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1940-01-17
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Vol. 4 No. 2
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WITH
AFFILIATED
THE
DETROIT,
VOL. 4
The
President's
Column
By “POP” EDELEN
Poland
when
ClO
Speak At
President
dicted
R.J. Thomas, UAW-CIO president
and
August
Scholle,
CIO
Regional Director here this week
advised Plymouth Local 51 that
they will attend and speak at the
First Educational Convention of
the Local to be held in the Aztec
Towers, Union Guardian Building,
that
| Saturday,
27.
January
Council
President John W.
Smith, Directors of Region One of
the UAW-CIO, Richard FrankenUAWLaMotte,
and Leo
steen
CIO Secretary Treasurer George
Addes, and Michael Taylor, VAWCIO Educational Director already
have consented to attend the convention.
This convention will be.one of
the most progressive steps in the
history of the Local for the better-
R. J. THOMAS,
President, UAW-CIO
ment of the Union
organizational
members
and|
the advancement of good American CIO trade unionism.
Visitors are invited to attend
this convention which will begin
at noon sharp. Make plans to be
there.
ne
drive
reinstatement in the Union,
Convention
COIN BOXES
A few days age we noticed
coin boxes spread all over the
plant for the purpose of obtainig donations for Finnish “relief.”
In the first place the committee, of which “Mr. K.-T. Keller
and Mr. Herman Weckler are a
part, is headed by Labor’s most
exour
opponent,
reactionary
president Herbert Hoover. I don’t
think the workers have forgotten
the part
the last years
during
played by him in the lean years
1929
the
following
immediately
the slogan
Remember
debacle.
he raised about prosperity being
‘Just around the corner? Did he
that
during
set up committees
period to help and assist the millions of starving people that had
a right to ask for help from their
No.
And _ finally
- government?
this is the same Herbert Hoover
Co oe a
2
launched last week to make every
honest Plymouth worker a paid
|
up member of Local 51, UAWCIO
had
progressed
rapidly
as
hundreds of workers applied for
Leaders
To
property.
NO.
5 Cents
The
country .was being invaded but
in every case the answer was a
flat no. That the company policy
was not to allow collections of
any kind to be taken up on company
Price
BRINGS HUNDREDS BACK
TO PLYMOUTH LOCAL 51
I say the right?—tto take up collections in the plant for many
inhave
We
cases.
deserving
sisted that we be allowed to take
up collections for many of our
own members who are spending
their days lying in hospitals because of injuries or sickness. We
asked for the right to take up a
for
17, 1940
REORGANIZATION DRIVE_
EDUCATIONAL
CONVENTION
SPEAKERS
Time after time since signing
the first agreement in 1937 your
the Plymouth
asked
Local has
Corp. for the privilege—or should
collection
JANUARY
WEDNESDAY,
ORGANIZATONS
INDUSTRIAL
OF
CONGRESS
PERS
Local
Plymouth
UDAW-CIO.
51,
What's The Angle
A
Polish
Union
Leader Wonders
By
Frank
Danowski,
Chairman
Committee
Shop
the
Edelen
number
pre-
of
workers
applying for reinstatement in the coming week would
than those who
be even more
already
have
realized
that the
‘only real protection they can obtain is offered them by the UAWGIO.
INCREASED
PAYMENTS
Mike Duletsky, financial secretary of the Local said that dues
payments had greatly increased
since the Christmas holidays and
a further inthat he expected
crease in the coming weeks.
Plymouth
honest
every
With
5l
of Local
a member
worker
that already have been
gains
made will have greater protection
and chiseling on the new conThe
tract will be prevented.
Local’s executive board aims to
make the Local the strongest in
the automobile industry with the
cooperation and aid of the stewards and active Union members
in the shop.
|
“POP” EDELEN
President,
that
“Pop”
All Plymouth
workers
who
are
not already members of the Local
are wonWe Polish workers
who
desire
tement
reinsta
should
dering about the sudden interest
remember that January 31 is the
of the Chrysler Corp. in putting
last day upon which they can
collection boxes in their plants to | obtain their. reinstatement upon
When| the present terms.
raise a fund for Finland.
These terms
men/§@
ex-service
the
a $2 reinstatement
drove
who
fee
we wanted to take up a collec- require
‘plus
$1
dues
for
Decem
ber.
_ out of Washington with fire, tear |@
cor
relief the
tion for Polish
gas and bayonets when they were
ion would not let us do it.
porat
seeking their bonus.
Anti-War Buttons
The Educational Committee
of| We made two requests and both
AUGUST SCHOLLE,
HOOVER
Plymouth Local 51 this week an- of them were turned down.
|
The
Yanks
Are
Not
Coming
CIO
Regional
Director
nounced a Departmental competiI don’t think Mr. Hoover has
also has re- buttons that are being sold in
corporation
The
tion to promote the sale of tickets
the
toward
his policy
changed
fused us the right to make col- ithe plant are purely to advertise
for the buffet supper and dance
workers and needy people in this
Brothers
own
the fact that we want no part of
our
for
lections
that will be held at 8:30 p.m. at
country, when you consider the
sick or in the the imperialist war that is going
were
they
when
GuardUnion
Towers,
Aztec
the
fact that he is soon to come to
Department. 94, District 16, is
a man who on in Europe. The more of these
when
Even
.
hospital
Detroit on the invitation of Mrs. leading all other departments at ian Building, after the Ist educathe shop dies | buttons that are worn the more
in
us
to
next
works
1 tional convention of the Local.
Fred T, Murphy who is sponsor
the
world
will.know
that
the
the
present
time
in
dues.
payup
take
to
d
owe
all
not
a
e
Wer
be|
will
beer
of
rel
-bar
half
A
of the vigilante group known as
European
countries
are
not
going
for
$10
than
more
of
ction
colle
a
selling
ent
departm
the
ments
and
the
sale
of
tickets
for
to
given
ee
Law
For
Committ
Detroit
the
his
ugh
altho
to
drag
us
in
theirsmess.
and
ly,
fami
his
the most tickets to this affair.
and Order, and Mr. Koebel, owner | the
First
Educational
ConvenThese
need,
buttons
rate
are
despe
“purchased
in
be
may
y
famil
The girl who sells the most ticof
the
scab-infested
Diamond tion of Plymouth Local 51, UAWfrom
the
.Maritime
Union,
CIO,
for
spent
be
must
y
mone
the
prizg.
fine
a
receive
will
also
kets
Tool Cutting Company.
cents
by the
Local.
CIO.
3
flowers. So why the great inter- for three
ee
The
committ
said
that
a
reI would
suggest
that if the
FinThey
are
being
sold
for
five
cents
in
Corp.
ler
Chrys
the
of
est
This
Department
has
never
had
made
be
must
sales
ticket
on
port
Plymouth
Corp. wants to show
pt
and
the
extra
two
cents
will
be
attem
an.
this
Js
?
relief
nish
by
January
25.
If
you
are
not
factional
trouble.
The
Chief
stewtoward “the
of heart
a change
literature for
to stir up war sentiment and the used to purchase
selling
the
tickets
you
already.
needy that they take up a col- ard of this dept. is Sam LeVine.
Department
of
start of a drive to prepare us for the Educational
have,
they
should
be
turned
over
of the Fred Pastore is asst. steward.
lection for! the widows
Whatever it Plymouth Local. No money paid
going into the war?
running
is
it
as
committee
the
to
State of Michigan who had their
for
these
buttons
is
sent
to
any
like
don’t
ers
work
h
Polis
we
is,
Other departments
are urged short of tickets.
|
allowance slashed 40 percent by
We still say foreign country. It remains right
to try and surpass
the record
This is expected to be one of the it. It smells bad.
that the Yanks Are Not Coming. in your Local Union.
established by Dept. 94, Dist. 16. finest affairs of the season.
(Continued on page 4-A)
Prizes
Tickets
For Selling
| January
For The
27
Convention
Leading
LOCAL
SUNDAY,
By
SCHILLER
Department
MEME
Laws
and
ERSHIP
Seniority
JANUARY
HALL,
Will
21,
2121
Be
MEETING
Discussec
AT
2:00
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P.
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UNITED
AUTOMOBILE
WEDNESDAY,
WORKER—DETROIT,
JANUARY
PAGE
17, 1940
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Wi
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e
Th
Every Member
With
Line Up
4.000,000 Workers
GM ELECTION
HEARING SET
FOR JAN. 30
e
Labor Board Will Hear ClO
Plea
for Vote
in 67 Plants
To Choose Bargaining Agent
Starvation diet for dependent mothers and children proposed by Michigan Budget Director Gus T. Hartman. For $2 a week they would get meals of cabbage and beans as shown
above, plus one cookie and a little milk (for child only). Total budget $24 a month.
