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Title

United Automobile Worker

Date

1956-09-01

Alternative Title

Vol. 19 No. 9

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JOY

VOL.

19—No.

SEPTEMBER,

9

1956

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Pages

Six

and

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Seven

Page

Calls Meetings

‘Task Force’

Implement

Ag

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

2

In Washington, Chicago on Unemployment
The attack of a special ‘‘task force’? made up of mayors,
farm representatives, and UAW officials on unemployment in
the agricultural implement industry was in high gear as this
to press.

went

Worker

United Automobile

of The

edition

Members of the task force committee were in Washington
August 28 to diseuss the problems of workers and commu- proportion to the income of other
segments of our economy.”
nities closely tied to the inAnother subject the commitdustry with officials of the
tee members want to discuss in

Agricul-

Union's

the

of

director

and

president

vice

UAW

house,

Great-

Pat

by Chairman

Headed

the September 7 meeting with
Senators and Representatives
in Chicago is the establishment
of a permanent commission on
technological change.
to
has voted
committee
The

officials.

administrative

other

with

and

Department

Defense

tural Implement Department, the
committee called on the Defense

seek

to telescope defense
Department
contracts already let in order,to
bring about new jobs and also to
contracts
defense
new
channel

Early this month in Chicago,
were planned by the
meeti
committee with Senators and

full

maintain

agricultural

the

Mayor

members

and

them

te meet

ing.

communities

in an open

of

recommendation

Qn

the

of

president

Bradley,

gion

force also urged

task

committee,

vestigating

that

committee

to

Ralph

REALISTIC
“We

and
The

rity

is

economy,”

jdent

and

an anon its

“We

our

a

Vice

are

secu-

strong

Pres-

cog-

shall

work

for

closer

between these groups
have adopted a realwill
which
program

income

to

farmers

in

Illinois

the

Region

3

front

another

officials
with

comply

had

refused

for

request

a

rangements

of

moved,

the

task

new

force

drastic

committee

pointed

Harvester

International

by

layoffs

up the seriousness of the unemployment problem in the industry. More than 12,000 workers in
Louisville,
at
plants
Harvester
Kentucky;

Falls,

mois,

Rock

Canton,

and

and

Island,

Richmond,

Chicago,

Rock

Indiana,

Ili-

as

well as in feeder plants at Memphis, Tennessee, and West Pull-

East

Moline,

man

and

until

mid-November

were affected.
ed August 24
lay-off

workers

period

The
and

for

will exceed

Mlinois,

layoffs startwill continue

so

some

that
of

the

these

10 weeks.

of the

Act;

County.

As

AFL-CIO President George Meany called upon Democrats federal government to see that
and Republicans ‘‘to say what you mean, and mean what you the Supreme Court anti-segregation decision, calling for ‘all desay,”?
in identical presentations to the platform committees liberate speed’ is complied with in
of both parties.
every state and community.
Meany urged both parties
“It is also up to the federal
@ Improving our national degovernment
to
assure
every
to back programs—
fense and the unity of the
citizen the right to register and
@ Strengthening our national
to vote, the right to protection
free world;
economy by broadening the
from mob violence and the right
®@
Obtaining
legislation
to
probase of purchasing power;
of free access to the courts,”
he
tect civil rights.
emphasized.
@ Making a ‘“‘complete overOn the widely-discussed civil

haul’’

Fulton

in

food

surplus

Taft-Hartley

accompanying long lay-?
,

the

year

ahead,

but

consumer

credit is generally considered one
of the keys to judging the next
year's prospects,

UAW

President

Walter

P.

Reuther has frequently charged
the major reduction in production

schedules

this

year

was

caused by the auto industry
mortgaging this year’s market

in

its

frenzied

year.

ago,

year

A

proximately

sales

race

motorists

$13

and

last

owed

one-half

liuuw on cars now on the road.

appearance.

