539 wage nrens in the United States with most of the crafts participating.
1Iowe\·er, we arc proud to report thnt labor, industry, education, and ch'ic and Federal Goyernment turned out ell maslle last December 16 to p:'ly tribute to the l:'lrgest apprentice dallS in the history or the Detroit Building Trades Apprentiee Council. Approximately 1500 guests inc1uding u~2 graduates attended the affair which was held in one or Detroit's pretentious nightspots-the Club Fantasin.
Tho highlights of the evening's business part of the program worc two IIddresses delivered as they should be. One WIIS by a carpenter-a pprCII" tice by the name of Alex Piellskow. ski; and the other by Frank X. Ma rtel , presidcnt or the Detroit nnd Wayne County Federation of Labor. Man). other luminaries also spokeor read.
At the conclusion of the young man'. \·aledietory, toastmaster Circuit J udge Jayne asked the assembly whether they now had :'Iny doubt about the council's effectiveness. In casc the point may have ski pped you, I will Il resume to point out t hat Judge Jayne was inferring that al· though Piepskowski's avowed vocation was carpentry. he had an edra job to do which he did to the best or his ability-which was pertect.
That gives me the cue to thil month's letter. It is a ddressed to the apprentices now attending. ReIlorts l13ve a way of Roating into the
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union':; cxecuth'c board room that B small pH'c~ntage ot th~ roung men a~cellted br our local and indentured lit no _,mall expen'*l to the talq)ayers and the illdustr~' for four years' train· ing, nr(' lakin!;' the matter altogether too lightly.
School ia akiplled on the nimr.iest of e",,('u~(,fI; and un uUer lack of apIlre('ialion of the OPllortunit}" which luck or birth or both havc givcn thcm is evid('nc('(\ by their general disin· tercst ,hOWl! on th(' job.
A I'murt vulilidatL would take a negatin> attitude towards the problem. and ollin(' that the law of lIupply and demand will take care or it. Not b<"ing a "mall politic-ian, 1 can only :\(h'isc tl1f'~£, laggards that th£'y can Il1ay thf'ir luck too onen. ~ome thrl'e hundrad or more new
aJl lllicant~. ull with axemJllary war lIen'ice, aI(' on our file!:. Ther will never I,e abl(l to join Local 58 all app l'('ntke< hf'f'all!H' lIw:o' are out.· I{rowing th(' nl{e limit or indClltura. 1I0we\"{'t. many fresh farcs appCAI' iwfore thf' board ea('h w('('k, and !:ollle of thf'm look liS if tilC'y would know a g'uod thing wh('n they sec it. Don't ll)ok now. 1:l(I; hut ROllIe kid ip; d('fInih'ly hn'athing on your nerk!
To tht, '''1 ,ollie I~rl"elll of the appl'entkE' (.( whom we are proud, nil I ('rm M~ i~ that 1I0llle day when jobs arl' mOl.' ,nmp('tith-e. you will ha\'e }'our day. :0:0111(' thing~ you will ),<,<"
will apptnr to ~Illell of drag or (onIlh'anr(': but ability alld kno .. -Ierlge anti indu~tr, IIml h(ln~ .. t) art' the hr{'('C1 ilOrl'r that par off regularly. At th£' two·du\lar win(low, Jll'rhaJl!l. But r('gularly,
Don"t o\'('rlook the versatility you cnn lWllllir(' with the ~Ill all contractor, IL lms heen mr thought fOI' YCllrG that el'f>ry npprentice IIhou\d be requi1'(>{1 to IIp('nd pa lt of hi s time with gadg,'l~. The Iluisanrc of mOI,ing from "mall job to s1I\a1l Job wll\ be mol'C than compensated by the con· fldenc(' you will have acquir('(1 in youfl';elf w1l('n the kids ask )'OU why you linn't fh the kitchen clock. You ma}" fool the big contractor; but you will nf'\"{'r dc<'eil'(" th(' little woman.
JU!lt hid,' your liml'. If you atlend m('('tio~~ rt"!;'1.llarly, and a~k )'our offirl'fII nhout tllingll thut don't nppear right to you or whieh you don't undel'stand; if you d('I'elop nil an~lytical mind. and hl!~ist (Ill knowing all the sid(,11 to avery que!ltion before vou I)UII!'; judgment on lInything or tiny. bodr: I( you do these (hiux", \',,'ntu· ally p'lI will lIf' !l1I"('pt into the Pllli· tirfl (,f your local by your fe!lllll"' membE'I'~ wheth(>r you want it or not.
'VE' lIaot you to be good wirenl('ll, and good union men. When I scanned th~l :I. Kemblnge of 131 elertrical jt"radu:It.,s in our group and nil tho!'.C JlI-'Olllf' in Cluh Fantnsia, mr tiwughhl went ba ... k ol'er lhe years to Ihe
J ou rnal fo r Fe brua r y. 195 0
l1ricklo)'crs" Hull on Coss AI"enu\< and Dad Harri. und the little window. And I couldn't help but wondn Ilhli\
he would sny, and how pl('a~!'d and proud oil those pioneers would be, who ga"e us this heritage whieh WE' 80 readily ta.ke for granted.
LEoS.\RO S~IITII, p. S.
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Houston Man Drowns O n Gulf Fishing Trip I.. LT. 66, 1l 0USTOX. TEX.-Ge(', here I find that November is gone and De· cemher Is weB on ils wa}·. Wh~t II beautiful month November wnfl. Not a cloud in the sky. Tempt'rature In the mid sixties and ideal fOl' working and plnying. Our members are getting in n lot of both, with good duck nnd deer hunting. The Gulr Coast has also been ideal ror fishing nil/I wllh it!! aUmctiveness ha!! rllused a tragedy in our lo ... nl. Brother J ohn Swat1o~ki was drowned while on n fI~hing trip.
('vnfltruetion work is fllil1l'ery IIlo\\' and we arc having a hard time ke<'\1-ing our brothers ofT the hcnth, The I'ow('r Compnnr has rut down nil itll lar((,e cr('w!I and hall Imld~' 1I\'\\'Iai new !'maller crews instead, f-io rar there h~I'e been no lay-olTlI nt thl' Po\\"('r Company, The work ~('{'mll to be holding up well,
Our local union !lchonls af(' WE'll under w~)'. We have 45 llI('mbcNl in our allprentice and helper's das . .,;t'!', and 21 membeNl in our journeymnn lineman"a clap;s. Locnl GG is I'N)' proud of thip; Iinelllan'~ rla!ll!, 1,:lIlt ~'ear was the fiNll y('nr thai Wf' rlf'cided to hal'(> a journe~'lIl:ln'lI daJII~ and were able to get 12 1i1l(,llwn to attend for the sev('n·monlh ~emesl(>r, This yC'ar our r1nss grcw to 21 111('111 bers, Only journeym<'ll ar(' admitted to this eJasli und our inlltrU('lor, Brother Bob EI'ans, teachc~ from the angle that all journe)'men know how to frame :l pole" build ~ bank" or sag wire, but that not many or UII do know why (ertain t)'pes of con· struction are called for at (('nnin pla«('S and how this eonatruction actually tics in with the !t)'stem that WI' work with,
At our la!lt loc~1 ll11ion m('cting a resolution was passed making anum· l)('r of safet)· first n lh.'11 a part of our bylaws and working agreem('nl!t. In my last letter to the J ournal 1 wrote or the gr(>at number of netitlrllls that our mcm\)('rs had on various joba, !lnd thut Local GG WtiS determinrd to do something to protect its memiJ('riI and ~h!lW them how to work snrely. A Safet}' First Committee was appoillt('(1 anti a swell job ther did. t wish that 1 could list the s~rdy first n iles that wue formed by this committee. If our membcr!'; will only foll/)\I' th('~1' rulcs ther will ltuI'e a long full lif(> ahead and th('ir IOI'ed on('S will IH'\'er
know the 10811 of a father or husband in the line or occupational duty"
IJ} th~ lime this letter is read the New Year will be on its wa}'. All of GG members here in Houston, and wherever you may be, work safe, think safe, and let's make the year 19;)0 the best year of our lives,
E. L. Kl'ROSII, 1'. S.
• • • SO ·Year Members Are Honored at Denver I." 1I. 68, OEN \'EH, COL. On Thurlldny, Odobcr G, 1!).I!l, the members of I ,'lI'al I"nion No. fiR, Denver. Colorado, Ilnt1ll'red together at their regular me('ting place to pa)' tribute to two of th(>ir m('mbers who had maintained rOlllinuou8 good standing in the I. I1.E.W, for 50 years. As C. B, 1\"O:l:on, lJast Ilresident, nnd now re~donnl director for the Bureau of .~pprenticeship, U. S. Deparlm..,ul of Labor, said: "This is an unusunl ('I'ent, for IIOt often does a union hal'l' the 01)1l0rtunily to honor el'en OJ)(> m('lIIber for this kind of loya[ty to nn ideal, and partkulnrly two. Surely the basi(' principles of unionislI1 must he MUfI(\ ('I!'I' th('~e men would not hnve stood b~' their ideals through good times and brld, to establh,h this admirable record."
The flrtr-year scrolls ~nd button. were pn!lICnted to Brothers Ff'('d C. Kllrns and William J. Wood, Sr., by our o\\'n Vice Presiti('nl Wallis C. Wright, Brother Wright, ill hili pr<'lSentation speech, said: "The loyalty and del'otion to their organization [or nrty yea r!l, as shown by these men, .'ol\ll\lnnd the l'esp<'Ct of all. Willlout Much flt\C'lity, ol'ganizatiofiS cannot last, . , I consider it a great privilege to presont the!';c Brothers with their IIcroll! and buttons in recognition of their 50 years of service to tile llrotil('rhood,"
Another singular el'ent look plal'r. at this tillle. The flflY-Y(,:l r pin was III aced in the lapel of William .J. Wood, Sr" by iIis son, Willinm J. " '\10.1. Jr., our ~istant bm"ines!! I1)lInager, To eomplete this mE':morable ('I'ening 50 Brothers then ('ntered the hall, each bearing a cake wLth a light· ed candle on it. After apllropriate am('nitil's, the cakes were cut and ~('n'ed with ice cream and rofTee, Cnder this mellowing innuence, nrrang('(1 by the cnpable direction of our President, Myron Bailey, the bal~nc(' or the evening was spent in villLting and good fellowship,
J. ('LYU}: WII,I.I \\15, n. M .
• • • Propose New Safety Rules in Washington T.. 1". 7i. !-, Jo:ATT I.E WA Sil. One or tht· thillJ!:1I IllQst neC'ded to be dona in
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Receiving 50-Year Bll tto,,~~ lit Denver
Brother, P. C. Karn, GIld lI'illj(m~ J. lI'ood Sr., holdillg IIcro{{s. u.'erc honored recently at meeting of Local Unio7' 6H. Olhers. Iro", lelt. (Ire 11'. C. Wright, hdeNwtioNal Vice Pre,idcnt, .<Ith niBtriel; J. Clyde lI'iIli(lmB. bl/.,.i'UllIlI m(lllogf'r of local; Mllr()I1 IJflil€Jj, pn·.idmt of local; (Iwl, (It Tighl. lViIljlJ7n J. Wood
Jr .. {Il,,.j><tfmt bWfjf/#'88 'P1I(l){n!1cr.
thl' St"tt' of \\'ashillj:t1.ol\ ill compl('tion of a nf'W SI:II(' EI("('trieal S;lfl'tr nulell (or utilit)' work('rS.
Reeo!{ni:r.ing the n('t'el'sity, since L. U. 77 h:ls jurisdiction over eleclrical utility workCI'S in IIl<)Ht of the State, we litartl'd the ball I'olling OVCI' a y .... ar ogo. ThJ'('c months ngo our proposcu !lCW snfct), rules lI'(,n1 to Ihe Deparlnll'nt of Lnbor lind Industrio; Safety Diviaion. The Ilrolloscd rules were then circulated to all interested Ilnrties anti, following n public hearing, a (,Olllrnittee to make reeommendatiolUl \\'1111 !lllllointed. This committel' will report its findings to tJle OiviIlion or ~afet~' on Ko\,ernbl'I' 30th, so in 1 9~0 w(' should have n('w !i-afcty rule;; lhat will go a long way toward the making of s:I(e and acddent-free working conditions ror our lI\embershill.