Orphans
and
Widows
Michigan
IN CHURCH
GOVERNOR
'BESEECH
veel
9
of I have faults and you see them
Gov. Dickinson
aged
As
Michigan faced his Bible class of in me, maybe you’ve got to overhalf a dozen at the Center Eaton look them.” He was preaching on
church Sun. Jan, 14 he noticed forgiveness.
But
Mrs.
Gussie
Moore
of
60 or 70 strangers, all women and
children filing in.
They were widows and orphans
from Detroit and elsewhere. They
had driven out in borrowed cars
slow
the
from
relief
ask
to
starvation to which his budget
economizing condemned them,
The presence of state police in
plain clothes and newspapermen
showed
been
them
had
governor
the
that
tipped off.
He welcomed
in quiet tones, saying: “If
Church Listens to
Speakers of VAW
One of the most conservative
congregations in New Castle, Ind.
invited Chrysler Local 371, UAWCIO, to send speakers to the
church forum.
Bros John E. Lockhart and
Arnold Atwood appeared and explained the aims of labor in rela-
tion to economic and social problems. They told what the workers wanted and how they could
not get these things through the
AFL,
to
turning
therefore
the
CIO. They defended the purposes
and tactics of unions,
Many questions were asked and
audience
The forum
answered.
had been almost 100% anti-labor,
but the general feeling after the
meeting was that, while the union
was not 100% right, neither was.
it 100% wrong.
The
Rev.
asked for
later date:
ference of
Mr.
Beck
and
others
more discussion at a
They proposed a congroups from business,
agriculture and labor with church
leaders to-promote better under-standing and possibly common ac-
tion in our troubles.
Thomas
Miners
:
to Attend
Covention
Pres. R. J. Thomas and other
UAW-CIO officials are expecting
to attend the convention
next
week of the United Mine Workers,
the CIO’s largest and oldest union,
which will open Jan. 23, in Columbus, O.
With this convention, the
miners’ union will celebrate the
50th anniversary of its formation.
A new history of the union called
Coal and Unionism will be ready
for circulation at the time the convention meets.
Issued in honor of the UMWA’s
golden
jubilee,
the
book
was
written by David J. McDonald and
Edward A. Lynch, who between
them have had 25 years service
with
the
United
Mine
Workers,
Detroit, chairman of the Mothers
Emergency Committee, was more
intent on relief than on forgive-
ness.
ONLY
MAN
TO HELP
“Governor,” she said, just as
quietly but just as determined,
“some of our children are slowly
starving. You are the only man
in Michigan who-can help us. We
know that you can do it.
“We want you to understand
that the state’s relief policy means
taking food and clothing away
from the weakest and most help-
Competitive
Shop
Conference Jan. 2/
Mercy
for
Dickinson
Implore
the
society,
of
members
less
widows and orphans.”
She tried to present a petition,
but Dickinson hastily said that the
church was no place for governBut he promised
‘ment business.
commission
welfare
the
that
would grant a hearing. |
The mothers and their children
had assistance from the WPAwelfare department of the UAWCIO in obtaining the loan of cars
and the donation of gas and food
for the trip, which was over 100
miles each way from Detroit.
Auto workers were reminded of
a long-forgotten former official of
the union when the Smith combrought
Washington
in
mittee
into the spotlight Jan. 12 an affidavit filed with the labor board
It had been
last September.
dredged out of the labor board
files by Edmund Toland, committee counsel and former attorney
for labor spy outfits.
The affidavit was sworn to by
Harry Elder of St. Louis, who was
by the ousted union
employed
president as personal bodyguard
for some months in 1939.
It was published in full in-the
Auto Worker Sept. 13, but when
the Smith committee exhumed it
last week it got a big spread
papers all over the country.
TELLS OF FORD CASH
in
Elder swore that the ex-union
official got a pile of $20 bills in a
stack two inches high from John
Gillespie, a Ford agent, last May.
He added: “On several occasions
Martin told me that he had received money from Harry Ben-
Out
In view of the company-union
contract signed by the rump with
the Chrysler Corp. in Evansville,
Ind. it is not expected to cut a
figure when
the GM
votes are
counted. Evansville was the only
plant won by the rump in the
Chrysler labor board election last
September.
Locals
CLEAN
Movies
Affidavi
Made
nett.” Bennett is popularly considered Ford’s top goon.
the former
with
Elder went
union leader to Bennett’s office
several times, he said, and on one
about
talked
Bennett
occasion
getting the right sort of judge to
handle the lawsuit between the
UAW-CIO and the rump. Bennett
told the rump ledder the case was
“in the bag,” Elder related.
WANTED MEN BEATEN UP
Elder swore that the ex-leader
gave him $250 to go to St. Louis
and “get some boys to help out
and to get some guns” to gang up
on Emil Mazey, Walter P. Reuther
and John Ringwald of the UAWCIO, not to kill them but break
their arms and put them in the
hospital.
Elder told also how the former
union chief conspired with Gerald
L. K. Smith, Charles E. Coughlin
and others in anti-union ways. The
gem
of the Elder
affidavit
is
probably Sec. 13 which reads in
part:
‘Martin told
that
presence
me
he,
in Bennett’s
had
Martin,
represent
A number of small AFL and
independent craft unions are seeking to take part in the hearing, as
is the rump outfit.
Bible class was over.
Drags
to
UAW-CIO
him. The sooner the better. We
are confident there will be a huge
vote and a huge CIO majority.”
like his running out but were told
that he always left as soon as his
Two
the
like
UP GRIEVANCES
All old GM
G. CRAWFORD,
KENNETH
who succeeds the late Heywood
the
of
president
as_
Broun
Guild
Newspaper
American
(CIO). He says he hopes publishers will deal as readily with
the guild as they do with the
printers, pressmen etc.
Hears of Ford-Rump
Washington
Committee
“We are pushing for an election
at the earliest possible date,” said
Director Walter P. Reuther of the
UAW-CIO GM department. “We
want every worker in GM to have
a chance to indicate whether he
wants a powerful industrial union
The widows and orphans did not
See
BALLOT
SPEED
WANTS
CIO
in the midst of
then a hymn,
which the governor unobtrusively
slipped out.
Jackson
SPEEDY
The UAW-CIO campaign to win-every plant in General
Motors for industrial unionism was speeded up when the
labor board set Jan. 30 as the date for hearing arguments on
a petition for elections to determine the collective bargaining
agents for GM’s 220,000 employes. The hearings will be in
the Detroit federal building.
GOVERNOR DUCKS
Pastor Wageley, his eyes filling
with tears, started a prayer and
The UAW-CIO competitive shop
conference will begin Sat. Jan. 27
with registration of delegates at
12 noon in the Tuller Hotel, Detroit, Sec. Walter P. Reuther of
UAW-CIO members and their
the committee announces. Credentials must be signed by the region- families in Jackson, Mich. had a
rousing rally of 1500 people at
al director.
Business session starts at 1 pm. Odd Fellows Hall Jan. 12. Men,
Delegates are asked to bring a women and children turned out to
list of the principal compentitors see the UAW-CIO education deto their plants; list of wage rates partment present two movies, one
and production standards in their on the Republic Steel massacre of
plants, including piecework and "union steel workers in Chicago in
1937 and one called People of the
day rates; and list of products
made by their plants.
Cumberland.
Smith
UAW -CIO WANTS
by
Rump
Tieup
Bodyguard
been intending t6 resign before
He said that he had his
this.
resignation already written out,
he intended to
and: that when
resign Ford and Bennett sent for
Martin said that they told
him.
him that they had looked up his
satisfied with
record and were
|
him.
KEPT FROM RESIGNING
“He said that they had asked
him not to resign, stating they
knew they had to deal with some
union and they would prefer to
deal with him. He stated that Ford
had promised to go along with him
and to give him financial help. He
stated that he, Martin, couldn’t
carry on without such help. When
Martin said this to me Bennett
to Detroit headquarters have been
cleaned up, Reuther reports. The
union negotiators and the com-
pany
complaint against the Ford Motor
Co. and the ousted union official
to
conspiring
were
they
that
The case
wreck the UAW-CIO.
is still pending before the board.
officials worked
of.
disposed
them
hard
Some
to get
griev-
ances were over two years old,
having been ignored by the former
union administration.
it
procedure
the new
Under
should be possible to keep abreast
of all complaints and keep the
Local unions are
docket clean.
getting the hang of the new probe
soon
it should
and
cedure
clicking everywhere, Reuther
says.