22 so that a majority of Senators
present and voting can limit or

close debate.
To

ap-

bil-

Re-

has made
cently the industry
considerable progress at cleaning

out

—but

dealer

with

expansion

Now
on

more

cars

Many

stocks

of

models

1956

considerable

of

further

credit.

consumer

than $15 billion is owed

America

is driving.

a motorist cannot

buy an-

other car until he cuts down what
he owes on his present auto,

strengthen

Meany

and

urged

the

tax

economy,

relief

middle-income

for

low-

families, $1-25

minimum wage with coverage extended to groups now exempted
by the law, modernization of the

Well over 200,000 workers are laid off in automobile and
related industries, the latest U. S. Bureau of Employment
Statistics report reveals.
A survey of seven states shows that a total of 213,500
workers had been laid off and not recalled since the first of
the year. The latest survey—for the week ending August 10
—eovers approximately three-fourths of the industry.
The seven states surveyed are Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, Illinois and California. Layoffs in many
other states not included in the survey will add to the total.
Not included in the latest government figures are model
changeover layoffs-now under way. Reports from the auto
industry indicate major change: s in many lines of automobiles
As yet, few estimates have been
made on production schedules for

VICE PRESIDENTIAL nominee Estes Kefauver
made a lot of friends in Wi isconsin when he pitched in
to help with the boycott of Kohler goods while campaigning in the state. Here he receives boycott material from UAW
Local 833 President Allan Graskamp; later wore a “Boycott Kohler” necktie on a TV

filibuster-permitting
rules.
He
called for changes in Senate Rule

Now in Auto Industry

offs.

z

Labor's program
will get nowhere unless the Senate drops its

rights issue, Meany said, “It is
the clear responsibility of the

Over 200,000 Laid Off

with

a

presents

Say What You Mean, Mean What
You Say, Meany Urges Both Parties

distribution

the

for

AFL-CIO PRESIDENT GEORGE MEANY, right, before microphone,
labor’s program to the Democratic Party Platform Committee in Chicago.

ar-

making

started

and

stand

rep-

the interdependence of
community
and
labor

cooperation
in order to
istic farm

guarantee

on

commented

Greathouse.

nizant of
farmers,

groups

dependent

that

with

of

Johnston,

linois authorities reversed their

the in-

PROGRAM

recognize

along

Re-

followed
the committee,
from
up on the matter and the H-

farm-

be set up as a permanent part of
of Agriculture
the Department

to make
Congress

member

and

Woods and Johnston, backed
with a resolution of support

resentatives of farmers, labor, and
industry as well as government,
and be ordered
nual report to
findings.

Robert

Canton,

surplus food for Fulton County, Illinois, unemployed. Mayor

Illinois

with

member,

the committee on
last month, too.

meet-

ers receive for their products
the prices paid@by consumers.

Woods,

a

is

also

main-

Director Ray Berndt and Region
10
Director
Harvey
Kitzman,
were able to report progress for

were

prices

between

spread

Paul

Director

4

who

committee
the
Union,
Farmers
to
Congress
to ask
voted
has
make a complete investigation of

the

adfull

FOOD

Tlinois, a UAW

in-

were to confer with the elected
officials first and then representatives of local unions, farm
groups,

SURPLUS

GET

in

implement

achieved.and

tained.”

and

employment

Committee

dustry.

employment

discuss
a long-

restore

to

program

range

that

to assure

President

the

the fruits of technological
vance are fairly shared and

ately.

to
Representa-ives
means of implementing

to Congress

ate recommendations

and

appropri-

make

“to

and

olution”

of the

Industrial Rev-

era of the Second

immedi-

opportunities

ployment

the
con-

and
under

innovations

other

and

ergy

em-

maximum

provide

to

sought

agri-

in
developments
review
stant
automation, atomic and solar en-

was

also

areas

distress

in

composed

labor,

of

management
culture,
government “to keep

Telescoping of conemployment.
public
on
schedules
struction

works

commission

a

representatives

of

un-

to relieve

areas

distress

into

such

ATTORM
SDEMOGLURATITIONC S PLCO
MMITTEE
TESO
LUTE

Social

Security

and

compensation

program.of
tion

to

unemployment

systems

and

public and

expand

our

for

a

private ac-

economy

and

add new industries to provide
jobs for millions about to enter
the labor market.
Meany
sive

new

called

for

farm,

school,

and

housing

slick

slogans.

comprehenhospital

programs.
“Above all,” he urged, “Don't
just give American people a lot of
so

we

know

Say

what

what

we

you

mean

are

voting

upon.”