The hU!liness onke hnll recently oompletC'd (they hopcl lh(' many details n('c(' .. "ary to gel our membc!rs working Cor the Burenll or Hedamalion at ('oulee Uam a fivc cents an hour raisc. This proc('dure ill in\'oh't'd and mn)' be of inter('st to I.H.E,W. membl'r>l e\'erywhere so we will gil'e the dclails. To begin with, the sCalc is bascd on the W!I!{('l' Imid under Loc:II 73'14 ngreement wilh the Spokane Electrical Contractors A!i-~ocin· tion. This Hgreement W:III originally negotiated ill 1915 :Ind modified in 1917. Copie!! o( both these contracts were n~c~lIary Jllus the lutes! changes
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agTl!ed to nnd lIigned on September I.;' 19~9. The rorl'going {'ailed (01' rOllr COllies of each do,:ulll('ni together with five signed allida\'its Crom all contradors using elcetl'icat workers on contracts at Coul(,e naill, fltalillg' they are now paying th!' new scale of $2.33 per hour. All thl' (oregoing was Bubmilled to F rank Hnnks. district mnnager for the Bureau of Hecl:lmntiOIl at Coulee Dam. Following this il go"!! to Bacon nnd Dads for checking. I( found eorl'~ct it is then !lent to the Secretary of th(' Interior nnd lhnt little old nickel pcr should come through aulomaticnlly. The 13.A. says ;ldll a P,S.-we "illcerely hope !l0.
One more item of interest (rom Coulee is thut Wcstinghouse hus promi1<ed to hold Ihl' status quo between electricillllll alld machinista on the installatiOIl o( the gent'rators there. ~egotialion!l wilh numerous
P,U.O.'s are about to st:lrt and more particularl)· wilh the new Snohomish I'.U,O, which was fl'Celltiy (ormed by purchase from I'ugct. SOllnd Powcr and Light.
The latest in mdio is the winning of union 1<hop ('1('ctioJ1s at KBKW, KGY, KE LA, KI'l'G, KVI,and KRKL. licu'llt cfJntrads signed illclud(': h: l'l'G-2f1 cents 1I00llt to $1.80, KRKL
·2() c('nt!l boost to $1.80 with a !'ais!" to $1.95 J anuary 1st. h:XLV, KIIQ. ;l/1d KG.-\. with II cents to $2.07.
J. M. 11 DD10,,'I1, 1'. S.
Worcester Local Has 50th Birthday Party
L. U. 96. WOHCE~TEn . :'< J.-\ SS. It was 011 December 26, 1899 that Locnl 9(; of Wor'Ci!ster Massuchusetts first had its IItart a~ Il loeal union organiud fnl' the bcllefit of tho.;;1.' working in tht· clt'ctrical industry.
We, o( I..ocal 96 felt that we shollid C'f!1('b.-ate this ocl:a!ion on our 50th :lIll1i\'('l1Iary, and so it ..... as, 011 ~mber J, 1949, ihe members and friends of Local 96 g".lthel'{'d together at the Shl'ralon 1I01el wilh o\"er 2,000 pres('nt nnd ('njoyed one of the fine!!t floor' shows cw'r to come to the Hcart of the Commonwealth, with dancing fol1l)wing UJl to midnight. The show II';lS over two and one-half houl's in duration with a \'llriely of Ilr'ofes!!imral entertninl1H'nt.
A pictul'e is enclosed ill whil'h hllel'nlltional Vil'e Pl'{'sidcnt, John J. neg1ll1 is prc!\('nting a cel'lificale and gold lall('1 button to two of the oldest memlx'I,., ('h:lrles Bertel, who was initialed in Loclll 90, September 2;, 1905 and with II years of ('Ontinullu~ lII('mhcl'_ shill uud ('mni11e HogeN! initiated by Loenl 9G ill December' 10. 1900 with 43 yelll'lI continuous membi'rship. AlII" in tht' pictUl"(' is Samuel J. Oonnclly, bU8inellll nlllnagel' of Locnl 9(;, wh,) acted \16 1l1aster of ceremollie!i-.
\'ice I'ro.'"ident Hegan presented Ct·r· tificnl('11 nnd lallC\ buttons to all mem. b£ors who had 10 or more years m,'l0-bel'ship in the loe:11 union.
The Int('matiol1al l{epreSl'ntntiWII IJ1"t'scnt were: Walter J. Kenefick, Willimn !itcinmiller, Charlcs Aikers uud F'nlllcill X. Moore.
All of the local unions il\ ) 1 :lI!~achus('lls WHe rcpresented with dcl('j::'atcs who congratulut('(i the \ocal union on itll tine 8I'1-vice to the labor mm·elllt'nt. The committee o( arranl:'" llwnlll wall gh'en a rising \'I'le of thank" (01' the splendid job that wall done. This committee har! as its chnil'llHm, I~r.lnk Snntamenno who wall giv(,11 an exira round of nllilinuse for the way he conducted Ihe final tll'-1':I1III'CIII('11t8. (Howl'wr, Ihis is right up Fl'ank'll alley, he is a lIIember of the M Ullicianll Union aillo.)
Other mcmbers o( the committee UII
arrnngf'mcnls were: Joseph H. Jaspel', Edwal,1 J. Fitzgf'I'llld, John Horton. Cnrl (" McKinstr)', I)()minick Giaquinto nn,] Charles P. Cunninl(ham,
Many of the oldf'r memlKor met to>gethel' t .. talk o\"el' the days when W:1J,,rCII '\('re $2.50 a day lind ~g h01l1"8 a w ........ k in C()mlmrison with wages alill working conditionll or loti:!)".
JO>;~: I'lI If. J \SI'EJ:, P. S.
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1950 Will Be Crucial Year For All Labor L. " , 102. I'AT EJ(SOX. :-.. J .-Th(' ye:ll' 19{)O will be :1 crucial mle fOI' la-
The Electrical Workers
bur, It is the YClir of Congressional clections, It is the )'cal'lnOOr hopes (if i\. is lo ha ppcn at. :Ill) to wilH' out th(' ,,'lIft.HII I'tlCY Act. It is the real' laOOl' hOPCR to beat. Tart for Scnator of Ohio and th('rchv crose a thr('al of presid{'nti[ll lim~r, It is the YClir that both rnnjor labor organiz..'llions will be at:ti'"c with "L::Ioor's Political Leaguc," The I. 0, through Jo~ph I\e..nan will be vcrv actiH! with 1.:IOOr's L("ague for I)olitical Educa· tion, nnd cnntributions will i.x> Ilsk."d from the indh'idual members" The fight is flll!
S('cl"ctal'Y of Labor Tobin, callcd COl" an immcdintc SI()O a month pension for l'n'I"Y I"('til'l:d l)('rMn in thc United SI;lt,"Jl, If tlw ("ual Illin('rs alld thc s\t,('1 wUl'k."rll (nil J:;('t it why not H<'I"yb<l(ly? If the inc,"cmwd cost in tlwir T)I'"dut:ts ('all bc pallsNI dnwn, why not hll\"c it fOl' all? W.' think it is wond('rful. It will 1)I"("!<l'I'\'\' fn"(I \'lltNprilil'" TIl(' law ~hould include till' fnl"IllN, til(l dOllH'lItk and the .'Celf-employ{'d, lIalA otf to the honorabl(' 1\11", Tohin, The illl'l'f':ISC of from one 1)\'1' c('nt to \lIle nnl! OIw-h:llf pcr ('.'nt fin ('Jnployeli' ccontribution til social 8('.
curit)" nnd th(' '""IK"Ctcd incl'(>allC for th{> ('\[IiIHantl will still 1)(' imuffic:i{>111 t(l J::"(-t h>' tht,il(' day~"
TIl<' FlIIJltmnnn jnb \1 nil JlN"U)" good fur lh,' b">",, h[ll"ing a run for 11101"('
lhnn fuul" H"arll, It looks like Iht' end in RiJ:;hl. A ~1I'('J1 I"UII fOI" a con~trut:tion jub"
Stanl,"y :o;{'hofi,"ld and P N'sidcnl J ohll "t, lIo1m(,!I, are ntlending the N('II' JNIII">" S\;II(' EI(-etrical WorkNI' AIIsodlilion IllCHings I'('gulurly" Likewi~ I'hil ) Il'ntnech consci('ntiou!lly uttl'lld" Ih," ('('Iltml Trndt"s alld I.'-Ibor Council. Th<, "all1{' Can IX' said nf K L, IlnlulI, J(lhn II" SlIrer alld J(lll('jlh H.-undy wilh thl' respective l'atcI"II\)II ami l 'a.'C~fllc Building Trades Con n" illl, Husim"AII )lanngC'l" SI' I)lu('1 l\toAkowil7., ('\'('," on Ih(' J:;O, nttellds ulllhelle me{'ting~, lIo!ll{'ti!llCII two in an ('vening,
While tnlking about delcKlllcll lind clJll1!lliH('I'I'I, much credit s;hould be j{iwlI lu our B}'laws ('ommittl'{, h{'ad{'ll b>' Wi1Jiam K('bal\ and his IIsl")('intt'1I Bruth("HI Ilagf"ti(lorn, Ilan1;t('in, and ('1'ITuti.
It ill lIIul.·r~tnlld thllt thc Agreeillent ('nmmittt"(' will a\l{'mllt to get II. good 1!1lI1"t thill ('liming Y{,:lr by ca\1ing an 1';11'1)" 1111'1"\;l1g" The loctl l union'lI contl':I('1 ('''I)ir("11 )Ia}" :10, 1!)511, EV('I">' ('ICf\t"i('al union in thl' Slat{' of Nt'w JI't"lII'Y ha~ an arbitnltion c1au~ making th.- al hitralnr thl" Council of Industrial H.1..lioIl8 for the Ele<:triral ('onstnlrtinn Imlu'itn"
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Terms Senator Pepper Outstanding Floridian I ," lI , 111)0" T \ "I'J\ , FLA,_I II'I'I' Ii till' first inslalllll('nt 011 1\ good Ncw Ycar'8 1"('llolUllon, From time to lililC we np-
Journal for February, 1950
J1 ctcrums f/o norNI 0 1 IVo rceslcr, Moss.
",,.tllrr by W"'~t .. r Te1"'~nl'" an,1 G""'\I> r"l(rufltioJlal , 'j("e Prf'sidell' John J, Ilf[lf'" prUfllts S(}-yfnr b"tt(lll.~ ,,, ellllrlf, Bertel 1111(1 Cflmillc UIJ/ltr" Ifldlt" BlIl!inc"~ r .1/1111(I.IIt'f f-ifllllllf'i J,
/)DJl1It'lfy of 1.(.r(,1 UtI;".t 96 IDoks on,
l}(Jint n pn"!!s l;(,CI"et;lfY but lik., lilt' song '; 1 enn't Jxogill to t .. 11 ""u" lht' w01'ds I"fu~(' to l{'aH~ IiiI'll' ';('a;tll"
I might Ilay that we al"<' .'nju),in.c: tilt' fincst lla''! or the rN1r. thai ill thf' climate I mean,
We h;l\'c just complt't<:d 1l('J:"tintions fur a 25 cent wage inCrNIIIt', 1IO\\"c\'\"r, w(' still hn\'e a lot of OUl' boys farm('d out nil o\'er two ('nntinf'nts,
In the mi dst of tll1"1'e n('golinlionll OUl' worthy Bu!!ine!ls :\['lIIager WIIlll-t'
I." Li ghtscy 10l<t hi s f~ltllf'r fl 'om a long" lil1J,;"el'ing" ilh1('lIfI" OUI" d('(' IH'st /jY1l14 Imthy in your hOU I" o f 1)('l'{'aY('melll. Wall!'"r"
n"ill}.\" an ~:'x-Bu('ke~'(', I hOll£' ~t'nator Tart hU8 no\. scared th(' lnr out. or all the union mcn in Ohio with hill cnmpnign of IICIlf"C wo"19,
Sll<':Ikinft of cllmpaign8 th(')' al'(> relll1r mar~hulling their forces to hellt ~(,lIator I'("pper this timt', I n my opinion he if; the IllOlit "\lllIlall\lill~ FlnridiHJI :lnd labor's rri('Jld"
Our i'l"csident Roy Yarick took II lot of ribbing O\"l'r a cnff('(' and dl)u"hnut dc:}1 he madl', I g1.It':O>!I th(' man was finally paid"
Tn March 1!)i)lI, Local 108 will })(' un ).,':1,,. nld :\nd th~lt call!! for a ",:II "hn\\" d" dn:" I hope W(' flUl "0 th,· limit.
