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 N EVERY JQB
THERE'S A LAUGH OR TWO
THE BROADCAST TECHNICIAN'S We have a new apprentice now and with a eane 1. U. Nro. 124 has sent
it another poem re.
APPRENTICE he walks. ited by one of their old-tine members, Briter,
High in our union hall there hangs a legend, And often as he speaks it seems the Rid to us Al. Al. fhyj.'n BrotheCr "enc' is the oldeWt
red, white and blue, still talks. electrician in Kmnsas City iS point of unto.
And thege its word for all to see., "The Program And sometimes, on the taidnight trick, and this mROber.hip. fe hs a reKarkkhisl memory and
Must Go Through." I swear is truie, ofte. eatortOais the boys a union mee tings
This is the motto of our craft, the emblem of We eem to hear a voice that says "The Program with his r.eitations. Thalk you far your con-
our trade, Must Go Through." trbution, Brother LlywIeyn.
And stars of gold in union nags shall never see
it fadi, High in our union hall there hangs a legend, TIlE MONKEY'S DISGRACE
red, white and blue.
He didn't look like much. the new apprentice. And these its words for all to see, "The Pro- Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree
small and slight. gMm Must Go Through." Discussing things as they're to hI.
A kid, no more, no less, but one who studied This is the motto of our craft, the emblem of Said one to the ether, now listen. you two,
day and night; our trade, There's a certain rumor that can't be true
"Remember, Kid"-we called him that, you see- And stars of gold in union flags shall never see That man descended from our noble race,
"One thing, it fade. Thhe very idea is a disgrace.
"The Program Must Go Through, so you keep Tuit~ssnun UALI,
right on studying." L. U. No. 1220. No monkey over deserted his wife,
Starved her babies and ruined her life;
And D. J. taught him tubes, and Wally taught And you've never known a mother monk
him oscillators. To leave her babies with others to hunk,
And Kurt antennas
showed, and various types "ELEC-TONICS"
Or pass them on from one to another
of radiators; Till they scarcely know who is their mother.
Then to transcriptions, recrds, Mel would make
the air turn IIue. And another thing you'll never see,
But, when the kid had gone, would say, "There's A monk build a fence around a coconut tree,
* good boy for you!" And let the coconuts go ti waste,
Forbidding all other monks a taste;
And so It went, a year or more, until that fate- Why, if I put a fence around a tree,
ful day, Starvation would force you to steal from me.
Pearl Harbor, and frot far we heard the deadly
roar and fray:
Then the Philippines, Bateau , and last, Cor- Here's another thing a monk won't do:
ruabler: Co out at night and get on a stew,
In uniform the Kid showed up one morning, Or use a gun, or club, or knife
then was gone to war. To take some other monkey's life.
Yes, man descended, thenrnery cuss,
And every month the Kid would write, the union But, brother, he didn't descend from us.
was his pride,
About the meeting. he would asi, and all his
hopes in us confide; THE WARNING
But then his lettuer stopped and for three
months we heard no more A sign should be placed
From him., the Kid, our union Brother who had On the Teepie gate:
gone to war. Stop here and consider
Before it's too late!
A soldier with a cane came in one day, we heard The girls here are friendly,
the rest: Congenial and fair;
"Our company was hemmed in by Japs, north, The work rooms are light
south. east and west. And we have lots of air.
Our radio was ]oSt, and slowly we were being Th. fo rem,, all patiofnt,
wiped out. "Henry Atkins, get back on the beam,." Your pay right on time,
Said the Kid. 'I know I can find that rig. Thore's IH.B3. LL, We even have music-
not a doubt.' 1. U. No. 697. Now isn't that fine?
You're required just to sit
"We watched him vanish through the green we All day long on a ehair,
lay with bated breath; Vrother
Brooke has sean IR ohtother "wre nut." You can keep clean and tidy,
We smelt, we felt. we sensed the presence of He hopes hS can keep it up. IH, about same of H avewavea in your hair,
surrounding death. our Brothers helping hi. out? If you're streamlined and shapely,
Then through the jungle dank we heard a Morse Wear your clothes with a flair,
key clatter clear, Then fron anild hand take warning:
MAKING THE REST OF IT Look- and beware!
One minute, two, three, then a rifle sounded
near. Mary had a little lamb, All your good resolutions
Its fleece was white Os snow, Will fall by the way,
"We found him slumped across the set-the Kid She washeid it in her wash machine And you (just like me)
who'd saved the day, To try and keep it so. Will eat three times a day.
And still he tightly held the key-the Kid went Its tail caught in the wringer; They don't guarantee here
oat that way. Now, Mary should kno, better; To broaden your mind.
Before the end he asked that I these words But she just sewed .m.n. buttons on. But you'll find, to your Sorrow,
bring back to you: And wore it for a sweater. You're broader behind.
'Just tell . *. jus tell the bays back ho.e, I got K. IH. BROOKS, R11TmRIOTH,
the program through!"' L. U. No. B. L. U. No. 48.
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Af. Ampagndi eCCda iAooO 4&zie s&. A'. *ga, *adhAkyk,.

Page CHAT
Frontispiece-Trained Through Appreticesh i- - - - - 266 IT/Sgt. Robort L. Garrity, stiled in
War Profits, Taxed Heavily, Still Great - 267 France, wrote a masterful letter to a Con
Ohio Farmers Broke Fertilizer Trust 270 gressmnan in which he spoke for many sol-

British Labor Wins Sweeping Victory - 271 die"s in service. This was noincon.siderate
272 attack upon legislation, but an effort to in-
Apprenice Program Takes on New Life -

terpret what soldiers are thinking about.

Local Joint Planning Committees Urged 273 Sgt. Garrity was at one time an interns-
Recreation Clubs Follow TVA Lakes - 274 tioneal representative of tlle . B. E. W.
A Woman Writes a Book on Housing - ...... 275
Behavior of Tubes in Electronics Field - ...... 276 Sgt. Garrity said:
Broadcast AdvisorA Committee Meets in Milvaaukee 277 "It look, as though, among all, the vet-
eran will be thle last one to encourage any
Fixture Industry Meet Develops Program _ - 277
anti-unioi legislation and he is also the
Editorial - - - - - - - - - 278 one that will fight those that seek to drive
Woman's Work - - - - - - 280 the 'wedge' three ways between manage-

Correspondence - - _ _ 281 ment and labor-between labor and the

In Memoriam - - ......-- 290 farmer--and no mor recently
e betwean
labor and the retrning veteran. We want
Death Claims Paid .... 291
- - - - industrial peace as well as peace among
Official Receipts - - 293 the nations. We are entitled to that much
at the very least, and anyone who drives
* This Journal will not be held responsible for vi 'vs bycorrspondnts,
epresed the wedge further is certainly not favor--
The first of each nonth is the closing date; all copy mant be in our hands on or before.
ing us. Such tactics ar-, in fact, aimed
directly at our future well-bing. L, for
EXECUTIVE OFFICE :RS
one, do not seek nor ask any such proloe
International President, EDWARD J.. 10IW , In.ernati onal Secreadry. 0. M. Bi'cNIA2ri, 1200
1200 noth St., N. W. Wahington 5, D. C. 15th St., N. W., Washington 5, D C. lion as that embodied in your proposed
International Treasurer, W. A. HOGAN.~ 647 legislation."
South Siith Ave., MW.Verno. a, N.Y.

VICE PRESIDENTS INTERNATIONAL

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL One of the things that the labor victoiy in
First Distrie: -. E. INGLE3
195 Dundas St. Lodon, Ont., Canada CUARLE. M. PAMI.EN, Choirnp/l Great Britain indicated was that the bour-
Sende[ District JOnN
S. ReAN 4937 W. Cuyler Ave., Chicago 41, IEL
Rhm. 239, Park Square Bldg., Boston 16. Mass. bons of England did not understand the
First Dhstriet _ Hay VAN AaebALE, JR.
Third District WILLIAM D. WALir, 130 E. 25th St., New York 10, N, Y. soldier psychology. Apparently, the soldier
Room 1102, City Centre Bldg., 121 North Broad Second District .. F. L.. KELL, y
St., Philadelphia 7, Pa. I5 Beacan St., Hyde Park 36, Mass. is not falling for the old stuff that was hand-
Fourth District Gomo., I. FolL.AN
142$ Hamilton National Bank Bldg., Third District _WItLIA G. S..OR ed out during the first World War. He
Chattnooga, Ten.I 2104-5 Law &Finance Bldg., Pittsburgh 19, Pa.
Fth District T nG. X. BARK,, Fourth District --. .. .PRrLLs. does lnt want rewards. He does not want
D05 Watts Bldg., Birmingham 3, Ala. 2025 2nd St., N. E., Washingtohn 2, D. C.
Sixth District S .. M. J. Boyrz Fifth District .DA ,ANNING coddling. He does not Iaut special favors.
4300 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 13, IlL. 130 No. Wells St., Chicago 6, Ill.
Seventh District -. . W. L. IN.AM He wants to be fitted back into aI.tructure
3641 Laughton St., Forth Worth 4, Teas Sith vstrict D. W. T,,My
Eddystonie Apartments, Washington 5, D. C. of true democracy aid stability. He is going
Eighth District H. W. Bri,
504 Denver Theatre BIldg., D,.ivr 2, Cro. Seventh District CITARLES J. FOEEN to work and hope for this kind of set-up.
Ninth Dlistricl -. SCOTT Mrrx~ g473 19lh St., Francio, Calif.
910 Central Tower, San Francisco 3, Cadi. Eighth District J. L. MBcBlm
Railroadn 3.J5. DUre¥ 163 Jailes St., Labor Tenple,
330 South Wells St,, Room 600, Chicago 6, Ill. Winniaeg, Man,, Canada Our
.. .hoto
ver this monfth is ai official
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apprenticeship training in the after-war period.

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WAR PROFITS, Tared
o4,qeaa4At Shel q4eal
HOUGH taixed 'to the bons," still Ameri-
can buainess has made great profits der-
Tig war ypars.
Industry has made the most of its golden
opportunity. Even though the war has m¥eant
hardship and hard work for most of us, for
industry it has meant some of the highest
profits in history.
In spite of wartime regulations and short-
agOs of .. en Anid materials, during the war,
industry hasearned far more profits in a
period of heavy productio, and full employ-
ment than it evr has been able to earl dur-
ing the periods of partial utilization of re-
sources and partial employment that nor-
mally have prevailed in the past. This is the
conclusion drawn by a series of studies on
wartime corpiorate profits maie by the Office
of Price Administration, and it is sup ported
by evidence from the financial statements
of individiul orporat ions themselves.
During the first half of 1944, when war-
time production and e mployment were in
full swing, a group of 1,120 leading inins-
trial corporations earned $3,163,58$,000 be-
fore taxesre e computed, This represent-
ative group of corporations includes conee.ns
engaged primarily in manufacturing, but it
also covers son companies engaged ii min-
ing, trade, and transportation (excluding
railroads).
This hug, figure of $3,16.58,000 is one
per tent higbher than tihe peak level atained
by these same corporations (luring the haif
of 1942, 25 plerei iL higher than ti( tot IoLrk
reached in the first half of 1142, 83 per cent
greater than the average half-year earning
diuring the years 1939-1941, when we were
converting to war production, and 213 per
cent higher than the haIr-year averages
attained during the peaceti. . e priod
1936-1939.
Five Hundred Per Cent Profit
Table I bniicates some of the prize money-
makers whi Ih ,hewar has produced. This
chart shows the percontage increase b
profits before taxes for different .ro.psof
selected corporations for the
f irst half of
1944 as compared with the early war years
I139-1941 and the prewar years 1V36-1929.
It also points out what types of corporations
within the different groups have earled an
Increase of more than 500 per cent in profits
before taxes in these same periods.
If confronted by this great increase in
profits, spokesman for business and industry
undoubtedly would point to their high taxes
to protect themselves from charges of
THE JOURnnL OF
OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOODO Or ELECTRICAL WORKCER$
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Soft coal averages I 113 per cent
over 1939-1941; electrical corn-
muntcafion 65 per cent; electri-
cal machinery 52 per cent
profiteering. Wartime taxes have been high.
But they haven't abbed the full extent
of industry's ability to pay those taxes, and
they have not interfered with the trend to-
ward greatly increased profits which indus-
try at its full power can earn.
In spite of the fact that high taxes
siphoned off aloost two-thirds of the pre-
tax profits of the 1,120 corporations, for
the first half year of 1944 their after-tat
earnings rlemained at the record-breaking
level of $1,127,000,000. For all the corpora-
tiens studied, these after-tax profits were
6 per cent lower than thoee accumulated
during the first half of 1943, reflecting the
fact that the durabl,-goods industrios, in
particular, had reached a plateau in profit
making. But 1944 post-tax profits still were
9.3 per cent higher than those achieved
during the first half of 194Z, 4.5 per cent
greater thain, those earned in the average
half year during the period 1939-1941 and
34.8 per cint msore than thle earnings accumu-
lated during the prewar years 1936-193fl.
At Full Steam
This i, the gist of the ,mtter.Even though
warhtie Laxes have stood at record levels,
corporate earnings after taxes have been
more than oIe-third greater with in..,stry
working at full steam and employing all
available workers than during the years
1936-439 when we Wre limping along on
a partial-production, partial-enplhymnent
basis.
Table 1I shows at a glance the typi, of in-
dustries w hichhave enjoyed the greatest
Increase in profits aftor LLxes hI.ave begu de-
ducted. Sorting out only the most uamalive
industries, the chart also indicates which
groups of corporations in 1944 boosted their
post-tax earnings by more than 101 per cent
over the peacetime period 1936 1939.
Only one group of industrie,--durbe-
goods manufacturing--showed signs i, 1944
that a ceiling on produetion and profits had
been reached. Thi is ithe industrial group
which turned out the most war goods. It is
the group which, in the early years of our
defense preparations aRid war effort, made
the most phenomenal gaiin, in production
and profits over the prewar years.
By the middle of 1944, profits before taxes
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for the heavy-goeds producers h ad increased
80.2 per cent over t heaveiage
half year frotm
1939 to 1fl41 and 25fil, per cent, above the
average half year duriug the prewar
period
10:36-1930. But aftr taxes were deducted,
riofits for the war-production industries fell
to 1.9 per cent under the 1939-1941 level.
Npveitheless, p ost-ax
profits for the 505
beavy-goods corporations studied by OPA
still were 36.7 per cent above the average
half year during the peacetime perio4
Rising Costs Catch Up
By 1913 and 1944 rising costs gradually
bedim to eat into the profit increases for this
group of manufacturers. This fart is re-
vealed by studying tLe trend of retur' on
sales, whichshows a corporation's net Iefit
before taxes as a percentage of dollar eil-
nin,.f sales. For tbt: durable-goods idlus-
tries as a whole, the return n sale, be-
fore income amas, gradually declined
throughout the war yean , i other
words, out of every dollar of sales made by
the war-production .i.dusrios, the corpora-
tions turning out war goods showed les and
less ability to retain the high profits which
they had enjoyed earlier in the war boom.
Rising costs caught tip with them. This,
rather than a heavy tax brden changes
or
in the volume of goods produced and sold, ac-
counts for the fact that profit gains leveled
off.
Even so, the retur n sales for the heavy-
goods industries heCI.'e income taxes, re-
mained at a high leel The average for the
group during the flrst half of 19414 was 11.4
per vent.
For the heavy-mooda industries, the re-
turn on net worth before taes,-another
measure of the profitability of corporations
--
remtained at levels unpr.ede,,ted in
peacetim.o. For thu fil4 hsalf of 1944 this
ratio, which shows.. .t profit before taxes
as a percentage of eqtity investnent, stood
at 31.0 per ,enit for thle war-production in-
dustries, indicat ing tat thie durabl,-geods
manufacturers
.. titnued to glean more
profits in relation to the amount of e.u.ty
capital invested than either the nondurable-
goods.. anufacturers or the non-...u.ufac-
tsro s.
Producers of alirraft and motor vehicle
parts Pok inl earnilgs before taxes) dur-
ing the first half of 1914 that were equiva-
lent to more than 75 per cent of net worth,
and the rate was over 50 per celt for makers
of electrical nachinery. Not one of the
heavy goods producers earned less than 10
per cet on their net ivestment during the
first six months of 1944, and fully one third
of the companies in the group realized more
than 50 per cent.
Highest Earning Power
Earning power lIke this never has even
been approahed in peacetime. One reane,

26B
PERCENTAGE IN,'PEASE IN PROFITS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
FIRST HALF YEAR 111-1OVER HALF-YEAR AVERAGES FOR l139-1941
AND 1936-Etlt3 t,120 LARGE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS
[nriustrial Group
TOI \f. O(F ALL GROUPS
1U)RABI IfGOODS MANUFACTUR-
ING -.....................
NON-DURAIUE-GOODS MANUFAC-
TURING ..----------------
NON-MANUFA('TURING ---- --
Selected Groups
Durables
Engines and Tmblns
Aircraft and Pa, -_
Lumber arid Timbna Ih
Motor Vehicles PUr's ani Accosoris
Electrical tMaeh oetbe
hoy than hl-
dustril and C..... .l.nicat
ment -.....-
Non-Ferrous Metal Prodicts other
than Jewelry, Silverware, ee... -.
Metalwrikmn Machinery -
Electrical Coulmninicatbio Equi pa..nt.
'on -TD*erodh,
Tanned arid Finisded Leather
Wastens and N orstod ......
Cotton Toxtile- .........-
Rubber ProI L---------
Knitted Goods…
No,,,Ma,,./aeti.. nig
Bituminous and other Soft Coal -204.S
Transportation (excluding Railroads)
for this inordinaIelv high return befo'e
taxes on net worth ill the warproduction
is that thi-oughout the war years
industries
the amount of capital invested in these cor-
porations, as in otlier companies, remalned
at a rather stable level During the war the
corporations made litlie increase in the
amount of equity apil in,,veted in plant
and equipment, and what little growth they
did show in the amoun of amoney invested
resulted not so much f-ron new imne..y but
rather fit-c accumulating undistributed
profits in surplus.
Many of the war-production corporations
benefited by plant expansions ;ihih (he pub-
lic paid for through Government exlentdi-
lures. Since many of the war plants were
publicly financed but privately operated, the
Owners of the capital stok of the corpora-
tioiS put in very little new money. But they
tok increased profits rc:ardless--profits
financed in large part by the investment of
public fandls.
Even after Laxes have been provided feo,
the durable-goods manufacturers realized a
return on net worth wh'ih averaged 95 per
cent for the first half of 1944. Taxes-
especially the excess profits taxes-acted as
a powerful leveler., but, evw- so, the war-
production industries made practically a 10
per cent return on net worth throughout the
War years-
Ability to Gain
A 10 per Cendt return on money inve.ted
certainly ia ample, to say the least. in an
economy helire, for a long time, capital ha.
been abundat, kiterest rates have
low. and the war risks of plant expansions
have been shouldered by the public th.ough
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For the first half of 1944 the return on
sales before taxes for the non-durable-goods
TABLE I manufac turing industries averaged 12.8 per
cent, almost a point and a half higher than
that for the heavy-goods industries.
As measured by returnl.S on investment,
m anufacturers of nonadurable goods shewel
Percentage Increase in Prfatds Before Taxes most steady gains in profits of all three
the
First Half of 1944 .... groups uinilder consideration. The average
}lalf-YestA Xverage Ralf-Yea, Average return on net inlveslt nI..is betfae jncante
1 9 3!-1'R [ 1936-1929 taxes stood at 24.8 per cent for .anufae.le-
-- ...... 212.75 ers of ....-. tt.lmhle goo.nds dining the filt
six .qonth, of 941, mathiae aconstant in-
802 256.8 creas smnc the Irt of 1we ... effrt
defense
il 19380-ID41 After taxes had been taken
93.2 179.3 into consnirathn, theit ' unon net worth
4.6 172.4 ilthese anun
. acturers din the lst half
l144 was 11.5 per Coet. the as deli
achieved by tih durable-gous industries.
- ......... 4261 2.V1t 3 But, unlike durable goods, non-durable-guods
__ 127.1 1d46.4 aanuractu rers built up their returns on in-
P1olucts s ie_ 117.5 1,01.14 vesatment more slowly andIu..aWned theil
29(43 89KG konger, without the slight falling off char-
acteristic of the heavy-goods industries.
ion Equip-
..... 231 23 . ......772.2 Non-Manufacturers' Profits
The nc-eas ine profits enjoyed by non-
272.6 727.8 faLiuthuI rs (includingf inetal an.I colt
. 95.1
....... 527.8 mining and other fuel production, retal and
241.0 520.6 wholesale trade, and transportation other
thain railroads) throughout tile war years
- 229.0 5.109.9 vas more irregular ai d lagged som..hat
. -- 204.7 1.049.3 behind the gains made by the rlmaufaeturnis
I 18%5 78:h0 of durable and non-durable goods. But, in I he
2603.6 17.6 ..
end, the.. r.-n.a..ufafttirers ade. alemost as
...... 284.1 . 533.3
...... good a shooting as the malu fecturers of nio-
durable guod. By the end of the first half
1.148A of 194.1 .nm-m.anufaecturers had increasIld
159.9 749.5 their profits before taxes (14.6 per cent IuIre
than the half-year average for the period
1939-1941 and 172.4 per cent more than the
their Government and are to be paid for half-year average for the prewar years
by the public in taxes. 1936-1939.
Unlike the durable-goods industries. man- After taxes had been deducted, the n..-
manufacturers showed the greatest gains of
ufarturers of nun-durable goods eontiGued
to show an increasing ability to gain profits all three groups. For the first half of 1 i-t
the uion-n .an.fact.rers' profits marked a
throughout the war period. These manufac-
urving corporations, like the non-n.a.. in fac-
gain of 13.5 par cent above the average half
yenr for the period 1989al-I941 and 5419 per
turing group, were not as heaily engaged
in war production as ware the nianufactur rent lore than the average half year in the
er5 of durable goods. They henefited less peacetime period of 1936-10939.
directly from the huge Govermment war
orders and depended, more than the heavy- Remarkable Increase
goods industri on
C, civilan purlhasi'nr Of course, the profits picture for some of
s
pow-er. While their pl..fit-niaking ability did these nol-,laltufaeturing industries i nlt
not spurt upward as fast or as high as that so rosy as these figures on profit if..eases
of the durable-goods manunacturers, their imply. Some concerns in all the industrial
gains were more steady Iore long lasting, groups considered had t start their up/wad
and more widely participaled in by all the climb from a deficit position in the early
corporations included in these groups thian years. ParCtilarly is this true with rcIwnl
vas the case il the war-producGton segment to the bituminous coal industry, which for
of our ewolomy. moure than a decade has been a pretty sick
Throughout the war period the 500 leanu- industry. but, in spite of such handicaps, a
facturers of ,,on-durale goods inc in profit increase after taxes of Inure than 50
luded
the OPA profits study showed a steady in- per cent above the prewar years is remark-
crease in profits both before and after taxes. able. Such an increase sustained by the uon-
At least through half of 1944, their pro.fit- ,naxnlfactuing group skould drive the point
making ability never stopped its climb uI* home that deficits ore unnecessary and
wvard in response to the stimulus of the War peofit possibilites are high under cond ti4,s
economy. By the end of June, 1944 the nun- of full employmant, full production, and fual
durable goods manufacturers had inc.eas.. A incoln~.
their profits before taxes 93.2 per cent more Fer the first six months of 1944, the return
thait the half-year ave*age for the period on sales fer coratiorns not engaged inl
1989-1941 and 179. per cenit nit{- than tile manaufactUring averaged 10.9 per eeIt be-
half-year average for the peacetime years fore taxes, lower than theC.orresponding li-
1930-1930. After allowance had been made tiresfor durable and ,on-durable-goods in-
fur bitaoe taxes, the profit increases fir lustties. But after taxes had been deruected,
the non-durable-goods manufactur.-rl for the the non-,anufacturing group turned out
be*,u first half of 1944 stood at a level 19.1 per cent to have the highest sales mar in,5.2 per
above that of 1999-1941 and 27.9 per cent cent, for the first half of 1944. During the
above the half-year average for 1936-1139. war period the durable-goods anufacturers