This week the GM department
hopes to clear up the 7-day employe clause in the overtime section of the contract in a meeting
between
union’s GM
PLAN
officials
GM
the
and
executive committee.
CAMPAIGN
ELECTION
The executive committee met at
international headquarters Jan. 13
to lay out the labor board elecpresent
Those
campaign.
tion
were Director Reuther and Wm.
Stevenson, Ed Geiger, George
Morelli, Wm. Livingston and
Thomas Johnstone.
A letter will be sent to all GM
locals outlining the work ahead
and asking contributions to help
pay for radio broadcasts, publicity, leaflets, special editions etc.
said nothing.”
The Elder affidavit was filed
with the labor board in Detroit
the
to support
last September
grievances appealed
The campaign
paper, GM
is expected to make
a
the
week,
full
election
FLINT
of
drive.
Facts,
its bow within
ammunition
for
MEETINGS
Two
spirited
meetings
were
held in Flint, heart of GM, Jan. 14,
All Flint local executive board
(MRS
eeS
cn ate
UNITED
WORKER—DETROIT,
AUTOMOBILE
PAGE 7 >
17, 1940
JANUARY
WEDNESDAY,
WOMEN’S AUXILIARY
RESOLUTION
PEACE
The
following resolution
adopted
by the UAW-CIO
tional committee of women’s
iliaries in Toledo Jan. 5:
anti-union
mayor,
was
naaux-
wars.
There is a steady growth
in
membership and in the number
of auxiliaries charted. -This trend
toward organization is due to the
women-folks of the auto workers
beginning to see where lies protection for their families.
The committee discussed edu|ecation and there will be suggestions sent to the auxiliaries. Plans
in the Staten Island export
ships staying out of the war
:
Trucks, trenchdiggers and other war orders are parked
zone, New York City. It’s cash and carry, with American
zone.
.
Speak
Workers
Auto
. »
Names and addresses must be included, but will be omitted from publication upon request.
Opinions expressed in this department are not necessarily in agreement with policy of the UAW.
ONE VIEW OF UNIONISM
What do we understand in the
trade union literature and politics
under trade unionism? This name,
from the
which was adapted
became
countries,
Anglo-Saxon
during the long period of development of the English and American
trade union movement not only an
external formula or symbol for a
certain union in a certain country,
but it represented also an ideol
logical and political content of the
Under
movement.
union
trade
understand
we
unionism
trade
such a form of the labor and trade
union movement as has for its
purpose only the economic problems of bettering conditions of
Trade unionism
labor at home,
has grown of the practical AngloSaxon labor movement, which in
_ fact does not have in its program,
theory
or
practice
the
overthrow
_of capitalism, but only the betterthe
within
of conditions
ment
- capitalist system.
FRED BOLAN, Local 303
e
%
co
ANOTHER
VIEW
When
a worker
goes to the
grocery he must pay cash. Now
if the worke rsold his labor power
the same way he would be paid
the first of the week instead of
3 or 4 weeks after. Under the prevailing system of wage payments
the
only
not
worker
risks
his
wages but must live on credit,
usually at a high rate of interest,
until he draws a pay. Schools and
colleges are maintained at public
expense to prove that the capitalist advances wages, when as a
admatter of fact the worker
vances credit to the manufacturer
during his whole period of employment.
The writer claims no
originality for the above. It was
written years before I was born.
But I do wonder why workers
education does not consist of more
than an endless round of grievances and
efforts to keep
3000
men satisfied when there are only
2500 to go round. Haven’t we any
higher ideals than the chamber of
commerce
and
the Manufacturers
Associations.
O. G. OVERCASH,
ae
x
F 3
Local
287
PHONY
ORGANIZATIONS
On every strike horizon there
a homoappears
miraculously
geneous group of organizations all
claiming to be non-sectarian, nonIn
non-partisan.
and
political
scrutinizing the history of American labor struggles one learns that
in the vast majority of cases such
‘strike-born groups were instigated
and controlled by employers. The
LaFollette civil liberties committhe fact that the
tee exposed
Akron Law and Order League was
sponsored by the rubber barons.
It is common knowledge that the’
employers were behind the Flint
Alliance, the John Q. Public
League and the various citizens
alliance
groups
which
suddenly
arose in steel. In Detroit we have
the strike-born twins, known as
the Committee for Law and Order
and the Council for Industrial
Peace. Both claim impartiality in
the approved manner but I question their “dove of peace” appeals
so generously fed the public. Fulltook
which
advertisments
page
the
brought
to. finance
plenty
council
to the public’s
attention.
‘““Peace—it’s wonderful!” was the
motto which met the public gaze.
However, the council cannot promote industrial peace when its
emincludes
composition
own
ployers
who
have
bitterly
con-
tested the right of their employes
to organize, while organized labor
Our
has no voice inits setup.
federal and state governments
have the apparatus for bringing
employer and union together, so
there is no need for this organization. Our city and state governments have enforcement agencies
which are adequate to maintain
law and
order without
assistance
from any outside group. The tendency of such groups-is towards
vigilante
action and the creation.
of disorder. That the Committee
for Law and Order is an outright
anti-union organization is amply
illustrated by its actions to date.
Its first call is for Mr. Dies whose
witch-hunting has no parallel
since the Palmer days. To get the
public
behind
a
campaign
to
smash minority groups and thus
go forward against
civil liberties,
meanwhile
intertwining
racketeerring, communism and unionism to the detriment of labor, is
evidently the first objective. The
future
will demonstrate
that
organizations
of this sort are not
only un-American but contrary to
our way of doing things in a free
auto workers in Lansing,
GM
Mich. are pouring back into the
UAW-CIO with the announcement
of the labor board election hearings, reports Intl. Rep. Ed Geiger.
Fisher Body, employing 3200, is
that
so nearly 100% UAW-CIO
two
can
rumpers
be
found
and hardly more than a dozen
workers .are outside the fold of
recently
rump
The
602.
Local
picked up a few drivers by lead-
Redcaps
Get
*
xe
*
HOW WE WIN
May I offer an explanation to
all workers on how we do make
up lost time in situations where
plants are idle during negotiations? First it seems the company.
will not negotiate during production. Why should they? They are
getting all they want. After men
return.to work on new contracts
they only begin to benefit as they
continue working under the new
contracts. They find in many ways
where they profit when they have
3
ne
ill feeling.
In
Illinois
they
have
a law, I am told, that bars foremen from doing the work of regular workers.
If such a law is
constitutional
in
[Illinois
there
should be no reason why it could
not be enacted in Michigan.
I
believe the union should sponsor
such a bill and have it placed on
the ballot at the next state elec.
tion. |
AL LENNING, Detroit
Sue
Back
to
Wages
A suit for $120,000 back pay
due 93 Union Station redcaps in
St. Louis under the wage-hour
due
by a court. Similar
court action to recover $2,500,000
for 2,084 redcaps employed
by
seven railroads has been taken in
Chicago by the Intl. Bro. Redcaps.
does a first-class job of answering
We
ask
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth
the
passed
Secretary
GOLDMANN,
HELEN
57
Aux.
following
57,
would-be
rump
threw — the
negotiators out.
Reinstatements
at
the
Olds
plant in Local 652 average more
than 20 a day. There is greater
interest than any time since 1937.
The plant with its 5100 employes
should soon be practically solid
UAW-CIO.
The local has a fine
new hall.
The Reo corporation has gone
through the wringer and is now
known as Reo Motors Inc. It ex-
pects
ta, be
operating
with
1200
Program
Polish program called The Ray of
Truth is broadcast over Station
WMBC, Detroit, from 5:30 to 6 pm
with Sec. John Zaremba of Dodge
Local 3 as announcer.
The program is of a liberal educational
character and is sponsored’ by
Polish-American
business
and
professional men.
last
treats
and
a tree
with
decorations,
holiday
Sister
Chairman
reports
Rob-
erts. We also made up baskets for
those in need and we were so
thankful that we could do this for
them. We want to say Happy New
Year to everybody in the union
from Aux. 43 and Local 265.
schools,
Detroit
in -.the
unionism
hall
Publicity
reports Pres. Irene Christie:
Whereas the public school chilantitaught
are being
dren
and in our last city elections the
people repudiated, the red-baiting,
Text of Board Resolutions
from
(Republished
The
-.
of the
position
issues)
preceding
UAW-CIO
strikes
and
slowdowns
on
in violation of agreements, voiced by Pres. R. J. Thomas and
Sec.-Treas. George F. Addes, was unanimously approved in a
g
tin
mee
rd
boa
ive
cut
exe
l
ona
ati
ern
int
the
by
sed
pas
n
tio
olu
res
in Pittsburgh Dec. 6.
