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Title

United Automobile Worker

Date

1956-03-01

Alternative Title

Vol. 19 No. 3

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UNITED

2

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

March,

1956

Senators Hold Up
Gas Lobby Probe;
McClellan In Chair
BULLETIN—As

this

issue

of

the

United

Automobile

Worker went to press, Senator John L. McClellan

sas)

had

Senate

just

agreed

committee

to accept

chairmanship

(D., Arkan-

of the special

set up to investigate lobbying activities by

the wealthy gas and oil industry in connection with the Harris-Fulbright Natural Gas bill.
or

restrictions
proper

>),

inv

Bridges

servative,

Many

mittee,

m

Albert

Gore

as

chairman

(D.,

representing
and
rules of
tion

eased

members

withdrew

his

the Republican
procedure that

members,
Gore said

had insisted on
would make a

after

Senator

impossible.

these

agreed

Tennessee),

restrictions

to accept

of

after

Bridges

McClellan,

Senate—and

like

to divert

some

members

attention

from

(R.,

New

a southern

the chairmanship.

the

it is felt—would

Styles

name

from

the

of

con-

the

GOVERNOR WILLIAMS has proclaimed June 4-10 as UAW Twentieth Anniversary Week in Michigan. “Michigan is justly proud to be called the home of this
great organization,” his proclamation says. Here he hands the proclamation to Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey and Walter P. Reuther.

Com-

purpose

for

which the Committee was established—to investigate activities of the
oil and gas lobby which
might
be embarrassing, particularly in an
election year, by making an excursion into the field of political and
ive activities by labor and liberal organizations.

potato
I

Senate
Sena

bers

committee
committee,
,

that

a)

t

dropped/|

The Gas

despite

the

Bill passed
Case

ee

accumulated

revelation.

ve-

ently

indicating

A

Keck
tion

fund

representative

made

a

$2,500

to Senator

prior

money

Senate

he

contribution
fluence

have

an

come

to

to

the

to

the

considered

attempt

his vote.

tributions

the

returned

announced

that

on

month.
Keck
is
the Superior Oil

Case

and

campaign

the ‘vote

gas bill Iast
an official of

Harry

contribu-

Case’s

to

Company.

of

to

Attempted

other

the

in-

con-»

Senators

light since

56

cents

P.

has

been added to base rates,” he said.
“These figures’ do not take into

account

either

the

additional

wage increases to skilled trades
and other special groups of work-

ers or the additional
sulting

from

amounts

the 2%

per cent

re-

ap-

plication of the 1955 improvement
factor.”
The
signed

first
with

American

the

integrity

governmental

President

message,

the

and

he favored the avowed
bill

because

his

of the

of the

the

veto

brazen

oil-gas

other

hand,

was

of

only

such agreement
was
GM May 29, 1948.

the

Committee

hasn’t

day

it was

issued.

could

the

stock

was

com-

a chance

to sell the

try and

half

stock

This

has

UAW

nation’s

Jackie

a

to

been

press,

able

New

more

Gleason,

York

CITY—One

popular

plays

bus

the

part

driver

in

of

his

weekly TV skit. Recently, while
subbing for commentator Edward

be the logical choice, finally with-

R. Murrow on the Person to Person TV program,
he received
some sound advice from a real
bus driver on how to make his
role more realistic:
“Just one thing—make
sure

explaining

all times,”

to

get

off

GORE

the

ground.

=

WITHDRAWS

Senator

nessee)

Albert

who

was

drew his name

Gore

Ten-

considered

from

that

(D.,

to

consideration,

restrictions

im-

posed by the Republican members

would make a proper
tion impossible.

investiga-

Senator
Styles
Bridges
of
New
Hampshire,
speaking
for
the
Republicans,
said
piously
that they only wanted to prevent

ing

the

off

Senator

investigation

“in

all

from

directions.”

Gore,

whose

go-

persever-

that

your

And

union

button

Gleason

was

shows

told.

month

Governor
June

Twentieth

at

numbers.

Williams

4-10

to

Governors

of other

of

other

be

states

and

mayors

cities

are

soon

or later in the year. The

an-

similar

proclamations

THEY

be
of

DARED

observed
1956.

DREAM

“When
a handful of pioneers
founded the UAW 20 years ago,
it was small and weak and its
only strength was the dedication

of a few

a

who

better

world

dared

to dream

through

the

lective efforts of the many,”

ernor Williams
lamation.
“During
vision and

ing

new

lems

and

said

of

col-

Gov-

in, his

proc-

these 20 years its
imagination in find-

answers
its

to

old

programs

prob-

for

the

chips

fall

where

they

with

may.

ployment

benefit

plan

ee

pay-

percentage

termine
in

is

difficult

because

of

to

de-

fluctuations

employment.
The contracts required approval of states in which 67 per cent

reside in order
effective on June

to
1

Latest
to report are
California, Maryland and Delaware.
The

legislatures

two

states

fically

At

ernors

awaiting

the

Last

those

not
oo

FIRST GM APPRENTICE GRADUATES under the joint UAW-GM approved
Apprentice Plan negotiated last year. He is Charles Spears, here shown being presented with his certificate as a Machine Repair Machinist. Left to right are: George
Rathbone, apprentice coordinator; Charles Honeyer, foreman; W. Tate, general
foreman; Spears; Neil Hyde, Personnel Department, GM Diesel; R. Felton, plant

engineer; and Wells Miller, John King and
tice Committee members,

Stanley

Szymanski,

Local

163

Appren-

of

for

month,

from

in

latter

bills

speci-

such

the

the

them

pay-

two

gov-

signatures

to

early

that

ticipation

its

of

families

life

community

and

enriched

“Michigan
the

called

ganization,”

to

have

dreams

the

par-

The

few.

members

in

the

affairs

democracy.

is justly proud

home

the

of

enlivened

have

our

and

of this

to be

or-

great

proclamation

said.
The celebration will be kicked
off June 3 in South Bend, Indiof

site

ana,

the

tional Convention,

First

where

Constitu-

pioneers

will be honored.

of the

Union

MORE

PROGRAMS

PLANNED

Elaborate programs and festivals in various. cities throughout

the nation will feature the anniversary celebration.
The Union’s biennial International Education Conference in
Washington, April 21-24, will be
a major
twentieth anniversary

event.
Other

details and

.

nounced

in the weeks to come.

anniversary

GAW

negotiated

conflict

unemployment

ruled

by

plans
the

with

that

pay-

such

UAW

the

as

are

state’s

compensation

laws.

Similar action has taken place
in Michigan
(where more than
two-thirds
of Chrysler workers
reside),

New

York,

Massachu-

setts, Connecticut, Delaware, New
Jersey,
Pennsylvania
and
Flor-

ida.
No

been

unfavorable

received.

rulings

The

year

Ford,

dates of the

will

be

an-

have

General

Motors

and

Chrysler agreements provide for
payments to start on June 1.
Workers are to receive out
funds enough money
of GAW
to supplement their unemployment compensation to bring
their income up to the level
of 65 per cent of take-home

pay.

This 65 per cent level holds
for four weeks. Workers are to

receive 60 per cent of their takehome pay for :the rest of their
eligibility .. . up to a maximum

additional

an

of

22 weeks.

at the
are regained
Credits
rate of one for each two weeks
worked.

UAW

become

the Attorney Gen-

of California

ments

the

press time, they were

desks

law.

eral

of

authorizing

necessary

"

passed

ments,

on

:

of

substance

given

needs

Eleven States Take Friendly Action
On GAW and Compensation Payments

of workers
make them

23

human

No Rejections

Legislative, Commission or ments with state unemployment
compensation.
forcing the creation of the ComAttorney
General
rulings
These include states with apmittee, to the discomfiture
of
proximately 71 per cent of Ford
some Senators of both parties, is from
11 states now approve workers
and 69 per cent of Genregarded
widely as a thorough
supplemental unem- eral Motors workers. The exact
and fearless investigator who lets gearing
ance is credited in large part

meeting

their

Anniversary

niversary
will
through the rest

comedians,

a

beings instead of

cléck-card

planning

of the

and

the opportunity

proclaimed

Week.

Show Union Button,
Driver Tells Gleason
YORK

a million

workers

faceless

lobbyists.

NEW

gave

to be human

biggest stock sale in history.”

lobbying

consumer

goes

anyone

The UAW will be 20 years old at the end of next month.
It was 20 years ago, during the last week of April and
the first week of May, that the fledgling Union held its First
Constitutional ‘Convention, elected its own officers and
marched out on the crusade that cracked the toughest antiunion industries in the coun-

level.

they held
on the same
day,
it quickly developed that the
Company and the Ford Foundation got top dollar.
The 10,200,000 shares issued
are now worth $29,580,000 less
than they were the day of “the

of

groups, particularly
had fought the bill

Worker

time,

had

that

aims

press

own

pletely sold out on the first day
it was offered, and the insiders

said in

however,

its

At

While

peo-

process.”

Eisenhower

his veto

tomobile

“The UAW wage formula has
brought about a total of 62 cents
per hour in general
wage
in-

which

the

concerning

the

As this issue of The United Au-

Reuther said in an Administrative
Letter to local unions.

of

| ple

among

tooth and nail, showing that it
was another gouge which would
cost the
American
people an
estimated $958 million a year.

decrease to become effective early
in March for those workers covered by cost-of-living agreements.
“The March adjustment cancels
out the one-cent increase of last

creases,

activities.

include efforts that I deem

and labor
the UAW,

sulted in a one-cent-an-hour wage

Walter

| doubt

is seeking

buy a share for $61.60 or $2.90
less than the stock cost on the

| to be so arrogant and so much in
| defiance of acceptable standards
of propriety as to risk creating

On

A drop in the Department of
Labor’s cost-of-living index
re-

President

These

activity

then.

Escalator Slips
But UAW Still
62 Cents Ahead

September,”

questionable

Anniversary Events Scheduled

Ford stock, like water, appar-

has

that. priy would like to investigate al| vate persons have been seeking
t anything except the affluent
| to further their own interests by
bt
were set up to

highly

UAW Nearing 20th Birthday;

Ford Stock Drops
By $291 Million

the Senate,

wound up|
Then President Eisenhower
bipartisan }toed it, saying . . .
,. *.. A body of evidence
0: f whose}
.
oo ieee

some

ae

See

Senator;

Endorses

Cancer Society’s
°56 Fund
UAW

‘Crusade’

members

have

been

ican

Cancer

urged

and local unions

Walter P. Reuther
to the 1956 crusade

Society

by

President

to contribute
of the Amerand

the Society’s work.
In a message endorsing
rent

cancer

“The

drive,

American

to

Reuther

assist

the cursaid:

tradition

is one

of mutual help.
It has been a
great asset in making us strong

and

selves

enabling

against

us

to

enemy

defend

attack,”

our-

UNITED

1956

March,

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

Spring Pickup in Autos Uncertain;

GM

Layoffs Total 83,000 in February
factor

uncertain

still an

was

sales

in

pickup

spring

usual

The

automobile
as this

U nited | cars now on the road.

of the

issue

Automobile Worker went to p' ress with tens of thousands of
auto workers still idled.
A survey by the UAW showed that during February
83,000 workers were on layoff
rose to 830,000, an all-time high.
from their jobs with the naThis was considered
a 43-day
tion’s automobile manufactur-

re-

weeks

work

Short

ers.

supply..

plants.

hit in plants

hard

was

also

dustry

devoted to farm equipment. Many
corporations in this field have diversified interests, however, and
making
in plants
employment
other items generally remained
at a good level.

General
layoff

on

four-day

while

Chrysler,

GM

than

heavily

employment

used

a

off

laid

has

layoffs
Chrysler
into the
deeper

those

back

4,700

helpful

unemployed.

but almost at
Studebaker laid
with

some

seniority.

offs reached

some

callbacks

who

indications

to reThere

quit.

that

underway,

be

may

other

but

applied to parts
some parts sup-

serious layoffs as well,

pliers had
ing.

have

to

appeared

of production

job

the

January,

During

a

done

schedul-

Local

number

plant

ics

Ends

Strike

1,100

UAW

Local’

on strike at the
of

272

ceram-

Spark

Champion

contract March
1, Ken Morris,
co-director of UAW Region 1, reports.

June

6,

new

economic

1955,

pact,

retroactive

includes

benefits,

to

pattern

including

employes
provides
and
GAW,
who are laid off due to job transfers to other
plants can apply
for

preferential

ceramic

Wood-

said

UAW

reported

for

of

ear sales and

money

the end of payments

balancing

about

are

sales

car

previous

on

each other.

7.1 PER CENT LAID OFF
Detroit now has a total of 100,-

per

7.1

000

unemployment,

some

The

unemployment

total has risen

cent

labor

entire

the

of

force.

Michi-

na-

in the

elsewhere

and

City

tion have little reason
to take
in Administration
stock
much

it

seeking

radio

which

has

to

sound

consider

they

to DuPont.

to

come

are

the

our

fitting—

facts:

attention,

is

time
nS EY,
following
radio program,
‘Eye Opener.’’

popular

would

here

shoe

program of their own at that
‘eall ** The Truth in the News,”’

sort of pompous

probably

mean

if you

the

gospel

didn’t

stop

according

This kind of attention calls, we feel, for congratulations to all ‘‘Eye Opener ” hands.
So

far, we

understand,

GM

hasn’t

been

able

to get

any time because what they want is a very popular
spot for local sponsors seeking the breakfast and early
morning housecleaning trade. We wish them the best
of luck, however, because we like eompany, The UAW
guys that get up at 4:30 a. m. to get “E ye Opener’’
on the air might want to put it that “misery loves
company.”’
In the meantime, UAW members—and everybody
”
every morning
else is invited—can hear “* Eye Opener
Monday through Friday. Check your local newspaper
for time and station.

prosperity.”

