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 N IVESY J0
Brother Seelieke comes through agai,. B.
worote ass ,ce letter and eset tta the following
contribution, His letter mae from a field ho.-
pital in Italy, but Brother Seelirke assures its
that there is nothing wro,'4
seriousl y with him,
and A. hopes to rejoin his outfit very sooa now.
THOUGHTS IN A CHOW LINE
Don't siake any pla s for a permanent peace.
'Cause
we've anlother job to be done;
It will only begin when hostilities cease
And we've fnished the Jap and the Hun.
There are three more fiends were out to get.
We won't rest until they're caught.
Once in our clutches, we'll make 'es sweat
For all tho misery that they've wrought.
First on our list, with weak, twisted 'ind--
We're really after his blood;
That haIf-witted guy whose fate was signed
By introducing the dehydrated spud.
Next is that demon were hated for years.
ue'll he tortured 'tll for mery h, hegs;
He'll nderstalnd why, when frmasG.s he hears
They've been eating his powdered eggs,
The worst one of all gets all our fercity,
If he's wise he'll take it on the ba.;
Ile's in for the world's greatest atrocity
For his Triamlehe invention of Spaml
PFM. WILLIAM S1EICKE, Ja.
L. U. No. 3&
SPRINGTIME
There's something strange about tho spling
That lifts our hearts and makes bs sing,
That turns our thoughts to foreign lands.
To deep blue seas and shining sands.
We'd like to climb some rocky trail
Far froml the sound of road or rail,
To rest awhile and simply dream,
Beside some distant ... ntalin stream.
Where rushing waters splash and glisten,
Bidding us to pause and listen,
To hear soft, tinkling music gay,
The spirit of a springtime day.
Or would we walk a country lane
At sunset home, through fieds of grain,
With smell of earth. so clean and sweet,
So different from a city street.
Or through some southern moonlit night,
O'er distant sands where stars are bright;
To breathe the sweetly scented air
Of msquite, juniper, growing there.
I dream and tint with rosy hue
The things that I some spring will do,
When I have time, when I can go
lo Maine, Montana, Mexico.
As I pen this perchance I smile,
This spring I know I'll wait a whilet
I'll paint the house, the screens UI'Dst,
And hope my springtime may COme yet.
GCtoa G. PEDTE¥,
L. U. Nn. 134
THERE'S
THE LITTLE THINGS
It's little things that eount the most,
(So writes my boy in France)
A hamburger, a chcese-on-toast,
A neon 'Dine and Dance."
A slab of mother's apple pie,
A chocolate malted, cake,
A bed that's clean and warm and dry,
A bath, a juicy steak.
A quiet hour on the lawn--
Oh boy, that shell was near!
A spitting plina swoops dwnl and on;
A foxhole dive high gear,
What was it I was going to say?
Oh yes: the commonplae,
The little things American way,
Now takeln supreme grace!
M~IARHAlAd LAvl?%,
L. U. No. 124.
Aw e'mon and try Philhert. That's as much
like pulling fodder as I can make it.
H. li. MosL£¥,
L. U. No. 1322.
THE OFFICE GALS OF '48
I was in 4's office the ther day,
Just to pass the time away,
I sat in Joe's office for awhile
And watched the gala work and smile.
Phones were ringing long and loud,
In the halls ontside there was a crowd,
From each window there was a line
Paying monthly dues, also fines;
Some with red cards they hallered about,
It was quite a show as I looked out;
Some had special parties they wanted to see,
"Sorry, he's out, but will be bock at thre- -
Was there a message. or must him you see,
If it's a message, just give it to me."
A LAUGH OR TWO
A guy took her time for 10 mlu{tes or so.
Then turned away Iod said 'let it go."
Some or them hollered long and loud
While the gang outside began to crowd
A stack of checks by an adding machine close
by,
A gal running the machine with an eagle eye.
Another gal going over some files,
As I locked at a blonde she gave lne a smile.
It', quite a sight or a "ly somec day,
If you can get inside and stay out of tho way;
Those gals are busy, and "gee how they work,"
They keep everything going and They never
shirk.
With 16,000 nembers' records, to keep all
st.aight,
I think they do well to have so few mistakes.
They have to listen all day to same Brother cry,
And judge for themselves if he's telling a lie.
So, to all of you members that think you're
abused,
You're darn lucky, I'd say, yo, ain't In their
shoes.
They're doing their part, the same as you are.
Besides they ride busses and loaded street cars;
They pay high rents, the same as you do,
They're stung with high prices the same as you.
They have husbands and sweethearts on foreign
shores.,
Their chance of seeing their loved ones is no
more than yours.
For, if tine would permit thern to toll you their
woes'
I am sure you'd be ashamed you trod on their
toes.
So, to those gals in the office of Local 48,
They're dting a good job, so "give 'cro a break!'
S. I put orn my hat and slipped out the door,
And down in the elevator away from that roar,
To my eart I got in and home in a jiffy,
And thought how lucky I was to be Yours truly,
Smithy."
C.F. SMITh,
L. U. No. 48.
RHYMING NEWS COMMENTATOR
Stockholm, Feb. 2.-The Nazi government s
confiscating all coffins.-(News Item.)
It's a token of Ill omen for those
Who, In premature graves, buried scores;
It's a sign their doom is drawing close,
They are learlng the end of their heartless
chores.
The brutal murderers shall at last
Begin to reap the evil seeds they've sown;
The tortures they've planned in their vile past,
Shall return a thousandfold upon their ownl
They'll have no need,
'Tis certain, indeed,
For bers on their downhill road ahead-
A blood-soakvd oail
In horror will reoil
And refuse to bury them with the martyred
dead;
And roaring tongues of flame on hell's floor,
Shall devour all evil to its core!
A Bit o' luck,
L. U. No. 3.
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Frontispiece-Searchlight - - - - - - 154 A mother writcs, 'Tcl*osed is I picture
USA May Bring Back Glory of Clipper Era 155 and news iten. conmcrning ly on, Rohcl',
Brazil, Loyal State, Bas Industrial Future - _ 157 His JOURiNALS AlwayS ceo her, and I read
New Orleans Faces Foreign Trade Era - - - _ _-_ 158 themirom cover to Cover before sending
From Bretton Woods to San Francisco _ _ _ _ _ 160 themn on to Robert. The men in his cew
New Day of Industrial Relations Dawns in USA _ _ _ 161 (njoy them also a hdy wok on the prob.
Nearly All Utilities Deal with I. B, E. W. - _ _ 162 leIns that apitn, in the magazine."
Holmes Win Makes Set-up Complete - - - 161
Top Policy Translated Into Action at Wichita _ 164
Little Versatile Electronics Instrument Described - 165 5ll.. S. Jones Selis, assistantii LatWsuper-
Following Right Procedures Speeds WLB Cases 16(; visom. trad, and industrial education,
Official Business ...-.... - 167 Springfila. Illinois, coitributes an articl
Record of First Quarter Meeting of I. E. C. Io the Ed,,,,oi ..
t. Pre... R00ll in which
- 168
Te gives praise to th. II V . W. Electronics
Editorials - -... .. _ - 170
School at M.arquclIt i ...er.ity.
Woman's Work . .. . . ... - _ _ 172
Cotresponlenco. . . . ... 172
IIn Memoriam
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Local Tni.n 1212, New York City, has
Official Receipts - - - - - - _ _ _ 189
its own new bulletin. This is a publica-
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by correspondenfs. tion with ligh editorial standards and will
The first of each month is the closing dale; all ,oly m1tust be in our handson or before. do much t, incre.a. the morale of all
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 Searchlight
The sound of planes. We hold our breath
Until the leaping hunger, pale and white,
Of searchlights fears the sky and bares
The anonymity of night,
Were it not meat and drink to us,
The dark virginity of night
Would ever be inviolate
From the phallic finger of this light.

But it is ours, to whom the dark

Is life, to tear it with our hand,
And blast the shaking sky with light
Until it falls t o where we stand.
Cpl. Lester Ewing.
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ociations aind hAmrbe]rs Of commerce, as

USA MajBAa9A h weII as by business firms.

"This is aom9panio to the domestic
study, 'Markets Aftr the War', by S. M.
Livingston (April, 1943, U. E. Senate Docu-
ment; available from the Government Print-

q1Y4 MraA ing Office, 10 cents). Both ,aesent a chal-

lenge to the vision and energy of nislness
and government in the United States. To-

Tmaritime
HE United States wa.. once the leading
nation of the world. Shortly
after the Revohlti oa.y War its clipper
Onetime maritime nation may
recover prestige in foreign trade
gether, they point out that to escape the
burdens of potentially large uneml,]oyment
in postwar yearn, the nation must aehieve
record peacetime levels of both domestic
ships went to every country in the world. to aid full employment and foreign trade.
How we lost this preeminent posItion does
not need to he noted here. With our inten- "'Foreign Trade After the War' sets a
1(?2ll 1i48 1948 hypothetical g.ol of $7 billion of ex-
sive industrial development following the (tIn .. fiflho..)
Civil War, from 1870 to the present day, the ports and over St/ hillion of imports, at 1942
United States has been more interested in Automobiles . . ...........--
591 1,130 levels-provided the 1946 national income
fabrication than in commerce. Whether we Petroleum and oil -_ 561 818 is at least $184 billion and the gross 3m-
can win back in the coming postwar period Industrial machinery -------- .265 649 tional output of goods and srices reaches
Electrical machinery
a good deal of this maritime prestige re- Agricultural . 128
... 195 alproxi.mately $165 billion in 1946 and $175
maehinery - 141 226 billion in 1948. Present estimates for 1944,
mains to be seen. But tile development of
foreign trade a large scale bears directly Iron and steel --------------- 90
on 128 which may 1, the war-peak year, are:
upon the problem of full employment in the Chemicals . .....-- . 27
..... 37 "Exports of $14 billion.
United States. The United States is virtually Ores andmetals …...........-1 32 "Imports of $4 billion.
the only unimpaired nation in the world at "Gross national product of almost $200
Discussing the important question of $7 billion (nearly half o which will be for
this hour. We have demonstrated our .r - billion in export trade as related to fill em-
mbndous capacity for production and the ployment, the Burean war needs).-
of Foreign and to- "National income of $160 billion, as com-
waiting mnarkets are stupendous. mlestie Coamncec. .ayY pared with prewar totals of $84 billion in
Labor's Stake "In no setoro of the economy is the post- 1929, and $71 billiNein 1939.**
war outlook.If e Iuzzling than in foreign "Contrary to a too-frequent belief, most
The coming international conference at trade. At the.nioer. t, shipments to foreign
San Francisco brings notables from all over countries ale enormous. But what of the of the money .pent on imports and for other
the world and is destined to stimulate the future? What will foreign countries want to payments to foreigners does not 'leave the
interest of America in international affairs buy from the United States after the war? country,' as is explained in the above book-
let, as well as in the compr,,ehsive 'The
and in foreign trade. flow much will we inport Irm other cona- United States in the World Eono.my' (U. S.
Labor has a stake in foreign trade inas- tries? Under what conditions will trade be Department of Commerce, 1942; 220 pp.
much as foreign trade is wrapped up in the conducted? 35cL Dollar funds so paid out, at least tem-
problem of full employment. If our foreign "The United States Governmnt. in co- porarily, pass into foreign-owned accounts,
trade is low, there is a lessening of foreign operation with the other United Nations, but these acco.rats are continually drawn
markets and shrinking of outlets for Amer- is striving to relOVe some of these uncer- upon by forcigneis for buying American
ican goods. That the United States is nnt tainties and to aid in reconstructing the goods and for making other payments to the
without deep interest in foreign trade is broad framework of international trade. The United States.
illustrated by the fact that there are now ultimate success of these efforts, however,
700 foreign trade associations in 140 cities will depend chiefly on the actions of the Our Dollars Create Markets
throughout the United States. This is the individual business .nan in this country andi "It is only as dollars are supplied, in some
latest figur provided
e by the Bureau of in other countries. way or another, to the rest of the world that
Foreign and Domestic Commerce of tile U. S. American goodscan find markets abroad.
Department of Commerce. Of these 700 units American Business Aims The need for intelligent, active trade promo-
100 are associations of exporters and im- "The aims of American business in the tion efforts by individual exporters will re-
porters, 400 are tradeassociations or cham- feld of foreign trade requi-e little elabora- main. The United States Govrnmient must
bers of commerce having committees on for- tion. Simply expressed, they are: also continue its endeavors,. by means of
eign trade problems. in port cities these for- "1. The maintenance of a vigoroue, export trade agreements and otherwise, to free the
eign trade committees are very active. In trade to effectively utilize the country's pro-
addSitio there are 200 world peace ani other ductive capacity and, as a means to this
*"National product"--In 11a2, the frst fril year
organizations of citizens identified with in- end, the maintenance of a vigorous import of the ... , ,,Illornad p.ndutt Ith total valiue It
ternationalisr. trade. ,ci rett, produced gooldsn sibsvj.ce, totlald
$152 billion. Governmentalexpenditures were $M3
'2. Less interference and dillurbanme biliton ifhe were only $10 billion in 1g39): col>
The Goal Somers' gobsiSoil vie xedtrswere u
through arbitrary trade restrictins and billion, and 5$ billl ¢ii wagsexpended fhr private
To produce 55 to 60 million jols our for- currencyYluctuations. construction and p]iidreers' durable equtlment.
National pII.et was $<40 billion greater than
egi trake should reach $7 billion in exports "Late iifiUrniti .... on the above problems natilnal incoer. Of this anouint, buslness taxes.
in 1948, In 1929, the United States bad is detaid]i in the Depotment of Comme.rc etc...accounted fI, nearly $24 bill/on, ax1d depre-
te, f, $7 billion-
slightly over $5 billion in exorts. Aecord- booklet, Foreign Trade After the War,' by elation., -'-Na ti ... IIIobc, -tUotilled $122 billid,4J94.
ing to the Department of Commerce, you August Madfry and H. B. Lary (October. This amount was divided as follows: 6men bea&t
get a comparison of exports frr 1929 and 194:; free copies still available). Thousands for wages antd salaries: 17 per cent, proprietors'
net incm; 7 pet ent. interest and net rezts; 7
1948 as follows; of copies have been requested by trade as pee cent net corporate prst.
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EXPORT TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES BY CONTINENTS
The map shows graphically the importance of leading nations in United States pre-war export trade
channels of trade from the tariff and admin-
istrative impediments of the past.
l)uring the decade following the first
World War. the United States occupied a
unique position in the world economy. It
represented by fat the greatest single con-
centration of industrial capacity and pur-
chasing power. Measured] in dollar values,
it accounted for alnost half of the wxorld'
industrliaoutput. It was the world's largest
eXpel ter and second largest importer.
" rwing this period the United States was
also the most importaut source of interna-
tioial investent funds, supplying. .. re
capital than the United Kingdom, the
Netherlands, France, and all other creditor
countries as a group.
"By the late twenties The volume of dol-
lars paid out by the United States was ap-
proximately $4 billion for imparted products,
and more than $1 ;½ billion each for 'services'
and for long-term investments
in other
countrie8. Services included expenditures for
shipping, travel, insurane, interest and dlvi-
de.ds, personal remittancers. and other items.
This total supply of $7 billion annually to
foreign landsenabled them to purchase $5
billion of our exports each year, as well as
to expend furt}ur sums in the United States
on services aid long-term investments
Vast Changes Wrought
"The ,ar has brought vast changes, such
as the international advancement of Soviet
Russia and China, which will have profound
and varying effects on future foreign trade.
Along the changes referred to in the above
two Department of Com.erce reports are:
"1. Enormous physical destruction of pro-
ductire equipment in Europe and Asia which
must be replaced or repaired.
"2. Accumulation of relief needs among
the populations of nations devastated by
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
Germany and Japan, and of long-deferred
nlormlal demands elsewhere.
"3. Development of new capacities in
many foreign nations and in this country
for the domestic production of goods pre-
viously acquired through international
trade.
'4. Acquaintance with new products,
stimulating demands for goods previously
unknown; examples include the effect of
foreign acquaintanceship with Lend-Lease
products of American manufacture and with
p roducts
sold to overseas armeed forces
through Post Exchanges.
"5. Sweeping changes in international
creditor-debtor relationships, including ex-
tensive liquidation of British overseas in-
vestments and the building up of large dollar
and sterling balances by countries supplying
the tremendous war years' import require-
ments of the United States and the United
Kingdom.
Competition
"It is pointed out in 'Foreign Trade After
After the War' that 'Some of the projected
export totals may not be realized because
of increased competition from other foreign
suppliers and expanded local production ....
Several producing countries will vie for
raw cotton customers, . . In a number of
countries war shortages have stimulated
the development of production facilities
for
commodities formerly imported, such as rub-
ber and steel manufactures, textiles, and cer-
tain chemical items.
"'The most critical po0nt of all is the
functioning of the domestic economy. A po-
tential capacity output of all goods and
services amounting to 175 billion dollars in
1948, computed in 1942 prices, as indicated
in 'Markets After the War,' has been taken
as the point of departure. Mlow much should
this figure he discounted ?
'Remember that a reduction by ID per
cent, or 17.5 billion dollars, would imply ,n-
employment of some 7 million persons. A
reduction by 20 per cent, or 35 billion do!-
lars, would imply unemployment of around
13 million.
"'Businessmen will want to think in con-
crete quantitative terms. The intention here
is to provide a preliminary framework and
method for gauging export and import po-
tentialities
... By far the greater part or
this planning will have to be done by busi-
ness itself, but the Department of Commerce
stands ready to aid through supplying facts
and analyses.'
Again stressing labor's interest in foreign
trade, the Department of Commerce esti-
mates that the equivalent of more than
3,000,000 persons wvere engaged in the pro-
duction and servicing of goods for export in
1929. This will be greatly increased if for-
eign trade is doubled. With $7 billion in
exports the Department of Commerce esti-
mates that there would be in turn about $6
billion in import trade.
Recipe for Lasting Peace
A Department of Commerce bulletin
strikes the keynote for peace: "Lasting
peace can be achieved only through inter-
national understanding and goodwill. It is
natural, therefore, that ever-increasing in-
terest is being displayed inthe economic,
social, cultural, and political aspects of in-
terational affairs. Business, educational
and world peace associations have much in
common. With our twentieth century techni-
cal advancements in airplanes, robot bombs,
explosives, and other munitions threatening
the annihilation of civilization itself, the
(Continued on page 10)
 MAY-JUNE, 1945 15?
Book Review: BrazWi an the March, by
Morris Lleweilyn Cooke.

TitHEhydroelctric pnowe indutry in Bra-

face opportuntes for~great espm'anso
lafter the war, as part of a progranm of in-
BRAZIL, .l?% Sid,
dustrialization uIpowhich our South Armer-

0 44&syndta&4l qa4/w
ican neJghbor already has embarked.
Since Brazil has been primarily an agri
cultural nation, before the war she relied
heavily upon imports for . mnufacture.
goods and for coal, oil, and machinery to With electrical power, repub- develop an extensive
eetric power indus-
try. Nearly every one of her numberless
run her transportation systei, jllblic uWili- lic to south can overcome natural riversdrops away sharply from its source
ties, and the few lac ories that had bee,,
built. By 1942, when the ,n ...narieo attacks
disadvantages in the highlands to its mouth in the Atlantie
Ocean. If the potential hydroelectrio power
in the Atlantic increased to the dangcr point
Consequently, most tiraf'ic .oves from the of these nany rivers, with their falls ard
and shipping was cut to themininmu , Brazil inlanld lit.as to ihe aid, from rapids, ean be utilized, Brazil can rum her
hta/,amast
sufiered serious shortages from curtijrIe..t
there, goods have to be shipped along the railreads, smelt her metals, and build and
of these imports so itceossary to her eC;,-
coast to other Brazilia n cities. Some of the operae machinery and factories.
olfy.
existing railroads ae of I..rrow gang, and But many problemp must be solved be-
Our governm ent organized the A...ie. ,l
technical missior to Brazil to help our South others wide, with th. r-s- It that lonomo tives fore Beazil can make $rper use of her hy-
American ally ease thi wartin
and carsdreigned far onetylpe of road can't droelectric power. Biver surveys, sometimes
strain, on
be u,,d on the other. costly, will have to be made to find out
her ecooamy and pIan for a better bahuneId,
where to build arms. Water for the dry
more indusltriaizId econamy in the yeau.. to Fuel Is Scarce season from 'lay to November w~ Mve
come. The objectives of thle nfltjicri uowe Fuel for loeiinmotilv k vlry scarce,. What to be stored in darns and reservoirs to reep
directly c onnected with tihe war wre t, or -l little coal Brazi has is lowInude, an wood d power plants running all year roud.. Be-
sowe s.hipping space arid to keep Brazil or charcoal caltt ,e rlied upon to drive tween Sae Paulo, Brazil's most important
producing Solle i..portant product, like freight trirq up IiilOirtatl gr1adhS. Ulntil indust rh city, and its port, Santos, an ex-
manganese, ess en.tial to the war production Brazil c'an tinol stiltaidec petroleumi among tensive so,les of dams and storage lakes al-
of the United Nai .... ber possiblly exten bive but little explored
The mission was headed by Morris L. oil deposits, Diesel eng .e. wo.n't do the .eady has l. en built, which supplies enough
wvater vughnout the year for the hydro-
Cooke, conslt.itg inanagene..t
eltgtie('rr trick. electrit llants in the vicint.
poWr
who long has been a trkuhh-sh.ooter f'or the This
However, a few Brsi ih -il onds have sysiemli can be used " a model for future
President, as well as a friend of labor. In been electrified, amdi i.. e can hI. IhI very
an inte.esting n bocK,
.v Brszil/ d eveloprments.
tthe terrain which binpmhm t iht! .o.s..rtlon of
MNaeh, Mr. Cooke bas writ tel the results roads sld railrodassld which ilalis ilanhy Standardize Electric Power
of this suvey of Brazil's eco.o..ly and the f Brazi's
. riv s ilhl.lusshlble g ives
our Iu Me transmbSsion lines will have to be
possibilities for her futu re de.velopmn t. American [neighbor unulnll/,ll opportunities to~ built, and tire electricp .ower
itself will have
(Cuandd
... I 'ge 187)
Land of Rich Resources
With an area lreger than the e ontinntial
United States, B,;zil
p ohssess rich a
varied n.a.r resources
.. .hich, except ,r a
few products like rubber, sugar Cane, ntLs.
coffee, and cotton, have scarcely been dvew-
oped. Because il the past Trazil depvndld
for her income uIpo exporting "I thiese arri-
cultural products, together with gld {{nd I
diamonds, Mr. Cooke found thiat her eco. -
only has been one-sid.,d. As a result, Bprzil
has experienced a series of booms an,d de-
I
pressions, and most of the Brazilian people k
have suffered fron very low hlmde-
ivares, I
quate food. disease, insun.itry livg condi-
tions, and lack of educatiun.
Brazi. has natural resoIle.e.s for an hidus-
trializod ecreroiny based on steel ier iron
ore reserves are esti.ated at ov.e..r a billl
tons, and she has sizable depos its of othlr
metals and minerals needed by the steel,
4
electrical radio, land electronic
. tl u.tries.
Brazil laks copper and high-grald ('/lI and
petroleum, whichshe probably musL conlie
to import.
Lack of adequNto.anspot ae ation to go IIh,
ores fiont the mines to the fOUndri!s md
lack of fuel for smelting ].ave hindered Bir-
zips efforts to utLiliz her great miu .. .t,- l
.onrees., Since river traffic is slow and rapids
and falls nake many of Brazi]'s extensive
rivers impassable. the main poslibilities for
better th-nsportation lie in improvflg hip
railroads and in develop.ig airplateo ard
glider freight service in the future.
Brazilian rmaliads consist mainly of
short fineunmll, ng sonic distance inllalii
froln the eastern
coast. with most of thu
trackage concentrated in the southe.asten
area- Brazil hasn't enough railroads, and the
existing ones are not adequately connected ,1t
, Odi Auat< f Intml 4merlean Aft irs
with each other or with the navigable rivers. Resources map of Brazil
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A'ew L(dFaEN qTADE

FOREIGN TRADE ga
suitable basis for putting a vaIue on their
An American city, long maritime currencies. It is but naturah. therefore, that
leader, establishes International we should. for the present at least, focus
House, unique institution our primary attention on the trade with
the Western Hemisphere and the continent
of AMrica. Just as the Pacific states natural-
American Fiesta. Other members are Rudolf Ty will look for their greatest development
S. Heeht of the Hibernia National Bank, from the territory adjacent to the Pacific,
and A. B. Paterson, president of New Or- so does our most attractive field lie to the
leans Public Service, Inc. The backers of this south of us. We are nearer to them geo-
public spirited enterprise expected to raise graphically and we understand them better
$250,000 with no difficulty and exceeded the because of the closer relations we have had
sun, by $100,000. There is expected to be no with them. Besides, our economies supple-
worry about funds. It is expected that this ment each other advantageously since we
movement for international houses will ex- need many of the raw materials and food
tend to other port cities. stuffs which they export, and we can and do
International House has purchased a nine- manufacture many of the articles which
story building in the heart of the New they are ver. anxious to import.
Orleans business district and has remodeled
it for permanent headquarters. The direc- Commodities of the Valley
tor of International House is J. Stantn "When it comes to a discussion of the
Robbins, a person long interested in inter- commodities which the Mississippi Valley
Scene in New Orleans national trade. Mr. Robbtis has to his credit can export there is almost no limit, and
the development of the "tourist class" type it would be 'carrying coals to Newcastle'
EW ORLEANS, long a cosmopolitan city of steamer. lie also instituted, for Grace to enumerate them to this audience. Some
and a giat port, is the first city to adapt Line, Inc., the first summer schools in South of your agricultural products, nearly all the
Nitself to the new foreign trade era. America for U. S. students and teachers. durable goods that come from your steel
Establishing a board of directors of 100 He planned and arranged for the survey of mills and heavy industries, and itnnmerable
members, ad t;ith a united community be- the Orinoco and Rio Negro Rivers in South items of consumer goods manufactured
hind it, the City of New Orleans has estab- America. He has been on the staff of Nelson throughout this section, can find a ready
lished International HIous. International Rockefeller of the Inter-American Affairs
House---is as the brochu!e read. both an Committee, now of the State Department.
idea and a building. It is designed to create
better postwar understanding between this lnternationally-Minded People
country and all countries. New Orleans is R. S. Hecht of the Hibernia National
expected to be the maritime capital of the Bank, New Orleans, who has been on active
Mississippi Valley and the countries of figure in the establishment of International
South America. The brochure goes on to House, recently said this about th, relation-
say: "The governments of nations can estab- ship of the Mississippi Valley to foreign
lish policies If friendship, but those policies
must be worked ''ut by the individual cti- trade:
zens themselves. The most effective ambas- "I think we have not in the past partici-
pated in this trade to the extent we should,
sadors of good will ae the business men, but I am greatly encouraged by the clear
educators. professional men and scientists
in everyday contacts." indications that our people up and down
International House will be a combina- the valley have become much more inter-
tion club for the veilconiig of foreign vis- nationally minded than in the past, and
itors, mbassadors, COelsi, and a bourse. consequently are taking a far deeper interest
in our foreign trade, our merchant marine,
a business centre, for carrying on interna-
tional trade and relationships. International and our international air service, than ever
House was presented to the world over a before. Here at Chicago and within a radius
of 300 to 400 miles of this grist mid-west
CBS nation-wide hookup in January, 1944.
It is an outstanding example of the spirit market you are raow o mere than 12 hours
of cooperation in every element of the com- fromn Guatemala City, 20 hours from Pan-
munity for the larger purpose of meeting ama, 32 hours from Lima. Pent, 20 hours
modern problems. Some of the functions from Venezuela and Colombia, actual flying
of International House are to cooperate time, through our new international air gate-
with govern.ment and official representatives way at New Orleans. The southern half of
of foreign governments, to open new ave- the hemisphere literally is at our doorstep. I
nues of trade; to iron out differences be- amconvinced that our leaders have made up
tween nations, the reception of business men their minds to see to it that we shall assert
and distinguished visitors from abroad; pro- our place and obtain our rightful share of
vide for a series of student exchanges be- this trade on every continent as soon as
tween colleges and universities of the Mis- world conditions permit the resumption of
sissippi Valley and foreign nations, to co- private trading between all commercial na-
operate in international exports and other lions. But while we propose to participate
in all the foreign trade that can be rebuilt
cultural projects, set up a film library to be after the war we may as well be realistic
kept current; to interpret American culture
and admit that it is next to impossible to
to foreign nations and foreign cultare to make plans now for trading with those
Americans. countries whose wealth and economic life
The Set-up iavebeen destroyed-to such an extenl
The president of International House is that we have no present means of estimat Architect's drawing of International
William G. Zetmann, president of the Pan ing their purchasing power or finding s House, New Orleans
 MAY-JUNE, 1945
market in foreign countries if the right
effort is made, lIn fact this section can pro-
duce almost everything the world needs.
"There many mnanufacturers through-
are
out the Mississippi Valley section who in
normal times exported a part of their prod-
uct, and who are thoroughly familiar with
every phase of the export and import trade.
There are many others who also have prod-
uets suitable for export who have not in
the past taken the trouble of learning the
intricate details connected with direct sales
abroad. But because of the enormous in-
crease in our capacity to produce we must
encourage all such manufacturers to take
an active interest in the cultivation of th,
foreign markets as an outlet for their sur-
plus outputs. Even the experienced
exporter
will find that his knowledge of pcewar
conditions is no longer sufficient, and that
in order to re-engage in private export
trade he must reorganize his staff, rede-
velop his markets, and study anew the
up-to-he-minute information whlch affects
his particular product. The manufacturer
who has not up to now attended to the mul-
titudinous details connected with export
shipments must either look around for Ix-
perienced personnel to attend to all such
matters direct or, if his volume of export
business is not sufficient to justify a fully
organized export departnent, he earl take
his problem to one of the export and in-
port houses which are specialists in that
fle and are able to analyze for the manu-
facturer his possible narkets, his compe-
tition, the style
and
packing required to
make his product acceptable to foreign
buyers, and even to check his credits and
to banance the transaction. I lontion these
details only because all too often in the
past the manrufacturer who might have
sold some of his produhctS abroad decided
against the idea
ierely because he knew
nothing of the details of foreign transac-
thans or credits and did not want to be
bothered with them."
Six Principles
The directors of International House have
set down six principals hivored in its estab-
lishment:
"I. Tiere is a need for a strong organiza-
tion to pimed' and cultivate trade and
cematerce between the valley section and
the other nations, paIltiualloy the republics
of Central andl South America, and to serve
as the coordinating body for the many agen-
Idea of commerce, transportatlO andI travel
functioning throughout that area.
"II. There is a need for the establishment
of a well-planed cultural program which
must includestudy of the language. us-
toms, traditions, and history of other na-
tins, and wh must work in conjunction
with the State DIepartment, the Pan Ameri-
can UMion, the Coordibiator of Inter-Ameri-
can Affairs, the schools and universities of
the Valley seeotin and all related cultural
olganizations
"ITT. There is a need for the establish-
ment of an organization which will work
with the consulates adl official represent-
atives of all nations with a view to ob-
taining their cooperation and sympathetic
interest at all times in projects of mutual
interest and benefit, and which will provide
the facilities for officially receiving and en-
tertaining ambassadors, prominent business
men and distinguished visitors from friend-
ly nations.
"IV. There is for an organization
which ';d assist in estaltlihinlg in New
Orleans Initerlotifeall leT~'handise Mart
(which is part of the o.-ram
.. of the Pan-
American Fiesta lICxposith±tn that will be
held at a later date); to establish inter-
national hro.dea.sys an.. spurting events;
an interesting sn.i ilfo.t nattiv, international
publication; ai, pic tire lihraries and
all types of nil ulod, scientific, tirade and
commercial funcltions.
"V. There is a neled for the establishment
of an organizatih :it tie st'ategic entrance
to the great vally .v •eti on, tile Port of New
Orleans, which will work in close harm.ony
with the stabIlished positwar fo'eign policy
thereby creating new trade an d new nar-
kets and prtoi.i..tinig inlt.rnatirrl friendship
essential to a progranm of lasting peace.
"VI. There is a need for the acquisition
of a suitable anriodng which will house the
Inlternatiali House anid will provide an
attractive place to bring visitors as well
as the needed wor'khig space and facilities
for the organization. To providE continuity
and conti nlnous activity a club should be
established in conjuintion with the other
functions of the lnternational l.ouse. The
club will Ie made Up of executives of N¢W
Orleans and the valley and represenLatives
of steamshi, barge, air,
Ioor arid rail
transpoltation, as well as all others in
terested in the )roadprogram of interna-
tanal trade. vulIur1l and seientific advane.-
meat. In this club the business men of the
valley section atd the business inel and
representatives frem the ither nations of
the world, particularly the American re-
public,, ma'y lac e(n fee] at home anid
Ideasant and ,ithbb, ~urroundirgs.",
Significance of International House
by Nelson A. Rockefeller
Assiatent Secrctary of State
It is a great privilege to greet that oiginml
handful of men who tIneieived thrllational
House, the leaders of the Misissippi Valley
who translated thairt idea into reality, and
all the citizens of New Orleans who will make
it live.
It is sigmificant that this symbol of inter-
national understanding and cooperation is
being constructed in New Orleans. The his-
tric baekgrounii of the city, its long trade
associations with the ither nations of the
world, its recent industrial growth, and par-
ticularly its true community of interest with
the other American republics make it a
logical center of inter-American activity.
is,
In InternationMl House we see the Good
Neighbor Policy in action. Words alone can-
not make real the Good Neighbor Policy.
Governtments alone cannot do it. But, gov-
ernments can cleate the framework, the ma-
chinery within which individual men and
women can work and strive for ever better
understanding arId ntre effective integration
of the economic lives of our respective court-
tries.
A prorram of international cooperation
is only asstrong as the people wht, will it
and who carry it out That means knowledge,
tolerance and understanding. It means rec-
ognizing the neighbor's prboblems, it means
defining our common goals ind aspirations,
and it mentas much hard, individual work side
by side.
As a port of entry, New Orleans enjoys
unique advantages. There you may meet our
neighbors, you mnay help them, you nmy be
helped by them and together you will be an
inspiration to similar centers all over the
Country.
These inter-American centers, of which
there are now se!vent.en.. will look to New
Orleans as a strategically located clearing
house of educational, economic and soial ac-
tivities to work hand in hand with the, in
serving the inter-Ameriean interests of their
communities and of the nation as a whole,
lnter-American
cooperation has been
tested in war.
Through it a stroni: bulwark of offense
against agglession has beena buit-a bul-
wark against the threat to the beliefs and
the ways of freedo.hn that we of the Americas
hold in common. In the days If victo.ry, and,
more ilmportant, in the (lays of peace to
come, this program will be faced with an
even greater test.
As a nation we in the United States have a
grave respon.ibility ahead,. We ,ust be pre-
pared to think and live internationally, Sol-
once has brought us too close to one, another
to permit us to retreat again into blind snug-
roes. Through the miracles of mdern coat-
munictsions, knowledge and uderstanding
of world affairs will become conlnonplae,
and consequently, national decisions will
mole truly relect popular will.
Thus in the world ahead of us, mutual
Understanding amng the peoples of the
world, will be of paraimount imp.rtance.
Tried and tested proven din-able in wag-
the inter-American system is all approach
to international living that blends practical-
ity with realism.
We of the Americas have evolved a strue-
tur, based on the unlorstanding and sup-
port of the people, which has proved flexible
and effective in time uf grave crisis.
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BRETTON WOODS
& SAN FRANCISCO
EHIND the detailed weoding of the Bret-
ton Woods agreements, approved teona-
tively by 44 nations last July, lies the
ultimate objective of achieving and main-
taining a high level of trade, production,
and employment throughout the world
One agreement calls for an International
Monetary Fund, with a capital of $8,800,000,-
000 to stabiize postwar currencies. The sec-
ond agreement provides for an International
Bank for R econ.strta. in and Development,
with a capital of $10h000,000,000, which can
lend money directly to nations and guaran-
tee loans made through tih usual invest-
ment channels.
These agreements aim to stimulate trade
and credit extension between countries. If
international trade and investment are in-
creased and held at a high level, efforts of
individual .aties--including the UliLeI
States-to mnaintain full postwar produc-
tion and employment are more likely to be
successful.
After World War I
In the years between 1918 and the Second
World War, International trade often was
disrupted and diminished in vlme because
of difficulties in paying for goods bought
and sold. In the United States, the dollar is
standard currency, in Great Britain the
pound, and in France the franc. But there
is no single, standard currency accepted by
the various nations throughout the world.
Before payments between nations can be
made, some relationship, called a rate of
California Street hill, San Francisco
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
Inernational Money and Credit
Can Aid Full Employment
exchange, must be established between the
national currencies of the buyer and the
seller.
Rates of exchange vary from time to
time, just as tlie vihs of national culrer-
eies vary. If rates of exchange fluctuate ton
much or too sharply, world tlade is dis-
rupted. The main purpose of the Inaterna-
tiohal Mi, Leir Fund is to stabilire the
rates of exchange at which the currency of
cne nation is converted into that of another
to pay for goods. Maladjushuents would be
conccted "without resorting to eastires
destructive of national or international pros-
perity." Scarcity of currencies, diseribmina-
tory practices, f roeign restrictions
exhane
that impede the growth of world trade, com-
petitive depreciation of national currencies,
which upset exchange rates--all these would
be avoided.
Hand-in-Hand Operations
The operations of the International Bank
would go hand in hand with the activities
of the ItepralteaM Monetary Fund in pro-
naoting economic activity throughout the
world. After the war many nations will need
to borrow money from abroad. Coun.tries
with economies that are under-developed,
characteristically lack capital needed to ex-
ploit mines and to build railroads and. ac-
tories. The war effort in the Pacific has been
slowed down because China, an agricultural
country, has lacked the capital needed to
build factories to produce tanks, planes, and
guns. With the close of the Pacific war,
Chin. will need large amounts of foreign
funds to build factories and ships needed to
establish an industrialized economy, as well
as to repair war damage. .Braziland other
countries not ravaged by war will need for-
eign capital to help them industrialivs their
e onorl.miC
The war-torn countries of Europe will be
in the same boat, and unless the money
needed is loaned by other nations, including
our own, or by means of the proposed In-
ternational bank, the world will not
enjoy
as much intermtionl trade as it might. If
]Bussia, for insance,e . a 't obtaln the money
she needs to help rebuild her country, the
]ussianlmarket for American exports of
..
steel rails, autouhilh , tractors, locomo-
tives, etc., will he restricted. Our production
of items such as these will have to be less
than it might be, and chances for jobs for
American workers will be diminished ac-
cordingly.
If ratified by the legislatures of the 44
nations, the Brptten Woods agreements can
only deal with the international aspects of
our postwar economies. If the world is to
enjoy full production and full employment,
each Latin . u.tll, decide upon and carry
out measures to promote these objectives
within its own borders. International agree-
ments can't do the job alone. To the extent
that the depression beginning in 1929 was
caused by the failure of iprchasing power-
that is, failure to employ enough people
at high enough wsges so that they could
buy the goods our factories and farms pro-
duced - international agreements alone
could not have avoided economic collapse
and the unemployment that it brought.
Will Help Employment
But in very substantial ways the Bretton
Woods agreements can help to provide jobs
and to encourage the best use of a worker's
skill on the job, both in the United States
and other countries, For example, since the
United States has to rely upon imports of
tungsten, our production of electric light
bulbs depends to a large extent upon our
being able to buy tungsten from abroad. If,
because of exchange difficulties, we had
trouble paying for the tungsten we need,
our imports might be curtailed, and our
production of electric light bulbs diminished.
Unless we could substitute the manufacture
of fluorescent lights, some Electrical Work-
ers would be thrown out of jobs or would
have to learn new skills in order to take
other jobs. Such a situation the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund could help to avoid.
Sometimes a nation which experiences dif-
fics]itis in making payments to other coun-
tries for imported goods tries to improve
its position by deflating its prices and forc-
ing down wages in its own country. Al-
though this method may work, it creates
low wages and unemployment within the
country ad eventually puts a damper on in-
ternational trade by curtailing the amount
of goods other nations can sell to that coun-
try. Workers who are unemployed or are
paid wage% that are too low can't afford
to buy the goods produced by other nations.
Another method that a nation can use,
if it has difficulty paying for imported goods,
is to restrict imports by trade barriers and
high tariffs and to promote exports by
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tew DAY 4Yndsai