KKK

GOP ‘Prosperity’ Passes
Jobless Michigan Workers

The Eisenhower-Nixon ‘‘peace and prosperity’’ theme, at
least the ‘‘prosperity’’ part, had a phony ring in Michigan

where at mid-August 228,000 workers were unemployed including 142,000 in Detroit. The Michigan Employment Seestimates

curity Commission

mid-September.

of the

50,000

least

At

that 250,000 -will be on layoff by

laid-

off workers had used up their
compensation

unemployment

credits

over

theirs.

2,600

With

the

week

well

industry

plan-

every

and

were

more

auto

exhausting

ning extensive changes in 1957
models, more workers were exthe
to be laid off and
pected
changeover layoffs were
to last longer than 1955.

Governor

G.

Mennen

provide
longer

period.

times

Three

came

benefits

higher

to Lansing—the

legislators

last time

action, claiming no “emergency”
to
scheduled
They're
existed.

return

September

again

“Republicans
again

Williams

rogant

attitude

lature

recessed

unfeeling,

19.

have

in Michigan

demonstrated

ohce

sion to amend the state's unemployment
compensation
law
to

a

three times
August 9—and
_on
taking
without
recessed
they

expected

called the Republican-dominated
state legislature into special ses-

the

for

irresponsible,

even

their

ar-

towards the needs

President
of people,” said UAW
Walter P, Reuther after the legis-

August

9,

ee
ee

‘without

action

||

RN

Ses

September, 1956

Page

WORXER

AUTOMOBILE

VAEy

3

Adlai and Estes Pledge ‘New America’
America”

promise of a “New

CHICAGO—The

—an America “where poverty is abolished,” an
America of freedom “without regard to race or belief or economic condition,” and an America in a
world of peace—was held before the American peo-

ple by Adlai Stevenson of Illinois when he accepted here the
Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Governor Steyenson’s acceptance address was a dramatic

climax to the drama-packed last two days of the Democratic
Conyention which saw the young, liberal wing of the party
emerge to take a place of dominance over party ‘‘regulars”’
who have failed to progress with the times.
In the afternoon before Stevenson’s address, Estes Kefauyer of Tennessee had won a wide open contest for the vice
presidential nomination which broke all precedents in that
the presidential nominee had maintained a strictly hands-off
attitude, leaving the choice entirely up to the Convention.

RECALLS

END

OF ERA

Governor Stevenson reminded the delegates—and the nation, through TV and radio—that four years ago when he
had previously accepted the nomination in the same hall and
in the same city, ‘‘we were at the end of an era—a great era
of restless forward movement, an era of unparalleled social
reform and of glorious triumph over depression and tyranny.
It was a Democratic era.
“Tonight,’’ he continued, ‘‘after an interval of marking
time and aimless drifting, we are on the threshold of another
great, decisive era. History’s headlong course has brought us,
I deyoutly believe, to the threshold of a ‘new America’—to
the America of the great ideals and noble visions which are
the stuff our. future must be made of.’’

aie tial nominee
UAW PRESIDENT Walter P. Reuther and Democratic
Adlai Stevenson enjoy a happy moment together at the Democrats’ National Conyention in Chicago.

OUTLINES GOALS FOR ‘NEW AMERICA’
The nominee then outlined what he meant by a ‘‘new”
America:
“‘T mean a New America where poverty is abolished and
our abundance is used to enrich the lives of every family.
“T mean a New America where freedom is made real for
all without regard to race or belief or economic condition.
“‘T mean a New America which everlastingly attacks the
ancient idea that men can solve their differences by killing
each other.

“We must move with speed
and confidence to reverse the

We
spread of Communism.
must strengthen the political

and economic fabric of our alliances. We must launch new
the chalto meet
programs
lenge of the vast social revolu-

‘These are the things I believe in and will work for

with

every

resource

I possess.

These

are the

things

change

dom.