SEPTEMBER, 1945
started out with higber retuirns In laes,
followed next in order by the n,,I,-datbe-
goods manufacturers. B li by 1144 tie aftr-
tax returns of both these groups had failen,
and the non-rnlaufacturers had taken the
lead.
Computation of the income-inwvstment
ratios for th.. .on-..anufacLturing group
shows that these corporations engaged in
miinng, trade, and transportation Injugerd
a little behind the two nan ufartal, jg
groups,. For the first half of 1944 the non-
mau fac tu ig cornpations realizedI a 1et
profit before taxes which amounted to 19.2
per cenL of equity capital. After taxes the
return on investment stood at 9.1 per cent,
slightly lower than the figam fur durable
and non-durable-goods manufacturers.
Drop for Some
Not all industrie found the profit taki ngs
good during tile war period. Tht group of
construction-products mann flcturers studld
by OPA showed a drop inprofits as thn war
periol wore on. For the first half of G944
profits after taxes for this group, which in-
eludes makers of abrasives, asbestos, cement,
concretes gits pu,., patei products, fiat gIast,
pottery anid glassIware, anm structural clay
products, stood 30.1 per rent lovel, than the
1939-1941 average and 19.0 per cent bhinw
the 1936 1939 average. This decline in coi-
struction prlfits began in 1943. According
to the OPA report on profits for that year:
"A 40 per cent drop from the inordinately
high 1942 level of var plant construction
pulled the construction industry's profits
down with it. The virtual completion of the
program to expand war facilities, and the
conltinned imposition of restrictions on pri-
vate residential building, lowered the profits
of companies manufacturing Itone, clay and
glass products,"
The drop in profits of the manufacturers
of construction products as their sales fell
off and the rise in profits of almost all other
industries as their sales expanded point out
clearly tle close relationship between sales
volume and profits, When the necessitie, of
war curtailed the sales of the corporations
making construction products, their profits
fell sharply.
On the other hand, the experience of
nearly all other both tIt.... .I-
eorporations
gaged in war prodIuction and thoes
closely integrated with the civilian e}nomny,
shows that, as the volume of sales increased
under the impetus of wartime buying, profits
increased, too. Conversely, as sales of these
265
corporaitions began to dron pronits also the chances for proats will he good. But if
leveled off. The OPAfOrpiJ ,it JI) I state8 eployment. is allowed to drop and em-
the relatioship in this ,njlthl : ployers force wages down, ultimately the
'In the senii f IIIvar o,
onlu
- l-ablo- volume of sales will fall off and profits will
goods mmanlafacttilri g ,uot....anu factur- drop accordingly. The same decreas in sales
mg -profits had risen ore slowly than ill and pronfits will result if industry raises
deabls, chiefly becanuse ofa lesq specticular its prices too much.
eN pan soni I lo . liever, iduring the later So far, neither employers nor the Gov-
war year>. i refI, fIl owled the corse of sales ernment seem to care very much about main-
more eloely il ihi eusii-war segments than taining civilian purchasing power. OPA
in the war sector. Even after the two eI- already is having trouble persuading cor-
meIits bud lig,, I. ivIi rufo the duraIble porations to maintain 1912 prices for civil-
goods gruill, ],fitd e.n'lmited to move ian goods produced during the reconversion
rouihly parallel to 'aIe" in Ilb, other two period now in prceton. Congress has done
classes."
nothing to help unemployed workers through
Here Is a Warning pnrid or
the tr.. sitiolnt It stimulate employ-
meat in the poslwar period. The War Labor
These coneusins drawn by the OPA Board has refused wage increases to corn-
study on wairtimeI.. lofits should point a pecnste for a reduction in overtime pay and
wanrning for the pilIwap period. If Iu..iess the rise in the cost .f living, which, together
and industry uie willing to accepi [nw unit with heavy imdvidual income taxes, have
profits on goods prIduced, if tney see the eaten into workers' wages.
handwriting i.., thn wall ....d keep prihes low But Congress has passed legislation to
enough to sustain a large ohumne .it sales, hellp business through the transition priod.
ample profits are possible. Our wartia, ex- Early in July a bill relieving business and
perienee lia shown that if sles of goos industry of an estimated $5,500,000,000 in
can be maintained at a high level, profits, taxes rode easily through both the Senate
too, will soa. But when salesIbegin to drop and the 1ouse of Representatives. According
off, profits d;ecline, to the OPA study on wartime profits,
Wartim, ales depended mainly on two few corporations really need this tax relief.
factors: (1) huge Government war orders, In fact, the course of profits after taxes
and (2) in.creased consumer purchasing shows that most of our corporations didn't
owel' brought about by full enuployment pay as much of the cost of the war as they
and higher wages. As the Gusvernniet war could easily have done.
orders taper off, sales will depend Dmor' Moreover, business and industry generally
..
direct pon civil an hbying power. are well prepared to race the problems of
If purchasing power is nfl~iiae], by recoverslion. According to tihe OPA report
Iull peacetime empldoynerit and high wages, flontlfnedt on page 2R2)
TABLE If
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN PROFITS AFTER INCOME TAXES
FIRST HALF YEAR 1914 OVER HALF-YEAR AVERAGES FOR 1939-1941
AND 1936-1939-1,120 LARGE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS
Percentage Increase in Profits After Taxes
Pirst Half of 1944 over
Half..Year Average Half-Year Average
Industrial Group 1939-1941 1936-1939
TOTAL OF ALL GROUPS ........... 4.5% 34.8%
DURABLE-GOODS MANUFACTUR-
ING........................... 1.9 36,7
NON-DURABLE-GOODS MANUFAC-
TU R IN G ------------------------- 9.1 27.9
NON-MANUFACTURING ---------- 13.5 53.9
Selected Groups
Durables
Engines and Turbines .............. 160.4 fi42.1
Aircraft and Parts ............... 526.7
80.5
Lumber and Timber Basic P.-oducts. 31.3 511.7
Nor,-Ferrouus Metal Products other
than Jewel'y, Silverware, etc- 121.1 2233.5
Motor Vehile Parts ad Ac.essories 221.3
70.4
Electrical Machinery other than In-
distrial and Communication Equip-
inent --------------------------- 52.5 174.3
Metahvln'king Macbiury ----------- 14.8 112.1
Electrical Communicaction Equipment 65.3 104.9
`,N'tn-Dorabfi,
Cotton Textiles ................... 29.5 583.9
Woolns andi Worsted............. … 46.9 :150.5
Knitted Goods.................... 117.9 210.9
Women's and Misses' Clothing ------ 115.1 132.5
Co mm.ercal Printing .............. 5.9 106.7
28.7 101.9
,or, Rubber I'roducts.............
Non-Ma... fa to ring
Bitumnos and other Soft Coal ----- I 1.4 932.3
Transportation (excluding Railroads) 6I $ 355,5
 210
0h" 1"otu BROKE
'$uie 4 dr TRUST
FTER more than one hundred years of
periodic growth and reeession the Con-
sum er' Cooperative m.ovemnent in the
United States seems to be on its way to
solid achievement. It has acquired a sub-
stantial economic bose; it has accumulated
a literature ,n ar irti . and a body of prin-
ciples; and it in raprdl' developing a trained
and able leadershit) flly eonscios of the
needs and purpoes of the moveIment and
its relation to the society of which it is a
part. In the postwar economic world it seems
inevitable that more and more emphasis
will be laid on the idea of cooperation as
distinguished from free competition. In the
words of HentV Wallace, Secretary of Coin-
mlere, "it appears that the only way in
which democracy can survive the logical
onslaught of the dictator-stath aspect of
communism and fascism is to develop the
genuine cooperative ideal to the limit."
Two questions arise at this poinr. In the
first place what ideal or theoretical po-
tentlalities do the cooperatives hold for a
solution of the economic ills of society? Sec-
ond, what are the prospects of the practical
realization of .u.h possibilities?
HereIs A Solution
The answer to the first question is much
easter. Without implying at all that they
offer the way to Utopia, we can anwer
definitely and unhesitatingly that the co-
ops do offer a partial solution at least to
the problems that confront us.
There is substantial agreement among all
economic groups that the central and funda-
mental contradiction of present-day society
is the disparity between punchasing power
and productive capacity. It is obvious that
industry will operate am! business will ex-
pand, provided that buyers for the goods
produced can be found.
Cooperative factory for making of butter In Sweden.
The .olral of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Dperuton
Consumer cooperaothes, on
increase, have strong weapon, and
may play great part in coming econ-
omy. A. F. of L. backs movement
Purchasing power must he lenreased.
Whether it is done by reduction of prices
or by increasing the income of the farmers
and workers who make up the great mass
of the population does not s ubstantially
matter. In either case there is an increase
of purchasing power and in either ease
likewise there is apt to be a diminution of
monopoly profit.
Additional Benefits
Consumers cooperatties are one means of
achieving this end. Basically they are simply
devices for producing and distributing at
cost. Whereas Rochdale principles call for
sales to be made at prevailing prices, the
distribution of earnings in proportion to
patronage has the effect of returning the
profit to the consumer in the form of his
patronage dividend. So in the end, the re-
suit is virtually the same as selling at cast.
Extremely important from the social
standpoint is the fact that the benefeical
effects wrought by the cooperatives extend
far beyond the membership itself. By cut-
ting the cost of a particular commodity to
the members the cooperatives force comn-
petitors to lower prices and thus reduce
costs to the community as a whole. One of
the leaders of the Swedish cooperative move-
meit h"a said that if the eooperatives con-
trol the sale of 20 per cent of a coammodity,
they control the price of the whole output.
Although American cooperatives, at present,
are only doing about two per cent of the
total business, they have been able to demn-
strate the truth of this claim in some in-
I
stances. For example, Ohio farmers' coopera-
tives l.oke the fertilizer trust by operating
their own plants and were able to force
dlw, fertilizer prices to less than half their
frmer level, with a resultant saving of
millions of dollars per year to farmers
everywhere,
This is, in the writer's judgment, easily
one of the most important aspects of con.
sumers' coopersak . Though cooperation
represents essenit i a trend toward social-
izatiom, it can fiill it place in a competitive
society as an ailwl dte for monopoly. Insofar
as co o change
perative society they do it
gradually, and that, according to the mores,
is the way it should he done. America hates
'*revolutins" but it loves "progress."
Working With Others
Cooperatives offer social and emotional
benefits to their members asI well a, eo-
noniie ones. There is do a ,ubt that one of
the severest penalties of on. iighly i~fi-
vidualistic civilization is Lae loss of that
n
sense of "b e glogiwh~b conies from
working with oth..s in a common enter-
prise. The degree to whiek cooperaLives sup-
ply this need Is not something which can
be measured statstically, nor can it even
be described in the prosaic jargon of siem-
tific ternimundoy, hut there are few who
have 'IgV .. nI operative work who will
deny its influence.
The consumer cooperatives now have the
advantages of the centralized planning and
leader,,hip winch have been developed by
theit wholesales. In addition to the ordi-
nary fmnettOa of wholesaling the coopera-
tive wholesa.es generally carry on a whole
miscella'ny of activities for the benefit of
their meniber societies. They provide audit-
ing services; they maintain testing labora-
tories; they have educational departments
whose members are at the beck and call
oI local associations. Most of the whole-
sales publish newspapers, some of which
are printed in cooperatively owned plants;
and lately. one of them at least has even
talked a.f cooperative radio stations. And
most important of all, they provide leader-
ship. The advice and assistance they can
give to the local cooperatives are invaluable.
Those who have little familiarity with the
cooperative movement may be surprised at
the extent of consumers' cooperation in the
United States today. The report of the Ex-
ecutive Council of the American Federation
of Labor to the 1944 conwation in New
Orleans, Louisiana, states that there are
more than 5,000 local retail eo-o, stores
ill the United States, al owned and con-
trolled by workers, farmers and other con-
sumers. These retails have in turn com-
bined their buying power into co-op whole-
sales in onier to take advantage of the sIa-
ings effected from quantity buying. There
are 24 of these regional wholesalss.
What the Co-ops Own
The report goes on to say that consmners
co-ops in the United Staons today own 102
factories, a coal mine, 10 gasoline refineries,
296 oil wells and 800 miles of pipeline. They
manufacture flour, canied foodS, roas cof-
fee. sausage. butter, cheese, bread, gaso-
line and lubricating oils and greases, lum-
ber, paint and printing. They mine coal;
and to supply farmers they mannufature
feel, fertilizer, farm machinery and operate
chick hatcheries. These are not producers
iCorinlut on page 29)
SEPTEMBER, 1945
HONORABLE ERNEST BEVIN
Foreign Secretary for the British Empire.
Mr. Bevis was Minister of Labor in the
Coastion Government and before that, a
dynamic labor leader.
BLOODLESS revolution in Great Britain
which resulted in turning the government
A over to the labor party has had wide re-
verberations in the United States. Tories
began to make speeches seeking to instruct
the labor movement in the United States not
to pay any attention to the results in Eng-
land and to hold the line fast against coin-
munism and other subversive movements.
Tried and True
The election in England went according
to rule. The libor government is niade up
of tried and true veterans of administration.
SIR WALTER CITRINE
Secretary, British Trade Union Congress,
who will not have a position in the Govern-
ment but who layed an important part in
the election campaign.
27i
B244 4is LABOR *4 s
S we e pin V ict4 .
Stuns conservative England, Stanley Morrison, 57, who came up from the
ranks as an errand boy and telephone o]-
and shakes tories throughout world. erater tu blad the London Labor party after
Middle class joins labor. Seasoned 1934, Minister of Home Security and Home
administration to rule Secretary in Chur.bill's Cabinet.
LoIr Chancellor-Sir William Jowitt, 60,
Nearly everyone,ho makes up the good cab- distinguis~hed lawyer once exp.elledi by the
mnet is a seasoned administrator who has Labor Party for supporting Rarsay Mac-
served before in British public life. lion. Donald's National Government. Former Pay-
tleierpct Alice, preniel, is colnpeteut and
experieneed.
master General under Churchill with splecial
It is a truism that British labor leaders duties to plan postwar egostrietion.
are as conservative as Americans, The ex- The new appointments included John
tent of the swttping victory surprised James Lawson, former ni n.r, as Sert'tary
British labor as much as it surprised British of State for War; Albert V. Alexander as
tories. It appears there is a deep-seated First Lord of the Admiralty, and Viscount
below-the-grass-roots .movement for soni
Stonsgate as Air Secretary. This triunt
new kind of deal in Great Britain. Every virate will play a leading role in the prosecu-
commentator seems als to be agreed that
,hat made the victory so complete was the tion of the war against Japan.
detachment of the middle class from the The woman minister is ted-haired, 54-
conservative and the attachment of this year-old Ellen Wilkinson, named to the Edu-
great segment of voters to labor. cation portfolio. She is the second woman to
During the campaign the issues were attain Cabinet rank in Britain.
clearly drawn, The campaign was not waged
on "phony" issues. The labor platform coni Other Cabinet Members
sisted of: Minister of Fuel and Power-E-mmnuel
1. Immediate nationalization of coal and Sbinwcll.
power resources; Minister of Labor and National Service-
2. Nationalization of the privately owned George Alfred Isaacs.
Bank of England and liberalization of
Minister of Food-Sir Ben Snith.
credit; Secretary of State for india anl Burma-
4. Government control of housing, em-
ployment and agriculture. Frederick William Pethiek-Lawren..o (At
the same time King George VI conferred a
Some London writers summarized the situ-
athro as "they cheered Churchill and voted barony on him.)
labor." Labor won 390 seats and the consrv- {Continued on page 228)
atives won 95. It looks very much as if labor
has a mandate for a five-year-refnrm pro-
gratn,
The Cabinet
The Cabinet, according to the New York
Tithes, is as follows:
Foreign Minister-Ernest Bevin, 64, labor
leader for ,any years, Minister of Labor
and National Services in the Coalition Cahi-
lit, Bevin was called by Churchill 'the
ablest figure in British industry."
(hancheblor of the Exchequer--]ugh Dal-
ton, 58, one of the Labor party's istellcmtuals
who held Cabinet posts in the Labor Gov-
orninents betwecen the two world wars;
1'r¢idcnt of the Board of Trade in the
Churchill Cabinet.
Lord Privy S.al--Arthur Greenwood, 65,
perhaps the most popular man in the Labor
pamy, Cabinet officer in mauny ministiles
since World War I, his last post as Minister
Withoit Portfolio in 1940 42.
P'sildnt of the Board of Trad-Sir
Staffovd Scripps, 56, nimeber of PurlihncomL
since 19131, known professionally as a bril-
l .st radical lawyer and the "enfant terr ible"
of the British Labor party. C rub ill's ant-
biadotrt R ussia ard special envoy to JOSEPH HALLSWORTH
India with JAonduns proposl for self-gov-
eralotit. Forier member of Churchill's War
General secretary of the National Union of
(I ridnet as Lord P rivy Seal and leader of the Dhrltbutlve and Allied Workers. Mr. Halls-
luu,,e of Co..lnonsf warth's union includes those workers in co-
Lord President of the Council--Herbert operafives.
272 Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
DThe E
C. AV. Spain
William D. Walkr
The .. w .s. I.. : tder ake to serve the
eate e0~,it A i lustry and all its branches.

Ta/ta on NEW LIFE

The ... taken by the booklet is that
sithn
electricity is all one piece; basic training is
the same for all journeymen in all branches
of the trade, but there should bq uniform
standards; and there is a movement on to
EW joint labor-managemeni apprentice-
ship committees are hiinhlf st up b, the With break down, obstacles and barriers between
Nelectrical industry. These .etu
in the publication of new standards, the various segments of the electrical in-
dustry. The new standards also give imore
ocasion of the publication of the new set of new local joint committees are detailed and more technical sggestions
National Apprenticeship and Training
set up about the content of co..se. for e..ry
Standards by the National Joint Apprentie- branch of the industry.
ship and Training Committee. A letter
Representing the National Electrical Con- Authority on Apprentices
signed by E. H. Flerzberg, chairman, and
tractors Association
M. H. Hedges. secretary. , went to all local E. H. Herzberg (chairman) The local joint apprenticeship and train-
unions of the International Brotherhood of RobIrt W. McChesney ing committee is the authority on apprentice
Electrical Workers aid to all Ioe.i chapters E. C. Carlson training in every community. It is the
of the National Electrical C ontractors As- J. W. Collins agency that implements the national stand-
sr)elalton urging intensive
organization for W, P. Mecarter ards. Efforts are being made to secure the
training apprentices. P. M. GCeary designation of local joint apprenticeship
lRepresenting the International Brotherhood committees as the established agency for the
Joint Committee of Electrical Workers training and re-training of G. I'.
VI J. Br.wn (vice chairman) The following is the letter. sent out by
The National Joint Apprenticeship and M. H. 11}0dies (secretary) Mr. Her.berg and Mr. Hedges:
T:aining Committee for the Electrical In- G. M. lBugn.zet May 14, 1945
dustry is as follows: H. W. Maher To All Local Unions of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
and
To All Local Chapters of the National

APPRENTIC Electrical Contractors Association

Greetings:
This important communication is the
first that you have ever received from the
Nationld Joint Apprenticeship and Train-
ing Committee for the Electrical Indus-
try. This joint committee was created by
President Mechesney of the contractors
and President Brown of the union. It has
teen functioning for four years,. Through
its efforts tile industry produced and pub-
lished in August, 1941, the first set of na-
tional standards for apprenticeship.
During the past year, by working at
great rate, the committee has now pro-
duced and published a new set of stand-
ards called National Apprenticeship and
Training Standards for the Electrical In-
dustry. A copy is herewith enclosed. These
standards, you will note, cover the entire
electrical industry and not merely the con-
struction branch. They present a signifi-
cant new development in our industry
and should be given notice in every local
union and every local chapter in the
country. Please do not neglect this be-
cause it is important. Extra copies can
be secured by communication with your
national oflice.
II
The National Joint Apprenticeship and
Training Committee for the Electrical In-
dustry now makes an urgent request of
all unions and all chapters. It is a re-
quest for immediate action. We ask you
to set up in your communities joint local
apprenticeship and training committees
in terms of the national standards. Every
community should have such a training
committee. The immediate reason for set-
ting up local joint committees is that
the Veterans Administration is strong-
ly considering designating local joint ap-
prenticeship committees as the official
C..t.e.y Ar flc *tnLg £cIrlt
training center for returned and disabled
From a poster sent by Federal Apprenticeship Seice. (Continued on page 292)

SEPTEMBER, 1945
2ocd jeSS PLANNING
a setting
up of local joint labor-mrun cagimet
planning cmmittees in key itis, and
towns of the United States was launched
in Milwaukee at a spirited meeti Ig of the
national Labor-Management Flauon ing Corn-
Intite on Postwar Problems of th, National
lect(rical Contractor s Association and the
International BrotherH.ood of Electrical
Workers. The proposal is to utiliz, the eon-
fLrene commernittes set up by jin it A~gr,-
inent betw"ien the coltr'ltors an Id unions
Itin 'is
as planning agencies. The expec calien is
to integrate the industry around the idea
of planned economy, full employpalint and
thins to fo..ard planning te ,CIIIque
throughout the United States.
The personnel of the planning
tee is as follows:
E. B. E. W.
M. TI }ledges, co-cbairman,
ton, D. C.
J. Scott Milne, San Froariseo, C fit.
lokis Ingram, Fort Worth, Tex
J. C. McTitosh, Chilago, Illinis.
Gay Alexander, Minneapolis. Min
John Wetzig, Kansas City, Miss or i.
N. E. C. A.
WVatling-
P. Mf. Geary, eo-ehcinlllhn,
ton, D, C.
Charles A. Langlais, San Pranci
fo0ria,
J. L. McClure, Dallas, Texas.
W. F, McCarter, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
a) nIa.
George Andrae, Milwaukee, Wis leensin.
S.C. Sachs. St. Louis, Misseori.
In addition to the regular pan el, Presi-
dent Robert W. MeChesney of the eontr'a-
Midsummer meeting of Joint Labor-Management Planning Committee of Electrical Construction Industry in Milwaukee. (Left to
rightf Sam C. Sachs, Guy Alexander, W. L. Ingram, J. Scott Mike, William D. Walker, Ed J. Brown, Paul M. Geary, co-chairman
for NECA; M. H. Hedges, co-chairman for IBEW; Robert McCh esney, George Andrae, Edward Herzberg, W. F. McCarter, J. L
McClure, J. C. Mcintosh, Rex Fransway.
At Milwaukee,
top labor-management planning
committee talks problems and
seeks solutions
tors ani President Ed J. Brown of the union
met with the committee. Some of the prac-
tial topiec discussed by the committee were
as follows:
Topics Discussed
Greater
... integration of local unions over
wider
Use of veteran crews as salesmen for
services ini the industry.
Organizatinn of local committees on dis.
tribution of material.
lifferential wage scales in the housing
feld.
Industrial plant reconversion.
A, r,,a wage.
Need for lower interest rates for house
builders.
Vacations with pay.
Etilization of specialists in wartime plants
on housin g projects.
The following news story about the meet-
aig of the i.lanning committee in Milwaukee
was carried in the Milwaukee Jehu'Bal
The electricians' trade! as well as other
building trades, is being filled with ohl men,
and unlessn, ore apprntiees are recruited,
the trade will (ip out, according to Marion
H. Hledges, of the International Brother-
hood of Electrical Workers (AFL), and Paul
M. Geary, of the National Electrical Can-
tractors Association.
Hedges and (;eary are co-chairmen of the
joint lIabor-Management Colmmittee on
271
Postwar Problems of tho Electrical Con-
stnction Industry. Both are here from
Washington, D. C., attending a two-day
meeting of the 12-man joint committee at
the Schroeder Hotel.
The average age of electricians has
junwed from 32 to 44, and 65 is the ago for
retirement on pension. The trade is losing
up to 20,000 men a year by death. old age
and sickness, Hedges said. That will equal
the present 400,000 IBEW members in 20
years. "Unlessmore apprentices are brought
in, there vson't be enough new ongey coming
in to pay the pensions of those who live
longest," Geary said.
Committees at Work
Throughout the nation labor-m.ana.erment
committees are being set up under the ehair-
manship of Edward Herzberg. manager of
the Milwaukee Electrical Contractors' As-
soiation, to attack the problem. There are
200 such committees now.
The trade will be short abont 35,000 jour-
neynien when conversion to peace comes, ac-
cording to Ed J. Brown of Milwaukee and
Washington, International President of the
IBEW. There are about 30,000 IBEW mem-
bers in the arnmedl forces now. If they aLll
retrnm in time to resume work in the tirst
year of recoiiverslon, there still will be a
shortage of 25.000, with the loss flom natu-
ral causes. H, too, stressed the reed for
.pprentic.ship.
stronger The electrical con-
tracting business is on the upswing, the
joint committee members agreed. Electrieal
work formerly constituted five per cent of
all building eoastruction; unow it acounts
for 10 per cent. Greater use of individual
algiors, expansion of air conditioning, new
eleetronic devices and other advances, ac-
count for the increase.
New Job Opportunities
"Ours i a swiftly expanding field and
there will he constant new job oppotiuniities
in it if we are alive to opportunity." HMdans
said. "Ours is One of the few trades in
(Continued on page 292)
274 The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
about Fonta.,, Dam and this reglon:
"Little has been said thus far about the
impressive system of duals which makes
possible the threefold objective of abundant
electric current, improved navigation and
flood control. A nunlr of them are set in
the vicinity of the magnificent Great Smoky
Mountains. Peernouret among these is the
Fortrans I)a. on the Little Tennessee River
which, thanlks to war pressure, was con.
steu.ted in record time under the efficient
and exuberant supervision of Fred C.
Schlemmer.
"Here is an example of his showmanship.
An all-day downpour had stopped for the
moment and we were looking out at the
cloud-swvathed sunset and the smoke of the
(reat Smokies. We had just been driven to
the top of this dam, whose 480 feet make
it the fourth highest in the world. Suddenly
from naowhe.re the music of a symphony
orchestra drifeud up to us from the public
address system below and reverberated
among the deep-green, wooded hills. Mr.
City in the mountains near Fontana Dam ideal center for recreation. Schlemmer is said to be beloved by the
workers be directed the past two years.
Everyone talks about him and his get-up-

RECREATION CLUBS and-go; yet he is only ore of the efficient,

enthusiastic, youngish public servants whom
TVA has enlisted under the inspiration of
Mr. lilienthal, who himself was appointed

478/k TVA Zahe a director at the age of 33.