I gul.'~" J will Il.'t my fil""t l,fTOI"l \"I'll! with thiA 1II(,J;~aC"(' " ';Don'l- [on:\'1 to lillY ba{"k that S5,OO you bon"ol\"etl."
"non't let a cli(!ue I"UII your 1.000ai (Jxo one nr them)""
., J},III't fOl'gt"t to al\('nd y.)ur 111(1t't ings, tukt' an active part."
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Urges Attendance at Meetings of Local
I., I , ! 16, "'01('1' WOHTlI. TEX, 1 ;lIn IUljl lJr to lX'port thllt for thl' 1:1111 llI"n'rnl m~tinl!s wc have had a Yl'r~' /0(0"1(1 attendance, but there arc 8till too mnll~' IIt;lying at home on m<'l'tinA" "jAilt,., ju.;l >;ati>;fied with h:l\'ing their dill'S paid and their job" It is just too much trouble for Ih<'lll to :Ittend IlI('cting!! and help kC1.'11 tll<'lI" local on tol)" As long :IS e"c '"~' lh illg is l"wlIling sllloothly in theit" pal'tit:ula!' IIhop Ih<,)' al'e satisfied"
Brothet', rour local is always glad to ha\"c you and plen1w don't think tlml thcre is a cli(IUe ur a few, as I h .. \"(- Iward you !;uy, nmnin" our or)rnni7~'ltion" This ('lique ill only sacrificing 1)I('asul,(,s and tim(' in the inter<'lit of all m('m})(','S and we should join Uwm iltllh'ad of Idling 0111' own IIer4 !I\)I1111 nml 8elfi!lh intel'{'stiJ keCI) IU' frmll I)('ing int(',,,sted in th(' welfare (Jf nUl" local and BI"olhers, Your local IlI'l"Ils your lIul' llOri, so come on out l'aeh llI'cond and fourth Tueilday, r\o\\' that nur Jl"'sid('llt is to h:lve a HIIIII:rt"!I I{uh"~ of Ordcr we cxpect to I1n\"., biJ:;gl'r and i.x>ttl'r ",('('tings,
At I)UI' n'gular mel,ting December :!7th \\"(' had ;as a \'isitor Brother L, It (But'k) Bakl'r for thc Electrienl ApJI'"!'lltice Trail1illg Program, from thl' E)l:l(,IlAioll Service of A alld M Colleg!', Collt'.I{C St:ltiOIl, Texas, Wt' \1'l'1't' glad to ha\"c you Buck, come to lICe us IIJfaill IIn.m,
1 am lIul"e that e\"('I"Y n'-other who altenti ('d the Xew Years party, thc
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night of December 30lh would li ke to thank our enlerUlinment committee for the grand Job they did. We know it required n lot of work, for there WIlS nothi ng Iret out or undone. The committee wall composed of Don Ruby, Dave McNaughton, J. D. lIaney, T, 1). La l'gent, !lnr l'y Wayne While and Howard lIart.
We also wallt to thunk our Bylaws Committee for a job well done, for th(·y too spent nwny hours to imII/"()\'e our bylawil. The committeemen W('re lIarr), White, L. R. Hunter, N. R. '\;'uut'k uud D. E. Payne.
I hope to b!.' out of the dog house b)' my nrxt 1"<' I)Ort, that ill i( our rhuimuln dO<'lIn't IIpikc my drink
EAI!!. ROBINSON, P. S. • • •
Pinochle Occupies K.C. Bench Warmers L. U, 124, KA NSAS CIT Y, MO." Looks like old t imell again! Pinochle gamell in the hall at noon." That was the comment o( a lot of old timrrB when they came into the hall last week. And indeed it must have reminded them or a f ew years past, with 40 to 60 men warming the bench.
The mills o( the Macy job ground to a final whoa Inst week. And at the same time the KC. Sia l' job stnl1ed beclluse the long expected nrI'ival of one of the new presses is still expected, with the ultimllte and inevitable result Ihnt numerous nnd vicious pinochle players were unleashed to Pro)' on each other. At a nickel a gnme, nickel a set, you would have thought th{'y were U.N. delegatel or the family honor wal at IItake. Such bickering! 1I 0wever, tran<luillity has again retunled to the ancient aud hallowed hulls of 124 , since lIIost of these vicious specimens have been returned to more I)rofitable 1)oI·slIils.
Last week th(' Ill' mbers of 124 were fomlallr introduct:d to Labor's J..eagu{' (or Political Education. The mecting was held in the Music Hall of the :Municipal Auditorium and it Wil.l easy to sec that. J oe Keellun's promiflc of a widespread campaib'"ll has hnnw fruit. The Lenguo:"' ill Iponsored or 01'·
b'1lnized labor and is on an international scale. There i~ no need Ul C!Xplain the Lcague fully hC!re, because ita purposes and elrecta will In all )robability be explained in ('wry union hall. With the 1050 elections approaching, the L.L.P.E. campaign is "('r)' timely and should be supported by every member of the Llibor movement. Your SUPIX)rt or the L.I..P.!-:, is seconda)'y only to puttinl!" your X in the I<lual·e.
Recently the members of 121 de· ('ided to do sOJllclhinl: nice for some awfully fine felJows we know_ namoly us. So we purehllsed oUI'selves u '1'. V. set for the bClIefit or lhose who come carlyon lllCt'ting nights. Conditions! We got 'em!
Gu:s:-;, 1'01 .. 11\'8, P. S.
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Local Looks Forward To Prosperous 1950 L . U. 20 1, BEA VEn, "A.- The ending or a year alwllYs recalls highlighta that will remain in our menlories. The year 1049 was the first complete year for Local 201 of Westinghouse Standard Control Division. Much has been accomplished. There are even better possibilitie.s ahrad.
Employme.nt is at a very high level aner declining greaUy during the summer months. The first hall of 1950 should show e\'cn more job 01)porlunities_ Our union finances will be firmer aft('r a h:lIu pull in 19·19. Steps are being taken for nmUnHon with the Bea\'el' Vnlley Centr;ll Labol' Council, A.F.of L. fit an aPI)I'opI'iate time. We shall take n more active pArt
Brothers, we W!lllt you to have your J OURNAl.! When you have Ii change in addreB8, please let. us know. Be sure to include your old address and pleale don't forget to fill in L. U. and Card No. This information will be helpful in checking and keeping our records straight.
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MnillO: Editor, E I,)::cnuc.\I. WORKEI/S' JOURNAL, 1200 J 5th Street, N. W., Washi ngton 5, D. C.
in political alrai l's (ollowing the I .. ad ol our International.
Strictly local news is the high luxor ol bowling among our members. Several leagues are in I)rogress tlnd it'. hard to sny whether the men or the wonlen show the most enthusiasm. Of Ilole also was the marriage of J im Jeffries to Miss Be\'erly Sainer. Their honeymoon was spent in Cle\'elund, Ohio. Both are members of our local.
Yes, 1040 has been a good yea I', but 1950 promises to be an even beUrr one. Here's wishing all IB EW members a Hnll!'y nJld Prosperous XI'W
Year. \VII.I.I \\1 E. H {"GItE;;, P. S.
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Burns Midnight Oil To Turn Out Column I~. U, 211 , AT LA NTI C CITY, ~.J.There is II little apprehension on tlle part of your scribe in starting this article. Certain brothers may not like what I write, but I assure )'OU I have taken great pains to present only inoffensi\'e material in my article. While your scribe is burning the midnight oil to get this column toget her, one has to throw his inhibitions to the wind and act as i( he were one of the world's greatest columnists.
In my December article, I stated that Brother Jack Bach was trying for the job o( Chief Electrical Inspector of Atlantic City. I am very sorry, Rrother Bach, but )-our scribe mi sunderstood you at that meeting. I should have had the wording to the effect that you were trying lor the job o( Chief of the Electrical Bu reau of Atlantic Cit)'. A couple of weeks after I had sent my article into lhe JOURN \L, I noticed that Joe Milligall and his wile were retiring (rom their respective jobs in the Electrical Bureau . It wall then that I realized I had mi8(IUoled )'ou but there was nothing I could do about it. I do know tJlat late in DCC<!mber the job had not been delegated to any one. I personally want you to k.now, Brother Hach, that you ha\'e my good wishes ror the belt o( luck and I hope )·ou get the job )"ou are after. I know that Local Union 211 has endorsed you for the appointment,
I noticed that the editor of "Local Lines" dropped one. o( Ill}' (luns in the December iuue. PUllS that would have appeared risque 20 years ago are now used , shall ) say, by some Sunday School teachers as illustrative anecdotes today. In turn, the material used in my column today, amI some may consider it a little daring, wi ll be commonplace 10 )'ears hence.. 1 believe I am being impartial in what I write and I would aiwa}"3 be glad to hear from my readers if they have a different Ihought in their minds.
Your scri be hns harped 011 this before and will fCpeat it again. Why
The Electrical W o rke r a'
ill it our GO\'el'nment asks us to save and save, buy bonds and more bonds, and then )'ou aoo in the Ilallera where they loan money to some foreign country to irrigate their land' They throw our dough around like a drunken Santa Claus- -for what? So that each year that comes up they wallt to tax lUI tmall guys with more ta."tCS. When one rcads or hears these different items in the newspapers, on(' wondcrs hils the Covernmcnt gone off its nut. If that is I'cason , order nHl shot al sunrise (but they call't ,10 that betnuse I donl' get up that ('urly). But I still see the same wa)·. If you don't belie"e everything is wrong, look at your breakfast- table. Once we had so much coffee that we had to burn or throw it awny. Now our intelligent AAA congratulate themselves that- we are rapidly approaching $1.00 I)('r pound for the first time in history nnd that- the price of all fn!"m Ilroducts has been raised. U 's like congratulating the country that M last- beri-beri or the bubonic plague is prevalent. I thtnk that we should boycott- all coffee and thc likes or bamlllas until the prices are within reason. I snlV in lhe papers last wcck where a mother stated that her two SOilS were pilots (O!' some South American COlllpany and they had written home slaling that loads of coffee were being taken aboard the planes and dumped into the ocean. Then one wonden whr the Ilricr> of coffee is so high.
It's the same thing almost with our local milkman, who can't deliver milk to the same house two days in a row. Imagine the families that have to order 6 to 10 quarls of milk 110 they will have enough for the two dIlYS, then don't- have any place to store the milk. Milk deniers are not ('ven :1.1+ lowed to deliver milk with its full butter fat conlcnt. Both of these rules were passed during the war days to save gas alld to give away buttcr fat to the relit ot the world. Well, the war is o\'er, but our Covernment has n('ver found it out. It'a like the well. worn story about the sentinel who for nearly a c('nturv kept- guard over a ct'rtllin \'aCllllt space near the Kremlin. Finally. an investigator discovered that back in the time of Catherine the Great, she had 8 l"05e bush thl're. Catherine and the rose bush had long-beell dead, \.lut the fJClltry still remained.
So let's think hard about our commodities. Perhalls if we hand together mld get our Congz'essmen working the ri(:rht way on these items, and wc boycott the same, wc may get- thefJC commodities back where they should be in price.
I would like to I('(' for the )"('8r HI50 a high tax exemption for all working mcn lind their families, sny about ,3,000.00 income tax exemlltion for all married cO\lples plus $1,000.00 for each dependent. Then a working Illan could ha\'(' a couple of bucks to put
Journal for February, 1950
IIW1l)" for a rainy !Illy when he is sick or una\.lle to wOl·k. Afler all, the $22.00 per w(>('k club won't h"11 )·OU. Your 5(;ribe knows becnuliC he has been out of work now o\'er six weeks just before Chri8tmas and It hurts. I would also like to 8('(! the TaftHartley Law repealed. I would also like to see thc Government repeal all war time excise taxes and luxury Utxes. And, furthermore, let there be lilenty of wOI'k MO that wo can at least proapel' in the New Year of lOGO.
I noticed at the meeting- thl' other night that Brother William Hurley was back in our midst. lie was away for It while in the hospital under ob· servation, \.lut has tolel m~ hI' won't have to go bnck ill until about May. Brother HaroM Drennan of Local 21 I ill now in the \'eterans TTl)Spital in TUCllOn, Ari~ona. Here's hOllinl{ every· thing is O.K. with you, Harold, and the wife. Let me, or Local 211, hear from you OCC1lsionally.