Rdal.a DAWNS in U.S.A.
ANEW code of relationships betweettnora-
agement and labor has been drafted and
Labor and management issue code
that looks away from damning past
published by the U. S. Chamber of Com-
mierce, the American Federation of Labor of fascist ideology
and the Congress of indust, al Organiza-
tiens. This rode is in the bet tadliton of Murray of the CTO. The newspapermen were
American democracy and pushes forward aware that an imlp.ortant announcement was
from similar attempts in the past to put to be made. Mr. Johnrsor who is titular head
relationships between employers and work- of the chamber told th. ne;,,.rpernien that
mre on a more rational basis. together he and fi, (been and Mr. Murray
On March 28, 1945, more than 100 news- bad outlined a sevea imint program de-
papermen, with moving piuc..re ca.nejs and signed to bring the war to a successful end-
still .am.eras, walked across Lafayette ing and to achieve a 'prsperous and aus-
Square in Washirgton, D. C., to the Cham- tained peace."
ber of Commerce building. Thiis n.n.u mental
structure faces the White }l ouse across Program of Adyancement
Lafayette Square. In one of tlhe large as- The seven-point program seek to advance
sembly rooms if the chamber there were productive eficiency, t. sinulate technol of private property and free chice of ac-
gathered Mr. Erie Johnson. pros..leat of the ogy in order to constanly improve the tioa, recognize the sphere of government in-
U. S Chamber of CoaTrIeUI, President American standard of living. The aeven- fluence. but resists government interference;
Green of the A. F. of L. and President point program seeks to lprotect the rights univrsally recognizes the right of workers
to collective bargaining; opposes invoiun-
rary u.n. mloynent and seeks to provide
against the hazalds of old age and physical
CODE impairment. It seeks to stimolate foreign
We in management and labor firmly believe that the end of this var will bring trade and supports a national system of se-
the nnfolding of a new era based ul]on a vastly expanding economy ani unlimited curity, A nalionnl-usinesslahor committee
opportmunties for every American. has been appointed to forward the aims of
This peacetime gas can ..only a ttined ti.ro.lgh the united effort of all o.r this code aid to work out better relations
people. Today we are united in national defense. Tomorrow we must be uited
equally in the national interest. between management and labor.
l~l~anagement-labor unity, so effective in lifting var production to unpree- In December, 1930, the Taylor Society
dented heights, must be ro.t ined in the postwar period. To this end, we dedicate (which is now the Society for the Advance-
our joint efforts for a practical partnership within the framework of this code of ment of Management) considered an indus-
principles: trial emIploynent code. The Taylor Society
1. Increased prospetity for all involves the highest dlegre of production at that time d/ominated the engineering field
anti employment at wages assurrig a steadily advan . ig standard of living. I,- in the sphere of ideas and took leadership
proved productive efficiency and teei uological ad;'....cen...t ust, therefore be
constantly encoura.fed. throughout the United States. in the indus-
2. The rights of private property and free choice of aetren. under a system trial employment code there was a section
of private competitive captalam, must continue to be the foundatioli of our that dealt frankly with the right of labor to
nation's peaceful and prosperous expanding
economy. F ree coaq etitit.r, an.d free organize., as follows:
men are the strength of our free sre,,V.
3. The inherent right ad rCsponsibility of management to dieret Ihe opera- Right of Labor
tions of al enterprise shall be recognized and pi.. serv'.. So illtt erier may
is'e
develop anid xpamud and tarn a rems.oable profit iuanag.lnci..t 1nost
ftree as well "Theoretically it seems logical that any
fronm un.necessar.y gove.nm.cn.al interference or burdensome resrictiuns. employer should have the right to negotiate
4. The fundamental rights of labor to organize and to ,ngage i collective and deal with any employee individually. But
bargaining with managem ent shall he recognized and ].reserved, ree frol' egisla- when it is consihred how disproportionate
tive enactments which would interfere ith or discourage these objectives. is the power of a modern large-scale em-
Through the acceptance of collctive bargaining agreements, differences between player to the power of any individual work-
management and labor canU be d(isposed of between the pultietlth,,gh peacefut er, it becomes apparent that labor is no more
means, thereby discouraging avwdable strife through strikes and lockouts.
5. The independependnce an dignity of the individual and the enjoyment of his than reasonable when it insists that all the
democratic rights are inherent in Our free Amer'ica. society. Our purpose is to workers in a particular plnmt or project, or
cooperate in building an coonurnie system for the nation which will protect the in- all the workers in a ipatieular trade or craft,
dividual against the hazards of unemployment, old age and physical in.pairments shall be considered as a unit for purposes
beyond his control. of negotiating and bargaining with employ-
6. An expanding economy at home will be stimulated by a vastly increased em. Labor's right of collective bargaining
foreign trade. Arrangements must therefore be perfected to afford the devastated is now, in this country, so widely recognized
or undeveloped nations reas(,nble assistan.ce to encourage the rebuilding and de- as to be generally beyond debate in theory
velopment of sound systems. International trade cannot expand through
economic
subsidized competition among the nations for diminishing markets, but can be and beyond contest in practice. That right
achieved only through expanding world markets and the elimination of airy arbi- may be exercised through various forms of
trary and unreasonable practices. organization. 'Comaany unions,' however,
7. An enduring peace. ust be secured. This calls for the establishment of an can perform the function of collectively rep.
international security organization, with full participation by all the United Na- resenting the employees only if control rests
tions, capable of preventing ag.gression and assuring lasting peace. fully and 'really with the workers. With
We in management and labor agree that our primary duty is to win complete whatever form of workers' organization an
victory over nazism and Japanese . ilitariss . We also agree that we have a com-
mon joint duty, in cooperation with other elements of our national life and vith employer must deal, fairness, good faith
Government. to prepare and work for a prosperous and sustained peace. and complete frankness about all governing
In this spirit we agree to crnate a national c.smittee, composed of repre- facts are the surest means to understanding
sentatives of business and labor organizations. This committee will s!ek to promote and agreement.
an understanding and sympathetic ae"ptance of this code of principles and will "Any condition of the work contract bind-
propose such national policies as will advance the best interests of our nation. ing the workman not to join an independent
(Continued on page 10)
162
HE show must go on." This is a guid-
I ing shibboleth of the theater.
"Power must not be interrupted."
This is the ruling principle for electric utili-
ties.
In order to mamhtah, an uninterrupted
flow of power, private utilities must have
fine workmanship. They insist upon the
highest standards of acco.p.i hment. It is
a matte, of pride for the 1. 1. E. W. that
nearly all private tv Wtlitijties have col-
lective hargain rg agre. nemnIts with the
I. B. E. W.
liere is only a partial list hut it is in-
posing. The numbers in parentheses indicate
the number of locals having agreements
with the company.
Associated Gas and Electric System
Bradford 1ler tli, Co.pany
*Eastern Shoun Public Servie Company
(Maryland)
'Easter,, Shore Public Service Company
(Virgimi)
Edison Light and Power Company
Erie Lighting Company
FIorlda Power Corporation
Georgia Power and Light Company
Glen Rock Electric Light and Power
Company
Jersey Central Power and Light Coso
pany (6)
Kentucky-Tennessee Light and Power
Company
Keystone Public Sirvi, Company
Metropolitan Edison (!ranp'ary (3)
New Jersey Power and Light Com-
pany (2)
New York Stare Electric and Gms Cor-
poration M9)
Northern Ponsylvaui a Power Com-
pany (3)
Patchege El'e tic Light Company
Pennsylvanima Edirou8 Company
Pennsylvania Eleclri, Company (3)
Tide Water Power Company
Virginia Public Service Company (6)
*The Eastern Shore Public Service Com-
pany (Maryland) and the Eastern Shor
Public Service ,timany (Virginia) are to
be transferrIed to the United Gas Improve-
meat ColilRny uility system. Under a plan
approved by the Securities and Exchange
Commission. on.C.tlher 13, 1943, a senis
of transactions will be iade whereby these
two companies will become subsidiaries of
the Delaware Power and Light Company
of the U. G. 1. network.
Electric Bond and Share System
(a) Through American Power and Light
Company
Florida Power and Light Company (9)
Kansas Gas and Electric Company (2)
Minnesota Power and Light Company
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
WithIs B E.W.
~eal
Those dealing with "independents" South Carolina Power Company
6 Southern ILdiana Gas and Electric Com-
or CIO are compara vely few. pany
Utilities have higher standard of Standard Power and Light System
wofkmanship. Ust grows (Formerly eontrolled by the R. M. Byllesby
Montana Power Company (11) intmrests.)
Northwestern Electric Company California-Oregon Power Company
Pacific Power and Light Company Eau Claire Dells Improvement Com-
Superior Water, Light and Power (Com- pany (3)
pany Interstate Light and Power Company
Texas Power and Light Company (2) Madison (Indiana) Light and Power
Washington Water Power Coemny Company
!Midland Public Service Company (3)
(b) Through Electric Power and Light
Minneapolis General Electric Company
C orpetr Lion Mountain States Power Company
Arkansas Power and Light Company (4)
Northern States Power Company of Min-
Wlississippi Power and Light Com.-
neacta (3)
pany (2) Nor.ther States Power Company of Wis-
Utah Power and Light Company
Western Colorado Power Company consin (3)
Oklahoma Gas and Eloecr'i Company
(c) Through National Power and Light St. Anthony Falls Water Power Com-
Company
pany
Birmingham Electric Company San Diego Gas and Electric Company
f.ouston Lighting and Power Company
Southern Colorado Power Company
Memphis Generating Company
(d) Through American Gas and Electric United Corporation System
Company (J. P. Morgan utility interests.)
Atlantic City Electric Company
Ohio Power Company (a) Through United Gas Improvement
Corpsatrion
Middle West Corporation System ArHiona Power Corporation
*Colorado Utilities Corporation
(Formerly controlled by Insult interests.) Connecticut Light and Power Companty
Central Illinois Public Service Company Philhdelphia Electric Company
Dakota Public Service Company (b) Through Niagara Hudson Power Cor-
East Missouri Power Company
poration
*Kansas Electric Power Company Buffalo Niagara Electric Corporation
Kansas Power Company Central New York Power C orporation (2)
Missouri Gas and Electric Services Com- Lockport and Newfane Power and Water
pany
Northwest Public Service Company (S) Supply Company
New York Power and Light Corporation
Public Service Company of Oklahoma (3)
Southwestern Gas and Electric Co,- Niagara. Lockport and Ontario Power
Company
Pany (3)
Wisconsin Power and Light Company (c) Through Public Service Corporation of
'To be sold to the Kansa. Power and New Jersey
Light Company of the North American P.blic S ervice
Elctric and Gas Com-
System. pany (10)
*Associated with U. G, 1. through inter-
North American System looking directors with the Commonwealth
Utilities Corporation. a subsidiary of U. G, 1.
Des Moines Electric Light Company
Illinois Power Company (3)
(Formerly Illinois-Iowa Power Com-
pany)
Iowa Power and Light Company
Kewanee Public Service Company (2)
Missouri Power and Light Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Union Electric Company of Illinois (2)
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Commonwealth and Southern System
{Comnnonwealth and Southern Corpora-
tion formerly was controlled by American
Superpower Corporation.)
Alabama Power Cuampuay (7)
Central Illinois Light Company
Consumers Power Company
Georgia Power Company (f6) '4 '-can.
Gulf Power Company (2)
Mississippi Power Company (4)

MAY-JUNE, 1945
Cites Service System
Albuquerque Gas and Electric Company
pemding, New Mexico, Iee and Electric
Company
*Durham Public Service Company
New Mexico Power Company
*Public Service Company of Colorado
Pueblo Gas and Fuel Company (gas)
St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat and
Power Company
Sheridan County Electric Company
Springfield (Missouri) Gas and Electric
Comnp any
Toledo Edison Company
Trinidad Electric Transmission, Railway
and Gas Company
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power
Company
*Proceedings are now pending before the
Securities and Exchange Comnnissio for ap-
proval of plans for the disposal of the Dur-
ham Public Service Conpany axed the Public
Service Company of Colorado by their pa-
rent holding company, the Ciiles Service
Power and Light Company ,a subeidia, of
the Cities Service Company.
United Light and Power System
*Detroit Edison Company
Eastern Kansas Utilities,. Incorporated
Interstate Power Company (Dubuque)
Iowa-Ilalois Gas and Electric (ompany
Kansas City (Missouri) Power and Light
Company
Maryville Electric Light and Power Corn,
pany (2)
Panhandle Power and Light Company
*The Detroit Edison Company was far-
merly contrlled by the North Aniricaa
Company; it is now controlled by The
United Light and Pow.er Company through
the American Light and Traction Company.
International Hydro-Electric System
(Formerly contrlled by International Paper
and Power Conmpany.)
(a) Through New England Power Associa-
tion
Amesbury Electric Light Company (2)
Athol Gas and Electric Company
Bellows Falls Ilydro-Electric Corpers-
tiaa
Connectictt ]riveTower Company
163
other claiming to represent all of the em-
ployees of the company- From the time the
International Brotherhoed of Electrical
Workers got on the job until the agreement
was signed in Novmaber, 1944, the following
things happened: an employees' representa-
tion plan that had been operating continu-
ously for more than 22 ', irs was disestab-
lished; an independent Uaiol operating con-
tinuously in one departmncnt (in the Pekin,
Illinois, area) for more than II,, years was
defeated by the I. B. E. W, in an N. L. R. B.
election the setond independent union folded
up; and the fourth independent, claiming to
represent all 0 f the employees, had its pe-
tition dismissed and the board ordered elec-
tions in Chicago irk accordance with the
I. B. E. W. petition that was filed only three
months after the 1. B. E. W. hefgan its
campaign.
r r / / I - f/
in the Chicago area the N. L. R. B. found,
( ~~~~~~~~~J-I in accordance with the petitien Of the
I. B. E. W., two bargaining units, one to
Gardner Electric Light Conmpany consist of inside plant" employees of the
Green Moiunlain Power (>rporattio: generating stafions and substations, and the
Haverhill Electric Coinmpany I) other to be the "ootside plant" employees of
Lawrence Gas and Electric (.mpany
PC) 14 different dep artments.
Lowell Electric Light Colporalion (2} Separate elections were held by the
Malden and Meibose Gas and Light (orm- N. L. R. B. for the "inside" and the "outside"
pany (gas) units and the Intermntional Brotherhood of
MalIden Electric Company (f) Electrical Workers on both of these in a
Middlesex Cointy Electric Company clean ,weep.
New England Po.ecr (!n/pary 0, A ugust 15, the International Brother-
New England Power Service Company hood of Electrical Workers brought the ne-
(3) getatietig committees of our four utility local
Northampton Electric Lighting' Com- unions, B-1l59, B-1366, B-167 and B-1399,
pany together to ,eet with representatives of the
Northampton Gas Light Company (gas) company. Agreement was reached on No-
North.ern. 1rkshiie gas Company (gas vemnber 28 as a result of the joint negoti-
and electrie) ations.
Southern Berkshire Pow('r and Electico A wide variety of factors affecting ma-
Company ployees in their relationship with the com-
W\achnsett Electric Comnpany party are inlauded in the agreement- These
Worcester Suburban Electric (oupany inciude provisions regarding ability and
seniority, hours, overtine rates and regula-
(b) Otherwise Controlled
Gatilaau Power Company tions, vacationls and schedule mllinimUm of
Gatineau Electric Light C(..pnvy, Liran- job classifications.
ted November 28, 1944, was indeed a sinifi-
cant date to the citizens of Chicago, to the
Gatiaui Transmission Conpany
Commnonwealth Edison Company and its em-
Olcuti Falls Company
ployees, for the day of the signing of the
Recorded above is a partial list of the agreement marked a new era of industrial
utility companies with which the Interna-
relations in the utility industry.
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
has agreenents. One of the greatest tri-
,nphs of I. B. E. W. in the utility field came
last November when the Ccnuunonwealth
Edison Company signed an agreement with
our unaio, covering all production and alil-
t.en.ance woters.
Commonwealth Edison Company is well
known to readers o£ the JOUtNAL. It is one of
the largest electric light and power corm
panics in the world, serving over §50,000
customers in Chiuam and having a rated
capaity for distribution of approxliately
I ,270.000 kilowatts.
The I. B. F. IV. campaign of organization
at (,o..n...wea]th Edison began in the mid-
die of 1943. At that time one daepartm.ent of
the conIpany wa. cove.red by aPO agreenent
vitth an union sad there were
.l..Meeedctt
two pit itlon before the National Labor Re-
lathis Board, filed by two different inde-
pendent kinions, one claiming to represent
the employees of one department, and the
IN
Afaheet Set-up,~
The employees of the Holmes Electric
Protective Company held a run-off election
betweeni the International IBrotherhood of
Electrical Workers' Local Union No. 3,
A. F. of L., and the Arm[riatn Commumica-
tions Association, C. I. 0., March 22, 1945,
at the Imperial Hoete, 32nd Street and
Broad'l,-, New York City. The L B. E. W.
Local No. 3 ws the choice of the employees
over the Ame, ian Communications Associ-
ation, C. 1. 0., by a vote of approxmnately
3 to 2.
The first election was held January 10,
1945, under the auspices of the State Medi-
atilln Board. In this election, the Electric
Alam Workers' Union (rdependent) and
the United Telephone Organization also
participated.
600 Employed
The Holmes
Electric Protective Companv
employs over 600 men and women. The
unionization of these workers under the
banner of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Worker. establishes 100 per cent
organization of all the companies engaged
in the Electric Protcetion Industry in the
City of New York, il;fiding fire alarm
and burglar ajar-l, both local and central
office systems. This siiuati~u proves that
in the organization of ,orkers persistency
is a very important factor,. and refusal to
become discouraged is eventually rewarded.
In 1938, Local 3 attempted unionization of
these workers; again in 1040 an organizing
drive was conducted, and, while wecreceived
a considera.le responlse from the workers,
we did not secure the necessary support of
the majority of the men and women emn-
ployed.
This clear-cut victor was accomplished
under the direction of Assistant Business
ManagersNaftel Bedsole and Edward P.
MeGonfigl. the untiring efforts of volunteer
organizers, the full support and cooperation
of the officers and members of the Class
"H" Division (Electric Protection Indus-
try) and the active participation and assist-
ance of International Vice President Wil-
liam D. Walker and the International Office.
At union headquarters, April 3, 1945, a
committee of Local Union No. 3 and a com-
mittee of the Holmes Electric Protective
Company · ninleyees (not designated) met
to work out the details of their membership
in Local No. 3 and the procedure to be fol-
lowed in negotiations with the company.
The members appearing in the picture are:
(Standing, left to right)--Jeremiah P.
Sullivan, presindent, L. U. 3, John J. Kapp,
recording secretary, L. U, 3, Frank B. Mac-
Neil, John F. O'Donnell, attorney, Henry
F. Sheirlda, A. Hosning. Glynn Murphy,
L. U. 3, Edward P. McGonigle, L. U. 3.
(Seated, left to right)-Hany Van Ars-
dale, Jr., Business Manager, L. U. 3, Rich-
(Continued on page 187)
The Jornal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
Ha7y Van Arsdale, Jr. (second from left,. leads a meeting of Holmes Elech'ic
Company employees and Local Unkon No. 3.
Yat 4 C4is Vtichit
Wichita, Kansas, according to the lVichito
barriers which havebeenraised in the past
Eagle, has enterprising contractor and Elec- through prejudice and habit, and that it
tricel Worker groups who are putting into is the first step in establishing the prin-
practice the general principles of planning ciple of the interdependence of both groups,
as advocated by the labor-management through joint action
on problems arising
planning committee of the two organiza
in the industry.
tions. The statement issued follows: An example of joint acceptance of a
joint responsibility is seen in the field of
training future journeymen for the elec-
The eectrical industry, for the past few
trite construction trade in
years, has been--nd in fact, still is-busily N. E. C. A. and the I. B. E. W.Wichita. The
have formed
engaged in work which will hasten the day a joint apprenticeship committee,
composed
of victory. During this period, little or no of members of the union and the contract-
time has been given to thought of our great- ors' asscmiation. This committee
ha, de-
ly expanding field, with the result that we veloped written standards of apprenticeship,
find ourselves in a position which calls for which set out the manner in which appren-
the utmost cooperation of all those engaged tices entering the trade are to be trained.
in the electrical industry if we are to keep Among other things, the standards set forth
apace with the many new inventions which the schedule of work processes, provide for
science and research have given us. a minimum number of hours of supplement-
ary instruction, set forth the term of ap-
New Agreement prenticeship, hours of work,
As a step toward building that coopera- increasing schedule of wages, progressively
indenture of
tion, the Wichita section. Kansas Chapter, apprentices, record of apprentices'
progress
N. E. C. A. and Local Union 271,1. B. E. W., and qualifications for apprenticeship. This
have recently entered into a collective lar- program is administered solely
by the com-
gaining agreement, signed jointly by of- mittee, and was developed under policies
ficials of the two organizations. We feel recommended by the national joint appren-
this represents distinct progress in labor- ticeship committee for the electrical
management relations in the electrical in- try and the Federal indus-
Committee On Appren-
dustry in Wichita. ticeship. Members of the joint apprentice-
Heretofore agreements were negotiated ship committee are: Al Butters. Butters
between individual employers and the union,. Electric Company, chairnmn;
R. M_ Sutton,
which, in many instances, resulted in mis- Southwestern
Electric Company, and W. A.
understandings in the industry. Both the Shrum, Shrum Electric Company, for
the
contractor's association and the union have employers; Rolla Hall, 11.
E. Wentworth
come to the realization that harmonious and Ray Mitchell, for the employees.
relations are now, more than ever before, As a further evidence of the interest
necessary to improve the relationship be- of Electrical Workers in matters affecting
tween the employer, the worker and the the future of the industry, we can
point
public, and that concidence in each other to the increased activity
in electronics. The
can better be furthered through the method I. B. E. W. has established an electronics'
we have adopted.
school at Marquette University in Milwau-
kee. Eighty members from 80 local leions
Progressive Move embarked on this course in industrial appli-
We believe this progressive movewill cation of electronics in December,
and they
go a long way toward breaking down the (Continued on page IVT)
MAY-JUNE, 1945
£til Vuad
2nstAme4d 7AaeAI~d
By F. D. SCHUNCK, L. U. 528
N OT long after tbe start of th, second
Nat clas in the 1. B. E. WV.elc
Mamruett
.u.......s
Univerity, I begait to
really appreciate the itm .ortanc of the os-
cillograph in the sericing of industrial *lee-
tronic equipment. For example, in the serv.
icing of elect u control
,ie in resistaice
welding, the use of the cathode-ray estile-
graph is absonItIy essential.
Along with the .xpcriments itn Ohe Mar-
quette University electronics laborsatry on
the cathodesray tube, I decided] Io bui hi one
for my own use in omdir to becomie I hnough
ly familiar with this versatile Ihlt'uiuent.
This oscillograph was built around tbe 906
cathodle-ray tube, which is the high vacuui..
type, with fnur electrostalicfict6'&n
plates mounted in a glass envelope havig
a full three-inch screen.
The Circuit
The amplified sweep circuit eoni ned in
the unit consists of an 884 gaseous dis-
charge tube used as a sawtooth wave gen-
erator so biased that it uses only the linear
iorlton of the condenser char.ing curve.
The small signal thus obtained is aiplified
toa usable amplitud e by means of the 3;C
horizontal amplifier. The frtqlteey r;4uge
of the sweep circuit is from 15 to 30,000
cycles. Both fine and coarse control of
the sweep frequency is provided.
The instrument contains separately con-
troiled horizontal and vertical amplifiers.
These a mplif'rs have aI linear range be-
tween 30 and 3)0/00 cycles. The lhoir.ntal
amplifier has a Rai, of 40 and al input i,-
sistance of 80,000 o The verl icl aml I-
hms.
fier has a gain of 70 and an input resistance
ELECTRONICS
906 Cathode ray oscillograph
explained by journeyman who
built model
of I megohes. The taxinint allowable
...... a. c. input to either i.... lffir is 300
volt.
In order to prevent ntermction of the con-
trols and to produce a brilliant tbate, two
power supply chiliti are usee. The unit is
completely a. c., iiie ltled fronm the 60-,yele,
110-120 volt liras. lIe total power en-
sumptiori is 50 warts.
The vertical i.put Is to the binding pnsls
on the left side of III, the .low .. post
of the pair beirg t ... n.. . 'I he horizontal
input is on Ihe ritht side. ti... las ill the
previous pair, the bottom post is the
ground.
On the back of the nqehne is a plate
with five screw-type binditng posts. These
permit the disconmecting of either or both
circuits, allowing direct e.nne.tio,, to the
deflection plates. This f1lrtire will be foud
a .o.lV..tqi to a s r etleIs work-
btlaieti
ing with d. . or high hieqiucfl.y applica-
tions.
The Controls
All controls of the type 906 oscillogeaph
are on the front hanO[ and are plaimly
marked, Because all the otraolts are Il1
the front panel, it was deemed advisable to
d istinguish, in sonicmenlnr, the controls
frequently adjusted front those more per-
manently set. Hence the 4ynchronizing,
rough and fine frequen..ly and the horizontal
and Vertical amplifier cint'ls have red bar
lnobs. In the upper ..... .l..eis the inten-
III
I i,,' 4 Ilsrye [ III
THE see (>AVr'O rAy OsCII£OrfAPoi
sity cont.ro; it contrds tile intensity of the
trace aid also t with it the off and
arries
on poier switch. At the upper right is the
focus control Just below the intensity con-
trol is the vertical positioning knob which
controls the tp and down movement of the
slot of trace, while directly below the focus
control is th, horizontal positioning which
controls the left to rilfht movement of the
pattern. The synlch!,i, zng control is in the
center of the panel, 31 t below the cathode-
ray tube. Directly belo, the position con-
trols are the amplifier gain controls; the
vertical or the left, and the horomntal on
the right. In the center of the panehl under
synchroizig, i, the ¥erider, or fine fre-
queney control of the linear sweep, while
directly below it is the rotary switch which
eontol]s the fi ... ieley in rou.gh steps,. The
approximat, lange of lhuse steps are as
follows: (1) off; (2) 15 lo 60 cycles; (3) 60
to 220 cycles; (4) 220 ti 900; (5) 900 to
3,000; (6 3000 to 10,000, and (7) 10,000
to 30,000 cycles.
At the bottom of the panel, on the left
side, is th switch whieh permtits either in-
.erna.or e'ornlal sychroniiizati~ou. v tl e on
the right a switch places the io-izontal
amplifier in operation with the sweep, or
connects it to t post for external use.
The controls a rrand so that the
nliTUmum selting is .h aired when the knobs
arc turned roui~l'r-rlotkkwise, and maximum
when turned clockwise.
A removable calibrald .eal. was made
of celluloid, irhle ad filled with India
ink, so that quanitativ me..asints can
be made.
Constructional Details
Physical Specifications
Height 13 inches, with 9 iwmho. dfls
15 inches.
Sub panel beight, 4 inches.
Metal box to be constructed of No. 18 soft
irn; holes drilled and then crackle fnished.
This same container can be used with
(Continu{d on page 192)
 166
GEORGE MEANY
F YOUR unionhas a dlpale before the
War Labor Board. you ar, ni.st interested
in getting the eas settled as quickly as
possible. Delays not only are undesirable but
ale exasperating. Delays can cost you
ione/n. They can upset labor relatio... Wll,
youlr eployer, They can cause yel to lose
i/rrucut ieI time. And mnst important. they
Cal throw a, contrcts behild schedule.
From the VVar Labor s onrr's point of
oiew, delays can fe. n., r friction be-
tween labor and 1a.glittermming tip
[meJ'W..
the board's effiot to -1ffmt a speedy settle-
ment and keep ihe nation's industrial ma-
chinery turning without ](oss of war produc-
'lcre are several ways in which a union's
cooela iorn with WLB can speed up dispo-
sition of its case:
1. Exhaust the possibilities of collective
bargaining before turntur 1o WLB. All x-
isting contract p rocedures for settling
grievances should be utilized.
2. Obtain full information on the na-
tional wage policy while negotiating or be-
fore presenting evidence in a case to WLB.
3. Once the ease goes to WLB, maintain
the status quo with the company pending a
4. Neither union nor employer should re-
quest. delays or postponements
5. Cases should be submitted in written
form when possible to obviate oral hearings.
6. If an oral boinr is considered neces-
sary, the parties should age, to a single
hearing-officer healing the case, since this
procedure is faster than a three-member
panele.
1. The use of eollecatie
bargablb/q s....l.d
e fu/Mi exhausted before rwoting to IILB.
Teo, ftn the War Labor Board has found
a tendency among both mnions and emldoy-
era to ilop every small difference into its
lap for settlement, rather than to seek
agreement through naegotiation. Such in-
hibited collective bargaining may be a cause
of delay since the board of necessity, refers
back to the parties. issues which it feels
have not been adequately negotiated.
A tilson to encumbering needlessly the
wartime machinery for settling labor dis-
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
qa ~ ill i&9h1/40cea"8
S p"d
1 WLB CASES
By ARCHIE W. ROBINSON, Director of Public Information, WLB
Machinery can be oiled by frank-
ness, teamplay and understanding
of procedures
pules, Fadlure to negolate may be danger-
ons to the pattties' freedom of action in their
postvar collective bargaining, "Labor and
lmanagenlent soayfind they hav surrendered
e "sound and tested" wage iate brackets for
their sovereignty by asking the Government
to settle every issue betwleen them," Chair-
man Davis has declared in urging adequate
procedure.
If agreement cannot be reached through
collectivp barjaimieg upOn the major issj.es
the WLiI is available to order the terms of
a settlement.
2. Obtai, Dtll ;lfotmmtlon op the ?rtflot
wage jpoluyt hiceoitjinsg
r or befoee pre-
sentifg viedeec int a case to WLJ.
Examination of WLB policies under the
national wage stabilization program may
reveal that the case need not come before
WILB at all. If the unio officials take ad-
vantage of the va.ious board facilities for
information and they are always availabl
to then, they may find out what the board's
policy is toward the issues
in the case, and
what its decision is likely to be. In the light
of this knowledge, the uiTon and the ema-
ROBERT 3. WATT
pliyer may be able to !et together on an
agreement, since both idis would know the
hoard's established policy on the question
at issue. There might be no point in carry-
ing a dispute to the board and waiting for
the board to process and rule upon it.
The union may avoid or expedite a dispute
before WLB, therefore, by obtaining the
industry and area where it has contracts;
by learning board policy on "fringe" issues,
such as vacations, differentials, Paid holi-
(lays, "lean-up" time, and the like; and by
consulting officials of the Wage and H.our
Division, the labor m embers of the national
or regional boards, or by writing fl the
Public Information Division of the national
or regional boards.
3. Onre a ease has .oie to the board, the
ieo sb olt.d maintain the statns q.o with the
When a case has been referred to the
WLB, the terms and conditions of employ-
ment which prevsiled under the previous
contract, or before the dispute began, should
be continued in the plant. It is customary
for the hoard to order that the conditions
of employment be maintained, and, where
it is of importance,. to extend the old ce.
leetive bargaining agreement until a dcci-
sion is reached. Any further controversy be-
tween the parties, or any action either side
might take to upset the status quo. may ag-
gravate the situation and delay a decision
by the board. The employees' rights to any
wage inreases which might be granted are
protected through the board's policy on ret-
roaictive payments. Neither the employer
nor the union is bound to a new contract
merely by extending the terms of the old
contract, pending a WLB ruling.
4. Neither the union noro the employer
should request dMass once a case has gone
to the board.
WLl wants to process cases as rapidly as
possible, consistent with adequate protec-
tion of the rights of both the employees and
the employer. In the past, the board has
found, when it has been criticized for delay
in deciding cases, that a large part of the
time has beenconsumed by delays or post-
ponements requested by one or both of the
parties. If there is an exceptional reason
for wanting a delay, a written request giv-
ing the reason should he presented to the
board. Otherwise, the board will permit no
delays nor postponements to either man-
agnment or labor.
5. tI'he, possible, eases should be sub.
Miited in writte,, briefs without insistence
opt an oral heafmla.
A case often arises which can ho handled
mor expeditiously and effectively through
written statements, without the necessity
of a formal oral hearing. If a union feels
that its ease can be submitted on briefs
alone, the union officials should make every
effort to use this method, since it will speed
and simplify matters for them as well as for
the employer and WLB. Unions are urged,
(Continued on page 192)
MAY-JUNE, 1945
Ocici1
To the Members of Local Union B-11,
Los Angeles, California.
In December of 1941, the International Office was
requested to amalgamate Locals 83, 418, 608, 691, 711
and 1154, all chartered as inside and mixed local unions.
The purpose of this amalgamation was to iron out
jurisdictional boundary lines between the aforesaid lI-
cal unions and to remain under International supervi-
sion until such a time as they could work in harmony.
The International Office consented to this because
of the facts presented at that time, and we were highly
in accord with the procedure. Over three years have
now passed since the amalgamation and the local union
is still under the supervision of the International Office.
In looking through our Constitution, among other
things, it states: "Objects for which the I P. E. W.
was founded," and I quote:
"To assist each other in sickness and distress,
to secure employment, to reduce the hours of daily
labor, to secure adequate pay for our work. and,
by legal and proper means, to elevate the moral,
intellectual and social conditions of our members,
their families and dependents, in the interest of
a higher standard of citizenship."
It is the desire of the International Office to advance
these various principles, and we shall do our utmost
to see that they are put into practice. However, these
principles, and the purpose for which we amalgamated
the local unions, cannot prevail if conditions are allowed
to exist as I personally have seen in Local Union B-1I
of Los Angeles.
Information was presented to me by members and
by my personal visit to the City of Los Angeles, which
is pertinent to the well-being of our Brotherhood. On
investigation, I have found that Local Union B-11 does
not hold regular meetings for the general membership,
as provided for in our Constitution under Article XVII,
Section 4. Meetings of the Electrical Workers' Benefit
Association, as per the same article of our Constitution,
have also been neglected.
In reading the minutes of the county council meet-
ing of Local Union B-11, dated December 1, 1944, we
note the following:
"At this time, Financial Secretary Frey reported
that constitutional officers had checked expendi-
tures from special fund approved by county coun-
cil for one year. This fund is in the hands of
Brother Gaillac. Officers were satisfied that funds
10Tr
Aaaneu
were spent for benefit of local union. Frey then
moved that special fund for Gaillac, $200.00 per
month, be approved for another year, at which
time constitutional officers will again report. Mo-
tion was seconded and carried."
Reading another paragraph on page 2 of the same
minutes, and I quote:
"Working Rules and Agreement-Gaillac re-
porting: After agreement had been worked out
with contractors, it was sent to I, 0. for approval,
and several sections vital to West Coast taken out.
Matter has been taken up with ninth district office.
Pattern agreement is to be used. Sections elimi-
nated by I. 0. replaced. Our agreement is to be used
as pattern for all ninth district agreements. Ready
for final meeting with contractors in about three
weeks."
This sort of action is certainly contrary to the Con-
stitution of the I. B. E. IV., as per Article XVII, Sec-
tion 7, of the Constitution. All local unions have the
right to make their own working rules and agreements
as per Article XVII, Section 7. It never has been the
policy of the I. 0. to destroy or remove any part of an
agreement which is not in conflict with our Constitu-
tion and the laws and conditions imposed on us by the
various agencies of Government. Some paragraphs
have been deleted from contracts sent to this office for
approval for the very reason that they were contrary
to existing conditions.
It is not, and shall not be, the policy of the I. 0. to do
anything that will destroy or retard the progress of
our membership. If we did, we would be destroying the
purpose for which the I. B. E. W. is constituted.
For the reasons stated above, and many more which
I shall not go into at this time, I am directing that In-
ternational supervision over Local Union B-11 termi-
nate on Tuesday, the first day of May, 1945. Further,
that a notice to this effect be placed in a conspicuous
place in all offices servicing members of Local B-11,
and, further, that nomination and election of officers
be held as per the International Constitution and by-
laws of the local union-nominations in May and elec-
tion in June.
We could go further into detail. However, further
investigations are being made, after which we shall
write directions to those affected thereby. This infor-
mation is being published in the official JOURNAL So
as to reach the membership involved.
International President.
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D
TE to thc Rbsence of Chairman Penisesn
who, because of iolless, was unable to
attend the mee;:g was called t order
by Secretary Man.ing who, having aser-
tathed that a qww'um was present, re-
quested that a chairman pro tempreshe
elected to conduct the meeting. Intelnational
Executive Comrmitter Member J. L. McBride,
of the Eighth District, was the unanimous
choice of council members to serve as
man. The meeting was turned over to thair-
chai-
man McBride at 10:15 A. M. The roll call
was as follows:
Present: C. F. Prefier, Charles Porhe, D.
W. Tracy, F. L. Kelhy, William G. Shord,
B. A. Manning, J. L. McBride, and Marry
Van Arndale, Jr.
Absent: C. M. Paulsen.
The council members sent a message of
cheer, an d wish for a speedy recovery, to
Brother 'aulsen
The minutes of the International E..eeu
tive Council ineAing of December 1944 were
read, and on motion duly nmde and passed
they were accepted a eorrect.
International Seelefay Bugniazet re-
ported to the lntomrtisnal Executive Coun-
cit the result of the referendum vote east by
the membershill on the proposition of
whether the regular lnternational Conven-
tion of 1945 be held or postponed.
The result, published in the April 1945
issue of tie official JOURNAL, showed the
resolution to o~tlone the convention, lost.
By this vote your officers were required,
under the 1. [3. E. W. Constitution, to hold
a nvention of the Brotherhood this year.
Remembering that the Federal Govern-
ment, through its Office of Defense Trans-
pertation, had forbidden the holding of any
gatherings, conventions, etc., where 50 or
more persons wouhd have to travel from dis-
tances t the celiveaign cities your council
deemed it advisable, before starting plans
for a convention, to find out first whether
the I. B. E. W. would be permitted to hold
a convention as prescribed by its laws, and
if so, in what cities this convention could be
held. With this Lhought ii njitad your council
ordered that a committee of its members,
three in number, be appointed to make
proper application for the holding of a con-
vention of the 1. B. E. W. in the City of San
Francisco (as decided by the referenIuu,
vote of 1913), or any other city in the
United States or Canada. This committee,
in case the 0. D. T. refused to grant peifndls-
sion for the holding of the convention afore-
described, was to ascertain, if possible, Why
they could not grant it, and whether or not
any oranzation, labor or non-labor, f'a-
ternal, religious or non-religious, or any
other organization was granted permission
to hold a convention during this year, or if
the granting of permission to hold conven-
tions in 1945 was contemplated for any
organization.
This committee, composed of Members
Prelier, Foehn and Van Arsdale, prepared
the necessary form and letter, and after
having it signed by the International Secre-
tary and the seal of the 1. 2. E W. affixed,
presented it in person to Mr. Frank Perrif,
secretary of the war committem on conven-
tions, Office of Defense Transportation,
Washington, D. C. After giving considera-
tion to our application and letter Mr. Perrin
informed the committee that their applica-
tion for the holding of an I. B. E, W. con-
vention in 1945 was denied. Your committee
asked Mr. Perrin to give us his decision o,
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RECORD 4 'Pt
2a.a' Mee½ 4I.E.D.
Minutes of the 1945 First Quarterly carriert, both public and private, have been
plagued with Lim bhurtage,. Fuel, especially
Meeting of the International Execu- coal, is in short supply. All forms of trans-
tive Council portation have felt the manpower pinch.
Moreover, the extremely bad weather in the
our application, in writing, and to incerpo- East this past winter has aggravated the
rate in this letter as much inforaiation as be seriousness of the situation. The continued
desired to give as to why the request was flow of badly needed war and essentially
denied, and when we could hope to have a needed civilian transportation demanded ex-
convention and in what part of the United treme measures. Consequently, on January 5,
States or Canada. Letters to the 0. D. T., 1945, Justice Byrnes appealed for a curtail-
as well as the answer of the 0. D. T. to same, ment of non-essential travel and particularly
are heroin reproduced, to wit: for the cessation of group meetings such an
conventions and trade shows not necessary
March 27, 1945 to the wareffort,
Mr. Frank Perrin, Secretary, The committee has appoved applications
War Committee on Conventions, for labor groups where they involved collec-
Room 2402, New Post Office Building, tive bargaining exclusively. A strictly local
Washington 25, D. C.
meeting is exempt from the provisions of the
Dear Mr. Perri: Byrnes' appeal for a cessation of group
Enclosed please find the application of the meetings. A local meeting, as defined by the
Internationul Brotherhood of Electrical committee, is one of a purely local nature
Workers for permission to hold their regular
in which attendance may be drawn from the
biennial convention in September 1945. city and the suburbs of the city where the
We would request that in ti.e event your event is held without numaeal limitation,
Committee denies us the privilege of carry- plus an additional 50 persons from outside
ing out our regular convention, you specify such area. Other than this, the committee
the reasons for such action. has not permitted meetings of labor groups.
In making that request I desire to explain It is well to call your attention to the fact
that we have just completed a referendum that the committee has no established appeal
vote, as provided by the laws of our organi-
procedure.
zation, ald the question was, to postpone Justice Byrnes' appeal for a cessation of
this convention for a two-year period, but group meetings is not based upon a long
the membership turned down the proposition
and voted to hold a convention this year as range program and naturally it will be re-
laxed as soon as conditions on the lighting
provided under our laws. fronts warrant. It should be added, however,
Thanking you for all courtesies edxtended,
that there will be little, if any, relaxation
I am in the appeal for from 60 to 90 days after
Very truly yours, the capitulation of Germany because of the
(Signed) G. M. Bvt;NIAZr, anticipated demands upon the transporta-
EnR. International Sc!retary.
tion plant.
Very truly yours,
March 28, 1945 (Signed) FRANK PERRIN,
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Secretary.
CC: Mr. G. M. Bugnisert,
Ed J. Brown, International Prsident International Secretary.
1200 Fifteenth Street, N. W.,
International Brotherhood
Washington, D. C. of Electrical Workers,
Dear Mr. Brown: 1200 Fifteenth St., N. W.,
Your application dated March 27, 1945, Washington, D. C.
for permission to hold your regular conven-
tion on the third Monday in September in March 29, 194f
San Francisco, California, was submitted to
Mr. Frank Perrin, Secretary,
the committee for consideration and was
denied. The committee, in reaching this con- War Committee. on Conventions,
elusion, did so after careful consideration of Thwu, 2402, New Post Office Building,
the contents of your application and in Washington 25, D. C.
line with Justice Byrnes' appeal for a cessa- Dear Mr. Perrin:
tion of group meetings to relieve the ex- We have your favor of March 28, IB
tremely acute transportation and manpower answer to ours of the 27th requesting per
situation. mission for the holding of our 1945 con
Transportation of all types-rail, motor, vention, which was slated for the third
water and airmore especially rail and Monday in September, in San Francisco
motor, are daily showing the strain of con- California.
tinned peak loadinig necessitated by our two- We stated in our request "San Fran
front war. Since 1939 the transportation cisco, city designated, but can be transferred
lead, both passenger and freight, has con- to some other city." Therefore we arecom-
tinned to increase, yet the carriers and municating with you again on the matter,
especially the railroads have been transport- for the reason that in your committee's
ing this staggering load with less equipment denial you stated specifically San Francisco,
than they had in World War 1. The motor California, and we would like to know if it
MAY-JUNE, 1945 in