The board also authorized the international to penalize mem=
un-
on
policy
bers found guilty of violating the international
authorized strikes. The two resolutions follows:
no
es,
vanc
grie
of
t
men
ust
adj
the
1
Unauthorized Strikes
strike votes shall be ordered by
international the local union until ALL steps
our
WHEREAS
union under its new constitution in the grievance procedure have
leadership established -been exhausted.
and new
at the Cleveland convention. has
many
on
advancements
made
fronts, and
WHEREAS it is the opinion of
the international executive board
of the UAW, affiliated with the
CIO,
that, if our international
union is to continue to progress,
certain policies established at the
be
must
convention
Cleveland
strictly adhered to by the officers
The
management
and
resolution;
in
that
feels
board
executive
order to strengthen and solidify
our international union a strict
ing the CIO.
When the drivers
squawked they were told to let
the rump try to bargain for them.
union
Detroit,
ing them to think they were join-
Polish
is found
auxiliary news.
a
and members of this great international union, and
WHEREAS the matter of strikes
is one of the most important problems deserving consideration, of
this international union at this
time, and
men by April 1. Negotiations will
|
}
begin.
soon
between
the
new
law has been filed by the Bro.
mana
geme
nt
and
Local
650,
VAWRailway Clerks. The porters had
CIO.
been receiving no wages at all.
The wage-hour administration has
ruled that tips do not constitute
wages.
~ The union sought an additional
A
regular
Sunday
evening
$120,000 under a section awarding
double pay for liquidating damages when the amount of wages
publish
time they gave us.
x
LAW
ON FOREMEN
In the last few years the workers inthe auto industry have been
troubled by the management using
foremen to do the regular work
of regular employes, causing much
to
all auxiliaries and local unions
to send in artieles and news. News
must be not later than the 19th of
each month.
We took the liberty of pledging
the wholehearted support of the
women’s auxiliaries in helping the
CIO to win the coming GM elections.
Our thanks to Local 12 and Aux.
58, Toledo, for their courtesy, and
to Aux. 29, Toledo, for the grand
a union contract to protect them
and their
job.
Remember
the
pioneers made just one little trail
in the U. S. Witness how that one
trail has grown to many miles of
beautiful paving.
C. V. WARE, Local 7
IN
AUTO WORKERS
UAW-CIO
COMEBACK TO
LANSING
BIG
only
America where, thank God, we
still have the bill of rights and the
right to strike!
HARRY CRUDEN, Local 227
monthly
made
our
ings from the schools; that the
schools start teaching the children the- true facts instead of
anti-union propaganda; and that
Plymouth auxiliary go on record
for a democratically
controlled
board of education.
Because Pres. Wiolland was ill
the auxiliary met at her home
Jan. 6, reports Betty Moseley. Our
membership drive, with a purse
or easter bonnet for the winner,
Sister Dempsey
is progressing.
brought
in two new
members.
We'll have cards after the meeting from now on. Next meeting
Sat. Jan. 20 at 3625 Lycaste.
ST. LOUIS 66
Pres, Anna Fisher, of Aux. 66
of Local 25, St. Louis, reports that
the Christmas party Dec. 22 and
23 at the Auto Workers Hall, was
well attended. Entertainment was
‘furnished by two dancing schools,
Santa
After the entertainment,
Claus presented the kiddies with
bags of candy, nuts and oranges,
We had a large:Christmas tree
and the hall was decorated. Sevsigned membership
eral women
cards with the auxiliary, and we
are looking forward to their first
visit with us.
EVANSVILLE 43
Aux, 43 of Local 265, Evansville, Ind. had a splendid Christmas party for the children at the
country, and that congress must
not permit
any policy to be
adopted which
may
in anyway
involve our country in foreign
being
of
Resolved
that Plymouth Aux.
57 go on record supporting the
removal of all such biased teach-
RESOLVED:
that we the
are
labor
of organized
women
united in our protest against the
use of our armed forces for anydefense of our
thing excepting
are
attitude
international
the
WHEREAS
policy’ on strike action must be
established for the future welfare
of this international union, therefore be it
RESOLVED
that the international executive board is session
in the city of Pittsburgh Dec. 6,
1939, does hereby ~submit the following policy dealing with strikes
for the future guidance of. our
international union
The international union is unalterably opposed to any unauthorized
action
and
will not
tolerate any international officer,
international representative, local
union officer, member or mémbers
condoning or participating in any
unauthorized strike or labor holiday, deliberate slowdown or arbitrary reduction
below
estab-
lished and accepted standards of
production, where small groups
threaten to shut down an entire
plant by unauthorized action, it
is the duty of the local union to
support the temporary placing of
other workers on the job to avoid
a general shutdown.
? In plants where the UAW-CIO
has agreements providing for
‘
‘
Eg
MCh?
io
Fe
eg
fOl
es
en
OS
TO
Sek
es’
oe
The international constitution
provides that local unions may
it is
votes when
take strike
deemed
the
However,
necessary.
international executive board advises that such strike votes be
after consultation
ONLY
taken
with the international union.
After a strike vote has been
authorized and the strike has
been voted for as provided for in
Sec. 1, Art. 23 of the international
constitution, no strike shall be
called by the local union until
by the international
authorized
executive board or by the interas provided
president,
national
for in Sec. 2 and 3 of Art. 23 of
the international constitution.
5
It shall be the duty of local
union officers and Ccommitteemen to cooperate with the interna-~
tional union in adhereing to the
above policy, and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED
that it shall be the duty of the international officers, international
representatives,
local union
of-
ficers
and
committeemen
quaint the membership
to
ac-
of our in-
ternational union with this policy,
|Penalty
Resolution
WHEREAS
the _ international
union is unalterably opposed to,
and will not tolerate any, unauthorized strikes or action of any
kind in violation to contractual
obligations, and
WHEREAS union self-discipline
is necessary in order to carry out
this policy and protect the best
interests of the union and its
members, therefore be it
RESOLVED
that,
when
any
member or members violate provisions of the international union’s
Unauthorized Strike Policy, that
such members be penalized by the
international union.
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UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKER—DETROIT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1940
Were
Profits
Stu debaker
Moderate
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
REPORTS 6.13% AVERAGE FOR
11 YEARS FROM 1927 TO 1937
Consumers Power
Organizing Drive
is Pushed By CIO
Pepped up by a favorable U. S.
supreme court decision Jan. 2 the
Utility Workers Organizing Com-
Though Studebaker is a leader among the socalled independent
auto manufacturers it has never grabbed the exorbitant profits that
marked Nash and Chrysler in some years. Nor has it earned average
profits
anywhere
near Nash,
Chrysler
The federal trade commission’s
exhaustive report on the motor
vehicle industry, from which the
facts in this article are taken,
gives an average net profit on the
investment for the
11 years
1927
to 1937 inclusive for Studebaker
Corp. of only 6.13%
(p. 809 of
the report).
It is true that many of those
years
were
Hoover
depression
years.
But in that same period
Nash and General Motors averaged 6 times as much as Studebaker, and Chrysler 4% times as
much. The profits averaged:
PERCENT
Nash Motors
PROFIT
Peak
75.63
Gen. Motors
66.24
Chrysler
....74.46
Studebaker ..16.21
1927-37
Low
33.0*
Avg.
0.28*
0.64 .
6.59*
*Loss
36.9
35.5
28.59
6.13
While Nash and Chrysler made
about 75c profit on each dollar
invested in their best year for this
period,
Studebaker
made
only
about 16c on the invested dollar
in its best year, which was 1928.
THROUGH THE WRINGER
The commission points out that
the Studebaker organization went
through
the
financial
wringer
with total loss to common stock-
holders in 1935.
“The holders
of the common
stock
of the Studebaker
Corp.
(New Jersey),” says the report
(p. 800), “did not receive any
equity
in
the
new.
company
formed in 1935 with the name
The
Studebaker
Corp.
(Delaware).”’
This means they were
frozen out in the reorganization.
Except for Chairman
Walter C.
Teagle of Standard Oil of New
Jersey, the largest stockholders in
1938
were
chiefly
Wall
Street
stock brokerage houses, the commission reports.