The Magnificent Fontana
T
HE Cent-al Labor lTnion of Chattanooga,
T~ennsse,, has just signed a ronract
Labor unions "But to return to the magnificent Fontan.
Dam, and its two huge generators, which
T'it i the Tennessee Valley Authority to begin movement to provide bears the inscription typical of all TVA
lease 40 aeres of land on the beautiful Lake inexpensive recreation for work- dams, '1942-Built for the people of the
United Sates of America-19452 It is a
Chicksmaugn, near Chickanmauga Dam of ers. Great lakes turn valley storage danm far up toward certain sources
the TVA. The Central Labor Union of Chat-
tanooga has organized the Central Labor
into paradise of the Tennessee River and its principal
Union Club and will exploit the lard as a function is that of flood control. They say
camp fo, members of the unions of Chat- Impressi'e System of Dams that once within every 500 years a flood as
tanooga. It will provide a renter for va- much as 14 feet above all n.ormal reorl'
cations for members and their families. The Commonweal, liberal weekly, has a floods occurs; even that hasbeen proviided
Chickarnage Lake is ene or a chain of story in the early July issue by Edward for. To give an idea of its effectiveness onn
beautiful lakes created by the dams of the Skillin, Jr. Mr. Skilli, has this to say (Conuntied on page 1g)
TVA. This chain of lakes begins at Pa-
duca.h, Kentucky, and stretches back up the
Tennessee River for 600 miles. They form
fishing .rou..s, boating facilities and roe-
testlonai spots.
River Liners
At the same time it has been reported
in the region that business men of Chat-
t1nae.a have made elaborate plans to build
a river liner of modern style designed to ply
the waters of these lakes. This liner will
be of the dimensions of the Great Lakes
liners-
palatial and modern. The locks of
the Tennessee Valley are capable of han-
dling a boat .q40 feet long. It is also re-
ported that railroads are making plans now
to operate excursion trains to the TVA lakes.
Pontan.. nPain the Great Smokies, which
is the; highest dam east of the Rockies, has
just been completed. It lights a modern
city capable of housing 6,000 inhabitants.
This city lies in the glades and valleys of
the Snkies,. It has paved modern streets,
rood houses, night elubs, theante , stores and
fine lighting facilities, This city was ere-
ated for the workers who built the dam in
record time, The city is thought to be
adapted w,,nt.cifuolly asa recreation cetr
and the relport in the valley is that it ia
being considered by t r..tde unins as a perma-
nent recreation center. How far negotiations
have gone is not revealed. School in city adjacent to Fontana Dam.
SEPTEMBER, 1945
A' *4#nan V/Wde
Aowh on HOUSING
OMEN probably in more buying of
fierh men. They probably make
the final decision as to what kind of
structure their families are to live in. They
should know house values and they shouhl
know how important housing is to the fain-
ily. Significant it is, therefor, that Mrs.
Dorothy Rosenman who has had experience
as chairman of the Housing Committee of
The United Neighborhood i.ouse and has
been chairman of the Investment Housing
Committee of the Citizen's Housing Council
of New York and organized the National
Committee onl Housing, Inc., has written a
book called "A Million Homes a Year." Mrs.
Rosenman tackles the problem of housing
with practical foresight, social vision and
energy. The blook is important because it
gets away fram ideology and tries to recon-
rile divergigr points of view. It is a peul-
iarly just book. It hes to thfe lne and lets
the chips fall where they may. The book can
be bought froll Harcourt, Brace and Conr-
puny, publishers, for $3.50. We think it is
worth it.
"Man's house that fixed abode which, by
the warm nichkmy of association, becomes
his 'home--stands today among the least
prosperous of his creations. Tihe physical
shell that protects him against the elements,
shelters his young, and serves as a sphiitual
and legal refuge against the outer world is
plagued by a multitude of ailments. In an
age when the political nd social elvironl-
ment of man is undergoig rapid flux, his
house has curiously remained comparatively
static."
Mrs. Rosenman goed on to say that the
homes of the wo king people do not come up
to any ideal ari.rngement and are far fi, In
the dream edifi .. they appear in the movies.
Millions Suffer Handicaps
"Many of tbe ;7.325,470 dwelling units
with which the census credits u, were, in
fact, unbelievahle hangovers from the prini-
live. Fourteen million of them in plumbing-
minded Ameica were without a flush toi-
let. Twelve million of thfem were witheel
private bathtub,. Almost 11 million homes
nearly a third of al our private dweling
pla.es--bhad o runmning water. Arid the web
coming light i tile home wInd ow ioust of tel
be an oil lamp for nearly eight million
American
h omes had no elhtriiity!
"While it is pierfectly true that people led
and can tead good an useful d lives without
either electrieity running
or water, it is also
true that lark If these advantages is a gricv-
ous handica p in the struggle toward health
mud elljo3 nient.
"A great proportion of A erican houses
are frankly turnmble-down aftiirs. In 1940,
6,413,727 American hoes needed major rc-
pairs. Roofs ar, sagging and leaky, founds-
tioes are rotting, walls so defective as to
impair the soL.ndna..s of the structurm and to
make it a risky place in which to live. Clap-
boat. Is are cracked and sinirgles are curling.
Paint has long since peeled away; dan%
blirna, and steps hang listlessly out of plumb.
,a
Mrs. Dorothy Rosenman,
chairman of National Housing
Conference, frankly faces tough
problems of complex building
situation
The ugly truth is that these American homes
are falling apart, and Ihe job of repairing
them, is so expensive that in the majority of
cases it may be uneconomical to attemeft it.n
Reduce Down the Line
Mrs. Renrionan is interested in seeing that
costs are reduced all the way down the line
so that the utimate consumer can secure a
house at a [p-ice he can pay. She otfers a
chart that will be of interest io every pros-
pmtive home owner-
Effect of Monthly Cost of
Reductions in Various Items
Monthly costs of housing can be cut by
reducing a,,y one of the following major
items: interest, amortizttion, baxes, main-
tensnee, or cost of house and land. The rela-
tive effect oll monthly cost of a 20 per cent
reduction in each of tiese itms separately,
with all other items renmaining unchanged,
is shown below. Reductilos in two or more
of the items together will, of course, have a
correspondingly greater effect.
,MonthlyCost
ktpdntelion iI
Average
Major Iem, and 20% FlIt 25 Next S fr 5
Reduction in Each yeas % as yearilos% Louis I.. an example:
Interest (from 5% to
4-) ...... 5.4 0 43
Amortjiation Ifrom 25
yere It yearsl 4,5' 0 -. 5
Taxes (fromn 2!'$§ to
2 % 44
Ma ntenance (fIIy $100 9.9.
to $80 per annum)
, 3.5
· Capital C.o (£from
$5.000 Io $4.000) - 165
* Represents savIngs per olith v.. 31¼ years
tcnn of loaI
. n this caser
· The t ..n "captal cost," used i . the cll ,, in-
elude co. t orf materila] at $ie., go ,st od ste
strmution aeh. contraetor's ,verh cadt aind 12,
vaIlue of unimproved land (incls ints dotoril
land, ~±d cOlt of land l-provom
promfi on lnp'ovmentr), eudig
ens
Eliminate the Shacks
Mrs. Ieosenmuan wishes to get rid of the
tumble-down affairs that we caill ho...e. tier
main object in writing the ha ok is to co-
ordinate all of the many propof als thlt have
been made by every group in Apmeria for
solving 0te housing problem. The econcete
problem of getting houses is, I. oI.rse. that
houses cost lore than the gr eat majority,
of wage earners can paY. Mt rs. Rosenman
exonerates labor from this hi, 4h-cost situs-
tion. She says: "Labor eurts
t r enot tihe key
of low roal housing; they ar, just a link in
the chain' She goes onl to say I that labor's
full cooperation is necesstry IIo the full sit-
uatiO . 'lalh 's primary pr' oblem, along
with that of industry and of g ove.nn.ent, is
to finld jdbs for the 1 minlli ion inl- and
women who are now in our armtnd forces
and for the 51 million workers now at work
in essatial industries and in the routine
jobs that keep daily life hum nning. Unlests
the combined ingenuity of ]at er industry,
and governm..ent can work cutha mIn s of
,Th
DOROTHY ROSENMAN
employing upwards of 55 million men and
women, appioxilnately 10 million mure than
were employed in March, 1940. labor will re-
turn to such defensive measures as jurisdie-
tional disputes, the sow-doiwn, and quibbling
over labor-saving devices,."
Whole Situation Bad
The situation in (b,, housing field i not
emgoodin any city. Mrs. Rosenman takes St,
"A defnite relationship exists between a
persoI.s income and the house he can affrd.
Generally speaking, a family car afford to
Jlive in , house costing twice the annual
7.9 4.4 family earnings. Thus a family witi an an-
119 15.4 nual income of $2,flO0 should be ible to buy
or rent a $5,000 house A family with an
annual iniome of $1,750 should he able to
afford a $3,500 house. What werete
income
n-
tfigures for St. Louis for 1939 ?
"The Census Bureau reports that, of the
2384,360 families in the St. Louis nmetropoli-
tan area, 106,460 received less than $500 in
1939 in wages and salaries. Of these 71,160
received ,owages or salary Obviunsly, ith-
out aid froI outside income none of these
106,400 couhl afford to pay even $2.8$(. the
cost of the lowest-priced house built to meet
Federal t.ousing Adninistration require-
maeats in that area. Lach of data loi anount.
of outside incoie makes it in'pssite to
break down this figure to show the Ixaet
nunmbers of families unable to afford a $2,800
home.
"Next, 60,18R familie. earned between
$500 and $999 in the St. Louis metropolitan
area in 1939. Unless they had outside income
they also fell short .f the $1,100 income
which could afford the minimum $2,800 fime.
'Ne.xt 66,180 families earned between
$1,000 and $1,499 in St. Louis it 1939. They
touched the threshold of the $2,800 home.
"Next, 54,040 falilies earried between
$1,500 and $1,999. m~~~~~~~~,p
Manyy ifg
of them cross, the
Unless,
threshold of the $4d000 home.
'Next, 56,240 families earned batween
(Continued on page 259)
27/ Thie isrnal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators

ELECTRONICS q.isd
By WALTHER RICHTER, Engineer, Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Multistage Amplifiers In the third of his mas+erly
FIG, 13
F the operating voltage is so small that series of industrial electronics,
even after multiplication with the value r Mr. Richter shows what * makes sensitive and less expensive than alternating
currcn, relays. When a tube is used for this
it will not be sufficient to accomplish what-
ever we may have in Iin .d, then it becomes vacuum tubes tic1r purpose, it is said to act as a detector.
necessary to amplify it through additional
stages. We have seen that an alternating too small or one incapable of fin p ln~g Detector Action of a Tube
current will hlow in the load circuit with the the relatively large current retwiiron by suca
application of an alternating voltage to the There are various methods by which a tube,
an instrument. In this case, his problemIs upon application of an a-c signal to its grid,
grid circuit. Assume for a moment that the can be solved by the use of n aplifier ,canbe made to either furnish a direct cur-
load is resistive. We will then have across built according to the princip] es,just Ic rent in its plate circuit or to change a direct
this load an altejnatinr voltage, which in scribed. Ideally, such an amp] ifier should current which was flowing there before the
turn can be applied to the grid of another furnish an output current whih is as true signal was applied. Fig. 13 shows the undser-
tube. Since as a rile tet (-e component is of a replica as possible of the in put voltage lying principle of what is usually called plate
no interest, the coupling from the lead cir- applied to the amplifier. Simila oneid .r.. rectifcation. It is seen that a steady d-c volt-
...
cuit of one tube to the grid circuit of the tions apply to cathode ray cillographas age cr is applied to the grid of the tube. The
other can be accomplished either by means
value of this voltage is chosen so that there
of a capacitor or by means of a transformer.
Figs. I1 and 12 show the principles of is practically no current flowing in the plate
circuit. Now, when an a-c signal is applied
capacitor coupling (in many books errone- to the grid, the actual grid voltage will be-
ously called resista. e coupling) and trans- come alternately less negative and move neg-
former coupling. in both cases the alternat-
ative tian the value e.. Since the value e~ is
ing component of thie voltage eI is trans- already sufficient to redu.e tle pulate current
ferred to the grid of the other tube. to practically zero, it is obvious that during
Multigrid Tubes the half cycle that the signal voltage is mak-
ing the grid more negative, n)thing will hap-
In a multi-stage amplifier only the last pen; but during the half cyele when the
tube is expected to furnish any power, while signal voltage is reducing the negative grid
voltage, a half wave of current will flow in
the preceding ones are only required to in-
the plate circuit. The d-c component of this
crease the original s..all voltage enough to
operate the last tube. By the introduction
one or more additional grids, besides the grid
exercising the control, it is possible to con-
ef
3 -current will be indicated by a meter in the
plate circuit or it can be made to operate a
d-c relay. The grid is seen to be negative
with respect to the cathode at all times, and
struet tubes which are particularly suitable
for obtaining a high amplification of volt- eolMa* consequently, the alternating voltage applied
FIG. 12 to the grid will not have to furnish any cur-
age. It would lead us too far to discuss the rent. The meter in the plate circuit can be
details of this subject. a rellatively large calibrated against the a-c voltage applied to
which, however, require
Application of A-C Amplifiers voltage and almost zero curreant for their the grid. This calibration may be carried out
operation. with a 60-cycle voltage and will hold true up
For the industrial engineer, the amplifica- to very high frequencies, provided only that
tion of an alternating voltage for the pur- Relay Operation the wave shape of the unknown voltage does
pose of driving a load is not of as much im- not differfrom the wave shape of the voltage
In the overwhelming majori ity of eases, used for calibration. Vacuum tubes may also
portance as to the communication engineer. however, a more important pu
rflxse Of the be used for the measurement of peak volt-
One such situation which might be of inter- vacuum tube is to obtain relay operatkon or ages, and circuits have been designed which
est to him, however, would be the operation meter operation from an aIternayting vroltg ,willgive true rms readings of an a-c voltage;
of a string oseillograph from a voltage either either too small or from one wh ,ich for some there are even combinations which will meas-
reason isnot able to in, nish ene,gb current uarewattage by electronic methods. A de-
for this purpose. If it is renleml
nhered that a tailed description of these circuits is beyond
+ t low voltage alternating curreont mecter of the the scope of this discussion.
dynamometer type has usually an extremely
low resistance (a meter with a full scale Application
reading of one volt may have a resistance of
only a few ohms), it becomes apparent that The applications of the vacuum tube as a
are so mani-
these instruments would be totally unsuit- detector of alternating voltages
SuPtY able for measuring alternating voltages old that it would be hopeless to discuss even
originating in high resistance net works. In a fair number of them. Recently the detec-
this case, the vacuum tube is again a valu- tion of metal parts, either in food particles

- I ular
able tool, t only to amplify such low volt- or the location of pieces of metal in the
ages until they can be measured with a reg- human body, has received agreat deal of at-
alternating crrent meter or until they tention. All the devices used for this purpose
are capable of operating an alternating cur- usually apply to the region to be investigated
rent relay, but also to convert the final out- an alternating magnetic field produced by a
=-- put into a d-c voltage or current which can suitable coil. If this alternating magnetic
-- be measured with considerably less difficulty. field encounters metal, eddy currents are
Icasq4] or which will permit the use of direct cur- produced within the metal which react nag-
FIG. II
rent relays that are at the same time more (Continued on page 289)
SEPTEMBER, 1945
A' a cda d4 dA ao tg Ca nundle
Afee in M dwaahe
NTERNATIONAL President Brown called
a meetimg of the Broadcast Advisory Coan-
mittee at Milhaukee,, Wisconsin, dune 25,
1945. The following is a condensed report
of the subjects that wore discussed asout-
lined in the agenda submitted to the coal-
mittee. Previous to the meeting, the Inter-
national Offic received
e a letter from
Brothel' William E. Symrms resigling from
the advisory committee. The followingn em-
hers of the committee were present:
Edmund C(rowIy, president, L. F, 1228,
Boston, Massachusetts
Dan Garretson, president, L. U. 1222, Den-
ver, Colorado
Arnold Binb, Jr., president, L. IT. 1212,
New York, New York
Eujene J. k-usel, president, I_. 1 1220,
Chicago, Illinois
Roy Tiudell, repLrsentative L. U. 40,
Hollywood, California
Joseph Volk. prIsidert, L. U. 1217, St.
Louis, Missou i
The meeting was convened at 10:00 a. in.
by Chairman Foy Tindallh MInuts of the
December 19. 1944 meeting of the BAC were
read and approved.
BAC mleon.ers gave reports regarding
Miatters in their areas.
President Brotn read several leters rel-
ative to the 91)5 (aony.ntion and comn.....t-
ed on differenT pr,, sals. The BAC made
no recoin nn dations.
International President Brown then asked
the Broadcasters Advisory Committee to
consider the following agenda: (1) Uni-
formity of controts--guide; (2) Bours of
work-shorter work week; (2) Apprentice-
ship-starting pay; (4) Television--sub-
classification: (5) Organiza tion of other
Wtation emuployees; (I) Educational pro-
gram; (7) Exchange of traveler cards.
Contracts
Copies of apattirn agreement for the
broadcast industry wlre introdued and di,
cussed at soni length. Pattern agreements
for this industry have been used for soone
time, and they vary in regard to coverina
local and
,onditions
l situatibs,
ocal Inas-
much as the pattern agl-eeent is ibproved
from time to time, it was the consensus of
opinion that it shauld be considered by all
Ilca. radio broadcast technician unions in
future agreements, and that a, improved
provisions are negotiated on behalf of local
unions, that these provisions be included in
the proposed agreements.
Hours of Work
A motion was made that BAC go on rec-
ord as r.com.mending the establishment of a
shorter work week as soon as possible, after
the International Office has explored the
limitations set forth under the War Labor
Board procedures. This ' was unltninoul.ly
recommended by the BAC, and they further
recommended a thirty-two (32) hour work
week to be worked within four (4) con-
secutive days of eight (8) hours each.
Crowded agenda touches
many problems confronting
radio broadcasting industry
Apprenticeship
A thorough discussion was had on this
Iattr and it was brought out that the Vet-
erans Administration had approached all
labor organizations with respect to rehabili-
tation and employment of those returning
from the armed forces, and that all local
unions would have to consider the problem.
The BAC went on record as recognizing
the employment problem attendant to the
conversionl from. war to peace and r-ecoin-
mending that the broadcast engineers.
branch of the IBEW participate fully in the
apprentice training program ti, dquately
(Continued on page 292)
&4Zizwt Ynt4t Mfeet
hmeae/op Aowtamm
By JAMES A. MORRELL, L.U. No. I.
A confernce was called by lnternational
President Ed J. Brown iT Milhaukee,
Wisconsin, on June 28, to diseuss con-
ditions and i..proren.ents in the fixture In-
lostry. Following is a list of the members
attending this conference:
President Ed J. Brown, Hiarry Bell, vice
president, eighth district; John J. Regan,
vice president, second district; *lames A.
Moir.ell, busbiess manager L. U. No. 1, St.
Louis; John T. MeInert, president. L. U. No.
1, St. Louis; Thomas Mu'ray, L. IT. No. 134,
Chicago; William Midleton, J, II. No. 98,
Philadelphia; Albert Sharosy, L. U. No.
1050, Detroit; Jere P. Sullivan, L. U. No. 3,
New York City; John J. Kapp, L. U. No. 3,
New York City; Rex Fran.sway, L. U. No.
494, Milwaukee.
The meetlng was called to order at 10:30
a. In. by Vice President Regan. Art,-r hours
of discussion about itproving the ctditions
ia the fixture industry th'oughout the coun-
try, everyone agreed tha..t there should be a
standard label on allfxtures showing that
they were manufactured and wired 100 per
cent I. B. Fl.W.
It ,as agreed unanimously that the see-
retary snd out to all local lintlS inter-
ested in the manufacture of fixtures, a pIes-
tio.....he, asking then, for the information
desired, and also, that another conferen.e
be called in thenear future.
We are hopeful that all representatives
aId members will read this item and digest
same to the extent that it will create enough
enthusiasm in your local union so that you
will send a representative of your local union
to the next conference. We are all involved
21T
International President Ed J. Brown
in this movement as I ni...members, and
should coopelsi, ith each other in improv-
ing OUr conditions.
This confer nee was called for the Durpose
of benefiting all local unions and not just
those who are interested in the ,lnnufac-
turing of fixtures. Without the support of
all organizatios we will fail in our efforts
There. ar. a number of localities that do not
have fixture manufacturers and in that case,
these Ioalas ae involved when they install
a fixture that has not ein, properny labeled.
Upon i tnves
,tia tion
we find that a number of
local unions receive any fixt whether it
re,
be "uion' or .non-uni.onb" and are satisfied
if they irc lo rewire same. If this practice
is conbiIued, then we are not protecting a
large polrion.. our- ntltbhelhip who earn
of
their living in the manufacture of eketrical
fixtures.
Whenever a fixture is r wired for any
reaso.n WhatsoeVer., in most cases the cast
of rewiring generally reverts back to the
own-r an.d I.ever retlcetr on the ,nanufac-
trer,.
One of the things tbat was definitely de-
cided on by those in attendance in Milwau.
Lee, Wiscnsin, was that there should be a
standard label used by all local unions sig-
nifying that a fixture was wired and fabri-
cated 100 per cent L. B. E. W., and the type
of label that was re....rnended was a
decalcomari labeI inelmling the localduron's
number ald the serial number, and if this
eventually becomes a fact, then we know
that one of our greatest problems will be
solved.
(Continued on page W)

JOURNAL OF
ELECTRIEAL WJORIKERS
WFFRI;L FUI TIlOn fITERDAI~flOSL BROTHE1IRtD OF ELECTRICAI UJOINUEhS
VOL X]LF WASnINOTON, D. C.. SEPTlMBER, 1945
The Returned Dan W. Tracy, Assistant Secretary of
Veteran Labor, has filed a minority report with
the Retraining and Reemployment Ad-
ministration of the Committee on Reemployment Policy.
Mr. Tracy's minority report takes sharp issue with the in-
terpretations made by selective service of the so-called
GI "Bill of Rights." Major General Hershey, head of
selective service, is trying to erect a program which the
unions say is unnecessary and lavish. The unions stamp
it as a granting of super-seniority rights to veterans. The
unions take the position that they do not want the veterans
to be penalized at all. The returned soldier will return to
his old job with accumulated seniority rights, that is, with
his seniority schedule as it was when he left, plus the years
in the Amy. The unions would fit the man back into his
job with the least amount of friction to the standing
structure of relationships in the plant. The selective
service would disturb these relationships by bumping off
any civilian worker who has more seniority rights to his
credit than the returned soldier.
The situation has brought up a great deal of discussion
and controversy, and will finally be settled in the courts.
The mere interpretation of Major General Hershey, of
course, does not make a law. Assistant Secretary Tracy
gives full support to the unions' point of view. Mr. Tracy
says: "The statute should be construed to entitle a veteran
to restoration of his job rights in accordance with the
seniority system or other system of relative status exist-
ing in the plant, with accumulation of seniority for the
time spent in the armed services."
Of course, there is the danger of making too much of
this technical issue. If all hands would join the movement
to get full employment, then all such problems would be
solved without friction or disturbance.
Rebuilding The shattered world will not be rebuilt in a
a World day. But there are signs that wise men are
laying the foundations of new institutions
which will be more constructive than some of the old ones
which seem to be gone forever. Senator Fulbright has in-
troduced into Congress a resolution setting up an Inter-
national Office of Education. This is built upon the lines of
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Oieraturs
the International Labor Organization and will permit the
holding of conferences on cultural subjects and also per-
mit the presentation of the cultural life of one country to
the others. To many people this will appear to be a tenuous
and illusive subject of operation. On the other hand, these
cultural relationships are probably as important as the
relationships developed by commerce inasmuch as they
contain the bonds which can unite people. The resolution
also provides for the interchange of students across
borders so that nations will understand each other better.
No. 8
The Army It is universally admitted that the United
and Civilians States military forces have done a great
job in the prosecution of the war. Where
they have failed, it appears, is in having good public rela-
tions with the civilian population. This is illustrated by
the fact that they are now reluctant to aid the railroads
when they have given the railroads a double task of carry-
ing wounded men home and able-bodied men across the
country to the Pacific Coast where they are to embark to
the Japanese seat of war. The Army has been able to step
up its deployment schedules so that more than double the
expected load came to the United States and the railroads
were not primed to take care of this load. As a result, the
problem of the railroads is almost unsolvable. The rail-
roads at once asked for the discharge of the railroad men in
the services to help solve this transportation problem and
the Army was reluctant to discharge these men. Then the
United States fuel administrator asked the Army to dis-
charge miners in service so that coal could be mined. Here
again the Army failed in showing the right attitude to-
ward the civilian population. The Army needs a new public
relations man. The Army needs to understand that the
civilian population is loyal to the war effort and has made
a great contribution to the war effort. Nothing is to be
gained by needlessly affronting good citizens. If the Army
thinks this increases morale, it is badly mistaken.
Machines and The Labor Institute of America, a re-
War Workers search agency, has published an article
about the performance of the Committee
on Economic Development by Paul G. Hoffman, chairman.
In no uncertain terms, Mr. Hoffman states emphatically
"we cannot and must not go back to prewar levels of pro-
duction, of employment-nor to prewar levels of wages."
Mr. Hoffman goes on to show that we must have seven to
10 million more jobs than we had in 1940. These new jobs,
lifting the total figure to 56 million, are exclusive of the
men who will be in the armed services. The Committee on
Economic Development has tried manfully to prepare big
business for this great adventure in free enterprise. Mr.
Hoffman knows the economy of the present well. He points
out that you cannot give jobs without keeping a high