Your scribe with the cOlnlll('\ion of this article will round olll one ycar !IS your preS8 secretar)' of Local 211. Well, your scl"ibe has beell too idle for too long. Hinee ('arly in November lind nothing at- 1111 here in D('eember. ThinJ{s are "ery slow in Atlantic City. We are fortunate to haH' a (('w of our boys working out of town io nl'ighboring localll' territor),.
Well it won't he Ion't" after you read this article in F~bruar~' when )'OU will flnd that March 15th i8 jUlt around the corner. Thot's thc day that L'ncle Slim has a d('utl1ine for one to file his income tnx. The nlan with the Ion,!: whiskl:'l'1!1 will have his hand out ror rour taxes. I don't know wh}' they millie ~t. Plltl"irk's Da)' come after March Hilh. Thl'y want- you to wave the green after they tllk~ it a ..... ny from yOu. They always slly "Pay your taxes with a smile," hut when I try that they insist on clish.
Run "r\mr.~:Y" Mtdfl(·II. 1'. S.
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Reviews Progress of Labor Since 1920's L. 1'. 212. ('1'("1,",",,\1'1 , O. -As this article is being written betwec.n the Christmas holidays and tht" turn of the New Ycar of 1950, I 11m inclined to do a bit of tmveling down 1ll('llIory Inne; i.e., back to the \CI·y early Twenties alld to my Local 212 as is 111111 was then. and some of the grand fellows who werc then and nrc still llI('mbers or 212.
Sliding b:lck through the years, I Ulll thinking of not just Local 212, but ot all Inbor organiutions In this respect. In those days labor was building toward thc fine things that nre being enjo)"{'d by each und every one of UII toda)'. To that cnd let each and ('"ery one c,f us n!member the big thing for not just every member or the t.H.E.W., but for eVer)' Inember
nC lmy l.Illiliated labor organization, Is to keep hamlony and good fellowship within our own ranks so that we ha\'e the Ilmprr spirit and cooperation to fight the big fight we have ahead of us. By that fight you people know what 1 mean -1950-you and J must rally ill a complete body EO that labor through lIltl A mcriean Feder-.).tion of Labor and Lnbor's League for Political Education, can and will beat the authOr or UIO Tnft-Jlal"tley Bill, Semltor Robert- A. '1'uH, when he is ull fl)l" l~l'leetion thill coming CalL
Senator Tart says, according to th{' T·H Bill, that unions cannot contribute politically, but here In Ohio th{'~' hn\'e e,'en started "chain" letters 1101
Taft's slush fund can be enriched that much OIore. So, fellows, let's 011 g,·t out und each and e"ery one oC Ull do our fair and equal share toward!! our "must" goal.
011 a point of writing, I want t" thank Brother Ernie C. Brrd, IlT1'SII liC(n!larr of L. U. 4i9 of Beaumont. Texlls, ror his nic9 boost in the n,,_ Celllbel' iSRuC for my letter in Ih(' Odober issue tha.t he read and liked. You know it really makes a Cellow fCf'1 good to hrl\'c IOmeone from nnother city notlrl' and go to the trouble to comment on.nnother person's work. Thanks a lot, Brother Byrd, and kel'p up your own IIplendid Texas news.
And thankli from Local 212 10 Pitbburgh memben Cor their nice treatment of my fellow members from 212 wOl'king in th('ir district. Wc of Locnl 212 always aPllre<:iate tho1M' fine things and shall n!tum those nkl' fa\'ol'l!l if lOme time in the fulure it ill possible.
And some local news about (lur I3mthcrs. Mr. and Mrs. Ilal"ohi ~ 1 ll1'my, Jr. h:we our comillilllent!l on the child who arrived at their home. And I see our Brother Thomas "Doc" White look unto himBelf a bride the pnst Thnn'klll-\'iving ])ay. GlOW luck and best wi~ht'!I to Mr. and Mrs. White.
This is one or those \'er)' sad things to write but it i.ll a part or Lac,,1 212'8 business. Brother Willianl Mittendoz,C, Sr. and William Mittendorf, Jr., lost th('ir wire and mother in an :lUtO emllh in mid l>erember. We or the 1')0::.1 cxlt!lld our deepest symlmthiell lei the sadden('d families in their lOllS.
Work here and around the Queen City is lit- present- a little slow \.lut we Iiolle when this is ill magazine fonll {'VCl'y onc will be back 011 the job HA"ain.
I hope that each and everyone 011
our sick and injured list is feeling II
lot better at this particular wfltlng. This is the lost notice of our unnual
dance which is to be lleld 011 February 25th in the flail of Mirron at the Hotel Netherlands Plaza. The lIIusic is to be fumil!.hed by "Gene" Wagner and his fine on::hestrn with a girl "ocalist, IIlld from the \'al'ioull re-
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f-'otlrer Obligllies Son at. Akroll
Ch('lIl('r Jr, .1fllrrO/l, bu.ill(,1B mrllluv('r oj Lota! (,lIiml $06 • . 1J.-rMI. Ohio, to/lgrnluta/Ils llis Ion. Philip. after 1IIlmilli.;!faill!1 tht' I.B.E.1r. obligation.
p<w18 thc floor show will be top notth, Cold Ix>l.'r, soft drinks, ~t-UP!i, IlOlllto chips nlld pretzels :1I't' there for your enjo)"l11l.'nt. So f'('1K'1"\:e that dnt('Saturday, Februnr)' 2a, 1950· and COIll£' down, mC('t your Brother m('mberM nnd their famili£'11 and let's hav(' a 1"("11 1 good regulnr 212 g-.tthCl'ing and aU of Ul! enjo~' oUr!l('lw's that night, Yom' chail'l1l3n :lnd co-chairmnn :tnd the entire COlllmitt('e al't' assuring you they will makc lh(' l'Iltire C\'cning a splendid one for yom' enteliainment.
And so that ill all fOI' now, and once mor<' it is Au HC\'Oir fl'om 212'8 NewA Hound.
E. 1\1. S('II~II'J'T, ]l. S.
• • • Dance in February Arranged by Local I~. 1'. 21 4, CIlI CAGO. ILL.-In 1'\'spt')nl>e to the request of the membl' 11I or Local No. 214, the Dance CommittN' has :lrmnged to prt"sent a dance to be held on Saturdny evening Febl'uar}' 18, 1950 nt 446 North Parkside th'e· nu(', Chicago. The admiP.8ion price will be one dollar, indudinK tax. Parksid .. An'nu(' is one block Wi>st of Centm! Avenu(', 5600 W(,IIt opposite Auslin Town lIall. The Lake Street elel'ated is the best transportation from downtown Chicago, all trllins slopping at Centml Avenue. Our dances hn\'{' al· ways been sucC('sllrul, this affair will be no exception beet/use our members are enlhu!'iastic and generous with their support for any enterprise slnl;"('(\ by theil' se\('('led committee,
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To Ihc lun;lzcmcnt amI chagrin of the pellsimisls who fOl'Ccasl serious dislocation 10 our II'anSllortation industr>' upon inauguratlllg the 40-hour week, Ihis improvem('nt. has entered the sixth month without impairing the efficiency and productiw'ness of this highly important induAtl'Y, Without n doubt IhHe :U'C ClTorA. but all of the8(> probl('ml! can and will be sol\'ed by negotiation, fortunntely without 10S8 or wogel! for our members, in comparison to othcr less fortunate wagl.' earncrs in the s\.c{'1 and conI indus· tries who lire pl'one to be impatient at the SU I'(, process of colleclh'e bal'-1,,"ninin,IC, Beyond Cxc£' lltion, the o\h('l' fellow has a right 10 his ollinion and consideration mu~t Ix> granted for an opportu nity ror the full nnd unbiased exprellsion of his vlewlI, however dctrimenlnl nnd fCllrful it. may se£'1ll to us nt the lime.
Recalling the :umh'crsary du ring this monlh of a grt"al man, Benjamin F mnk!in, most of us will remember how rnithrul h£' WRS to his convic· tions, !onll('d early in life, that truth, probit)'. nnd sincerity in transactions betw('en man and mnn \\'£'I'C of UI" utmost impt')rl:tnC(> to th(' happiness of life. O('st "·ishl's to nil members or Local No. Z14.
Roy II . Ct;norE:, P. !'i,
• • • 1949 Was Good Year For Wichita Brothers L. U. 27 1. W ICHITA. KAXSAS-Now is the seRSOn when we !lnuse and look
back over the old ye:iI" and sort of size it up and ll'Y to see our mistakes and figul'e out how to do better next year, We here in L, U. 271 have enjoyed onc or the most prosperous 12-month periods on rt'C01'tlj all of our members have be('n working rull time or bettcr and we hn\"c Ix>en tlble to fumish work for a few visiting brothel'8,
It has been II 1!CI'iod or consideroble £'x pansion for us also, during which we were a ble to organize the major portion or Ihe mdio broadc:lsting ('mployes in our city. One agreement, with KANS, the local NBC affiliate, was cOll1llleled onl~' a rl'w weeks ag(l a nd invoh'ed a nice inct'('nsc ill sala· ries fOI· those concerned, Another, with KFII, the Columbia oulld hel't', is in the 11)"()('ess of Ilegotiation and will be comllieted shol,tly. Wc arc looking forward to another yen)" as good ot' iJcLt(>\' than tho one just finished,
A cou ple uf weeks ago the members oC the local pitched a benefit stag party for Brother Joe Osborn, one of (lUI' most. IIcli\"e membcrR, who hns been unable to work fOI" some time because of a bad henrt condition, I'l"izes we l'l' donated by the local con· tractors and the utility company which were mffl£'d orr and a substantial sum was r.lilM'd and presented to Brother Osborn. AllIO thc kids who h:ad appcal'Cd on his radio Jlrogrnm known as "l"ncle J oe's Amateurs" got up a Ix-ncflt show :1I1d presented it in our 10c:II union hall. Th£'y wert" assisted in this etTot·t by members or the technical stnff of mdio station KFH, one or our organized stations, which furnished ROund equi pm(,llt. nnd other IlropS and helped mnk£' the show a success.
In Ill}' oll inion that. was an exhibit of real unionism and I'm sure it will contributl' tOWII1-d getting Brother Osbom in IIhapc to be on the job again,
Alle ll N.;t.l~oN', p, S,
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Sign Company Gives Slag for Employes L. U. 306, I\ K I10N, OIII O- The evening of Dc«:ember 7th the Bellow!" Electric Sign Corporation gave a Christmas stag party for its employes, Il wns a \'ery ga!n affair, .. held at th .. Firestone Country Club lIouse. Chicken and stenk with all the trimminF!'s were served, The rollowing dignitaries were the principal speakers ... Herb Link, vice Ilresidentj Walter J udy, assistant "icc Il re8idcnt: and "Mike" Michl , fnctory superintendent The main topic discussed was the future of the sign industry and the officials were all \'Cr}'
well plea8<'d with the past performance of price cutting in order to meet com petit ion.
A color mO\'ie of a spectnculal' sign
The Electrical Worke rs '
display in Chicago was shown. It wal taken at night and all were in O]K'rB'
lion nnd it wns n \'ery intcf'('sting movie indc('d. We also had a movie o f the Bellows Com pany uir motors. showing theil' inlltnl1ntion and 0l)(!f:!' lion in :111 trJ)('1I of induKtry lhl'uujotll' out tIH.' countr·y. Thirty· two rmplo)'1'1I atlend('d till' Ilt\l·ty of which thl' fol· lowing 111"1' from this loclIl: Gerr)" Knl'ifl'l, l.eo h empel, !Jill Mullol'Y, Edd;1' Shott!!, Paul lI allnig, Georg .. Ohlin«('I', Bill Adami lind m)"81.'lf. I had to h'ave ruther early but I und('r· IItand 1101111' of our boys 6nall)' letlrll('d to pltl)" l)Oke'r. Ncediesl to IIny. e\"('r)' body ('njl>yrd th('lllselveli.