“continued:

of

claims

Motors,

or the

sched-

at

Oklaho-

California,

and

and at North
in-Los Angeles

California,

that

that

and

Co-

negotiations

and

that

were

there

was

hiring

at

Sikorsky

clause

workers

have

calling

contract

new

a

notice

for

after

okayed
wage

increases ranging from eight to
14 cents an hour, improved insur-

ance
in

the

changes

numerous

plan, and

working

agreement.

Local 133 Gives.
Organizers Mark
To Try to Break

Connecticut—

BRITAIN,

NEW

other

plants of the Company.

the

a new

start

of

negotia-

contract

last fall,

the Local had only 1,850 members of a potential of about 3,600,
International Representative Merlin D. Bishop reports.
The Local started an organiz-

riders—and

the new

contract
shop

union

modified

‘a strong
vision.

ard

has

pro-

two months, it was anby Vice-President Rich-

Gosser,

director

of

the

ion’s Wage-Hour
Division.
The Bearing Council will

at
lon

jand

the Taft Hotel in
April 6 and 7; the

meet

Transmission

14 at

the

boss,

Smith—show

what to do, will ya?”

|

Vice- |

of

in

Flint,

the

Piston

Counell

Ring

Local

Council

meet

New York
Gear, Axle

Michigan,

Buick

Un-

on

599

will

April

Hall;

will meet

in Chicago's Conrad
Hilton Hotel May 10 and 11; and the Truck,

Trailer,

Bus

and

Trackless

Trol-

ley Council will meet in the Sylvania Hotel in Philadelphia on
May

formed

ular

before

working

25 and

26,

or

after

hours,

vitally related

the next
nounced

your
him

Supreme Court Decision Merger Pays Off
Favors Battery Workers

Legal Department, at the request
The UAW
President Richard Gosser, is studying the possibility that)
Supreme Court decision on Portal-to-Portal|
the recent U
pay may benefit members in the battery and other industries. |
bers in January,
Willard Battery Intra-CorAfter an eight-day strike late Gosser is director of the UAW’s
in January, Local 133 had a new
poration Council.
contract calling for wage boosts
The decision held that the®
ranging from nine to 15 cents an
hour and improved pensions—and 1947 Portal-to-Portal Pay Act ious chemicals used in the plant. |
had 1,524 new members.
does not rule out payments These include lead metal, lead Ox-|
Only about 300 are still free- for a worker’s activities per- ide, lead sulphate, lead peroxide, |
and sulphuric acid. . . . In the

Four UAW Wage-Hour Council
| meetings have been scheduled for

“My son-in-law will be

A. PHILIP RANDOLPH (seated Fenton): erecident of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and a vice-president of the AFL-CIO, chatted with
UAW delegates at the Delegate Assembly For Civil Rights in Washington. Left to
right, Martin Gerber, director UAW Region 9; Bill Oliver, co-director of the UAW
Fair Practices Department; Brother Randolph; Ray Ross, director of UAW Region
2A, and Emil Mazey, secretary-treasurer of the UAW. Vice-President Pat Greathouse, Region 1 Co-Director Ken Morris, Region2 Director P. J. O'Malley, Region
8 Director Norm Seaton, and Region 9A Director Charles H. Kerrigan also were
in the UAW delegation. (See stories on pages 8 and 9.)

ing drive in September and had
255 new members by December.
It nearly matched that in December and added 954 new mem-

Wage-Hour Councils
To Meet in April, May

new

amount

allusions - aside,

They want a radio
time which they would

point out that

pinching

proverb—like

Air-

workers

Tulsa,

Beach,

Ohio.

tions on

Plug in Detroit since January 10,
returned to work with a new

The

in

plants

Fresno,

Before

A gainstChampion
members,

Leonard

Workers at the Fafnir Bearing
Company here, members of UAW
Local 133, set a mark for organizers to shoot at recently.

cars in dealers’ hands

of unsold

Some

$14

UAW’s

shoe

appropriate

be
could
agreement
hope
membership
the
before
|reached

turn-

of

back

called

state. The same
suppliers. While

better

18

| continuing

at mid-month the whole auto employment situation was in a fluid

others

Long

He

in plants

percentage

workers

were

Motors

the 2,000 level.

been

over have

place

the

record

owed on cars has remained at the
$14 billion level, indicating new

tor

edition

meetings were

years’ | |a seven-day
lay-| expiration.

10

almost

American

high

a

with

recently

a

General

the

an

Both
contracts
were
time, meetings.
the same
| to expire March 15 but both had
off 1,200, includ-

laid-off workers

Some

March

lumbus,

left

a shutdown,

during

off

laid

ing

Economists

to

about

literary

the

by

there’s

this month recalled the| |good

Packard

5,500

uled

and

a

36,000

than

more

with

Chrysler

still

it

but

move,

billion.

billion

increased

increase of 88,000.
With the future still uncertain,
thousands of workers in the Mo-

this

the

| Tucson,
Arizona,
American plants

called

workers,

laid-off

of

Department,

|ma;

GM.

Chrysler

time,

press

as

eraft

| Douglas

extended . no
list
seniority

and

director

membership

year,

40,300.

of

total

at Ford

than

At

last

overtime

less

cock,

and

hires

new

more

had

which

press.

to

Vice-President

weeks, has had a 16,600 decline
in

went

climax

$4

total

gan—including Detroit—now has
a total of 155,000 unemployed or
5.6 per cent of the labor force, an

UAW negotiations with Douglas and
North
American
were
a

almost

the

suppose

-earnestly

During the

65,000 since last November.

For Accord
In Aircraft
nearing

year,

Has ‘Eye’ Trouble

something

but

3

of The United Automobile Worker

more

relied

which

Ford,

al-

of

employment.

GM

in

18,000

most

De-

Motors

decline

a

shows

partment

a check

but

General

UAW

the

by

public,

figures

its

make

not

did

num-

Hopes High

Every automobile manufacturer
has been affected by the layoffs.

Motors

the

One major factor in the sales
picture is the
and employment
amount of money still owed on

in-

implement

agricultural

The

many

in

workers

auto

other

month,

| past

ber of cars in the nation’s sales
rooms increased over the January total.
:

duced the income of thousands

of

Last

We

and@——————————__

employment

Page

if

reg-

they

are

to production,

BATHING A DUTY
Gosser wants the Union's attorneys
lard

to determine
whether
Wiland other battery manufac-

turers under

contract

complying with
ments
spelled

the
out

to UAW

are

legal requireby
the
high

court,

The

example
has

bathe

to

gerous

Court
a

had

battery

change

because

employes

cited

acids

on

worker

his

he

should

job,

be pald

time, the Court

an

who

clothing

handles

the

as

sald.

or

dan-

Such

for this

In an opinion written by Chief
Justice Earl Warren,
the Court

further stated:
. . All of the
ployés,

such

as

production

those

with

we are here concerned,
arily work with or near

em-

whom

customthe vav-

of

some

process,

manufacturing

the
metals
go
through
various
off dangerous
give
and
changes
fumes,
Some
are
spilled
or

a

become

thus

and

dropped

and

one

in it,”

DE

IN

everything

and

spend
as much
as 30
day
changing
clothes,

and

sable

in

other

to

work,

the

must

minutes

a}

showering,

activities

indispen-

performance

of

portant result of last December’s merger of the AFL and

the

CIO.

Both

have

the

contracts

Aircraft.

tiations

and
and

IAM
sion

IAM

and

the CAW

to

pre-nego-

with

Thanks

talks

Douglas

the

between

UAW, identical penproposals
insurance

were

made

the

UAW

to

by

Douglas

the

two
unions,
Vice-President
Leonard Woodcock, director of
ment

reports.

Depart-

Aijrcraft

IAM bargainers at Lockheed
of Vicethemselves
availed

of

offer

Woodcock’s

Region 2 Signs First
Learner Plan
| Foundry

some

plants

the UAW
one
im-

ment helped draw up the IAM
pension proposal to Lockheed.

every-

that

ing the IAM
and
have ‘demonstrated

involvy-

the
and
assistance
technical
UAW Social Security Depart-

part

UNANIMOUS

found
The Court
workers
in battery

negotiations

President

of the dust in the air.
In general,
the chemicals permeate the entire

plant

Aircraft

thelr

CLEVELAND,

| ley,

director

of

Ohio—Pat O'MalUAW

Region

2,

the signing of an
has announced
1260,
Local
between
agreement

the

Hill Acme

and

Foundry

Fulton

be paid for,
the Court ruled, The unanimous
decision was handed down on apby two companies,
peals brought

an approvides
which
Company
prenticeship
program
covering

facturing

Apprenticeship

Such

the

activities

must

Cumberland

Tennessee,
firm,

Company
and

an

Battery

Manu-

Idaho

packing

of

Nashville,

coremakers
plan,

first

and

of

The

Ohio

State

of its kind

is registered

Board

moulders,

with

the

in

Council,

Education

and

reau of Apprenticeship,

Region

2,

Cleveland

the

Bu-

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

March,

New Contract Won
At Last Case Plant
,

UAW

Greathouse,

ca Case

Department,

vice -president

announ ced

pleted in the J. 1 . Case chain now

and

that

director

negotiations

that

Local

1956

of

the

are

eom-

378 in Rockford,

Illinois, has reached agreement.
Rockford

workfrs

had

take na

strike

vote

time

some

ago

and were prepared to “‘ hit the?
bricks*’ if nec
ry to get a a new provision for $2,500.00 Polio

contract comparable to those} insurance
pendents.
negotiated in other J. I. Case| maternity

plants.

SMILING HAPPILY, top U AW
ers to discuss the terms of the new contract between the UAW

and GM of Canada.

assistant di-

Gierok,

are, |. to r., Henry

in Toronto

conference

a press

at

Pictured

Pacific Coast Farmers Learn Facts
On Benson's Charges Against Labor
A

full-tiedged investigatio n of profiteering in major industries sur rently needed to fix the responsibility for high-|
er-eosts to
farmers at a tim e when farmer income is de-|}
elming.
This is what Donald E. Montgomery, chief of the
ummers attendng the Pacific
UAW
Washington office, told
at?
Forum
Farm
Northwest
ment was almost three times as
Spokane last month.

Mr.

much

Montgomery - refuted

as

the

cost

eoncern

with

the

prosperity.

decline

in

farm | previous

he

@

it

from

their

to

to

raise

General

tract

about

five

its

wage

prices

per

on

Motors

cents

of

ers

its

in

400,000

the

said

and

did

1956

Yet

signed

labor

an

making a profit of
ery hour
worked

have
and

history,

would

cent.

increasing

21

long

Motors

contract

prices

about

shares of stock

than
American
farmers
earned
out
of
their
land
labor.
“That
was
in the years

wage

vance

said.

of

General

1955

“Only once before have Ameriean
stockholders
received
more

income

year

| 1953.

“Most
dramatié
fact of the
Iast
three
years
(195
that
total
dividends
pai
out
te
corporation
stockholders
eaught
up to and passed
the
total net income
of farm
op-

erators,”

U.

Steel

the

could have}
with hard
ts the claim by reduced its prices $7.50 a ton
Seeretary of Agriculture Ben-| for the entire year 1955, instead
son
that
labor’s wage
increases} | of
raising
them
in the second
half, and would have made more
have caused the rising costs that
are hurting farmers.
profit after taxes than the $222
serious | millions
He
expressed
labor’s
it
made
in
the
best
increase.

S.

of

1932.

16

“We were in trouble, deep trouble, in those years.
Is there a
warning
in the fact that, once

@

per

cent

Ford

on

its

21-cent-an-hour

costs

came

when

prices,

millions

for

fibe

the

J

States

2 are

with

some

its

of the

representative

farmers’

foods

and}

facts

detailed

consideration:

the

for

@ Ford

took

ing
the
price
seven per cent,
pattern for the
industry.

wage

the

in-

the lead in increas-

for
tractors
by
setting the price
farm
machinery

@ The price increase of $7.50
@ Although profits are thinner
a ton U.
S. Steel put into effect in the farm machinery industry
on signing the (1955) wage agree-' generally than in auto and steel,

U

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Aircraft and Agricultural Impleme nt Workers of America, affiliated
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WALTER

P.

EMIL MAZEY
Secretary-Treasurer

REUTHER

President
RICHARD GOSSER,

LEONARD

WOODCOCK,

N ORMAN

MATTHEWS,
PATRICK
GREATHOUSE

Vice-Presidents

International
CHARLES BALLARD
RAY BERNDT
GEORGE BURT
CHARLES BIOLETTI
ROBERT CARTER
ED COTE
MARTIN GERBER
CHARLES
H.
KERRIGAN
HARVEY
KITZMAN

Exeeu tive Board

RUSSELL’
WILLIAM

STAPF—Russell

Members:

LETNER
McAULAY

JOSEPH
McCUSKER
GEORGE
MERRELLI
KENNETH
MORRIS
PATRICK
O'MALLEY
I
YETH W. ROBINSON
RAY ROSS
NORMAN
B. SEATON

FRANK
CHARLES

Members

WINN,

BAKER,

American

Newspaper

Guild,

increase|

even

every
under

for

Jim

AFL-CIO

Richard

room

provides

increase
and

in

for

a

sistant

con-

a two

both

-and

per

the

paid

work

16

hours

day week.
Life

during

board

for

and

infant
infant

(hossurgi-

of

some

the

Local

Workers

68

378

as-

J,

I. Case

J.