would be possible for us Io hold our conven- Folrmeh L. U. No.

thin if we selected any other city in the if UL. N.. 124 Mills, Walter A.
United States, or even in the Dominion of tO. Con.olly, Felix- __ --- 124 Shoopann, C. E.
1. 0. CrisLea, Nick 694 126 Jett, W. B.
Canada, 0. lauehin pis, F rank F.
Thanking you for your kind consderation, 11 3321 126 Jeyr, H.ar
1.0. Erlstron,, prnest E, 134 125 MIttIu, Edward C.
I am 1,O, Egleston, John 125 Stiles, E. It.
Very truly yours, 1.0. O.ioulhan, John 193 129 1rtwronce, rred A.
(Signed) G. Mi. BUONIAZET, 1.0. Jackson., ulitt M. 702 134 Blewer, F, P.
International Secretary. 1.0, Johnson, Charles G. 574 184 BoJhrne. litrfert G.
(). Kettelhakd Joseph H. 343 134 Faulinan William
March 29, 1945 1.0. Langar, aones G. 40 134 Ingri, T. M.
1.0. Malech, Oscar E. G 134 aipe r, loChtI
International Brotherhood of I. 0, Miller, Al, hibald It. 6p8 134
ElecLrical Workers, 17 134 IKilpntrlik. E1ar Rhy
G. M. Bugni a..t, l lal
nternath
Secretary, 1. 0. MLI]ller, James T. 134 MrCI'llsh r. Leon James
1200 Fifteenth Street, N. W., 1. 0. Peters, Alfred C, :l 134 McCarthy, 1ler3 rIl
Washington 5, I). C. 1.0. Reynolds, Walter F. 79 134 Sadvfill, Williamr Lt.
1.0. Rodgers, John F, 151 134 Smit h, Wil iam I.
Dear Mr. Bugniazut: I.O. S.han2, William 151 134 Spooner, Williem
This will acknowledge receipt of your 1.0. Sehmitt, Frank B. 50 134 Van Vakenburgh, A. R.
letter of March 29, 1945, pointing out that 1 0. T'ollr. Samuel T. 52 Wishart, Harry M.
in your applicatiho Sai Francisco was the 1.0. Waughar, Jries IN, 213 134 Grover, Charles A.
city designated for the nicetuig, but that it 0. Weak. Harry B. 11 152 Nagel, Free
could be tratisf'ced to ..iinl other dy
i and 1,0. Wilcox, Edgar F, 579 193 Martin, ]Rdward A.
1.0. Wihmuh, Frank Mon roe 195 Phillip, Adam F.
inquiring whether if the transfer to an- 1.0. Wilson, William Danil 817 254 Kuhulhrg, Carl A.
other city in the lnited States or (anada 271 Hood, Joel Frnd
would make it posedd. to hodi your conven - L.U
lNe. 240 O'L.ory, lnmirl Dlennis
tion at the timtue designated in your app/li Albers, Emill 348 May II, Wiliame F.
Anderson, Calr F. 349 H~~q~J.W.
HBril, Wifllan \,. 400 4< rrtinpr, Jaeob Adasm
For the present, at last, ,d possily (lifWord, Willin C.
froin 60 to 90 days fer' the paitthiat ion
.I 458 DdI' rank
3Duffy, Prank J, 644 Pi 4ze nTniat, r. Michael
Germany, a change of eonvtin ion 4 [UPs wond, ODurkin, Jer,, 584 (;tadboi. G. C,
not affect the comnfittees action on your SFitzpatrick, Bernardr V. 665 Gentry, R. A.
application oneiota. 3Geisler, Maximillian ]1obn, Frank 0.
Every large transportalion ,ener in de 2Giles, Edward M. 7184 Lovejoy. Robinrt E,..ett
United States is rungusted today with war Hayes, ,Jarrs P. 716 Stewart, J. I.
traffic and it iimperative tfhat we keep 3lislop. James 1047 Mecormick, William J.
SK.u, , I;rk Max 1091 Keeney, Robert P.
these terminals as liquid as possihleduring 3Lawlor, John
this critical tranispotati oLuntd manpower Lawlor, Charles F. The aforementioned applications were
situation. ULombard, Frank made in accordance with the provisions of
Very truly yours, SMeCarlhy, John Josep h the Internatioual Constitution, and the
(Sigled) FRANK Pe1RIN, 3Miller, Henry M. records of the Intenational Office show that
Secretary. Mr.slander, Edward A. each applicant is of pension age and has the
'( onnoell, liavid necessary copinnuus good standing in the
CC: Mr. Ed J. Bmown, Poole, Charles
International President, Brotherhood to justify the payment of old
Reichardt, James 0.
lInternational Bi'utheriho...d Ii>stack, Frank J. age benefits to him; therefore your council
of Electrical Workers, 3 Rossman, Christian I B. instructs the International Soeretary to
1200 Fifteenth Street, N. W., Scheurman. Frank J. place their names on the retirement roll for
Washington 5, D. C, 3Solomon, Jacob S. pe..shi) payments.
SStirrett Harry E. The application for pension of Roy Daven-
Whittaker, Everett 11 port, I. O., Card No. 390044. is denied be-
Because of this gover..nental ban oo n con- 3Wieben, Hierman C.
ventions, your council ,ishes the membership caue of a breakitn membership standing.
S Youngblood. John 1.
to know that as soon as it is permissible for 6Burke, Michael J. The applications for pension of William
us to do so we will again request p.rn.issio 5Dykeman, George V. Asher, L. U. 9, (aid No. 141696; William
to hold our linternitioal convention, and if 5iJames, Paul B. McKiernan, L. th 3, Card No. A-584238;
granted this convention will be slated for a Wolfinrer, Michael G. G. Vebois,. I. U. 66, Card No. 29118-;
time which will give your International CKehaly, Neil and G. C. IMarsIall, 1. 0., Card No. 100153;
7 avaaough,
.. William F, are denied, btcause, according to L 0.
officers ample tune to secure opelier hotel ac- 7Wison., William R.
conuuodlations and a mectine place for dele- IPeary, Robert L. records, they have not attained pension age,
gates, as well as to prepare records and 9 O'Brien, Pierce and the evidence which they presented to
reports necessary for the conducting of our 90dMar., James J. substantiate their
contention that they are
convention. 26 Ellerhrook, George of pension age is not sufficient to justify any
The chairman appointed D, W. Tracy and 26 Trimmer, Theodore L, change in their age records.
William G. Shoed as a committee to examine 28 Everett, James A. Michael Doyle, L. U. 184, Card No. 101477;
28 looney, Charles E. G. W. Jennings, I,. U. 134, Card No. 445045;
the I. B. E. W. audit for the last quarter of Broning, David 11.
1944, and the E. NV. B. A. audit for the last 38 Partlaw, George S. and Samuel Kingston, L. U. 134, Card No.
half of 1944, and to miake their report before 48 Miller, 0. A. 70402; having eupplied the necessary papers
adjournment. 48 Morland, Sr., Fenwi ¢k L. to prove that they were of pension age, are
The chairman appointed 1). W. Tracy, 3 Lewis, John M. ordered placed upon the Inteniation.l pen-
William G. Shoid arid Frank L. Kelley as a 53 Odall, William E. sion roll. Tei I. 0. records show that they
58 Tinnette, John RI. have complied with all pension law reqiur,
committee to employ at. actuary, who will '72 Schwsa,, Julius C.
make a survey of our hlnrnational old ago mentus.
88 Beorddy, Lee (.
pension payment fund, for the purpose of 88 Ross, Arthur
Benjamin J. Allen, 1. 0., Card No. 270706,
advising us as nearly as possible what it I03 (liftord, William IT, not having atlained pension age, his appli-
would cost per month per mnmber to put 108 Butler, Beennjm in ankhin cation for pension is denied.
this plan oi1 a actafrtally sou..d laisl. The application for pension of Joseph E.
Applications for pension benefits fur the NOTE Gillette, L. U. 595, Card No. 103203, is
following named inetnberls wie exaiiiiitd: It has been announced that the 1945 denied bea.use of lack of sufficient mem-.
meeting of the Electrical Committee bership standing.
Of U.
'Nr. scheduled for Chicago, May 13, h.s The application for pension of N. S.
1. 0. Aeroling, Fred W. 309 been postponed by order of the Office Hansen, L. U. 46, Card No. 34202, is denied
1. 0. Jfiork, Tu,, 623 of War Mobilization. becaune he had not attained pension age
1.0. Olouse, Rl. It. 14 (Continued on p".e HI)
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Volume ~AV Wabin~g~1 D. C., M.ayJune, 1945
GI's Into One of the important problems the United
Civilians States faces, and will continue to face for
several years, is the orderly return of serv-
icemen to civilian life. This vitally affects labor, inasmuch
as labor is going to be an important door of induction
back to peace. Smooth functioning of proposed machin-
ery in this direction will also depend upon the good sense,
tolerance, and intelligence of the soldiers themselves. The
number of men who will be released after the defeat of
Germany will depend on many conditions. It may reach
only a total of 3,000,000. At the end of the war against
Japan, six or seven million more men may be released.
Good paying jobs must be found for these people. Only
a small proportion will probably return to the jobs they
left to go into the armed forces. Many will want to do
different things. Literally millions will have acquired new
skills as a result of their army experience, and will want
higher graded jobs.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
has over 30,000 members in the armed services. There
will be no interruption to their union membership due
to arrangements made by the union itself. These men
will pass back in an orderly and constructive fashion to
their union and to their old jobs. The problem really lies
in what should be done, and must be done, for those who
want to go into the skilled trades on a new basis. These
men will be provided with funds by the Government
through the Veterans' Administration. At no time will
they receive more than the total journeyman's wage for
that trade which they wish to enter. Returned soldiers
who wish to enter the trade should have a sympathetic
reception from the unions, and should be aided in making
the adjustment. Already there is a disposition in some
directions to give a blanket credit of one year's work to
all servicemen doing related work in the armed services.
Thus, If a man left his job as a first year apprentice, he
could immediately return as a third year apprentice,
receiving the second year credit for his work in the Army.
In addition, there should be flexible arrangements made
so that a man, if he chose, could receive a special exani-
nation to prove his ability and even pass beyond this
blanket arrangement if he were worthy.
There is a disposition on the part of the Veterans' Ad-
ministration to designate local joint apprenticeship com-
mittees in the apprentice field as the official training
agencies for skilled workers. The Veterans' Administra-
tion should be commended for this stand, and should be
given every encouragement from the unions to take this
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position. It would obviate many possible difficulties and
put t he whole process of returning veterans to peacetime
jobs on a sensible basis.
Unions and employers should now get ready for this
designation by immediately setting up throughout the
country local joint apprenticeship committees, moving in
the framework of apprenticeship standards to do a bang-
up job looking toward peacetime adjustments and full-
time pr.duction.
Soon We Soon we will know how much collective
Will Know wisdom and collective sense the industrial-
ists and workers of the United States have.
Soon we will know how much real thinking has been done
at the grass roots in the direction of building the kind
of economy in which we can all live and have good in-
comes. It must be stated that the United States is in a
much better position to pass from the wartime to peace-
time economy on a sound basis than it was after the First
World War. In the First World War nothing was done
in advance, and nothing was done when the Armistice
was signed. The United States went on a joyride of indi-
vidualism and did things that surely led in the end to the
great economic depression of 1929. Certain principles
should guide our thinking:
1. We should think in terms of full-time production
and full-time employment.
2. We should oppose every kind of open shop and
anti-union drive as it appears.
3. Resistance should be made to cutting wages wher-
ever there is a disposition to do so, because upon
high purchasing power must depend the success
of a dynamic economy.
Annual Appointment by the President of the United
Wage States of a committee adequately financed to
study the annual wage will produce nationwide
discussion of this proposal during the coming half-year.
An advisory committee from labor and management is
already at work suggesting names of economists from
which group a director for the study will be chosen.
The annual wage is no longer an academic question.
It is a practical proposal that must be solved not by
oratory and political methods, but by engineering tech-
niques.
The electrical construction industry, through its Labor-
Management Planning Committee, has been far in ad-
vance of public opinion on this important question. In
January, 1944, the Labor-Management Planning Com-
mittee had this to say on the annual wage:
"The Labor-Management Planning Committee urges
contractors and local unions to begin at once discussions
that will involve the question of annual wages. The Plan-
ning Committee believes that the industry is on safe
grounds in proceeding from the bottom to the top. Con-
ditions are so varied, the continent is so wide, that try-
outs must be made on a local basis rather than on a total
national set-up. Adjustment of the annual wage in the
electrical construction industry has already been pre-
pared for by common practice. For years the union and
the contractor had worked out procedures whereby main-
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MAY-JUNE, 1945
tensnee men are paid on an annual income basis by an gotten. Most of all, we hope an economy will be built
hourly schedule considerably lower than the regular hour- that will provide good jobs for every one of them in the
ly schedule for building craftsmen. The rates of pay for kind of work they can do and in the kind of work they
these maintenance men have generally been lower than want to do.
the hourly schedules of journeymen who are employed
only part-time. It is understood that negotiations for the Activity In The publication of the A. F. of L. hous-
annual wage would be adjusted on this hourly mainte- Housing Field ing program seems to have caused wide-
nance principle. spread interest all over the country in
"One question that will remain unresolved, and Ihe this major activity. The Labor-Management Planning
planning committee predicts will arise again and again, Committee of the electrical construction industry re-
will be whether mere full-time employment on an annual , LwQd the housing situation as early as last fall in one of
wage basis figures on the maintenance hourly scale will its reports. The trend seems to be away from the piece-
give adequate return to skilled craftsmen. The plannirit meal attack of the housing problem and toward a con-
committee does not expect to solve this problem now, but certed, intelligent, national effort employing both public
it raises the question." and private agencies in supplying enough good houses for
the nation.
The Worker's In January, 1945, the value of the dollar Senator Robert F. Wagner recently spoke over the
Dollar of the American worker was 78.7 cents. radio on an A. F. of L. program. Senator Wagner said the
This sharp decline fron, the face value nation has fought a bigger war than ever before. "We
of the dollar came in the months between January, 1941, have accomplished marvels of production. We have the
and January, 1945. The decline was 22 per cent, whereas highest national income on record. . . . We must think
the famed little Steel formula permitted a rise of 15 pcIr bold thoughts. We must make broad plans. We must do
cent. That indicates how far out of the way the Little big things. What does this mean to housing?"
Steel formula is in meeting labor's problem of having le answered the question by recalling that before
enough in the pay envelope to buy needed food, clothing the war the United States built less than 275,000 non-
and sheller. farm houses a year and "in the first 10 years after the
It is no use to pretend that other sections of the poptu- war we must raise this figure to almost one and one-half
lation have made the same sacrifice. Despite every at- million houses a year. Instead of investing only about $1
tempt of control agencies, the price of commodities has billion a \ear in building of housing, we must invest $7 or
not been controlled adequately so that it may be sup-
posed, and figures support this supposition, that profits
$8 billion a year.
"Every little mind that says: 'This cannot be done'
have been high, wiide and handsome. Even before this
writing is in print and being read by scores of thousands is an obstacle to our economic progress. Every selfish
of Electrical Workers, the war in Germany may be ended. interest that says: 'We will not allow this to be done'
is
If the National War Labor Board wishes, therefore, to set an enemy to our economic security-an enemy to the
itself straight with the underlying population atnl en- fighting men who want jobs after the war-an enemy
hance its prestige in the United States, it should meet at to the families of these men who want decent homes
once and vote at least an eight per cent increase in wages after the war."
for the American worker. In order to implement the program Wagner called for
"public funds to expand the slum clearance and low-rent
housing program. We also need public funds to raise hous-
Trains of Every day steaming from the Atlantic Sea- ing standards on the farm.
Mercy board to the interior are Red Cross Irains
"We need long-term loans at very low interest rates to
bearing wounded soldiers from Germany.
stimulate housing for middle-inconme groups who do not
Excellent facilities wait these wounded men in great hos-
need subsidy, but who cannot afford to borrow from
pitals conveniently placed in the interior. No one can see
these trains move westward without a pang of regret for private lenders.
the misfortune that has come to able young men, nor "We need, through better methods, to improve the pro-
without an urge of real gratitude for these heroes who duction of housing for those whom private enterprise and
have made the sacrifice for freedom and for their country. private lenders can effectively serve. In short, we need a
Our Army has done well by our returning wounded. well-rounded housing program, serving every need and
On the other hand, it is a well-known fact that republics serving every need in full.
and democracies are ungrateful. No one seems charged "A forward-looking Congress must take the leadership
with the responsibility of remembering. As the years pass toward enacting such a program. I expect to introduce
and as problems beat in upon the people, they are in- legislation toward that end. But Congress represents the
elined to forget the sacrifices made by young men for the
whole people. It depends upon the organized efforts of
nation.
industry, agriculture and labor-upon their ability to
We hope this will not be the case after this global war
is over. We hope that these men will be seen for what they
work together and to help develop a united economic
are and remembered for what they did and not be for- program."
 172
AST month we did a little dre..inig on
that postwar home we want. This month
LI thom'ht wed diseus, du.erating plans
the do ddon uts' of home decoration
that make you home a "thing of beauty
and a joy forever" or-something else. It's
the time of year to do things to your house
whether it's a shiring new little home or
apartment or whether it's just your house-
old as the hills.
As ,e'v, said in other articles on this
page, now is n.1 the time for spending a lot
of money for eateniloe 'modeling or any-
thing of that natuP, fI it is our patriotic
duty to be COnscrroLtiv in ou- spending and
buy all the War Bo.nds we possibly can.
However, we ,a u, a ithi Paint, material
and above all. ingt'nitlv, to good advantage
to make our house a bright, cheerful, happy
home that it is a pleasure for our war-weary
family to come back to.
First off, letis tle an old seore-you
don't have t. hIe an interior decorator with a
list of courses be'irfd yeo to have a beauti-
-li.,. 1- I'ti m , ...eresr ann taoe ue
to make your hoe Attractive and the tu-
avre ro no ahead and try ruw ideas, you
can succeed,
Here are a few hints I would give you
on home dcc,:ation: (I t Study interior deco-
rating yournelf in the numerous good home-
making magaznes on the newsstands today. about it.) If it's tihe wall paper, ri-paper
(2) Keep a seaiphol.k or an envelope full
of clippings and pictures of ideas and rooms
that appeal to you--particularly those that
you feel are adaptable to yo.r home.
(3il Whenever you get ready to do a little
redecorating-plan to get new curtains or
drapes or whatnot, consult the personnel of
the store whese you are purchasing your
material or y' r.. read{y-made drapes or slip
covers. Almos every large de-
partment store has a trained
interior decorator in its em-
ploy who will be happy to
make suggestions, offer color
ormbinations, etc. This polfs.
sional advice is available free
of charge to customers of the
store. Those at- three sugesea
tions I make for long-time
planning. The scrapbook of
ideas I particularly reoim-
mend, looking toward H-day
(Itomt-day--that day when
the war is v,,r on which you
begin to build your pstwar
home or reuodel your house
to the dream house you plan.)
Have your scrap
ee- book i
tions labeled, "living room,'
"dining roli," "hans,' "stot -
age clowets," etc., in order to Planning in balance and color. and good lighting, me J this
have all your ideas on cer-
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
HOME IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
BY A WORKER'S WIFE
tain things together and readily available.
Each time you see a clever plan, a beau-
tiful color scheme, a novel idea that
you would just love to have in a home of
Your own--clip it or make notes on it. Save
scraps of material and wallpaper that you
like-then when the time omes, yon'll be
all ready with your plans. You will know
that you want this and this and this and
there will be no wondering wihere you sow
that cute bedroom closet picture or trying to
remember just whore that bookcase went in
sueh and such a model house.
But nowt, what can you do now to brighten
up your home and makle it the cheerful
spot in a world at war that we spoke of in
our opening paragraphs?
Well, first of all-don't be afraid to do
things to your rooms. Paint and material
and a little ingemuity sprinkled with a siz-
able bit of courage can make your rooms
the envy of your neighbor's heart.
How Do You Start?
Start with one room at a time. Go outside
and come in and look at ysour- od famili
room as if Yon aIV a stranger seeing it for
the first time, Wheo you look at it, is there
anything
a bout it that you just hate? If
there is, and it's a piece of fur-mnitureget
rid of it. (I don't care if it was a wedding
present from Couslin Sophie it's your room
to live in, and you ought to like everything
or paint it. If it's the windows, get new
drapes. If the room lacks color. get busy
putting color into it. Next, is there any-
thing about the room that you just love?
A favorite table, orslip cover, or pretty
screen? You could make this the highlight
of your room and build around it. If you
haven'ta single thing in your room that you
just love, then start right now and try to
A like, because you have to
a vA~umla*= 4 .--
- .-. , r -aco
get something, even if it's just a little pie-
tare or a flower howl-put something simply
beautiful into your room. If you have some
few treasured thingsl don't hide them
away bring them out where ,vryone can
admire and enjoy then,
l[dden away, 1hey
bring pleasure ....u If they get broken
or soiled, at Ieast you will have enjoyed
them-they will not have been locked away
in a chest or cupboard until forgotten or
until they've outlived their beauty and use-
fulness.
Miracle of Point and Paper
Now then-tfor your paint o aill paper--
what you select for your walls and ceiling
can make or break your room. Is the room
very small? Then you'll want plain paper
or paint to give it a more spacious look.
Is it big and barren? Then perhaps a flow-
ered paper or panels of paper can be used
to take away the bare look and make the
room more cozy. If yonr ceilings seem too
high, have thenm painted a different color
from the walls--if too low, paint them the
ame color. What color will you choose?
Well, if your room is a not particularly
bright, warm room. then you'll want a
warm color-the yellows, reds, rust, peach
and their derivatives will convert a cold
room into a glowing onme-hut they are in-
lined to make
a room look smaller. Bo, if
your problem is to make your room look
larger, and it is a room that gets goad
light-then go in for the cool shades of
blue, eroee, blue-green, blue.violet, etc., the
colors that push walls back to an appreci-
able degree.
The Magic of Color
Now that we've reached the subject of
color, let's dwell on it a little while-for it
is color the magic rainbow wand, that can
do the very most to bring beauty to your
home. Don't be afraid of color
-the drab, timid period of
colors is past. Just pick colors
that harmnoize or complement
each other and then go,ahead
as flamboyantly as you please.
Decorat, with the colors you
live with them. In the para-
graph above, we pointed out
which colors are warm and
which are cool, Remember
that warl co]ors are stimui-
lating, active, cheerful, while
cool colors are restful, quiet,
soothing. Don't forget that
if you have carried out a color
scheme in a room in harmonuiz.
ing shades, that a brilliant
splash of contrasting color
,eacented several tilms in your
(Continued ..on-....
IConutmzl~d lB,)
MAY-JUNE, 1945 173