HISTORY OF COMPANY
The Studebaker Corp. and its
predecessors first began’ experimenting
with
‘“horseless_
carriages”’ in 1897 when an electric
auto was built. In 1902 production
of gasoline autos was begun.
“Studebaker is now one of the
more
important
independent
manufacturers of motor vehicles,”
the
report
continues.
“Studebaker’s sales of motor vehicles
increased from 15,300 cars in 1910
to a maximum of 145,167 passenger
cars
in
1923,
which
was
slightly more
than 4%
of the
national sales.
In 1938 approximately 2.19%
of new passenger
car
registrations
were
Studebakers.”
When the Studebaker Corp. was
formed in 1911 almost? $20,000,000
of water was pumped into the
concern,
according to the commission.
The
company’s
purchase
of
Pierce-Arrow in 1928 caused an
eventual loss of $8,740,244 before
it got rid of the white elephant in
1933.
Its acquisition
of White
Motor stock at a cost of almost
$27,000,000 was another loss because it was given to creditors in
the receivership proceedings that
began in 1933.
FINE NEW PLANT
The
commission
notes
that ex-
perts regard the new manufacturing layout in South Bend as ultra
modern. It quotes Joseph Geschelin as writing in Automotive Industries for April 1 1939:
“Visualization
of
the
machine
shop layout and equipment from
the factory routings must indicate
to the seasoned factory executive
that the manufacturing
scheme
ranks with that of the most advanced plants of the industry. In
fact
Studebaker
shopmen
are
inclined to believe that not a few
of the operations mark a definite
contribution to machineshop practice.”
Studebaker used to operate in
Detroit, Port Huron and Pontiac,
Mich., as well as South Bend, but
concentrated in South Bend after
or General
Motors.
committeeman
Haywood
Harry
all over
should
1933, where UAW-CIO Local 5 has
a contract.
An
assembly
plant
was opened
in Los Angeles in
255
has
the
Allan
S.
of the CIO
Straub
of
the
and Director
committee _
the state into the union.
This drive is preliminary to a
in
election
board
labor
runoff
which the Consumers Power employes will have a choice between
the CIO or “no union.” The AFL
was eliminated in a previous election in which the CIO got the most
The
votes but not a majority.
supreme court decision approved
the form of the runoff ballot despite AFL protests.
expects to get sole
The CIO
bargaining rights for the entire
system when the election date is
fixed by the labor board.
|
Local
a
-|head a large staff of organizers
who are enrolling power workers
have access to it. All local union
libraries should have it on their
shelves.
Send money order as
stamps are not accepted by the
government.
.
3
1935.
there,
conducting
Director
Organizing
The facts on Studebaker, as
well
as. on
all
other
motor
manufacturers, are given
in
Federal Trade Commission Report on Motor Vehicle Industry,
House Document 468, 76th Congress,
Send $1.25 to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington
DC, and get this invaluable book
of 1077 pages. Every local offi-
and
is
whirlwind organizing drive in the
of Consumers
plants
Michigan
Power Co.
FACTS ON STUDEBAKER
cer
(CIO)
mittee
Aircraft
contract
Opens
SALES PROCEDURE
Studebaker tried directly owned
retail outlets from 1927 to 1935
but lost over $4,500,000 on them,
the commission relates.
Now it
deals through wholesale distributors who get 3% discount on the
cars sold to dealers by them. Distributors pay the corporation list
prices, less 22 to 30%.
Surplus
cars after model changes are dis-
'
The
west
Local
2nd
coast
Office |
campaign
to or-
ganize the aircraft workers took
on a new phase when Amalgamated Aircraft Local 683, UAWopened a second office to
CIO
serve North American El] Segundo,
Interstate, and Northrop factories
|in the Los Angeles area.
‘The new branch
office is at
11413 Inglewood
av,
corner
Im-
perial.
Regional
Director
L.
H.
posed of to distributors at further |'
SubAircraft
and.
Michener
discounts.
inMortimer
Wyndham
director
Advertising expense for the 11and
in
drop
to
workers
all
vite
year period 1927-37 equals 4.46%
and
union
the
with
acquainted
get
of total net sales, the commission
its
purposes.
reports. Subsidies to finance comFifi d’Orsay refused to go through the picket line in front
The
main
office
continues
at
panies from 1923 to 1932 totaled
of the Bowery, Michigan’s biggest night club, until the
|
212
W.
3
st,
Los
Angeles.
$5,728,427.
management settled with the unions. She’s a union gal.
The UAW-CIO warns all workers in other parts of the country
chop suey unionism.
that there is a big surplus of
Some
of
the _ officers
and trained
unalready
workers’
committeemen
are sending
out employed in California. Anybody
feelers on coming
back to the going out to the coast in hope of
union an aircraft factory job is pretty
sincere
The
UAW-CIO.
The CIO dues payments at the John Eldon. They are back to the
men among them are facing the sure
and
pointed,
disap
be
to
Fisher and Chevy plants in Nordays of “Get ’em or get out.” The issue and have the courage to tell California is pretty hard on the
wood, O. and the failure of the AFL. officers complain that all
us of their convictions. ,
ed, as the book Grapes
ploy
unem
AFL leadership to adjust griev- they get from the big boss is
There will be no problem in of Warth has pointed out,
ances show that the rump is well chilly
receptions.
‘“What’s.
the Norwood
regarding
the _ labor
on the way out.
;
use?” the men ask in despair.
board election. The way the men
The workers are taking a terriThe
concessions
won
in conare paying dues to the UAW-CIO
fic shellacking from the manageindicates that the AFL will be
tinuous negotiations by the UAWment these days, reports Intl. Rep.
CIO with top officials of GM stand dead by election day.
The men
out in bold contrast.
are settling the issue now by payThe labor board announced in
ing dues to the UAW-CIO.
The men are realizing that AFL
Washington Jan. 11:
Local 131 is practically the same
“After finding that objections
as the old company works council.
to the conduct of the election did_
All the men got from the works
and
substantial
any
raise
not
The anti-labor decision of the council was “the works.”
The organizing drive at Buck- material issues, the NLRB today
U. S. circuit court of appeals at
Some days ago one of the local eye Bumper, Springfield, O. is in announced certification of Local
Chicago that the Wagner act does officers made an appeal to the charge of Intl. Rep. Paul Pruett, 410, UAW-CIO, as the sole collectnot require signed contracts is men
to give the new
assistant president of the Gen. Spring & ive bargaining agency selected by
poor law, labor lawyers agree. The manager full cooperation, who in Bumper Local 332, Detroit..Pruett a majority of the production and
court set aside a labor board order return “would make Fisher and will stay on the job till it is maintenance employes of Midland
that the Inland Steel Co. must
finished, the UAW-CIO competi- Steel Products Co., engaged at the
Chevrolet a good place to work
sign an agreement with the SWOC
in.’ The Norwood boys call this tive shop department announces.
Detroit pressed steel division, DeAn oral agreement had
(CIO).
a _ secret
troit, Mich., following
been reached.
ballot election held Dec. 12, 1939,
“I would say that the NLRB has
resulting in a count of 711 votes
full power to order affirmative refor the UAW-CIO and 529 votes
lief, after finding
unfair
pracwith 29 for
for the UAW-AFL,
tices,” said Louis Boudin of New
The Ford Motor Co.,impledly
defense plea “a sham and unten- neither.”
York. “The board is in a much authorized its agents to attack able.”