I. Case

gains

were

at

the

Allis-Chalmers

plant
in
LaPorte,
Indiana,
this
month
voted
by a huge
margin
to become
a part
of the
UAW,

holi-

coverage

the

negotiations.

Vice-President

insurance

LaMotte,

Allis-Chalmers
Locals Go UAW

holi-

the

in

contract

1, 1956.

Leo

director

made

classifica-

August

to

Department,

piece-work

hourly-rated

effective

The

According

days with liberalized eligibility
rules which provide only one requirement—that employes must

31,
in-

been

house

has

raised

from

$2,000

and

election

employes and dependents,
The
surgical
schedule
is inereased
by

surance

BEND,

groups

agreement

those

plans

already

warned

their

Em-@——_——_

legislation| ions
integration
of ness

Wage)

were

—

seeking

the

than

if

Indiana

last

efforts

nego-

month

were

they
might
to
preserve

more

to

be

make
it
all
the

Nat

director,

Weinberg,
told

the

UAW

Notre

research
Dame

fourth annual Labor-Management
Conference that “the workers of
America cannot be diverted from
their efforts to win reasonable and
adequate
protection
against
the
hazard

of unemployment,”

WILL

SEEK

“The
though

a means
one

NEW

present
needing

to that

will

end,”

insist

he

said.

and

also

“If

all

to

find

Patrick

Region

sion:
UAW

3 Director

No

GreatRay-

limit
by
combined
pensation

benefits
ly

| mers,
| plant,
Union

which

to 65

per

as

cent

provided

their

the

Local

only

in

remaining

Allis-Chal-

at the Cedar
Rapids,
also have yoted at a
meeting

an

to

join

It

is

executive

Iowa,
Local

the

board

UAW

actually

op-

Local already
clear: up legal

would

in

most

would

was

it

Peursem

but

ernments

to

tegration

permissible

particular

of

Failure

administrative
application

act

laws
of

by

ruling
will

the

agreements

the

delay

M.

George

will

in

voted

state

Van

down.

gov-

legislation

to make
under

not

or

in-

their

prevent

|

guaranteed
other

states,

penalize

work-

ers and other citizens in those
states which fail to take such acun-| tion, Weinberg. stated.

ss

“All right, cut the clownin’,
set the prices,
|Ed! We oat
ou know!”
'y

*

Almost $19 Million Paid Out
By UAW-GM Pension Fund

A total of almost $19 million has been paid out to 15,526 UAW

mem-

bers who have retired from General Motors during the past five years
under terms of the UAW-GM Pension Plan, it was revealed by a detailed
breakdown of pension figures issued recently by UAW Vice-President
Leonard Woodcock, director of the Union’s National GM Department.
Here are the figures:
(Period covered: October 1, 1950, to December 7, 1955)
15,526
Total Number Authorized Retirements 2,429
Less Terminations and Suspensions
57
Plus Special Reinstatements___--___-_-__
Total Pensions Payable as of 12/31/55
Total Payments to Retirees
Septembe
Average Monthly Payments*
$58.59

visions.)

rec-

for

goal of employblocked,
the

that

of

an
amend- |{
Michigan,
such
was introduced
by State

Representative

but

52

of week-

current contracts, and
add other restrictions.

wage

« A20

erating as a UAW
and is expected to
obstacles soon.

‘com-

out

- 989

ommendation.

resourceful-

deci-

law
the
amount
of
unemployment
comand
supplemental

wages,

In
ment

UE

following

their

their

Union

|former

at

clinched

Teamsters

includes

singled

amendments

which

Members

another.”

Weinberg

seorn

the

ingenuity

individual

(GAW)
‘plans, alimprovement, are

avenue to the
| ment
security
is

| workers

ROUTE

exercise

mand

1,875 pensioners

Editor

PHOTOS—James Yardley
Smith, Jerry Dale, Robert Treuer,

raise.

receiving

(* Based on $2.25 formula, but excluding

Editor

Managing

price

features of the present plans that
both we (the UAW)
and-enlightened management
consider to be
highly desirable.”

Its

hour

rates,

Employer Attempts to Restrict
GAW Benefits Scored by UAW
that

investment.

timing

classification

an

also

on

also provides for seven

reported.

liberal

GMr

tract

cent

creased
by $30 to $35 million, 50 per cent up to $300.00 for both
about a third over the profits it| employes and dependents. The in-

work-

States.

cents

rates

of the year ended October
profits would
have
been

successful,
“impossible

again stockholding has become a
year.
A
five per cent
price
more
profitable occupation
than
business
the
of providing
the} crease is worth $197 million.

United

all
its

(Guaranteed

costs

running

de-

to $3,000, | mond Berndt announced jointly.
smaller companies like Oliver and} with a like amount for accidental
The
Local, formerly
UE, had
Deere.
As for Harvester, the big death and dismemberment.
Hosvoted to join the UAW at a memoperator,
if the
seven
per cent
pital expense, formerly 70 days at
bership meeting which followed a
price increase and the 1955 wage | $8.00 has been increased to 120} similar vote by its executive
increase had been in effect for| days at $12.00 per day for both board.
The results at the NLRB

“prohibiting

con-

contract,

and

provisions

delivery, as well as
for| pital) coverage and

The vacation plan was greatly improved.
The new contract

contract,

tiated”

increased

to $45

new

ployer

$3.20 for evby everyone

also increased

the

33

one

eent

more
than $1.50 for
added
wages
paid

SOUTH

ad-

could have reduced prices five
per cent and still have made

1930

yields
$1
of

per

tions,

per cent

it was

production

United

force

models

its

hour,

its

the seven

seven

with

Burt,
Vice-

rector, and Louis G. Seaton, director of industrial relations for GM; George
director of UAW Region.7 ,»and E.S . (Pat) Patterson, assistant to UAW
Woodcock.
_. President, Leonard Woode

new

New

employes

two years until January 31, 1958,| |cal were included,
A number of
Bea ides for 14 cents to 23 cents | other insurance improvements
e increase on day rates and were made.
:

bargain-

Mois

Gensel

with

join

negotiators

“The

for

13,154

__$18,821,285

payments

December
$59.38
made

to

retired under “Special Automatic” pro-

March,

Page

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

1956

5

m
Awards
do
ee
Fr
e
ur
at
Fe
to
ce
en
er
nf
Co
n
io
at
uc
Ed
One

Some of the best-known public figures in the land will add to the gold mine
of knowledge which will be made available to delegates to the UAW’s Seventh

ular

cratic

than
any

presidential

pected

year.

Senator

of

the

delegates

part

of

event

out-

‘n’

egg

Congress.

ham

with

Congress

in

share

will

representa-

UAW Education Director
Brendan Sexton calls this
largest

“the

ever

ation

oper-

lobbying

in

undertaken

out

points

He

Congress.”

the

that it will be “disinterested” in that it is not de-

Kefauver

Estes

of

breakfast
tives.

is ex-

speeches

a

single

with

to be one of the most

important

been

session

which

will

Congressmen

breakfast

nominee

what

a

That’s

in 1952 and a candidate this

year, will make

have

spectac-

events

more

other

side

Demo-

Stevenson,

Conference

involve

Education. Conference. The four-day conference opens April 21 in Washington, D. C.
President Walter P. Reuther will make his first publie report on his
UAW
trip to India, returning shortly before the Conference. An expert on that seething land, former ambassador to India Chester Bowles, will focus more attention
on those sections of Asia where forces now at work may determine the course
pi world affairs for years to come.
Adlai

of the many

(D., Tennessee), also a presidential candidate, and Sen-

signed to secure passage of
a particular bill but simply

Minnesota),

i

ator Hubert Humphrey
will

arguments.

paign

Senators

(R., Cali-

Knowland

William

and

shire),

brought
against

fornia), have been invited to present the
GOP’s arguments in political debate. At

twentieth

are:

Thurgood

awards.”

“Freedom

anniversary

of UAW

for the awards

Named

Marshall,

the

NAACP

attorney

the
segregation

public

E. Lucey,

a courageous

Texas,

nio,

in

Robert

Archbishop

press time, the latter two had not yet
indicated whether they would accept.
One of the highlights of the Conference

will be the conferring

historic case which
decision
Court
Supreme

Chrysler

Anto-

San

In a formal

the

in

leader

battle for equal rights for all; Bishop G.
Bromley Oxnam, Washington, a stalwart
of the Methodist Church in the fight to
(D., New
Lehman
eral; Mrs. Eleanor

who

plan.

of the

notification

selec-

ideals

ing the world-famous Howard University
choir—all designed to make this the most
significant Education Conference yet.

great

the

to

meaning

given

we

of which

for the achievement
proudly struggled.”

have so

=" _—_
> °—_
now: within the next 120,days.

bipartisan

have

should

It

the

‘right

thing

for

the

wrong

sponsorship and support. Its reason and too late,” he said,
citing
the
Aswan
Dam
project
nature and the urgent need
where
in Egypt as an example,
for it must be understood and the Communists get credit for
ple.”

peo-

American

the

by

supported

So Victor G. Reuther, administrative asststant to the UAW
president, told a meeting in Febfor

tion

to be on the

brink

of new

at

arrived

inattention

sight,

of

to take cues from
more suave agents
perialism.”
WE

MERELY

our own
in

these

lack

of

moral
Reu-

We

seem

brink

of

by

fore-

a tendency

the new and
of Soviet im-

REACT

program

nomic and
ply react

the

and

instead

Because,

losses

it seems
was not

deliberate.

and

new

security,”

combination

a

the

“This time,
predicament

ther said.
clear, our
have

brink—on
face,

of
and

leadership

to

ap-

reverses,

standing,

planned

policy

U. S. foreign

pears
of

Nations.

United

the

“Again

Assocla-

American

the

of

ruary

of

mapping

of effective eco-

technical aid, we simto Communist
moves
we

areas,

too

often

“do

forcing

us to act.

southern

Representatives

to block

the

Entries Swamp
UAW Office

Department’s

House

members

use

of the

ministration

test

rejected

of the

30

tries,

United

NEWARK,
100 delegates

Nations

Fund

in

the

other

Special

For

coun-

Economic

It is estimated that the need
of the “have not” nations for an
economic

of

program

adequate

comes to
now
development
billions a year, of which $3
lions would be grants and $7

$10
bilbil-

lions loans.
“We can afford our share of
such a fund because we can afford survival,” Reuther said. “We
can

show

ed reyenue
defense and
grams

$10

how

such

billions

for SUNFED, better
needed domestic proas

schools,

highways
and
hospitals
raised in the USA simply
ing

loopholes

laws.”

in add-

in

housing,

be
can
by clos-

existing

tax

month
tel.

at

now

Essex

According

director

of UAW

co-sponsored

the

Department,

it

with

the

session
the

to

Martin

Region

Region.

its

Gerber,

9 which

conference along

International

of

Ho-

was

kind

Education

the

largest

ever

held

in

benefit

the

for

director

tural

of

the

Implement

both

of

Greathouse,

Pat

Vice-President

Agricul-

UAW

Department,

scored the industry for raising
prices seven per cent last fall and
falsely

wage

NEED

blaming

increases

increase

the

granted

on

labor.

blame

belongs

to

Secre-

tary of Agriculture Benson,” he
said and, citing the fact that 317,-

000 have

left the farms of Amer!~-

ca in the last decade,

“J

had

an

unusually

bad

night

at

poker.

cleaning house for the Fergusons for the next six weeks,”

Judy Carpenter is an Anderson, Indiana, high

Automobile

over the UAW’s
radio network.

entries

for

deadline

the

past,

a

paper

this

of

issue

April

the

announced

be

will

winner

The

bonds,

ings

school student who has recorded her first vocal hit,
“Please Don’t Forget Me.”
Both parents are UAW
members, as are an aunt
and uncle. They work at
Delco-Remy and Guide
Lamp.

winners.

bond.

split

be

to

prize

First

Members

were

is

nine

by

$200

a

to

asked

ten

of

slogan

catchy

a

write

Po-

words or less for the UAW’s
litical Action Buck Drive.
The

used on
the 1956
a

In

job

for

buck

you

for

the official button
COPE dollar drive.

1954,

the

save

slogan

political
may

be

was:

“Give

your

own.”

action—The

Friend,

Senator Kilgore Dies
The

sorrow

Harley

M.

the UAW

-

be

may

slogan

winning

Labor Loses

he called for

labor and
to protect
legislation
farmers — particularly the family
farmer to stop the trend towards
corporation farmers.