L. U. NO. 1, Editor: Howdy, will make permanent forever anld pui both our
ST. LOUIS, MO. Br1thersl We here pension and insurnrce planot on a firm, solid,
in St. Louis are eEI-
READ financially son. il basis? low can that be done?
joylhg the grandest wenther, pisihl sunshin I. U. No. 50 discusses the Pension Well, we will con tract with some old-line life
every day except Sunday, which is the only day Ilund in urance comalny whose assets or legal ro-
modst of us are off from wark. aeryes cannot be questioied to write a group
Have you written your favorite seavice,an L. U. No. 66 likes ierty A. Wallace policy on our entire menmer hip and issue an in-
a letter lately? If not, why nutl? le is li]htiln and dislikes theIllristiam American ilvidual ertifirate to each individual member
and dying for us. so pllenu lon't ever forget Association suIh as they now hold in the E. W. B. A. We
him. We were made hlappy hist sleetilg night by Grasp opportuuiiies is the advice of will take those prtions of the E. W. B. A. con-
the [reseais of P.rother , al,
l Notre. a iphter I, I'. No. 68 Mtitutinn and by-laws, ,ukas the $2.00 adn1.l.
pilot and a grandl young ..... who, like the I..od bcome affiliated, boys, says L. T. sion fee, $10.00 reinstatement fee arid all other
unIon ranI he is pennl ILLenight nf hIs few, at Linancial accruals, outside the 90 cents per
home attending the meetirg. lIe il.... Lu Td
fil
O No. 70 month pre,,Ijin, whilh, of course, will have to
in hisneat nniferlm. which h, sanrly fille, out L. U. No. 309 oermmens on the So to the insurance
company who writes the
Well. If any of you good
... I {rthrs want some ad- I. B. E. W. educational program poley, and channel them into the pension fund
dresses if nlr fightlag C trice men. please torn. L. h. No. 611 urges members to fight lb]rou. the
h. B. E. W, eonstituti. or keep the
tact Brother Walter Tarhib O'Shea, the chair- anti-union legiPIalion E. W. B. A ust as n opt.raJt ie ±,stlIution .aP d
fauti of Ihe ser n'a ~en
cornittee; he ha L. U* No. 672 gills a good example ehange pl laws to fit the
all the names and lddles
es. in appreiation and cooperation Every rsponsible life insuranlce company in
When this wa, writte"m, all lemluler; of Local the U. S. A. and C.nada would be after this
No. I were worki, g, bu workL i, Laperl rig off. The local union shortstop by L. U.
.N. 697 busiess tomorow ,,ornag. aInd, what is more,
You do ait have to r,.ok at the calendar tL they weuid guarantee us at least a 10 pet cent
know the date, as all thin buIlera around here Spring brings a fine crop dividend per nnnu, (oir mortality experience
are talking about jobs in Miehigan and I,'il- of epistles. volfI c'lroman d a goed ii vilend, and, from our
COnsil, or some place ll,,. safety work, the nirtility expeorienee would
Lioel No. I has or, itsnl proudl with its grow hletter and coinia d Idividund.
greater
Elc~ctrouiic class. It is wirLrfi] tn sIT will. Thhat dividend wouid go islo the penslon fund,
men of ages rairLgin f r... 4t to 50 .ears all t rS. S , why d on't SnL OP p .. di s.. us ani t hencould take the $10,000,000 which
we
InteresteI ill eduration. wvhilh tanst of us SO i i tiler ? is how ill t ie reserve fund of the E. W. B. A.,
sadly need. To the boys atttnihinir school who have kept endow the pienson fund with It, and put it out
Things are pretty gofd ar.IIrd hero, and p
hack colliea ii the WKniS , drfer to last OCto~ at per cI interest,
ent which would iririg agros
everyone see..s to be workmin, rr the interests her's issu. Co. aI arti iehyI . 5. Sul n Stanton, return to the pensotefunl of $500,000 per
of Local No. 1, It is a pleasure to go to the of leal No. 70. lie gives I very good suimlry nnuIm.
nertings. onm electronics. Now. i'ts gee; where we re,. Every Claus "A"
Yours for vacations with ]l"y for the ('lass "A" Inclosing, good hick to the oy o the bowl- member of the I. B, E. W. has a sonlad insurance
iUg team N.. 1 for reaching third pLace in the policy guatratechij to pay to his beneficiaries
LE, K.IL.AN, P. S. league. $1,000 upon his death should his death occur
T. IlAoRvEr IAtStP. P. S. sfter one year following the date of his adrois
sins into the BIrotherhood. If prior to one year
L. IT. NO. 26. Ed,,n : Last L. U. NO. 50. Editho: This ar. followint his ainMisi.P bele the Brotherhood,
WASHINGTON, I.-. n'ionith'Loal rnior OAKLAND, CALIE. tidle is intended his proe n..rn.s will he retu, rned to his beneficiary;
No., 20's new school for membbership that is just as is now provided in tlIe E, W. B. A.
of Electronics was off to a veIy go.d start with consmtoplio, inviting criticism and comments, except that in the E. W 4i. A. his henefeiaries
an earollnent of 55 Iml
Iueemrs
to the unex- and it will, no doubt, gererate pros and cons of are not entitled to a Pol $l,000 f until after h,
pectedly large attendance, it Wa agreed upon much meat. has been in the Brotherhood five full years in
to have two elsuses bi electraons in order to g.od standing.
step up the work and gJie Ino.' t.ime to L las- I have giens muPch stidy to our insurance and Now. let's see 'shore our pension fund stands:
room discussinins. 1iah groutp is ow aittending Ienilon plais of late, and have arrived at what Per Year
class sixnights a on)th. I think a logical cInclusiun, and, if put into $10,000,000 at 5 per cent $ 500.000
The letu r andes moving pctures on lhe theory operation. will solve our difficuties for many 10 per cent dv idemdpaid by inaur-
of electronics
have been niost interesting and years, possiby all tire lo nine. Every person anco companies to the 1. I. E. W. 200,000
understandble. faminliar with the peinsion plan freely admits 37 cents per mouth on 200,000 Class
On hand to assist PrIofessni Fietaminlg were that it is unsound and reailly ii a state of bank- "A' memhers 988,000
Clena Pr01ler, bu.siness ia llagr: L. C. Palmer, ruptey, and, were it not for gratuitous gifts 5L000 new members per year at $2.00 10,000
president; C. Lowery. tinaiad secretary; from time to time of asuspended convention 2,500 reinstatemenirs peryear at
Brother E. Porter and Ilrnther J. Bowen of the fund and the assessment under which we are $10.00 - 25,000
executive hoard. One thinginntheahlp was tho now wairking, it wnIld have cease([operation 5,000 n.w members at $10,80 per year 54,000
number oO men who are foremin inthe various before this. O urinsura.n.e department is in
shops who are atte rdig this shool Maybe it goId shape, but of what LSe is the $40,000,000 $1,777,0 01
is bec.ause they are gettin1 tired of the me. we have in the treasury except as a reservI; Thus we have a furd createi by annual in*
ebonies giving out with the proper informa- W'e can't spend it, and it is only created and come capable of supparting more than 3,500
tion. hi'eld1 law to metodaims upnLl our E. W'. B, A. iomouhe, at the rate of $42.00 per month per
The hnen have furnished thlei hwn books, and in case the monthly dewsare ever insufficientmember. which is our presentrate of withdrawal
Local Uenik No. 26 is ftrn.ahing a moving ton imeet the 'laims mad'e uipn.. it. from the pension fund.
picture machine with sound effects. Insurance departments in several states have The above figures are lexill"ove them
It was a pleasure tn have a. a visitor at the de ihard
.
uur . W. B. A. to ie insolvent. With forward or backward and the same proportion-
school hist week {Im]oin' E, SiiPcr's boy.
L who the, I do not agree. hut who am 1. or you, to ate result is obtained. Doule the amount and
was home on, leve from the Navy. Also at the disagree with them; we are but individuls: we can take care of more than 7,000 members
last Umunol netting was Brother J. Crowley'a th ey ar I h la , at e, st th ey rep rese nt the per month lut therl inl half and we can tae.
boy and Ed MeD.onough. who were wearing law. Just how soon other states will follow suit care of moen, than 1,750.
second cla'sratin gs, which certainly is a cPedit ndltay likewise I have no way of telling, but Look at this purely from a business polnt of
to Loom 26's apprenbtie rlhOi. it Iny opinion that it will not he long. The view; do not let your prejudice or hatred for
Our appen.tice schuel and liilg s'hool are qePgItio then, arises i] .. yY imid: are we wise lSre, financially sound insurance companies
still hldlng {iheir own. to await the possdille dvetfu]
ay when it may color your deduieons in studying this. Do not
The h.ys who have bher, abr.sent fronm reetinis not be possible for us tL operate in any state let the cry of big business s.aking money off
lately have bee,' losing out in goneral, as well as we are now doing, or woulId we not shw us, why ohouldn't we make that money, detract
as mLissing some very interesting moving pie- mire wisdom by doing something now which from the real issue, for, ray Brothers, we hre