AI 0111' I"l'Kullll" Ill~('tinj[ on Dl:ccm· bc-I' Itith a mthrr unulluul bul \"('ry gmlif)"ing cX]){'I'ience W!lR hnd by lIulIiJli,'ss l\Ianll)t('r l\I U1Tlly. Il wall till' ('xprl'irn('r of a fn ther :uiminIRlI'ring th(· I.H.f:.W. obligntion to his lion, TIll' ac'c'ompanying photognlph Ithows lIusill( .. ~1I ;\1:Ilw,ger ('hellter W, Murra~' cUllgnltulaliuJ.: hiK I>UI1, Phillip W. l\lurrar, aftN th(' :ldmillilll.'rinit of thl' obligntion,
As pn'dict(·d in my last urticl(', we Itn"I' 1I1(1\l'd flUr ollice h('ad'luart{'r1I to th(' Fil1:;t F('<ieml S:tVill~1I Building nt :tW ~(Iuth Main Street, Akron, Ohio. WI' :11"\' \t'r~' proud ("of thr IIpnciuulI, and nlOJrl' Uppl"Opriale lIP1lointmenlM, of tht' 1\I'W hradqu:ll·lc l'li. W{' ;\1"1' now in II building with ('\(.·\'1I1I)r IK'r\'ic("'. T hill buildinr ill lo('alNi in olle of t1w cl'ntl'rll nf town whe l"e trlUlll lJOrt:ltion is e~c('l1('nt. WI' have a Illrg(' g('n('wl offkt· with a waiting room l\('llHrnt('d IW mOOI'rn countcrs. 'Ott' bUllinl'lI~ IllHnag(·r'lI omct' and {>x('{'u\i\'(, bonrd room :11"(' );(·II:lI1I\I·d ftom tht' genenll oo1c(' by a IKIt·tition of tilt' nl'w m:l' lI' .. ial 111al>II'r hU:!I,1 "ith a goldc:'ll grain finillh, Our \\,:IHII an' nuillh('d in l'),e-(,:lIII' p:III\{>1 gn'l.'n. 1'~\"'I'ybo<l y ill hap]l~ in th(' n('w lIul')"()ullllingll :lnd th('I'(' il'l no Com]HlnKOn tl) (lur pr('\"iOlll'l thi"d nnnr walk·up hC:ld(\UIll·tNII.
\\. G, "FIt\s i\ " STl lllt:n, 1'. ~.
• • • There's More Than One Type of Progressive! l.. 1',309, E.\ ST ST. 1.0PI!", ILl ,. Th(' ,\orld il'l ('hanging. (ir'l)uIIII lind indidduull'l. hn\!ling difT('n'nl upinitlllll. hut"! in\"('cti\"I'S :lnd insults 111 {':tch nthl'" lUl(I wnuld ,'\'1101'1 In ]11'l"l«'t·util)lI. "'\n nn(', l"inc(,ll' in his bcli!.'fll, (11'-1'('1"\'<'11 th:lt.
Sonw J;(,\' tlwUlIlt,I\'{'1I only, IIILllIl' try to ad\":ln(',' a ~"h'cl ~TOU]). TIll' union IIl11n har. Itl ~t'I"\"\, lht' int .. n'~1 nf nil.
'I'hl'rl' :11'(': HI':lctimlllril'lI. Th~'y wlInt In goo
back to timr \\"1' h:I\"I' oulgl·uwn. Tn tht'l11 il ,'an 1111' "~""d 111,1 d,lYII." Thank (;ud, w,·'11 n('\'I') II('{' th{,l11 agHill.
('nn", Il":lti\t"~. Timid ~"ul~, :lfmid of til{' bnght lutul'c, Wllllt tu 1)1"1.'''''1'\'1' the IItnluR 'Iuo. II canllot lit, d"n{',
Journal for February, 1950
Progre8lii\·es. Se\'eral kinds lire in existence: Th~ poor old man with the mont'~·
bags is a progressh'e, forever devis· ing wnys of getting more, 1112 is p ro· IfI"Cssing all right. He h1111 been get· ting it, fom1erly by Hading, now by menns of luxation, a llpropriation, inflation, etc. WhclI that comell 10 an ('n t! , if hc still contl'Ols Ihl' I)olitical mllchint', he will ha\'e 10 start a war nnd that will be the ('nd of our nation. Thul is his wny of progressing.
The ullion man is PfVg-rcssive. H(' hall to sJl('Hrltead the mnrch forwnrd of all workel'S, mnnual and intellC<'tlla\. Ill' must pro\'c th:lt sacrosHnct profils :tl~ unimport:tl)\. II" mUll show the world th1lt. in a countl'y of Illenty, the indi\'idual cal) h:l\'e plenty.
Communism, or govel'llment by comIllun,·~, '1'lw~" an' cUlilleil "f ""'''.'1"11 delegHtes. All IIl'ol~rt)' is hl.'ld in l'ommon. Thrir con!ltitulionll I!tl)':
"Who dO<'s not work shall not ('aL" That lIyslrm cannot sucC('cd dcmocracy, It is the beginning of a n('w cyclc, It can olll)' come nfter a democracy h:l8 "progressed" into "tYlllnn~'" and hllK destroycd its(>lf and the nation. all 1lI0l;t of Europe has dnne,
'I' l\(' ]loliticiIIllS: 'I'ht'y hn\"{' 110
opinion at all. Their objrc\' to grt on the gra"y-truin, I{('t all thl'Y c;\n whil(' tney are there and slay thcre all long 1111 they can.
Thill ill the machin(' wc IIIUst contl'Ol nnd it looks like w(' {In:' J:"oing 10 do it.
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December " Journal" Found Interesting L, {T. 323, WEST 1'.\1.\1 Bf;,\ CII , FI, A,-Aftl'r l"e\'iewing thill mnnth'~
.101 Itl' \1, I h:I\'(' to \\"I"ite lind I"t ~'OU
know some of the comments from nlri()UII brothers. Thl' fir1lt- th(' co\"er. It was beautiful. ,\II IImthN>; tmd th{'ir wi\'('s !;aid what 11 bl'autiCul IlictUI'e; :111(1 on lhat, congratulation!!. Also wc wish 10 th:mk our Intern .. • tlonal Officel"S for th('ir \ ul('tIIil' GI"(,l'lings :lnd in I"etm'n wc wish lh('1ll a lI uppy and I'rosp{'roull New \'(' .. r.
'I'hl' Ex('cuth'e ('()uncil 1'('llOrt was \'cry inlcn:'sling ;\l1d could 1)(' IIndl'rslood \'er>' cil'arly.
The !;to)'Y of the l'('c('ipt W{lS int{']'I'R1inr:- to al1 :1IIt! lUI WI' nil !!:IY, "~() tick('y-no worky." SIJ we nil watt'h our )'cllow tick{'ts.
Th(' pictUl'('1I IIhowing Mnl<' or th{' working!' of OUI' I. O. W(ol,(, \"('ry intCl'\.'sting and it r<'lilly "hows I'unning nn organization of thl' I. B. E. W. lIi1.(' ill big businrslI and 1'('q\1il~'11 I,)tll of hurd work, I am lIun' whcn {'\'rl'~' IlIl'mhl'r takes thill month'lI Wm'krr and n:'ads it hc will n:'aliz(' that wclmn' \'(>I")' I'fficicnt n1l'1llbi'I"lI in mil' Inlemallonal Offic{' :lIld 1 nm 1<111'1' T can /lay for all thc IlIl'ml){'t"1I of thi"
local that we Ul't" very grateful to them for doing n good job.
N"," r",I' a lilllc 11.11:111 IIC"II. It wilt haye to be lillie III the season is about to S\.:.II"t and ns Ulu:ll, work seellls to starL to shick ofT. t :verybody is J'cad y fOl' the tOlll'llItl lind of course 1I0me of our viaiting labor olllciltill to the$(' nume)'oull COlwell tiona. I believe tha t all conventions should be held in the winler lind in F lorid .. 100 as it ill n placc where all)' orgllniultion can meet and do jU5tiC(' to the business Oll
hund without !lny h"rd&hi l)S. When" mnn ('an m('-l't in comfort without freezing nnd drinking colT('(', etc, it gives his mind more freedom and letll him de\'ote hi5 ('ntil"(' time to thc busi· l1{,IIS 01) hantl nnd he l'('ally can :w· c01l1,,1i~h more. And of course the more they lIccolll(llfsh the bcttl' r ofT Ihe "MInk lind file ill; :IS it is till'i)' business Ihl'Y fire doing :llId whilc I alll on the subject of meeting!! w(' seem to be hn\"!ng A lillie dimcult)' in Ita"ing II good IIth'nduncc lit our locnl lllN'tings. En'ry Ill('-l'tillg the S:lI))(' old f:lithfulll, Ilnd millllinJ(, th{> s:tl1l(' old faithlells Brotherll. Unl('ss we have faith ill our union lind allclld 11I('('tings I am lIure we :Ire going to IItand still and not gl't wry fal". I would like 10 npl)('tll 10 80m,' of our Brothers fo)' 80l11e ~uJo:wlltionli to make our ]11('etinKil )lWl"(' IIOllul:l r with our Brotherll. I nlWll)'S said, thal if our offi('rMl would 1111lkr II )ll(>f'tinl~ :III
shl)rt I1S I)ollllibl(' In(' III('n would :Ittend, but I find it does not wOl'k 311
w(' hl\\'e II fine ml·(,ting-short and go home eArly with 111\ bUllillellll don('. That didn't I!('('m 10 du it. 1 wond,'r if thcl~' ill 110111(' othrr method.
So long IU/\\", fmm the I..and whert' Wint(' I' SIII.'ndll thc !-iumlll('r-II11d whl'l't" n li t ll(' willtN ~nl'1 lks in once in a whilc,
\\'11.1,1 \\1 I)OSOI1 l·t:, P. S.
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Conditions Said Fair At Longview, Texas L. 11.321. 1.0 ' (;' It:\\', l'I·;X. Loc:ll (Jllion :124 ill ha ll(lY 10 IItHtc th:., conditimlK in thill jlu'ill(lktion arc fair. Practicall)' all our nWUlix>rs :In> emIllo~'(>d lind wt.' hnvt.' lit this time some \'isiting Ilrotlwrll w()1"king in the jud!ldiction. All f<ll' w01·k W\' do not Im\'(' anr ttl 1111:11"1', ,\11 fill' job!! our I:II'gest at Im'sl'nt i~ tIl{' Knox Lee 1'0wI'r I'lant undl'r cUllstJ'Uo:Iion for UII' South W('lIlt'rn (;all lind t:1,'ctric COllljlany. Tht, contl"lIctin" ('oJlljlany doing the 1'1,'o:Iriclll w!lrk ill Iht· 1... . E. My('1'lI ('Omllan~', Thill jub ut peak ('m ll loYf'd thn'{' CI~'\\"/I u!. n 1111:11 I)f :lO melllbc-rll. I'h'lIl1{' !It'I' till' III'cnl1l!lanyin" JlhotoI~Tltllh illuMlmting \II(' Ill('n :l1Id some of thl' ('Iluipnll'nt. Wc would alllO likc ll) sl;ll(' tl1ll1 this !Jlnnt ill being cont>trul'h·d on n .ww wntl'" !luJl]!I), known all Lak{' l'hl'nJk{"', nl which a numl)(>r oC nllr ml'mb,.-rR ha\"l' IIhures or stock.