The company is now bargaining
WVA
better position than the courts to union
,
410
al
Loc
h
wit
ly
ive
lus
exc
lieuFord
with
t
deals
In secre
organizers at the River
,
486
al
Loc
h
say what constitutes necessary re- Rouge plant on May 26, 1937, the tenants
wit
as
me
sa
the
,
CIO
a former
UAW.
officer
lief.”
ere
,
wh
and
vel
Cle
in
O,
CI
WUA
to
ists
union
ed
injur
get
to
tried
NLRB charges in a brief filed in
com
r
A. J. Isserman predicted that
the
ano
ed
eat
def
O
CI
the
st
again
suits
ge
dama
their
U. S. circuit court of appeals in drop
cele
the decision would be reversed
rd
boa
or
lab
a
in
on
uni
y
pan
and
sed
expo
was
He
any.
comp
the
Cincinnati,
accusing
Ford
of
Wagby the supreme court.
tion.
ousted from the union.
ner act violations,
“The decision said that the WagOn that day, when the UAWner act made.collective bargainits feaflets,
ing mandatory, but not the results CIO distributed
of collective bargaining,” he said. “Unionism, Not Fordism,” at Plant
“The terms of an agreement are Gtae 4, Richard T. Frankensteen
far too long and complicated to and Walter Reuther, union ofIn a letter to the Council of Social Agencies of Chicago, Van
g
zin
be trusted to memory; hence the ficials,
ani
Org
s
ker
Wor
use
gho
kin
Pac
the
of
an
irm
cha
r,
tne
Bit
A.
up.
beaten
badly
were
company was evading collective Members of the women’s auxiliary
Committee (CIO), demanded an investigation of Michael Reese
ity
mun
Com
bargaining in the full sense when aiding
the
of
re
sha
its
gets
on
uti
tit
ins
the
ore
bef
al
pit
Hos
were
distribution
the
it refused to put the agreement on
Fund.
knocked down and kicked in the
paper.”
al
soci
from
s
fund
g
ivin
rece
of
ital
hosp
the
sed
accu
ner
Bitt
stomach by Ford service men.
agencies supported by the CIO and at the same time refusing to
Charging the company with “inWEST SIDE LEAGUE
bargain collectively with the Social Service Employes Union
the
of
dom
free
with
rence
terfe
(CIO).
The Detroit West Side branch
ibed
descr
also
brief
the
,”
press
He pointed out that the CIO has no representation on the
of Labor’s Non-Partisan League
s
pher
ogra
phot
and
ters
repor
how
the
on
e
voic
a
r
labo
d
nize
orga
has
nor
d,
boar
Fund
ity
mun
Com
is meeting at 3320 Humboldt Wed.
n
the
from
away
drive
been
had
board of Michael Reese Hospital.
Jan. 17 at 8 pm to form a perinal:
sever
“in
and
gates
’s
plant
The union asks adequate pay for office employes and genuine
manent 15th congressional district
stances had their films and notes
Food of questionable quality is being
collective bargaining.
unit
of the
league,
announces
n.”
stole
served to employes at excessive rates, and Negroes are comWells
Walden
acting Chairman
pelled to eat in a separate diningroom,
The
brief
called
Ford’s
self
Wilkins.
Norwood
Rump,
Workers
Tired
Switching
to
of
CIO
Midland Steel
Local Certified
Anti-Labor Court
Ruling Criticized
- Tackle
Buckeye
FORD AUTHORIZED ATTACK ON
UNION MEN, NLRB MAINTAINS
CIO Hits Anti-Union Hospital
i
pei He
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UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKER—DETROIT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1940"
Wielki “100-procentowy Amery-
kanin”, imci Felix J. “Pat” Mc
Cartney, jeden z glownych wrogow lokalu 51-go CIO, przedstawiciel
w
kolach
robotniczych
McCartneya
przez
nieumieszcze-
nie sprawozdania_ lub zagrzebanie|
tegoz -gdzies w. gtebi. gazety, lecz
nie mogta ukryé faktu, ze zaptacit |
fa- kare.
przy
ich
tak
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znos
a
‘bed
AFP
ki
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blis
tha
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szysty Ger
.
przyjaciel Rev. J. Franka Norrisa, wodcow?.
Prasa. detroicka staralta sie
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AFP oraz nieslawny zabijak zostal
pojmany przez policje detroicka o
trzecie] nad ranem w Srode na
ulicy Hastings, kiedy zaczepii trzy
szanujace sie Murzynki, ktore Sledzilt w swym automobilu przez
kilkanascie ulic.
Wielki “100 procentowy Amerykanin” McCartney zostal uznany
The Broadcast
winnym
ae
Rozpoczeta w zesztym tygodniu
kampanja reorganizacyjna, maja~
ca na celu uczynienie z kazdego
of 1940
robotnika fabryki Plymouth dobrze stojacym
cezionkiem lokalu
51-go UAW-CIO, postepuje z blyskawiczna szybkoscia, gdyz setki
bytych czionkéw zgtosilo sie na
eztonkow.
Prezydent lokalu, “Pop” Edelen,
przepowiedziat, ze ilos¢ robotnikéw, ktorzy zgiosza sie w przysziym tygodniu, bed zie jeszcze
wieksza niz ta grupa robotnicza,
ktéra juz zrozumiaia, iz jedyna
zaczepiania owych kobiet
i ukarany
w
grzywna
sumie
$25
z
Skillmana
przez sedziego W.
McCartney
Sadu Opiekunczego.
opuscit sale sadowa w ptaczu.
ZEZNANIA KOBIET
Podiug zeznan kobiet, p. Evelyn
Rogers z pn. 548 Brady St., jej
siostry, p. Tommy May Harris z
pn. 1971 East Canfield Ave. i p.
Simms z pod adresu na
Sarah
Brady ulicy, McCartney Scigat je
Ww swym automobilu przez osiem }.
ulic i wreszcie zastapil im droge
przez wjechanie na chodnik obok
zauika.
Wszystkie Murzynki sa mezatkami i jedna z nich jest matka
ezworga dzieci. Sa one szanujace
sie kobiety i nie maja za soba
zadnego rekordu policyjnego, ani
tez nigdy nie byly wmieszane w
pogwaicenie praw.
POLICJA SLEDZI “PATA”
Gdy McCartney probowat uratowac swa skore przez rzucenie
oskarzenia na honor Murzynek,
przyznawszy sie, ze byt pijanym,
policjant zeznat, ze SledziI Mc
Cartneya przez kilka ulic i nie
“100
wtracat sie dopoki~wielki
procentowy AmerykKanin” nie zaezepit kobiet.
Kobiety zeznaly zarazem, ze Mc
Cartney przyrzeki dac¢ $10 kazdej,
e
Min
d
ite
(Un
gdyby odmowity skiadania zeznan
przeciwko
niemu
w sadzie.
~“BAJKA MeCanTrNera—————
Bajke,
Przywraca ‘Na tono Toate.
Kilkaset Bylych Czkonkow
jaka
wymyslht
McCart-
ney dla wytiumaczenia swego postepowania, sedzia odrzucil wrecz,
prawdopodobnie dlatego, ze kobiety sa uczciwe i w wyniku ich
zeznan, potwierdzonych przez po= licjanta, ktory Sledzit za McCartneyem.
UniSci zastanawiaja sie nad
dziwna przyjaznia, jaka obdarzaja
McCartneya
faszysta
G. L. K.
Smith i Rev. J. Frank Norris. Czy
Rev. Norris pozwoli,mu
zebrania zabijakow
sciele?
Czy Smith
nadal na
w swym kobedzie nadal
chwali¢ go i przedstawiac jako
przedstawiciela pracy na swych
zebraniach? Co mySsli obecnie o
swym wodzu ta garstka robotnikow AFP w fabryce Plymouth?
Chyba teraz ci z posrod nich, kto-
obrona. robotnika
niu do UAW-CIO.
WIEKSZE
naleze-
finansowy
lokalu,
Mike Duletsky, powiedzial, ze oplaty czionkowskie zwiekszaly sie
powaznie od ostatnich Swiat oraz
ze on spodziewa sie jeszcze wiek-
szych optat w przysztych tygodniach.
Majac kazdego szczerego robotnika fabryki Plymouth jako czionka lokalu, zdobycze unji, jakie
dotad pozyskano, beda bezpieczniejsze i wykrecanie sie od warun-
kéw kontraktu ze strony korpora-
cji bedzie pominiete. Egzekutywa
lokalu zamierza uczynic z lokalu
najsilniejsza twierdze unjonizmu
w przemysle automobilowym przy
wspotpracy 1 poparciu stewardow.
i czynnego czionkostwa w fabryce.
Wszyscy robotnicy fabryki Plymouth, ktorzy dotad nie sa czion-
Workers Journal ) |
“POP”
EDELEN
Od chwili zawarcia pierwszej
umowy w 1937 r. wasz lokal niejednokrotnie zadat od korporacji
Plymouth przyznania przywileju
—a raczej] powinienem powiedziec
prawa—do zbierania skiadek w
fabryce na rozne zasiugujace poparcia sprawy. Nastawalismy na
prawo
nam
przyznano
to, aby
zbierania sktadek dla wielu czionkéw naszych, ktorzy spedzaja dnie
“LOCAL 51
(Continued
kami lokalu, a chca stac sie czionze z
pamietac,
powinni
kami,
from
of
the
Council.
The
BY
page
~|dniem
LAWS
2-A)
the Local, Chairman
(b) The Vice Chairman shall
preside at meetings in the absence
of the Chairman.