not making any money on the deal, neither will
we ever enakn any, for, at best, all that we
have is a -eserve created to fry claims in casa
the monthly premium proves insufieleat, and
every relar which accrues to the E, W. B. A.
must, by law, go into the reserve fund, and all
that your beneficiaries ran ever hopt for Is the
amonnt your policy ails for in case of death,
never to eseeed $1.000. The only way ill whirh
y ever profit personally by this f.r.. I
can ou
by the plan I hrerow fthnblt.
I invite your close scrutiny and silly of thi,
and then send in yur qustions. I think I cart
answer any Il then, to ynur satisfaction.
E. S. Hirairy, B. M.
I. U[.NO. 58, ; dilor: It's been a
DETROIT, MICI. long. long time sines
I,cal
.-... has been
reprsecete'd in thb0 linao*, and furpjresident
ias askedl e [ i.i[ Inh d sornethihrg about it.
V'nt nrt exarily 1xeilst about the job, as it is
just oie more lhill Io, ,orry about each nlloath;
aed leadlag 'itll you± I'Ma ii Cold print is not
the easiea wly to make frienlds anll influence
people. However, I've agreed to do the hbet
can with a duty which certa/aly shio.uld abre
been dore these manyyearn and if I on't ring
the bell with a "rmasterpiec," eve ry .on.th,
please be ,r miendthat anyone : eligill ta
take tihe su[, %t any tine and ;uake something
if it.
The rlst thoug ht I had in mind regarding the
iiportance of our <,rettlrt with the EIrTIIICAI
WonKicra ' JOI[RNAL Wlit he way we have let down
the boys in the se-rvie. who ha.e been hunger-
inre for a little news of 55¢.It ia true that our
hlal a mos. eravioiabli rse rI in the way that
has
the niteaber have coll iraeltld through assess-
eacts and enter al,t..ill tu very' one of our
,okdears and sa i rIeach nioth*It: bh.t there is
nothing to a m.n aay froio hoeisi like a letter;
n if *e only su..ceed ill giving hil a glimpse
of 55 Adelaide Street each month ill the form
,f a few n para-raphs, it will tost crc-
tainly be t.Ith the effort.
To that red, I would like to appeal to every-
body here ait inn,. t join ran In thins enterprise
and make it n family affair. There will be hap-
penings ol jobs aId il your private livoe that
will ni.ke good reading to a lonesome iey who ix
living and praying for the day he will rejoin
your toenradeshi. Olde1isi.y, witholt yolr to-
eperatin., it will be hard for me to make it in-
tereestig Jot down the things on paper that
you think ought te I", H~ii or related. Mail then.
to Ie though tei Exel'ltivn' Board, and unless
otherwise directed. evirythi;g will be received
in the strictest otfihinen.
One ether thing niust be ijentloned. Our
SOtR'aArL has rat on petin like eve ryone else.
'hese letters Will be limited in length until the
situatea [s relieved; sad until] the bowling and
house cleoniag season Is over. There are lotr of
shig,, ill dialss at length like our school and
lecttuien eou >e,; the sucial and war actvi tiea
of noir enIn.it e..s and ineroaers; the snowball
insureice promium; inodation and 'Little Steel";
cnvenrtionts and what they are fo; our mutual
friend, the eontractor; attendance and interest
iU mrecli ]gs: lur responsibility to disehargod re-
turininJ niemboerg; our loalds line~rtwr piirgrul
and polisyt and, oh yes, I nearly forgot: the
flew Mawit Cartet flia unced by Me.sielurs
(ireen. Jehnten, and Murray.
So. you see, this hling could be very exhilarat-
ing if everybody kickls in. Make mrlt y.r press
correspondent. Let's have at representative opin-
ion expressed in these pages by one of the nia-
tion's bestlabor unions of which you and I are
meat proud to he a part. Llt's .11 approach this
great new peace era with a determination to bie
in there pitching, both locally and nationally,
and put our light on top of the bushel. I'll will-
ing, if you are. HOW about it?
LnN SarreMIT,
P. -.
L. U. NO. 66. Editor,: Even if
HOUSTON, TEXAS Henry A. Wallace
had not been ron-
drined for Secretary of Commerce, he should be
proud of the enemies he has made in Congress.
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
The roll ll l nf Senators nitl Congressmen oippo-
ing him reads like the Who's Who of Reaction-
Just why are our Tory represeit/utives 50 bit-
terly opposed to him ? First, Wallace is a liberal
who believes that human rights come before
property rights, that the working mar should
be guaranted a job paying a living standard of
wages. He beleves in an expaaded social seaur-
try to are for wo'ers in their old age, and
to include in saoial security a provision to prn-
vide mnedial care for the milions of Alee, kian*
who need it moat. The fact that here in Anieria,
the richest country in the worhd, ieitlions of
into have befen rejected for nmuiLary service ho-
unaust of Tack of medical care and mahlutrition
shows that our present system of rugged in-
thyvidualisns has been a failure, and that onr
Government must provide some form of national
health to keep us from being a nation of 4-Fs.
Secondly, they are so bitterly opposed Wo hit
directing the huge saous to be spent hy the
RI.C, Why? The RY.C. has been the banker
of big business, lending to thenlh,l slas
e of
Covernment money, so they couhl execute Gao-
einernet contraeta This way they have nladn
I huge proiet, without the expenditure of a red
cent of their own money, the old story of
"Heads I win, tails you lser."
But the big fly in the ointment is that the
RFC. has control of the sale of surplus war
goods and the huge Gnvernn.ent-ovned plants.
They are afraid that Mr. Wallace will not con-
tinue the .FC. policy of selling Ihee platet
to big business at the price of about twn cents
on the dollar. For his liberal views, .ni hi. plans
to create jobs for every worker after the war,.
Walhlae is smeared by the tories as a Red: years
ago such liberals were isolated by being called
socialists,. Wht this country needs mu more
"'Rds" like Wallace,
At our first meeting in February we had will
us the following out-of-town Local (Clairaen for
the railroads: J. C. Barnes, IGN, San Anrolen:
(;. W. Boynton, GCL, Kingsville; C, W. ('raie. T
and NO, Algiers; Ralph BH Holaenann,. I(N, San
Antonio; W. J. Kegler, T and NO, Dallas; C. E.
Linn. IGN, Palestine; and C. D. Reaves , T and NO
linemen. The inembership of Local 11-46 nnjoyed[
their making the meeting and having an oppor-
tunity to congratulate then. ao the fine job they
are doing. Our railroad local is opelosed of elee-
tricians, linemen, crane operators end helkers
onthe T and NO and Missouri Par/fie lne. in
Texas and Louisiana. To give soic idea of
the territory we over. we have imembers in
New Orleans and members in El Paso. a dis-
tance of over 1200 nilles. The Iiaeoen. onn the
k
Pk=
Brother Gerald White of L U.
No. 908, now servng in the Army
Air Forces as a telephone and
telegraph lineman,
Southern Pacific were granted a 4-cent hour-
ly raise, ats result of negotiations between
the management and A. J. Bannon, our Bas-
nMs anager-General Chairman, and H. M.
..
Olive, Assistant General Chairman. The fine
progress we ill'e innlde in our railroad local
is due to the harl work of General Chairman
If...l...U l( Asistant eneraiel Chairman Olive
irneltheir local hlairanin.
Although oStliruct, on work is very slow in
nla j.,rijt ieee, al our eincetrsa are working.
Quite a few have taken loeal onainternatie
inks, rnd snre are working on oft-of-town jobs.
Tw, of oiu r men,boie M. M. (Big Marc McCcl-
lin id ]E. K. I(hboo (hoe) Coletrune h ave real-
ierol I e It ln,:ll'S dream and are now fishibg
far 1 vLag,. Big Mae and Chop Chop
Biewryer,
art tLkhltni diflttere lly than .mo.st linemen I
know. They ale taking hait with them and
Tie aoli-labor element in Texas is about to
get in amother low blow on labor ,ith their
so-callett "right-to wo -itbill. This bill, with its
ban on the eh,;edl s,,p iwtd other restriction
is i'leant tu de;.!oy he hbnr tiara.. It, spon.
sol. ktew it is teonstitutional, bht believe
they cal } 1i .h the alions before th Supreme e
Cotalt rendrr it, detimion,
Its eief sponsor it the Christian American
A~seiation. headed by Vance Muse, a lobbyist
for bg bus iness.
hlis organ ierutn, with its fine
name, m, in reality, a fascist organiation pat-
terned after the Nazbi. Its purpose is to stir
up crias bhated and destroy th, labor ri .o.as.
Thbis organiation has epenL thousanls of dolltrs
holbhying for this bill in the legislatures of
several southern states. The money far this ern-
ptiibn has been freely donated oat of excess
proi.lsby some of oar big businessine who
art willing to dIu things the Nazi why in order
to .nnah the labor uniona. Such attempts to
somash hlhe.r by legislation jund litigatiln is not
confined to Texas and the southern states alone,
but is, na tnnld in its scope. They are nerely
usinig Texns. Florida and Arkansas as a testing
ground, ant, it successful, they will quickly do
the same in the rest of the country.
Our L. It. E. W. organiation ill this state.
tile Texas Slate Aselsoction of Electrical Work-
ers, eas instrumenta inl waking Texas labor
up to the fart that we are going to have to
fight, and tight hard. if we arc to survive. The
rank and fil. if Texas, Florida and Arkansas
labor should make a l of the legslIatolr who
vote for theseh ills. so we can retire them to
private life at the next election.
Our Educational Committee hals really e.-
bharked In a fille edautilvunl ji uoEZi. A cbnra
f linemen has ba-tn strted at the University
or
if tieuaten. This clasa will deal with all phases
of line work roi, how to splice rope to tablic
rll lt ons. The classe
of their
.ou.eger
Tle,,, rs
telerienee.
widI be taught by diff rent
flieltilers nf B-1( who are well suited to toalh
ou and give them the benefit
Ou. classes In hasic ere-
trinty timd elrrtranns are both gel].1g strong.
We owe,. a te of thanks to our Edueatlonal
(onsaittlee for their fine fefforts in giving us a
real educational program.
B-a4l lost two of its members by death in
March. Brother 3. D, DeMon.., Eletrician's
fate, 1 c, of the qealbees, wea killed in action
st Iwo Jina. Brother DeMoney was a cable
splrer inll formerly worked for the Houston
Lighting and Power Company. Brother John J.
faekey was electrocuted while working on a
12,000-voit line. Brother Mackey was a linecuaum
for the loeustoa LiMhting and Power Company.
The nembers of B-6( will tiss,J. D, and Johnny,
as they were swell fellows and real union lle...
To their families we extend our sympathy in
theirBorrow.
Digsit G.LLOWAy, 1'- S8
L. U* NO. 68 Editor: 0 p p or-
DENVER, COLO. tunity could bs Ie-
fined as taking ad-
vantage of circumstances or conditions. To those
who are alert, opportunity ay come only once,
bat Is moert apt to cnec, again and again. Too
often, all of n have he.aine raconeiau of oppoe
tunites after the time to take advantage of
MAY-JUNE, 1945
the, has passed. We may havebeen lulled to
sleep in the recent past by the circumstane
of war. That there hove been plenty of lobs.
plenty of regular and overtime, among other
things, apparently has made s careless anod
indolent. To be ahle to recognise and make the
moat of opporp.ntu nith,, one mstp be repared.
It is said that ignorance of the law is not con-
sidered an excuse., It follows, then, that ignor-
ance is not a part of alertness or preparedness
I would like to illustrate this by two events
within the past few years, arid tie inf a Iv teed and technical training offered by the
th*o comes only iron the press. IitIer failed
to take Englard apparently because of atnor-
onee. It seems he iay have been ignorant ott
the weakness of England's defense, or, granting
that he knew, he wts appar,,etly makirg a
bid for lngland's favor but was ignorant of
the psyehologieail loke-,inp of the English people
In regard to their opposition to oppression
arid inijustice.
On the other hand, General .MacAr tiurs Inrid-
ing oi Leyte. which, in a sense, may }lae been
a gamble, provedl that he was preprred. lie was
prep.red by a koiwl, ge of the eon try, ya
knowledge of his eenly, by a Inow [edge of his
own ability, its ,l as a kn.owledlge of the
capabilities of his commCand and his olleagi.
As members (Ifn llgnized labor, we Should be
seriously thinking i .. o.t the anoy coplie
problems that /eiabmiy follow the war.
ill ir
Where is organied labor on the rt.a dhat lea],
to world peace, to natkir secnity,
lal and to ihdi-
vidual happiness ndl well being? What plans
are being made, thi.. individually an.d as a
union, to p'epare us to tirvel this road?
local
Since it is a s truth lhat llriOr1 nlem-
elf-elidInt
bets ionefit theelsdves only according to the
st r,-ngth and virility of their own lcah I will
discuss only that i C of our o lrganiatin,.
how nilny of us klow the history of organied
labor; the asplrteion, and ideology of the I. B.
E. W.; the funtions, the duty. the power, the
responsibilities of the offters of our own local,
as .el as,he -ank anI file? As Blenjamiin
Franklin has said: ",so convenient a thing it iC
to he a resonia h
t-reature, since
ie it enables
one to Lnd out or raaie a rea.oeli for everything
one has a mind to do'," Can the skilled trades-
aian find hr nnlk. a reason for not keeping
up with the advoiies nnd intpiOveinet thai
have been aalre il his particular tradl? Can he
find or make Itreason for iot prepIiring him-
self and his h'tal to assume the responsihilities
of goo.d citizen-hip? Is it not re.ason.hle to begin
to plan for the pehi d after the ware, hen.
many of on .or return, and
w rs will
ince[lle
many others, by their experiencos in the service,
will seek to joi. our organiatlion ? Always
organized labor hna fought for free public
schnols, the of hkeh is to teach people
puipoee
to think. There is no real reason why, havinb
beeinue i jon riyman, we should cease to study
nitd read aonl thihk. Oil the contraiy. there
is every eidence that we should do so, and the
nonner the better.
We place our f+attlre inEthe banuds of certain
,nii in national, state and local affairs These
,en should be conidered as worl...en workirg
at the trade of reproentin the manjority of us.,
and they know how they ore leing paid, in
wages or salary or in h.nor and name. Regard-
less of the method of paymenit, the interested
his energies to in
representative will][idete
;
crease his knowecdge of his trade, and thus
become more fitted for his coltinattion in office
or forl advancement. fl we not realize the Ce-
treme necessity of informed thinking ioae be-
Dig our representHl.i.e. ?
We are soon to hive elections of our own, in
which we will elhet luon to certain powerful
Ofilces withinour own locals. To these n/on we
entrust our standlig in the conmnuniiy, to the
negntiation of oar working agreement, to the
building up of our or ganization. More than we
realloe, we entrust to these me the dollars
and cents that miay cone into or go out of our
pockets, which is of prime importatriento US all.
More than we know, these men are responsible
for our econolfle and social future., lave they
conducted themselves in public and private so
they can face their fellow members with a
dear conscience? Ills the person or persons seek
Salute To A Good Humorist
Have you been realding the joke page in
T
the past few no,,ths ? If you have then y.n
Coust have sen the name of PfI. William
Scelicke, Jr., of L. U. Ne 3, app earmany
times. We are proud to publish tfi, piteure
of Brother Sectioke, anid pay a flltie tribute
to the courage and good spirit and fine sense
of humor that kept Brother Seelicke send-
ing in his clevel', hum..orous little poems
month after moth from the battlfields of
Italy and fromt the rest camp to which he
was sent later to rest and rIctptrate. It
nakes us feel very proud and happly that,
in spite of all the stress of lighting and
the weariness and discou age. niht that
must so often accom pany it, our boys .. Y"or
thbe " ta ke time out to think if their
Brothers at ho.... .nd their JOURNAL., and
tnId contributilons ill to "keep uI laughihig.''
ins any office made an attempt to prepare for
tile fa tule? To Ithey have any plans for develop-
tig ill training prgl ru.ns; educational programs
health programs or any programs it all for the
bietteriment of ilie ,rganization
Julius lloekran, vie ireslident of (ho Tntel.-
national Ladies' Garenlet Workers' UlI ion, said
~
'eCently, in olpenine a in-sedviee tliltg pro-
graillt .
for uni,,n .fifers: "In recat years, and
especiallIy in the past decadeun odr lte New
Deal, the abTor leder's job ha. broadened and
become more onricoliated. Itis ri lone, enonegh
fr lipi, to be LI effective organizer speaLker
and pamphleteer. Today he ansi know his
way about it many liehis far rem.oved, ilercd.
from labor's orbinial path in earlier an d shim.ler
days. lie must know his way about illsoclOgy.
in con..omies, in nlarage nent.in law, and ill
public affairs, le must know how to deal with
ove rnmental agencies, how to work in his
eom
.. unity, how to cultivate pahlic opinion. The
labor leader if toliay finds hiliisef deeply im-
o"a.rd in all aspetsof our eroron.. ic. social
nnid political Hie"
As ne.bers f theI, B. E. W,
fL we night cam-
pare with stokholders in a corporation. We own
stock tinsurance), we have the power and
privilege cf the vole on variouis nataer5, we
have .ur divider.d. p1, tble to as ill the form
olf a pension. and a the end of Iife's road, a
smnufficient to. give us decent bit rid. is this
all that iC. rnean, to us? Th sonoe individuals.
it lerely means a job, a meal, a drink, a few
dollars in old age, al, ofinally, death. To the
115
Brotherhood life is more than that, IL is worth-
wlile living, it is latter conditions, it is setlr-
ity in old ago, anti, at the last, sorrow bo, the
passing of one who had lone his best, one who
had believed in sad practiced the golden rule.
We have a groat number of opportunities
within our grasp to become the important factor
li our economy that we should. It then,
Ceems,
that we should take adlvantage of:I The train-
ing offered by the various governmellt agencies
Ihat will help us naet these proIbtlemn 2 the
ethools, both aoadaintir and 'ocatiorna; 3--by
aitteinrig the differenit forus, semnllna and
loeCre, sponsored by different troups to get
the view point of well informed people and
perhaps teach us to take a broa-hder and olloe
u.nselfsh attitude toward our eoi niaon problems.
We hove often 'ben told that labor is COming
of age. anr we n;'(e with aIu[ in his letter
to the Corinthians" "When I was a ehihl I spalke
as a child, [ liumltrsto...d as a child, I thought as
child: Lut when I became a man I put away
childish things''"
L. U. NO. 70. Edditoe The ap-
WASHLINGTON, ). C. Pellite ruling re-
versed and re-
manded to District Court suit or their fees
by two local attorneys against the Electric
Utitiesloa Emp loye es'oan (a c union),
ompany
coraposed of nonl ipervisory enployees of the
Potomac Electric p Company.
,wer The lawyers
claimed the l'rpct's El.E.U. employed them
n obtaining
to perfect its organiHation, and c
its recognition by the power ompaulY as a labor
union and bargaining agency. The two attorneys
asked for $13,900 with interest front June 1,
1938, or alternately $30,000.
District Court had granted a motion of Popeo's
EPU.E.U, to quash services in connection with
the suit, and to disaleis the complaint. claim-
ing that Pepwes EY.E.U. was an unincor-
porated, unaffiliated labor union, and so could
lnt be sled.
The Court of Aip.,ais, in reversing and re-
mantling the case to I he lower court, said the
union has the Salvfpowers and rights as the
AFl, (IO, or the United Mine Workers, adding:
"It is diffferenil 'tjd i#n that it has noae
It is just this slight differenos that will for-
ever keep PVieilo E.U.E./L from being any-
thing but a company ,nouthpieceit hs no af-
filiates! it is interesting to note that the I. B
E. W., as a labor .nion. has more than, 350,000
Tesnbors ill nearly 1,500 Eational and interna-
t liind these
ional locals, turn, ale
locals,
joined aid affiliated with building trades and
labor councils it t-her respective towns, cor-
munities and state while nationally and inter-
nationally represented by purposeful leaders
at all piogressive labor Conventions.
It is hoped that these few statiltics will
eLipli SuOlie of he uillinformed lads in Pepco
t.. .. dk the right swing into the rankcs of
organized labi, slid that swinlr is through
local 70, where mM.I of their working partners
are joined in a ,ol.. nr. pledge of brotherhood
amid progress. Our II/llsiness Manager, William
toeliter, is alnays Fp.]ha toanswrr any in-
quiry coneeranig Emiliership and its benefits.
iull Bill, WArfieMl 1164, any of you Pepco
fellas that aren't with us, for we do want
y-ou with us[
Kerm.it L. Ehdy, RS.. is in riceipt of a new
existing work agreenit between local 70 and
Asplundh Tree Expert o. for all work per-
formed by the erm phloyer for the Potomac Eleh.
tric Power Co,, Wishingtn, D. C,, aml vicinity.
The contract coanlns ageneral ilnreuse for
all employees, ani. i neldes paid vacations, in-
uraane, sCeorily rights and other benefits.
Tree trimming in i, various branches (pardon
the pun. I just couhln't help it), is a new and
large field for the L, B. E. W.
Alfred J. Jarbe% hospitalized. encased, and
convalescent since May 30, 1944, will be back on
the job before this is out in print. Al fell 56
feet while trees and was quite banged
trimming
up, hut you can't keep a good tree-trimmer
down. you know!
Bill Segar shows up at the meetings pla-
 t76
perous an all gset-out. Btll has a nice Inside
lob now maintaining service and equipmalt
for one of the world's largesnt p entaomrn
munieies-Pairlington, Virginia. "Pop" Reynolds
is there with hinm.
"Midnight" Clark dropped into the hall Birst
time in a long while. Nice to see you again.
"Midiight't conm in oftruer.
G;rek Bnone was lest seen on the honks on
th ereule s Pewder job at Rladford, Virginia.
Bill Ruppard, oil tI saIme jo with Greek,
nearly got his right hand cut off, His gloved
habid was pulled through the pulley wheel of
the ine t ru.i bi, I frayed winch line -two 4,-
fn~t
. I i.. ck r'eA,rn l],L,
e n tha end of the
line.
"Shorty" Priee j looking young and healthy
as ever. Shorty's eI the job at Indian, Head,
M*arFyl d.
Moody Saunders. our ever pleosant vice presi-
dent. is deep ia the eonret of tie latest B'll
BRsy Be. agree with him it i. a nicely put up
local journal.
I wish here to express my thanks to Ineal
637, of ItoRnoke, Virginia. and my many fJriend,
there for the hospitality extended me in their
jurisdicti ia.
h.'.
oI the day will soon come when
I ca., ptit ,~i, i sway a vacation in that
truly aitit I nal,y1 rI.
I hear a lot of tilk aholt electronics but I
don't see nobody doin'
n*othin' ah.ol,4 it. All ele,
tronic tubes are las cal Fy the tIm. and the
function of an eletronic tube is that of a
switch operating at the speed of light. The juice
goes in there and comes out here.
STAN STANTON, P. S.
I. I'. NO. 79, dtdiolr lpin
SYRA( I SE, N. Y. end of the country
we have at las.
e e s
shoveled ours v inut of the moun[tains of snow
engulting us lac TDeertuer.
Seed cataloga e are aP*earing in the mail,
and soon ie uill placidly linccunb to spring
fever.
Tt oill net ie nuine nionth hefore a new day of thoughtful remembranee-a day of -eol-
contract wifl lIe notre [,,L. A mastere commit-
tee has been appointomi r,, celleet sad compile
any sUrgestlins thai the lIugtuers may sub/at.
concerning changes they wishLtI nalke in the
preent contract or added suggestilens for the
futuare contract.
If yon have any s t write them out
erest
and hand them to the rommitteeman from your
department, so that they ill have your wishes
to work on in lTrafiftg the Law contract.
It ws with inter<st that we learned from the
daily pres that the t.N.Y P. Corporation's net fast pace we are forced to live because of war,
income wasenough Pn enaIle then to pay 33
cents on each share of conlmn. n stek.
I understand that the Nin...ra-ludsonC or-
pota.ion bo..ld all of the outstundlng shares of
common M.ock. I was tauight when young to b,
very indIisriou's It I wished to he wealthy. -.
I slipped ,p 'somewhere, or )aybe I used the
wr'ong ilterprl tatinn.
The War Chest drive was very successfully
handled by our local eninttemraen. The sase
committee is now working on the Red Cross
drive. Wnn't yrou help this driv to bee a success
and reap the everlasting thanks of your B rothers
in the service?
I was going to preach a srmon on attendi~ng
union meetings, but space Ia 8hort,to just a
gentle renindot they are held on the firt
and third Fricays nf each month. They are your
meetings, anI are for the common good of all
meabers, so stay out of your rocking chair on
those nights and coie.
Fae Ki,, P. S.
L. U. NO. 80, Editor: Many of
NORFOLK, VA. our nienlhers are
apparently glad
that snue formor sick and accident insurance
is nowawt'Li]:lehl to the lpass-the.-ht-fir-me''
boys. lgruhter Tareell gaya, 'Don't say you
knew rething abolut this Insur.anee'' Much ef-
fort was madte it, present thts insurance to
the members and now it I, e"tirely up to the
individual. Don't be one to need it and not
hbave it. The opportunity has been presented.
fts too bad you fellows can't seeyour
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
WAR CASUALTY
This number is dated Volume 44,
No. 5, May-Jue., 1945. The next unm-
ber which you will receive will be
dated Volume 44, No. 6, July, 1945.
This means that one whole number
will be misstig in 1945 to save 85.000
pounds of much needed paper. Sorry.
photo in the SOtIINAL-naylewe e;n have bet-
ter hick n ext
time.
lieoe'sIue who likes fun too but let's all
give Brother "Noble Dome" Mifrtin a haind in
his offsrig toward establishing reference
library in the loca]'s office.
Glad to hear that Brother George (Don't
Bring 'Em Back Alive) Buok, who is somewhere
in Europe is getting along 0. K. and is hold-
ing his wn. Wouild like to hear about more
of our members in service. Drop me a line at
1061 W. Ifth Street, Norfolk 8, Virginia.
Let's all wish Brother George Ne('une ILot
of luek in the coming event-Let's hope It Is
g~,isor .,ore-eh George!
A message from the business manger-'Sthk
to your job, because that's where you're needed
~ost','
That's enough fron the "Lap,-over." (Wfhere
Virginia laps over into Carol.ina.)
E. A. (MACt) MerC,Lo1'n, Pp.S.
OUr L.
U. NO. 103. Editor: With Me-
BOSTON, MASS. moral fly near
at hand. this letter
is wijiten for Ihe purlmOe of aliig F, .nlnd
nibny of cur Brothers, workers on the hor.e
frunt, who Ihve gone home to their eternal re-
ward.
While Memorial Day wna first set aide as a
lectlos and a day for prayer for our honored
soldier and sailor dead- ,e too, through the
years have On each Meninrial Day, tholght If
our deceased Brothers of this great lical union-
Since January t. 1944, Local No. 103 of Soa*
too, has had steriken from its rolls by death
many of its members. These men will never be
known as war heroes* but in reality many of
these men went down fighting on the home front.
The long hours each day, seven days a week
duringthe last few years, and, in addition, the
ultimately take their toll.
Commencing Januar.y 1. 1945, to the time of
this writing Local No. 103 has lost eight af Its
Itrenbera. Listed below are the names of those
who pased on in the last year:
"They are not dead. they are just away".
foaniel J. Canty Frank Fells
John L. Baker Ray Leaman
John H. MeHugh Ray Willlmott
William H',Smith Ira Smith
Robert Robertson Frank Carney
Frank U. Smdth Le, Fay
William A. Malloy Pierce McCarthy
PrankH1. Starr George E. Cushman
Arthur DI Hawks Ja.ees Donovan
The oaicers and members of Local No, 103 ex-
tend to the familiea of our lost Brothers our
sincere sympathy. and hoet that this "bloody
war" and iLs accompanying havoc will fade away
to the end-that we may soon look upona world
of peace and prosperity.
HENxy J. HuRomt P. S.
1U~ Ur-NO. IOR. Ed;t.o: We have
TAM'A, FLA. not mat ate L
mU h Blrother Jay Swank. of the transformerc depart-
progress yet in re-
bmodeling the building we recently purchasen..
hut we hope at my next writing we can report
that the 'emodeling has been completed. Our ,a-
riius groups are already meeting there, hut our
offices have remained at our old location at 202
Tampa Street. The building committee, under
supervision of Chairman C. O. Barnes. has been
meeting frequently, discussing the many per-
plexities of plans, construction, and bids. Con.
siderable progress his h",n made, however,and
saon we will have the alterthions we need.
The writer had the pleasure ofattending a
reeting of the Florida State ELectrical Work-
er t ' Association in Jacksouville this month.
Postwar possibilities s eem very promising to all.
although, at this report, regular construction
work Is at its ebb.
Among the delegates attending the above-men-
tioned meeting were genial Association Pres[-
dent R. 1). Sominerkamp of St. Petersburg, who
was re-elected to that office,; Bother liarper,
secretary of West Pain Beaeh; Brother C. G.
('Two Shoe" Smil, of Jacksonville,. who said he
would ease .. y jprtohed throavt ith a bottle of
heer, but didn't produce, and none other than
my rivalcolumnist. Brother J. I. Gilbert of
Fort Liauderdate, who is considered the leading
authority in the Southea.t on the raising and
training of parrots.
Our husines manager, Blrother Al Lipford,
was considered present at the Florida State Elec-
trical Workers ,,eitig. but :pent an active
time with the State Feilrai:,n of Labor Legis-
lotioe ' whici Iaw
Canerenc rnvng on at the
same tlne. We expeet some interesting events
when the legislature mleets next month.
Our woman's auxiliary will elect an entire new
set of officers at their next meeting, April 5.
The president, Mfrs. Harry Kilher, has served
for the last three years. and has asked that she
be allowed to retire adlt some else
lse in
her place. She has served faithfully ard expertly
and the members have expressed their regret
that she will not jimitrate President Roosevelt
and accept a fourth t.C..
We have at pre cut 55 of our members
work-
iug at Clintnn, Tennessee, and as the weather
heoemes warmer io doubt many more of our
Brothe-s will go there if still ieeded.
Our maine work is about at its peak just
now anid we expect a decline in such employment
to start on., Building construction work is
still more or ess dormant and we are wistfully
awaiting the war's termination and the start of
postwar construction.
CHARLes A. Scait, P. S.
L. U. NO. 24. Edit.or: Of all the
TOLEDO, OHIO phrases we hold
dear,. the one we
are fondebt of is "spring is here" Spring ap-
parently has heard that song TIs You Is Or Is
You Ain't," for *he cant seem to make her
mind up for a while.
The past winter has taken a heavy toll from
the Edison boys, both old and young. Many
from all departments have been on the sick
list, and sone of themn for several noneth,.
That tall and handsome soldier that Georrg
Reins was showing around Arnie some tire
ago was G(eorae sin-in-law. R is proud of
R.
the lad, and justly so. Harry Miller, formerly
of operation arid now of the Navy, was in Miami
a while back and had only time to call home
before going to sea again. Harry should have
some good stories to tell soon we hope, Leonara
(Shorty) Howell's son, now hospitalized for the
third time and Iv. England, may be home ir
May, Lt. Howell was injured while his group
was helping reduct the German bulge in Bel-
alum,
SeFveral Edison famiilies have received th,
much dreaded telegrems stating that a loved
rinewas "missing in artioe." The uncertain
feeling, coupled with our known impotence onde,
such 6irfcuntanres, iS heartbreaking. Our symn-
pathy to these unfortunate families, and a sin.
eere wIh that your service man be returned
to you safe and sound.
The presentation of a service button to
ont, for 50 years of service, which was made
someS tine ago. was missed by your scribe,
Brother Dukeshire hasbeen In my hair for
flais,,ig a scoop about one of our oldest netu-
bers. Brother Dukeshire writes his news and
comments out for me, and som etimes
uses
asbestos paper. Thanks, Duke, anyhow, and
keep then' coming. I also wish more of the
Brothers would do likewise. Local meetings
have been picking up a bit in size and feeling
MAY-JUNE, 1945
also. A nine new War Bond to Some one in attend-
ance each meeting. Ask Bill Witt what little
thing enabled him to win a bondl It's a good
story, too.
Mike Al.re, of Acme, has a sweetheart of a
skeeter, and his only prayer now is "sunshine
in large quantities." Don Meyers also has the
Doodle Bug fever. If the high pressure boiler
"punch boards" were only built in circular torm,
Don and his skooter could handle all three.
Hitler failed in his try for world power, and
his idea of training children for the state only.
we thought was dead. The same i]ea is now
being revamped to met an American <tnation.
A rival of the American Federation of Labor,
having failed toconvert the adults to their
philosophy, will soon bring the gospel of 'Power
and How to Get It" to the American youth.
Shortage of tires, not enough red points for
neat, shortage of gas and can't go fishing, need
wore coal and I just keep wishin' this * war
would end.
No, I ain't kiekin', but, honest, ain't it a
anell of a hess?
D. D. DPT,,ow, P. S.
L. U. NO. 271. Editor: A aw
WICHITA, KANS. high in labor-mar'-
acerpent relations
was reached here recently when Local 271 and
the Wichita secfon of the Kansas State Chapter,
National Electrical Contractors' Asloclatlon.
jointly negotiated and signed a collective bar-
gaining agreement While this is not the
first
agreement to be reached between the emlployers'
assoeiation and the union in the electrical in-
dustry. it is the first sach labor agreement com-
pleted in Wichita.
Heretofore. agreements were negotiated be-
tween the individual employers and the union,
which, in many instances, resulted in nisunder-
standings in the industry.
Both the contractor and union have come
to the realization that harmonious relations are
more necessary than ever before to improve
the relationship between the employer, the work-
er and the public, and that confidence in each
other can better be furtheredI through the
methods they have adopted.
It is felt that this progressive move will Ko
a long way toward breaking down barriers that
have been raised in the past through prejudice
and habit, and that it is the first step in estab-
ishing the principle of the interdependence of
both groups.
That interdependenc is shown in the field
of training future journeymen for the eleetrical
trade. A joint apprenticeship committee has
bee, established, composed of members of he
union and thecontractors' association. This
committee has dloped writtaen standards of
apprenticeship as a guide to assure the proper
training of apprentices, thereby providing a
proper flow of skilled tradesmen into industry.
The apprenticeship program is administered sole-
ly by the committee, and was developed under
poilcies reTcommended by the Federal Committee
on Apprenticeship arid the National Joint Ap-
prenticesbip Committee for the electrical indis-
try. This is another forward step in bring-
ing about true labor-management cooperation
through joint acceptance of joint responsibility.
The agreement was signed for the local by
R. E. Mitchell, president; L C. Mitchell, chair-
man of the electrical board, arid C' F. Gustafson,
business manager for the contractors' associa-
tion, and B. J. Hill, president, and Charles W.
Paige, secretary.
Everything is going along O.E. .on the Wichita
front; everyone's working and happy. The
Brothers who are out-of-town will be happy to
learn that flap Tteod, the local's oldest card
member, is receiving the pension provided by
the I. B. E. W. Good luck, HaDp Brother Ray
Mitchell has been confined in Wesley Hlospital
for some time, but is up and around again.
Brother Denny has also been confined in the
game hospital, and from reports he will soon be
released. We have severa new lmembers in 271
in the last few weeks, Brother Gustafson signed
another contractor at Wellington. This makes
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L. U. NO. 309, Editor. In the
EAST ST. LOUIS. ILL. beginning of time
the people of the
world found the earth a total, dark mystery,
but we today, in the twentieth century, have
had a chance to look upon a few of thee mnys-
WINS MEDAL FOR HEROISM teries unfolded before us. The r,,,, ~ Isiample,
for mnny years ago people started tHe light
of knowledge by remembering to w*t, down
into book form, the things they were so apt
to forget and ideas on discovery they them-
selves could take to eternity. They w-rote many
books so that you and I may read what they
thought would help us most. These people were
not selfish. but poor and humble and often
robbed of honor rightfully theirs- These men
are the unsung hero of the electrical world.
Probably most of the members of the I. B.
E. W. will admit that the most outstanding
event in the past en's was the development
and beginning of the I. B. E. W. education.I
program. This educational program i of great
importance, not onny in electronics but in mak-
ing leaders of men to guide and preserve the
rights and dignity of the members of the I. B.
E. W. Much praise is due President F. J. Brown
and Brother {. M. Bugnis.e.t f:or their outstand-
ing leadership in bringing knowledge to the
Electrical Workers of the new world.
0n the evening of March 23, bel cable splic-
ing classes met the local
in union hall. The
class was called to order by Brother William
Clark. the insru to, w ho itf rn,,d us that on
that evening we were to hear several lecturers
on cable splicing and maintenance of under
ground cables. The speakers were several out-
Sergeant Salador L. Mazzara. former
standing executives of the Union Electric Com-
Port Arthur, Texas electrician and mnemn- panm, who were instrumental in helping to es-
her of L. U. N,. 390, has been awardied the tablish a cable-spiking school. At first, when
Soldier's Medal, for heroism on Augsmt 15, the cable-splicing school started. we found our-
1944, during the invasion bf southern selves lacking in materials and equipment. The
F[rance. Union Electric Company was informed of our
Sergeant Mazzara has ken overseas two plight and imnedialely came to our aid and
furnished us with material and equipment.
years. He left Port Arthur with the 111th
We of the cable-splicing school are indeed
Engineers in November, 1940.
grateful for the splendid cooperation and per-
The citation accompanying the medal sonal interest shown by the following execu-
tells of Sergeant Mazaras heroism dis- tives of the Union Electric Company: Mr.
played during the invasion, when a large George P May. system superintendent distribu-
landing craft appr-oa.hing the coast -was tion construction: Mr. Andrew Bodicky, under-
struck squarely by an enemy glider bonmb. ground engineer; Mr. William H. Burggraf,
The seriously damaged vessel, loaded with cable superintendent, and Mr. Ceorge E. Syke.
heavy artillery. ald personnel., sub-station divlio.n.
ammunition
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur-
drifted ashore in flames while the amnmni-
ing Company have alexeloped new a course on
tion started exploding. resistance welding. This course follows the ac-
The citation continues: cepted course in industrial electronics which
"Although the personnel of the headquar- We aOg now completing aflter , a 1weeks' run,
ter and service company to bhiel Sergeant Inasmuch as the.ourse in resistance welding
Mazzara was attached had been moved in- is really an extension fhe principles we have
land from the beach to escape the hurtling learned in industrial electronic, we believe
shell fragments, Se-geant Mazzara and that thi course ,ill prove popular to those
who have token the first work in electronics,
some conurades r'etunried to the shore near Practically
the entire class has signified its in-
the burning ship and began rescue work. tenton of etering the new classes now form-
'Aware of the ,hap.ratc plight of the ing In resistse welding.
men who had been forced to abandon the It would appear that this new course is only
craft by leaping overboard into the water, one of .anythat could he offeled as an exten-
the rescue party worked indefatigably until thon of the basic work taken. Many of the
midnight, swimming alongside the ship and members of the classes would like to see further
dragging the men ashore. The injured men extensions of the use of electronics in the fields
were brought to the beach, carried to a of relaying, mototrol, com unination, tadio and
place of safety and given first aid treat- television.
inet. The instructor of these various courses is a
man who is onutstandinig in the field of radio
"Sergeant Mazzara and his comrades did engineeflig and electronics ,Mr. John Sampson.
not cease their unselfish and hazardous Myr, Sampson is al, excellent instructor. lie has
work until they had saved 75 men from taught us electronics in shop form so that all
drowning and had treated another 15 for the members could u it. is personal
nderstand
burns, wounds and shock." interest in teaching us electronics has made
The International Brotherhood of Elec- him many new friends amntug the members of
trical Workers is proud of Brother Maz- our union,
We wish to thank Mr. W. Muorria Jones, who
sara and Brothers like him in battleareas
all over the world, displaying comrage and is the supervisor of war production training
ia this area, for his interest and personal
heroism to a remarkable degree. service in developing our electrical school. We
wish also to thank Mr. James Senes, assliant
state supervisor of trades industrial education.
thee ecodt finn from outside of Wichita to be
Mr. Seies has given us splendid service and co.
signed up, the other being at Newton. Good
work, Brother Carl- operation. We appreciate his service.
Jmot OS"it, P, S. The State of Illinois Board of Vocational
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Education pays the cost of films, records, pro-
jectors and instructors' salaries.
On the evening of March 31, the Westing-
house Electronics course will be completed. Cer-
tificates will be issued to those completing this
course, Afterwards several technical films will
be shown and refreshments served as planned
aid ..rm...'d by cur president, Ceorge Viner.
Brother, Alti is now recuperating from
an operation. We tohope
see him in the best of
health soon adi back on the job.
Brother Gus Stobhr will be back on the job
soon. He is well o n the road to recovery.
Blrother Joe Weir is now in the radio division
of the United States Navy. His address is J, D.
Weir, S., 1/c, Co. 408, U. S. T. C., Great Lakes,
Illinois.
Brother William Schmidt is due back hi town
any day now. Brother Schmidt is now a atit
lieutenant and a fighter Inot of the United
States Army and has beer hi Ind..ia.
{IiI Fm BowNx P. S.
L IT. NO. 319, Edllor, No doubt
MIAMI., FLA. aur members work-
ugsaway from Mi-
anmi and our members in searice will be in-
terested to know who the new officers elected
March 16 were:
PresidetI. FreI Henning; vice president, John
McRae; recording secretary. einteiman; finan-
cial secretary, (;crise D. Bowes; treasurer,
Gettis Riles; busines manager, William C.
Johnson; executive board, Marcus Bo.e, J. A.
Click, Paul Foster; examining
board, B. C*
Brcig, J. A. Click, A. B. Dixon.
I feel errtain that our new officers will re-
ceive full cooperation from each and every
member in their efforts to strengtben our lova[
It is also wished by the teriIbe that our attend-
ance in the future wil how our new officers
that we like to get together on the first and
third Friday night of each month, thus keepI.in
in touch with current problems of our local.
Will give you otIe to blrush up your geography
oa: Do yon know Ihere Pat Cay is located?
I understand that Charlie Powling is working
there.
Would like to ask a certain Miami wire
grafter now working in St. Louis if he n-
members the story of the big dope, little dope,
and the teeny. weenit dope?
It will surely be a -mst intersting sight to
watch Mr. Byrnes try to freeze wiremen. "Old
Grandad" just won't freeze.
SPring is here in full swing now, for several
of the fellows are anxious to organiee a fishing
camnp down in the Keys; sure is a swell idea.
No doubt that will be one postwar plan with
plenty of supporters, but. in the meantime, we
will continue our search for a formula which
will cause flshernmen to tell the truth, then
we will know where all thoee big ones go that
gt away.
Brother A- B. Dixon has been on the sick list
but is now on the improve.
R. C. TINELL, P. S.
L. U. NO. 3S3,
Editor: Very few
TORONTO, ONT. people in the ranks
of the general pub-
Iis disagree with the idea of public ownership
of public utilities, but a great many are coming
to the conclusion that those commissions and
directorates put in charge of controlling such
public-owned utilities might be working from
the inside to put said utilities in disfavor with
the general public, and thus discourage any
further attempts to enIlarge the holdings of the
general taxpayer.
There are numerous industries and under-
takings that should come under the direct con-
trol of our pemple, such as oil wells, cona and
gold mines and metals of all kinds that are dug
from the soil of "this fair land of ours", to say
nothing of the number of lives saved and young
bodies kept whole and healthy by strict state
ownership of chemical and powder facmories and
armament works.
Yes, this is a dream, and the marfacturers
have no objections to us having dreams as long
as we don't wake up.
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORMERS and Operators
Reading left to rght: Charles Cite, financial secretary and treasurer; Bob Adams,
Larry Moore, Donald J. Gill, executive boad; Paul A. Belff, president; Homer A.
Brown, vice president; James Reilly, Internaflonal Representative; Paul Price, recordinq
secretary; George Nichols.
L U. No. 1-1127, Richmond. Indiana, is very proud to have started the new year with
new offices, located in the Morton Center BuIlding. The board is shown in their new
conference room. where they were honored with a vist from Mr. James Reilly, of the
International Office. Hals off to Jim Reilly, whose tireless efforts and s.ncerily have
helped Richmond to achieve one of the best Locals in the area.
In the meantime. any authority that we in-
vest in our elected representatives to select L. U. NO. 377. Edi, or: Reporting
LYNN, MASS. for the biggest little
men to act on the various com.lmissions that local in the good old
control public owned ventures is ,eyr often mis- U. S. A. I am glad to mention that we hare
placed Dflue either to deliberate misrmanage- finished onesemester in our electronics school
uent or downright ignorance, too many of our
and am proud to state that we all received our
utilities are made to appear in a very bad light littie "sheep skin," so as they say, bring on your
as to expense involved and results obtained. progress.
No doubt if thesee sameorganizations were pri- Business is going along on the same trend.
vately owned and profits unrestricted it would penty of small constrcetion and change over.
be a different story. Are we to take from this Big work sloving down all around the area, so
that we have ward heelers
instead of busineas we all are marking time to the same tune, just
men running our property? Or, are -we going
awaiting the right tempo to take in the right
to come to the conclusion that the public must direction, we hope.
be soured on any further expansion along these As it happens to us all at some time it falls
lines? on me toreport that one of our old tinme mm-
I have in mind the C.N.R. in Canada before bers has passed on suddenly of pneumonia, "Kid"
the war, when the competition was keen, losing Bfal. We who knew hi., always called him "Kid'
money by the millions while its only large comn- because even at 56 years he was still the kid.
petitor paid equal wages and operated almost Always at the meetings, always ready to do his
parallel lines and gave a cheerful and helpful bit for the organization whenever asked. He
travel service. From personal observation, I was always in good humor without a gripe.
know that it was a great deal more pleasant Yes, we will miss the 'Kid," but as he would
and quicker to contat the C.P.R. travel man have it we will carry on to our best ability and
than the nunerous gentlemen employed by the pray for his peacfuIl journey.
nation's own railroad. We are starting another advanced course on
In Ontario., we have the Ontario Hydro-glec- electronics to finish In June. With a lot of the
trio Power Commission, a commission appointed B rothers drifting back to their hoime roost from
by the Governmeat to administer to light and outside jobs, I hope to have more news for our
power needs of the province at cost prices. next report.
Now we find included in these costs the price of DONmPr,,n,,mn, P. S.
at least starting a company union, if not actually
maintaining it at the present time, a company L. U. NO. 595, Editor: F ace
union that opposes the right of the I. B. E. W. OAKLAND, CALIF. with the problem
to get the certification necessary to represent of keeping its mem-
hert abreas of developments in the electronic
the low-paid workers of the Ontario Hydro at a
hearing so that these workers might bring and electrical fields, in April, 1944, Local Union
their conditions and living standards up to the B-595 contacted the University of California
level paid in other fields. Engineering Science Management War Train-
ing to ascertain if a program could be developed.
International Vice President E. Tngles and
The initial result was a class of 128 students
Representative Borden (ochrane are having
meeting on April 20, 1944. The course title was
their hands full battling this public body, which 'Industrial Electronics I". With so large a re-
is paid by the public, operated for the public, sponse, the group was divided into two sections,
but, in my opinion. governed by anything but one taught by Mr. F. E. Strauss, engineer with
public men.
the General Electric Company, the other by
I could go on citing cases on parallel lines. Mr. L. Rayner Labadie, owner and engineer of
and so eould many of the readers of this JOURNAL,
the Precision Laboratory.
but I think all should agree that, before any The second group of classes began in Septem-
utility or industry can be successfully operated ber, with 177 students in five beginning elee-
for the public with public funds, we should tronics elasses, all taught by Mr. Lahadie, and
have public-spirited men in charge of its af-
35 an advanced in course under Mr. Wiens, of
fairs, and not some politically-sponsored gen-
tlemen who have failed in their own venturea the University of California. In addition, a
class was organized for power men, entitled
or who are still working Iur private enterprise "Maintenance and Trouble Correction of Elec-
and on the public's payroll,
trical Machinery'. Initial enrollment was 66,
JAcK NUrLAN., P. S. and the ledures were by the following group
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MAY-JUNE, 1945
of practiclng engineers: John Petersen, Pacific L. U. NO. 72, Edtoe We o f
Electric Motor Company; Normaln Albert. Pa- FRONT ROYAL, VA. Local 972 w ishto
take this opjportun-
rific Gas and Electric Company; C. R. Benson,
General Electric Company, and J. V. Kresser, ity to express our appreciation to ihe aniay
Wostiughottee E]lectric and Mianufacturing Crno- locals which have supplied us with e'onpetent
pany. and capable wiremen for the past year or so.
The current program began the week of Feh-
AN I. B. E.W. HER0 The splendid cooperation and good fellowship
ruary 26, and consists of four secti.on of Ele- of these visiting Brothers, reeve,1netLslices of
tronics I and ithree sections of Electronics II. approximately 60 locals. make as proud to be
Five are evening classes, but one section of both merebern of the Brotherhood.
I and TI meets at noon for workers on the swing We uld like to thank Brother Sanm Terry
shift. Another class will soon hle started for the for his advice and guilding hand for I he past
power men. few years. We wish him all the luck possible
All classes to date have bad a remarkably in hi, new job irn the offie. We will aliss his
high percentage f comnletions. This is due assisance, but are looking for'ard to the
fullest conperation with Brother Adair, who is
bath to the natural eagerutiss of the melt for
tothe high ¢luality replacing hint.
tehnical inforrmation and We would also lite for ¢qem Prelor and C.l
of instruction Braagh to us thirmugh the E. S.
M. W. T. The instructors, all college trained Lowry and all the mentiers of local 26 to
inie with y>ears of prafileaI ex peritne, have know that we apprecit& the good treatment
and long stay with them. tI, I .'..e
. efyI treated
been outstanding througnhot. so well in fact that so.e of them refused to
I feel that the results have i'et ,ell wewrth-
while, an(i Local nmioo BI 5 ow in> I Talli
leave and .re still thre.
Its own labor-atoy to ps1updlemuiot the lectdre Our recording seSeeary, Brother George
work. This trainitg has con t rliuted to lhe war S has left us for the armed services.
louthern,
effort through increasing
t he elillhency of the We wpilo this Brother Go..d-speed and a safe re-
turn to our midst. Brother Archie Eldridge "as
marnen and mnaintenance electricians. appointed to fill out the unexpired term of
Local Union B 5!15, with its educational corn office.
,eittee headed by Bnin!as M rttgeir S. E. ]lack-
Brother Pafrict, of L Ot1, deserves a slap
(oeal
well, takes great pride in havins pioneered this on the 1iiak for the good work he haslbeeni
cooperative training. It is a p ease ,i see
d doing. Moler povcer to you, Brother Patriot, for
it .pread through the ither affiliatei locals in
Call'o'nia, knowing that local 11-5915 Ile tle we of 672 think von haveldone a good job,
not only ill furtheruig the interest of the I. B.
way. E. W., hut for olganieId lbbor Ii' genetra.
S. E. R.OCKX...L, F. S. We unlerstard that ,ther Mitchel, of Local
One of B rot....'s, First Sergeant 637, is doing good lown Ron,,oke way. Luck to
L.U. N O. 611.ilh,,o e
abTh Thaddeus Mslliowsl,i .e...er of an this lirother, for he has a big job on his bandis.
ALBU QUE BQUE, u nlos of N ow Me' Armreed Mold Artilley Blttttalili, Head- ,redon't hear much from Brother Shanner.
N. M . w are ~ire aigalin , r but do hear of Big Steve Florey of 1340 occa-
fronted with a quarters Batt,'' 4th to AIhe IredDivision,
sionally. I .dersta d that Brother Florey is be-
nurrihrer of anti-labor bills beinf pre'e tedl to thi has recentll returned J aited States
for a tour oF
ef oical war plants. ing taught by one of the contractors to uls a
state legislature, A very abbrev;ted sumllary hickey in making a short ninety.
of the bills frlhl'ws Sergeant allski who ha, been in ac- The work in this area is not what it has
A bill a law rquirlii laboe uni[ons
to enact tion in N.r.nal.dy, Bcti ... ny, Luxembourg, been, tit there are prospects of nmoreI in the
to publish in the enewspa pers their consituition Alsace andB elgium, is the holder of the near future. Everyone is working at t is time,
and by laws each year, Bronze Star and the Purple Hleart. His and there are still quite a low out-of-town
An act to -epeal certains ectians of the State battalion pritie' pated in General Patron's members here,
EIectrical (ode. rapid hrea.hthrough lin, Brittany luring The F. I. McGraw and Company, of IHart-
An act reqi cin labor unmilons to lie registered, ford, Connecticut, is just finishing a job here for
prescribing the qualifications if aficers. di'('o- the earlier stagcs if the French campaign.
the General Chemi cal Co. [pany There were no
tors a[Ld employees of tholr aorg fix- Later his outfit went to the rescue of the
nizations, work stoppages on this job for aly reason.
Pig clus, fees a',I assess haerts.
i ey 12'ross 101st Airlq,,eie Division at Bastogne. One I am enclosing a picture of the electrical crew,
recelpts taxes on labor unions and forbidding of the most inspihing storims of courage and if there is s'... to print it. Allhen ill the
political clltrilutwhis. beroism to come froil Europe. so far in this d epartment were furnishei by Local 672.
A resolution proposing a con sdittiuional nend- var is the story of Bastciane. That is the A thought has occurred to us. what with all
nee which,
t iat part, would m1ke it unlawful the good work that is bling done by the bust-
to "compel any pero.. ageileat his will to pay little 1bM ian town whore General MeAuliffe
nose managers of Locals O6P, 637. 467 and 1340,
dues to any labor i rganiznlion as a eondtion answered German surrender demands with and our own Brother lIBaeock. that our interect,
of employnient and providing that thae pro- his famous one-word reply: "Nuts."
could be furthered by a cooperative e of
ffort
posed constitu tlina atnendnlent be suhaiftted Sergeant.Iaslowski ,as one of the men all. The business msigesors and a couple of
to the people at the next gtn'ra electiion chosen to tll the heroic story of Bastogne the executive board memblers of each l ocal
could
All usnon nen have been asked by the Stats to men and women in our war plants. He get together every two or three months and
FedleratJin of Labor to write their senators is recounting the tale of men out-nlumbered, hove organization, education and ways and
and representatives urging then, to wvork against moans of keeping the Brothers at work as the
these anti-labor hills. A copy of one such letter over-run, cut'off, pound.ed by artillery,
ground down by tanks, mauled, mortally general discussion.
follows: If any of the above mentioned locale are in-
weary, holding their little piece of ground terestehlet's meet down in Brother Patriot,
Albuquerque, New lexico, against all odds and refusing to surrender town first anTd see if we could do some good.
March 8, 1945. because they had a job to do ad they in- Another good spot during the sumrerf would
Dear Sir: tended to do it. be Steve Florey's, down on the bay.
This letter concerns the following anti-labor Prior t. cntrring the Army in May, 1941, Several other crafts antd organizations do
bills that are before the Senall an] House for Sergeant Maslowski was a linema with this, anI I think we could benefit greatly by
nitsideration during the present termn. the Now York State Gas and Electric Com- exchanglng views aid helping another. So.,
one
Ilouse Bills, nilmbers ., 64;, h PR, 116, 176 aid pany. He is a member of L. U- No. 900, Lan- let's hear from Locals As6, 67, 467 and 1340.
Senate Joint,uResolution lr 22. Write R. E. Hancock, 403 Main Street. Front
caster, New York. loys, Virginia.
Any of theme bills, if passed, would seriously
damage the lhbor movement icr New Mexico and Jack GCIluiet:l, P. S.
place on thei an undue expense. ecessary tor to
labor r'. nlise, not only for
We believe thtpe bills are sponsored by Ihe its proteotionbit in order to tit int.o the more
Christian Ame rcan movement, whose memb ers comiciabted system of soiety. The one who used L. IT. NO. 686. Editor: Publicity
seem to be iitent on retaidfig organized Inlaa to he thie 'rwiyd idividual it is now the ragged H AZLETON, PA. Director }[enry G.
in every way they can, an(d who, in turn. aire in lvi'hlualist. Stelibing, of Local
financed by erta in wealthy reactionary interestY. Organized labor is very happy in the knowl- 686, Haaleton, Pennsylvnnia, has finished a suc-
Iiahor is p t to a disadvantage in defenditg edge that a ,reatmany of the
m ossuccessful
t cessfuzl campaign ia the oreanization of Tung-
its side, beia use it does not have the time
o r employer:. i the counl ry have na compiain t to Sol Lanlp Works, In., In their new Weahrotly
inolley to injc t the i thotroug.h c.~ta't lmike, n no trouble with their union plant, which i5 busy nannuf. actuririog tuN for
or literature that is injected iito the con tro oem p1uyee s, the U. S. Army and Navy. The campaign car-
versy by its enmis. We earnestly rge you to ise your influpence ried four places on the ballot of am elecion
It is conceded 'noe and note by statesmen ngainst the passage of the above-mcntionet held by tihe National Labor Relations Board on
and eononmists that. as eonlditions change in bills, March 2. The results of the employees' voting
our country and every line of activity becolnes gavel 1. B. E. W., of A. F. of L., 118; United Con-
more thoroughly organized, it is absolutely J.AMtS MRIiIFIgeloi,, P. S. struction Workers of U. M. W. of America, 4;
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United ElnetrIcal, Radio and Machine Workers,
C. O., 66, and no unionn. .
Geoirs B. AMker and Lloyd Ritter, from
Bill Walker's office, handled the 1, O/s support.
Local 68t; mncrlfIS were entertained by proud
member Joe wjatlnlli, who displayed a Nazi
flag at the last mloting. It was not just an
orhdeary aog, but m.ul..red 6 X 8 and was free
of any dirt or tears. It was sent by his son,
Louis Swanson, who is serving with thie U. S.
Army in Gemany. Louis wrote little about how
he captured it, but promised the details later.
Louis holds I card In Local 686 out of 1l1aletnn,
Pennsylvania, and Is very happy at all times
to hear organization news,
lIEN.. A- S.E.IIN.. P. S.
L. U. NO. 697, E¢dir: Our eIe- that ki.4 of a game for long.
GARY-HAMMOND, troeice class got under
IND, way March 21 with a to hanidle, a hot one right off the bat, think of
lrge en rollnent.
Brother Gail Fauver will give us the bene-
fit of h is elctronic traininLg at Ii .'
.arq-etteThi, arI not ruoe. in the usual sense, they are
He is a good teacher and will daulbtes, have
the title of "prof" tacked onto him soon. iOr
b oys are showing great interest in the course.
If you know baseball then you lc... wIlat a nio matter how just it i, without aso giving hin
shrttop is. Generally he bi a pretty colorful
moleer of the team, quick. I rainy and always
on his toes, His Job is to sag all of the hot
grounders that bullet d],wn his way or bring
down those screaming line drives that become
Tetan leaguers once they cet iway. lie has to
know what to do with the ball when hIe has it.
Where's the throw? First? ISfond?
.orme executi.e board.
The answer must be fast. Mlany a game is saved
from beefming a marathon by the shortstop.
There is a shortstop
yonr shop or on your
big Job. Be is Y}our sho 1p stewrIad he has a which your lolal functions. It is bound by thme.
job to do. uIe is the guy who snags the hot ones.
the many little incidents that crop tp when the
program is as forced as your work is today and
handles themr skillfulIly before they grow out
of reason.
Ihis calls for a level bead, toet, keenness and
a thorough acquaintance with details of the job
that he is on.
At the same time he must have backbone, he
must as readily say "No," to his union Bronthers
as to the company, when he knows that he is
right.
All in all., shortstop is not an easy position to the same old stand, and we are glad to state
play. A good one should
have your laeking; he
cant do the job without that supprt.
Your steward is responsible to Ihe business
representntlee agsigned Io your job and to the
executive hoard of your local. lie is retricled in permit men if the ('0 were call
the extent to which he can act. And he generally
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
deals with a represe..tative of your employer
who is also similarly restricted. They can do
much good for labor relations, bht they cannot
do it all. Essentially, however.I ,'y both seek
the same thing.
What do they seek? Well, a slnolth-runnintr
Job is one thing, low labor turnovecr another.
And, of course, high production- on achedule.
Disputes candidly talked out and promptly
settled; gripes redIaeeto a minimum and then
Only legitimate oines, ani when you scan this
Hlit, the itens on it are exactly what you seek,
anid so does everyone.
Well, if this shortatop Is trippd up or double-
erossell, rot iiIch baseball is played. The rest
of the team may frantically try tI recover the
ball, and make the play. But you wouldn't watch
So ohle- you nhave something for your steward
that piaure. Thon run over the following list
in your mind:
just horse sense.
Give him all the facts. It is adoul..-.ross ta
send him into the set tea eri of a grievI nce
I clear, complete iu,1 concise aI.i . tt of thr
facts that mnake up your case.
If he disagrees, do not get sore. A man may
only exercise responsibility on the facts as he
sets them. Another basis for deisioln J. inpos-
sibte. If you are still dissatisfied you can go
on up the line to the business manager or the
Ie sure to knew the rules before yelling
honehead play," There are grievance proce-
deires, contracts, constitution aud by-laws under
Know how each applies to your ease befolr la-
menting too loudly.
I believe that this subject will interest all
I.B.E.W. men. I cooperated with one of our most
active nembers in sending this "essay' to youn
but he is too modest to let me mentioll his name,
so I do not want too nuch ereditfor nlyTelf,
It. B. ELTWELL, p. S.
L. U. NO. 948, 'ditor: L o . aI
FLINT, MICH. Union No. 049 is
doing business at
that all of our bcys are working at the present
time, and we hale had a few fronm Saginaw and
Bay City with us. We have several small fal-
tory Jobs going that would
for 50 or 75
not getting most
of the ]est work. The 1leMire Electric Company
had a new factory buildng for the Buick Motor
Company, We were on this Job for four menthe .
We installed the power feeders, lighting and
the air conditioning and ventilating systems,
The Buick CO electricians have been on this
name job about three months and will he there
three or four months more. They are doing all
of the nice work. They are installing all of the
machines and electronic-eontrolled heat treat
furnaces. A few years ago, when we had a con-
tract for a rew building, oe stayed on the job
until the plant was in operation Not
. so now,
and the direct cause of the exIsting state of af-
fair, is the continual bickering between the
A. F. of L. and the C. L. O. It'. getting us no
place fast; it is doing untold harm to the mem-
,ers of the L. B. E. W. in the industrial dis-
tricts. I think it is up to IIInn, lnteaatiutial Offie
to do something about it. Why should the rank
and file meaihers be made to suffer because a
bunch of "blockheads with chips on their sIoul-
ders" fight among themselves?
We have an Ekletronie ehtsa going full blast,
vtitbl abont 25 ner.bers in attendance. We have
very .abe instructor in the person of Blrther
WValace Collins.
Brother Gerald LeMire. technician, fourth
glass, earned e commendst io. ftr the p.rt he
play*ed in installing an iliate
and complex
communications network dIring landings on an
sland of the Southpsest I eifir. The citation,
signed by lt I.t. Allan C. McGill, commonica-
tilnl officer,
said; "Your knowledge, iniiy
and manner of performance were of invaluable
aid to Lbh communications platoon in the Is-
pelitious completion of this vitl phase of the
opinration. The lath Infantry Regiment was
extremely fortunate to have you temporarily
assigned to the commnunications platoon.' (erry
is the son of Charles A. LeMire. of the LeMire
Ellctric Con.pasny, one of our local union eon.
tractors.
It is seemingly inpossible to have things run
smoothly. There is always a fly in the oint-
ment, The ointment in this case is our agree
Aent with our contraetors which says, in part.
that men must be laid off the job in the same
order they are placed on the job. This was
placed in the agreement for the specific purpose
of keeping a favored few frot alwa staying
ys
on a job. All of our contractors signed the
agreemenit and arc religiously living up to their
end of the barganl.
Now, the fly in the cint-
'nent is one of our local memrbers who has run
several jobs here for out-of-t~own contractors
Brothters, you know there are a few suppoisedly
uninn men who can shed their thin veneer of
unionism like a s nake
sheds his skin when they