Robert

Handshine,

research

of

Morris Field, assistant director

felt by members

of

at the death of Senator
Democrat

Kilgore,

dl-

Senator
vote
important
ever cast was against the

reported

Council,

Deere

the

on strikes which started in midover

January
ards

at

on

three

East

Des

new

Moines,
in

The

piece-work
new

jobs on

John

Moline,

remain

of

PROTECTION

“The

be

United

in the last

While the ‘“‘living wage’? may now have been won, labor from West Virginia, was exunions must still win the ‘‘family wage’’ and the ‘“‘savings pressed by President Walter Reuther in a letter to Mrs. Kilgore
wage,’’ Reverend Father Robert O’Connell told 150 delegates this month.
to the UAW Agricultural Implement Conference at MinneSenator Kilgore died February
apolis late last month.
28 of a cerebral hemhorrage. He
was 63 and a member of the SenSpeaking on ‘‘The, Creative
rector of the Farmers’ Union, also ate for nearly 15 years.
Father
Union,’’
the
of
Work
called for a program which will
“While his vocal and conérete
the
and
that
bigger
the big
O’Connell urged
stop making
voting support of liberal philosworker and the farmer get to- stop the crowding out of the small ophies naturally endeared him to
working people, perhaps the most
gether and cooperate in joint farmer.
groups,

You'll

the

and by Guy Nunn over his radio
and television programs.
The UAW offered $500 in sav-

‘Family Wage’ Cited
As Labor Objective

action

COPYRIGHT 1956 CANTOONS.OF-THE MONTH

in

SONGBIRD

UNION

House

in

crew from the Union’s Political Action Department
is busy sorting the mail and judging each submitted slogan on its
merits.

New Jersey
— Over
representing 20 lo-

the

The

With

cal unions in UAW Region 9 participated
in a two-day
Time
Study conference held here last

Development
(SUNFED).
Our
country has refused to participate thus far.

of

Worker and
“Eye Opener”

pro-

Democrats.

Over 100 Delegates
At Region 9 Confab

30

issue

Ad-

the

entries

contest was announced

tried

Services

urged
in as-

with

of

Interdepartmen-

General

of

UAW’s slogan contest have poured
into Solidarity House
since the

Labor

Reuther
specifically
American
participation,

sociation

Thousands

tal Auditorium by the Delegates Assembly for Civil Rights
on the grounds that the meetings
were
“political
in nature.”

The

featur-

festival

musical

a labor

and

gram

Slogan Contest

Squelch Squelched
Thirty

help

will

sessions

Buzz

subjects.

delegates digest it and develop questions.
Also on the program: .A historical pro-

UAW Seeks Economic Aid
For All ‘Have Not’ Nations
America needs to join the other free nations of the world
in a ‘‘great new program for world-wide economic development.”’
“Such a program cannot wait upon our 1956 election.
It should be worked out, launched, implemented and financed

con-

their

know

to

tion, UAW
President Reuther told each
recipient he has been chosen for this
have

York), a lifelong libRoosevelt, “The First

of

host

honor “because in your life and work you_

Herbert

Senator

liberties;

civil

protect

pension

to enable

and

...

Leading experts in a variety of fields
will provide the source material for a

the UAW-

under

to retire

the first man

schools;

stituents.

by knowing
Congressmen

zens
their

to- get

Congressmen

Lady of the World,” and Frank Tuttle,
an early rank-and-file UAW leader and

the

won

and

fought

Hamp-

(R., New

Bridges

Styles

become better citi-

The seventh and most significant UAW International Education Conference

present the Democratic side of cam-

members to

to enable UAW

(D.,

Deere

Dlinois,

Iowa,

progress

United

stand-

(The

the

one

in

in

He

strikes

as this

out

of

a new Technical Department set
up by the Company after the con-

clusion

of

tlons

last

Local

79

Deere-UAW

strike are

Lo-

Deere

Spreader,

and

cal 865 at John
at

negotia-

On

year.

Deere

Harvester,

Local 81 at Deere Malleable, all
in East Moline, and Local 450 in

Des

Moines,

added

everywhere

issue

Automobile

Worker went to press.)
The new standards came

deciding

a

vote

one

in

President
measure,”
wrote to Mrs. Kilgore.

models

plants

and

Amendment,

that

share

was

which

the

killing

Reuther

working
her

Kilgore
Bricker

people

sorrow.

1,813 New Credit Unions

MADISON, Wisconsin—According to the Credit Union National
1,813 new
(CUNA),
Association
credit

ing

tmions

1955

America,

in

were

organized

North

making

and
a

dur-

South

total

of

21,139, There was an increase of
1,529 In the United States, 244 in
Canada, and 40 in Central and
South America.

Pate

UNITED

UAW

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

Apprentices

March, 1956

Work
\

wits

in PI

Wright

f

High School in Detroit looks pret

ondary school in the heart of a major industria
in a couple of important ways—most of its studenfily
average high school student and a flock of them ar

Some 900 UAW apprentices attend classes
th!
week, others eight hours every two weeks. At Willlt
the formal, technical training in their chosen fradhw)
they work under supervision of UAW journeymen in
throughout the cify.
|
Here's the way Alex Leuchtman, coordinator of thi
Wright and a former member of UAW Local 157 in \
"In the shop, 15 years ago or more, the apprenticip

to 30 cents

ceiving

an

wages

production.
"So,

in the

hour.

Now

of that
shop,

he receives

nature,

the

they

journeyman

$1.75

obviously
shows

an

the

hourtuc

have

j)

appitia

He works with him and gives him the on-the-job |
learns by doing.
“But, the apprentice must learn more than jus}.
u¢
the school comes in. At Wilbur Wright we teach the j)- at.»
the job in a certain way—and perhaps additional wh) | -i
the technical training to understand his job."
The UAW apprentices learning the “why” at Wh
of various UAW locals. They work at such firms as #1

ler,

S

ARTHUR WEISS, a former UAW Local 155 member, is an instructor in the UAW apprentice program
Wilbur Wright High School. Here he’s lecturing a class of UAW apprentices studying heat treat theory.

at

Lafayette

Tool

&

Die,

Motor

Products,

Micro

Mardigian Corporation, Budd Wheel, or Studebaker-f
These “organized students" at Wilbur Wright rap

i

Many are veterans of the Korean War. They are hi
they passed a difficult entrance examination to |:

AK

GEORGE

ALLEN, 24, who pores

at Mardigian Corpora-

tion and is a Local 157 member, and Harry Doone, 25, behind Allen, employed at Heidrich Tool and Die and a
member of Local 155, are shown in related drafting class.

Die;

INSTRUCTOR
Richard

Beltz,

Chazkel

Micromatic

SCHWEIGEL gets instruction on a surface grinder from
UAW Journeyman Walter

Plumpe at Lafayette Tool and

Die,

Falik,

left, and

three

students,

left to right, John Schweigel, who woivyy

ox

Hone, and Setrag Haroutunian, Active Tool and Manufacturing, clp
auto body model. All three students are members of UAW Local 15

2

s
HERE

2
=
|
apprentice Schweigel, on the job at Lafayette Tool, makes atis “@oxlh

ating a vertical milling machine,
behind the journeyman’s work.

He spends four hours a week in sc)?

i

f

olor

i

March,

fny

sec-

other

UNITED

1956

ferent, though,
Gilder than the
the UAW.

&

four hours

Ki 1k

Te

shized plants
fram
lit:

ifaybe

at Wilbur

25 cents

re-

(pprentices

to

fontribution

ato do the job.
‘ihe apprentice
That's where
dhy he is doing
We give him
| are members
iision of ChrysL. A. Young,
jrom

18 to

ijraduates,

|

are

30.

and

capable

Page

WORKER

7

of doing the class work required of them in the apprenticeship program.
A tribute to the ‘'students'’ and to the screening
process is the fact that less than one per cent ‘flunk’
out of this course.

yey receive

hy Uf the week

AUTOMOBILE

kek

apprenticeship program
approximately four years.

hours

are

hours

in

in related

spent

covers 8,000 hours—
Of that 672 to 768

instruction,

depending

on

shaper

and

the trade and the shop. The International Union's
Apprenticeship Committee has set up a book of
standards for apprenticeable trades. For example,
a tool and die maker apprentice must get in: 300
planer;

machine;

the

1,000

external),

tool

hours

1,000

2,628

900

crib,

on lathe,

hours

hours

hours

1,000

grinding

on

the

on

hours

(surface,

bench,

and

on

milling

internal,

500

hours

optional in addition to class instruction.
INSTRUCTOR S. J. Klein,
Included in the classroom program during the
right, Alex Leuchtman, former
first year are shop arithmetic, algebra, machine
Wilbur Wright; Roger Carver,
tool operation theory, and blueprint reading.
structor, and another instructor,
Shop geometry, fundamental shop drawing, and
technical English are on the program in the second year with shop math, tool and die design, welding and heat treat
theory, along with social economics in the third year. Heavy doses of fool
and die design and shop math, including trigonometry, are cequired for the
apprentice in the fourth year along with welding theory, strength of materials and more social economics.
The program varies some according to the agreement between the UAW
and the company involyed. Apprentices are. paid for the time spent in classes
and it is possible for an apprentice to complete the four-year program in three
years, since he gets credit for overtime hours in the shop and then has to
pick up additional hours in class to keep the shop-school ratio in balance.
The classes are taught, for the most part, by journeymen out of the shops

right, makes

a point with his pencil in a chat with, left to

Local 157 member who coordinates the UAW program at
a Wright grad and UAW member who is back as an inMartin Bornhoeft.

and include several former UAW members. Arthur Weiss, for example, an instructor for three years, is a former member of Local 155. Roger Carver, an-

other instructor, is a graduate of the UAW apprentice program at Wilbur
Wright who went into a shop and then returned to the school as an instructor.
S. J. Klein, demonstrating the joint union-management nature of this program,
is a former manufacturer who turned to teaching after a serious illness.
Keke ORK

UAW program merely uses the classroom facilities at Wilbur Wright.
The teachers are paid by the Detroit Board of Education, partly with federal
aid through the Smith-Hughes Act. The curriculum is spelled out by the UAW

ge

Skilled Trades Department.
Unfortunately, the Board of Education hasn't been able to expand
the facilities available to the apprenticeship program. More room—a common complaint in all schools today—is vitally needed. In the meantime,
efficiency experts would turn green over the way the program utilizes the
space available. Every classroom is used daily, practically continuously
from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Apprentices get mostly individual instruction since a ‘'worker-student'’ can
start the program at any time. There's no specific semester or regular starting

time or graduation day.
iette Tool

and

mements on an

The boys are there to learn. Few students are as demanding on teachers as
these students who want that all-important diploma—a certificate which will
enable them to apply for, through their skilled trades representative in their
shop, a UAW

UAW

t before oper-

ong the theory

journeyman

card.

i

:

Pr oe

RICHARD

in the plant.

=~

BELTZ

;

‘>

"

*

a

Pe

:

z

I

dons safety glasses to run a boring mill

Vice-President Richard Gos-

ser heads the Skilled Trades Department which sets up the school pro-

gram. George
director,

Campbell

is assistant

Beltz, a 28-year-old, is shown here operating a jig bore at Micromatic Hone in Detroit.
APPRENTICE
as do all apprentices in the UAW program, gets training from journeymen as well as ac school,

amas

Beltx,

Page

UNITED

8

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

March,

1956

They Came to Bear Witness . . .

REVEREND

RALPH

D. ABERNATHY

ex-

plains “bus boycott” in Montgomery, Alabama,
to delegates.and Shad Polier, left, vice-president, American Jewish Congress.

L. A. BLACKMAN, right, Elloree, South Car-

olina, is interviewed by George

Hunton, execu-

tive secretary of the Catholic Inter-racial Councils.

GUS COURTS,

right, tells of shootings in his

home town, Belzoni, Mississippi, as Joseph L.
Rauh, national chairman, Americans for Democratic Action, listens.

2,500 ‘Lobbyists’ Call for Civil Rights Action

Congress must ACT on eivil rights
... that was the theme as 2,500 dele-

gates, representing more than 50
sponsoring organizations, including

the

UAW,

this month

in

gathered

Washington

for the Delegate

Assem-

bly on Civil Rights.
They came to hear the facts direct from ‘‘witnesses’’ and they
went up Capitol Hill to relay the
facts to the members of the House
of Representatives and the Senate.
An eight-point program calling for

effective

federal

FEPC,

withholding

of funds for education, housing, and
welfare where segregation is practiced, anti-lynching legislation, the
wiping out of interference with the
right to register and vote, creation
of a Civil Rights Division within the
Department of Justice to protect

civil rights, establishment of a Fed-

eral

Commission

on

Civil

Rights,

elimination of remaining segregation
in interstate travel, and establish-

ment of majority rule in the Senate
and the House of Representatives—
that was their goal.
“While each point is important,”’
Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of
the NAACP, told the delegates in
the keynote address, ‘“‘we are. concentrating on the protection of the
person, that is, on strengthened federal civil rights laws and improved
enforcement powers for the Department of Justice, and protection of
the right to vote.”’
L. A. Blackman, age 75, formerly a building contractor, now selling newspapers for a living, told
how he was run out of business in
his home town, Elloree, South
Carolina, because he started petitions asking the school board to

take steps towards ending segregation in Elloree’s schools.
Gus Courts, a massive, powerfullybuilt man from Belzoni, Mississippi,
pointed to the scar in his arm where
a bullet had struck him before tearing into his side and abdomen. He
said the shooting came after an official of the White Citizens Council
told him, following the shooting of
another Negro, ‘‘You’ll be next if
you don’t take your name off the
rolls and quit getting Negroes to try
to vote....”’
And Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy
explained that the arrest of a highly
respected Negro woman for refusing
to give her seat in a Montgomery,
Alabama, bus to a white man was
“the straw that broke the camel’s
back’’ and brought on the Montgomery bus boycott.
One witness couldn’t appear. He
was Dr. Chester C. Travelstead, dean
of the College of Education at the
His
University of New Mexico.
statement, concerning his dismissal
as dean of the School of Education
at the University of South Carolina
for making statements in favor of
desegregation, was read by Patrick
Murphy

Malin,

executive

director,

American Civil Liberties Union.
Mr. Court and Mr. Blackman made
it clear that the attempted intimidation hadn’t worked. Both plan to
stayin their home towns. Both plan
to continue their activities.
Reverend Abernathy said, ‘‘Dongt
write to us and ask us to leave Alabama. We won’t. We’re going to
enjoy our rights in Alabama. Before
I came here, I asked my congregation in Montgomery, ‘Are you tired?’
They replied in unison, ‘No.’