SEPTEMBER, 1945
standard of living because pay in the workers' envelope
is needed to buy the goods produced. Mr. Hoffman, who is
president of the Studebaker Corporation, gives some inter-
esting history. He points out that in 1870 Studebaker em-
ployees were making 17 cents per hour or an annual wage
of slightly under $500.00. The annual output per worker
was approximately $1,800.00. Thirty-eight years later, in
1908, the annual wage of the Studebaker employee was
$624 and the annual output $2,400.00. By 1937 something
important took place in production. Forty million dollars
was spent on new machinery, hours decreased from 3,000
to 2,000 per year and the annual wage became $1,800.00
The output increased to $4,800.00.
These simple figures describe what has taken place in
American industry. By the use of machinery and mass
production, hours have been shortened and wages in-
creased. Mr. Hoffman now sees this trend extended into
the postwar state, competently to create an era of full
employment.
McCurry A beloved figure in the American Federation
of Labor has passed on. John J. McCurry, legis-
lative representative of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, died on July 22, 1945. His genial dis-
position and his ardor for his work endeared him to all who
knew him, and he was widely known in the labor move-
ment and in the Government. He had held responsible posi-
tions in the Government, and he had held responsible posi-
tions with the union. These positions brought him into
contact with Congressmen, departmental heads and labor
leaders. He was a sturdy fighter for labor, but he never
lost his sense of humor, and played the game always gal-
lantly. Not exactly robust of constitution, he gave himself
ardently to his work and suffered in health accordingly.
The cause of his death was heart failure. The toll among
labor leaders from this cause has been unusually great
during the war. The International Brotherhood of Electri-
cal Workers has yielded up more than its share of trained
men to this occupational disease. Johnny McCurry will
long be remembered with kindliness by those who knew
him best.
Unemployment An Electrical Worker on the Pacific
Coast points out some flaws in the opera-
tions of the War Manpower Commission in handling man-
power. This correspondent says:
"Naval officials and War Manpower Commission mem-
bers have continuously stressed the shortage of marine
journeymen here in the bay area of the Golden Gate. They
have proclaimed the fact that they would recruit workers
in Detroit and other Midwest communitiesfor work in ship
repair work here. Now the injustice of this is that some
1,000 to 1,500 journeymen and helpers have been on the
2]S
beach for from 10 days to two weeks. No effort has been
made thus far to issue new ship repair contracts to the
various contractors handling same. Looking out over the
bay one can see approximately 350 ships needing overhaul.
This condition also applies to other crafts as well."
Newspaper The entire United States had an opportunity
Strike to find out how much daily newspapers play
in the normal life of the nation. After the
first couple of days of going without the principal news-
papers in New York City, the population seemed to get
along very well. To be sure, the radio supplied news high-
lights. The shallow reporting of news and the un-intellect-
uality of newspapers kept them from being missed as real
instruments of education. There is a further ironical fact
in the situation, that what the readers missed most was
the "funnies." Personally, we think the "funnies" are
deadly and have no great value for any citizen. They are
not funny, and they often carry propaganda against labor,
but the Mayor of the City of New York thought well
enough of them to read one set of them over the radio.
Fire Percy Bugbee, general manager of the National
Causes Fire Protection Association, is fighting mad about
the continued rising rate of fire hazards in this
country. He declares that fire waste in the United States
is the highest in the world. In Germany, the fire cost is
50 cents per capita; in Great Britain, $1.00 and in the
United States $4.00 per capita. He goes on to point out, at
the present rate the fire loss in the United States in 1945
will exceed $450,000,000 plus a human toll of some 10,000
lives. Such facts take on added significance due to short-
ages of materials and manpower.
Mr. Bugbee believes that National Fire Prevention Week
which will be proclaimed by the President October 7-13,
will have more significance this year than in years past.
The week will be utilized to strengthen fire defenses
throughout the country. The majority of fires are caused
by carelessness and only the wakening of public conscious-
ness to this fact will defeat the fire foe.
Mr. Bughee writes to the Editor of the Electrical Work-
ers Journal, "the working man has a large stake in the
war against fire waste. A destructive fire may cost him
his job, his home, or even his life. The increasing fire loss
is eloquent testimony to the need for greater awareness to
the fire waste problem."
British Union A report comes from England that British
Schools trade union leaders are attending classes
at Oxford and Cambridge and other lead-
ing universities on about the same basis that trade union
leaders in this country attend classes at Harvard and other
universities. The two countries are running parallel in edu-
cational activities. This is natural because labor, with in-
creased power, is looking for increased responsibilities,
and labor leaders are preparing themselves to meet these
increased responsibilities.
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WoMAN~~
WORK CALLING ALL MOTHERS
By A WORKER'S WIFE

ET'S devote the Woman's page this month Now it world he impossible in one short of belonging is one of the most precious gifts
to talkinsg ahout our hddml'rc. In the article to Eire many pointr..s for ca. ying a child can have. Don't forgot to have your
Lsh' es ad trinofths war yers, when out these objectives, but I shall mention a a tehls appetizing, and your table attractive.
o0 nuiny mothers ajc wokir~v woinell and few and hope from time to time we can Speial decorations or dishes for holidays
so many fathers aie away fronm their faIti- elaborate and add to them. and speial events will be hailed with
lies serving: in the. aimed forces,
w hen life is pleasure by your snall fry and so well re-
rushing by at such a terrific pace aid every Quality Not Quantity ,nlemhergl~ lin years to coeo
day is a hoerte one, I sometimes worry about
our children aid w.t..(ler wlhat (e¢etthe war Well first, let's consider the time we spend Take Joy
years are gol~g to have upon their liyes. And with our children. If you're working, natu-
I thought that no matter how complex oUr rally your time will be limited, hut do not let The next pointer [s shout never being too
lives, how tured r strain.e. we are al'ter four that disturb you, for it is the quality of the busy for your chil en. Just because life
years of war, "I first clonsidetratio, in ust be hours you spend with your children and not nlnves so swiftly, dIn't miss sone of the
for our chbildteln. After al, the peote we're the quantity that really counts. Plan to spend greatest joys life can hold. When they want
fighting for a nd the 1ew s ind braver world as much time with them as you can and make to tell you things or show you thins--pilase
we're hloking forward to--tis for them that time as happy and constructive as pos- stop, look A.. Ibsiea fIr a minute. It will
chiefly, isn't it? They are our most precious sible. The dinner hour is a wonderful place pay realI dividends in their happiness now
puossesio.s, m'1hlllcgest iilestnielt, and it's to begin. That's the time when the whole alid ib your own happiness when you are
up to us tIo protect that ivestmen t and family sould be together. (Try your best olddr, for it ,eem: that parents who were
watch it pay dividends whenour boys and to mana..ge this.} ThisI.. ... In hould be the never too busy to pay attentioni to their chil-
girls gro w up to he good, healthy, intelligent most pleasant time of day for eertynen. At dren are the ones whose g ownup SOilS and
citizens, eaab]le of maanaging the ne world the dinner table put aside a]] the cares of daughters are never too busy to spend time
ae'
ttenptleig to create for themo. the day and get your husband to d( the with thilr parents and tined pleasure in
All of whieh brings me to the poI it of san. If you are tired to death and must their eompany as the years go c,.
iasking some suggesilioi, with regard to our gripe about the plumber or the butcher or Next, be a nice pers'On. to onice bolte to
children and our wartime home life. the broken washing machin, forget it till Let theml kinow that no matter what goes
dinner is over. If there is any scoldilg to be wrong in the outside world, once they're
Only a Child Once done, for hear's sake, let it g. until later. home, theyll fitbd I cheerful, smiling mother
Include the children in your conversation ani a wain welcom.e waiting.
War or no wal, our children baey only one and encou age them to talk abont their ex- Take time out to ploy with yom, children.,
childhood thare ale nio rtuir trips I here, perionc.es of the day. They'll be only too to take mu llgos with them. If your omuse-
anti so we want oir little one to have tihe eager to tell the bits of neighborhood news keepring miust sul era Ilt.le as a i esult
well
best childhood [mssible so that whatever or school chatter, so do be really interested let it. I dare ,ay that 10 years from now,
hardships life bh pgs later, they will have and really listen. Let the, know they are y [by or your Jean won't reembher
a wonderful
.. oeeery of a happy ehdhir ood .. really a part of the family, for a true sense that the dining rimi table never had a speck
to cherish always. oIf dlut On. it, hbt you Call
And in addlit io tI seeing just bet your hoots (even
that or childhen have a your ratioed ones) that
joyous chl dlt... , we have they'll rememer the day
the solemiI.I responsibility
of training and truiding the whole family vent on a
thies lives entrsted to us fishing IIip arid mom
anld tuining out, good, sohid caught a great big crab,
citizens. The other day I or they'll remember the
saw a })hr-ast in it hook liim I...I.I tornlamuets
written for parentsand it yol uelbd to }laVe, or Sun-
said, "You hold in your day nights when you all
hands the power to turn sat around the piano and
oat a Inagnrient. mastor- sangr roundelays together.
piece or a failure'. ThaLt Geood hossekeeping is
training will not wait for .in ] rtant, of COUrSe, but it
the war to end, it u st go must le smh*,frlnato to the
oll consteant 5 . V iet.rflush h'apimrss If the people in
once said, "C(hilbhln a the house and should eon-
like flowers-there art no tribute to their comfort
hod lantijr badehildr.. and enjoyment. In too
only faulty trainers.' runny homes the house
That is oh so tr IIe,
o kelping is perfect but the
let's start this vrer y day to hmonsekeepmg mother is
give our children the tair- eross and tired friun' ke 1 -
ing necessary for their ing it so and the children
fature happin'sas, adulst are afraid to move about
and the happiness nec.- for fear of disturbing
sary to make their chilh F' .Asmethin;.
hood memorable, Your children and mine-masferpieces or failures? (Contlnmlid on page 2881