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Catheri"g oj'Texas Members at K"ox '.ee POlVt' r Plant
Bark ro,/, -lfll 10 .. i"hl - -Q. T. RQIIOI/dfltll. Engr., 11". L. 1/(JI'i~. II. I '. ('wi. It. II'. -"pou'n, J. C. (;f'I" i ,., II. E. Sl'ott. C. O. l:lo/tl)l1. jfJrl /II'U,; J . . 1. 111111 11011. R. T. C(Jmpbeif. J. E. Pfllh,,.IIfJlI. F. G. IItutJlfril/l. II. H .. 1Iuurit:fl', R. S. Nob"I". F. C. Clu,,/./iH, C. C. Jlllrjlfr. 0. R. l'ul'fll",. Jr,. 1'mll iJrfllll;IIq, IIllrr]l ('mui., T. J. t"OI/II,!. ~tf'II·(f,.d. Frn", rQII'-1,(1 to ri!litt 1'. P . . 1Ir""""l1ill. J. II". Hull'lnd, 1I11/)t.;..t. L Ft .• tr. S. J. Clw""/H r, 1'.1'. /l1/I'id",III, J. n. Sir/'f)I", 1./1"'" Tidwell. 11'. O. Hooth. forum",: 1:. If. SW.e". Un!. !orf'lIlfHl; C. II . .1/rUrirlt, (;nr/(lIId lI ' ilfilOlu" C. .1. Porti_. H. O. Boo/It. 11'. H. fItly. fl. 0. irriyM, O. A. BeJledid, torem/III: W. 1' . .1lu.nt'ell . • 11. ,11, ,lIrlJrrmott. ~t. n. J'J/"' J<Oll, IlIIsi-
It will IIOm(' dn)' b<' :1 IIpOrUIlllnll'lI llar:u) ill(',
Anothel' job 1)11 which WI' ha\'e memJx.1'1i ill locat('d lit ( ; 1':11111 Salin(', T(,XIIII, Th(' jul'il!dicl ion 011 thill job is wOl'k{'d jointly with UUt' Iwighhurillg Lucal No, '151 uf '['rl('!' , "'{'xus, I cun't gi\"(" an ~' tc)o many d (' tai l" on Ihill job :Ill I am not fHIl1i1ia!' with who til(' cl)ntmctr)I' is 01' how mllny Ct'('WIi al'(' c)n the job, H)'()thcl' II. B, l\tcGu il'e iH til(' !{('Llt'ral fOI'(!man, Who hill fo]'('nl('n 111'1' 1 do not know,
Oth('I' work in 1)\11' jUl'isdiction is thc .it('LI('nrl l'un Ilf til(' mill l'uch as cottag('s, comm('l'1:inl buildinJrl!, hospitnls lind U Willer pUml)ing 1)lant fol' the ('ity of Long\'j(,\\',
On the night of Xo\'embcl' 18, 1949 Local Cnioll !l21 held n Fillh F'ry on L;lkt' (':1do at th(' JohnllOn's Ranch, Ther(> W:1S 1)!l'llty or fillh nnd trimmings for all who IItt('nd{'(l, BrothN A, I., F('lI('r lind W, 0, Booth W(>r(> ;!PlJOint('(i by Brother OhlOd H('nMiict. our chairm;!n, to net :111 th(> Ent(>I'tainm('nt ('olllll1itt{'(' IHld from :111 nccountl< did a \\'lmd('I'ful jub lind no doubt w('J'e conlml'nd{'(i highly by :tllthl' nl{'mix-rl'l ]In.'st'nt. Thil'l JlUtt)' h<'ing alltlLg :1ffllir, it is 1101'('<1 thllt in th(> rJ{'ar' futur'e Locn! l 'nion :I;!,I mllY hold :t family partr,
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lit II tIl/HIflf/f'r, Ll)cfll ['Ilion No, 3!4,
Local [Ilion :J2-l lind The :.I,F:,C,A. East Texas Ch:rpt!.'!' hall jUllt compi ('ted negotiation fol' un inCl'CIIIIl' in ~al(' thnt makl's our' rat(' $2,26 p('r' houl' for' the insi de bmnch of OUI' tl'ad(' ,
Brothel' A , R, J ohnHon, bUHincS8 IlHtnltgcl' of Locnl Union 321. WII8 elccted pL'esider1t of tl1l' Long\'icl\' ('{'!l' tml Tl'ad('s and Lahul' Council at the last election and :I big JHll't is being taken in the council by Locll! !l24,
Brothers it grows nelll'CI' to time to l'egist('I' and votl', I..et us not fOI'Jt(,t to register and cast our Imllots, I)Q not prolong Ih(' agony of the 1',11. Law br not being II good citi';l'n, Hl' pr(>pared to go to thc IlOlling plaC<'1'I and cast your ballots. l{l'wan.1 your' friends, defeat your ('n('mi('l',
To the membeM! of th(' Br'othel'hoCld in Texas, I sny how long ar,\' \\'l', th(' workers in this state, going to sit id!)' by and let the nnti,Jabol', b1uck gold, power and sulphur intcreRts run our State? Think, remember th(' ninl' lawlI on the I'tatutl's. who I)ut them thl'rl'? I C:ln tell ~'ou the Icga! lull'lIt of thc nUli-labor' group, and how :11,(, \n' to gct thl'm off? I can a lso Ilnl'lw('r that onc 100, Hcgistc/' and \'otc, and \'ote for thf' P(,Ol)l(' who will \'ot(> fOl' th(' laborer,
Local l: nion :124 is {,1llb:u'king on II I1(,W pha8(' of nd \'l'rtising fol' tIll' PUI'JlOI'Il' of g{'lting ol'gllni,;{'d labol' befoL'(' th{' !It'opl(' in thill ]l;/I't of thl" StittI'll. TIlt' Iwim:tI'Y 1,(,ILSOIl fOl' thil! \"('ntul'e ill to get t.h(' nnrn(' of OUI' Ilt'othel'hood bdul"<' th(' IX'OIII (', Publicitr ill th{' PI'CI'IS is oul wlwr{' laoot' is ('oncc/'IIC1t in Ihill 111'(':1, TIll' only publici ty bbol' g.'t!! from the III'(,SI'l in this ;11'(';1 is dilltol'ted l l1111 unfail'. 'In LOCIL! l'nion !l:.!,\ il'l duing I'IOIllP pl'okct~ gn1li~, yl'l'I "I'alil!, lIuch jobs i>ting :Ii' follows: ('Olllp!('\{' E!('ctriral job 1)11 thc Roundl'l) ('!ub, This club is :I I('('n agl' club for our YOUIl"ryot{'rs to hold theil' dllm-('I< and p:I/1.i('s and :1 IIln('(' for grunt'l'I, Illullic 1I!1()such, Anothl'r proji'Ct ill hI I'('poi.- :111 thl' ('hristm;)!! I<t/x'a01('rtI for th(' ('it}' ('hl'illtmllil Lighting. Thl' mat(>l'inl furnished for tlu','i(' PM'ljl't:il'l W:lS fUl1lished b~' th(' '\.t:.C,A, F:;tRt Ti'xall Chllpt(,I·. Ih('l'{'by lubfl/' lind managl'/Il('nt of the el('('trical indlliltry of this an'a will JWt 1<0111(' publicil)' thnt will hi- good liS
\\{' all kno\\' what can be S{>{'n c:ln be l)i'l i('\'(,(1.
All thill i8 :111 of th(' llews of inl(,I'('lIl f1'01I1 thi~ rornl'r of thc States, will HUY so I()ng,
W, B, Ow, r, s,
The Electrical Workers '
"Harvest Supper" Is ,lIor ';'I~ (f Trm.s/ormf'" (I I iA.JII ,,,illg Held by Maine Local I. , I'. 33~!, I'OHTI..\ 'IJ, \If:. A harvest SUPII('I' at the U("ering Grnnge lIall, I'('c('nllr aH('lltil'd by J!I(1 ('111-
pl()yeK of th(' I!()utlwrn didllion tlf till' ("'ntml )Illin" I'tlw~',· ('nmpall} ('''11-
tribut('u $~ I.lIlI fur Ih.· ('hl'istmas Fuml "I)()n.~un'd b}' Ilw (:anlldt PubIi:<hing ('UllIllall}' fur t"YK r"r II~ ,·dy child .... ·n. TIll' cOI!;-t'linn Wa,l 1;lk"11 u)I in an "Ill h':lky w:J!lh b"i1t'r,
S,'ah·d at the h{'ad labl.· WI')" ('MI' I'n'l':i(knt and :'Ilrl':, William Wyman, \'icI' 1'1~'"ilknt :md :'111'11. Althn Litll.· lieltl, T!'l':lSUIl'r lind i\l1'~. l1arnhl JI'Il' ning~, Din'dol' of 1'('I'~o/)'l('1 and ill I'll. John llamaI'd. Vii',' 1)II'~id('nl :Ind )I1'li, I'1'('d D, (:ordull, All,u·n,·}· alltl )11", William DUnhnm, I'I1Int i\lun;!).::I'" and i\lrll. Fr('(1 Eatoll all ()f .\ul{u!!la; S()uthl'l'n J)i\'illiou ilia nag",· mId ill!'!!.
Uolx'rl Br:\('kl,tl, \' .. rtlnnd J)il<lrkl ,\l ana).::,·1' anti lIfl'l'l, Unnaltl M. l.ihb)' Hf l'III1.laml. \'I'iz('s WI'I~' cnl,tl'ihuh,d hy til(" L. W, (,1('\'1,111'111 ('mnJlany, GI'ur~.· S('ar!! Elt'I'II'il'al CUllllmn)', Edw:LI'd S. IluulnK ('ompany, ('(,lItrul :'IiailH' l'ow('1' ('"m]l:lny !lnd l. o(,~11 :1:1:1, Inlt'I'national ",'nlhl'l'huod or 1':I,'cll'i(':d \\'.)rkl'l'K anri w,'ri' drawn (!'lI1lI an "ltI r:l~hitll1l'11 b.'an pol h)' ;'Iii",. J('nn;e )1<,lrkk of SHuth Ikrwick, :\Iainl'.
TIn· ";11""", \\0'1\, ('nIl ('H'~R)', Mr, and )II'l'I, Janlt'li Hamilton, Jr" Alfred H:lI'nt'), ~lIld 111.'111' :'Ilalia, (:U('StK includ<,d l.i{)l1t'1 l\IOI'l1l'ault, 11),(,lIidl"lt, PIIl1.land HuHding T md<'!1 t 'nunl'll, Frank X, Smith, bUKilll'KK 1\l~III(Lg('I'. 1\I m'inl\' l 'iI'tur(' Op<,mlorK l'nion 4fi8, H(,I1I'~' Connnlly, ('.'ntl·al I.nbm' t !nit)ll lrusl('<', Wallac(' BUI'I")WH, l'aintl'l'!I l!nioll :!;17, Arnwg<,ml'nU, W('l'(' in cha"g(' of 1I0mc(' 1-:. I low(", g"Il<'1':I1 dmirmall; M ill.'l J, Maud LillI'". ('f,('hairman; ) I i!!s IlHIhel\e Wul1uC'e, ;'I lolTis 1I1111111'nlhal, Hichnnl F, 1..1.'(;'-ow, 1\Iillll 1I'('ne Malill, M iKI! Mal'}' Foley and MiMII Mary (;r}'p,
I'n'Mident W)'1lI1111 HIMlk(' briefly on thl' gmwlh or the cOJIIIHtny and til<' ]Inri th<' cnmlmn}' ill plll)'inA' to mak!' more <,h'clrkit}' (Lvailabl(' to IMlth 111-
du!\try :tnd hOI/I!(,h\)ldt'rl!. II. E, 1l 00H:.
l' r('~i(fCl't.