REPRESENTATIVE John D. Dingell, Jr., standing at left, Democrat
from Michigan’s 15th District, explains his position on civil rights legislation to a group of delegates from his district. Dingell told the delegates
he will support the Assembly’s 8-point program,

“T

told

them

they’d

have

to do

better than that and repeated my
question. The No was louder but I
repeated the question again and got
an even louder response.
“Then a man stood up and said,
‘Reverend, you’ve asked that ques.

volunteered to take leadership roles
in trying to get the necessary legislation passed. Others hedged. A few
refused

to

meet

delegations,

some

avoided pointed questions.
Gus Courts went up to see his senator—James O. Eastland, Democrat,
of Mississippi. Mr. Courts reported
later to the delegates that the same

Senator Eastland who openly has
urged the southern states to ignore

the U. S. Supreme Court decision
on schools and now is chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Committee,
said, ‘‘We don’t condone the terrible thing which has happened to
you.’””
But as for the eight-point program: ‘‘No kind of legislation can
help,’’ said Senator Eastland. ‘‘The
people in that area have made up
their minds and laws won’t change
them.”’
Nobody expected the assembly
Miss Autherine Lucy, the student who was expelled after rioting
when she tried to attend the University of Alabama, also appeared
at the Assembly. She was visiting
a brother in Washington.
tion three times. Each time I’ve said
No. But, if you ask it once more,
I’m gonna say, Hell, no,’ ”’
Armed with facts, certain that
their demands were just, and bol-

stered by the spirit of the Courts,
the Blackmans, and the Reverend
Abernathys, the delegates went up
the Hill to see their representatives and senators.
Many of the elected representatives were not willing to endorse the
Many went
civil rights program.
along with it wholeheartedly. Some

alone to break the log-jam on civil
rights legislation—but now the
facts are on the table. By signing
discharge petitions to bring bills
out of committee in the House and
by outlasting the filibusters in the
Senate, progress can be made.
After hearing reports from delega-

tions which visited Congressmen, the
delegates dispersed to their homes

determined to keep the pressure on
their elected representatives’ and to
spread the word about the need for
Congressional

action.

While some lobbies send $2,500,
this lobby sent 2,500 ‘‘lobbyists.’’ No
dollars were distributed, but the delegates did pledge that they will remember the performance record of

this Congress
vember.

at

the

polls

in

No-

ANOTHER Michigan member of the House of Representatives who
said he supports the objectives of the Assembly, Louis C. Rabaut, 14th
District, met a group of delegates headed by Ken Morris, UAW Region 1
Co-Director, shown here seated across from Rabaut.

March,

Page

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

1956

%

~ Benson Draws Blast
From UAW Council
the

to

gates

strong

Fix

f

Bag

i ¢ UID

condemling

:

3

farATE

0
some
Ce

price

boosts

of

to the office-worker

1955 contract settlements
-President Pat Greathouse,|

of the Office and

Technical
Workers
Department,
and resolved to’ uphold the UAW

| reported that! approval of integration

AID

secr

ates to thé National

before del
Rights in Wash-?

-treasurer,

for Civil

bly

ington,

claimed for}

Bach spokesman

Lincoln! s
“Claims

The
over

50

inand
urg-

sponsoring

organizations,

cheered
UAW,
the
cluding
heckled, shouted and booed,
ing on both speakers.

times,

modern

in

Franklin

Presidents

and

scored

Scott

in the
eratie inactivity
civil rights and claimed
inherent

and

‘decency

Harry

Demo-

field of
that the

goodness”

enabled

Eisenhower

President

of

Butler,

said

D. Roosevelt

Truman.

S.

equality

racial

to Democrati¢

go

must

for

credit

Major

register
“to
Administration
his
the
for
advance
greatest
the
since
minorities
of racial
rights

x

*

Mazey Raps
Goldwater
M.

UAW

wey,

ater

Secretary-Treasurer

noting

that

Senator

(R.-Arizona)

receiving

a campaign

had

tee

Emil

Gold-|

admitted

contribution

at the Civil Rights

investigating

lobbies.

he

vestigation,

should

be

has

falsely

under

in-

charged

that the UAW contributed
000 in cash and $45,000 in
boards

to

Iilinois,”

Senator

Mazey

of

said.

said.

because
the

best

the

got

he

supports

interest

of

contributions

legislation
all

in

citizens,’

he added,
“Goldwater
received
$24,670 from contributors outside
Arizona in 1952, including large
amounts from rich oilmen
. He
paid them off by co-sponsoring the
huge giveaway Tidelands Oil bill,’
Goldwater,

ceived
a

$250

retired

who
with

later,

from

said

he

a Matthew

Borg-Warner

re-

Keck,

official

“apparently” isn’t connected
the Kecks who run Superior

Oil, Goldwater first said the contribution
came
from
William
Keck,

hoard,

chairman

of

in

civil

interstate

in

transportation

Congress

he

on

is

Eisen-

| depot,

behalf

of

were

in

a fraud
people,”

Superion's

in

in

striking

contract

in

the

Local

to the

for

three

in

1304,

David

civil

at

Arvid

East

Murison,

Melrose

for

the

Local

Park,

Lllinois

Collingwood,
commentator,

and

eran

management

on

well
has

Named
— Charles

(PAI)

known
ele
been

news

president of the }
York
of the
American
Federation
Television and
Radio Artists

6 steward

are

YORK

NEW

pres-

Moline,

re-

Collingwood

Har-

Sheets,

Department,

the

with

grievances

Delaware,
Deere strikers

director

folto
be
procedure
on
the
to
appealed
-in cases
and discussed recent bar-

gaining

Har-

at

meeting

Harvester

the

ported
lowed
umpire

truck

498

announced that he
as chairman at the

assistant

Shy,

Art

of

763
De-

motor

Wilmington,

and

Local
Parts

Council

next

contribu-

striking
St. Paul

passed.

ident

also chided|
Butler about
pro-segregation|
statements by Senator Eastland,
Democrat of Mississippi, and But|
ler replied:
“We are committed
by our 1952 platform to continued
efforts to eradicate discrimination|

the
con-

and

representative,
plans to resign

vester workers who will seek
seats in their state legislatures

also

committee

plan

$100

Endorsements

working

legislation.

The

the

and

that

the

vester’s

the

voted

| mechanics

Demo-

He

to

| pot,

(Eisenhower's)

a bipartisan

rights

abol-

employment,

public schools are all
upon
the American

running

sted
local

of
for

1956

while

Republican

‘Skilled, Office Workers Gun
In New UAW-Studebaker Pact

The International Union ar id Studebaker-Packard CorpoButler declared.
ration have reached an agreer nent tor some 800 workers at
The Democratic spokesman also\yance the rights and liberties of |the Company’s
The new
Los Angeles, California, plant.
pointed out’ that President Eisen-|4)) Americans and I'Jl stand on agreement, negotiated by repre sentatives of the International
hower, as a military commander | that.”
Union and Local 225’s Negotiating Committee, includes pro“permitted
racial
discrimination |
——_—_—_—————_
to exist
under
his command
in
provi-2——
duction and economic
the

Army”

and

read

from

Eisenhower
statement
complete amalgamation
would
jobs.

relegate

a

| based on race, religion or national
| origin
and
to
support
and
ad-

1948

that said
of troops

Negroes

to

minor

Motors

tending

bargaining

rights

Assembly

mens

at

the
ex-

to.

newly-established Chevrolet

the

Truck

Willow

meeting

AE

Milwaukee

\in

-

conferences

The

sponsored by the
Departmént
and
which

they

The

March |

are

are

F

forced

‘Disability

Reuther

needed

There
ing

testified,

and

is

to

no

“This
believe

for

relief

for

feasible.

continu-

instead

this

the

most

Americal

of

disability

year,”
he asserted,
the American
people

expecting
the

to

insurance

come.

up

excuse

resort

social

‘‘is urgently

entirely

Congress

conspieuous
social

in“we
are

to

plug

gap

security

in
sys-

tem.

“Disability

sibly

old

even

age

retirement

more

is

pos-

important

retirement,”

than

Reuther

declared, “The worker who, because of permanent
or tempo~
rary disability is unable to work

and

just

earn
as

wages,

broke

dispossessed

the brother

and

can

iery,

become

depressed

or sister

who

cold,

is uw

to

“Often, ,if

insurance,’

as

cee

announced

Los

of

fhe

Mat-|

Charles

Region

UAW

settlement

applied

tag

class’

“second

at

the

been

re-

workers

trades

skilled

to

norma’)

and

Department,

| Bioletti, director
The

1

of the Studebaker-

thews, director

6,

over

Norman

Vice-President

-ackard

5

has

plant

die classificaand
Tool
moved.
Dayton,
Ohio,
April
6-7;
St
tions will be adjusted upward by
Louis, Missouri, May 18-20; Dallas,
and five cents
10 cents an hour
Texas, June 8-10, and Kansas City,
increase for all maintean hour
Missouri, June 15-17.
eliminating
classifications,
}nance

| crease
|

more
abled

retire.

not

always,

to be unemployed
by sickness
or

than

to be simply

well

it

but}

and able to work
ormal recovery and rehabilitation of the disabled breadwin-

ner are often delayed or prevented by
a complete
drying
up of
funds and credit by the combination

of

unemployment,

disability,

medical expenses and total lack
of income,
Reuther
declared
in

his
testimony in behalf of the
| disability insurance provisions
the bill
Scoring
those
surance
because

habilitation,”

who
they

“In

a

| security

tion and

ed,

er,

They

they

Reuther

properly
system,

cash
are

oppose

reinforce

in“re-

declared:

designed

both

Insurance

not

favor

in

OFFICE

WORKERS

annual

GAIN

were won for the
workers
collar
white

Major

gains

organized

nation

of

elimi-

the

included

which

among

classification
of “equal
establishment
female

system,

Revisions

<plan

pension

year

each

normal

for

other,”

the

of

25

«for

unemployment

supplemental

of

compensation
was
2%

unemployment

state

benefits with
The

integration

approved

has

fornia

annual

improvement

increased
to the greater
per cent,
or six cents.
An

ditional
picked

up.

the

new

retroactive
will*

workers

as

as

worked

1955.

1955.

well

and

1955.

at

the

plant
for each

September
since
for December 24

seventh
one

the

pay

of

made

1,

Ang zeles

back

hour

were

to September

receiy

was

features

agreement

Accordingly
Stud
aker-Los

of
ad-

pay

with

holiday

ALL RETROACTIVE
All of the economic

day

factor

¢

cost-of-living

pay in March

rt
to

ed

to

per

the

holi-

hour

first

representation
and
grievThe
provisions were
ance procedures

greatly

was

improved

ratified

of Local
tember

1,

by

The

the

agreement

membership

25 and will run to Sep-

1958

in-

credited

service

of

credited

retirement;

age
year

service for disability retirement
and
a provision
for
vested
rights.

service

ed from
ment,

was

The

tion

The

30

years

provision

was

the pension

health

maximum

eliminat-

plan agree-

program

security

improved

with

committed

to

pay

the

for

Corpora
greater

| benefits in life insurance, weekly
| disability and the hospital-medical
The

need-| with
rath-

of

to

for

providing

each

for

$4.50

made

were

benefits

creased

rehabilita

ave

the

adjustment

factor

improvement

program

conflict,

each

pattern-plus

in-

wage

with the
An autowork!
pay
for equal
wats
plan
matic W
progression
costs | substituted for the old merit wage

and disaccident

unemployed

hour

per

cents

eight

the

receive

will

workers

skilled

the

addition

In

plants

baker

Stude-

other

and

plant

Angeles

|

the Los

differentials between

ne

Social Security Disability Benefits
‘Needed and Feasible,’ Reuther Says

benefits.