(c) The Secretary - Treasurer
shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Council and all records
ards Council, or by
signed by twenty-five
of the Stew-
a petition
(25) mem-
—
bers of the Stewards Council»
Section 8. Fiffy ($0) members
of the Stewards Council shall constitute a quorum.
Article 28
Women’s Auxiliary
This Local Union shall aid in
the organization and maintenance
of a chapter of the Women’s Auxiliary, provided that the By-Laws
of the Women’s Auxiliary do not
conflict with the provisions of the
Secretary-
Treasurer shall notify all members of the Council of the time and
place of all meetings.
d() The Sergeant-at-arms shall
check the attendance and assist
the Chairman in preserving order.
Section 5. If a member of the
Stewards Council fails to occupy
his place on the Stewards Council
for three successtive meetings, the
shall recomCouncil
Stewards
mend .-to his constituents that he
be recalled, except in cases where
the absence may be excused for
reasons acceptable to the Stewards Council.
Section 6. In case of a serious
infraction of the rules governing
the Steward Council, the Local
By-Laws, or the Constitution of
the International Union, United
w szpitalach z, powodu uszkodzen
lub choroby. Zadalismy prawa na
rych wprowadzono
w btad, nie zbieranie sktadki dla Polski, gdy
beda sie stykac z tym zlowrogim ten kraj byt najechany, lecz jezabijakiem. Jak dtugo szeregowcy dyna odpowiedzia korporacji na
skrzetnie zatuszowac przestepstwo te zadania bylo proste “NIE”—ze
regulamin korporacji nie pozwala
na zbieranie jakichkolwiek sktadek na posiaditosciach kompanji.
PUSZKI NA KOLEKTE
Pare dni temu zauwazylismy
Pisze FRANK DANOWSKI
puszki na kolekte po calej fabryce Automobile Workers of America,
Przewodniczacy Komitetu
of the Stewards
w celu zbierania skiadek na “po- by a member
Fabrycznego
The Stewards Council|
moc” dla Findlandji.
Council.
My, robotnicy polscy, zasvanaPo pierwsze, na czele komitetu, shall recommend to his constituwiamy sie dlaczego zrazu korpo- w skiad ktorego wchodza p. K. T. ancy that he be recalled.
racja Chryslera wstawia pudetka Keller i p. Herman Weckler, stoi
Section 7. The Stewards Counna kolekte w swych zakladach na najbardziej reakcyjny wrog Pra- cil shall meet at least once each
fundusz dla Finlandji? Gdy chcie- cy, nasz bylty prezydent Herbert month.
Special meetings of the
lismy zebrac sktadke na pomoc Hoover. Nie sadze, ze robotnicy Stewards Council may be called at
dla Polski, korporacja nie chciata zapomnieli o roli, jaka on odgry- the discretion of the President of
nam na to pozwolic.
Pytalismy wat przez kilkanascie lat w chusie 0 pozwolenie dwukrotnie i dych latach, tuz poprzedzajacych mittee for Law and Order, oraz
dwukrotnie odmowiono nam.
wybuch kryzysu w 1929 r. Pamie- Mrs. Koebel, witaScicielki skiebowKorporacja zarazem nie pozwo- tacie o jego hasle, ze dobrobyt skiej fabryki Diamond Tool Cutliia na zebranie skladki dla na- jest “tuz za skretem ulicy?” Czy ting Company.
szych wtasnych
braci unijnych, on
powolal do zycia wowczas
Chciatbym zaproponowac korktorzy zachorowali lub pozosta- komitety
dla niesienia pomocy poracji Plymouth, iz, jezeli nagle
wali w szpitalu. Nawet gdy pra- wygtodzonym miljonom ludu, kt6- zmiekszyta serce
na potrzeby
cujacy obok nas towarzysz pracy re mialy prawo zadania pomocy ludu, niech zbierze sktadke dla
umrze, nam nie wolno zebraé wie- od swego rzadu? Bynajmniej. A wdow stanu Michigan, kt6rym gucej niz $10 dla jego rodziny, acz- wreszcie jest to ten sam Herbert bernator Dickinson obciat zapokolwiek rodzina ta moze byé: w Hoover, ktory wypedzit.z Wa- mogi o 40 procent oraz ktore obecwielkiej potrzebie. Pieniadze ze- szyngtonu weteranow przy pomo- nie w niektorych wypadkach mubrane musza by¢ wydane na kwia- cy ognia, gazu Izawiacego 1 bagne- sza odzywiac sie i ptaci¢c za mieszty. Dlaczego przeto interesuje sie tow,
gdy
ci zadali wypiacenia kanie zapomoga w sumie $2.50
tak gteboko korporacja Chryslera bonusu.
tygodniowo, wzglednie dla 1,000
zbieraniem sktadek na Finlandje? HOOVER
dzieci-kalek, ktorych wystano do
Czy to nie Jest proba podburzenia
Nie sadze, ze pan Hoover zmie- domu z Ann Arbor, niektorych w
nagonki wojennej
i rozpoczecia nil swe poglady wobec robotnikow gipsie, z rozporzadzenia gubernakampanji na przygotowanie nas i ludzi potrzebujacych w tym kra- tora, ktory znalazt na tyle iaski
do przystapienia do wojny?
Co- ju, zwazywszy na fakt, ze on przy- w niebie, ze pozyskat prywatna
kolwiek to by¢ moze, my, robotni- bywa wkrotce do Detroit na za- rure do Boga.
“Milosc blizniego ma swe pocy polscy, nie lubimy. To Smier- proszenie Mrs. Fred T. Murphy,
wigilancka ezatki w domu’—mowi przysiokto6ra zorganizowaia
dzi. Wciaz powtarzamy:
|
grupe znana jako Detroit Com- wie angielskie.
“The Yanks Are Not Coming.”
Z Jakiego Punktu
Widzenia?
w
WPLATY
Sekretarz
RUBRYKA
PREZYDENTA
Pisze
jest
By-Laws
of Local 51.
Article 29
Where these By-Laws do not
conform with the constitution of
the International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America,
the International Union Constitution shall take precedence.
Submitted by the BYLAWS COMMITTEE,
Local No. 51,
}
A. Figg, Wm. MacDonald,
Alex Mac Intyre.
INTERNATIONAL UNION,
UNITED AUTOMOBILE
WORKERS OF AMERICA
OF AMERI
WORKERS
please
All members
(NOTE:
save this copy of the proposed ByLaws and bring them to the next
Local Union meeting where they
shall be acted upon.)
Guziczki
Wojenne
Anty—
Guziczki z hastem “The Yanks
(Amerykanie
Are Not Coming”
Nie Przybeda), ktore sprzedaje sie
w fabryce, sa wytacznie w celu
stwierdzenia faktu, ze nie chcemy
mieé absolutnie nic do czynienia
z wojna imperjalistyczna w Euro-_|
pie. Im wiecej te guziczki beda
noszone, tem wiecej bedzie wiedziat swiat, ze kraje europejskie
nie wciagna nas w swoje rzez.
Guziczki te sa nabyte od Unji
Marynarzy CIO po cenie trzech
centow dla lokalu. Sprzedaje si¢
je po piec centow, a dodatkowe
dwa
centy
beda
zuzyte
na
zakup
literatury dla Wydziatu OswiatoAni cent
wego lokalu Plymouth.
ze sprzedazy tych guziczkow nie
bedzie wystany do obcego kraju.
Wszystko idzie do kasy unijnej.
31-go stycznia ubiega ter-
min kampanji na biezacych waByli czionkowie moga
runkach.
odzyskaé czionkostwo po opltacepodatku
dwudolarowego
niu
$1 poz dodatkiem
wstepnego
datku za miesiac grudzien.
Better Look
Into This
did you tell that man
What
just now?
I told him to hurry.
What right have you to tell him
to hurry?
I pay him to hurry.
How much do you pay him?
Four dollars a day.
Where do you get the money
to pay him?
I sell products.
Who makes the products?
He does.
does he
products
many
How
make in a day?
Ten dollars worth.
Then, instead of you paying
him, he pays you six dollars a
day to stand around telling him
to hurry?
Well, but I own the machines.
How did you get the machines?
Sold products and bought them,
Who makes the products?
Shut up! He might hear you!
Robotnicy Polscy
Uwagza!
Niektorzy czionkowie nasi, a
miedzy nimi robotnicy pochodzenia
polskiego,
zaproponozniesienie stronicy
wali nam
polskiej w organie Lokalu Ply-
mouth.