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A.uto Plant Jobs at Lansing Give W ork I.. 1'. 3:;2, I.A':-\I'G , \11 (' 11. 'I'h('("ndOIl('d photog,'aph wall tak .. n whil .. III(' t'iC'Ctl'ical c()nlllructiun :tntl mainl('nanc(' tl('lml'lnll'ul wall 1\1Il\'ing II r)fI()U K\,A tralll!ru!'rll('I' to tIll' Oldsnwhi!<, plant. ']'wo (If tlwIII.' trl\nllf" .. nl('rll \\','1'(' instalh'd by ou,' .1"IHU'IIIl"lIt at th(' OI{illlllObll(' plant, tWI) lit th(' n('w ;\I:tl,rnolia !lub-lItalion, IIll1> al till' ('I'linr !llrN't lIuh_lIlation, mit' Itt tht' H~'o T mck Com]):lny :tIul tlllI' 7&()U KVA
Journal for February , 1950
.11Im/"," of I., I • t.''! ~I"""II """""1, /I ,"f/fI/J 1\\' \ Irr"'~f.,r/ll(" to Ol(f«mll/,i/{ pifwl III I.II/,,,j,,,,, ,lfjrhiflllll, 1.11/ til ril/ilt I:ir/lllrrf f.'rtl"f,tr!l('r, tH{lil/urill!/ dfjHtrlWrllf' ('f,r! \lm'f' ~"IHrilltllldl'lIl II( tI ... fhrlrirnl rllI/lt/flfr/if", ,,"ri /J/fIillll "'lIIrf ,II /1I1Y//II.'If/ : J, C, 1\ "'H/I<, JOIl nll'Ullln,,; ..I1'l<J BnnJrl<, jUllrllrl/>Jlfrl,: Jo'rl/I-:!I"", fllrIJII/I/': AI/,(r/ UirJIlIIftl!. jOllnrcYlllfllI: lUlU) Smith, U/IPfClllice:
ftlpd IlilI/n/d n"/'I<fJ/I, flJI1lr(,"I~';"~.~c=~c=~~c=c=~~
II'ansf'lrm('rl! at tlll' MU\fl l' WhN'1 l:dlPJl' 1'('I)I't'''''IItativ('!I ha\'(' just 1'1)111-('olp(ll·aliun. 1III,\('d H 11I':ll'illA' hdol'\' tht, N LltB in
'I' h"~I' jubs tllg..(hl'l· with l'flllqlit,ting an alt"llI llt to gl'l lh{' ;>\LRIl to e,mnnd III!ltnlll nl{ or l'IIUlpllll'llt and wir- dud ;111 "leet;"I\ tu d,·lennin.; wheth(,I' iug in thl' Nt'l\ Majl;lIulili Stn'('I !luh- c('l'lain uniulllI mllr 1.)(' ('t'rti lk d a!! bal'!llalinn, in addition I.) \lUI "'KUla I' ~:lininJ( ag('nts ((I" the employes :It cnl\!ltl'UCli(lII and nwinlr-IHllw,', h:lll I)ul'unt'll Rabine Hi\'('I' plalll /)(":11'
III'U\'id(,d !!un\('i.'nt wflrk to kl'f'JI thl' h('I", Thc}' held lin ('lectlOn at Ihili IMI}"II of nUl' I{an~ I'xlra hUMY ror the "Innl about a },(':il' ago and the ('m-Il:IlIt }'('ar, Jllo)'('1 \'01(''' (or "no union." Si nce
Or\(' of .)UI' f()I'''llwlt, ,lack I.in'll·:t, tlwlI bnth tll(' .. \FL and the ('10 h1l\,<' who hllM ct)lIIl'it,t{'(1 'I:! r{'UI'1I lI\'I'vicl' bl,'('n busy OI'ganizinJ(' the m('n and with th(' cUlIlp:tn}' liaS b .... '11 givI'n a it ill Iwllt'v('d thal :In ('lection favfll'inl{ Ii\'<'-mnllth It'an' of :lbsl'II('(' ami II(' i!l Ihl' uniflllll will caIT}', Th('I'" al'l.' ~llt'ndinJ(' thill tilnl' in Sulphur Springl'l . :thuuI I,RUn nll'lI :11 this 1,lant Bl'l)lhFlm-ida, ,\1\ ur th .. , holY!I willh rnu II "1' Black <'xlm'II~1 th:lnks ("I' hl'lll
:\h'mlK'rll ur I., l'. :m:! join nl\' in hnplI,g all Ilhu n'alt Ihlll 1"I:""ru'I\('('d " jnynUII Chrillhn:lI! :llId that Ih(' }(':Ir 1!);)11 will ]l1~)\"r ttl b.' IIrnl'llx'mu~,
Iltl' \I" 110111;(1' I' s. • • •
Seek Union Shop Election at Plant I .. I ', ;190, I'IIIIT \HTlIJT lt TEX , Unlh,·r f:. H. Hluck, L. r, :!!)f)'11 bUlii n<'l1~ n1ll1l:1g('I' "(' I)III'!11 hI' lind nlh(')'
n·lId,'n·d by Inlo'I'Twtioll:l1 j{<'J,I]'('s('nInli\'I' J, W, Xull (rom th(' "mI'l' flf I-Irolhl·r Lou i., l ng-nun, \'iet, Pr • .'~id .. 'nt (If the ,th Di.litl;ct or Ih(' I IIEW, HI'"thl'r II1nck rq)()11~ 110 improve" ... nt in liI(' "110 work, ~1I,d ,,1('III}, of nll'll 1)11 till' Ix·IIt'h" lIituation Iwrl'.
WI' :11\' II:lad I,) I"']lnll th:lt 1I.'o(llf'l· .111(' A. \ '''IT(>t IUI~ im lll'{)v('d ni,,,'ly f!,(lill tlw Iwalt attack that caused him tt) 1M' confirl('d to hi!! llOlll(' fol' 0\'1'1'
two monlhll. li e hns nol II'fllll' back In wlII'k bul ill a1\owcd to walk llround and dell' in hill car, ell'" I.)()ks lind f(·.'11 fill(" J ()(' il lIlighty l)l'oud of all th(' Chrilltm:lll cards h(' re<:cived from
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III the "Black Gold" ConI/ try of California
Member8 of D. U. -'M, Bll!.:ers/ield, CrJ/i/ornia. (Hid other (ocll/lI showlI fit /tile of oil Tefi'lfJry con8tnlctio1L job. Bottom row, le/t to right: E . /logers, Kerr. R. BmUg. J. RCUII/Ulrt. S. C. Nfl/l/Jlel/l:, ycnerai foremun; E. KesBler, "Tez" Rou" lund. deC/Tical Rllperilltel,drul; L. Horton , J. BaTth, A. Goert;:cn, C. Combs, M. Crews, J. Hen.:, W. Smith. Center '"0U', left to right: C. BarTOli, H. L"dington, R. Llln8/0Td, C. Norcell, B. J~(lIle. r" Smitll. L. J~Qlt'er, W. Sharp, R. McAtee, B. Richey, Leo Nlmc:, T. Patrick, 8. Burman, J. UIOl!, J. Holiday, N. Fowler. IJock TOW, left to right: L. Bragg, foreman: G. Cooke, 11-(111 Beuvan, VI/sineR" tlWll1/fler,. 11. /-flmt/ey. llteworci: B. Stufford, foreman; F. lIlinIlick. E', Hobert8, H , Chasc, J, I~clt'is, J, Halbrit, toremml: E, W{lfUIIY, I., Phil/ilJlf, W, Alle,1. 11', Woods, G, Detanty,
nil Ol'cr the U,S, and ~vcral fO locign cQUntriell, all floom e]('clricians, wishing him a speedy .'ceovel'y and senson'lI gl"Cctingli. G, I. Thomllson, Bud· dy Leach and J uek Vel'l-el sent cards from Lynhul'st, l~ng]and where they are working on u Fostci' Whceh~l' job. A. H, Allen n Il<Ist presidenl of L. U. 390, and olhcts on his job sent J oe cu!'ds floom Vcnezueln, South Americu whel"C lhey nrc on 11 Lummus Co, job. J ames H . lIoward anothcr past president. of 390 scnt him a card from Chicago. A c:lI'd from lhe widow of D. II, "Dutch" Kinal'd told J oe or the death of Dutch rrom cuncer; Dutch was un clecb'iciun at the Consolidated job und ot.hers durillg the war. Our sympathy goes to the famil)' of this brother.
Don Kenmu'd, prt'liident or the Texas State Association or Elecll'icul Workers wrote Joe that h(' concurrt'd ill the tribute l)aid Joe in these columns re<.'('ntlr. but that the pl'eliS secretary was negligent in not. giving Joe's wife Eva Vcn'cl :1 g1"('ut big bouqu('t fOl' all she did. \I'O!'king for fl'('e at limes and almost frc(' nt other times. when 390 wa~ IIn!lhle to pay its hel p in th(' ollic('. SCi h('rt' if'! it-a big bouquet fOI" I~\'(I V(,I"I'rt, :LI1d we (1!'('
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L, Wampler, and R, GlIiml. torem/HI, ===
just 80!T~' it isn't big,l,,-cr und the kind that cnn be spent aL the bnnk!
Brothel' H, II, Wood i~ UIRO im"roving aftcl' hif'! hClIl'L attuck but not back to wOI'k yet. BI'othe!' Jo:. C. VickCI'S has been back on the job one week artel" bei ng olr wOl'k ovel' :1 yellr and having spent. ovel' $8,000.00 on doctors a nd medicine, etc, The writcr does not belie\'e in sociulized medicine, but is fOl'ce d to admit that if 11(' Wl"TC unluck ~' enough to have to pay :1 J essie J amcs robbery bill 1ikl' that he undoubtedly would be n good ad\'ertilK'ment [,'" lIoci:llil:ed mediciue. Payout thc savings or :J lifetime fol' Illl'dical aid in onc yellr!!
Brothcr Louis Koch "Tiles that he and his wir(> will le;I\'e Swedcn fOl' hom(' ill J:lIlUary. Louis ill job sUpI'rintendent for Lummull Co., o\'er thel'C.
C. n.:n:n.: SmTIl, p, S. • • •
Black Gold Important To Kern County L. 1'. 428. Hi\J\EII S FIF;LO, CAI-IF.Thl' CaliforniU gold 1"1.llIh contributed an int('l"Csting and impol·tnnt ehupter to AmC'ricnn history. Thcl't' :11"(' Be\'-
ernl communities in Kern County that lltill largely dep('nd on gold mining for their existence, Many of these min(,11 a l'e owned br coq)ol'alions or int('resls whose illvestm('nt fal" exceeds thc financcs of the indi\'idual mines. Dul"ing the \\':11' the Government curtailed gold mining but h:ls ag:rin pel"l11ittc:d this industry to oper:Ite wi thin t he customary l"Cgulations. There :Ire O1:1ny other people who have returncd to gold prosp,ccting and mining their individual claims ill the hills and desert area of the county. In the foo thills and in the lower San J oaquin Valley of Kern County there is nnother mine!"al whose value and usefulnclls far c.xcecd our gold deposits; that ill "Black Gold" or oil.
In the fabulous county of Kern lhe~ is more oil produced than in an)' other county in the state of Cali{orllia. Man)' of these wells are among the pioneers of the west const, and arc still Ol)el"flting and producing, N('w wells are continually being dri11cd, both on the old and on newly dillcovcrcd and del'eloped fields.
The oil indust.·y requires the SCI'\'ices of many electdcal workeTll, The drilling and pumping of thesc wells, and the l"Clining of this oil has IIUp-
The Electrical Workers '
plied em ployment for man)' I. B.I::.W. members in the jurisdiction of Local ~'o. 428.
At Christmas Parly of L. U. 697
T here are a number of electrical contractors who Sl)(!cialize in rig rolling and oilfield work. This work is primarily installing and maintaining light and pow('r necessary (or dl"illing and producing in lhe oillields. It includes distribution line work, and ex· plosion proof lighting and ])V\\er in· stallations. Some of th(> older m('mbt-n; refer to this work all d('prt'ssion insurance.
"Tex" Howland, el<"Ctrical SUIK!rintendent for C. F. IJraul\ Company, has rwady compl<'t(>d hill second job fOI' them in our jul"ifidiclioll. I am sure it is not umiA8 to Alnll' that We' always wcJCO!l1(, '"T('x.'· '1'he nWlllb .. 'I·S of thif< lOCal ad lllll'(' hi~ ability. integ· l'itr and good fellow!:lhip on (mel otT th(' job.
Accompanying this article is a photog-mph of "T('x" and the electl"ical crew employed b~' C. F. 11I11un Co, Oil the constl'Uclion of an oil r'('finel')' fOl' the Sl:mdar-d Oil ('Olllllan)" of California adjacent to and in conjunction with thei r exillting Oildule plant. This pr"Oject includ(·s 11 new fou,' unit refinel')" incorporating man)' n(>w and ultra-modern devices: :lIld thl"' 1"'fC"C
tion of nn office ,Ind labor"3tory of modem western design. It is with regret that w(' rcalite that this project is nearly compl('ted. We arc hOIICful that not onl)' Standard Oil but other oil eonlpanies will ('Xlmnd their operations in Ken) County.
I" the Wilful Qrder: S. Clmlll, 11("0 tmidcntijied children, olUi (/mirllliln of the entcrtllil/ment committee.
Palll B llcrhie,
h .\N Ib:w\N, R. M .