]

practices.

industry

conferences

of

t

Be

UAW
Women’s
the
region
in

held

schedule

jointly

will become
1, since Cali-

This plan
which are fully competi-| groups.
in. the| 0Perative September
features
Other

sions
tive.

have

conferences

women's

Five

16-17

with
Corporation

Meetings

Scheduled This Spring

| a

agreement

orandum
General

5 Women's

| been scheduled this spring by the}
| UAW Women’s Department Direc} tor Caroline
Davis,
starting with

UAW Signs GM Memo
For Willow Run Plant

$7,500

raised in voluntary $1 contributions from
UAW
members
in
Ilinois—from
the
UAW,
Mazey
"Douglas

|

new

received

Douglas

Senator

bill-

Douglas

segregation

District of Columbia,
in
Armed Forces, in federal
tracts,

with

|

general and that
only reflected the

his

| Constitution

in

STRIKERS

tions to the
at
Harvester’s

The time has come to provide for dis |
WASHINGTON
ability income under our social security systein, UAW Presi
S. Senate Finance Com
dent Walter Pe Reuther told the
mittee last month. The Committee was holding a hearing on}
)) which would amend the present Social
a bill (H. R, 7
Security Act to I provide for? employed
or
the
aged
disability insurance anc
worker who has chosen or been

“Senator
Goldwater,
hoping
to camouflage the fact that he’s
playing the role of investigator

when

racial

of

a

while

commander-in-chief.

Eisenhower

eral
Motors
Department,
has
announced the signing of a mem-

Goldwater
resign
that
special Senate commit-

Assembly
from the

ished

attitude

Procla-|

of having

president

reported

Vice-President
Leonard Woodcock, director of the Union's Gen-

from the Keck family which tried
to
buy Senator
Case’s Gas Bill

vote, demanded

the

Administration)

his party the full credit for
the progress which has been
made toward racial equality.
delegates from 38 states and

(by

was

hower
was a
the statement

Assem-

Emancipation

| mation.”

erat

that

FOR

Delegates

_ Before Civil Rights Delegates
returned

state

commit-}

union

local

tees
to administer
Harvester

Butler, Scott in Bitter Debate
Scott

with

compensation

of

up

setting

Demoeratie National Chair man Paul Butler. and Republican Representative Hugh Scot t, former chairman of the GOP
from Pennsylvania, swung fro m their heels with round-house
blows in a political slugfest r efereed by Emil Mazey, UAW}

benefits

states where 70 per cent of the | matter of guaranteeing civil rights
Ford employes work and live auto-| of all workers
Council Chairman Seymour
Kaputs the UAW-Harves-|
| matically
han, former
president of Local 6
the legal
over
plan
ter GAW
barriers and he reported on the | and now a Harvester Department

PAC director, and Paul Butler,

Reuther, UAW

Roy

SUB

| unemployment

AFTER THE BATTLE was over, the debate participants posed on the platLeft to right: Emil Mazey, secreform at the Delegate Assembly for Civil Rights.
tary-treasurer of the UAW who chaired the meeting; Representative Hugh Scott,

Republican from Pennsylvania;
Democratic national chairman.

of

organ-

drives being directed by
Vice-President Norm Mat-

jizing
UAW

director of the Harvester Council, | thews, director

|

5
is a candidate

for the Ohio legislature.

ery were not made necessary by|POrt
the

462,

Local

The 150 delegates representing
out that
40 local unions also pledged supfarm machin-|

pointed

also

;

gat
e d, Ohio,
ieee
Springfiel

OSC

policies

farm

Lewis,

Francis

The reso-|

Spolicies was passed.
Intion

tl

Betisou’s

=

de-?—

for

blaine

the

placing

and

resolution

in Chicago

Council

[Harvester
A

meeting

Internati

CLAW

the

of

quarterly

dele

from

farmer

the

of

plight

the

for

es

iaitenee

| ments

state-

his

for

blast

a

drew

nson

Agriculture

0

Secretary

GAW

negotiated

Studebaker-Packard

extended
for

previously

both

will

to the Los Angeles

the production

and

be

plant

allice

“Ie sounds

er in there,

ing

to sign

like a stone crush

Mr, Morbucks,

that

union

Hav-

contract

really clobbered your heart!"

y

ar

Paget 10

UNITED

AU

DIT

Z REPO

FR

AUTOMOBILE
E

NET WORTH

oo

‘

‘er ee

31,

3 Michioan

International

,

an

Institute

Michigan

of

TOTAL

Accountants

Association

of

Certified Public Accountants

Trustees, International

Executive Board

Union, United Automobile,

International

Implement

Workers

of America

§000 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit 14, Michigan
Gentlemen:
In accordance with your
the Cash

Receipts

UNITED

and

for the period ended

cial statements
x

examination

has

31, 1955, and

as a result

been prepared:

been

“A”"—Statement

of Resources

and

made

of

CASH ON HAND—
December 31, 1954
June 30, 1955 ..

31,

“B”—Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements—
Six Months ended June 30, 1955.
Six Months
Year ended

ended December 31, 1955,
December 31, 1955

of

Fund

ended

“B-2"—Summary

of

Fund

Six Months

1955

Total

x

Year

I have

ended

ended

examined

UNITED

€

Months

and

December

31,

31, 1955

TOTAL

In

my

opinion,

lated Statement
UNITED

the

of Cash

accompanying

évidence

Statement

by

OF

with that

of the preceding

methods

of Resources

making a detailed
records of the In-

and

and

to

the

Liabilities

extent

and

re-

AMERICA

year.

Very

truly

Certified

OF RESOURCES AND
DECEMBER 31, 1955

Bonds

and

of Indebtedness ....... =
Dominion of Canada Bonds.
General

Motors

TOTAL
ACCOUNTS

2

Acceptance

LIQUID

Certificates

Corp.

ASSETS

RECEIVABLE:

,

Salary Advances—Employes
Miscellaneous Advances ...
Rotating

Local

Funds

Unions

MORTGAGES

NOTES

Public

LIABILITIES

.2<2..ccccccccccevaccyacecscesce

Wehlicles

and

INVESTMENTS:
Union Building
Union

Health

SOCKS

Building

Institute

for

Corporation—U.

S.

of

the

A..... eo

UAW.

RESOURCES

:

TOTAL

LIABILITIES

.

2,293,875.02

230,270.00

28,315.00

28,315.00

$39,285,284.00

$55,616,444.14

$ 9,316,532.46
222,778.67

$17,866,459.16
472,681.56
236,429.56

52,214.84
3,903,467.45

64,365.97
7,978,505.82

308,316.71

116,580.81
11,881,973.27
575,412.21

Disbursements........$13,131,279.26

$18,018,257.31

$31,149)536.57

15,918,954.06

19,118,795.81

1,496,250.00

1,496,250.00

.

+-§ 8,549,926.70
249,902.89
108,671.88

s

....... wieleieins eles sale

127,757.68

267,095.50

3,199,841.75

39.13

.....-$16,331,160.14

8,614.22

3,604,233.72

39.13

$35,433,461.37

$51,764,621.51

$ 3,851,822.63

$ 3,851,822.63

....0secesccrcsecscccseges

Vice-President’s

Office—Gosser ....

13,621.09

Office—Matthews .
Office—Woodcock.

5,087.27
6,388.12

.

...s..se.0%
Services

General

and

General
General

Council

Umpire

International

Harvester

Harvester

11,825.27

4,531,714.01

National

Aircra

Office Workers

...

Spring

.

Council

Studebaker’.

40,727.85
114,462.64

Unemployment
UAW Trustees

102,143.32
8,175.00
11,539.08
717.00

:
°
.
.
:
.

552,550.74
5,941.79
40,076.58
288,644.40
99,768.06
87,949.44
65,686.85

Veterans

27,000.00
3,488.10
201,103.73

...+.

Counc’

386,782.32

TOTAL

.
.
.
.
e

.06nsccnscencas

Washington Office .....
Women's Auxiliary ......

$

.

os

DEPARTMENTS

8,557.48

10,816.88
14,421.58

7,046.93

10,470.83

11,008.78
39,344.93

627,786.55
6,452.24
40,192.62
312,445.84
82,998.68
36,066.15
69,359.22

13,306.35

19,028.31

21,825.66
53,766.51

1,180,337.29
12,394.03
80,269.20
601,090.24
182,766.74
124,015.59
135,046.07

2,049,364.18

2,367,601.78

4,416,965.96

72,616.87

24,026.53

96,643.40

46,121.93

46,121.93

"124,679.53
21,926.48

....

Compensation
..-..+2-2006

17,948.40
21,001.68

56,360.99
3,900.00
5,220.65

and

Purchasing
...
Radio
.......
Research and Engineer ing
Skilled Trades .......
Social Security .

12,861.13
14,613.56

45,782.33
4,275.00
6,318.43
717.00

100,633.53

51,948.19

-

.
.
.
.

...sseveesee esses

International

27,798.83

28,558.54

.
.
.

......+-..-Board of Review..

Motors

13,754.25

14,937.45

9,904.29
281,707.98
83,426.07
16,199.47

Administrative.

Motors
Motors

Dec. 31,1955
$
44,594.96
~
35,619.78

5,282.41
142,496.78
42,931.64
7,638.75

°
.

Competitive Shop .....
Dana Corporation Council
Die Casting ....-sccseess
Editorial ..
FOrd)
2s cevvcscescscees
Ford Umpire and Council. .
Foundry .......
ccoee

Dee.31,1955
$
24,108.02
17,960.28

4,621.88
139,211.20
40,494.43
8,560.72

°

..:.<..
Umpire .
(ABD) ..
(ABD) Umpi

Ended

83,130.84
181,626.43
12,057.32

.

Borg-Warner

Ended

Year

40,742.19
84,509.97
6,139.20

6,259.42

Motors

Circulation
Community

14,044.58

Six Months

42,388.65
97,116.46
5,918.12

.

Council «ce ccsenscevvace
Auditing ....
Auto-Lite .
Bendix
.....

General

$39,792,142.93

.
A

June 30,1955
ao
20,486.94
ode
17,659.50

Accounting
~.scscccccecsece
Agricultural Implement .
Airline
2. seccsecsece

*

4,367,307.02

Ended

Office—Livingston.

Vice-President’s
Vice-President’s

1,042,055.90

559,148.39

DISBURSEMENTS
Six Months

DEPARTMENTS:
President’s Office .
Secretary-Treasurer’s

853,581.29
1,006,549.00-

28,793.39

OF

FUND:

Chrysler
Chrysler
Chrysler
Chrysler

——-

oe

Per acntn UR oscar sasce step ree ses enue se :
Canadian Congress of Labour Per Capita Tax
Payroll Deductions and Exchanges..........++

GENERAL

28,394,919.12

LIABILITIES
Seabee

Corp.

31, 1955. ....c.sccesaseceve

American

511,700.90
___

--$
eee

a

Bonds........

SUMMARY

85,473.31

........... ceccserccecve one

CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts and Bills Unpaid......
AFL-CIO Per Capita Tax
Industrial Union Departmen

++

..-...ess6 e ceenecces $19,935,393.86

Allis-Chalmers

$ 1,070,849.29

......6.sseessccoers

Corporation—Canada

oven ense °

TOTAL

....+.ssceeess sesceeeeseeee ed

Depreciation

4,573,875.02
230,270.00

DISBURSEMENTS

December

47,186.50

<..ccccscvcceccsscce deecececesceccese cases

Less—Reserves

2,300,000.00

Cer-

CASH ON HAND—
Tune 30, 1955.....-ceeeeeecsesscceeee$

545,869.53

s

Fixtures

Fund

TOTAL

954.51
758,539.25

6 aa

........... Scccvvecccese °

INVENTORIES:
supplies for Resale
ASSETS:

$48,446,773.88

Interest Accrual on Deposit with
Credit Union 22000. cscnecscre :

$32,248,094.21

for Supp

RECEIVABLE

80,802.44

$33,381,050.28

Purchase of Investment Securities:
U. S. Government Bonds and Certificates of Indebtedness........
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
BONS:
.svsacseceveccsvessccivns

$ 3,851,822.63
1,352.46

..........sseceseeerees $
-

...

78,633.53

$53,279,233.90

Vice-President’s

.........--...- ecerece .

.......2+++20 oe cceccacccsecece

Furniture

Total

Accountant.

+ ese eee ee + $26,494,281.62
10,000.00
Seeeeees
1,890,637.50

RECEIVABLE

FIXED

=

Bon

107,463.52

242,895.97

$16,644,829.43
479,185.56
220,485.29

$35,681,050.28

Fund

H. JOHNSON,

RESOURCES
SGASHGle «<= can tases Sena aetna s Se eae eeen tener :
DEPOSIT IN CREDIT UNION .......-.+.2-.2-+0000+. ‘
INVESTMENT SECURITIES— (Cost):
U. S. Government

113,021.77

236,289.59

$ 2,337,210.24

yours,

CLARENCE

STATEMENT

$§ 8,590,287.99

Dec. 31, 1955

....:........ $17,598,183.62

Fund

Citizenship

IMPLEMENT

as of December 31, 1955, and the result of its operations for the year ended December 31, 1955, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on

a basis consistent

8,054,541.44

Year
Ended

.........+++++- $15,065,723.60

Acceptance

RECEIPTS

$ 3,604,233.72

393,632.00

of Indebtedness...

of Canada

Six Months
Ended
Dee. $1, 1955

429,035.73

.