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, F. H. McGRAW CO.-ON P. C. FRONT ROYAL JOB

Job manned by Local 672, Front Royal Virginia. (Back row, left fo right) Paul Stevens, 508: Bob Houseman, 1758George
872; Bill Burke, 672; Joe Noland, 98; Charley Molter, 5; PappyClear, 637; Larry Kellogg, 76; Gilman,
Slew Carter, 1094; Jim McGraw, 466; Herman Thomas, 451; Herberr Booth, 1094; R. Bledsoe,Buck Burnetl 637: Don Gilman, 181:
467; Ray Janowskl
J. F. Morgan, foreman, 672; Jack Guilford general foreman, 672. Front row: Charley Forbes, 1249; Stan Bryan, 923;foreman, 672;
Pappy Drum.
mond, 637; Johnnie Greco, 755; Dick Gref, 683; Pop Guilford, 515; Mickey Flynn, 1249; Tommie Wirner, 467;
Jack Davidson, 501.
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step Into a job with a little authority. They fighting between ourselves
and retarding labor's given to Brother Ed Wedekind. who Is doing a
forget about their duty to I the org a it'l In. pregress. swell otih ini the new type of work ho has mas-
All they think of is making a nlume for Iheai {ere is aDlittle axiom that the of both
Ieader tyerd at the WDGY control board. Of no snmll
selves with the contractor. ^According ht thn the A. F. of L. and the C. 1. 0. shouhl let soak importance was the decision of the local execu-
reports of our business agent, this Broitle ras into that
block that's between their sleuhlers tive board to meet at regular monthly intervals
tried every imaginalfie schemes to break down, with the chips or themi "If we don't hanig to- for the purpose of d iscussin
and g bringing forth
our agreement by trying to lay off mein c...- gether they (big b/l ti'ls will hang us sepa- reeonmendlations to the general ,embership. If
trary to the agcreemaent. II win call for rately." working hours of the executive board members
re, and lay them off, ain In a few dlays J J. DUNCAN,P. S. are such as to provide 100 per cent attendance
call again. thereby trying to m.anRover the work at thest proposed meetings, then certainly we
list around so as to get his Ia ted few on the have nade another progressive step.
job or get the job in a pTsition where the L. LT. NO. 121(, Editor. SeemA BaENARD J. ItBEE, P. S.
foreman will have to work wi ith he tools, The MINNEAPOLIS-ST. thi lt o the
man is completely devoid of at tlsense of justice PAUL, MiANN. rther front this L. IT. NO. 1217, Ed r One of
and fair play. The business m.anager and the '[win it Lol ST. LOUIS, MO. ..n boys, a former
entire menbership know all oh,lut this Brothersl who are serving in the armed forces do manage re'd ii secretary
i'tt
tactics. Now, when a member o'f oaie alRbI, to drop a llne oecasionally to (heir Brothers of L. U. No. 1217, has returned from the wars.
uses cheap and underhanded pethods over i Ionthe home front. A few of the,leanings I He is Captain. A. Willis (Brother Arbie Willis
period of years in, ueh A ;vw *y as to lIoe the have dug up fron the hleyv at liei go sonie- to us), Itr~ther Willis entored the Armty shortly
confidence, friendship plnd ,,s ,ect of his fellow thing like thism Brother int IKelly, formerly of after Peri Iillrbor as a lieutenont, was sent
men, it is time for tihIhasi manager .. n.dI WTCN. writes that he hsl eli lobed thhit ling overseas and was a member of the Eighth
e,.utive board to csip this IC' sFwings by pro- tower of pis., so ,idenly is hard It work Bomber Cormarir. inee inception
its in Enga
hibiting hin fromI ever raonir nor su ervisig somewhere a Ita ly. Speaking of climbnl, IIow- land, Ied was adeardee to a captaincy and later
a job in our jurisdiction ers, Jacobsel, of WDG\, antd Kelly Theuhl get was made a wig co.n.l. of1trthat group.
together smetrlai after he war and compare Brother Willis, ostreld
mu out of th serviee
Now for a little chat about t American labor notes on towe r clitbins. Bert Coil,. formerly of at Jefferson Blarracks, 51iaourl and has re-
in the postwar world Aeria n labor stands at WTCN and now ervinrig as Isi lieutenainrt in the turned to work at KMOX us P studi engineer.
the porntals of aD w era, anId must plan care Navy, is reported to be busy on shilkedown L. U. 1217 wveltomes Brother WillI4 hame again
fully the part it inltends to pl ay in the conlig cruises for thes Navy. W*e hear that Brother and is prid of his contribution to the war
postwar world. Piollo.i.rin Wlnrld 'War [, the Clyde Treell, frme, r mlitter man at W'CN, effort.
United States failed to look for thdt is now serving
as captain in the Army Air Brother 11,i1 Sleet, a KMOX trarslitter engi-
days that were to follow the war, anI (he re- (orps. Brother Ellison is now E'nsign Ellison, neer. has heo iiransferredq[ the ( IRS Television
l
saits were disorder, diliord all Aon. usion. t'- serving in tll' Pacific theater of war. WLOL Laboratory in New York. L. U 1217 wishes
vriloy merit was widesplead and beyond re' reports that Capt. Merle Bjork. of the Armiy Brloths Nlo..t continued success in his new as-
sttainLt throughout the con.tt: y. Adequate pro- Air Force, was hole ont ratatoinn furlough after sirfbpiet.
duction of consunic r ooe h
* billot plannmed. erving 8) nbsi ions in a Thunderholt over the Rlepcred ,ick at our last meeting were
nor wa the regiihattorl of oujr aftsrai gear.t luroEplait ('..ntinInl. Brother 11. I). Kihebrly, Brother (hal Stoup, of WIT, and Brother Ester-
to the change over from pPac to war. Ivery- former WLOl, technician. is reporteid serolg 5a brook. of KSD. Our he, wishes lor a spwely
one who went through t rying Snid hear.'
hlIos lieutenant in, the Naivy ad in 'Iehrge of radar rcovery Do to hoth of thee worthy members.
breaking years of huger, yeo s and starvation, e quipment at sone Navy base From KISTP, we Our contract with KFRU. Columbia, Missouri,
freinoembrs the , u/ira b hip ,h resulted front learn that Brothr Al ADA is slItbrld iD New has been opialed for aDe isini of wam scales
the lack of planninig Now we are i, the saew Cuinea aRid loul.iig for'yard to isiting AUS- for ity to chuiein,. It ha, beIn loI, time slnce
Opot as befre. It is oTf vital I alortanee to In tralia. these mIn have see, a wage in¢yc w, bnd I am
the war, but we must begn Id arming things to Art Jensen, conItrl operaor oIt 9SiT, has sure that iamb action will be a weicooe relief to
absorb the shock when we stop Iwar prodtction. on induiligin notce, elfee ive April 3. Jerry them.
It is ocu responisibilty I. se that the nein il Stewart, ,nlitter anlni;t K4 rTP, i k1eipi ng his The reports by the scribes of I_. U. No. 715
our arned forces have jobs w'hen they retrt fingers oseri on the sabne business. The bhove
and our war workeri are Irll feered. to peael- holds true for yours trly Loe.al 121's record.
time jobs. The world has its ey u owno jig secretary. Birther Niil Mecin is' became
the Talited States and ill peaplle for leadershp, the proud father of a taby ginl recently . .. too
We rvust not let them drow We nmst bulhd A bhd WCCO diseontinitnd employment of fem.le
sulhstiitijl and w ell-plan ned econ om it' and s control e ratrI's. Ih Neil]? Broalher Warren
ciai system that will .. e.te better way of Fritzie, at radio slit iti WIMIN reports his mDln
life than has .. er hlp kn,, nin the werking 90 ht s a wleek,. and he c.uld u.s
are,istory
of the world. This respoasll'li t'y es not r.s. two Ten to replce him eir in ordeicr to catch
upon the shoulders of our gvvrnnmen~ . nor up on solic much needed rest. Prtp you
F may
dies it rest upon the shoulder of business or work another Molf tournament. Fritzii, then
labor. The saintion of this pe em, is ithe . ..... you
T can heckle" the WDGY engineCrng staff.
luied reslsonsibilit; of out goverilentt. .a. That shonhd give you somec deIree of solitude.
c hurhbes, our schools ...an e'oloeges, agriculturt,Now we leave U .inneapois and St. Pool. anti
labor and [ndustry. Irgtttjaegl liltsbjor st play journy toward Anplka, aid find the 'nlitter
a big part hi this postwalr In.. ni. with it, mIn at W(('O pon3dering overon a..o. iment
combined strength aid ruser ers, bolh nt-td of brigtly-colorerl seed catalogues. Brother
and material, in order to brbng social jstie Pearson was he.,r, muttering solnet hJi, like
to evet a wworlker adi re tori, rg "g ran. " hats no go*,od,I triet lb.he last year .*' Mat
It will take the comb eft0lrts of both thel
CTed at: appeas C,to lereilly (]hyelig with eager-
A. F. If L. and the C I. 0. tPo put this ov- nIeSSto deserbe bow he speared a (36-lb.?)
The combned efforts of tie A. F. of L, a nill Northern Pike in the RuBollRiver.
C. L0 I, working ill unison I a combinaltion I.'ro.. this. IVreihr Walz went bit, a sales
that would be absolutely nll psihlije to ]*eat, talk rega]ding his fancy dog-bIreeding business,
Quit playing pito the ha nd, big businges ub a new venture for Mqat.All the hoysat a he
W((0 xiCn ter Plant expresseid theiir othpiason You wall the JOlnRAL! We want you t
sbout 1heir new fltorescent lighting, aI asset have the JOIAL^A!
flr the dnimming eyes of the aged e'hn..R.i.,.
Members' so they saMd.
Thick to tile W'CO studios inl M inneapolis, we
When you move notify us of the change of
res id enc aL once.

leather tlther
le(a B
lied I A
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by SellctloSrie
I
shap o Ica.sf-
Iand
. TOy vic paiesiea, Na m e ...............
t0lay Fisk. was busy tinkering with a telgraph
cekot Bolder bZr to be used as sanrid effect ol a future Local Uln io ......................
a a ~~program.
The L. U. 1216 exeeutive board get last
durable, lonth to drtele in a disturbing problem that New Address --------------------------
handsome was bound to require decisive aclion by thA
folder local. Outcome of their decision was the begin-
.Idi g of a control operator set-Ip for the ZONE NO.
studios at statlin WI)GY. This, incidentally, was
Official the only cornrin rir'l Twin City r...lg, dio tion
Receipts operating IDer II cobination annou.ner-oper- Old Address
............................
ZONE NO.
ihrowx or black Io r arrange,,eit.
... Tile many obstacles, srolh as
miaDpower and training proper operating tech- f7VlIKfLIATION~t DROTBERHfOOD OF
35 tnml~ts r irue, ar. still left to be overcome, but wilt in RLECTRICAt WOeRKF
time be eitinRatedI. Special mention Ahould b 2Oo lolt St., N. W., Washingtoln 5, D. C.
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and ,. U, No, 1220 appearing II th, March issue
of the JoURNaL -ere oIf very interesting nature
and were appreciated very much by this corre-
spondent. Here in St. Louis we have always had
a master agreement, only we term it a blanket
agreement, the terns of which apply equally to
all stations- L. U. No. 1217 also keeps an eagle
eye out for non-I. B. F. W. pickups in our ter-
ritory. All the networks know by this time that
they can't get away with anything of that na-
tLeo,hoesusa, if they do, the next time it costs
thorn double or treble.
The local comn'itteeon working rules has pre-
sented a Inew et a rules for adopto.ea
W. F. LrlCTE, P. S.
FIRST QUARTER MEETING
tContwoud from page 101
at the Li.. of appicadtion.
The request of 4. F. Ryan, L. U. 214.
Card No. 319624, for a change in his birth
rccorad is delied because the evidence sub-
nitted is not sufficient to prove hik con-
tention that his record should be changed.
The a.t ..n taken in December 1944,
wherein poa lol was granted to Joseph B.
Thomas, ard No. 439612, is hereby re-
sci..de, ln.an.m..h as no pension payments
were Ioolv to this member, and as he has
complied with the law of L. U. 211, the
council took no further action.
The actions of the eounoil, whereby James
F. McCaughey, Card No. 1631, and Charles
L. Schappert, Card No. A -] 104, were granted
1. B. E W. Wpensions are hereby rescinded,
and the action of Intermntional Secretary
Buginuoet in stopping pension payments to
hoth these mem.bers, plening action of the
International Executive Council on their
cases, is sustained. The evidence presented,
andi not rh?, id by either Brother is that they
are now em 1 iioYed as electrical inspectors,
which is a bramh of the electrical trade, and
that while they are so employed they are
neither entitled to 1. 13. E. W. pensions nor
withdrawal card menmbership, and your coun-
cil further orders Brothers MeCaughey and
Sehappert to withdraw their membership
cards from the I. 0. and redeposit them in
L. U. No. 3.
The financial secretary of L. U. 48 is re-
quested to furnish evil-nee that]Frank W.
Prohaska, Card No. 867999, was alive o,
March 27, 1945. It is also requested that
evidence be presented to show that Brother
Prohaska was inducted into military service
on December 16, 1942, and that he is still in
military service. If he has been discharged
from the service, evidence showing the date
of his discharge should be furnished.
The action of International Secretary
Bugaiazet in refusing to grant a military
service card to Brother John Cummings,
Card No. 762612, is sustained. International
Secretary Bugniaset acted in conformity
with the laws of the Brotherhood governing
nem.bership In the I. B. E. W. for service
men. These laws (Aticle XIV, Section 8,
1. C.) were made and amended by a referen-
dum vote of the Brotherhood maebership;
therefore, action take,, was not based on a
policy of the 1. 0., but upon the laws of
the L. B. E. W.
The action of International Secretary
Bugnisset in correcting the membership
standing of Jeremiah J. Crowley, Card No.
769654, up to and including December 1944,
is sustained.
The request of James Ashley, Card No.
8081, for a correction in his membership
standing, is granted. The evidence submitted,
which is supported by 1. 0. records, shows
that there should be no break in membership
The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operantor
standing for this Brother in the year 1928.
LeRoy Rodeberg, Card No, 701916, is re-
quested to furnish the council with a photo-
static copy of his Army papers. When this
request is complied with his cas, will again
be considered.
Communications and resolutions submitted
by L. U: 17 and .. -U. 58 were considered,
and the subject matter will be given due con-
sideration at the proper time.
L. U. No. 84 requested that a number of
their members (list of names supplied) who
had membership in L. U, 84 up t, 1911, and
who lost their membership in the I. B. E. W.
sonm time between 1931 abd 1936 on account
of adverse eyonomie conditions in the juris-
dileiod of L. U. 84, and wio, between the
years 1931 and 1936 rejoined L. U. 84 and
have contiued their membership in L. U. 84
up to the present time, be granted continuous
membership in the 1. B. E. W. through the
years 1931 to 196. The council gave serious
consideration to this request, and upon in-
vestigatio, they fT..d that in many parts
of the country we hbve had conditions such
as confronted the membership of L. U. 84.
As the laws of the Brotherhood do not grant
the power to anyone to make such an adjust-
ment, the request is not onan,-red in.
Business Managoe Charles C. Smith, L. U.
177, informed the council secretary, through
long distance telephone conversation, that on
March 28 or 29 he complied with the rquest
of International President Brown that a
transfer of money be made to the treasury
of L. U. 177 as outlined in International
President Brown's letter to Smith dated
March 17, 1945, Business Manager Smith
was Instructed by the council to furnish
proof to lnternational President Brown that
the transaction had been made. The council's
action was that the matter be referred back
to International President Brown for further
action.
Appeal of John F. Newell, L. U. 313,
from Internatonal President Brown's de-
cision as rendered on November 4. 1944, in
the case of Newell versus Business Manager
Doran and members of the Executive Board
of L. U. 439, is denied and International
President Brown is sustained in his decision.
Appeal of H. C. Fisher, Card No. 286916,
from International President Brown's de-
cision aS rendered in sustaining Interna-
tional Vice President Ba ker's decision in
the case of Fisher versur C. L. Thurber,
Internationaj Representative, is denied In-
ternational President Brown's decision, as
rendered in December 1944 is sustained.
Business Manager William C. Johnson,
L. U. No. 98, submitotd a leter , lu lter.a-
tipeal President Brown relative to the se-
curing of paid vacations for L. B. E. W.
members who are employed in the building
industry. President Brown passed the aon-
mndication on to the council for their infor-
mation and recommendations on the mbatte.
The sdcrol gave considerable time to the
discussion of this mntter, with the result
that it is reommended that the I. B. E. W.
go on record as being in favor of paid qa-
rationc for all members of the 1. B. E. W.,
whether working in the building construction
industry or in any other mranch of our in-
dustry. We recommend that the oiffcers of
local unions, when negotiating agreements,
strive to secure paid vacation clauses in
their agreements. Requests should be nade
at once by local union officers of their local
contractors to grant paid vacations. This is
a fertile field, as 1o vacations are granted
here. We further recommend that the 1. 0.
secure up-to-date vacation data, such as was
printed in the official JOURNAL, udIr date
ef September 1940 to support the contention
for paid vacations, and this data should be
placed in proper form so that it can be pre-
sented to local building trades councils, as
well as to the convention of the Building and
Constructin, Trhdes Department of the A.
F. of L., to the end that the support of these
bodies he had to institute a universal paid
vaeati.. for all of the labor movement.
A copy of a proposed C. I. 0. plan for the
organizing of building trade unions was pre-
sented to the council. Your council thinks
that wide publicity sM.t.l.lhe give" to thi,
plan, and oar membriship Lhould be advised
to be on their guard against any encroach-
rent into oia ..-k jurisdiction and member-
ship ranks by these raiders. We advise our
International officers to present this matter
to the Building and Construction Trade, De-
partment of the A. F. of L. so that ways
and means may be devised to thwart these
efforts.
An article written by McCuire in N. E. C. A,
magazine, issue of JauaIIry E45, pago I7, was
road and the co, eil vdntl 'n
have a loiter sent
to the, National Electrical Contractors Associa-
tion, protesting the article as being prejudicial
to the friendly spr1it which should exist between
the L. B. E. W. and the N. E. C. A. Its pruojudg-
Hig tone is very unfair, because the case is still
before the U. S. Supreme Court for decision;
therefore we request that equal 8pace te given
the I. B. E. W. in the N. E. C. A. magazine
to present our sid, of the case.
A committee composed of Messrs. Geary, Carl-
son, Mechesney, Bush, and Pierce, from the
National Flectricl Association iet
fContractors
with your council nrd International Seert.sfry
Bognisset for the purpose of devising ways and
means whereby the contractors who employ I. B,
E. W. members would set up a fund which would
be used to financially strengthen our present
I. B. E. W. old age pension system.
It was decided that a committee of three mem-
bers from each side should meet to devise ways
and means to carry out our plans. Council Men,-
hors Van Arcdale, Jr., Proller and Shord. with
1nternatiuala Secretary Bugniazet acting Is ad-
visor to the 1. B. E. W. committee, were ap-
pointed. The contractors pointed Messrs. Carl-
tot, Fraser and (layton, with Mr. ecbhesitly
and Mr. Bush as advisors. It was agreed that the
manatittlee woold oeet within 20 days.
It is recommended that I. B, E. W. Co-Chair
man Hedges and N. E. C. A. Co-Chairman Geary,
of the Lahor-Management Planning Committee
On Post War Problems of the N. E. C. A. and the
I. B E. W., herequested to call an early meeting
of their cur,, itte% so thatrnj'rsetetativvs of Lie
I, B. E. W. can appear before tho, and acquaint
the committee with eonditions which exist in
different loajities wherein the contractors aid
members of the 1. B. E. W. are not gstting thg
electrical r,,struction work in plants, which is
rightfully theirs hut which is being done by
maintenance employees, members of dual organi-
'tiona,. It is thought that through mutual co-
operation both the Union Electrical Contractors
and the 1. B. E. W. m'em.bership could regain and
control this work.
The conmittee on the employing of an actuary
reported that the nlomoLts hd met arid in-
strutedl the chairmau of the committee to col-
lahorate with International Secretary liugn/azet
on the matter, and that the ..eo,,n[ te iemhbers
would be informed by him thro gh International
Secretary Blugniaet of the crggress of the find-
ias, untI the fnill report was mae.
It was regularly noved and seconded, that lhe
matter of re-districting tie present I. V. I. dis-
tricts be laid over. Motion earr ied.
International Secretary Bugniaset presented to
the c a considerable nUmber of proposed
ouncil
amendments to the International Constitution,
submitted by International Vice President Boyle,
(Continued On page 187)
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art of the minutes of oulr ;eetirgi. and copies

mmum0 - - 1 77mmmal
Resent to the faqlily anid to tiae official Journal.a
R. W. GOSSETT.
T. M. KERSEY.

KK IN MEMORIAM 0 C A. BENEDICT.
CLYDE LOSR.