SEPTEMBER, 1945
L. U. NO. 3, Bditor: The U. S.
NEW YORK CITY, Senate has passed
N. Y. the United Nations
Charter and the
English voters have put their Labor Party,
which corresponds greatly to our New Deal, into
power by an majority. Both these
overwhelming
events are history making and already the ultra-
eons.,rvative, and reactionaries in both nations
are wielding their sledge hammers to wreck and
nullify.
The foes of the charter, defeated in their ef-
forts to tack on crippling reseivations, are
hoping to weaken it when it comes to passing
legislation for funds and delegatinig authority
over the armed forces should ise of the latter
beome necessary to preserve peace.
Regarding the English elections, a New York
newspaper reports Senators Aiken of Vermont
and Mnrs, of Oregon, both progressive Republi-
cnsi, lHailed the eltctioi resull as ushe ring in
an age of new prulni~e for underprivihged mUi-
lions,' and Representative Rankin of Mississippi
declaring that the election resultiaidicated a
'"Commnvist trend that should be a wnrning to
the Aerican people,." Senator Hill of Alabama
says, "The results are ominousbecause they
show how neiessary it is for us to hl ready and
pre~pard when the convetran period nomes to
keep employnient up and to provide jobs,"
William Green, president of the A.W.L. saw it
*'As a pophlir rejection if the stand-pat d omes-
tic policies of the Conservative i'arty.' Summed
up brienly, the Labor Party victory should give
our own stard-patterr aid obst riutinists a
hot-foot to wake them to the ftl I hat they, too,
will he tossed out unless the, get b.usy on their
return from their hard earned { i vacations
5ometlme in Oetber. anldi do .aIe legislating to
provide for the reeonversion period particularly
with regard to unem.ploy ont i11sursni'e as sug-
gested by President Ilrry Trngan and the
Wagner- Murray Dinegoll Soial Security legisla-
tion which prov ies not only for the re.onversion
period but for the o-mr distant futurb.
W. do not believe that a third party is neces-
sary as there are plenty of progressive men in
both parties who, if given proper suppor t, will
see to it that the nation g/oh forwa rdi rot
ana
backward. We know how politics works and that
our strength is in our v To make our votes
otes.
count we must nt perlit ourselves to be
swa.Yd hy purely local issues in a national elec-
tiGo or swallow whole the and other
newspaper
propaganda of the National Manufacturers As-
sa~jtion that is deliberately aimed to "divide
and onqueir.'
Amerlcerig Iabor is divided into several camps
and has itsdifferenes of opiuion, hut so do the
'members of the United Nations. They joined
successfully against the comnon enemy and so
can ltbor, if it will.
We must oppose the so-called "Indutrial
Peace' bill which we meatfosed in our last
letter to the JOURNAL.,Space agin des not per-
rmit our a.nalyzing this bill cm nplett-y,but as an
example we give just one of its provisions.
Gire hlidivdual eoiilyees m.ore authority
to settle their own disputes with mlanagement
noil.. i.dliiduall blois."
Notiee the emphasis on "IND'1V[)ITAL?" That
one clause alone would put an end to collective
bargaining. Would you want that? If you don't.
thin make it a point to eontaet your Congress-
man while he is home on his vocation and tell
hbin what you do want.
FusmAlnCi V. EirC, P. S.
L. U. NO. 7, Editor: At our
SPRINGFIELD, MlASS. July nmeeting the
following officer
were installed to rerye for the next our yearsl,
President Arthur M. llig, Vice Presient Dave
Moore, Recnrding Secretary Paul E. Canty,
Treasure.r Ray Penniman, Busuines Manager
Charle4 E. Cuffcry. Brother Caffery is now a
captain in the U. S. Arnmy somewhere in E].urope.
The job is his on his return to civilian life. At
preseun t I[au.is L.ibe rte is taking care of our
business,
The electe d
executive board members ore:
Bernard Popp, Mlall Sullvan. Melt Hill. The new
examining lb(ord is something ipjiejal W. J.
Wylle* Ray Collins, Ed Sullivan.
This capable group is going to get a good
workout iu the difficult times ahead. The war
years point a lesson that should be Illain to all.
Praetieally all production is for use! So we have
full employment, ateuding w o[ncu,the aged,
crippled, blind und everyoneelse who can be
induced to go to work. The pay and eonditions
are good as they verywell must be, when there
i. ov p-,i of nneniplod. With the war'; end,
production for profit will be back with us. A
minimum of five inillion unemployed is con-
slidered norma (and desirebl) y business.
Wnmen will returL to thfe hes. Trh e h rip-
ngcT
pled i in di wil I be returned to their relatives
or charity. Things will be normal!
I. S. GmiwON, P.S.
WINNING OVER THERE
Alex. P. Humphrey of
Electrieian's Mate
L. U. No. 5, Pittsburgh. nonchalantly
leans
agains somet captured Japanese equip,,ent,
taken by his outfit somewhere in the South
Pacific.
211
L. U. NO. 26, Editor: The last
WASHINGTON, D. C. meeting in June
was set aside for
the election of local officers. The final results of
the electionwere: Brother J. I. Creaser, presi-
dent; Brothers W. 3. Creamer, Wilbur Smith,
executive board. The aforementioned ware
newly elected. Those rueleterd were Brothers S.
Marlowe, as vice preident; C. Lowry, as huaan-
cial secretary; D). S. Roadhouse, as recording
seretary; Clera Prelier, as business manager;
J. B. Roche* as treasurer; E. Porter, E. McChes-
ney and W. Mulliaan, executlve board; E. Corn-
wall and H, Redmond, examining board. Judge
of the election was C. Tallmy, assisted by six
o. E. Statter, J.
tellers, Bud [jolt, J.etaman,
Crowley, W. Poih aid I. lislip. In charge of
refreshments was B. Rosser.
Our cahle splicing school graduated five memi-
bers who received their ).H.L. degrees (Doctor
of flot Lead). Grurtos Were: Vince Grady,
C. F. Beal. Bill Nisline, E. M. Noaek and vale-
dictorian was Willie Cherry. Nice going, boys,
and here's hoping all of yoer splices will be
little o The 'rh.l will be needing new mema-
Ies.
bers for the fall sesion to replace those gradu-
ating. Now is a good time to get your name on
the list. The electronics schonl closed its classes
for the summer months anll will reopen again in
September, The boys have enjoyed these ses-
sions. It has been a sort of "G't to know the
other fellow bitter" affair. A vote of thanks to
Professor Flering for keeping things interest-
ing. Most of the bo.ys are looking forward to
having their own classroom and laboratory in
which to do soni experhnenting.
We are glad to welcome hack Brothers D. R,
Ifilley, Robert lluekhuhn, F. RIgei , who have
been released from the Service. We Nlso had a
visit from Bruthers Joe Mc*ahon and P. A.
Seruggn who were home on furlough. Glad you
rtopped by boy to say bhllo''
It was wonlerful niws to hear that Dick
Loveless is now hIack in the States after a long
internment in a prison amnp. As yet we have
not reL.iv(Id the news ns to where ie ha. been
stationed, but hope to learn soon. Brother Dutch
prollar is also bhk in the States. We are look-
ing forward to a visit from these bys.,
Brother Jack Ceurridnn ]eports the farm situ-
ation is well in indin, but Brothe r iigan said:
**Corridon better keepl out Of his pig pen"-
What, no meat, r ridon ?
Brother J. M. MeQueen informed me that it
was his intention 1o retire after Januairy o1 the
coming year. Good luck, Mack, but take it easy.
I. HAnEYE H{AISriFp, 1. S.
L. U. NO. 28, EditorWith sin-
BALTIMORE, MD. cere regret, I an-
the death of
nounce
Private R.y Beck, Jr., 21, from wounds received
in the Belgian Xuhre not January.
At our klit nieeting, John Parks, Jr., who has
been serving it the Pacifie, and Brother Teal,
home from Gerolny, were present. When on
leave, our mub ars always seenm to find time to
attend the oeelJings and we should be grateful
and honor their presence and interest in our
local doings. The exerie,,ces they speak of and
which some of nr 'ea,,ber, are still encoulter-
ing from all indieathis, nust be nighty hard
to endure. To all men serving in the armed
forces, we owe a debt we can never fully repay.
In trying to show our gratitude we should put
forth every effort to procure their safe and
speedy return home.,
The business agents report concerning futur.
 I 282
earning opportunities was very encouraging
with the promise of work for all for some time
tu come. lie also seemed happy to annnu ee that
prepiaitions are in the making for an outing
when the boys popped the question. We are glad
to hear that facilities are available. In order to
prevent interference with the job, the picnic is
being hold the st ''id Sunday in August.
The fish are bit s, rtd cr.abs are plentiful (I
know fromn experenc, ) antd chickens seem to be
more plentiful, so I hope thi will take care of
the food situation. Of course, we will have to rely
no the refreshment committee for the suds. With
the entertainment committee on hand, there
should be a good time in store for all.
Joke Schoenfeld reminded me the other night
that he is a "papa" for the second time, so we
say-ACongratulations, Daddy Jakel"
With sineviehope for world peace in the very
near future, I say, goodbye, because I'm cut of
news and it dueu't take long for another Ionth
to slip by.
IDNN"ETI DAVIS, P. S.
L. U. NO. 58, Edit.r: Sonc of
DETROIT, NICIL. my friends with
whom I have chat-
ted recently have expressed the opinion thnt
Japan will fold up this September. Surely
enough, the little yellow Ian has learned plenty
about the United Slates in the last few months
which has no relnt t, at all to geography. And
it is ry guess. too. 1hilabor lDay, 1045, will h.
the on or about" date set in the history books
of your grandchildren of the end of a most re-
markable prograt of whmlesale destruction.
Today we are taking a jaw-clenching satisfac-
tion in feeling that we h.aee played a preponder-
ant part in this destruction. We call It vicory.
But the sudden annihilation of two great in-
dustril economies, involving 150 million enemy
people, has never happened before, and the eon-
sequenees of it are beyond the power of almost
any humne being to predict.
We won't crowd nor luck by saying so out
loud, but A.FL. labor his bad things fairly
quiet during the last five years. Apart from the
red tape of governments1 directives, there hasn't
been much discontent. We can expect a few ap-
prehensions. Conditions will be aggravated by
enormous transitioii to peacetim eeconomy of
both men and material Rational thinking and
deliberate action will he more and more in order
as the problems multiply.
What I am thinking about most is the impact
of the boomerang which will some day strike us-
the cumulativeeffect oe erasing Germany and
Japan from the picture of productive industry.
We would be naive indeed if we think that our
way of life is Dot in for some for-reaching
changes,
Amid the uncertainties of the future, we can
cling to one thing. American labor is becoming
great in strength. In this strength we are apt
to feel smug. But we will net be smug if we
constantly remind ourselves that the sane bull-
dozer we helped to build to destroy our enemies
could conceivably be used to destroy us. Eighty
thousand summary arrests of common citizens in
Germany during July and their subsequent re-
lease without charges was not exactly for them-
or for us-a lesson in democracy.
In his broadcast last Sunday (July 22), Mr.
William L. Shirer gave a most comnprehensive
review of labor's current problems, and labor's
part in these two wars. He spoke most dis-
approvin gly of the p rotracted campaign in the
daily press, to magnify beyond all reason, the
detrimental effects of strikes upon the eaun
try's war effort. "Nothing," said Mr. Shire,, "is
ever said about the 50 odd million workers who
have toiled and swested and been ineonveninencd
by long hours and transplantations of homes
and families. Their record is "mnaglefcent." Mr.
Shirer thn made the startling revelation that,
according to the Deportment of Labor, the work-
ers of this country had, by working July 4, dis-
charged all the time lost by strikes since the war
began.
And so, this Labor Dry, we will not be too ex-
cited or alarmed by Messrs. sail, IBurton and
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS ati Operators
READ
Comments on current affairs by L U.
No. 3.
L U. No. 26 graduates a cable-splicing
Cheas
L. U. No. 106 Joins the ranks of car-
respondents with news on their
school.
L. U. No. 120 reports a fone school.
The wise and foolish brethren by L. U.
No. 309.
Thoughts on maintenance workers by
L. U. No. 353.
L. U. No. f11 has great plans for its
electronics school.
L. U. N, 887 plans to carry on elec-
tronics education.
Controversy settled and agreement
signed--L. U. No. 1388,
These and other letters maintain the
high standards manifested
by our correspohdents.
Hatch. Their bill to emasculate the Wagner Act,
to criminate strikers, to outlaw the closed shop,
will not stand ,,ch show against that record.
The court of public opinion will, I think, decide
that organized labor, with all its imperfections.
is now too mighty an assot in the total welfare
for us to revert to the law of the injunction.
The same skilled union which was necessary to
destroy will now be just as essential to construct.
We should congratulate the Detroit Building
Trades Council and our owo Business Manager
MEMBER RECEIVES MERIT
CERTIFICATE
The Ihternational Office receives proof
every day that 1. B. E. W. members are not
only good eletricians bht that their train-
ing has made them good in many fields of en-
deavor in which they have been drawn as
a of war.
eonsequence
We received an item from the Army pub-
lic relations office recently that one of our
members, Corporal Joseph E. Eyler, of L. U.
No. 80, has been awarded the Certificate of
Merit for his excellent record as a driver.
From July 22 to October 1, 1944, Brother
Eyler averaged 147 miles a day, driving in
the European Theater of Operations amidst
the dangers of battle and bombings and all
sorts of weather. He was on the roads 10 to
12 hours a day, driving over northern
France and Belgium. There were many
days when it was necessary for Cp. Eyler
to travel 250 or 300 miles a day, in addition
to keeping his vehicle constantly greased,
the tires and oil changed and in excellent
condition generally. All this required many
hours of extra duty after his driving sched-
ule had been completed.
At present Cpl. Eyler is a mechanic in
the motor pool of the 3112 Signal Service
Battalion, His last road trip covered 1,092
miles. During the D.ecember German of-
fensive, Cpl. yler volunteered to drive
again and moved valuable supplies and
equipment far behind the Allied lines,.
Previous to receiving the Certificate of
Merit, Brother Eyler received the Driver-W
Bar.
Brother Eyler's home is in Chester, Vir-
ginia. He has three brothers also serving in
the Army.
Frank Riley for the hold step taken to force
the bewildering snarl of overtime
pay; not so
much for the extra compensation itself, but fir
the obsolet bureaucratic misgoveronmenrt which
it attacked. That the contractors should join the
fight with a declaration of 40 hours only per
week was both natural aId expeted. We are all
for reconversior; but hardly at the price of that
one-sided sacrifice of autonomy which we made
in the Interest of total war.
I ,ONA'Il SMITU, P. S.
1,. U. NO. 68. Editor: Local No.
iIOUSTON, TEXAS E 66 held its elec.
tion of officers on
Thursday, June 21, with the following officers
being elected: A. J3. Ra.on, business manager-
general chairman; A, D. Leacoek, presidont;
M. G. Payne, vice peasident; John Tittle, record-
ing secretary; W. R. Kirkhart, financial see-
retary; J. M. Loveless, treaurIr; and an
executive board of seven, coral,.ed of C. G.
Milligan, L. E. Striekland, 1t. M. Olive, L. A.
Galloway, Jr.. B. D. Ryan, I 'P. pfffer and
W. 0. Wallace. The exziuiiig board is as fol-
lows: R. J. Fraser, F. . Ward, It. W. Schroeder,
D. H. Stripling and J. P. Short.
Business M..anager A. J. Ban...n was given a
vote of confidence and reelected by a large ma-
jority. Under Brother Hannan's
guidance as hus-
ness manager, Local Union No. B-66 has grown
from a sa.i local of about a hundred members,
composed only of linemen working for the power
company in the city of Houston, to one of the
1. B. E. W.'s largest and mast ontstandiig locals.
We now have about 2,000 members, and con-
tracts with not only the power company but also
five railroads, pi", lines, telephone companies*
the city of Hoaston and electrical contractors.
Our growth from a small union into a big strong
one has been the result of far-sighted leadership,
and the fact that our membership has always
given its full support to our officers in their plans
to make Local No. B-66 not only the best but
one of the largest.
Stewe Collils, assistant business ma nager, John
Tittle, and R. L. Evans attended the convention
of the Texas State Association of Electrical
W orkers
aFot Worth on May 21 and 22. Of
the several important issues discussed at the
convention, one of the most vital importance to
us was brought up by Brother Collins, on how
to secure the work for our union members on the
thousands of miles of REA lines to be built in
Texa..
It sems our Con.ressm.en and Sen.tors, who
have been told time and again by labor that the
cost of living was growing out of proportion to
wages, have now discovered that this is so, and
that they cannot get by on their salary of
$10,000 a year. Even though the majority have
their wives and relatives on Governuent pay-
rolls as their secretarie, and are granted special
privileges, they still cannot make ends meet, and
propos to double their salaries. The Little Steel
Formula they fastened around the neck of the
workin{g man, who has been really having a
tough time trying to make ends meet on a fourth
of what they receive, is evidently not made for
them. One excuse they give is that they must
keep p a front The working man is trying to
keep up a front, too-the front of his trousers-
as he keeps taking up his belt as prices soar
higher and higher, and overtime work is cut out,
lowering his take-home wages. If solie of our
Senators and representatives were as solici-
tous about wages and living conditions of their
constituents as they are their own, the working
Ian could settle back with a sigh of relief. Also
some of our Tory Congressmen, who have con-
damned labor for absenteeism, should look at
their own record. Last week the record revealed
that 167 members of the House and 30 members
of the Senate were absent from Washington,
absent at a time when important legislation is
being enacted to carry US through the war. This
is over 30 per cent of the membership, yet rec-
ords show that absenteeism in war plants is
limited to a very. small perentage.
We have had several accidents to member.
working at the power company. Blrother Marion
It. Mcellon was electrocuted while working on
SEPTEMBER, 1945
* secondary after a small storm,. rother John
Short fell and injured his leg, and Brother A W.
Stchuan broke hIs leg In a fall. Both 1therlho
Schultz and Brother Short are doing nicely.
On Memorial Day, we held our memorial serv-
ices at our cemetery lot in beau.iful Forest Park
Cemetery. ev,. Ernest Deutsch conducted the
,ervces and mIade a fine talk. L. U. No. B-6e ha,
adopted Rev. Deotseh, and he Is just as proud
of our fine organization as any nember. Brother
C. A. Koch and Brother "Pop" Rendel and their
31eoraoial Day Committee did a fine job and were
KiVIa a vote of thanks by the members.
Wilson 0ldham and Kermit Johnson were
home on furloLughs after being lierated from
prisoner of war camps in German>y. The memu-
hers enjoyed hearing them relate their experi-
enees, and after bearing them. were more de-
termined than ever to buy imore bnds so we can
win this war. EM. I/c Pete Bhaly and EM. Le
Roy D avisof the Seabees were home ftroal Snipan
for short furloughs. Also St. Hiuh..rt O'Neal If
the Army Engineers and Mt. (J.g.) J. S, Carter
were Lorie for a visit.
L. A. GAiLOWiY, P. S.
L. U. NO. 79, Editor: It is be-
SYRACUSE, N.Y. coming increasingly
apparent that many
bills are being eooked up at the national capital,
aided and abetted no doubt by the various manu-
facturers' associations. Among the bills is the
Ball-Burton-lHatch bill-a labor relations bill
designed to mutilate and destroy the protection
given labor under the Wagner Act.
The one that burns ie up most was dished out
by Representative John Rankln of Mississippi's
bill . R. a3a4, in which he said 'Will stop every
damn strike in country" and I understand
the
one of our Brother* in the A. F. of L. who is a
Worhl War II veteran came down to protest the
action and was not only told off but was ureere-
,nolti..ly given the gate by one of the House
guards. Shadows of Hoovert Are we turning back
the time? This bill if passed would iI) even in
plants where a Inion had a closed shop contract,
the World War I1 veteran could be hired without
joining a union, which is contrary to union-
management contracts and which has Govern-
ment recognition. (2) Where there is a strike,
even in a plant with a closed shop contract,
veterans could be hired wilho.ut joining a union
or paying dies, thus eaking strikebreakers of
the veterans.
I should like to draw attention to the fact that
Congressm anRanki t is trying to correct an
evil without getting to the root of it. Strikes,
whether in wartime or peaceLtile, are an evil
condition which reflects poor relationship of
union-manageulent. Unions do not strike for just
anything. If unions strike it is because of wages
or a condition in which they are in complete dis-
agreement with m.anageenwt and which mecani
a great deal to the iselabns' livelihood and their
f:amilies' well-being.
I hope to live to see the lay when strikes will
become unnecessary. Much has been done to
alleviate themn. Io.rnmient has set up machinery
to dal witlt the problem although that breaks
down at times due to lack of frankness and tean
play.
I believe management is beginning to realize
that proits will be n even.ore,adtu suore
rover
egular under ecillotive bargaining constra.. .
Union labor is of more benefit II to anageneit
and more dpenlldale thai, nonunion employees
who make life generallv miserable in their effort
to obtain the most advantageous jobs.
I am not belittling self improvement. All must
learn all there is to know about their jobs, and
keep abreast of all improvements. DUt once this
is done they arc entitled to full compensation.
There are still solni diehards among unauite-
ment who believe labor is worth only what they
have to pay J iall decency, and that labor hasno
tights except what they are willing to give theta.
I believe them to be in the min,,oity, ut i,
business is ever on the alert, watching for weak
union activity in eah department, and waiting
to ereate as much confusion and discord among
the groups as is possible.
I lack soie of the local news this month, but
202
I taked with some of the linemen who were E. W. and we congratulate the 1. O., WestinTg-
working up at BoonvilleOn a job. There are house and all the others responsible for produc-
several mel from different locals 'orking up ing such a splendid court.
there in th, foothills of the Adirondacks. Jin With all of that "12' was very fortunate. We
O'Connell tells me they catch fish up there that lead 20 weeks to do the tonrse in, at Western
lo-o-ng. Ileek, my vacation would be ovel University, using their labs. and equipment. We
F,,, K'g,, P. S. also had an instructor that was 'tops." Mr. T. C.
y
Tanner, science tchtcier at Central Collegit ,
L. U. NO. 106. Editor: A, this had juIst c.o.n. leted instructing Ariay and Air
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Ioal has not had a Force pelsonnel in electronics. He could explain
letter In our won- things so that even we dumber ones get the
derful JOIRN/IAL in five yeari. the members have drift. In fac, the course was so simple that any-
elected mle p s,'retiry
tros and they wanted to one atlb to niake change for $5 eould understand
let the worl know that we are still on our to it, Il./n't
they, Bill?
and going strong. Our "good luck" doesn't end with the course.
Our m et'rgs are well attendled eonsidering One ef oar members got himself appointed as an
that most of the boys are working overtime electLil inspectodr in this distritt. G(,ood luck
Saturdays and Suandav. At the June ,neeting of to yau, len. And with the war over in Europe
Loeal B-106 the election of officers
wa' held and the gang is planning a family picnic this sum-
they eere installed at the July meeting by our ruer, if we ever get any, and we are all hoping
ever-present member and advisor ;it all our that the members of "120" who are in the armed
neetings, although he is now a pension member, forces will be home to attend this picnic with
Brother W. R. (Billy) McLean. The new officers their families.
are: Preside tt Murray 1'. Imr, reelected; Vice As I'm writing this there are three eleetiui.
President (h'riles Fisk, reelected; Recording in the oilang-the Ontario Proviniel, the De-
Secretary lvlr Brumncge reelected;, Financial naildni and Local No. 120's electinm f afti-era, all
Secretary Allen Webeck, reelected; T reasurer In two weeks. Oh, it'll all be over before this gets
to press, but I hope all of you fellows can say,
Marvin Ahltroim, reelected.
Executtve board
. nembers; Brothers Horn, "1 did my bit,"
Fisk, Brugge, Wtebek, Ahistrom. Ray Anderson Well I've don(: mine,so long till after the
and R, L. B.onatee]. Trustee, Brother Walter piealie!
Crosby, C. M. Kw. P. S.
Brother Paul M. Hanson has returned from
over three years service In the South Pacific.
Brother Paul Morse has recently returned from L..U. NO. 143, Fdigtr: A number
service in the Navy Seabees. Both Brothers are HARIISBURG, PA. of years ago the
now back on the job again. There are still about writer was duly ap-
10 more boys in the service. pointed 'pitth man" for 143, but like a num-
Terlocal, with the able aIssstance of Brother ber of other lools we entered a time of evolu-
Pounson, inlternational organizer from ]rie, Pa., tion nii expanisii and hi the proess of evolt-
succeeded In organizing the armature winders ing the pressserretaryship sort of lapsed, so this
at the Westhurgh Electric Company and they is the first report Lm the capital of Pennsyl-
now have a closed shop, 100 per cent union, with vania in several years,
* signed agreemnt.L During this time, however, we have been active
The Ilo.al was very fortunate last fall in being and progressive due to causes that ire bound to
able to send all of the members to the evening react to the advantage of any local, namely;
classes at the high school twice a week to an elech plenty of job opportunities and a top flight busi-
tronits course furnished by the Federal Govern- ness manager who hs wonlhe respect of every-
ment and taught by a.v ry capable instrueter, one who cones in contact with hir; iometimes
Mr. ranscrolla. He was very ably assisted by it is a real sharp contact, too.
Brother R. L. B-nstaeh We finished the term Of course, all of ourn oang men, who cora-
this spring with 22 members, three with perfect prize overd 25 per cent of our nei..lnhership, en-
attendante. We are all Iloking forward to this terel the service and our honor rll shows gold
fall when we will be ble to rsune our course. stars, Several of lbe oys are now honorably
As I probably have taken niy share of the discharged nnd working under good l.E.W. con-
space allowed each local, will close for this issue ditions and we are all looking forward to the
hoping that this will be read and of son.. value time which we hope will not be too far away
to the brothersand friends away from their when the secretary, in callng the roll, will mark
home town. present after each urint instead of saying, "in
3MJRRAY F. Boen, P. S. the service". We have not forgotten our ~oys,
neither have they forgolten us, as we get letters
L. IT. NO. 120, Editor: A whole nearly every meeting froo our members who are
ILONDON, ONT. amonth has slipped scattered all oIer the globe.
away since the first Any one who reads this may say, "What is the
class in electronais from Local B-120 wrote the matter with that guy T Does he think that we in
California, Te.as, Maine, Florida, the Canal
final qi[i. It surely mnakes us proud of the I. B.
Ig
In the laboratory of Western Universify the electronics dass of L. U. No. 120 watches
a demonsfratfon by their instructor, Mr. Tanner.
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Zone or Canada don't hove the 1min thing hap-
pening to us?"
Yes, Brother, that is true, and because that is
true, it makes us all players on the same team,
all pulling together to win the war and then
tackle the really big game of winning the perace.
Brother Editor, don't you think it would [>e
fine to draft "Bachie" of A. C., "The Copyist
of Cihiy." "The Duke of Toledo" and some more
of the Oh G(bard for a command performanre
of at least one letter?
CLARK OP HmAfRSDhIflt.
L. U. NO. 177, Editor: On 3une
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 19i, last, the mem-
bers of this local
union held their general election of officers;
former offibers reelected werebusiness agent,
Brother S. G. Smith and financial secretary,
L. L Snyder,. Executive oard members re-
elected were Wilbur Edwards and Willie Davis.
There was some qlte spi rited voting on the ofcee
of business agent, which turned out in favor of
Brother Smith. who has held this oflie for the
past fnur iNers aid previously held office in an-
other capacity with this organization., which
indicates a healhy ondhion of our memhe rship
at large in taking a lively interest in the affairs
of their local.
Brother Andrew IlW was voted in as our new
president, while Brother Lee L. Snyder, Jr., Is
our new vice president.
Brother Wilbur Edwards will continue as our
recordirg correI pondling secretary.
We also have a Iew treasurer-Brother C. R.
Leoell.
Tlb executive hoard
members
aewly-elected
are Brothers W. II, Davis, R. R. Mc(all and
E. C. MGiffgrt.
We sincerely hope and look forward to the
oining two years bringiog new ideas and
changes in the welfare of our crganization and
to all whom it ontaeta;promotinig good fellow-
ship, cooperation Itd tolerance with and for our
felhlrwna,. Our lesi.es and efforts will be to
keep in step with the coming new era and all its
possibilities for the labor movement.
Most of our work enriists of marinerIpair
and conversion of vessels from the war zone and
we, at last, have one of our private wontraetirs
in s I10 yard as they were unable to furnish
ne for the work anrd it was turned over to us -
*hich, of course,
mAtk US very happy.
ti, L, N...t., Ja, P. S,
L. U. NO. 226 Editor: This finds
TOPEKA, KAN. us at the close of
another good meet-
ing which was very constructiye.
We are sorry to report ihe death of our
Brother Bursen who was killed in Gernany.
O.,r electronics srho],
i net with success due
to our very ablehobineas agent, Brother GOr-
sort. He Spent anuch tlnoi in planning soneiand
deserves much rcrdit. We can report all are busy
in their labor and pushing f to see thLe
Crward
end of Japan soon .
It is well for Is to keep in )ind the th ina our
late Presiden t t...I for and the progress that
labor has enjoyed titrough his efforts, ard plan
for the future.
Our project at the rubber plant is keeping
everyone busy and has expanded to a great ex-
tent.
The meeting just held had a good attendance.
New members 'ere 'Ided to the executive board.
L, U. 226 decided to stage a party for the out-
of-town Brothers working in our mhlst. which
promises to be very good according to the effi-
ient committee our worthy president ippoint..d
at the last meeting. It looks mighty good for the
future of 226, for as things progress the area
in which we serve hits growi avd still is grow-
lig. What the I.B.E.W. has to offer and the pro.-
peithy we have ,njoyed. Iake us remnem r Colonel FleisheI's sound judgment, sys-
that it pays to s.n. it, ..ni keep up that card and
not lust be a card man, but a real union tiibn.
There is quite a difference, you know] I
to he able to report nore good(] tLews in the next
issue if the WoRKEs.
CAanoiL C, SniAsrrsR, P. S.
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
L. U. NO, 302. Edito: Califor-
RICHMOND, CALIF. nia, El Dorado! No,
no gold as in '40,
hut work, ships! Ships to hrnisg food, tanks, ald
diets to their brothers, uncles and sons. That
was the Golder Fleece that brought the four
corners of these great United States together in
Richmond, Calif. Work for Papa Kaiser, exceL-
lent work. { s, landing barges, Liberties.
escort destrIyer, all the sea has ever seen and
all that man could devise: to fight for the four
freedoms.
But a people soi haord at work must play, and
bard as they work, o0 in play they should eel
in this as well.
The Richmonld Recreation Department in con-
junction with the Kaiser Shipyards has an or-
ganizd athletic program handled by TIny
CHICAGO. MEMBER
DECORATED
Brother Joseph Fiseiaher of L. U. No. 9
recently received a citation for Legion of
Merit. He is pictured here receiving the
medal from Brigadier General Pleas B.
Rogers. Paris, France. May 5, 19,15. Brother
Fleisher's citation reads as follows:
"Lieutenant Colmonl Joseph Fleiseher
(Army Serial No. 0304042), Quartermaster
Corps, United States Army, for exception-
ally meritorious cotduct in the perfotnmanco
of outstanding services as commanding of-
filer, French Truck Group (Provisional),
89th Quartermaster Battalion Mobile (TO),
from 28 August 1944 to 15 October 1944.
Lieutenant Colonel Fieher was charged
with the responsibility of organizing, train-
ing, supplying, and operating 30 French
truck companies of r .ecetlyreruited French
soldiers for the transportation of civil af-
fairs supplies for the emergency relief of
Paris. Three lays after receipt of orders,
the first French truck company departed
for Paris with food, and thereafter two ad-
ditional companies per day were organized,
trained and placed in operation. Lieutnant
temnatic planning, and painstakng efforts
in handling numerous training and techni-
cal problems enabled the primary mission
to be completed two weeas ahead of sched-
ule."
Thornhill, formerT coach of the Stanford Pni-
versity Football eam. The feature of this pro-
gram is the w pinr basketball league, which was
won this year by lal B-302 electricians.
The team, like any one of our crack combat
units, is typical, ripesseting as mrey ,Y statsl*
as there are players on the team.
Ralph Johnson, 6 tt. 2 in. guard from South
Dakota, and his brother. Xenny, also a guard.
head the Litm The Johnson boys are former gold-
mine workers,. now experts in Radar installation
and crackerjack marine electricians,
Louis Simpson, 'rom Missouri, is a main-
tenance electrician and a center at basketbal.
Oeorge (Boots) Farner, first striag center, is
a marine electrician, former owner of a telephne,
company in Oklahoma. He now holds a journey
man cartd with pride.
Shorty Schuetz's only ambition was to he a
jockey, but he grew too fast and his country
needed him in the shipyards, hence a good
marine electrician. Shorty is from "ey West.
Don (Mule Rabe, mainstay of the ball club,
is a foreman on the hells in charge of fire con-
trol installalien. He hails from Iowa.
Slim Perkins, a Journeyman from Kentucky.
plays guard.
Dave Ilutcheson., speedy forward fiom Ar-
kansas, pullcd the team out of manly tight spots
with his spectacular hook shots.
The state of (alifornti is well represented by
Ed Cannon., high point .a. for the year artd one
of the smoothest forwards that ever pounded the
hiardtwoods. as he proved in sc 27 opelts
oring
against the anrdiag of Ilie Conl). ix-tme
All Almerican in a championship playoff game.
The team was boached by Dave Newm San
Franciscan who was taught his basketball by
John Burn of Sanford. Dave played as well as
coached. lie is an electrical foreman at Yard
No. Three.
The team won 22 out of 23 gaens to reelh the
hamlpionship playoffs that stand as this goes to
press at one gaie apiece.
J. A. GI¥ANINI,, B. M.
L. IT. NO. 309. Edtr:ti My inns.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. jgs tonight con-
cern the foolish
brethren versus the wise brethren.
A great Biblical character. Solomon. onCe said,
"Give re wisdon, then I can get anythkig else
I need,'
The foolish anion Brother usually hates his
other u niclBrothe r, or at least a sil, a nvn-
her of them.
A wise union Brother has learned to push the
jealousy, hate andi ,listrust of his fellow
Brothers from him,
The first type of Brother sows discord, disunity
and confunsion.
The latter type hesls weld the cohesion ao
necessary in successful unionism hr blesse, the
meetings with good effort, good will, and peace-
ful cop 'anionship.
In these days we need more wiseBrethren,
The boys in our local are very much interested
in the recentvictory of {he ILaor P irty in Ell-
land over the Lo ry overnmient of (h rehiil.
Many have expressed sat.,,ac on with this
result. as they have feared Churchif I policy i
regard to FasLism,
m nnarchy and colonial in-
periaism,
We feel that Tory groups in this country
should not dictate our State Departmnnls {olicy
either, and we'd like to do something about
it so they casit,
We are getting ready for a rousing Labor
Day celebratio anid paratdo on the East Side
this year to letnon trate our strength to the
(C.LO.
Fall classes on electronics,
eleinaery aid
alvaIced, start in Sepotemnber; also Minneapolis-
Honeywell control course, and lectures
)tiSslrr G. BO,. P. S.
L. U. NO. 349 Editor: We have
MIAMI. FLA. recently had sev-
e-al of our iembers
on the sick ]ist, no louli the Chamber of Corn-
mnorce would pull my hat down over
my ears it
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Pk
they found out vho ,ssid ulh I thhir. but any-
,ay, h ere are the naes and addlresse:
Al Schroedler, 167th Street, Miame: Win. C.
Itloger, 49 N.W. 3224 St ree.. M ria Dke Hed-
II %
son. 153 N.W. 25th Street, Miuii; L. L. slunuge,
336 S.W. 17th Read. Mai:ta Morck ti Lhh 7:
N.W. BUth Street, Miami. OUR BOYS IN NEW GUINEA
Two of our m ii1 the service creln
eerefers y
suft.rerd injury YnaigBill Wallis, Sid Mew, r. Out Tnernational union has reaIIly gone int rnational in a big way in so far as we
Skippy Braddock is a tnvrt'ase ieLit a hospiatl havn iiicnh e scatLtred to the four corner es of. athle rt h sere i in Ihe iiaed forces
in Orvegonp. of o.. cotuntry. Brother Bill Leach of L. U. No. 5:18, Danville, Ill., has sent us the
Work see.i.s to crnllnPint hhid.I be M-
enc'loiseI pic turie of our members in the 118th Naval Construction Battalion, working
though thlere* , no jJnlhs utI, aylhh e~ulre
titany men mostly Irqg:i*! a[nl *it,,,l,ni hs it Nt'w C .in.a. The union ip proud of these Sebees-fightiing, huildin, "sweating it
very good vorketa for tlun weatime,clv& h ,l I
o,,, th ele.
or tlhe 'Johnit.e Conic Lately.'*
Brother Ellis KrIox, o)e of our it blht h0i]ratll ,
ard idtso /ir thief ittpet,,r for the
eiletirah
(itv of M iai, rItorti -d .i shoir llIa ag'o frau,
the eltctrolie, choo lhe luat irIni,nn f(yI that
ly seirl Ic Bfrother Ehlis there we will )-ru-e
much bhneibt irma Ioar lss w vhich he tilh wart
il (Ietnher. Il{! worked at tho trad, fill seerill
ears srid knote. thaI itcv with hip alulirn ed
ield of electronics, ,hir still be Il.t of
will
pipe Il bend mid lot, Iof conlrete toi jut O,,-
sibly ilot than bnfilre. Ile should le a ery
capable iDrIletor with his lIeld of experienee
to diraw fron.
Will close by saingitt we here in MIind supply
hope the horses Iid, wa y to get wu lirer fur
the witer.
I. C. IJTNIftlr,, P.S.
L. U. NO. 353, Rditat: It Line o,
TORONTO, ONT'. cured te rne soyv-
crnd ti 1e4 ]lately
that we who encht ior lIvingaIt Lhbi electlrial
consiltlltoIl tlMk, ,ill have to keep u watchful
eye on the gelivilti. tf the vates( nue
turers' asbocjatiibi that will be operating our Lef, +otig ht W. S. Reich, C.E.M., L. U. No. 807; D. V. Hogue, E. M I/c. L. U. No. 295: M. H. Gri;n*
jearetitiji fur~l ehie10 E. M 2/¢, L. U. No. 735: T. D. O'Con.nel*, E. M{. I/c., L. U. No. 134; H. Geqner*, ELM. I/c, L. U. No., 3;
The itainitenIaeiii conts Of praclically all of J, Asunl. E. M. 2/c, L U No. 3; V. A. Todd. E. M. 3/c, L. U. No. 46;C. Spanley, E M. Ifc. . U.
these plant. duriag the ha beart Iorlie by No. 390; E. W. Co[[ias, E. M. I/¢. L. U. No. 527: Bill Leach, E. M. I/c, L, U, No. 538; W. W, Slack.
the public through (;u.ver,.i..enIt stulsbf. No', E. M. /c, L. U. No., 558; H. C. Sco.f, C. W. 0., L. U. No. 352.
with the war in Europeu .veranItd thI' J.ltile1s,
lferal rradaltily taiku, g hagp Mr. big Manubfa-
turer and his itdepIu.'thits will bll on their wIn as ally oine inelbnhr of our local euhld make when
to costs ant profitsf . Mauly I adititns to
'drde Urlbess Dte .naintenan~e crews ire greatly
overtuthffed. they wuold be unable Ito io this we 401ii Uli his Inst record,.
existing plants lre on the schedule Is seen be
]Biot arid maLt-i.l jIer'Ilit hut Init at the exist- etra work ind keep their plat ill A-i op ratiilg We hlave quite Ilfew nintbeis carrying a little
big wage lOeYis if biIr buazness ca i pieniert it. condition, so the practice of hirlng extra men for certificate quailifying thei u,im1.
oleutroiic
p¢lroec.h.ol ot Isllily factory the purpose of moving pMr. Big Sho's'f hiree down, chanis,. Our ,ehoIl se.s...1 are over for the
The favorite
operators dtlring the eLression was t.o hve to where vaults were and the vault, over to
the ,.u..mer, but quite recently I halppened to get
their alterations arid ttisItes built Ly s...-alled. where . hex will bn more ace.ss.. m tel the direr- sent on i a job whil, was a large estate being
itinlenance stairs at biainttiaof pay
ce rates tots, wil ... I. ere CO..ein to being if we do not turned over inito anRa/Ir Mili e.., Tp contractor
take iniiendiate Abeps to stop it. hod the job to putin a large serice a Ind to do
which, at that tkinle di ro 1 ilied s l,,W Its rl ,cet
] his low ate pilus the To or Ltocal 353 m discharged from
embers lighting. wire and llxtures At that pointwe
below cntstruclion rates,
could
.i..s Ihrw
... a the arIe . ices and lack at the trade I would
ser stopped. '['hc rolnulhat setting qii, the station
fact that industrial cr
tlke to n;aywelcome. You've fought for IIei..eraey sloot in ther gi neers" about $]5 a week to
it,eir
tl,,lu .s chelp if not cheaper fru.., the whole-
saler, made everythin K coty for tbh fflu-ltrnen
ent over there, nov hell) us out here. hook up all this , atI of e 1 uipment,
To lhe rest of our membership, ]{ee in tourh seeing aI how they were the only ,nes who un-
B ecause tily e re able to do n.. l, of the I
with the affairs of the local at the meeting. d saI e, A, fir asI could see Iny three-
.rsto.ol
skilled-UuihJing-tracle work on tBielir own }ild-
s1k,1Thinps are moving pretty fast nowadays ijn* year-old hellu, ennI halnve alloe the abne a~ lonbg
his ,ith greatly I-1gtlerIeld plaitiltul l0l lien
they should have bhon as hUiILdiIg con-
alsseld eluding rl, Who aim going to bed. ass he ch dIi read a plint alihi wtiasn't e lor,-bhrd
trlrtl. biut Sucl w..s nIht the ease. Their ioni- JAC."/-TIAXD, P. S. ias to wi~ruers
pensationi rates were very mhd lower, I[nspVe- There happenied to le on the same job an oldi
tion fees -ar. huildins by-laws oerru/l,d and L. U. NO. 377, Et,: hre is ial of mine, hoe by the way just Iost his job as
where the Industrial Standard At shIuhil ha,,e LYNN, MASS. Itromh - delayed re- assistant b[snems manager of L. UC No, 103. Joe
limited their atkit ins it didt not because of port fron, the nild con on this ele-
Shattrey. We taked pro
[ressuele of the big stick of big baslness or, the biiggest litle, local to try to get us un to date. tronice a g ie f this tub miii,{ while he was in
poli tiel party in power it the titni. There is lot too much news, but as the war has ,tihre his shine xrheliene o-n R sim ih tt j u was
NOW to tl'y il get It lhe root of the trouble as sliowed hi on side, the trade work increase.,
to do ill tI inouthing, Ilad by forcing the issue it
it affects labor We .utl.. try to o'glni[/e Ill a n we ire, as in other oilnlunities, very short
out all iver." We
Leems
they did alt.
RIIectriral Worrscs, but we fnust aso, Ieognise of men, ...d worhkis "bustin To sum it all up, there is to he by law of
the fact that this is always a thankless aild hav various e outside contractors roting iln to
prugfres, a vast or11u11 of his work in varliou
soinotiles hopeless job. If youl1 enolol a msia ~ take up sone of our small but impruvtalt jobs, phases a]I I h[llisuggest that our organizers
teniasie t he eimmediatel decides
y lie would bhringng iil sniceoutside mnl. One contractor is
Stone aid Webster cominlg in to finish the other ard iep.reseitatiles puitch the baIl] just a bit
like to quit his job aIrd beeohia roostructron harder. as I am, sure they w,,ulh not like to see
electrlian,. If a construction tihih/er takes n nit we left twL years ago hecausr of war
in our old friend, Dick all that potenitiail "lot" gelt -,,a froII U. I'm
maintenance j.b, ii. a "eat abty ,IIse, he de- priorities. They brought
good ull Joe back
ii-eng
+ also looking forward to
tides he rloesn't neted the union any lne as he Itrlphy, u supervise, thereby creating a loss to
in that I.oli.hmeg tiet again. hetause he is too
has a steady job. copany
, benefits aII a chance good uId Salin D onnelly, busi tess manager of
aggressive a atiin to se0ill that held.
to buy his fir-pslprduits at 10 pe]r cit Off. the Worcester local,
For dhi. he will a 30 or 41[ pe r cent
saerifie We have a nurhr of essential war job still In our recent election all the ofieers r-
cet in wages. goping on, with a large iumber of postwar pro- na the a.ie C.utit!on, with oIri changea
n pIosehd jobs, and with manpower being so shnirt in the exeeutive board. We all missed the plles-
Local Union f3l h, ruledl that I
tenance mart ea, only miniotain electrical sys- we sympathize with the problem of our mueh- ence of a very active member in our Brother
tenms anti e.tqipnielt aIlready instathl,. all uther Iteehd fBusiness Manager Oliver. ] In/dentally, Clark Shattuck, who passed on after a long
per-
work must be ha rid le by coisetrutillon elec- we have got to the unint in finances where we gisteot ailment. Brother Shattuck will be .. ised
will have to assess ourselves a bit more to pay by a bit of manleuers as he was in and around
triclens but this ruling aeeuln a little hard for
his salary. But I kUow of no better inl eStient quite it few locls, active in a political
always
some to grasp, iiileuding some of our leibbners.
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leather
LeHolder
a the~Rr
Ddket
PI omembers,
durable,
handsome
folder
to Contrai
Reeeipts
b rownl or black
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sense. We carry on and prey
journey.
Do, Pr
L. U. NO. 409,
WINNIPEG, MAN. rej uly rdmee ting I"
Ju: y. undther. thE
order of new business, our we
Corder, presided at the installs rtb. Bofther, .
executive body which will steer t/on of the .. ew
for the next two Iears, be they us . over the
A good slate f s gli~nor
o rough.
oiers warschosen
biennial electiol in June. and t
up theIr socks they ha
preparation Ior ahectic ternl,
of fice which will be theirs whc
have rolled away, and rehbilit tiites war clouds
atolas. Is nior or
less completed memoriesof a I
the Great War to end wars). I rL cruon her
ihar
sweats like myself who were in the last do, and
the years of depression foilowl hin the minlationh.I
Yi the
III
period to see eye-to-eye with the younger genera- infintrn
Lion with their high hopeo foru brighter, uture
with better lin ig, and working condlitions for .all
who are willing to %work. That
to ape some younog mI on uo new executive
body. We rineed more young hi oodt with just a querque in various toways
sprinkling of the olde,'cmembers with their years
of experience instead of the * reverse which
usually is the ease,
The new executives are: Presi ident R. PeackA
Vice Presalent A. Tait, Recordi
. Serear
Candline, Financial Seretary G**Watkins, Treas-.
urer I. Pullin; Executive Boa Lrd Member., C.
Cobb, J. Young,
A note of sadness marred the monuth when out
late Brother J. Fleck pased away after a
lengthy illness. John was aR ecry conseientious
worker, and along with his Iris
a very desirable iate. Oar SyT brogue" he Was willIn probably run nine months per year.
tended to his wife in her berear ement.
Brother Nobes was reported i.n A criticl. eon-
ditiun a week ago, but at time oof writing Is still
hanging on, and we all hope hat he may pull
around again.
Two Brothers who have unde rgone operations
are both up ani about, and we will be seeing
thenm back at their usual places amongst us .e.L
week. Timekeeper get two cardIs made out for been given by our International Office,
. Forucutt and C. Cobb.
Our first apprentice to leave I:a for war servic
in 1939 is back on his last 30 d atI leave before
returning to work. Yes, Herb Br own is back from
the wars, not the boy who we rt away but a
man rich In experience of what capitalism really
means. Let us hope the world has learned its
lessonthis time, and that the Bi g Three meeting
at the conference to be held iL nBerlin shortly
will arrive utan agreeable unde, stanDIORiinothat
wars and depressions will be thiin- ,f tih. ,..
J. Gm, p. S.
L. U. NO. 611, A
Editor: We often
ALBUQUERQUE,. hen,r men say, "I
N.M. wis IIh had taker
my parents' advice
and stayed in sohiol when they walnted me to.
With more education I could hIire a better job
sow." Also there are many w}ho never had a
chance for an education becauiRe of financial
The Jounlal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
diffulties. For people like the,n together with
apprentices and others iner, "ed in electridty. per cent of the neon sign shops for the $1.75 per
the electronics school biing organled and at- hour.
ireaned by Local No 611 for Albu..erque fford.
agldenoppor'tuuly foruvaemet
Logal No. 611 sent two of its ost capable
Brother J. Wilbur Jones and Brother
W. D. Mudd, to the elceronics e.hool at Mar-
rqette University, with which rearlers of the
JoVRNAL are familiar. to be trained as teachers
for the electronics school in Albuquerque,.
Brother Mudd is a graduate of Colver Stock-
ton College of Canton. Misseari. having taken a was reelected andi also is doing a good job in his
.B.S
degrs.e He has taken also one year of post
graduate wnrk at the tIniversity of New Mexico.
ie has taught in high schools for eight years,
including the schools of Albuquerque.
Brother Jones is a high school graduate, has
{ents attended various trade and technical schools, and
has wide Ind varied experionce in the electrical
told. Brothers Mudd and Jone. came home from
Marquette University not only with their dil-
plomas and the knowledge necessary to make the in the Soutl, Pacific, is I..k with us and our
school a success, but with plenty of enthusism
PN . S.
, which is just as important, These statements are
not just bouquets but are facts stated here as
information for anyone interested in attending
e A the school in Albuquerque.
Treahers and lecturers at the school of Mar-
qfuette University won great respect and adinra-
Gion of the students. They were:
Walther Riehter, electrical engineer in the en-
S fginerring development division of Allis Cha].
mear; George M. Chute, application engineer and
at our specialist in resistance welding with the Gon-
puiled e1oral Electric C ompany; Edward W. anee, pro-
toser a Marquette t
U/nversity and mathenati-
cIl wizard and motor expert for Allis Chelmers;
Professor E. L. Cordes of Marquette U{;verdity;
f SB. W. (Budd) dsher, eIeetrical consultant for
for edol, the L B* E, W.; he acted as coordinator for the
school.
Companies giving interesting and highly in-
struetilve demonstrations at the s ehool
were:
Allis Chalmers. Minneapolis Honeywell Regale-
tor Comapny, General Electric C ompany. West-
inghouse, and the Radio Corporation of Amia,. at the Schroeder Hotel, Saturday, August 11,
Those expected
help the school in Albu-
are: the Federel Gov-
ernnment Apprenticeship Training Program, the
State Department of Education and the New
Mexico State College.
The conmmittee is asking for and expecting the
A.n 1--gcooperation of the Albuquerque }igh School In
Pernlttlng use of their cla,.sroonn and labors-
tory and testing equipment at the University of
New Mexico.
The program as outlined will require the eR-
ployme. t of three instructors. Classes will ran
thre, hours a night-two
nights a week, and the A. 0. Smith Corp. a pot on the back for the
addition to electronics, classe, will be In-
stroeted in the National Electrical Code.
Local No. 611 has appropriated $160 for books
for the
It is not probable there will be any trouble
getting the school D.nanred and equipped. There
is no place a dollar could be spent for education
that would bring more practicalresults.
Tho great amount of time and money that have
the great
corporations, and Marquette Univeitsty ae proof
of the importance of all electricians understand-
inge lectronics.
L. U. No. 611 is very happy that everytlhing
concerning the school here points towards a first
class school with a good attendance.
JAMES mm ........ P. S.
L. U. NO. 613, Editor: It has
ATLANTA. GA. been som time Moclinton. For the seven-man executive hoard:
since you have had
a report from Local No. 613, in Atlanta, Ca.
We are now back and we hope for good. This is
a B-local now and proud of it.
This local with the able assistance of Brother
Payne, International Representative, has been
abei to accomplish miracles, They have organized members appreciate their efforts and accomplish-
the General Electric and the Westinghouse Shops
and also the Cleveland Electric Ca. Motor Re--
pair Shops and one er two others; also a battery
company.
We have just signed a new contract with 90
Our new agreement comes up on August 15th
anti we hope for an immediate settlement.
We have about 360 A-members and 200 B-mem-
hers now and I wish that some of tit, goo.I
Brothers who have worked under the jurisdiction
would coma to see us now. IV-, ive a lovely set
of new offices on the sor,.l Iloor of the Labor
Temple where all memhlcr,of theI1. B E. W. are
welanoe. Our seeret nay, Biother II, B. larhor,
office.
Brother E. W. Collier, our new business man-
ager. is making strides in his office. While he is a
newcomer in the ranks of labor (about 10 years),
it is the writer's belief that he will make a good
leader for Local 613.
Brother Robert S. Edwards, our former presi-
dent and one of the city 1,,,tr-ira iorIspectors
who has done more than his hit with the Seaters
newly elected preident. We al g<lad that he is
with us again.
I wish that some good local will recommend
a way that we can get a good attendance at
our meetings. If any local has a successful
way, please advise us.
The writer wishes to extend his best wishes
to Brother Jack Fuchs of the Miller Electric
Company, Detroit, Midh., and would like to hear
from him, All the boys sen{d heat regards.
Where is "Power House" Riley? Best regards
to him.
Atlanta is about 99 per cent a closed town and
without any interruptions we will be 100 per
cent by the end of 1946.
PItLIp M. C(nlnldTs1 , P. S,
L. U. NO. 663,
Editor: At a ed-
MILWAUKEE, WIS. areetig held
Wednesday, d ily
11. at the Greenfield Hall, our local duly elected
the following as delegate anti alternate to the
state conference annual convention to be held
at
10 A. M.: Delegate, Brother Arthur Benz, past
president, Local B-I63 (of Allis-Chalners); al-
ternate, Brother E. B. Gilman, president, Local
B-68 (of A. 0. Smith).
Local B-663, composed of mainteancer eke-
tricians at Allis-Chalners, A. 0. Somth Corp.
and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, went on
record st their reguaar meeting July 11 at the
Greenfield Hall to refer the meat situation for
industrial plant and other workers to the Feder-
ated Trades Counrcl. President E. B. Gilman re-
Ported that the press (daily papers) had given
peace now supposed to be existing at the A. 0.
Smith plants. Gilman stated that the mainte-
nance electricians are anything but satisfied
with the increase just granted by the WL,B.
and that unskilled laborers at the plants are re.
ceiving a few cents less than the skilled and
trained electrical workers. Negotiations for their
new 1945-4S contract will be started shortly
after July 30 (as per leter from W. J. Bond,
industrial relations manager),
OLIvzn J. LARKIN, R. S.
L. U. NO. 738, Editor: L. U. 738
MARSHALL, TEXAS called a meeting
July 29 for the
purpose of electing officers for the coming term,
and those elected were: President R, B. Mc
Clinton, Vice President Ray Roberts, Financial
Secretary and T reasurer Roy Smith, Recording
Secretary Frank Beaty, Business Manager R. B.
C. H. Sikes, Ray Roberts, Jack Owens, F. J.
Hensley, D. Robertson, C. D. Glynn, Frank Beaty.
The coming term will be the fourth in succes-
sion for Brother MoClinton and Brother Smith,
and their work has been SO satisfnatory in the
past that neither of then, had an opponent. The
oen ts.
I'm sorry, but I was appointed presto secretary
and instructed to send moe letters to the
Wo,,Rs than has been the habit In the last few
SEPTEMBER, 1945 28?