FOUN Bie tins e(s wim'cisivie wie me selena seis ere .
International Strike Fund.
+

Receipts and Disbursements present fairly the position of the
INTERNATIONAL UNION
AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT

WORKERS

$39,792,142.93

23,930,564.63

Fair Practices and An

Liabilities of the

the accounting procedures of the International Union and, without
audit of all the transactions, have examined or tested accounting

supporting

Receipts

General Fund .....
Educational Fund .

as of December 31, 1955, and the Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for
the year ended December 31, 1955; have reviewed the system of internal control and
other

39, 405,360.61

DEDUCT—DISBURSEMENTS:

and

and

e

[occ lcclan ciclover'welscceeiec

Recreational

of Resources

————___

6,189,605.27

Fund

Motors

BONGS

INTERNATIONAL UNION
AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT AND AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS OF AMERICA
:

ternational Union and
deem€d appropriate.

Fund

Dominion

1955,

26,874,960.69

159,435.97
30,120,169.90
822,667.73

...........

Together

Certificate

the Statement

Strike

tificates

31, 1955

December

oe

WORTH.......

sieeeeeess$

..

Fund

General

June 30, 1955

ae

SIS 7a5 Seea0

Six Months
Ended
June 30,1955
-$ 2,337,210.24

Sale of Investment Securities:
U. S. Government Bonds and

Disbursements—

ended

NET

eececenees

Fund

International

Receipts—

December

eran

WSUNGi gels aicistonisfurs ars sere cioidie ceive

Six Months ended June 30, 1955
Six Months. ended December 31, 1955, and
Year

AND

x

oF anasto
124,823.04

Recreational Fund ...
as
Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination

SCHEDULE
“B-1"—Summary

FOLLOWS:

Fund............ Siacbaga

ADD—RECEIPTS:
Educational

IMPLEMENT

thereof the following finan-

Liabilities—December

OF RESOURCES

STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

20, 1956

Citizenship

EXHIBIT

Strike

LIABILITIES

{

UNION

AIRCRAFT AND AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS OF AMERICA

December

have

a detailed

Disbursements of the
INTERNATIONAL

AUTOMOBILE,

February

AS

and Agricultural

Aircraft

instructions,

x

BY EXCESS

Represented ny tee Aineercoe

Member
American

REPRESENTED

ae a

1955

ey

NET WORTH

Biueational
Fund”:
ecreationa
‘un

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA
MICHIGAN—DECEMBER

March, [956

OVER LIABILITIES ALLOCATED
Represented by ae Assets:

INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT AND
DETROIT,

WORKER

110,047.05
24,332.90

234,726.58
46,259.38

21,218.43

32,263.56

23,643.89
49,278.51
6,030.87
127,563.19

23,019.10
50,473.56
5,885.38
129,613.45

46,662.99
99,752.07
11,916.25
257,176.64

19,117.58
196,943.75
86,119.40
83,289.43
83,370.91

18,875.54
341,268.62
99,436.20
93,204.02
88,823.11

37,993.12
538,212.37
185,555.60
176,493.45
172,194.02

6,392.33

6,399.21

12,791.54

60,515.70

4,589.76

52,667.34

5,633.61

53,481.99

113,183.04

10,223.37

27,831.69
1,714.19

27,505.97
2,240.80

55,337.66
3,954.99

42,175.07
4,864.31

43,916.55
4,515.10

86,091.62
9,379.41

......$ 4,779,380.76

$ 5,348,040.08

*e
cece

.

12,769.75

13,538.73

26,308.48

$10,127,420.84

UNITED

March, 1956

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

Page

II

Secretary-Treasurer Reports

UAW Resources Climb to Nearly $40 Million
of our regular annual audit ofe

This report is a summary

UAW

{ the financial records of the International Union, UAW, el
the year 1955, conducted by Clarence H. Johnson, certified
publie accountant.

ag

RESOURCES

Total resources of the International Union, as of December 31,

1955, were $39,792,142.93. This is
a gain of $19,342,610.12 over De-

resources were $20,449,532.81. Our
financial position improved be-

fund dues in-

of th@ strike

cause

crease

adopted

vention.

Con-

last

our

at

LIABILITIES

Liabilities,

1955,

by

ed

were

per capita

|

|

|

_
|

bills,

and

to the AFL-CIO

NET WORTH

Our

net worth,

which

liabilities,

amounted

Our

net

worth

from

692.46

savings

and

loan

and

associa-

bonds,

panies with which the UAW has
contracts, for a total of $525,-

have

members

of our

son of Fund Balances,” the General Fund shows a decrease of

stocks),

LIQUID ASSETS

At the time of our last Convention, over one million dollars of

*

j

eee Ended

June 30,1955

GENERAL FUND:
DEPARTMENTS—Brought

$1,132,719.63.

purchase

ters

in

cost

of $500,000.00,

111,671.36

221,927.92

.

122,133.38

112,812.46

234,945.84

.......-

+-$

Expenditures

++
Strike

105,859.90

TOTAL

Regular

Mortgages

Receivable

173,248.08
135,604.81

175,691.08
198,467.30

348,939.16
334,072.11

175,270.51
109,518.31

166,841.60
122,396.60

342,112.11
231,914.91

156,990.19

148,008.61

PAC

Department

316,620.70
301,571.11

164,027.85
169,247.22
187,538.01

364,465.84

123,697.11

123,535.67

247,232.78

2,247,301.23

$ 2,333,823.47

$ 4,581,124.70

304,998.80

50,000.00

277,425.00

$

46,200.00

$

537,838.67

96,200.00

131,197.50

131,197.50

4199-43,
497.34

20
936,920.
4.43

9.63
1,132,71
501.77

1,016,534.27

242,921.78

1,259,456.05

sig

8,049,926.70

$ 1,634,668.91 . $ 3,157,913.62

$ 9,316,532.46

FUND...$

249,902.89

$

222,778.67

$

472,681.56

FUND.......«$

108,671.88

$

127,757.68

$

236,429.56

Expense....

FUND:

+++
..cssescesvesee
.......+.

eee

Expense...esseesese

TOTAL CITIZENSHIP FUND.....8

21,811.80,

54/21.04

64,585.97,

116,580.81

3,772,269.95

$ 8,109,703,32

$11,881,973.27

«++$ 3,903,467.45

.--cesesseeseeed

eels

ns

131,197.50

108,278.0:

......+

140,767.31

124,823.04

-15,944.27

Citizenship

Fund

.......

173,564.30

73,691.22

247,255.52

Fund..

15,268.55

58,123.71

42,855.16

........+.--

7,254,978.85

26,874,960.69

19,619,931.84

-$14,950,856.90

$32,248,094.21

$17,297,237.3L

$39,792,142.93

$19,342,610.12

$39,405,360.61

$19,321,904.90

Fund

OF RECEIPTS

SUMMARY

FUND:

«+«-$
.

;

—131,197.50

§$ 7,978,505.82
4.

5

....

Motors

General

Capita

Per

Interest

on

anloe

te

§

real tope

§

267,095.50

$

308,316.71

$ 575,412.21
$31,149,536.57

$18,018,257.3131
oy

ny

5,460.57

5,675.96

3,036.19

1,643.99

779.00

504.00

17,424.05

17,424.05
x

48,072.85

51,395.55

99,468.40

169,087.29

355,521.85

27,818.74
891.98

40,044.91
1,245.13

Council

:

.

186,434.56

.

12,226.17
353.15

<

ase
eee

....

.--ececseerceeses

...ccceecesseeceecceseees$
FUND:

28,883.55

28,883.55

111,163.09

76,193.79

34,969.30

40,299.50

59,406.18

99,705.68

17,767.43
87,271.83,

56,925.03
169,495.20

74,692.46
256,767.03

20.00

7.93

77.93

55,217.50

26,457.34

28,760.16

.

Sale of Union Building Corp. (U.S. A. )
Properties ....-+esesceeceecceseee
Miscellaneous Advances and Exchanges

287,967.65

31,602.74
79,233.69

31,602.74
667,201.34

8,054,541.44

$ 8,590,287.99

$16,644,829.43

478,296.34

235,893.72

$

242,402.62

$

200.09
2sg
nserceesssarscescss1 $i
vocabie
IRONS
8G
U
E
S
sone

AP

242,895.
et 97

&

78,629.95

$

80,800.03

$

159,429.98

113,021.77

$

107,463.52

$

220,485.29

Per Capita Tax...0+ssssesaseceeeeees$

RECREATIONAL
Per Capita

Income wsies

i
onal
a
Educati

aneous
i
Miscell

FUND:

Tax...csccecsocceseeceeee$

Miscellaneous Recreational Income
Retired Workers’ Program.....+

TOTAL

.

.cccccccccncccucesesscesee$

FAIR PRACTICES AND ANTIDISCRIMINATION FUND:

Per Capita Tax ssseseesseseseeses$

INTERNATIONAL

STRIKE

Per Capita Tax....++.+++
Emergency

1950

Miscellaneous

Ass

Strike

Strike

FU

Income

Notes Receivable

Interest

Strike

on

Fund

TOTAL

Capita

30,278.69
4,113.13

78,633.53 $

479,185.56
50,257.12
10,798.19

80,802.44 § 159,495.97

39,195.71

9,433.06

48,628.77

nent

6,057.00

45,309.85

542.53

Dues. .++-ceceeeceecsevee

occccsccscccesceesscessess®

Tax.

19,978.43
6,685.06

889.22

$ 3,985,662.66

Investment

FUN

493.35

$ 2,019,967.00

....+

eesceres seseses

Miscellaneous Citizenship
TOTAL

395.87
5.

s+eeees$ 1,965,695.66

Mortgages Receivable ....+

Per

215.39

6,413.00

..+.+sseseeecesees

Council

....ssecceee
ceivable
Mortgages Receivable

EDUCATIONAL

111,684.07

275.00

Health Institute Per Capita Tax......
Interest on Notes and Mortgages Re-

Stocks,

68,542.32

2,975.00
=

84,534.15

Bonds....

Receivable

43,141.75

3,438.00a

1,392.20

:

Capita

Interest on Investments in Banks.
Dividends on Stock.......---+-

Notes

$14,347,140.90
246,550.50

45,473.35

....-

Miscellaneous

$ 7,271,900.19
140,140.00

39,060.80

Umpire

Tax

7,075,240.71
106,410.50

sseeeees

:

Harvester

International

Per

Council

and

Umpire

CITIZENSHIP

sea ety ad

...-.

Chrysler Umpire

$11,881,973.27
3

.

........

Charter and Supplies.....-++.++

$17,866,459.16

450,869.76

TOTAL INTERNATIONAL
STRIKE FUND «eosesecs
CITIZENSHIP FUND:
Regular Expenditures

192,605.54

109,832.81

§

STRIKE

Expenditures

96,108.71

214,146.48

104,313.67

212,591.32

TOTAL FAIR PRACTICES AND ANTIDISCRIMINATION FUND ..-+++seeee
INTERNATIONAL

211,668.57

$

EDUCATIONAL

RECREATIONAL

105,808.67

238,278.44

....sesesseeess$

Region No. 7 Department

TOTAL

182,788.56

90,020.71

92,767.85

260,413.67

Fund

Work Permits ....

Tax

Decrease

1955

6,504.00

Readmis2 sion Fees .

Ford

31,

6,045.60

COMPARISON OF
RESOURCES .......-$20,449,532.81
COMPARISON OF
NET WORTH .......$20,083,455.71

TOTAL

GRAND TOTAL GENERAL FUND
EXPENDITURES «eceesecessesesees+$
Regular

315,898.68

146,433.86

Dee.

—12,549.60

Per Capita Tax
Initiation Fees .

eos

1954

........

Total ....- +0020 +++

Chrysler Corporation, adjacent
to Solidarity House, at a cost of
(Continued on page 12)

eae

31,

Recreation

Strike

the

GENERAL

of Debt......-+---+++--

$-2,603,414.94

Discrimination

the

386,782.32

$ 5,122,541.15

Fair Practices and Anti-

of

from

201,103.73

7,725,956.09

Burglary and Holdup Insurance......

eteat

169,464.82

EXPENDITURES. .$ 1,523,244.71

FUND:

property

110,256.56

changes

EDUCATIONAL

of

FROM

Receivable

ASSET

purchase

+

Transfer from International
Fund
(U.S, A.).+Union Building Corp.
StOckS soccscocccccccceccsivacccces
Miscellaneous Advances
and
Ex-

TOTAL

and

Dec.

Supplies

176,927.83

Mortgages

1955,

3,483.10

Increase or

Dec.31,1955

152,592.85
132,323.89

...

our

year

27,000.00

..........$

Fund

Education

a

Free

OF

Fund

General

114,462.64

Exchanges.......-.-

Own

Ended
31, 1955
Dec.

96,496.83

Notes Receivable

the

215,215.59

.......+++++$

to house

Side

105,380.95

A

at

West

109,834.64

1D

C.,

and

BALANCES

FUND

Headquar-

D.

-$

$

Members

COMPARISON

Detroit,
on which disbursements of $173,454.66 were made

during

853,581.29

....
Industrial Union Department
Congress of Labour (CCL)..

Deductions

UAW

What

included

the

+

.

ASSET EXPENDITURES
GENERAL FUND:

on

559,148.39

Total......

UAW
Washington
office,
the
completion of Region 1A head-

$10,127,420.84

.

REGIONS

Washington,

$ 5,348,040.08

1A
1B.
1C .

TOTAL

of the CIO

4,779,380.76

INO: Dcscoceseceoene

No.

OO

and

Corporation.

These

Forward.$

REGIONS:

No.
No.
No.

pA

race
erence
Ended

receivable,

Payroll

mort-

Union Building investments
during the year amounted to

- AUDIT REPORT
;

loans,

These assets ($1,381,785.21) were
transferred to the General Fund
in order to make liquid the entire
assets of the strike fund.