I KI M Dallas, Texas.
W. B. MIZELL,
C omittee
Robert Knauf, L. I. No. 107
I/itiated Jhll, 6 1939
It is with dee sorrow and r.gret that we, the
Willard Matthews, 1. 0. JosephiRerman flacrije[. I,. 1. No. 16 tncmber's and oAicers of Local N. B-107. Iourn
9 in L. U. No. 28
Initiated Febr... U, 2 P05, lainitiaed Setermbcr 2, 1,42 IRA death of Broiher Robert K].naf.
It is with det sorrow and regret that we, t'he To hi, manT friends, his loyalty, friendliness
members of L. IU No, f-2214. ecotd tile passinlg William i. Dearing, -. I. No, 16
and cheerflt[dIsposltion will always be an inspi-a-
of our former Brother, Wilism Matthews; there- Ilii,.Ici Ap il 14, 1943
tion. and we wish to express the grnacfel feelt igs
fore it it Wherea, it is will, acre.
a fielin of sorrow nf honor and atisfaction we have shlared i his
ReSolved, That We pay tribute to his family by anie rerGIt tha we. te I...I0ti.. of L. . No. B3, conlpanionshi therefore he t
ex ossIgf sineere sylmpathy; sii be it furthr 1. B, C . rer ida tli. i.....
W, i. of jrototers W I]- RIeolved, That Iay t tribute to his memory by
rsoived, That we drape our charier tor a bian lH . Pearing itld Jaw~iihi it, taa itelt :o thleit* itapr~$aD to his rInI. y nor sincere sympathy;
egrld of 30 days; that a copy of the.se resolions, fole hie it and ba it urthtr
II seil lto his family. a copy be sent to the Jour- RWSoil u(l That W'E 1a5 tribute to their memnory Resolved, That a copy IF these resolutions be
nal for publication and a copy be spread upon our by cx prsoig our deep s ai.p ty to theIir fitlm- sent to his family, ii ,[y he si. lt to the Jourlal
minutes. iliesz and 11(~ i~[tlie for pubbeatlon, anid a copy spread upon our fnun-
NOIRMAND SEQUIN. Resolved, Thiat air charter tie draped for a utosi and be it furlter
Washington, D. C, Rec Lording Secretary Thilhod o] J[i days, a .oV, n4 the re-olutions bie Resolved, That .e drape our chat RIr 31
sent tn theu- milie, I rip
a
:.lwl h spread on our days in his PeIoII'il yA.LRW
EDWARD
Lloyd V. Kelly. l. U. No. 2 nintit- s, Ind a cop, he, etIt to iii EZ 'itt ica
Inil.tited J"no 7, 1924 Wolkers'l J mrIral
. oI nbti ofln, CHARLES CO
In sorrow the mnc'lebcrahip of Local U.nion o. 2 DIPOI{GE J, MORROIW. SACK SCHNR ER.
recrds tIle passing o BIrother Lloyd V. KIlly. GUY VAUGHN. Grand Rapids, Mich. C,mIniitee
To his loved ones we express o, syntiyatby in Evansville, Ind. CIairmatee
their loss,
Brother Kelly was a true and loyal member of Andrew Flaherty, L. U. No. 23 Clarence F. Bader, L. U. No. 113
this organizatioI for the pa.t I5 year duvoting Iniiated Spitentbcr 7, 193$
nicitedi Alpust 5, 1942 It iS wit p w anh d regrt
y tim Ie. the meII -
haimselfat all times, t its purpose. Whereas Almighty God. in His infinite Wisdom.
Brother Kelly joined the srvice of RI11 counIry hers of LoIl Unton No. 113, Ireoid oIIr first
on August 23. I4. and at iIe Iiun of ni, death
on March Ii, 19145. Called It eternll rest our casualty if WallId W r' i n thie death of Brother
was eletrician's iate. seconId c-sa. U. S. Navy. worthy Brother, Andrew Fiaelay; therefore h, it Clrenct F. flader, who was Rifled in Go all.
Resolved. That we pay tribute to his memory October gaI. OR,
Brother Kelly will long be re¥m.e.hbe..rd for hJi by expressing to il relatives ow, heartfelt
S hiit of good fellowship. his Wilning snide, and We ,±sh to xtend t his family and friends.
i Ihas been id that his heat Was as big as h.s syripaltiy in the hoSf their loved onie; artd be ow heartfelt -ytnipathyt therefore be it
snile. it further Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be
Ieoloved. Tha a copy of these r.solutions b, sent to hs wife, a copy be sent to OUr oflrcia
HENRY C. KUEHNER. spread ulpon the minune 0 ou Ir meeting. a copy
GEORGE DfAEGELE, Journal dir DpltbIcationU and a copy be spread upon
DAVID LUND, be sent WoIlls bereaved faimlily, a eoPy Ie sent t ou. mnuIte; sad be ]lu the
St Louis, Mo Com.lirattee our ollicial 31oIrrial for pubtu [ation, lnd our Resolved. That w*, {'r oir chbarr for a
charter hr dlaped for a peliod of 30 days; dod period ofId days in I i% I'nOr ..
be it further 3tHiNO FOWLU
Frank J. Casey. L L. No. 6 Resolved. That lie nirtnbers sunnd in 'eknee (lIARLES W. & NNR.
Initiated October 30, 1943 for a period of one as a intilute
...... Ia hi. TOM MACKEY,
Charles Saile, L. I. N. 6 Itemnory. Colorado Springs. Comnaittee
Ilfliated Noveaber 2*, 1436 WILLIAM FEEIIAN,
hereas Almignty Grid, ir His wiasdom. has seen St. Paul. Minn, Wellare Chairman
fit to callflorn our midst our e tee mdand
.. worthy Jesse M. McGlaughn, L. U. No. 136
Brothers. Frank J. Casey and Charles Sauve,. Who John MCDonald, L. U. No. 52 lIftMaLed May 21, P4la
have ltln true arid IIloa BiothIers of Local UIn Li Iittiated May 12, 1913 Max H. Greghrn, L U. No. 136
No. 6; therefore be it falifined October 1, 1044
Resolved, That we pay tribue to their memory James Hull, L. I-T No. 52 With a 'lceete feli of aorrow and recret we.
by expressig to tr fa.ly and our
.iends initilted May 6, 1924 the meii... cr I[ eai It U or,No, B-126, IT E . W ,
sincere sympathy: and be it further It is with deepst sorrow and regret that we, record la, Intimnely [1ning of our fmRends and
Resolved, Thai a copy of these resolutions Ie the I..elnbers ofi Ix eal lniiri No. 52, I, B. It W,. Brothers. vax Careho and Jesse M. Me,
sent to the fam.ilies of oIr ].late epated record the Ia"sIng f our £rother, Jarnis Ntull Claughtl; Ihlrefore he it
Brothers a copy be spread in fuIll upon the min- and John MeD/irurld; lie refore be it ReSolved,. l'bat
h we ay tribute to Pheir memory
utes of Local Vi N , Iion
6 arid al copy b. s nIt to Resolvel. Thie i teide i our sI..e..re , ayni p.. .iy by expressibl, to their faiilies aId frends our
the Electrical Yorkers, Jornal DoU publicationl to the famlilies of ouIr Br.others, in this tIlne of sinlcere sympathy; and be it iurlher
and be it further their great sorlow: and be it furtihe Reslved. That a copy of these resolulonst be
Resolved. That the members stand in Iience Resolved. That a copy of thiist+ res]ltu ionns be sent to their £amilies, a copy bt spread on our
for a lpriod of one minulte ad that our charter ,lread Ifanln the minulea of .. I .. e r inid a minutes. and a eopy be s11n1 to the Soilrall of
be draped for 30 days as a tr-ihuic io their ,o ,lory. IDy sen{t t theR olhinl Jotilrnl foi publication Electrical Wolkers for publication; and be it
J, W. WADDELL. and a copy ent to their 1li caved ... Lie,¢ fIrther
C, CARMEN. LOUIS VEHLING. Resolved, That we stand in Silene for ona
E. MENESIMI, Newark, N. J, Reording Stere.ary mlinute as a trib1te to their rmory arid that OUr
Sa Flancisco., Calif. Comnittee charter be diaped for a= inof I0 days.
CHARLES HARVES.
lihael J. O'Connell, IT. No, 9 D. Foley. I,1U. No. 51 Birnlngham, Al.. Recording Seceitary
Ilitiated September 2, 1941
Initiated JUIl 27, 2920
Willia, J. Ready, L. U. No. 9 Harold Chrisman. I.. V. No. 53 Arnold J. Hauper, L, IT. No. 263
fleirniatcd September 8, 1915 Initiated Jtjly 22, 1941 lIitiat.d Febrary 23, 1937
Whereas God, Jn His infinile wisdon, has Called Whereas il has pleaSed Almighty GodC, n His William Cannon, L. U. No. 263
fromi their ealthly labora the abIove liaRdr.it ..- infinile wihsdom and mercy. to renove fhor our ltd tited M"y 25, 1943
hers anid esteemd co-orke in our Local Union itlidst out esteemed and w.itliy lI otheta, D, Foley It is with sincere foolinIts of sorrow and regret
No. B-9; and anid Hold Chrismna..; and that we. Ihe Imembler s of Electrilal Workers' Local
Whereas we dee.l, it fittiig and proer that tile WhUas In the pas... ot these D1roi~lir. Local Union No. 1B463. recrd le passing of our worthy
members of Local Union No. 1.9 f the Interlla- Lnion No. B-$3 has los ttrue and loyal [nwrbhers BotherS. William Cannonl and Arnold J. Hautprt;
tional Brotherhood of Electrlcal Workers offer a who*.e kind deeds and noble .haratlers will be arid
tribute to the memory of our late Brothers, who reiembered nrnst by those who knew tRem best; Whereas in th aig o these Brother. Local
have been such loyal ileitbt s of ouI Biolherhlood so be It Dtnlon NO. B.263 has lost true and loyal memnbers
and country and who Iave always blee our ReSolved, That we p,': triute Rt thir mieory whose kindness will be remeibered most by
faithful friends; therefore b, it by expretsig ouir heartfelt ,ympathy and sotlow thboae who kInw then, best: slo b it
Resolved. That the sincere sympathy of the to the ir beeaved anlies arid relatfivesb in their Resolved, That we pay tribute to their memory
membership of this Local Un/ior No 11-9 and the dark hour of so.row; and be it fRtIhler by expressing oPr hIail felt sym aThy and sorrow
membership of the Interntional ]Brotherhood of Res8olyed. lIIt a op y of these roseitiRons be to their bereaved and be it further
eamilies;
Electrical Wokers is, hereby extenided to ther sent to the families of ou de patted RoloIhers, a Reso.ved. That we. in our meeting nssembled,
bereaved families. copy be sPread on lhe nuintite, of Local UnIo, gland in s forilence
one minute as tribute to
RAY POOlEY, No. E-5.3 and Ii Coy sent to the oficial Journal thefi menory: and beIt further
E.MMETT GREEN. for publication: and be it further Reolvred, That a copy of these resolutions be
IiARRIY LATER, esoltved, That aer c]arttr be draped for a senlt to their families, a COpy be sent to our
Chtcago, Ill. CommIti ee period of 30 dcay,. and that we sta¥d in sIilnt offeial pudlic.tioi and a Copy be written ill our
meditation for one minute as a trihld In Ihe minutes. and our charter be draped for a
that
uneinory of olr D late othest. fDavid FVley arid period of 30 days,
June Benjamin Squibb. L. U. No. 11 Itaroltl C hnsiian.
Initiated J..e 3, 1940, ill L. U. No. 691 WALTER 1T. HENKE!S.
GEORGE G]ITLIAM, f,] 0 3.I iH:]rI.
It is with deep sorrow and i Igicf that wr! rerord J1. IL ST/EliftD
the death of or Brother. J, B Squibb, who was LEO IT {;ItiGORY.
U. A. CATHCART, Dubuque, Iowa. Commfittee
killed in aIlion at lwo 3 ina, December 27, 1944; Kansas City, M., C.l..ln.ittee
therefore be it
Resolved. That we pay tribut* do his menory W. R. ForLyth. t. IT. No. 278
by expressing our sincere synipathy to its wife Joseph * Paltm, L.UI. No. 59 b~lizited Febbruar, 1I, 1942
and family; an, be it I IIher lnitttfel April 25, 1921 It is With the dlee
I.s. . orIIow and regrt that we
]Resolved, That we ,,ra op AiIr charter for 30 WIereas with deepes t regre we , Ihemembers record the paaslng of Brother WV R. Shorty)
days. and that a copy of lhioI icsoltlaois be of L. II No. il, Ii..e.r. tI i lskir o on
. .ii worthy Forsytih
spread on tie of out vettng, a copy smut
.in.tes BrothL
i . Tse ph E Petin; tu ei oe It BIrother Forayl0 was known and loved by his
to his ,ife, and a copy sent to ouI ofliLil il Fiet oled. Iat 'V e CLirid our sit,t .rl. sympa thy many friends and Brothers, bath oi, the job and
for publicatio. to his,iefeed faintly: and be hi fAtwfur socially.
. E BOITRNIQUE. Resolved. That as . tik ,i f oisy (nirOL Uteharter Bliother rorsyth made a very ditinguished
R. J. SCRWRIKETI , he draped fol a period of 30 avi,: antd be it reeord forh hi hile serving ii til Canadian
L,. ], IO Mi A IW AER. furt{her Army during World War !: therefore he it
Blurbank, Calif. Coallllnittfe Reslved, l'Tht these rcsOlutiooii U, made a Resolved. rht We tWend our sicere sympathy
iS. The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
to thosenear and dear to our Brother; ant be It Labhoma I.r.well, L. it No. 332 will b remembered
e most by those who knew
further Initiated December 10. JM4 them best: so be it
Resooved, That a opy of these reso]utin., be Recoied, T]'hat we pay tribute to their memror
spread on our minutes, a copy sent to the Eiectri- Blaine V. Smith. L. U. No. 332 by expressng our heartfelt sympathy and sorrow
cal Workers Joitnal, nIe to the bereaved faon- Initiated J.gy S. 1926, in L. U, flo. 134 to their bereaved families and relatives in their
dfy ard our charter be, dmiraped for a period of 30 It is with deepest ,.rrow and regret that we, the dark hour of .orrow:and be it lurther
umlbt w ,, of Loc. l tnKio l.. S . l-:gi±, record the Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
ElGE-NA' ZJANDRICKS, assing of 'islt, La{ona larnweIll and Brother sInt to the families o our deparled Brothers, a
),,iJ AMOS, ninre V Smith. copy be spread oil the minutes of Lonal Unonl
J I. MALIIIEU, Whereas we wish t, express to their fanilies No. B-420 and a copy be sent to the official Journal
Corpus Chrislti, rxas. Critii. Ifte arid relative. our deepest seymPathli: lhe.eior.. ot pblication anld be it fuirther
be it lResolved. T{hat our charter be draed for a
Richard O, Dusk, L. U. No. 292 Reslv*/ed. That a copy of thyei 4 ,n]utions be peliod of 30 days, and that we standein silent
Initiaedl JOaL r, EL. 191S ent Lt their fam ilies and S 1kVo 1i' sueiL to tIhe ledItation for one minute as a tribute to the
With deep sorrow and regret we. the members Electrical Workers' Jouirnlal III publicalolen and tieitnory of our late Brothers. Walter F. Lowell
of Local UNion No. B-292, record the pa.Sidn of tIat a copy be spread ii tILe Ii ifill it's: and be it and Erie B. Nelson.
an oId friend, Brother Richard 0 DlIuk further EVEIRITT TEMPLE.
Whereas Local Union No. B.292 has lnst in lhh! Restilved, That our charotr be draped for a SAMUEL FOSS.
death of Brother Dusk a trll friend aii) I.nyi pIeriodI of al0 days in trllhute ti Bu, t mei ory. FRED PAULOZ,
member: therefore be it C, C. CARROLL, New Brtain Distrct Committee
ARlesacd. That we pay trihtlle to his memory P. 11. SNEIAKER, CHARLES HENNY,
by expressing our syupathy to hlJ Ianlly .i. their IL K. FIELD, EDWIN PULLWITZ.
bereavenient: and be it [Injhi l San Jfse. Cali. Committee CLARENCE RADEN,
Resolved, That a en~py 0lI tllcse resolutions be A-eriden District C.onnittee
spread on the minut(
II Hie, ,loa] msin, a CeCy Richard T. Kirknmau, L. IT. No. 342 Waterbury, Con;,
sent to the Electrica] Woikeirs Jeulnal Lor pub IU/atietd Junea ±s, 1943
cation, andt a Copy ill ent to the fatily of our Harold H. S ears, L. U. No. 429
late Brother. It i, with deep sorrow aRd regret that we, the
nherri of LocAl Union NO Sol~ record the 14i,1oTe~Auptsst 16, I*.2
EDWARD J, CONWAY.
minneapclis. Minir, Press Secretary passig of Brother Richard T, Kritnile, in line Leonard J. Davis. I.. IT. No. 429
at duy fr his country.
Resoved. Thait a copy of these resolutions ie initiated November 6, 1940
lJll.ard D. Forsyth. L. U. No. 302 sent to his wife, one sent to the offilial Journal It is with deep sorrow and regret that We. the
lnthnted March 9, 194a of the Brotherhood for puInllation, and tHat the nelnibers of Lcal Unhion No. J-42, record the
teorie lMann,
L. U. No. 302 same be spread on our minutes, and that the assir tf oudr Brothers Leonard J. Davis and
1~iallnated Jtne 2i, Re2l ,mleribe]iu of local Union No. $~ stand~ silepity f[or Brl H, Sears: Ihee..ore be it
Resolved, hat we pay tribuen to their memory
Whereas it it ithI deepest srrow that we. the one itintitte o~ the~ next m¥eetllnn illf
members of Loc:l Untoil No. B-302+ L I) 1%:W_ it W. SI! FNCI by expressing to Their families our sincere sympa-
pay cur last tl ne or respect to liiA niennIry et thy; and be it furthor
our late Broialie Ge.e. M.nn andir Wiillrd JOHN B. MCCAULEY. Resolved. That we drape our charter for a
Foryth, whoml Gid, a Is illnftne wisdom, s. w Greensboro, N. C. FInnncial Secretary rirnd ot 30 days. and that a copy of these reso-
fit to remove from our midst; and Ui be
III spread cn the minutes of our meet/ng,
Wiheres we wish to ericnd to their fatilies and that a copy be sent to elei bereaved famailies,
relatives our deep and heartelit syinpaPhy; thee-
Verne A. Hall. L. U. No. 377 and that a copy be sent to the Ofcial Journal of
tore be it
RcnitRnted March 12, 2918 the Brotherhood for pubhleation.
Resolved, That we. in meeting assembled. stan.I Whereas it has pleased Almighty God. In His BUFORD F. PUTMAN,
1i ;ln2e for one a1ntfl, :S a tribute to their niiinlte wisdom amladme.cy, to i"eIioVv fro m our E. E. LLEWELLYN.
meriLn]'ly and be it fli ]i, nuidti out worthy Brother, Verne A. Hall; there- RUSSELL A. STANSELL.
Resolved, That a cop, if these resolutlons be fore be it Nashville, Tenm, Commlittee
sent Io bereaved faillIic/ I enpy spread upon Resolved, That we ay tribute t his memory by
the nunties of hii mIN l in, a copy be sent to expre/sing our heart..lt s ym pathy and sorrow to
our official J.ourna I p uld itlon,* and that our his bereAved family and relatives in their dark Joe S. Ntiun, L. U. No. 434
hloul f soll o; mid be it tu, e Initiated November 1d. PR
charter be draped tor arerlodcIf 30 days. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be It is with a sincere feeling of deep sorrow and
A LAWREN
. CE,
Richmond. Calif. Secretary Sent to the ftanily, ftor departed Biother, a Copy regret Ht we the members of Local Union No.
to he written in the malnintes of onI local, and B-434, International Brotherhood of Electrical
copy sent to the Intenatlonal Offlce fur jublica- Workers, record the death of our esteemed friend
John James Jackson, L. U. No. 304 tinn in the Jounmal: and bE it fil thir and Bother. Joe S. Nunez, on iardch 3. 1945; and
Il tia foId June 23 I'll Resoflved, That our chariel he drsped for S Whereas those of us who knew him best, knew
In tlhe hinn of sadness whica accolupanies the poliod of 30 days, and that we stand in silent him to be a loyal member of this organization,
FIJIAN'shi(`it t ,I emthis earth, ]i l it rs of -neal metrditalio.. for one minute as a tJilbte to the In fraternily we extend to his loved ones odr
rnlon Nol. 1>-304 record the passin[g oi Brother lietnory of our late Blrother. Vernle A. Nail. heartfelt sympathy and assure theim that so far
J.1hn ines J;ieksiin with respect and a deep ARCHIE C. CORNISHt. as we may. we share their grief, for he was our
feeling of symIpathy for his bereaved family and HOLMAN C. STANCHITELD. IBrthewl theitfuo.e be it
frixends. WALTER A. COLLINS, Resolved, That we. as a body in meeting as-
We therefore, in ineriIng nsseiniieri stand Lynn, Maid . Comtmittee seibled. sand in sflenee for one minute as a
minute in silent re± i*. and shall drape our tilbulte to his nleory; and be it further
charter tof 30 das it I ..ee to Is m)emory.
.e Resolved. That we pay tribute to his family.
This shall be record.Id rid copli sent to hi Randolph H. eg, L. It. No. 408 txprcswdng ihi thle, ourt ,ytnhy in this hor if
family and the Joiuil.i O[ itstriCal Workers andt 1,ittIotd Ocob", 13, 1IW% sorrow; and be it farther
Operators. It is with deepest sorrow and regret that we. Resolved. Thai a co y of theseresolutions be
CECIL PI MORGAN, Hle members of Local Union No 408, MIsseila, sent to his fatily and te entered into the minutes
Topeka, ans., R Secretary
S,,rdin Morntalna,
mnourn the pasilg If .lieut RanuoIf of this ilcal union: and a copy sent to the Elec-
H. Ogg,whotdted while one dny February 4. 194I trical Workers' Jornal.
Thomas P. llnsIey, L. U. No. 323 theicfoir h1 it RAY F. RATTIERREE.
Inrittred J,,,nwrp 5, 192$ ReSolved, That we pa tribute to liii memonr LOtUS D, WILSON,
Whereas Almighty God,i Ill, infinite wisdom. by expreslng it h1s fall] our sineit1 regret arid J. T' WEIR.
has seen 4i to take fro]n, nor midst oar friend Myrpathy; and be it further Douglas. Ariz. Committee
and Hill, r Thllaas P. H~ssey and Resolved. Thil a Copy of these esolutions he
Wh reites I , posing o th0s Brhlboer in bl sent to his family, a Copy spreod pxn olr
eternal ie; ,id tills deprived Local Union No S23 'i utes, aend a copy sent 10 nur ortanizatioos Gordon R. Mangels, L. U. No. 465
of a Iol and is LpecItd member; now theleore Journal for publicaton; and be It jutthem Initiated April 19, 1937
be it ResolveJd. That we drape olr charter for a It in with dee sorrow and regret that we, the
Resolved. That tli I fleeting snd for one period of 30 days. rlenbels of L,.. No. B-465, record the passing of
mtinuten silent tribute to his lieinaly; and be it 0. W. SCOTT. our Brother, Gordon R. Mongols: therefore be It
/llrther Missuulu, M nit. Ri-co.did/ig Secrutaty Resolved, TIt we pa lilHIute tu]. i iine ryo
Resolved, That our charter he draped for a by expressin/ to his family our sinoere sympathy;
period of sodays; and be it further and he it further
Resolved, That we at this time epress o,,r H.enry C. Aver , L. U. No. 409 Resolved, That we drape our charter for a
c ondolence
to the famiy Of our dieprirtedBrothel; Initioted n, 6, 1929 <,lrid of 30 days, and that a copy of these reso.
antd be it firtlher Whereas it Is with a sicere and profound feel- t ions he spread on the rainutes of nur reputing:
Resolved ITho a copy of thes rvsnhlionieh rig of regret i,,ld s.n.ow thUn Lot]nI Ulion No. that a copy be sent to the official Journal of the
Inorpor,'led in the minutaes oCthis local ui ien. II-409 records the p assingof Br0ther HEnry C. Brotherhood for publication and that a copy be
a ,opy Ihe i ed It the miniiLy antd a cnpy sli to Avery; therefoer he it sent to his bereaved famly.
the Inoernid io~nal Obflfe for publication in the Resolved, That we pay tribute to his memory JOHN RITCHIE,
Electrical WoikerP Joul.T~a by expressing onr deep sympathy to his wife W. H. RODGERS.
a.d faIIly, a.id hib it fiuitlhe J. IEMERRILL,
R. L. HARPSTER. Resolved, That we stand in silece for period San Diego, Calif. Committee
A. C. GROH, of one minute as tilbute to his nItlenry; anid
West oalm D.eac. Fla. CommIttee We it further
Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be R. W. Allan, L. U. No. 466
,prcad upoR the minutes of the meeting. and Initiated October 2, 190
Thomas J, Hanly, L. U, No. 328 copy be forwarded ftr publilcaion in our official
Rcrnrlilltd September 4, flfi Joseph A. Meeker, L. U. No. 466
With a sinere fe, nH of sorrow and regret we. 0. P. PATTERSON. Initiated J.ne 10. 1937
the members of LocAI Uniln NHo. B-3S, reeord the Winnipeg. maii HRcording Secretary Whereas Alii hty God. In His bifltie wisdom,
death of our departed ifilied and Brother, Thoma has seen fit to take from our midst Brothers J. A.
J. HaDley; therefore he it Mpkr and R, W, Allan: and
ReSolved. That we pay tribute to his memory Walter F. Lowe]l, L. I N,. 420 Whereas the pasintg of theoe Brothers to their
by expressing to his family and friends our Initefted March 21, 1941 eternal reward has deprived LoCal Union No. 4"0
mijctie syTrpathy; ard be,t further of two loyal and respected nmenbers: now there-
Resolied. That we ape on charter
r for a Erie B. Nelson, L. U. No. 420 fore be it
grir of 20 da s and a conP of these resolutions p[ooled October I. 1943 Resolved, That the charter be draped for a
r p'dr O t lod mb iute uf ,u. ,ietLiix .. iad a lt IWwith deep sorrow and regret that we, the floiod of M0 days: and be it fRther
copY ho sent to the official Journal of the Hrother- anernbers of Local Union No, B-4, employees of ]Resoled. That we at this time expres. our Con-
hood for publ~catien and a copy to his imnmie.diate the Connecticut Light and Power Comnany. dolences to the families of Brother Meeker and
farfily and that the members stand for one record the passing of Brother, Walter Lowell of Brother Allan in their bereavement; and be it
ilnute in silent tribute to his memore, the New Britain district and Erie NelSOn of the further
HAROLD J. MORAN. Meriden district; and Resnlved, That a copy of these resolution. he in.
CHARLES MeMANUS. Where.as in the pasi{ng of Brothers LOwell and corporated In the minutes of this local uanon, a
MARTIN J. JOYCE, Nelson+ L. U. No. 8-420 has lost true and loyal copy be .. It t the fanily of the tote Brothers
Oswego,. N. y, Committee inemnbeIs wilee kind deeds and noble characters Meeker and Alla. and a copy to the Internationai
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OffiRce for publication in the Ercetriea Workers' be sen{ to his bereave family, nd a Ctny be sent James G. Nolan, L. U. No. 747
Journal. to the offiial Joulnai for publicatt.in tmtlated June 13. J$99
J. W. "ooI'l" SR', TILDE OFFICfLS A11 MEMBERS Wherea. Almighty old. In His inltite wildom.
M. P, GENF_ Or iWacAL UNION NO 631. on February 14, 145. called to eternal rest out
,J. R. N1tLIElt. NLewbUgh, N. Y. worthy Brother, JSatLe G. Nolan; therefore be It
Charlestol, W. Va. fltnlhl R.:olved, That we pay tibut to hi snemioryC, by
Wilfred Lee Hodge, L. U. No. 610 expresse.s to his relati,,, our heartfelt syCthy
Roy A. Smith, L. Ii. No. 177 nItiatetd Apt! 1, 194$ in the lobs of their lovd ,s' and be it Lurr
IniTiated October 15, 1040,ill L, U. No. 1175 I is with deco sorrow and regret that mTembers R olved, That a coy ot tes reso1utionLs he
Whereas it has pleased our ITeavely alubr IJ, No, 840 record the death o£f Po. Wilfred spread upon the minutel M O"I meeting, a copy
to stnn'non to the groat Ib'ea id ouir rifLt d arid Lie {lodge. be,amily,
set to his bereaved a copy to our
Brother, Roy A. tIa&tpf SITdil; aid Bitlil r liode wal the first menlier of L, U, omflelai Journal afr publication, and our charter
Whereas ,e mourn.t.he fl ss of one who always N". 154 to giv hi. Ilife fighting in lhe armnedl draped for a cpried of 30 dayl: and he it further
mIet you with a smille and a kindly word, always servti'eS of hils eciintry. Reolved., hat the memtibers stand in silence
did his best and WaS alwa/ys on the i llar&':
it [iroth' lw si. initiated into L. U. No. 640
[.lodge for I period of on, Rnute in tribute to his
Resolved, That Local Union No. 11-477. 1.I[L ott April 19, 1943 anId entered Tthe aramy. June 17. memory.J S. PORTER.
E. W., extend its heartfelt sympathy tothe b, IL[43
reaved failly ; ond be it aplo Rleso[¥tld, Titt the ,ntlbos a L. U. NoE 640 New Haven, Cora. Rcording Secretary
Resolved That a copy of hese re, o ltions · be siri i siloeoc for a pIT ieid Ifi one minute as a
,ent to his amildy, a copy pltibshird in thie lFil- tLitu{[tt Io th inenloI' I If ouir la departed
te Arthur G. MoLar , Sr., L. U. No. 767
trical Workers Journl,i ada copy irr'l;d upo, Iirotherm lint tint the cbilltlll If I,. U. No. 640 be nitiated iiuoit S. $237
our mibulti. and that orli charter h! drapepd in dirlled for a period of 30 day: ;tad be it further We, the me.bers oif Iocal tinion No 767, sin-
mourning for a period of 30 doys, ResordSThsl a copy of Itlie, rsGinUtions be ceelly regretthe sudden death oni Feb'lary 10,
JAMES P. HALL slit t(, Brother Hodl's famoily; lIt a copy he 1945, of oar beloved rothr. A.IUtur ,G. MrLavy,
San Berlardino Calif. Rcord Secretary
,,in spread onlIhw ' I tirultes of this mneelmlig and that a Sr.
col)} hie sen~t to the Jornalla o• Ele!ctrieal Workers Brolher MeLar' was a triLe BroLher and a loyal
John C(nile, L. U. No. 491 oL.1 Il]l ca'llo .1,J1111, lf1il.1WRO roemuber; ther0efore 1w it
lnitiated Aupilst Id, 1934 R U, H1OLMtC. Resolvedl, That w~estaiand (or one minitute in
William Lesli, I. U. NX. 194 3J 0 1EWTON, silence iu tribute Io, his menit 'r); and be it further
J. 1. SIMMONS, R{eolOved, That our rr .l eI lhi- diap(!d for a
ISdtialted Ocober 22, 1936 rhot'm .Xdriz.
A C.i..... itte per ,o K0rd day in h i -I/lmo tr a ild that a Copy
Whereas Aimighly God, in His wisdom., has of these r*.soT i le sent to I, bet ea'td fan-
laken frai o ur n1d ait II teeILIed
s 1ird weot iv fly, one copt to lihe Elect, cic 1orkers Journal
Brothers, Wiltiar Lesi, and John Cov1i1e; hrie'- Joe I, Sandoval, L. ['. No. 667 for puibiscat ion and~ o11h cpy be Spread UpZon the
fore be it Iaitiated September 13, 1944 iilinutlh; of OUt ncxi 11 ii&iiiii
Resolved, That we pay tnibi.e to hL'lrl FLnI..... Lester A. Gilbert. L. I. No. 667 t. S. BAUDIER
by expressing to theh r raminlies or si ,cpet /IitIotcd MaII 29, 137 bV[l FI, ED COOPEXi,
syntpathy: and he it furle1[4 C. R. HIEMPIIILL,
Resolved, That a copy of these reroltilton he It is willi sincere sorrow that We I members
he
of Local UnJionl No B-1167, ileold time Imssing of Baton Rrjuge, La Committee
sent to their fam ilies, ) sjriadi uiioni oar
ri lilo
in utes and a copy be 'elal Jouirltal
to our .ent our estIeenid Brotiul, Joe, D. Sandoval and
for publication. Lester A. Ciibbeetl tlhIr'fore be It Philamon Joseph Tussaait, L. U. No. 797
ARlTIIIJR C' SCHlIIROEDER, Resolved That a c,11y of thes. resolutionts be Initiated Jauory 6 J944
EMIL nBOETLEL!. sIntto their families as a tribut;e to tllheir tioniiiry It is with dt, sorow aid regret that We, the
and be it furlhe1 mdlebers of I. No. 13-F71. l,cold Ihllhe ...jis of
ARDEN TEZNSFL, Resolved. Thai a copy be sent Lo the Electrical our II Pilanionl .osipih Tousain , on Feb-
.roil
GEORGE SPATH, Workel' JoTrllal for pitoicationl and iceorde.d in rusay %,194o. therefore be it
JOHN n ERST, the of our
Imnutts neetmn~ and also thtat we Resolvd, lTiat we poy tribute to hL memory
GEORGE K<AISEI1, by exL ... Ig to his relatives our heartfelt sym-
Mlilwaukee, Wis CoWRntiLote. drape our charter for a period of 30 diy,.
E, A. cWGILL, athy [II te Io of their loved ole, and be it
H, T, ELLIOTT. :rther
Robert Shaw, L. (T. No. 501 CARL SHOpE. Resolved, That a cop oftheSe resolutioln be
in,inted S!ptember 20, 1035 PuebIo. Col.. Re~olutrox Conmittee spread on the itiiitli sT o ur .... feeting. that a copy
It Is with deep sorw and sadness in our hear~t he sent In his ai~nlt~,a opy to the Journial and
that we, the membel, If Local Fitbl NO 501. JMIhTs Kaczmar, L U. No. 713 oiur clartelbeIdraplfdIo a period of W0days; and
record the passI ng ilf o ,1 [li lher. hklblert S1ah In tiited October 12, 1044 be it further
Brother Sha, made the s,,ieiq s. acrific. for R~,x~lvrd. That wre in OUr mneeting acssembled
hsL country at Leyte onl Janary 15. 1945i B.e It It Il with deepest sorrow and regret that wei stand silent for ,ite I i ute d$ tribute to his
therefore lie irilebrs of Local Union No B<713. record
Resolved, That the itimbeo sof Olin local Siarind the death of oufr T stlemedl and WoILhy Brother. IM'BING: S, SMITH,
in siknene for onrI nIIutohi i Ihuh Io ,Ii nemil- Julius KaeRnar: lherefore be it IIOWARD S. SOMITOWER,
or: and be it further TReolved, That we pay tribute to his mem.ory IsriCt, Vt Co mnittee
lReslllved, Thatl a rumpv of 1hese resohitens be by expressng to his L at ell s ozr', tartfpI] .vn.
sellt to the offlicol Joursal for pi/lhliWtonr andI, mathy in this houti of sorrow: and be it fulrther Paul Fischer, L. U. N.. 817
also, that our IhaIrr be dtraped for a,pld II of Rsolved, That a c.... of .. Tese resIItIioiis ie
sent to its falLdy anl a Copy be I ent to the
II li- d2S.Miarc, I942
30 days. The followuig ir.soli iols were unanmRously
JOHN W. RA eLI It'l. c*tIi Journal for publieation
I[ARRY ALDRIDGE. adopted in na' inor v 0f out late Oirtltor, Paul
Yonkers, N. Y. press Sectoutary Fiscehr, at 1heItit regulasr meeting of Local
CHARITES MUELLER, Union No. 817.
Sanders A. Corner, L. I. No., 558 t EN]Ry WICK, Whiereos Almigllty God, in His uInifte wisdon,
d
Chicago, I, Cormmittee ]as £seen fit to rL lIt e I rI. thur I'alii ischer of the
Initiated April 16, 1943
It Is With deep sorlnw anti -oertl thei we. the burdells of his, world: mi'd
members of Lornal tnh( Ni, GS. reeci'I the past- Alfred BFoisvert, L. IT, No. 719 WSereas IT 'tore' Iothr Fischer passear on to
Irg of our Bioiher Sainde, A. C.r trier; tiler eor Initiated DcmLiber 10, 1040 his tierial telyead, he was a worthy and loyal
be it It L, with dTIpLoriow and regret thait we he mlember,+ respecteid hy all lirre fore be it
ResBired, 'Thbat we Dpv tribute to hiIenory mermbers of Local NoS 719. L B, E W. mo.rn the Re.solvedrIThai we extend our condohlence to hiS
by expresing to bib family o sinrere
.r ..symn. tty: palsI. of Brother Aflled Boistert: ther-efore be it bereaved ILEni ly at this time: and he it further
end be It iurther Resolved. Tihat we pa, t tJmbuteto his InerInor RiSoit Il 1'sta the icetimig siaid in one minute
silent LrihuIe II1 Ius TIternirvY: anIi b1eit fu rther
Resolved, That %e Idrape oar ehlm( r for a by expressing a his family our sincere regret and Resolved, Thit it[ e'r l lllren f if t local union
period of ,0 dLays a rp$,y (f these ..r.. i oif be, 5,,3patI ; anu bIe it fLIrlhcr
red lipoi
...Itit.
our s rind cop, be sent to RLesoled That a copy of these reohlttIon. be lie draped for a period of 30 days; and be it
~] J B. E, W*~. Jo ulrinl for ptillkair otmr sent to his family, a coiy spread tIpon our InII further
GEORGE EJACt( OV~, ,Resolvrdi. That a of these resolutions
,y be
tuies an.I L .opy be senk to our Jourial for pribli- I ,corpOrtid ii IheI tL.ttltc of0 Ib s local un ion.,
She ffield. Ala. C hanirmian of COnirtnit Iee cation: and be it further I co{3y hb sent to I he falhv oIf the late Brother
Jlesolvrd That ,t' diape our charter for a Fiebe il, trii to ItheI nternlatio]nal O mfet for pub-
Mallie .Lthiyd. L. IU No. 602 period of 30 days,. lie ition in tlhe I lh nrilal W''orkers' Journal.
ReOitfttcd January aS, 1944 E. V. FITZPATRICK
IManlc $ter, I. }It Seclltary J, CONROY.
Whereas Almighty God. in IlLS infinite wkdoiI., 1' ,IONANAN,
oniJauary 29, 94I5, alleI tli etrnll rest our L, FISCHER,
worthy Brother. Mallie I. lloyd: tlerefarehe it Theodore C. N ne aker. L. IT. NNo. 71$ New York, N, Y. hRi1oititon Committee
Rgesolved, That w pay tribute to ,, meior y lieiliated Ju4[
U 23, 1937
by expressing to his relattlves our h(art felt syin- P. It. IIluddlesinm, L. U. No. 846
pathy in ithe IoSs of leid rlved one; ard he it Edward Clayo Pole. L. U. No. 744 muimi
ted F birul jrll 26, 1942, inl L. V. No, ?70
urther Ibitiated April 30, 1937 It i W
With siteh'er leiliegi If sotrow aid regret
Resolved, That a cipy of these r,,olul Ions hI (harles llenjamin Nagle, L. '. No. 744 that we., Ilt of,lmbcrs
Local nion No. 846,
pread tupon the nitn..tes if .li. m... t I c . .py niLiated Noneiber 12, 1937 I. B. E. W., rTc..Il th t, nideR passing of our
be sent to his berra ved fan IIl a copy s:O{l to our Brother, I, d iinillstoii llIefore, he it
It.
officia Jour.al bitforpublI]tue, and Till ihsiir WheLreuIs God. the Father Almighty, who Orders
Tai liI.....II.g. aITd our Lndins. ha., o.d.ILixd 1he ItRolv d, That we r, pL,ss to his family the deep
draped for a eriod of 10 Ilays aid be it finl her oie
dn earthly life of .in leranl beloved Iymlpathy we feil slid !iye tbem the assurance
Resolved, That lie nIeh, stand
ls in I...ni. for IBI..thITsT Theodare C. Nonemaker. Ed.ardi C ilhat we aia thi, giM which they feel; and be it
a period of one minute a a tri hate to II is .. ,.m.r.,ry. Pole m.di (1heres B, Nigle. and the begitning of further
FRED . (AMT fur silriw With tlheh beloved o es, river the Rel[ved, Th1t we drape our charter for W0
Asnarillo. Texas. ]usinea Manalger If s of their chle rfutn, s alid cor ,palo, hi p atid days, and a coILy ol these rsolurtions be enlt to
their fiellrmwythi, in air Brothel hood; therefore his far, ily . copy bl Speed onl or minute., and
Lt. DwightJ. lHmming, L. U. No. 631 be it a copy ent to the Electrical Workers' Jornal
lmiilted jeit 2±, 1942 Resolved, *Tha i the charter of this nLcal unhio,,be for pititbiitili lso h.la We stantdil silence for
ln sorrow, th, membersthip of Local Uniron N,. draped for a period of 30 da's, and the melnmers one niinbtt in ieLjwct to his mirelmry.
E31 records ilb pasli: onward
o f Brthern Dwight stand in Ht,irrce (or ore mi~nutein tribute to their HI N, BELL,
X. Fiemining. To his lovedones we Il.rLs our mIeno,, and be it further Chatianltoa, Tera. Busillet MLanager
fraternai 5yRpa In i, their' lo s, Ihieh .<I re Re*solvd That'he original of these rebolutionls
with them Ie eiat t¢. 'he.i loved otes, a copy sent to the John Noah Reese. L. U. No. 1002
Brother Flemrin lg was a m hmber of Ut. a r.ted l]l etricHl ~'W. hct Jon, It.om pTubli ion., and uttllted September 18, 1942
fores of thie United Statbs and 'Was seltlusP, a cop' slread upon tits uTti Les, of Ior meeting. With deep sorrow and regret, over a great los,
Wounded while servin.g in St. La, France JOtIN J CLARK, to ourselves, and dee sympathy to his faMldy and
Greater love bath no man than lie who lays ALBERT S. DAWSON. many fieknds, L. U. No. 1002 records the pa..ing
down his life for
its country. 'ARI, T, PORR. Of brother John Noah Reese, who gave hi Is lie
ReSolved. That we drape our charter for a OEORGE R
SAY, while serving his country in Manila, Philippine
riod of 30 day., t1it a copy of thitne 'isoltton GEORGE E,.RI]ICER, Ilands, FebLUaL g. 1945.
be spread on the minutes of art meeting, a copy Phiiladelphia, Pa Executive Board Those of us who knew Brother Reese and had
 The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
the privilege of associating with him, feel hie loss
keenly: therefore be it Fred Wilson, L. U. No, 1160 Aloysius F. McKenzie. L. U. Ne. 1392
Of$so ii,. Thai we pay tribute to the memory fu Iititri Mareon 12, I~41 ,ri,utten JULYi
ofBrothr Ree by expressing to those Who Charles Barid Mellendori. Whereas Almighty God, in10, 1934
His Infinite wiSdom,
ourn hi passing Ic]heartfl sympathy
t in their L. U. No. 1160 has emoved from our mdst our esteemed and
Inittutel Steanhe r 29, 1942 worthy Brother. Aloysius F. MeXenzie; and
hour of sorrow; and be it further
ReSolved. That we drape our charter for a With a glIeerifleling of sorrow we, the mers- Whereas In the death of Brother McKenzie,
erIod of 30 days and a copy of these r ~obluone bers of L, U. B-ilIIj record the death o- Brothers
]Pird Wilson aid Charles flavid Metleyldr, [lcai Union Eo. .1;i92. of the International
Isent to the official JoUrnal forpublicatlon. Brother Menlendorl died in the service of Iii, Brotherhood of Electrical Worker. has lost one