Nie
wiemy,
czy
wam
podoba sie stronica polska, czy
tez nie. Z zamiarem poinformowania nas w tej sprawie,
wzywamy was do napisania li-
stu do Lokalu z poleceniami, co
do dalszego wydawania stronicy polskiej. Wezwijcie polskich
braci unistaw, aby uczynili podobnie. Listy moga byc wysiane po polsku lub po angielsku
na adres: Editor, Plymouth
Gratiot Aveue,
2121
Beacon,
Plymouth Local 51, UAW-CIO,
Detroit.
UNITED
PAGE 4-A
Corporation
Storm Troops p
AUTOMOBILE
WEDNESDAY,
WORKER—DETROIT,
McCartney And Women
|
17, 1940
JANUARY
McCartney
Fined For
|Molesting
He Molested
Plant protection men are acting
like
stormtroopers
these
days.
The great “200 per cent American” Felix J. “Pat” McCartney,
a chief enemy of the CIO Local
51, Labor spokesman for fascist
Gerald L. K. Smith, and close
companion of Rev. J. Frank Norris, executive board member of
the rump AFL outfit, and a notorious goon was apprehended by
the Detroit
police
at 3 a. m.
Wednesday- morning on Hastings
street when
he molested
three
Negro
women,
after
following
them in his car for several blocks,
The great “200 per cent American” McCartney was convicted of
molesting
the women
and
was
fined $25
by Recorder’s
Court
Judge W. Skillman, and left the
courtroom in tears.
According to the women, Mrs.
Although they wear grey shirts
they behave as if they were some
slug-|
of Hitler’s brown-shirted
gers. They have recently carried
on a vicious campaign, intimidating and bulldozing workers and
stewards.
| Plymouth Local 51 does no believe that these plant protection
men are following the policy of
the Chrysler Corporation and that
their actions should be brought
to the attention of the Chrysler
officials. If these plant protection
men are following the corporation’s policy by acting the way
they have been doing lately then
Felix J. “Pat” McCartney, (extreme
right) in Judge W. Skillman’s Recorders
Evelyn Rogers, 548 Brady street;
Court with the three Negro women he
her sister, Mrs, Tommy May Harris, 1971 East Canfield ave; and
was convicted of molesting at 3 a. m. on
Mrs.
Sarah
Simms
of
the
Brady
he
ed
itt
adm
ney
art
McC
et.
stre
gs
Hastin
street address, McCartney folowed
had been drinking previous to accosting 1them in his car for eight blocks
the three women. He was fined $25 for his
and finally blocked their path by
driving
across the sidewalk
in
escapade. This man is a friend and ally of
an
alley-way.
Gerald L. K. Smith and Rev. J. Frank
the corporation was not acting in
good faith when it signed a contract with the UAW-CIO,
No Joke
If the New York papers that
national
how
recently reported
guardsmen caught cold from lack
of overshoes were subject to laws
like Canada’s war regulations, the
publishers would be (or could be)
arrested like Bro. Charles Millard, for making statements “intended or likely to prejudice recruiting.”
Norris.
STILL WITH US—
All of the Negro women
are
married and one is the mother of
four children.
They are of respectable character and have no
police
records,
nor
have
they
ever
been
involved
in trouble
with the law.
POLICE TRAIL PAT
When McCartney tried to excuse his actions by assailing the
character
of
these
respectable
women,
after admitting he had
By ERIC DEARNLEY
been
drinking
previously,
a
Chairman, Educational Committee police officer testified he had followed
McCartney
for
several
The Educational Classes have
blocks
and
hadn’t
interfered
until
been completely rescheduled, as
the
great
“200
per
cent
Ameriwas announced in the last issue
can”
stopped
the
women.
of the Plymouth paper. We urge
The
women
testified
that
Mcall members to visit the Educa|
Cartney
had
offered
to
pay
them
tional office to become
more
$10
each,
if
they
would
refuse
thoroughly
acquainted with the
Educational
schedule and the Local’s“educa~
We
tional program as a whole.
are anxious
that each member
should register for a class either
on economics,
labor history,
duties
of stewards
or parliamen-
tary procedure.
And don’t -forget we have now arranged for
a new Class in Labor journalism.
Our
slogan should
be,
“Unity
through knowledge” — especially
at this period
of national
upheaval when labor hating forces
are uniting
to destroy
good
American organizations.
PROGRAM
Your educational
department
has mapped
out a program
of
activity
for the spring
months
that should receive the support of
everyone.
This program is cultural,
educational,
and _ entertaining and should do much to-
ward
unifying Local 51.
Come to classes! Register now!
Become
active in your
department!
Speak
and sell to your
‘brothers the need for education.
-|Become
acquainted
with
our
plans for your future
leisure
hours. Drop into the educational
office and let's
acquainted.
Monday
America’s
Problem
No.
1-Unemployment
l
ria
ust
ind
or
y
rit
spe
pro
t
en
an
rm
pe
any
be
ot
nn
There ca
e
fac
the
in
us
g
rin
sta
e
hav
we
as
g
lon
as
ion
nat
s
thi
in
peace
the misery and suffering of 9/2 million unemployed people.
imtes
Sta
ed
it
Un
the
of
t
en
id
es
Pr
the
t
tha
d
en
mm
co
re
We
mediately convene a conference of the responsible leaders from
the Government, industry, labor and agriculture, who should be
il
unt
m
le
ob
pr
s
thi
at
rk
wo
to
nt
me
rn
ve
Go
the
by
ed
er
de
an
comm
s
a’
ic
er
Am
ve
sol
to
ed
at
ul
rm
fo
n
bee
ve
ha
ns
pla
te
re
nc
co
some
|
problem No. 1.
—CIO’s
|
1940 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.
become
11 a.m.
more
(for afternoon
shift); 7 p.m. (for day and midnight shifts) Parliamentary procedure and public speaking.
Tuesday 11 a.m. (for afternoon
ishift); 7 p.m. (for day and midnight shifts)Industrial unionism,
collective bargaining, duties of
stewards.
Wednesday 11 a.m. (for afternoon shift); 7 p.m.(for day and
midnight shifts) Labor economics.
Thursday ll.a.m. (for afternoon
shift); 7 p.m. (for day and midnight shifts) History of the American Labor Movement.
Friday 11 a.m. (for
shift); 7 p.m.
night
shifts)
President's
Governor
and
(for day
Labor
(Continued
afternoon
from
mid-
Journalism.
Column
page
1-A)
and
now
Dickinson
in
some instances have to live and
pay rent on $2.50 per week, or
for the 1,000 crippled children
Who
were
sent
home
from
Ann
Arbor, many of them in plaster
casts by the same man who is
with
to commute
privileged
heaven through a private pipe“Charity begins at home.”
line.
to testify. against-him-it “IN
Cawen
The cock and bull story that
McCartney
fixed up to excuse
his actions when he entered the
court room was not believed by
the judge, probably due to the
good reputation of the women,
and the fact that their testimony
was supported by the policeman
who
had
followed
McCartney.
Union members are wondering
about the strange
friendship
G. L. K. Smith and Rev. J. Frank
Norris have with McCartney. Will
Rev.
Norris
still
permit
goon
been a.member
him
to
hold goon meetings in his church?
Will Smith still praise him and
introduce
him
as his
Labor
spokesmen at his meetings? What
do
the handful
of workers
in
the
AFL
dual
outfit
think
of
their leader now?
The confused
and honset ones among them certainly won’t continue to cling to
this disreputable goon man, And
How long will the rank and file
AFL
members
tolerate
such
leadership?
The
Detroit
Newspapers
did
their best to cover up for McCartney, failing to print the story, or
burying it in the back pages, but
they couldn’t cover up the fact
that he was convicted.
Detroit Newspapers also failed
to print photographs of McCartney, although their photographer
took plenty of them. Imagine what
they would have done had this
of the CIO!
McCartney is a Plymouth worker on leave from the corporation
who was been a notorious troublemaker in the CIO auto workers
union previous to his expulsion
and tie-up with the rump outfit.
HIGH
COURT
OK’S
PICKETS
WASHINGTON,
The supreme
court upheld a circuit court decision dismissing an anti-picketing
injunction against a CIO Fur
Workers local brought by an AFL
local. The lower court held there
had been a labor dispute at the
plant
and
that
the
Norris-LaGuardia act, prohibiting the use
of injunctions in labor disputes,
prevailed.
The Book & Magazine Guild in
New. York held an auction of objets d’art, which it described as
ranging from “vases to vahses.”’
needy
suppose,
we
help,
To
cases and worth cahses,
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