$2,603,414.94.

assets, as of December
were $32,248,094.21, rep-

notes

Building

quarters

will note on the “Compari-

building

and

gages

‘|Union

who are currently retired.
members enjoy full mem-

You

4,519,888.74

Corp.)....

..-cccccccseccccscsssescsecses

AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
Canadian

in-

were

assets

fund

in

vested

MAZEY

Secretary-Treasurer

strike

our

monthly dues-paying
for the calendar year

57,537

EMIL

UAW

GENERAL FUND

accounts receivable, notes and
mortgages receivable, supplies

Liquid
31, 1955,

sav-

from

bership privileges and are exempt
from the payment of dues.

Corporation, Health Institute,
vehicles, furniture and fixtures,

and

mortgage

and

and
associations
of comstocks

loan
from

and
ings
$1,245.13

Union
These

Acceptance Corporation bonds)
and other assets of $7,157,266.40
(investments in Union Building

resale,

notes

Building

What UAW owes
Per Capita Taxes to Affiliates

$74,-

bonds,

$40,044.91

receivables,

We

Motors

General

from

(Union

...cccccccccccccccccsccscssccsasassssssee $39,792,142.93

Total.

1955 was 1,328,634, compared to
1,239,171 for 1954, representing an
increase of 89,463 average monthly per capita tax membership.

tions, deposit in credit union,
U. S. Bonds, Dominion of Can-

for

$409,974.15

Building

Due UAW)

our local unions, we realized dividends and interest in the amount
of

and

47,186.50

Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment...
Other Assets (including Bills and Receivables

analysis of our income reveals that, in addition to having
received per capita taxes from

Average
membership

is

represented by liquid assets of
$32,248,094.21 (cash in banks
and

Land

MEMBERSHIP

to

11,825.27

Inventories for Resale .....

929.65.

is rep-

1,552,418.53

INVESTMENT
INCOME

by excess of resources

$39,405,360.61.

ada

_
|

represent-

and Canadian Congress of Labour,
payroll deductions, and exchanges.

over

|

accounts

taxes

resented
|
|

$386,782.32,

unpaid

31,

December

of

as

28,394,919.12

our

950,856.90.

An

had on December 31, 1955. .+.--0+0+000-0+- $39,792,142.93

$14,-

to

amounted

assets

liquid

total

our

when

1954,

31,

cember

31, 1954, when

December

over

UAW

at a Glance

of $17,297,237.31

a gain

‘resenting

What

Finances

Fund. ..++++

5,940.00

542.53

298,784.06

29,24

$30,120,169,90

Se

$

393,132.00

500.00

GRAND TOTAL RECEIPTS, .,...++++$15,065,723.60

45,309.85

225, 236.79

O18: 605.27

.-.+

11,997.00

797,120.70

25,547.03

§ 429, 035, 73
$33,381 1050.28
SSS!

$48,446,773.88

=

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

12

March,

1956

=

Trim Your Food Budget
meat this winter is the lowest it’s been it
d you can thank this temporary boon for the

1

is not going through a cost-of-living
other necessities have been rising and

ly
all

tten phenomenon of 30-cent pork and
has been keeping living expenses stable. But
beef
the price of meat starts going up again with the ad-

accordir

ng

sirloin.

ulder

sh

the

moderate-income

era

bills,

and

the

is

time

this

pork-

make

several

Massachusetts Boosts Kohler Boycott;
Company Reduces Bathtub Production

on

have_gone
and

utility

other

cloth-

fuel

rent,

and

and

which

costs,

shoes

on

much

you

saving

higher

afford

chuck

the

Strike Nears 3rd Year

is

cal

AHEAD
APPLIANCE WAR
the
Besides meat prices.
at

Any

medical

tags

price

ner

picture

folks.
year;

this

item

other

any

than

more

is still

increased

for

s

this

boom,

called

s

now

food

up

ite

De

really

can

family

a working

mean

doesn’t

now

aper

ch

al-

meat

Because

necessities

other

for

more

and

food

for

less

low

should

budget

own

your

least

at

being

time

the

for

e down,

adjust its budget
higher while food has
will

well-informed family
With other expenses

a

reason,

t

feel

will

families

, moderate-income

wea

warmer

THREE-DAY TIME STUDY SESSIONS held by Region 2 in Cleveland attracted a record group of 62 participants from 35 local unions in the Region. Under sponsorship of UAW Regional Director Pat O’Malley, the Advanced Time Study Class
was planned by Region 2 Education Director Jack Wilse and instructed by Robert
Hulsebus of the Union’s Engineering Department.

other

bright

falling

tags

in

spot

the

By
electrical

now a
house-

. Way,

that

rts

slated

washers

and

as refrigerators

such

liances

the

with

Officers

each
bring

appli-

household

manufacturers,

largest

the

between

. especially

on

brewing

is

war

price

full-scale

a

big

for price-cutting

$7

of

will try
cluding

A

ner

has

erally

must
a

job.

sedentary

down

keep

you

help

To

10 per cent more

five to

spend

food

with

physical

than

be

kids

work

cor
s time

cial desserts (the other big leak in food
it is feasible and desirable to keep-the cost

e of our

ll

but

that

to

will help
by telling

property

for

a leadership

During

the

year,

December

list

ed

train-

our own comparisons as the comparaIncidentally, the “average portions” listed here

rs

in

portio!

st”

growing

and’

other

youngsters

VALUES IN
Average

COMPARATIVE

Portion

Item

%—%

Ib.

% Ib.
44 —% Ib.

Smoked

Perch

fillet,

Haddock
Pork lo
Ham,

beef
fillet,

(bone

ready-to-eat

of la
Shoulder
Fresh ham (

%

Ib

49

AZ

adieZ
=

We
%

lb.
Ib.

in)

%4—%

in

49

Ib.

a
t
%

1%

of
at

é it
Ik

Ib
%

%—%

roast

Chicken,

% Ib.

%—%

roasters
Copright

1956

by

Ib.

89

66
67
-46

12

13

15
15

Sidney

$1,860,405.59

the

functions

Copies

pamphlet

of

hands

policy and

and

it

to

units

is

highly

goods

victed

of

or

to

as

firms

unfair

the

ed

Similar
to

be

resolutions

presented

minded
groups.
dreds of pledges

come
in
over the

Kohler

Company,

nested

stored

a

where
in

eliminated

the
our}

from
labor
nation

tubs

one

floor

hunhave

all

choking

on

have

generation,

fair-

of

deep

in

not

been

tub

pro-

this month

duction, and stopped operating
several enameling ovens
Three

the

strike

total
to

engineers

left,

departing

21.

These

bringing

since

the

engineers

have a combined seniority of just
under
150 years.
This develop-

ment
is viewed
here as a sure
indication that all is not well inside Kohler Company.
Most have

ex-

four-year)

not

been

replaced

than

three

elers

who

Company

and

the

groups

three

received

an

years

ago,

discharged

11

complained

unable

to

of

work

shut
dust.

off

Industrial
the 28 “man
by

Kohler
enam-

being

after

28

fans

Commission
fans’ were

furnaces

where

the

temperature ranged from 100 to
250 degrees Fahrenheit.
It ruled

expect-

to other

Relations

advance look at what could be
ahead this week in the form
of a decision from the Wiscon-

located

question

are

Company

The
found

Company
until such

Literally
of support

bathtubs

areas

from

practices

in

The

the Company
to hold down

purchase

labor

Labor

where

Board hearing on a dozen unfair
practice charges brought by the
NLRB
attorneys is nearing the
end.

ill

improper

or firms con-

strike

is settled.”

instruct-

services

.» +. Such as Kohler
of Kohler, Wisconsin,

time

rec-

that all
all sub-

be

National

Hall

sin Supreme Court. During the
UAW
organizing drive, more

Massachusetts

Representatives

strike-bound

strike dona-

enamelers

were

entitled

Judge

Alvin

in

of

of

our

the

County

Circuit

backed

the

Industrial

Commis-

sion.
Kohler Company
to the Supreme Court.

A

court

unanimous
of

final

appealed

decision

appeal

Reis

from

leaves

ler Company
no choice
meet
its obligation.

the

Koh-

but

than

two

meeting

its

years,

collective

responsibilities.

trying
ler

tried

Here

to predict ‘just

Company

will

face

to

avoid

bargaining
no

when

one

is

to

its

Koh-

up

bargaining obligations.
With the
boycott becoming increasingly effective, however, the Kohler Com-

pany
alternatives
appear
to be
between
bargaining
and becom-

ing

a

minor

plumbingware

company
field,

in

1951.

of our

form

will

soon

officers

the

of

audit

be

in

your

of our

in

the|

lo-|

Union.

I wish to take this opportunity
to express my appreciation to my
fellow
officers,
board
members,
staff
members
and
others
fof

j their
|ing

fine

the

Union

cooperation

financial

Respectfully

in

position

improvof

our

|

submitted

Guill Mer
MAZEY

International
Secretary-Treasurer.

a

to

Kohler
Company
apparently
has almost exhausted
the methods by which
it has,
for more

Union.

detailed

to

unemployment
compensation.
Kohler Company appealed.
Dane

in 1954, $2,265,630.60 in

membership

EMIL

Margolius

of

a

the

at City

| cal union and will be available at
that time for examination by any|

|

Ib.

the

the

“As

chamber

Union to carefully examine this
financial report in order to have
a more complete understanding
of the financial structure and

82

Ib
Ib.

donations

$4,381,743.07
53,

I urge

& It

it

a

of

member

It

for

stated,

not

court

10-15

16
17-26
17-434

Ib.
Ib.
Ib

made

and

15-

Ib.

Ib.

%4—14

ozer

43

44—%
14-4
%4—%
% Ib.

%
(center)
Pork chops
lamb chop:
Shoulder
7
houlder

38

% Ib

%

30

ions

08-12

ll
ll

Ib.

combined

state

a

period, 1951 through 1954, in the]
| KOHLER TRIAL NEAR END
amount of $1,777,081.34. We gave}
The tension is reflected in the
strike donations to our local un-

(Cents)

32
42

3
5

Rib

15

Serving

strike

the

tions

MAIN DISHES
Cost Per
Cost Per
Pound

1955

ceeded

more

1% Ib
% Ib.
tongue
frozen

demand

Our

the

goods.

undesirable

any

in

554,095.66.

Heavy

10
-10-.14

%4 Ib,

frozen

may

moderate.

19
Al

34-1

Frankfurters

words,

passed

of best public

that

and

in different parts of the | last Convention.
Moreover, the relationDuring the year 1955, we gave
weather arrives and meat, for example,
direct strike donations to 138 lo-| |
But ‘keep this table of average
fish.
cal unions in the amount of $11,-}
rt will vary
erent stores.

resolution

divisions

will

(loans

because
adopted

RECORD

ommends
and urges
purchasing offices and

31, 1955.

balance improved
dues adjustment

The

House

STRIKE FUND

spendof the

Kohler

matter

31, 1954, to $545,869.53 on

cember

ON

urging

buy

interest,

investments

receivables

Kohler.”

legislature

resolution

Our strike fund, as of December 31, 1955, amounted
to $26,784,960.69, an increase of $19,619,-|
981.84 over December
31, 1954,|
of comparative protein values,
} when our strike fund amounted}
until summer and, like cheese,
to $7,254,978.85.
Our strike fund}

now

rom

sachusetts

Report
This

Buy

on

The
boycott
received
a big
boost last month when the Mas-

will

hope

5, “Don’t

customer

MASSACHUSETTS

local
unions)
were
increased
$156,545.62 from
$850,003.38 on
December 31, 1954, to $1,006,549.00
on December 31, 19.
Notes reeeivable were increased
$255,5.92 from
$290,343.61
on De-

gen-

In recent
a new table of comparative values in main dishes.
s we have always estimated that a family that kept its meat
3
cost down to 30 cents per person for the family’s main meal, would
sonable food bill if it also avoided overairl
or

Local

potential

April

the

that

used

mortgage

under

worked

has

begin

member
day near

ing school.

if the breadwin-

department

this

bills,

one

hard

does

breadwinner

whose

family

six.

than

more

the

$300,000.00.

Of course, not all families can
of four with two teen-age boys

a third

about

to spend

have

will

some

(Continued from page 11)

managers

to keep food spending closer to $6.50 per person (not insoaps and other non-edibles usually bought in food mar-

kets, nor food for entertaining).
eat for the same price. A family

will

wise

time

this

At

week.

a

person

per

union
that

of

Mazey

Last year home economists estimated that with reasonable
economy, a family could buy nourishing meals at an average cost
money

members

ly generate the pressure
bring a contract.

manufacturers have slashed prices of
as automatic toasters and steam irons. Now Eliot Janeeconomic consultant to a number of industrial corporations,

aber of
such
wares

nu

833

Wisconsin—Lo-

third year of their strike April
5 convinced that the “Don’t Buy
Kohler Campaign” will eventual-

cost-of-living

appliances.

on

SHEBOYGAN,

Eee

b

REPRESENTATIVE
JAMES
O'DEA,
Majority
Whip of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,
at right, presents UAW Representative Bob Walkinshaw with the original draft of the Kohler boycott
resolution adopted by the House.

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