years, so Vm goIng to make this one btrie in
an effort to save valuable space In the magazine
and in hope of seeing it printed so the members
will be at IastR partly satisfied.
F*.AN( DRtAW, P. S.
L. U. NO. 887, Editor, The 3.ne
CLEVIEhAND, Oli0 election returns for
L. U. No. Bfq7?
showed th*t no radical change was desired in
the official staff of the local. The fullowing old
heads were retuned to office withut oppoitiot;
President M. A. (Mte) Wallenstein, ' Crrespond
ing Secretary E. C. (Gene) Frank. Finc ial
Secretary Carl HamINond, and Trreusi r A. W.
(Art) Bittie.
Brother John W. Criswel] nosed ,ut Brother
Charlie Lyons for vice president ani B4-thers
A. A. Takacs and ti. G. Folgerwere elected to
tlh excutive board.
The installation of offceers was Celel.rated on
the 13th of July with a little porty consisting
of ha, on rye and the lubrication to go with it.
Si.ne the ,u..ess of the local electronics school,
it has been a foregone conclusion that the Edu-
catloal Committee would get the reins again
to pnueed with it, plans for the ftll and winter.
These Ilans consist of further training in the
electronic field as well as sapplying the member-
ship with the latest literature as it cones off
the press. The literature coprisinrg n otes on
mahitenane and types of now electrical equip-
meet emerging from under Cnver of military
secrecy.
Most of the work of this eorltlee has been
lone hy our able corresponding secretary who
Is also secretary of the Eduational C.ommittee.
Brother Frank has been laid up for a couple Cf
weeks, bht expects to h,, uq and gring, as good
as now, in a very short time. Probably if some
of the rest of us get busy and lie hlro out,
he won't reach the point agin SOOU where he
will have to lay up for a rebt.
H. G. FOPC.a. P. S.
L U. NO. 1216, rd; ", N wI
MINNEAPOLIS- electHd ntl i " r were
ST. PAUl.. MINN. installed a the I.
July imeeting This brought f,, h ;L 1(Ih l"ep
talk" fra, WCCO's Brother K',Jt iiuker,
in whose responsible hands realsi>
t 1i,f lhnarl-
ial secretary of our loca.h I .r Iihe, S.. k.'rex-
pressed the a dvisability of elTI I... pyig their
dues in quarterly perHd'., a] atid the proper
time an they a le c retited with sut'h payuLienr
Th. stwaruts of the individu siations and the
nancLat secrtary are in a .oitilo t(o appreciate
suc act ion by the nenbers of the localh To date,
oienoers at radlio stations WDIGY and WLOL
tie following such a plan of Imy ent, 100 Per
cet and. us Ikruther Sucker nighi aptly put it'-
"What's wrung with the boys at the othe four
slatloons?
Somewhat on the sanme line is the matter of
niCeting nhich invariably seems to
attndance,
fall darlee thie warm sum mer months. Soemeone
suggested "free beer" and another suggested the
pIroperInoiiulg of notice ards which undoubted-
ly carries unanimous approval.
All mem.ber of Local 1216 are on the subscr,,-
tigle list of the Broodcoal (onnciljo' Approval of
such action was node at the regular July meet-
in., Thi paper i8 devoted entirely to Cnd cover,
iew, of iner',,t for all b roa..at technicians.
Be sirLe nnid read your copy,
Oar fliter president, Brother Juhn KIUg,
gave the E rnbe rs a report coacerolin the inyt-
minof Local 1216's first recording contract This
contract between L. U. 1216 and the Schmitt
Music (C. is purtoined similar t the cntraeg
held by St. Louis Local 1217 with the Telesonto
Recording Crmnwpny, A progres-ive wage scale,
covering i period of two an"d a half years, start-
ing at $42.50 minimum to $55.00 maximum,
OLSON FUSED JUMPER SET
is provid.ed in the Sehmltt Musie Company eon-
tract. At preset the Schmitt Music Company
employs one recording technician and will soon
require the help of an additional t.ehnieCin.
Telephone lines to WOGY and WTCN provide
this recording coLmpany with connect.ioAs to all
'Twin City radio stations, if they so deire, This
should be a solution for any studio technician
who may be requested to do transcribe work
while aL the same time he is on control board
duty. Local 1216 intends remaining persistent,
until all professional recording companies in the
Twin Cities employ union technicia a.working
nn.dr a union contract. Until such time, studio
technicians will continue to check all instan-
taneous reeerdings made in the Twin' Cities.
before they are plaj., on the air,
Station WbGY technicians have begun nego-
tiations with itlel mlployer representative In
an effort to rrie ult tth' 'ignilg of a new anal-e
nent. With the inteiligent help of our I. 0.
IRtepreseut atiy% R, other Jea MeCoeR some
settlement is expected to be reached in the eryi
near future. In the main, c hanges
include wage
Inlcrease, flew job elassifieations, and change in
expiration date. For the benefit of those techni-
cLians interestld at WTCN, the teebli i... at
WDGY do not intend to have a wage uifferentia-
tion between technicians working at studio.
and travsmitltr. 'the chang in expiration date
is for the purpose .i arriving at a logical dote
when all tatoir, cuntrants ca be n negotiated
at the same time. The tIllove would not inelude
the CBS contract which is nationwide.
The technicians
at KSTP have filed notke
withi thir l that they wish tu reopen
their contract which expires Augus 1. A much
clearer definition regarding their jurisdiction on
platter spinning" is expected to be mncluded in
their new contract, AS technical suipervisor,

L. U. NO. 1013 Erdt,: En ac-

HARTFORI), CONN. cnrdsn.e with the
rlirectivn order of
the Regional War Labor Roard. the following va-
cation plan will be in effect for the year 1945
with Local .IB-1013, Iuteratinee]Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, Hartflord, Coen,
Emplyees who, on June 1, 1945. have been in
the continuous employ ,f the Arr wtllart and
tingeman Electric Company, Irtu .rd, (Cone..
Divisio,6 fIn
. ix .. o..h.,s tn five year,, will re-
eeive one week's vacation with pay.
Employees who, on June 1. 194 !5, have been
in the entiiiuouse. a ploy of the 'n',peny for
mLure than five years; will re.eive two weeks'
vaartnlu with pay.
Employees who, on June 1, 1045, have been in
the Con.tinuoue employ of the co.....pany for Ie.s
than i mouths will receive tenl doellas in lieu of