Indiana Local Gives Big Yuletide Party L. L 69;. G,\ RY A:-:O 11 .\)1)1 0;(1). l:-:O,-Locnl 697'5 Christmas party ror the kids (big and little, old and young) was a big suttelis this year. The entert.'l.inment put on by our 1..:11-ented kids was unusually fine .'I.nd Santa was vcr>' generous thill year and had a huge Ilile or gifts of high
Members 0/ L. U. 697 (II Phml
J
GTOItJl of members employed on job at C(lrl)idl) Chemicol ComplIllY plant, Wh il· ing, hldi/llw. Standing, back TOU;: Brothers McLinn, Spickard, Sch,.ciber. F ulford, Skarbek, Smith (1JIlperintemle"t), Straka, Ward, Vezeau, l~!mdqltillt. Standiny. center rOil': Brothcrll McA Ttile. SzymanlJki, .liurray, School', l~llrBon, Moore, ilcdenollr, F'II/H'er, Gray. Scotcd: Brotherll DOIlgherty. LllcaB, HildebrlHldt, GrelJJwm, Ortl<!I'p, GrillI!, H c)uicrsOI1, Demore, HOlt·(.I, JonclJ, AlsiebclI,
EadlJ (general foreman) .
Journal lor February, 1950
qun]ily fOI" all of the ehildT'Cll. After the pany, T'Cfl"('Bhments were sen'cd by the Entertainment Committee.
Our 25-year service club held a banquet and after our social affair was o\'er, elected officens for the year of 1950. F. O. Keilman was elected ehainnan suceecding Guy Brewer, H. \'an Sickle was I'C('lected fin.'l.ncial secrdm'Y and William Knoth was reo elected recOl'ding secr"('t~lI·y. We were pleased to receive three new members into our club : Chairma n Paul Hagberg of Local G!:l7, William McMulTay, business manager of Local Union G9i and Er'llest Steanles.
~I ere is it liat or our bowling teams and the individual members of eaeh tenm, lind thei r' bowling averngea to NO\'ember 29:
Continenta l Elect. Co. Aver.\ge
Fred ElillCher ..... , . .. 173.2 1 N. Pa\'!ch ......... 167.30 T. M:lguire .... 132.1:l W. McBride......... 129 .1 :l
Sch reiber Elect. Co. Average
C. Wilson .................. 166.7 F. Welter , ... , .... " ....... 164.20 II. Arnstein ................ 154.1 II. Mohler .................. 147.5 E. Greenberg ............... 146.2
Kra ll ":leet. Co. Average
W. Lohmlln ...... " ......... 170.8 C. Austin., .... , ........... 157.18 K. She pherd ................ 143 J . McA uslin ................ 141,20 B. Hewitt , ..... , ......... ,. 140,1
) Ieade ":lect. C ... . Average
C. yeager ...... , .... "., ... 173.4
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L. Sines ........... , ...... . It I\ lcArty ........ , ...... . O. McArty W. l\Icl\lunay ............ . C. Frazer'
Sweney I~ ' ('ct. Cu.
C. Lawrence .......... . J. l\IuJoncy ........... . .
168 155 '49.18 14,1.25 '41.1 0
Avemge IG3.24
E. Anderson ............... . 156.27 15G.1O 150 14:1.1<1 14G.5
H. Jacobs .............. . B. Schreiber ............ . i\I. Sweney ....... .
Tri Cil y Ell'ct. Co. A \'{~rage
G. Kontol .................. 169.20 P. Buerhle .................. 164.20 H. Frick ...... ............. IG2. 14 R. Thon .................... 150.<1 A. Falconer .......... _. . 142.7 J. Vis:.Lk .................... 128.1
Hocker Elect. Co.
C. Maginnis ... . E. Yeager _ ............ . R. MoOl'e ................. . II. Vance ............ . A. J ohnson ............... .
A\'el'tLge 105.19 157.17 156.:1 152.15
J. Rus!;Cl1 ...... .. .... .. 14:~.29 128.0
AYel'11gc F. Keilman ................ _ IGI G. McLenon ............. IGO.II P. Gr:Lbel' .................. 149.:10 w. i\!ccklenbul'g ............ 145.20 C. $choop .................. 142.14 D. Ha~ ................... .
I enclose photo or L. t:. G9i gl'Oup o( electricians 011 one o( OUI' job~ at Whiting. )ndiann, the Carbide Chemical Company plant.
Also enclose a picture of Stlntn lllld his (riends at our Christnws pa liy. Thl' names o( the two childl'('n al'(: un· known.
OUI' bowling team lillt was com piled by H. Arns tein. bowling league president. and F, Elisher, secretary,
The boys are eage l'ly looking (01'ward to the lnter-national contest and believe they will be able to give other union teams a hard fight.
H. B. f't:l,TWt:I.I .. P. S.
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Defeal Taft in '50 Knoxville Man Urges I~. u. 760 1{i\'OX \' ILL E, T .. ;NN.- I see, Ullon examination or the Decem· bel' issue o( the JOttnN,\L that the cop)' submitted by me railed to mnke thnt issue, due 110 doubt to the latelless of my COI)Y reaching you.
Brothers, there is one thing that I have on my mind at Ihe present time that i wish I could im pl,(,ss \Ipon all of my Brothers ill L. U. 7GO and all of the other locals throughout the country. That is "The Taft-Hat·tley Act." .And I mean silecitically that we fellows should keep Taft in mind
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NOW and cS]lCcinl1y so at tll(' next clection. It. i~ my pcr90nal opinion that he flhould not Ix- electcd to the Senate or thc L'nited S tales by the p(lople of his district; and we should Ul'gll, :tid, and abet the \l<'ople of UllLt "Ming difltl'ict in IIl,renting him in the coming 1950 C(lmpnign. How about this my Brothers of L, U. ~12, Cincinnati, Ohio? I lim surely hoping that you boys nre bclu'ing down on this item,
Brothers, or L. L', 7(;0, ~'our scribe would like to SN' C;Ieil or you Ilitch in lind 8111)1)01'1 and aid th(' A.F. of L'J< Committee ror I'olitical Education. It is 11 prognLnl that ill much Il('cdeli by the iabm'illg Cl'aflflmell nlld apprentices or all tl'ades and crnftll. I..et's do our IIaI·t. I belie\'(' thllt our peopl(' should h:t\'e the infol1ntltion about th('1IC cnndidatNI so Umt they clLn \'ote intelligently and 10 their OWII ix'st interests.
By the time thllt this copy is published we will all'cnd~' be in the New Yeat" and 111m tl'uly hoping that 1950 will be ;I ),(':11' of :ldnLlICenl{'nt rOI' the I.B.E.W,-a vcal' on which we will be able to IC:Ok b.'lck in hLler ),elll's, and s.'lY. "Well boYl'<, we 8urely got togt'thel' that time 1md bl'ought home the bncon."
At the tillle of this Writing there :U'e llevcml or the BI'others still on the sick list. I hOI)(' thai eaeh o( them is in ;] beller fmllle o( Illind and in better health b~' the tilllc this cop)' is read by them. With best wishes (or their' SI)Cedy recovery I will 8tOP talk· ing ubout sicklies!! and accidents.
Thc alll)I'Cntice tmining III'Ogrum is becoming nlOI'e what it II':lS intended, and is in a good \I'a~' to becoming much bett('r. I advise nil o( our nl)prenticcs to COOI)('rale (Or :111 of this is being done in ol'der to make em· ciCllt and intelligent IIlcchtmics out of them. We owc the all jll'('ntice com· Initt('e and the lenchel'!l a I'ote of thanks. Per80nnlly, I 1;.'1)' thanks rol' doing this job. Keep on doing the same good job!
I have !x>en lI'ying to collate sOllie data on the organizing work that has bei'!n going on here. , ha"e a ]l1'Oject thnt , am nttem pting to get some pietures 01\ as well as the details. I shall try to submit this in the ncxt cOJl~'.
The big job i8 going fine, Most all of the boys lire wOI'king now. Howevcr, thcl'C ill not to Illy knowlcdge enough work at III'Csent to juati(y any o( the out-or·town oo>·s coming down. We are just about keeping OUI' O\\'n bench luken care of at 1)I·esent.
I think that theso two pages of COllY should be sufli cient to let the boys know that 1... U. 7GO is very much nlh'e-a big 10CHI and going first class all the I\·a~'.
CI.,I1U:NO; T. Cl(t~ t;K/I10In;. P. S.
Reports Work Slack At Coast Guard Yard
L. l !. 1383, BA LTDIOHE. l\1 1l."Should Auld Acquaintance Be FOI'got and Never Brought To MimI? " Remember that song? Seellls like I heard thnt on the radio, on the street, in the mo"ie8, everywhere. If my melnory serves me tight, i started my last year 's letter in this JOt!llSAI. column with the same headline, so I will illquil'(' 1lgain, Should Auld Acqunintancc Be Forgot? By all means, "No," is my answer. Would like to hcUl' how mUIlY other Brothers recl about this (IUe~tion, Don't scnd it to me rellows. Just IiCnd your answer to the JOI'RN,\I, in your ne:et COP}' to the "Local Lines."
Now I'll take you back to the Coast Guard Yard where they have done it again, like alwnys. The work 111'0-
gram has been curtailed to such an e:etent that it reall}' causes somc un:eicty to all of us. My tipsters ha~'e infOlmed your scribe or thc (act that some workers, after serving all thro\lgh tire emergency and wartime as (oremen lind SIHlJlllerS are now bumped back to first class and are working at the job with their tools. Your scribe lakes pleasure to announce that one brother who made thc grade during the examination fOI' fOI'emcn is an officer of your Local 1383. All the best wishes (or more succcss to him.
And now I have a few " F' lashy Flashes" left over from thl' last re-1)01"'. The Entertainment Committ~ finally arrived with a stag. So take notc Brothers o( the time lind the Illace and bring your paid-uJl ullion eard with you. Sce what I mcan? 1I0pe all you fellows hlld a vcry enjoyable New Year 's party. and stick to your resolutions liS long as )'ou can. Incidently, we hope you included in your new resolutions that one paramount issue about voting out all the Tart· Hartley outfit at the next election. With spring just around the corner ill about eight or ten weeks, b"Osh it feels like 1950 is connected with jet propulsion. Again a Happ)' Nell' Ycar to you all.
R.'UOEX SF.ARS, P. S.
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Girls of Plant Have Christmas Party L, U, 1514, HAl\'SON, MASS.-Earl\in Dc.cember we, of the Wheeler Hc'nectol' Company, Local 1514, were saddened by the suddell death o( 1-:l'I\est Blume, who hus been bookkeel)er here (or Inany years. Although not a member of our union, he wus 1I1WII)'1I a kind and plcasant (I'iend, lind Wheeler's will find his plnce not easy to fill.
The Electri cal Workers'
In thl' aftnnoon of Oec('lllix'\ :.!:~nl the girl~ or the enamel room, flUore,,· Cl'nt d(");II~III('nt alld orne,', had 11 Christmilll pllrty, T here W('I'(' I'('fl,(,lIh· menb of fruit, cnndy, nuts und cakl', not to f.)t'~ct POI)Co,'n bull/l which Murion lIo\'t'~ aillay;} nmkl'II III) deli· dou81y, TIH' tt."- II'nll loaded with gift" lind thl' 1):I1"t~' 11"1' 11 mud,' mtl'~' ('11· jo)'ub1l' I)('cuu~(' of th(' f,·, .. ' aflt't"1I(1)1l lu'corllt·d 1111 b~' the com pany.
Thl' IIlIu;,1 Chdstmus dilUwr and )};,t1.y 11'1.'1 ('njnYNI at thl' club rnoms of thl' IInn.'!on Athll'tic AllllhCintioll in thl' "H'ninK of Ikcl'lnlx>r :.!:\t"1.
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Prayer for 011,. Dpceas(,d Brothers
. lImiyhllJ Goo. Kindlll r(Jlhf:r of all. Thol( hn~! (f,lIedl,lmlt' O,e /ollou:ing member. 0/ 111fT l:lro/ller/lOf)f/. 1\ ( .t/Hdl ,"Uri 1IIcI"- ",ilfll thdr http, tI,tiT r:orllfKIniol/Rllil', ff,,. 0"11 u'('re our Brotherll. L ook "PO" tI/tm, kindly, 0 Hr(ln'n1'll "'uthtr, al/d bring O.em rut and peQu.
And .t"(i TII JI ('om/ort and uI,flerlltfUiding to tlltir 10~'fil QIU'II, Lord, Owt thell may btar tllt ir losl! tl';11I 1"'/'1'"r:6 fll/d n!lfiqnfltion.
Ami hcll) us their Brotlll~r/J who (tTl' left ,"'nt/ur, /0 lil'c It'orlhy /i l't., to be trlle .miml 1/1/1/1, li!'iIlY '/(It /"1" IUIT-8ch'c. «ltme for I/,e good of all. Amen.
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