W. C, Ri Ny country while wilving .n ELIropta therefrI of is true and devoted memrbei: therefore be it
tl i. Resolvd, That Loal Union No. B-1392 renog-
Train.
Okl.,W. H. RILEY, Resoled, That we pay tribute to their meCTl-
rulsa, Okla, Committee arIe b sexpress.ing to si"r nizes its great loss in the death of Brother Mc-
nr..]. .. ou .inc.re Kenzie and hereby exprs its appreciation of
syInldy: sird he it fiirl[ter
0. S. Fullerton, L. U. NO. 1016 reSolved. our
OhnhI lit, b, Idraped for a his services to the cause o! our Brotherhood; and
nitiated May 26, 1933, in L, U. No. S period of 30 dats; and be it i t*II. be It further
It is with the deepest sorrow and regret hlat Resolved Thai a cnop Oiloa rsohius Reolved, That LoCal Union Lr, 13-]2 tenders
be Its sincere s pathy to Utl fn Mily of our good
we, the member-s of Local Unto, No. f-i101. placed In the miute, oI norIoting, n a coy spot
record the death of our Brother, Oscar S. Ful1er- to the fPmile. at our dntIdBlrot hers, and a Brother in Chr time of gr9it thereavemrnt and
or:; and tlerelore be it COpy f+llto ou1ro dlc
Ii,....is tol
OUblicatIln. be it further
ReSolved, That we tendere or sincoresympath ]Resoved, That a copy ItIese resolutions he
JOSEpl A, 'COTT. sent to the hamily Of our late lIrother. aIop .
to the fabuly af our departed Bther i, ThDO Marion., Ind. Hc/ording Shcietary be
time of their great sorrow; and be it further re ad on the ninmle' nl our Loc.al Union NO.
Resolved. That a copy of bhew, re.oltions be 3-1302 and a coPy b~e s.n. Ill the olicri Jounrl-al
Henry C. Tilts,. L. 1!. No. 1309 of our Brotherhood fri Uih~Ication
spread up. ,f the minuts of our meeting and a IitatCd J.....y 11, 1904
copy be ser_ ! h"I faII ily and also copy to the IlATRY AMSTTIN.
official JounO fo puhheation, Whereas we record with sorrow and regret the RAY JSACOT
lotUgn n March 2, 14, of trothir tienry C.
HIARRY 0. HULL. n,. Jrad dW F BODEKER.
Seadalia, Io. Busirn Manager G~ar y, mnd Comnmittee
Whereas we wish to expreDs o s fao ly ad
relatives our rlderpe Iympathy be It
M. H. Stone, L. I. No. 1061 Resolved, That at our next meting We sitond DEATH CLAIMS FOR T11E MONTH OF
Initied Jure 21, 1937 In silence for one minute DO tribute to his me.-
it is wits, depest Aorrow, and ]grte0 Itit cry: and be it further MARCH,1945
*,C L iU
the members of LoCOA trbion No f1-l4. tIIof the Resolved. That a copy of theie resolutions be Name
lInternational BrOtherhood of Eleetrieii WorkeJs s.nI to his family, copy be spread on the W. P. Osta,,,e .-..,, --... -.-..
I's
record the death of our esteemed amd worthy mifnutes -f tir Ioca]. ahid a copy b, sent 10 our 1 0 II$$
Brother. M. R. Stone; therefore he it Electrical Workers' Journal for publication: and 466
Riesolved, That we, the memhers of Local Lr,,o be It further J. A. Me-r........
No. B-1061. pay tribute to his metmory by express. TIesolved. That our charter he draped for a 410 w. F, w--i...........
--
zig to his relatives our heartfelt sympailhy in is period of 30 days In his rrIe.n..v. L 0. I{$
hour of sorrow; ind be II further M R, FltIMASNE C r'nhr
FX.C ......
ReSOlved, That the members stand in silence Asbury Park, N. 3, Press Secretary L 0 48)li Uleti* ................--
.,e---- --- ---- --
for a period of one minute A a mark of uespoct It . .................
to him: and be it further Harry Thomas Grimes. L. U. No. 1310
Resolved, That a copy oa thise resrtit,,r be I$itiated April 10, bll, lin L, U. to. 121
sent to his aily and A COpy be sent to tUe ILeC- It l. with the deepest sorrow nd rrrret that we I . 135} i, F I, - , ......................
trical Workers* Journal for IIlibcaijnn the m erabetr of LOcal Union Nio 131 , record the L 0, I'l) U.~LW,. wIid
Weu Imr
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Cincnnat . Ohio. Chabiman of thle Committee deatho our friend and BlOther. Harry Thomas 0. (421
]1;18
GrineIs; therefore be It Iri
J. H. Brash L. U. No. 1095 Resolved That copy of these resouhios be U, . Saiju - -------. .......
Reinltiate April 13, 1937 sent to his fatil] . CoPY recorded in thie milutes M, Y.
J Walsh. .................
We record the death of this, our Brother, in of the local and aPop y .et to the Electrieal U5 Jobi C. Morri..........
sorrow and regret: thieCfoe be it Workers Journal for publication: and be it II EdlWardAui remn..........
ReSOlved. That we teutler our sincere sympathy further iR. W- S--mi-r. .....
to the family of ouI Blrother; and be it further Tewolved, That In him niemory our charter be
Riesolved, That I py of these resolutions be draped for a period of 30 days. ?02 , 0 lh....i..
Wi.
spread on our monutm . a copy sent to ot, ollicJU Mufi. lo~lli
K* ----..........
El. P YOfli II, M, tDavis ---------..........
Journal and that our Charter be draped for Washingtol, .D. C. F or the Cormmitteo 0. A. Man...........
30 days. MfatbtweIi Co~pilis......
DENNIS NEVILLE, John A. Garrity, L. U. No. 1317
Toronto, Ontario. Recording Secretary Reltioerd .nnuoryi 22, 104S L.00,II,
(SOS)
It is with deepest .orrow and regrOt that we. . TimmaL. ------ .......
Richmond Decry. L, U. No. 1098 the members of .oeal Union No. 1311 1, E, W.. Cihars J[llri -..........
Initiated May 3, 1943 record he death f one of our most beloved Iao M, Fyo -
.......
BrOthers. John A, Garrity, on .ebIuary
24. less; rraik EiVbid......
Rubert Finan,. L. U. No. 1098 therefore he it Lit IHaI~rd
RoU r~
-- ------------...
Initiated August 30, 1937 JI~ar ha r.........
ResolVed. That we pay tribute to is mornr by SI. S N.1 iiovkr......
iatt ilI- - - -- -
Charles Skwlr2, L TE. No. 1098 standing in e, l ,n
erin iut, Iat a nice Ctg o the Jesi~e
Initiated Nopember 4, 1939 local: and be it further .1 WillI iam , Ihtitt..........
lieaopad, That a coy of thee res.pltions be L 0 (In)
Hassan Shukri . U. No. 1098 sent to his faelly ania coI y be sent io the
Jtnfitlad Sult, S. I94 4U rJhb
lv, ratiri I Wrght,........
niM---ti.
Injrik
n tl l --- - ----
Journal for pubication and also be recO.ided in
Henry Grabowski, II. IT. No. 1098 the minutes of the ],ola
Znitiated Febrtu, 1,19d CLYDE M, TARR. "Il
It Is with deepest sorrow and regret that we, MALCOLM R, HORTON, ti' dareplir OI Fort, ....
the mnmbers of LOCal Union No, B-Ud0, record A. A. DODGE*
the passin of our Brothers. Brothers DeerCy, Portland, Maine, Committee 134
I O119~1 IW, it Aloht
,.
Flnan and Skwirz were all killed in action over- PIt Frank N. SmIh ....-.......
eas while serving their cuntry. All were loyai Rudolph B. York. L U. No. 1326 dl tacitW -- - -- - -- - -- -
unikon members: therefore be it Initiaerd September 25M, 142
Resolved, That in tribute at their memory we, L O, (729) IoumnI .......
as a body in meetingr assembled, stand in silence Eugene Moore. L. U. No, 1326 . sId'U s...
for a period of 60 seconds; and be it further litIated October 9, 194± Al VuIde. -...........
Rsolved, That a copy of these, rs, outions be With a sincere feeling of sorrov and regret we. 7, PYI IIe,sy..
wHil.~u -.-----......-
spread on the minutes of our LOCal Uniton NO. the membership of I , U, No. i3.6, record the i B.sI', n i",neI -- - -
. II. .ta,,--
..I . -- - -----
- -
3-1098 and a Coy be sent to our Journal for death of our departed friend. and Brothers, Ru- - . -.......
- - --. - .- --
publication; and be it further dnlph B. York and Eugene Moore: theefore be it
Resolved. That we pay tribute to thilr maemory 453
ReIoved That a copy of these resolutions b
sent to their families; and be it further by expressing It. their families and friends our to fl~4i"9
Re.o.ed. That the charier of Local No. UI-log sincere sympathy; and bn It furlher I (?
be draped tn mourning for a periodo oT o days Resolved. That a Copy of these resolutions be
as a sign of respect to our de ited
Brothero.
CHARLES MCOGEE,
sent to their farille, a Copy be S read on our
ionutes. and a copy be sent to the Joral of the
332
iII 1Uhard it. Tiscno,r,......
rickett.....I -------
Curt1LI
Oni]]e C,
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Cihr~aobhn+,~_.....
Electrieal Workers' for publication; ad be It A 1,
Pawtucket. R. I. Recording Secretary further A lH, Ttseml.....
rici
I-- ----
J,, LB.....IIi..
Ryan ..... 2
Charles Mulligan, I_ U. No. 1134 Rietolved, Tthat ou charter be draped for a TI1Iiiir I. .........
period of 30 day.
IMitated March 25, 1943 LEO 0. PORTER.
Alonto T, Hillycr, L. U. No. 1134 Bangor, Maine. Recording Secretary E M A r~ .....- -----
Initiated fiarcl 1$, 1943 L Hif H,A.[H rith....-
, SSters - -- -
We. the menibers of L.,al Union J. George Wick. L. U. No. 1338
with sincere fel]ings of rowi and res No. B.1134.
rt, record
the passing of Brothers Alonzo T. fillyor and With
Initiated JgntsIy 22, 1943
sincere feeling of sorrow and egret We
~AMe
]. h/I. B....... ...........
A1, IoIsV---
Charles Mulltgan, the membership of Local Ulion tO. 13$S, record
Renalved. That intrIbute to their memory we, the death of our departed friend and Brother,.
as a body in IeltilS assienlled, stond in since George Wick: therefore be it S. S ...............
-
for a perrod of one minute: and be it urer ReSOlVed, That we pa tribute to his memory
Peslved. That we extend our deepest sympathy by expreesing to his family and friends our Jom*[* A Tremal:tq.......
to the fanilly and relatives of our Iate departed M, .3.O'C--nl ...........
sincere syn athy: and be it further CI Nazh,
Brothers; and be it furthler
ReSolved. That a copy of these reasolutonS be
Reslved, That a copy of thes resolutios
Sent to hi family, a copy be s read on our
be F,
t
~a
A, hiIH MHhih.......
Wi'llam --- ----
sent to the familtes oI the labe inothIers, that a
copy he spread uon the minutes of Loca] Unio. minutes. aid A coxy be sent to te
the Electrical Wor.ers for Publication; and be
Joral of
No. B-1134 and a COPY be sent to the official VU Aldrich -------------
…
Journal for ublication; and be it further it further
Resroled. ResolVed. That the members stand In silence L, mith............
t the charter of LOcalUnion No. for a period of one ninrte as I tribute to his A.I L,rEIiid Jr -- - ----
d-1134 be draped in mournlng for a period of 30 memory and that our charter be draped for P I II, mh ---
. .... ...
days In their memory. period of 00 days,
THOMAS SMITH. M. HOOGERHYDfl. J. I.NF Roe,eLyer
Jr-.........
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Ehizabeth, N, J, Chairmal Paterson, N. J. ltCoIdmg Seceary
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L".I Nam. nically tralned experts and engineers, Accord-
1310 H. T Ori.. --------------
W. A ie
-.............
- --
-- Ig toCMr. Cooke, Brazil's manpower, including "JIEFY'" SOLDER POT
even the poor farm and migrants living
workers
A HT flenstng,........ in the [ackhountlry, possess the energy and the
744 C i Ni..iim. ability to lear-n how to huild and run om pri
L 0. (.4O> eated machines., but for so long Brazil has been
ISI
F.I yerit~ denied access to the technical "know-bow"
e
1LIL
tMc, -:H....
.1000
venlped by other industral] nations liat she Swinging Cup-l-o Stilled Solder
lacks the trained workers, managers, and ex
a7,
4., ita"I A Santp
rell Ri, .. ----
r~ ---
ports n,,d ed to build and operate pwer plants,
TRIAL OFFER
F 'ii<ra, _ foyundries, ii tactories,
Send $1.50 with this ad to
C F 3IUik Solving Chis il require a remodelling
isI
0I
andl e pa
primary schoo ..
'he chool system, frIIm the
p t. upeeial trae schools.
CLYDE W. LINT
It4t a.mes a¶~m t2110I S..on.I yenis agn, /razll established a magnificent- 100 S. Jefferso, St CHICAGO 0
¶4 MToey Barik uif Lots"
1. housed, adequately equippetd National Techni- M...ey Back if Nat Satisf~actory
cal School in fRi,~ d JIteiro, but in 1943 Mr.
e. $ nueat,..... 140
Illa Cooke found it less than half occupied by stu-
In dents and it machine rustiag fron, disuse.
ilt . SI l h Brazil needs thousands of schoos., especially
Sil
18 rural ones. on slipply te piriinary education ternaIione l SeCtetary Bngniazet communicate
"I i53 needed as a f.inrldatiLn for higher education and
rr.,,k Merr=d,;hll before the Execu-
with atll parties having matertie
firfurther technical training. tive Council, and advise them of our action on
4oih1i~ 0 iD,,ak
L ,"I'll Arnother hiindaee t industriaization in Bra- same. niotion carried.
0. i nr I n, lh
zil is the lack of independent, skilled trade All of the business presented to the council
unions. To the extent that Brazilian workers having been disposd of, the meeting adiourned
00mes, IMIKuralir... ai- nranned at all, they have been included, sine die.
iaa hIng with employers. in quasi public trade .a- D. A. MANNING.
ToI ,rl - - -------- -
soeiations called "syndi cates"which are ro,- Secretary.
Iated closely by the Government as t election
o J. L. McBRIDE.
of offiers, organization and salaries of the syndi-
Chairman Pro Tern.
cate directors, handling of syndicate funds, and
BRAZIL., LOYAL STATE settlement of industrial disputes and complaints
(Continued from page I57) of members against their offi.ers. Government
to be standardized. At present Brazil has delegat es are present at mretings of the mem- TOP POLICY
bers, and the syndical labor agreements must be (Continued from page II4)
both direct and alternating current, and were follwed by a like number of IL B. E. W.
some electric systems operate on frequencies approved by the Federal Government before they
are effective, According to Brazil's Constitution, members six weeks later. Upon completion
of 50 cycles, while others run on 60-cycle
rorkers are "free" to form professional or trade of the course, the members return to their
frequnci, es. Because the power is not stand-
associations; but the C overnInent recognizes only local unions and coniduct training sessions
ardized, the systeis can't supplement each other
one syndicate in an occupation in a sngle Io-
to keel, the flow of power even. Nor can trans- cility, and only this officially recoiized syndi- for the other members of the local. In addi-
mission tie-iris be used if it lille is put out of tion to this in course
electronics, over 100
cate, including ,niployer, and employees, can
coinmission, onless a connecting line is available
operating o, the sanme fi'eqluecy,
represenl the trade in its dealings with the other groups, composed of employers and
Government. employees, arI conltcting classes in elee~
Brazfil wil have to manufacture electric
0Ilre
. I 5 Itanul faet.u.rers (If As Mr. Cooke points out. building up a spirit
equipment. She has about
of initiative and rcspontihility is important to
tronics, with the assistance of vocational
sillall equipmlent, such as small nliti].,
electrical authorities, electrical engineers and local
wire arid cables, trarisforners, insulators. small the modern industril worker, and the type of
switches, neonndescent lantp5, aid radio equip- Governmentally controlled organization which joint apprenticeship committees.
inet. But these have to Ianufacturers
import has developed does iot seei well adapted to We sincerely believe that the progressive
copper, zinc, silic o-steel sheets. ball ibarings, stimulating the interest of wcorkers in jiprovin
tiher skills, taking pride in the quality of work
steps taken by these two organizations in
tool steel, c.,nmpsounsll for making plastic iisula- the electrical industry mark a new era in
tors and molded gods,. radii, tiths, consumer done, and increasing productivity.
meters, anId hintruments for switch panels ard labor-management relations which will
standards. prove of benefit not only to those directly
Until Brazil canl manufactur, .oe of her ,wlS
heavy electrical equipment, her gi adually growing FIRST QUARTER MEETING concerned but to the consumer as well.
industries will be held back in their nilizatitn
of electric ionc F,.or example, the electric fur- (Continued IroIn plgeittS
HJOLMIES WIN
naces used Ins her alontinu.. and aloy steel planrs (Contianed Pon page 164)
After considering the proposal submitted by
have had toIe ihmplorteld. someu rom the Ii ited ard Oltara, L. U. 3, William Ross, John
International Vice Presideit Boyle it as de-
States. Electrodes, to, hare been imported, for
although Brazil has plenty of graphite andnatha n cided that it was not necessary to amend the Mulligan, Albert Myers, Arthur Hargrave,
she l some materils awid the necessary skills
acks law as proposed, a5 the lhatter is adequately William Downey, Robert E. McNulty, Kath-
make
to electrodes fir electric furnaces, covered by the Cnns..tiutio, ryn M. Doyle, Marie MAvinnia, Fred Thai,
Once Brazil has overa lc these obsat leI a.n. The matter of the Western Union Telegraph Dalice T. Robb is, John Ilarty, Peter Bren-
built up her hydroelectric power system. h, Campsay's bargaining unit was before the co.n-
will experience three ]ain econhilt ad. untnges: cil. Files were prodtucld to sho-w that the ju risdie- nan, L. U. 3, Naftel Budsrle, L. U- 3.
1. The dams aid r oetrairs neieued fnr hydro- tiao of the I. B. E. W. has been fully protected. Tremendous strides have been made in
power ran also le usei tU make navlgablt luaiy The Comrnitttre on Audit, D). W. Tracy and Wil the past few years by the employees of the
fixers which now are not navigahle, and freight- liam G. Shard. reported that they had examined
er5 can travel on thlo. A large river dereI p..e.I t, the I. B. E. IV. audit report for the fourth (uar-
firms who have colentive bargaining agree-
sin.ilar to our own TVA in scope, ha. al]reIy ter of 1941,. :,id the E. W. Bl A. audit report for ments with Local Union No.3. These in-
beer planned by it, government of Brazil for the last half df 1444, s meade by the firm of clude the Amrican r)istrict Telegraph, Au-
her big San Francisco River valley. Wayne Kendroik Cnd Comprny. certified public tobatie Fire Alarm. Consolidated Fire
2. If Brazil fully utilizes her electric power, accountants who are employed by the council,
she can partially solve one probten. retardin g and tha they frund that all accounts checked
Alarm and Central Signal Stations.
the develop ment of her transportation system and that the roeords were iI order. On montini Now that complete organization in this
lack of good coal to runi her i.onlnotiv. s. As Mr. carried, thie report ,r the committee was ap industry has been accomplished, the work-
Cooke remarks, the Brazilians oay eveln make proved, the audit for the I, B],L W. was ordered ers can look forward to the necessary re-
their own electriie loomotives which are efficient ftled ani the chairmani ad .e. retary of the coun-
in hauling freight up steep grades. cil were directed to present the F. W. B. A. audit
forms and improvements that will make
3. Ample electric power can help Brazil be- comminte repor t tn the trustees of that organiza- it possible to establish in this branch of
conie an industrial nation. To a large extent she tion when they convened for their regular meet- the industry the highest possible wages,
can run her factories by electricity rather than ing. the best possible conditions and the neces-
by imported coal and petroleun, and she cal President Brown reported on his
International sary united action for future protection.
and modernize not only her mannfaci
improve trip to the Pacific Coast. and in his other activi- They also look forward, and will be glad to
turns of iron and steel products hut also her ties since our last council meeting.
textile, chemical paper, and lubber industries. assist, in the organization under the L. B.
International Secretary BIugniazet and the
To build a balnceed economy through indus- council reported on their aCtivities in their re- E. W. banner of all workers engaged in
trialization based on steel and hydroeletric spective districts since the last council meeting. the Electric Protection Industry in all cities
power, Brazil needs skilled workers antI tch- It was regularly 11oved and seconded, that In- throughout the United States and Canada.
 It
UffNAMte&
WOMAN'S WORK
(Continued fot. page 172)
room will dramatize it and make it come
alive. A friend of mine has a lovely room with
pale green wails and green carpets, and has
used shades of rust and peach in her slip
covers and drapes. But here and there
throughout the room is a bright splash of
yellow-in a flower print picture on the
wall, in the cigarette box on the coffee
table, yellow flowers in a clear glass vase-
yellow books on her table. Another friend
has done the same thing with cherry red
in her predominantly blue room-red coats
on the men in a bunting scene picture,
cherry red needlepoint on her footstool, red
bowl filled with white flowers on her mantel.
Those rooms are warm and aliv and bright.
Next, I can't begin to tell you what cur-
tains and drapes and slip covers can do for
a room. It doesn't matter what you make
them of-it's the colors that count-all of
which proves that you don't have to have
money to create beauty. With a few gallons
of paint (keep in mind the cold and warm
water paints so easily applied) and some
cheap, bright material, you can work
wonders.
A poor relations friend of mine came to
live with her richer relatives. Her room
was a nice size and it had a rather nice blue
carpet on the floor, and the furniture was
dark and well-made, but it looked horrible-
straight, stringy curtains in a dark ecru-
walls papered in a huge, ugly design,
skimpy pink bedspread with bureau scarves
Tike ieomal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
to match. She asked if she could do it over, BRETTON WOODS
and her relatives said "sure, it was hers to
do with as she liked." She saved up $20
and then she "went to town." She painted
(Continued from page 10f)
means of subsidies. But if this
ducing imports that are essential to the
means
re-
the room in a soft shade of blue. She economic activity of the country, the result
bought quantities of cheap white mate- probably will be a reduction in its standard
ral and made billlowy tie back curtains. of living and the payment of lower wages.
From the same material she made bureau Such practices also tend to disrupt inter-
scarves with a wide, full ruffle around the rational trade. Prior to this war, Germany
edge, and these she starched till thly were restricted imports and boosted exports by
stiff and crisp. She bought (heap material- artificial means; this practice was followed
white background with little pink flow.ers by other countries, with the result that in-
and green leavesI-that looked like chintz ternateioal trade became clogged.
but ,sn't, and made drapes and a bed- The International Fund and the Intemna-
spread with a full-ruffled skirt. With some tional Bank would help countries which ex-
plain material in a lovely rose shade, she perience difficulty in making their interna-
made a cover for the old quilt that lay tionai payments. It would give them a
across the foot of her bed- She emphasized breathing spell in which they could try to
this rose color i, some little rose flower improve the technical efficiency of their
vases and a pin tray from the ten-cent store industries or find new industries to develop.
and she and all the relatives were en- Such a gradual improvement in their econ-
chanted with the transformed room. Now omies would mean less transitional unem-
she's helping them do over their whole ployment for their workers and the avoid-
house, and she's fast becoming everybody's ance of low wages resulting from poorly
favorite person. balanced economic conditions.
I'd like to go on and on and talk about Only by avoiding unemployment and low
more color schemes and lighting, balance, wages can international trade be maintained
glamorous accessories, interesting touches at a high level. Otherwise the people of a
for bathrooms and bedrooms, but, as a1- country won't have the income needed to buy
ways, our space is limited and IIl have to enough goods produced within its own bor-
stop. Perhaps we can take some detais on ders or enough imports from other countries
decorating from time to time in future to keep world economic conditions pros-
issues and elaborate on them,. Until then, perous.
"Happy planning!" The fund and the bank can be of service
beyond the reconstruction period. After the
first spurt of economic activity following
the war, the problem will be to sustain full
CLIPPER DAYS economic activity throughout the world. If.
(ContinUed from page 15) in any part of the world, maladjustments
need for effective cooperation between all occur and a depression gets a start, the of-
organized groups is clearly apparent." fects will he felt ultimately by every nation.
The United States Chamber of Commerce If such an economic decline were to begin
lists the American Federation of Labor as in one or two countries, the fund and the
an organization interested in foreign trade. bank, by liberal policies of handling foreign
Other prominent organizations interested in exchange and of making loans, could
ease
foreign trade as listed by the Department the situation and help to stop the depression,
of Comnerce are National Foreign Trade The Bretton Woods agreements, which
Council, National Council of American ID- must be ratified by our Congress before
porters, U. S. Chamber of Commerce, Na.- the United States is committed to them,
tional Association of Manufacturers, Council by stimulating full, productive activity
on Foreign Relations, Foreign Policy Associ- throughout the world, have an important
ation, American Bankers Association and bearing upon two problems of great interest
American Farm Bureau Federation. to labor: (1) the achieving and sustaining
The last years of reasonably normal pre- of full employment and (2) the maintenance
war foreign trade of all nations were 1937- of peace once it is reestablished. In the lat-
193S. In 1937, as customarily, the United ter sense, then, what Congress decides to do
States was the nation's largest exporter and about the Bretton Woods agreements is re.
ranked second in the world's import trade, latod directly to whatever agreements
with well over 1J eer cent in each case. emerge from the San Francisco Conference
In total foreign trade, first place vent, of the United Nations on world security. Un-
as usual, to the United Kingdom. If the trade less prosperous economic conditions and rea-
of all nations within the British Empire sonably full employment can be achieved and
were added together, their total for 1937 sustained throughout the world, peace will
would be approximately 25 per cent of the be precarious, even though the United Na-
world's exports of $13 billion, and 30 per tions succeed in establishing some form of
cent of total imports of $14 billiona world organization aimed to keep that peace
The annual average of world foreign by international action.
trade for the peak period of 1926-1930 was
$31 billion of exports and $33 billion of im- NEW DAY
ports. In the low year of 1934, totals were labor union(Continued from page IS!)
is inadvisable. Such a promise
$11 billion of exports and $12 billion of is necessarily coerced and its exaction is bern
imports.
of lack of confidence. It therefore dhestroys
Pre-war world trade statistics on more at the outset the willingness
than 100 countries are presented in Depart- and loyalty
cut of which the cooperative spirit must
ment of Commerce statistical reports on fo- grow and engenders instead either apathy
eign trade. In 1937, the leading 10 exporter and sernility or a covert hostility. It
pro-
nations had approximately 60 per cent of motes secret association apt
the world's total; the first 10 importing violence. to flame into
Furthermore, the trend of the
countries had 63 per cent. The 31 countries
courts is to the opinion that such a promise
listed had, roughly, 85 per cent of the world's is against public policy and hence onen-
total foreign trade. forcible,"
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ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT Horizontal --- 65 rm. volts/inch It is sometimes difficult to find three such
(Continued bomn page 16) Deflection sensitivity direct connectin properly quali led people available on the
902 2-inch tube, using constants and wiring to 906 tube plates_,30 rams. vols/inch same date, and there may he delays in ob-
dJnlgrlint cvoataned in tube araton. Input Characteristics taning their semices. When they finally are
1;7 can be substituted for NCd where ob- VerilCL amplifier- . I......
megohm brought together and h held a case, the
tainable, although GCBi operation is more lorizonita[l amplifier . 0,8
... nmegohm chairman, who is the public member, pre-
stable; 57 tube C:Ll he substituted for 6C6 Volt. gain, vertical ampl ..-. 43
.... times pares a repor tand r.onm.e.dation and
with filament vol ge change,. Volt. gain, her. ampi …
_ --------.55 times submits them, to the labor and industry
885 can be siilstitutd for 884, and 2.5 Freq. range of amplifiers-5 to 1t0,000 members. If they agree, or even if only one
volt filament volta1re ued instead 6.3 volt. "sinusoidal" ep.s. of them agrees, a majority opinion is ob-
R1 and R2 irtentity andi fora control Frutq. range of timing axis-I1 to 30,000 tamied and the report is submitted to the
potentiometers should be insulated from 'sawtooth" e.p.s. board. If both disagree, then the dissenting
panel with ,ashers. Max. allowable sc. voltage input to am- members must make other reports and sub-
Power transformer should be universal pliners-.................. 250 volts mit the, to the board. Sometimes it is
type, with 2.5 volt, 00; filament and pi- Max. allowable d.c. voltage input to am- £Iecessamy for ,any of these procedures to
mary winding shielded magnetieally. plifiers .-. ............. 400 volts be handled by mail, although the board
Addtionml reference: Rudio News, Do- D.c. voltage delivered by high volt. see- strongly discourages this in the interests of
cember, 1q44 "Remodeling of National don of power supply ------- 1,100 volts speed. Never the panel obviously
Union Osillosope." D.C. voltage delivered by low volt. sec- takes more time than that required by a
Component Parts List tion of power supply -------- 415 volts single h earing officer in hearing case
a and
CI-.5 mf 1,500 V {IL gain) Tn bcs and Fn ,ctions, making reconimendations.
C2-.5 mf 600 V R7 4 meg. pot. 1-type $0 Ralf-wave Rectifier In hearing-officer cases, one man is desig-
(3- 8 nf 150 V {Freq vernier) I type 80 Full-wave Rectifier nated from the public to hear the case.
C4- 4 .. l 475 V WS i&K pot. 1-type 6C6 Vertical Amplifier Whenever possible, hearing officers are.se-
C5- 4 mf 475 V Is ynch ) 1-tYPO 6Cfl Horizontal Amplifier lected from fields which hare given them
Cl-.05 nif 400 V Rl-l/Im K 'A wait I DuMont type 884 Saw-tooth Owillator qualifications especially suited to settling
C7-.05 cr 400 V 1114-620 K 1 watt I-type 906 Cathode-ray tube disputes. They may be, for example, law-
CN-.25 ma 400 V RI I-:1;O K 1 watt I ,ill be glad to furnish any additional yers experienced in board policies and pro-
(C9-25 pif 400 V R12-850 ohms ½ info'mation to the members of the L. B. cedures, members of the American
Arbitra-
(C10-25 mf 400 V watt E. W, on the construction of thii scope, Ad- tion Association, or some mediaorey group.
CI I-25 ntf 400 V R i-It0 KE3 watt ditess inquiries to Public members and staff specialists of the
C12-t05 Mf 400 V R13A-10 3I watt F. D. SClniNc, board "lay also serve as hearingofficers,
C'l-2 so 400 V R14-25 E 10 watt I. B. E. W. Industrial Eleetronic Division, and are more readily available that, panel
( I-1-.0- nlf t101 V R15-5 nieg. ½watt 1515 West Wisconsi n Avenue, eminbuhers.
C-15-.01 of -01t V RI1-5 meg. % watt Milwaukee 3, Wiseo.sin Since a hearing officer represents the in-
CIG-.0025 nf 504) V R17-82 K 1 watt terests of neither labor nor industry, his
C17-600 miif 5100V RI&a meg. 'A watt FOLLOWING PROCEDURES reommendatiun is unbiased and impartial.
C18-125 .n.f 5010 V R19-500 K ½ watt (Continued Jrem page IVA) But bear in mind: the actual decision in a
C19- 50 .m.f1,200 V R20-450 ohms, therefore, to consider this pOSSibilty favor- hearing-officer case, as in a panel case, is
C20- 25 mf 50 V watt ably and carefully, and to notify the board made by the board members themselves-
CZ1-.00w; mf 500 V RZI-i 00.000 ohms promptly if they are willing to proceed in labor, industry, and public-so that tripar-
C22-004 mf 5011 V I xatt this manner. It eliminates the necessity of tite consideration of all eases is automat-
C23-.1 nif 1,000 V R22- meg. % wat; arranging for a hearing officer or panel-- ically guaranteed. The hearing officer listens
C24-.t mf 1,600 V R23- 100 K % watt which arc not adways immediately avail- to the ease., assembles the evidence. weed,
FI-I amnpere fuse 1124-1 K 1-2 watt able - and enables the board to move out aspects not pertinent to the c ase, and
Li-10.5 henries choke R25-100 K 3 watt promptly into consideration of the case. then presents his report to the board, which
L2 and 3260 mh Rf R26-500 K I watt 6. If oral hearing is believed essential to may accept, modify or even reject his reco.n-
coil R27-10 K ½ watt its.ase, the union is urged to hwzve its eate aendslation.
R1-200 K pot. K =1,000 ohms heard by a single hearing oy r rather than The earsd itself is doing everything it can to
(Ilntensity) SI-SPST switch by a panel. speed settlemeant of disputes cases, and to co-
(ganged with SI) (Power) In some instances, of course, it is neces- operate with unions and employers. It is carint-
R2-500 K pot. (ganged with RI) sary for a ease to be heard orally and ly in the midst of a drive to clean up the hach-log
formally in addition to the submission of of these easos and is doing So in s everal ways.
(Focus) 82-SPDT rotary
switch (Horiz) written briefs. Where hearings are neces- a panel In some instances, where oneof the members of
R3-4 Meg. pot. is unable to complete his consideration of
(V position) S3-SPDT rotary sary to carry out the sound provisions of the report within five days after its submission to
R4-4 meg. pot. switch (Sync) the War Labor Disputes Act, the board pro- hi., action by a majority of the panel may be
(H position) S4-SP7T rotary vides the parties with adequate opportunity adeqjnate for sending the report on to the parti*s.
R5-i meg. pot. switch (Freq) to present all their facts and arguments Since shortage of panrel chairmen is a bottleneck
(V gain) TI-Iowver trans. in order that it may reach a fair and equi- to speedy disposition of eases, the board is
RO-4 meg. pot. former table decision. putting on a campaign to obtain additional public
menhbers. In some instances, it may he feasible
If unica officials believe oral hearing is to use hearing officers as panel chairmen.
Cathode-Ray Owcillograph vital to the case of the employees they rep-
Operating Instructions in cases in which wages are an important issue,
resent, it will be in the interest of speed and Wage rtabilization staff members
are being used
General Specifications economy if they will consent to having it as panel assistants. All regional board facilities
Pieoer Supply Ratieas heard by a single hearing officer. The board are made av'ailcble to panel chairmen, including
Voltage .............. 115 a.c. has found that, on the average, hearing-offi- those of the Legal Division, Wage Stabillzation
Frequency . ..........
40-60 cycles cur cases are decided in far less time than Division. Administrative Services and Informa-
Power Consu ptin-.. -- . .50 watts panlel cases. tion, as well as the Disputes Division.
Fuse Protection . i ...ampere A panel consists of three persons, one rep- theASbacklog
a further sOe in its current drive
to reduce
of dispute cases, the board is having
Operoting Linits resenting the public; one from lab.r; and a series of onferrences with pantel chairml to
Deflection sensitivity (,xith max. ampi.) one from industry, designated to bear the emphasize spprd, application of uniform pro-
Vertical --- …- vm-s. volts/inch caseand arrive at a joint recommndation. eedures, and t, oxehol nge ideas and experleoii t.
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Conslttution, per 100 7.........0s
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Single copies . . . . 10.....l ceipts) ............ Single Copies ........... .10
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year ............ 2.00 ceipts) .............
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Labels, fleralcorniania (larte 1½., (300 receipts).......... 3.30 JEWELRY
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pages ............. 2,50 1.50 No. l3--Woinrtvs Autxiliry flul~ton._. so
Ledger. Fintancial Secretnry'R, 200 est lot, 50.............
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pages 3.75
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Ledger. loose-leaf research. incluiding Seal (pocket) ........... be no }nore tnf/td the goverinment releases
tabs -............ 1250 Traveling cards ........... free nece~ssary ,re4tals,

The abore articese will be supplied when the reqjuisite amnount of cash nocompapiel the
orderr, Otherwijse the order wilI nzot be rccoanfzed& All Stipplies Sent by us have postrioe or et-
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METAL
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ADDRESS, 0. M. BUGNIAZET, I. S.
1200 Fifteenth St. N. W. Washington 5. D, C.
 Democracy is bound to no single economic structure

and views all economic machineries as but instruments;

liberalism has become little more than the ethos and

rationaleof capitalism, and the perpetuation of that eco-

nomic system it has conceived as an end in itself.

EMMET JOHN HUGHES

in "The Church and the Liberal Society"