Vacation pay will be based upon the nun-

her u1hours in a regularly sehlA dald work week,
in no efase les; than 40 nor moe than U8hours
per week.
Parl-time employees who, on JUlie 1, 1945,
have been in the con. inuotls eaplay of the con,-
Deny for six io.o.ths a.id o!re anid have a
Rpecial working schedule of 40 hors or less, Brother Ed Olson, pies ident of L. U. No. 270, has invented the valuable
will be paId vacation pay based on '10 hours per device pictured here. The jumper set is sinple-,-to 6' lengths of No. 4
week,
Ol.000 V liexiMe rubber covered ground cable, four copper ferrules, two hot
Brother Joseph Saraeno,chairman of the
.. ittce, and all tieilwr of this com-
shop cO.i lhe clamps and an, eniclosed type transformer fuse Cutout and a two foot
mittee, well deserve the thanks they received piece of LA' x 2" strap iron to use as a erossarm hanger.
for tho splendid work they have lone in obtain- This dvice has done a great deal to elimiuate serious lashes which were
ing this vacation plan for this year,. A job well unavoidable before, for men working on the primary ditribution system, which
done, is 4,009 V "Wye" in BIrther elson's home town.
Rte.her
C . Edward Blourdie, who hI.. r..enely Brother Ed has received commendation and a little cash for his idea from
been elected president of our ]ial, o.nk.. for- the McGraw Hill Conalma1y and the Ebasco Servines, Inc. However, he gets
ward to greater improventot in our relations
with the ma.Iagemeit cl hao th.- rfllkt see lostiantisfaction front knowing that he has developed a tool which takes a
port of the executive board and of the entire little of the hazard from the lineman's job.
memborshi 9 .
2as
KSTP has employed John Fritter, who for 12
Years worked for NBC on television research
and
another three years doing research work
Lor Columbia Airborne Instrument Company.
Here are some brief news items gathered by
the news hounds at the various Twin City stat-
thojin
Brother Bill Medinnis was reelected steward
at Radio Station WICS.
Brother C. 1. lson releved hls shor meat t Representative James Bredcriek talked to them
supply of this month, by catching Wa.ilyoe Pike
on his v-acation at Lake Veriillion.
Brother Rniert Wallinder, former WCCO
sMudio techntctan, 1s now in the U. S. Naval
Reserve, working for on RT rating.
Major George X ('illierr former WCCO trans.
rn;ter man, is ex.,
rl- -o return to that pOSI-
thin in the ve 3 Ieaur
Birother Daive Kt'eeihori.t \VIOL studio terhi-
aiidat, is azioutrsy awaiting news fron the
stork RoImiethne nert-i the 17l,.
After this Ist item, you nay illiler. Our ,o,
president, Hanrey Rieden, informs a.. h. has
withstood the rir~r of his new office without
the use of anesthetic, o this his first week to
hold office.
BIRNA]D J. RBNl, P. S.
L. U. NO. 1283,
Kdiar: Br. W. J.
WINDSOR, ONT'. Robinson,
who has
Seltover a qluar-
ter of a century of streia with the Hydro Eloe-
trie Power Conmiasio uof Ontario on the Uses
(Cou.ty System and the last I6 years forenan at
Windsor, Sandwich Rural Hydro Distrit, has
been transferred to Chatham (Chathiam Rural
lidro District¾.
Mlr. Robinson wei r ecording
se.retary of
Ilydro Electric E...Iphyeet Local B-1283 at Wind-
sor from Novembier, 1941, until the titul of his
transfer. Mdr. James L. Hunter took over Mr.
R{Oinson's duties as recording secretary.
Mr. Robinson was also treasurer of Windsor
and District Trades and Labor Council for 1944.
We have formed a new local in the city of
Chathan (IHydro Electric enloyees only) and
Plan on getting our charter August 8 and insta-l
ing our new officers.
W. J. ROS..SON, R. S.
. U. NO. 1388. Edi.or: On July
MASSON, QUEBEC. 4 an agreement was
satisfactorily con.
cluded between the Jameos MacLamr, CoIpany,
Ltd. and the PapermUl, electricians.
Perhaps I should let it go at that and save
paper; or because it is too nice an evening to he
sitting indoors; or any one of a dozen or so
other excuses.
However, while the first paragraph
tells the essential fact, it doesn't tell the whole
story.
Originally Looal IS8A had only the interests
.f the employees of the MacLaren-Queber Power
Company to hl.k after, but not long after we
had received oar charter the electricians in the
Paparmill decided that they wanted to organize
as well, and rather than have two small locals
in the vicinity it was felt that 188 could look
after them both and it was eventually proposed
that when amajority of these electricians had
become memebers of the union they would select
certain menhers among them to represent them.
draw up a asitabie agreement and present it to
the company. This was of course all being done
with the full approval of Vice President lagles.
The boys formed a committee and with the as-
sisrance of Brother J. Graham and other breth-
rev {f The E. B. Eddy Co., got down to busiuess
and drew up a cntrmat.
About this time the remainder of the Paper-
mill employees thought that they, too, would
organize and the Papermaker., Pulp and Sul-
blhite locals were formed. The electricians
thought it would be advisable to hold back until
these other locatl had got to the point whore it
would be possible to draw up a joint contract
for presentation to the company as it was felt
that better results would be obtained and as this
is also the usual procedu re in dealing with paper-
mills,
The Joumral of ELECTRICAL WORKERS aUd Opeato
All this tonh considarable Hile and
was
,inter
upon us with lhe holiday seasial before much
was done and things were sorlt of eased up until
after the New Year. The result was that the boys
were beginning to peet somewhat impatient, and
Ino wonder. as Ilny of them had lcen in the
local since early in the previous summer and they
were all for follnwiag the original idea of negoti-
ating with the compatly s hine. International
like a father and, '"bo, how he can talk" lie
oenvinced then, it would be very f.oli.h at this
time to try to conclude an agreeent alone.,
Although he told thei if it was ieally their
wish h. wochI do his best for them.
At the end of February a meeting was ar-
ranged between the crafts andI tih
.empaty
which was far from satisfactor.,l he ompany
just didn't want to pUaY ball at all., a all. During
a later meeting in March the oaiTpuiny submitted
its idea of an agreeaere which
l Was far from
being acceptable, and as the newsrrinl manuasc
turers reti ng was up, negotiations were
uouing
postponed until April as it was thuught that
perhaps letter concessions would be gained.
A (late had been set for a mceeting but hod to
be put off owing to the illness of the! president
of the Janus Maetaren Copany, Mr. R. .M.
Kenny, who also held the po..tita of mill] ma-
afar. Mr. Keany died on April 26. is brother,
who wes vice president, was also ill, but it was
expected he would take over uon. hi recovery.
owewver, he, too, died on May 21, and it was not
until Juie 6 that the nIw Mr. A.
MresdIt,
IrIset MacLanrv, was ejecte d nthe ofice of
mill manager was filled by Mr. II, . Cressy,
Shortly utter this a iuce raig wa; arranged II-
twee, theCut ennpy and the raft, in Montreal
and for the Iirst time real headlway was m(ade.
The new management proving themselves especi-
ally cooperative in promising to dl, il that they
could for the employees, so a fiue{meeting was
arranged for July 4 in Masson at which the va-
rious committees with the international repre-
sen tstioes walu d meet the cony mainly to
discuss rates and sonic of the dcauses in the joint
agreement. This meeting actually lasted until
July 6, although as far as the electricians were.
concerned it ended July 4.
Thanks are nde to International R epresenta-
tive Janes Broderick who worked very hard for
our boys and to whom nothing was toomuch
trouble. Thank, also to Interniational Represent-
ative It. C, "Nig" Tracy who in the absence of
Brother 1Brodori'k, met the masg,..,nent ia Alln.
ttra], and in Masson
concluded the electriciens'
part of the joint agreement.
ICI{AtD B. CHAPMAN, F. S.
WOMAN'S WORK
(Continued from page 280)
Here's a little poem I came across the
other day which illustrates this point:
OUR KRrCHnENS
Our necghbor's kitchen is a dream
Of blue and white and gold.
And every blt's so hny new,
With not a thing that's old.
And never, never ooky crumbs
Drop on the bright cheked floor
No inlai) voice erieson lbakhug day,
"Please. Dommy, lUmt one i¥l-,:"
Our kitcan's seen much work and play;
The color scheme Is dim:
1t, lovely blue and whIte nod go~ld
-Msary C. Shaw.
HOw much nicer it is to have a Mimi and
a Bud and a Tim playing happily in your
kitchen than to have an apple-pie order one
thats bare and lonesome.
And now-about your part at bedtime. In
spite of the way all children hate to go to
bed, this can be one of the nicest times of
the day for you all. Arrange to spend a little
time with the children every night just he-
fore they go to sleep. If there's time for a
chapter from a book each night-I bet you'd
never have any trouble getting those young
[
folks tucked in, they'd be so eager to get to
the story-telling time and find out what hap-
penod next. Then spend a few minutes at the
bedside of each child, whenever it' at all
possible. That's the time for intimate cunfi-
deces--when your child can tell you nny-
thing. And you will have a few uninterrupt-
ed minutes to give comfort or advice .t' en-
couragement or helpful criticism. This few
minutes nightly, if lt,,rly conducted can
build up a.str.n. r bond of love and confi-
dence and securlly between you and your
child than you've ever known before.
There are a great many more things I'd
like to talk over with you-matters of train-
ins and discipline, etc., but we do not have
space now. However, concerning traiting
and discipline, may I suggest consistenay in
your policy. Try not to have m.ny rule.- -
try not to say "no" tIo oft,,. Think about
the rules and "noes" carefully before mak-
ing them and then stick to them. When you
must punish (though piinishments will be
infrequent in households where children are
guided with love and patience and a.r treat-
ed with the thoughtfulness and consideration
given the adults of a family) mnake your
punishments consistent. Don't let a child get
by with an infraction of rules on one occa-
sio, and punish him severely the text. And
please, mother, you and dad get together on
your policies and stick together on them.
And another thing, when you and dad have
personIal differences to argue over, don't do
it in front of the children, for it is extremely
bad for their sense of security.
There, that seems like a lot of do's and
dont%' this month, but I've made these rules
for myself and I hope to follow themr and I
hope you will be guided by some of themn, too,
and I feel sure we'll play a very important
part in tuning out "masterpieces" instead
of 'failures.'
BRITISH LABOR WINS
(Continued from page MIt)
Minister
of War Transport Alfred
Barnes.
Minister of Health-An.eurin Bevan.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries-
Tom Williams.
Minister of Supply and Aircraft Produc-
tion-John Wilnot.
Home Secretary-James Chuter Ede,
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs-
Lord Addison.
Scretary of State for Colonies-George
Henry Hall.
Secretary of State for Scotland-Joseph
Westwood.
Minister of State-Philip John Noel-
Baker.
Minister of Pensions--Wilfred Paling.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
-William Whiteley. (He was just appointed
chief Labor whip.)
It is apparent that the British election will
have a far-flung effect throughout the world.
It was at once admitted that it would have
a marked effect upon the situation in Bel-
gium where the Ring is trying to come back.
It will make a changed policy toward Spain
and South America. It will throw into deep
contrast the increasingly reactionary atti-
tude of American business men on such
questions as social security, high wages,
housing, and full employment.
SEPTEMBER, 1945 289

~
A WOMAN WRITES Anisw~er:
(Contoltild frot, rnosq 275)
$20000 and $2,!9O), Mluht or t Lr,, could ,TyorII
Thank you for the ineormtion ndmil "JIFFY" SOLDER POT
Illll ,t rtosting from, .I'iI['I i,, $snhi1 1. this back prom ptly to the address below.
41 i..lly. 35,200 familit'earned o.er $PALO. JAMES A. MORIRELL.
F., them life has nohotsiglg prolleln xcelA the Seerptary of tie Fixture Confort ic.u
pjroble shared by all citizensof obsnleh 4249 Gibson Av.,tn.e
cri.un..ruil is h.o v., ani, ihe sham. les ...I St. Louis, Missouri. Swinging Cup-No SSitled Solder
avtllfihc siroet palm, of festeryears.
Whil, the fIUU.. O. of the St. Lol, trea BInlB AN JOR OF 'I BEi TRIAL OFFER
",va enojoyin' these I., ii"ins hat were ine {Colntiiod frIol pagL 2Tii
buld4,rs up tot' n*tieally on the inducing field. Thus, the ap- Send $1.50 with this ad to
This i, a corgeu ..
ook l,.,ne thatolul
l ti
parent nppedance of this txilloring eodi will
of us' to evey I.I.inlev trade¢ tiEllpar hllent ¢
the coutry as a souce of , ,r.f..i..iati,i It wil change. Th3s change of i uled.al.a i. can be CLYDE W. LINT
indicated by various mc;tal. th simpplst oe 100 S. Jefferson St. CHICAGO 6
not be popular book, hectLse
ho'ver, Mrs. O-l~i
MoThle Jify Lisatr
lto.ei..n.att in helr zealI Lu do a forthrihlt ,, for being a brLide airrangemt at. ThLe .... lalanced Mone y Onac if Nut Satisfactory
the house builder hs trod a greu'I
gpon 'l, ly voltage of the bidlg mayhbe only in the
toe., order of a few microvolts. yet with tubes
serving frst as ant.plfiers and liriolly ;s co.l-
RECREATION CLUB
(Contplued frol page 27,4
vettars into ditrct i .el..' th/ese Intubala nces will c p..ess the spring. This will cause the
hasonle to comprie
w hat smaller darns carl do can be indicated by a final i' . .n..... spring to exert a force on. the iass in a 1i-
By hoblding back Ith w;,ti14, the smaller N',rur they can be made to searlay
rpeLion rection opposite to its motion, which means
aed, ed ca.illliois, hil I recent floud, , which brings abeu,I the the :ejeeti ... of
reljkedtinI .f t"e
the ilar-
liar- that a drceleation will take phlce which aill
it kept the MisslssiIpii a rl'lctI two f<¥t towel ; tiwular article lci heed Irthpr finally bring the mass to resi. Eventually,
the Gilbertville, Kentucky lon crt, hold bahk the nce of metal. with no friction loss having taken pilaece, the
Tennrrils tiver eliirely flr . full two wetks
and reducre the hoight <r a threateni tg flood mass will co..e to rest at a distance from
erest of the Misslip 1 hyV fiive feet. the neutral point equal to thie distance at
'The 4terage dorm of the upper reaches a' which it w ,-leased in the beginning. This
n.isimplrtant flr vitii}r
... as the lNoi, S~Mfto wholecycle will now repeat itself in the op-
flnl lower ones in tht, lnlinr Iot.y of the rlivr, posite djreetiOl, and thege oscillations 1,till
Bht by stiririg allh ai qluantities of water they keep up at anundininished amplitude for-
can let through enough {t supply thle turTln ies of ever if there were no fvijtimn lose, l' present.
the Iower river with lutr],iu waiter darine the dry
Ie.. O.]. and al]so enouh to.l.ti.itautt the escen
tin!] niel-folt rhsiu.I fnr navigation which 01110 FARM ERS
(Continued from )age 270)
would nut oridinarilylkelluo'ssil in jier,llrUth,." / co-ops, hut fpc ioies
Iy owned rtllerg. They
are controlled hry conbumer-s
p rrull tlma'un..ftui
FIXTURE INDUSTRY 6,i~~~ only go°¢ls for w"hich coilsumngrs ]lave alread]y
FIG. I AA crestd at deulimu,
n4. They lirorluee K*r an assured
/Contniued Ill, page 277)
IY.hen your local tInoIn rLe.eves our ques. In the example just mentioned, the alter- the only type endorsed by the AtI,
tionnaire, We wodld appreciate very ,,ch nating magnetic field shoul]d le of high fre- Progress of leoi .... er co-ops intomnnufaeture
your prompt retain of sane with all in- q.uency in order to induce as muchvoltage has been gal icr the I-l two NV'1hI .thanever
formation required. ax possible in the metal object. The high {C..tiinuefd on page 296/
speed of action which a tube is capable of,
QUESTIONNAIRE coupled with the fact that it des nui re-
nfirmatiosIDIesjred hbyConference on quire any power in its grid circuit, makes
Electrical Fixtures the ttbe a very eTi'L.nient too] for the gen-
l. Qwleio,: Stale numberof a gr<elne lt4 eration of high frequency alternating cur-
with fixItire manu.facturers. ieat. In older to understand the underlying
principle of this action, it may he desirable
2. Q testi,1P: State aumber of employees fah- to cornpar,, the electrical oscilatios with a
flating anii wiring fixtures, snIple case of mechanical oscillation. In Fig.
142 a nman,; M is shown connected to a spring,
3. Question: Do you have a differential ind which in hiurn is ancholied at the othr end.
wage scale Ior fabricating and The mass M is shown on rollers or wheels
wiring of fixlures? If so, slate which, for the purpose of this discussion,
5lame.
may at first h, cimsidered as frictionless.
4. Qetio l: State linmber of non-unio.n Suppose that the position shown is the one
nian ufatc hrtorrs,
of rest, that is, the spring is relaxed. Now
answer:
assume that the mass M is noved one foot
5. Quention: State attitude of local union in from the neutral position, let us say to the
left. The spring will then be tensioned dur-
regard] to,e-wiring of fixture,
coining into your jurisdietion. ing this movement, If the mass is now re-
leased, the farce exerted by the spring will
6l Qestioul: If yo'r local tnion has no Fx- act on the mass M, causing it to accelerate
ture anufactudrers in your towards the neutral position. Aeeleration You want the JOURNAL! We Want yoe to
jurisdiction, what disposition will persist until the spring has reached the have the JOURNAL!
do you take on fixtures to be neutral positioh, although the amount of at- When you Tove notify is oft the change of
installed from other localities celeration will, of course, he largest at the
instant of releasing the mass because at that residence at once.
Answer:
7. Q*lestion: Do you permit your contractors instant the force exerted by the spting will
be a maximum. As the mass approaches the Na -- - --. ....
to wirel fixtures that have aiot
been fabricated by IBE.W.? zero position, the force exerted by the spring
decreases. At the instant when t mass he has Local Union
............
g. Question.: What do you think of the idea reached the neutral position, the spring is
completely rl.axeud, exerting no force what- New Address
of a standard label for aL fix-
tures signifying that they were soever, but the mass at this instant moves
wired and fabricated 100 per at the highest speed since being released. ZONE NO.
cent by I..hE.W.? If at this m.oment the spring could be re-
moved completely, the mass would keep on Old Address
......................
ZONE NO.
9. Qutestior: Will your local union have a going at this speed foreverI With the spring
ISNTKRtATIOONAL nuOTHERHOOD OF
representative at tLie
p, t present, however, the iomentunm of the maas SLE1RNCAL WasgoEoS
meeting of the conference ? will still keep it going, and, in so doing, it 1200 ISth St., N. W.. WahIntonde 5, D). C
 T'e Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operitus
spread on o1rl ,nm1l, I, a copy sent to OU. ofialh
JourIa and
.itb om cha rter be draped fo 30
days,
A. S. LISTR,
Aclting9 eording SereareDy
St. Catharnle, Ontario.

IN Clyde W. (Slats) NOland, L. U. No. 602

Ilitiated March 20, 1943
Whecreas Almighty Cod in Bis infinite isdom,
on Sulne 30, 1945, cailed fi, ttrrtl rest Piur worth..
Brother, CByde W. NIaWI lI I,I.or~/e he It
ReSOlved, That e I L, rnute in hi n, memory
Vernon R. Johnson. L. U. No. 6 spread on tHi, :inhtes of tis local union: and be by expressing to h c Or heitteIt SrIn-
Initiated Not'eInber 6, 1941 It further plathy lnli LQnl, s if il loved one; Id be it
It is with deepest reglel that we announce the Resoived. That the charier be draped 1or a further
death of Brother Vertnon E, Johnson, vhi was period of M0days. Resolved. Thic a copy of these resolutions be
killed in action. March 2, 1945, while serving with M. I. PHILLIPS, spread ITin] thf ni~Sir'lbt of oIU meeting, A COpy
E. L. SPENCE, be sent to his berealvd family, a COpy sent to Gou
the Marine Corps at Iwo Jima. TEM WOMACK. official JorPaI for publication, and our charier
,I, II MMARTIN, Holuton, Tels. Coinm..ttlee draped for a rlod of 3M days;: md be it further
G. L. PICKLE, iesolved, Malt members stand in ,dnee
the
GRANT REED, for a period or ne minute as a tribute to his
San Francisco. Calif. Committee Victor Clefnoon, L. 1. No. 86 metmory.
!nltiaoed March 6, 1I0f FIRED CARIR,
Ed'zard arlow L. U. No. 9 William Carroll, L. U. No. 86 Amarilo, Texas, Business Manoger
JiHtiated Jgne 26, 1034 ltitfilctd June 2i, 1922
Whereas God, mI llis divine providence, has We. the members of Loca Uio1 B-Sid, InE.W. Louis (Buie L. 1!. N.. 675
called from his If.l labors the above-named with a sincere feelin of legret and sorrow, re- tnIthdted M.,j 5, 1942
member and eseemed c.o-worker in our Local cord the passing of rother WilliLain Carroll and With a sincere feeling ot sorrow and re ret,
UnidonNo. B-!); and Brother r irw Clefaison; therefore II it
Whereas we deem it fltint and proper that the Reolved[, That we express our syIpnptly to tIhe We. the members oM Local Union No 075, B.
members of Local Union Xo. B-9 of the Interna- E W., record the death of Brother Lois Buiell;
bereaved families; and be it further therefore be It
tional Brotherhood oI Electrical Workers offer a Resolved. That I co y of these resolullons he Resoved, That We pay tRibte to his rnenory
tribute t the memAAry If our late Brother Who spread upon the riinu os of this meeting, a copy
has been loyal to our lrotherhood and Colintry by expressing to his relatives our healtfilt sym-
sent to the oficial Journal and a copy sent to ,Uthy; and be It fur
anid taithfu to his friends and brothers: there- the bereaved families: and be it further Resolved. That a Copy o, these resolutionh be
fore he it Resolved, That the members stand in sileace spread upon the AnitHs of pitt meettint, a copy
Resolved, That the Sincere spathy of the for one minute as a tribute to their memory and be sent to the bereaved famile, copy bI sent
,nemboership of this local union and the mlemnber- that our charter be draped for a period of 30 days. to our official Journal for publcation, that we
ship of the International Brotherhood of Electri- AL BUtT tanld In slenlt meditation at meeting as.emhled
cal Workers be hereby extended to his bereaved
ioalily.
R. TIObWtLl,
J. SOMMERS,
and that ouf charite be draped for 30 d. ~S
CTIIADLES CONLEY. THOMAS CHAMBERY* V., T.I UIP
FRANK BARCLAY. Ellzabeth, N, S. Recording Secretary
AL REED,
hARRY SLATER ART ANNIS,
Chicago, Ill. Committee Rocheatiir N., Y. Committee William C. Erickson, L. UT. No, 697
Refnttiated October 14, 19Y bit L. U. No. 124
Philip IM.Shepard, L U. No. 18 Richard L. McCarthy, L. IU. No. 276 We. the memberS of Local Plnon No, 607, sin-
NTtmI/td Febru..y
Ml, 104 cerely retet the sudden death of Brother WU.
Iniltoted Aguotz 7, 1941 1iar C. rckson,.
Orin E. L. RBe, L, U. No. 18 It is with deep sorrow and regret that we, the Brother Erickson was a true and loyal member:
I1ilIated January 5, HIM members of Local Union No. 5-276. record the therefore be it
whertea Almlighty Ciod, in PA, Infille wlsdor. 9ias~ aofour BroIher, Corporal Richard L.N Me- iResolved, That o,, charter He draped f£r a
has teen fit to take from ot r midst, Brothers .iy: thaberefore be it period of 30 days in Is h, honor
and that a co y
Philip M. Shepard and Ori, E, La Rue: ard ReSolVed, That we y tribute to his memofly of these realputions be sent to his bereaved faint Y.,
Whereas the passing of these Brothers Io theil by exisrelng to his mily and friends our sin- a copy to the Electrial Workers Journal for pub-
eternal reward
has deprived Local Union B-18 cere sympathV, and be it further lication, and a copy be spread upon the inutlle
of two loyal and respected memdber; noW there- Resolved, 'at a copy of these resolutions be ofour net meeting.
fiore be it sent to the Sournal for publiation, a coIy be en-
Resolved, That this meeting stand for one mi- tered upon the minutes. and that our c arter be PAUL BFRUGEBACH.
ute in silent tribute to their memory; and be it draped for a period of W0days in tribute to his FRED REIMER.
furlher memory, Harmond. Rod, Committee
Resolved, That the charter be draped for a MD. BERGSTROM.
period of 30 days: and be it further C. HEULTNER,
esolved. T at this time express our co. -
we hat WE,BERGMEN, Elmer Butterfield, L. U. No, 758
dolenIes to the of Brother Shepard and
families Superior, Wig. Committee Inittited September 22, 1922
Brother La Rue Mi their bereavement; ald be it It is with sincere sorrow that we, the Me,,.
burther Edward C. Rates. L. U. No. 333 berN of LocalI tnlon No. 758, r Icord
the passing
Resolved, That copy of these Wsnlutions be In- of our esteemed Brother, Rbner JIutterfield: there-
icttlated AuPnA 6, A937 fore be it
corporated in th i ute of this local union, a With lhe deepest sorrow we, the members of Resolved, That we paMy itibte to his .remory
Copy sent to the froallie, of the lat'e rothis aid Local Union No, S. reord
, the pa.singi of our
a copy to the InterNajornal Offiee for publication by expressing to his relatives oiy heartfelt sym-
Brother, Edward CB Bates: therefore be it pathy In their hour of sorrow; and be It furtier
in the Electrical Workers Journal. Resolved That we pa tribute to his family by Resolved, That a copy of these resol.tions be
Requiescat ini pace. .. ItAy expressing our most Ilcele sympathy: and be
T. 1. MZALY. sent to his family and a copy be sent to the Offi-
it further clal Journal for publicatoi, and also that olr
FLOYD J. pENDEY. ReSolved,. That a opy of these re:SOhltion be charter be draped for a Period of 30 days.
R. P. $ThUI/HAR, spread on the minutes. a copy sent to his fam/ily, GI. AUSTIN,
Los Angeler . Calif. COmmittee and a cop nt to t Electrical
he Workers Jour- E. F. FERRIN.
nal for p.u ication: and be it further HOWARD TRm,
Thomas Bowdich, L. U. No. 64 Resolved. That our charter be draped for a Gtasgow, Mott. Committee
n/tfoated March 3, 190 period of 30 days and that this body stand for
It is with a geiuine sense of orrow and 1,egret one minite, in silence. in honor of his passing. A. C. Gimlie, L U. No. 800
that weI the member, of Local Union NoI 64. H. E. HOWI,
record the death of Liout, Thoas Bowdich. MORRIS BLUMBENTHAL. Reinitite~ Dfecember 2W, 193, in L. U, No. 684
Brother Thomas Bwdiclb was the fit member A. B. NASON. It is with sorrow and re et that we, the mem-
of Local Union No. 64 to ive his life in the armed P ortland, Maine, C om multe bers of Local Unon No. hiternationa. Broth-
service of our country. Brother owdieh leaves erhood of ElectriCal Workers. record the sudden
a host of friends R, LoCal Uniol No. M4;and HIere- Armie Milbrath, L. U. No. 494 death of Brother A. C, GiAlin: therefore be it
fore be it Resolved, That we pay tribute it his memory
Resolved. That We extend to his wife and Inis4ted November 22. 1934 by expresaing to his family our heartfelt sym-
famly ouir nost sincere sylpathy; and be It Paul Liske, L. U. No. 494 pathy; and be it fur.ther
further nitlote'd NoVenmber aB, 1938 Resolved. That We drape our charter for a
Resolved, T we stan ford one minute With
hat It is with deep /eelings of sorrow and regret period of 30 days: and be it further
bowed heads in maeory of our Brother: and be that we, the member, of Local Union No. 44. In- Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
it further ternational Brotherhood of Xlectral Workers,. sent to the family of our late Brother, a copIy snt
Resolved. That our charter
be draped for a record the asing of outr worthy Brothets , PmI.i to our official Journal for publication and a copy
Elriod of 30 days: and be It further Liske anld ri Milrailh; therefore be it be spread Ipon the rinutes of our local uio.n.
esolved. That a copy of these resolultion be Resolved, 'That we, as a body, pay tribute to W. E, REGAN.
spread on our minutes, a copy sent to his wie,. their memory by expressmin to their faNuiies our I ,esident
a copy to his patets, and a,copy be seat to the sincere symilpathy; and be it further P. E, SANER
official Journal for Awbliatnn Resotvd. That a copy of these resolutions be Sacramento , Calif. Recording Sereta"y
ARTHUR PFLUND, JR. spread uplo the mIDnuIs of our IIeenin9, a copy
ALBERT WOLZ sent to their bereaved families and a copy sent J. Cappiello, L. U. No. 817
ARVID HEDLUND, to our Official Jntrnumi for pubcation NitriAted AtglsMt 10, 1944
WILLIAM STAAF, ARTHUR C, SCHROEDER. Whereas Alhmihty God in His ioftnile wisdom,
Youngstown. Ohio. Committee EMIL, BROETLER, has seer t 10 relieve Brother J.. Cappillo Of tile
ARDEN FENSEL, burdens of this world. and
W. E. Thomason. L. U. No. 66 GEORGE SPATH, Whereas bfore Brother CappieUll paP ed on
Initiated Sntiary 6, 1938 JOHN BElIST. to his eternal Ieward, he was a Wo-lhy and loyal
It Is with a sincere feeling of sorrow and regret GEORGE RAISER, member, re*,ected by all; therefore hb It
that We. the inesImbers of Lcal U nion No, 6-M.
re- wilwakee, Wis. Committee Resolved, hat ,e extend our condolences to
cord the Iassour BrOther. W. E. Thomason.
of his bereavod family at this time; and he it further
ol June 11, 194.1: therefore he it D. McNulty, L. IT. N,. 556 ReSOlved. That the meeting stand one minute
Resolved. That we pay trlbute to his memory by Intiated Sebtember 25 1944 iI silent tiRibri to his memory; and he It further
expressing to his faily.. ou sincere sympathy in We record the sudden death of tis, our ,rother, Resolved, That thecharter of this local union
their morrow: and be It further in sorrow and regret; therefore be it be draped for a p, lod of 0 days: and he it fur-
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be Resolved, That we our sincere sym.pathy
tender thor
sent to his wife. co
Cpy sent'to the Electrical to the family of our Brother; and be It fIrIlIe, Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions o in.-
Wforkeris Journal fuI ublcation, and a copy R.eolved, That I copy of these resolutions be corporated at'in e mninutes of th.s local Iiionl, a
SEPTEMBER, 1945 U'

copy be sent to the familly of the Resolved. Thnt Lotal Union No.
]ate Brother Capeflo. and to thle
lnr Workrs prublicateon
.se..i Ocae B-1;92 lecognizes its great io's in thle
death of thhoe Brothers and hereby
In the Ribeth'ie W.rkei -$ournal. expresste Its appreciation 0f their
P. TAYLOR. ervies to the caIl e of our Brother-
M. PALMER, hood; add be it f£urther
W. BOLGER. Resolved, That Local Union No.
It MITCHELL, B-1l3o tenders itA sincere sympathy
Resolutions Committee to the fallles of ofr good Broth3 rs
New York, N. Y. intheir timde of great bereavnenIl.
and be It further
Rlaph W. Peters,
L. U. No. 9t9 Resolved, That a copy or thyme
hInfieted September 8, 1W16 resolotltos be sent lo ti'le fni(.it'' of
itts with deep sorrow and regret our laie Broethe, a 1ol W he 1~read
that we. the ntnbers of L. U,. -94!. on the TOmiil i of inI Lucid Unin
record the pxidi of our ,Irotim r. No,. B-1I92.tnd a CoWy be _it to
]/alph WV.Peter,: th~erefore be it thIe ofliriai Journal o our B, oIter-
Rlesolved. That we pay Itoliteto blood for pblication/.
hfi memory by expressing to hi, LARRY AMSTEIN,
Naintly our sincere symathy; arid RAY JACOT,
be it further W. El BODEKER,
Resolved. Thil we drape old Conimitte,
charter for a1Priod of 30 days, add Foit Wayne, Id.
hat a cop of ffhse reso.lutions be
spread on the dtoutitits oI Ie
ourI L. H. Hill, L. U. No. 1430
t ha a copy be sIat Ih. . he Initiated Api 12, 1044, in L. U. 5M
alMJolurnal of the Brothelh od
for publicatoln and that a copyIb It is with a sincere feeling of sol
sent to bils bereaved tamfll row a.id emgret that We. a M
iother
C. THROb ON, rmember, of the B. ,. F, W L. U. No.
1'resnlent 1430. l Id the pMsoIll of our
X. HENDRIX. Brother, L. It. Hill, on JUnle 14. 19B5;
Recurding Secretary t1herefore be it
Chatield. Mino. Resolved That this neneting stand
for one minute In silent tribute to
Alma Iluhm, L. U. No. 1031 )is memory; and
lolduiuzd Jol,,oP 1, )944 %Wheilens the loss of a loving and
It is with deep slow anid regret trbislln l to ather
his faintly is a los
that we. tie Iell ..e.rs of the Elec- thatocdnt be reainded; therefire
trical Workers' Local B-1031. reord be it
the passing of This worthy delber. ReSolved. That we expres our
Sister Alma BIutri. loyalty, lowv, ard friendship by the
In the pas.ing Of this member we. paling of thee resolutions end may
of Local f-101, pave last a true ald It be placed i. the Pinuites of our
2oyal friend whose kind deeds an.d meeting alo; anid be it further
1oble character will be Iong remnlin- ]Resolved. 'Chat a copy be sent to
bered by those of us who knew her
Resolved,
That we pay trlbute to
re memoyby.xp.s.. n deep
ouyrdd
Sfobu 3F. jltCurrp the family 'f thle deceased Brother
and a copy to our ofcial Journal for
publicatond erein, and that our
charler he draped for a period of 3M
svmpathy and sorrow to her be.
reved family in their hour of srr-
3tegislatibe tepreatuntatibe (/ays.
W. C. BUCHANAN,
row; and be it further Financial Secretary
Resolved, THat a copy of /hose Brunswick. Ga.
resolutions be sent to her fanily
aLo t the Eectrical Workers Jour-
nal o., publication, and that these
38oru auguot 2.1two ~itatetot
John T. Cameron, 1. 0.
DV¢, 2$, 1918, tD, L. U. 652
resolution be recorded In the
minutes. It is with deep sorrow .. d regret
M. F. DARLING. that we. Hie member of L. U, No.
J. ID POTTER, 3nftiateb Ottober 16, 1923. In Wll. recold lhe pooLng of our former
Crotheo, Johif T*. ,eron; there-
Chicago, IL. tore be it
L. 'C. 90o, Pew baben Reelved. Tihat we pay tribute to
Irene T. Frasher, L. U. 1061 his family hv expresislnR sineere
Inimtated JLne 5, 1914 sympathy; andl be it further
It iI ili, deepest sorrow and re- Resolved, That we drape our
ff et that we. the Imlmers of Loall
fno No. U-1)01, of the inloten- ~3ieb 3ulp 22, 1945 charter for a verotd of 30 da s: that
a copy of lthee reSOlUtions he sent
tonlI Broihcrhood of Zielt.,ial to h.s familly,, a copy be sent to the
Workers. r.rd the dealh of our Jo.rnal for publication, and a copy
estleemed and worlhy Siter Irene to be spreayd Iuon oer nidnitPes.
T. Frashee; and th erefore be it WILLARD U, HOCH.
Resolved, that we, the mnembes, of PAUL BRUEBACH,
Local Ulion No. 1-[lo. pay tribe FR/eG R EIMER.
To her memory by expressing to her Bidml.ond. md. Colmmittee
relatives our tnrtfeI t Ty1/1athy il this holu of for a period of one minute as a tribute to thefi DEATH CLAIMS PAID IN JULY, 1945
sorrow; and he it further ncmemory.
Resolved Ihot a copy of these resol n Loe L. U.
sent to her faitlly and a copy be ent to the Elec- DONALD J. GILL.
OEOROF NICHOLS, ), nA il......... $1 .ili0.
trical Workers' Journal for publication. LAWRENCE COOPER.
Cincinnati, OhiJ COMMIrrEE RALPH SMITH,C A l~~~i~~erdil 17300l
l
Richmond, Ind. Colltrit tee 56 fl .i . ... ... IrS It
Howard Miller, L. U. No. 1127 A TuIhof.... II 0$
Initiated October 14, 1942 Carroll laverne Cole, L. IT. No. 1229 I, I Eu-l e te75l 00
Harry Gjdse1 1, L. U. No. 1127 It is with dee sorrow alnd rgret tha we. he
liitiated Decelmber 20, 194W ,nelnbers o L, U. No, 1229, record the passing Of
our esteemed member, Brother Carrotl Laveie 1.0 . SI)ll
Robert ass, L. U. No. 1127 Cole, on M.y 29,]945. Brother Cole was dischiared
ltdtictcd MnrcIu I, 1943 Irom th ~erviee some tImI agIo and had been PI I o. (5li ICit ""iI,. 2 pg .n
declinig Ialt ever since o I, idhr. fie gave y V ' .i ISI(I. 0
Dennis Quhalan, L. U. No, 1127 his life for his contry, as surely as did men Who I, IT 14 l.4fl1(100~~~',
I
Initiated April 0, 10.19 died on lhebaltleield: therlc~we be it
William rddy, L. U. No. 1127 Resolved, That We pay lrib..te It hil meorey fi lw'iu,
- --, . , ,ie
tnilcteid Mdarch 1, 1241 by expiesinto Ihd famdily io friends or iftm-
.enneth Wooden, L. U. N,. 1127 re Il l/pathy: and be it'further ,I i IA ll *7ili 0
Resolycci fIaat a copy of ihe.e resolutons he
TilirIted Jaellu.r. 22, l41 sent to hik family, a copy oplCrd on our tnujues.
Walter Burgess, L. U. No. 1127 aid o)y a sefil to the JoBiltal of Electical Work- I 0.
1.0(%O)1
711,
ldiotaed February 11, 1942 c'l; and h, if further
U4 Is with sincei Resolved. That the nimblers stand in illene. I'.r i
eelilng nf yorrow and regret for a peI cld of one mi...te os a tiilillle to its I. 0. *532 (100
"e.I
thalt we, the oelomeolr of Electrical WokIrr Iter sioienorv and that ow, charter be dlal,.d for a
NO. B- 127. record the paMsuing of these worthy .0. S li~,'i ---- i10 li
pelod ol 2i0 days. 0~)
I1.O. (ill
Brothers. Botrs Bass. Qtinlanl . P, iddy, W.ondn W. IL. IICK[,IN, U[{
alld B1rg.,X all Iiade the supreme sacrmoe by Charloltte, N. C. pras~ S.ei'tary 5.1 1, ... Ii~~i-i
.... K 17,IIii.
giving their Ilyes Ilo their counlty. lboitcTHIrT. if - •l-------- P.4 i00
gess, in a pel with, the crew of Iis plane, we nt Cl)de Douglas. L. I . No. 1392
downi in a rit, ddive aied at In enen.y ahip: Iltdinted Deearli.er 6I, 940 '7 a (I .. ~~~~~I
'elii
lice fr~fe )1eJ Georg.e Steward l. . No. 1392 .1 I rf,[d. '~Th1 ,0
Rwesoved. Thai We oiler a nltl te to tliet llTurn- tuiliatcd Sc itelieh..
I4l l9.y, II.I FiilIl
ery by ,x,rc.~uIw ou"I m.os Slnerle syipatliy to Il.1100
Whleras Almighty oCldill Ji ldnlte wisddl,
their and be it further
Iamulles; has reraciv¥td fromn our -nlis nu:r etemired and
Resolved, That a cipy of theBo rsolulions be 'vorthy Ii, itliers, Cl'de flo'n's and George IP 5 'l.,RP 70
LN'.l.,,
spread ol our minutes, and a copy be seni Io the Steward; antd It. ile~~biir~I .00
Joudial of Vlettrieal Workers fo. pubhication: WhIereb In the dealth of lroiheis ouglas and
anid De it further SteWard ]ooal Union No. B-)392 has lost two of rC."I frooll,. -1000
;Resolved, Thit the meolbers stand in sileno Its true aid devoted membersl therefore be it
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otngtna nd A eteable
aug bxiy d alEd
bllaa.wei year qoestloln
* INSIDE TRADE INFORMATION
U'h DO.( tioicy~mnon.
QIeland!
a nd man, Mo ir A psfl t k m ex
I
-.J
ef . "K
W ~It PROFITS
(cottbueid ]ro"i p'ae
Ng fl
for 1943, in that year the corporaiens Broke
all records in settinlg aside reserves for fu-
ture contingences.
Its up to industry to use its profit-nIaking
ability, its tax refunds, and exemptions,
and its contingency reserves to provide full
producti.. full enlployment, and full pur-
chasing power in the postwar period. What
other contingencies does industry face? Cer-
tainly. concern over profits should not be
among the contingenies for which many
corporations have to provide.
JOINT PLANNING
(Continued from page 273)
which the advances in technology have in-
creased the value of the mechanic."
The IBEW has tried to meet the proWb
lem through a national electronics school
that it conducted for union members at
Marquette university. It plans, as soon as
sufficient equipment can be obtained, to hold
a similar school in television. It will coop-
erate with management in training appren-
tices on the job and in trade schools, pay-
ing them while leanling.
To make the work in the electrical can-
tranting business more attractive, a scheme
for management contribution toward medi-
cal, surgical and hospital care, disability
insurance, increased pensions and more va-
cations with pay is being worked out.
To help solve the manpower shortage,
the IBEW is waiving the initiation fee for
war veterans who demonstrate that they
are good mechanics, Brown said. With ran-
agemeat, it will set a goal on the annual
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators t
number of applentices that should be taken International President BInlln inltro-
in, based upon the yearly busiess outlook. duced Brother IT. W. Mah,,, IIEW epIT-
War vetean n 'turning to thenrold jobs resentstive in the field of edu'aLi n. hi
as union electIlniaaa will b( aLsistvd ill w..rking clioseivy with the electroni <i vi
every way possible bito p bt, vuidilng to of the School of Engineering 5{intiai
lf
Brown and Geary. 'ihe liabhltJ Electrical University in Milwaukee. Blheltc Maier
ook114r will be filted into a job that he outlined certain liinttitg s wIhi;e, d"IeteIutil
can do in an associated occupation if he the building .e? s'h a course or instruction
c...net do his old work as well as before. to deal with I tifeld of ttlevision, and ibhe,
Fullest oss ihle consideration will be given brantches .f the electronics industry closely
to the trade skill acquired by the war vet- allied to ith work of the broadeast engineer.
eran ill tile armd for'es, BroWn saiL. Navy Brothbe Maher stated that one of the prob-
trained /en, .. eat palt, are level-
elothe lems which would be enc.o.tered in setting
oped bin) excellent era fLson. IBut Brown up suoth a course for radio mncn would be
said he cannot say as much for th, Army. to ascertain the number of i;ppli.an.s inter-
"I, many ways the Army is painting too ested. Brother Maher sli, discussed the
bright a picture of what the serviceman possibility of the various states licensing
learns while soldieing," Brown, said. "It is those memnbers coitidi the course to
telling the Then that they have been fitted make it possible for /ben to teach other
to do this or that work incivilian life. But men in their area. He also
suggested that
they are not being trained well enough by local unions appoit an educatinnal corn-
the Army, and muisunderstandings are arik,- ,cittee and the chairman of each com.mit-
ing as these veterans apply for work and tee should handle correspondecae in ree-
employers find they need more training." ence to setting upa progressive ed.ucetie..d
OM statewide organization for men of our craft.
UOfl President Brown stated that the IBEW
APPRENTICE PROGRAM is willing to set up courses of instruction
(Continued artm page 2721 for the members as soon as the details can
vetarans. If and when the Veterans Ad- be worked out. The chairman of the BAC
mInitfrtion does this, such committees made a recommendation that each member
ought to be ready so that they can settle of the council act a, local chairman of the
the s points on the entrance of educational committee and contact all local
everal
veterans to our industry by choice. unions within his area.
Moreover, these local joint committees
The BAt recommended that the broadcast
should be set up and functioning for an-
locals accept traveling cards in all possible
other reason. If the Unitad States passes cases in order to promote better relations
into a period of prosperity and there is between the RBT local union,;. A question
anything like full employment, we shall was rai.,d regarding Section 13 of Article
I.. need to train rapidly new apprentices to XXV of the IBEW Constitution where a
man the industries functionng at full sub-divisional craft within a local union
peak.
was unemployed because of a rogniwed
Please write to your respective national difficuty, inasmuch as one such cas had
officesas soon as your local joint coin- been brought to their attention wherein a
mittees are set up and notify them of the traveler card had been refused by the local
personnel of the committee. ('omnunitl- union.
tion with eiher M'.Herzberg, chairman,
or Mr. Hedges, secretary, will bring any At this point, the BAG discussed a num-
ber of matters brought before it by the
aid and the discussion of any local ques-
tion that you may have. We say again, ,mehners.
The matter of union label for recordings
this is very important.
Very truly yours, and transcriptions made for commercial
E. H. HERZBERG, use was discussed at some length, and vari-
National Electrical Contractors ous plans of handling this matter were dis-
cussed. The members were in accord that
Association, Chairman.
M. H. HEDGES, suggestions on this matter be forwarded
International Brotherhood of to the International Office so that a uni-
Electrical Workers, Secretary. form procedure could be worked out at some
future time.
The matter of non-affiliated engineers
BROADCAST ADVISORY
(Continued fron page 2771
making pick-ups within the area of a local
nidon was discuessed.
meet the necessary requirements of the
field, The matter of local unions inetlasing their
The committee discussed the numerous dues in order to carry on organization work
angles concerning television, and it was within their area was discussed at sonic
recommended that all men handling tele- length.
vision equipment be classified as regular The BAC unanimously voted that the
technicians, and that the local unions cover secretary of the BAC be instructed to write
all jobs in the field of television. letters of appreciation for the fine recep-
Much general discussion took place re- tion and courtesy shown it by local union
garding the recent letter from the Interna- officers and members of Local Union 715,
tional Office relative to the organization Milwaukee, also to the president of Local
of other groups employed in broadcast sta- Union 494, Milwaukee, as well as Ed Herz-
tions who were unaffifiated with a labor or- berg, representative of the National Electri-
ganization. It was the consensus of opinion cal Contractors Association, Milwaukee, for
that the best way to protect the interests the courtesy shown our group and also to
of broadcast technicians would be to in- Dan Gaile.up, chief engineer, Radio Station
clude such other employees with the tech- WTMJ of Milwaukee for the courtesy shown
nicians, as members of the IBEW. The com- on our visit to Radio City.
mittee considered it a most constrictive There being no further business, the BAG
move and recommended that all local unions meeting was declared adjourned at 1:45
further efforts in this regard. a. i., June 27, 1945.
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(U1{ FARMERS If L. If its, lA41 eonvethlonalpo L pro DEATH CLAIMS PAID IN JULY, II 15
Cotliphled fillt page ~1t~ r os f ill resuions.. comitteel aa, Iilo,,ws
IContipmled from pag m'li
"contI.V will, Ih sugslaefteEelie
before~,pill d inling1:
I,,, Co-op whholiales Coni hat ther ecoe olbrtint~e
bouh faill,v[ worth 15i milio.. the Ameiear...t Fedaln of ULaborl adtit C¢i- ILK ill e r I."
.peativ League, ofLhI Unktl Staten. D, the
,CTl
le o ... ~&%ln[
bCro,, lln mauf.tr repre-
1otil ar walr Alylrtel woker. ,ill ... neeI
IIIt the eo-op f,,nerl paij prixa,,le manfar- sunlet .copeai... to erICte jlki,, l to bild "I
t. forth
tiltor prodtletllo~pCllraor us Che glo- bui n powe,l t stabilize e an
mpoymnt
gan "FeCtnliesIrIt. Ii . elee IC, he VievepL prie profAerli*mg
LIe... iai,~;o, beICn gret tiler IIe enire fst
that Climndintol action b, take. by this erayen
Ot till fiially is paidl forl ill a relatively short till Co poidea lepartllent of Co....ume...s (.l-
tbneC. FIr examleS.. Ao~herl Stae ('oi-up opertathr ihhl, III I'l'dertiom. and that 0hl,
bought IC IIor Tm llhN.Ih arlin an.I..d palid i.o.llcH Ionkier"Che q usioof
a WilthI.m.. eec-
forl it with one, year,' s ns NatJInal oo"per.. tive, ant Ii tlie,,eessly staff, sothat iofollla-l
tire ..boIhC ICll omeili
a .,
andI paL for It tion o, consumers. cooperativesca h, ee~llleerd
illI S wnh,; a [dle
i~ix [0 matfat lc lliktl Cptd .asitsnee giII.. 1o leWtld bodies and local
Ia;l']i/e WaS pab] [~lr t-ut If 10 months' ea~rn- unions in"terstd ill learulag how, fn at uip
iTIs;i Ili it ho birfny bouhy the Co,- study dubs a.,] bying ellobs 'id hill Co an
11 b~ Ill",a, ;.
sumers" Uopertirve A,,,,ciation f Kanas(ity,, age .e......lie eooperllv. We Ilthl eo-
IC.
ait a io.t 'If $750,6000.Ills palid for ouit say'ut Iid Ihllt nil phdicatilon (if lorgnn..ized labor
(or proit from 27 yonthy;' opertiar
II t 1.ln fidlIll
All If the faings suhfro coopertoei~r
priaes~ at, ellrni Io the rliotube of ICt,re D~ it e ell thil th, fIl t rmins that the, I N ils
tail eooealvc xxhof...lid), Che, eapitfia; allegiance of la boLo Ch. r.operatie ]noyenleT, C
11 ill I~,~dM
t-¢
.
hasl been mainy lip sevc ... h itill merI,,
.... With
the, buyin power of Ille eaumer. a-,ley ollthlle aeotionsill tkhe~il, Aiclan okig
('on.lcaters poillt out Chal eonstilurswh ICla h.,s erinco little real `,'11Cl$1..IitSl forCT-
Lse any tunductt illay liinee Ih mn sumer...... eoperati,,s. Utilthe movement sue-
Ieel ll~ attaelptng thie nildl~ille nf Ihe j,,eC.1
facture iltt dhistributiont nf Chili prod.et. The, e 1 MI , -ar----------
I.... .I industrl torkeItya .a-,lil as farmers,i
price,they pay is always Iarf enought ill it is Ifilet "I I .....J;;;r
LI Ir¢ oniIif1I
Cofree an~l,
exitremehy briL.ht II-
ture forl it. Iyh, hulk nf enpeaie n,,embeahpp
ill Erlurpei, Inad utp Ofwokes
,t peaioll hs,
p alternti
rop'Te v e ta I$~~
WhlL lhen, Cny Ili conlude Caa to the fulur¢ 11M ~tlC
I I~
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consrle hivet e ir nlne ircly" all th o, of COHlitlll 'eo¢ritlol1,,l, ill Am... Twill It sei
Che plants IIIh..niev. Thus. fii, .. olng, Illkltl certaini IIa Chily will onIne t
C.hCvIC. o o{].1if "Ci[
~9~llm ..... 1,1r:
they arllowe11,yd Co do Ili Everon fanliarm I11. p l l , ------- 1L
azpeelyti 'It the cooperaCltively1ill movement
com bak
wifth the iteIacute knows, Ih, IaLIe f 1he n-p I CR ']rilTa _------ ~
to ant undrstanding if III Tell objectives andl a
under fitselsln. It ix the 5~ln 8 the fill. of
,hang'ed atitude towar~d Ltle lotill of Ili ...icI the h. labrtimlln, While it woCalbybnr inl
operat~ltin, linstead If ... oaIl] C, othersIIIt,
ne asserti that fasisni'l is III fintitahility ill AmeieaCI,
so IIIt they ...ay prouc goods for us, whle never~theless hones ty yopl C f o till/,Jt that
ElS
thety retain tille to the macbhinery ofprd- the, conditions, whic~h produceit, nnlltio phl ...III
and pinseeury and] wanll, arel here. A5 %~e hav, V p4
Il l, .. ... ... l b
alrea~dy iuiaethe ycopeaive. movement cal
do III harIto improve thes endtMs But Ili W, 11r.b111 ~! I
ait a . saing,.Becusitl 1basic element isdi
tribui..III atc-It of unlhlit prductinn, cn w~ill it havthae To do1 so before0 tillrea
ITqonite thttt is sired, by sees]iml MI II si Co
sumereoo~perMbio offe the nede formii fill
destroy the eoperatlve themselvesl ThatLi~
It.... Irnm whih eat, leCth ~nes
mae. prudoee, IL PCoiIIII ImHI
wpitbhotl Itlnt.
al ques
decide.
lewhich is il the hands, Of hlaboI
ThellIerious eet In....i, preillonahd
L ~vn . . 5104
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operaililve .,,, laborl line allbaicable o
hasC canIC,. ]at ant roopeaterThes
twge t J , pil l - ... ---------
bot inl hibicountry an iln Europe. Alhe~ia..e demcaicyl movements IT, Will ,,ilu tC
. s ., S11 rf . . Ion.
Io th, fidea of coopera.tion, was write ilt the living stalldald; they should ill forwar hi[ A ~e .......... Io~l.
ritual of thel Knilghts of LIht.ab The, patter h.. in hanld ad stren-gthen eac Ille in thiscoal C¥ LI il~lfi~ ]7
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nee III-
sumers'C.
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great laborogniall la rhieai pass, rose yearsaheadl, Co bi li p their buying pewel. sIII
ILu£Jons af1Iii theirh friendship Io Illd thiri thus ereate josi t tbilize. e ln~plon11 anId
bei e in eonsunllra 1ptoitelaion, Thusthe A. F. preet r pipytofi ~
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 BALL - BURTON - HATCH

But the bill, even though fundamentally wrong, tries

to give an answer to an unanswerable question. The
question is: How can owners and property-less workers
get along together when the owners are in control and
want to pay them the least wages possible and the work-
ing people do not insist enough on partnership in control,
profits and ownership in companies, in industries and in
the country as a whole? The men who wrote this bill
face this fact, accept it as not bad, and then try to solidify
it. That is why they went to such pains to argue that
what they want is not "involuntary servitude"-
another name for which is slavery. The cure is for labor
to insist, more than they have, on full partnership with
business but partnership for the good of the country
and the world.

- REVEREND R. A. McGowAN,
Assistant Director, Social Action Department,
National Catholic Welfare Conference.