These are the terms on which I accept your

MGT

ouIGeN coed

Than

.
Intentions

—Even

If

the

sire

for

are

president's

Republican
for

all.

not

But

good

good

enough

to
of

whirling

by.

chat

of

struggle

the

in this nuclear

America,

complacent-

age

a visionary

longer

the head

peace.

peace

ideal.

For

is no

It has

imperaan absolute,
become
tive, practical necessity.”
—Adlai

Stevenson,

acceptance

Cc

speech

in

at

Chicago.

Marshal

Grand

of}

i

Revic:
Adlai pyeveneow
nee
nomi
al
denti
presi
ratic
’
DP
CEO
8 Expected tg speak at; Deher RcelDEe eee

Governor G,
with
Williams and his

i
Despite

the

yr on
Ric
wer-Nix
Eisenho

Administee ra-

has stopped

tion’s claim that the GOP

infla-

living costs haye . soared to an all-time
tion,
.

sits glar-

AR
Sevens
dndual
under
moren anOt hour
cents orpertni
three Spee
extra riee

“But you cannot surround
the future with arms, you ecannot dominate the racing world
by standing still, And I say it
is time to get up and get mov- ||
in, It is time for Amer“r 1|
ae ene eaTietae
“And that’s what. this election is all about!
:
Teek;e
ten
: parethe ot aeo
lost nsopportunities
good

i

been

spersed after them.
Both a Miss CIO and a Miss
honor
2

by

newsmen

iaavat

;

‘

the escalator provisions of their contracts,
fae
s
Under the escalator clause, which is a part
of all long-term contracts negotiated by the
.
es
.
.
t
UAW, an adjustment in cost-of-living pay is
||made every three months. The next adjustment, effective in the first pay period this
j
x
i
be based on the July inde
month, will

we can recover the wasted || figure, ”
i
»
‘4,
years; we can cross the thresh~As The Uniled Automobile Worker went
SINE bali ise Baws AMieelca?
to press, that figure had not yet been anwi A alist MAAR ham otts
nounced, Howeyer, the June index stood at
acceptance speach at Chicago.

116.2, an all-time high, and Ewan

Clague,

:

oa

President

Vice

Greathouse

scheduled

is

,

Pat

to

speak at the Labor Day festiy-

ities being

quoted

off

the parade with various CIO
I
land AFL unions being inter-

of

<

e@

lead

will

Council

Trades

head of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statisties,]|4
has

cam-

in positions
e
parad
will
at
|
n
Menne
GOP op-

as predicting]

wae
Union

Illinois.

held at the Region

Center

Although

in‘

Ottawa,

other

thee UAW
See
figure would be even higher.
i | flicers of Ee
that e the July
es

Under the escalator clause formula, if the
headed higher.
highslightly high-|
index
millions c of
of of millions
income
the real 1 income
isis the ; same q or only 2 slightly
July index
‘
;
;
7
s
dropping as their dollars buy _ er than the June index, most UAW members}
will get a 10-cent cost-of-living allowance in-|
~

While it will mean no real increase in
wages, more than a million UAW members in auto, farm implement and allied

could add that opportunity, ne-

9

Oli

oo

a

presidential

off his 1956

the parade, and one of the|paign and his presence will
featured speakers at its con-| put the international political
clusion, is to be Democratic] spotlight on Detroit that day.
Members of the various
of|
Senator Pat McNamara
Building Trades locals comMichigan.
prising the Detroit Building
ADLAI IN DETROIT

e

ly of this and that while, in
Carlyle’s phrase, ‘death and
eternity sit glaring.’ And I
glected
ing, too! opportunity,

for

nathe

a.m.

9:30

UAW

has saved freedom in war and || Sigh and are
This means iS
collective
pea ce, which saved
rs
mae
security, no longer sparks and
flames and gives off new ideas Americans is
and initiatives. Our lights are || less and less.
We

eyes of the world—at

and

Department.

Trades

the

on , sewhic!
ee state
economic
italest pot

dimmed.

“And we must place our
in
tion where
it belongs

as head

Label

new

the

protect

Labor Day will be celebrated jointly on Monday, September 3, 1956, in most of the large cities, and many smaller ones,
throughout the U. S. and Canada with large parades by the
members of AFL-CIO unions, climaxing in many gala celebrations with featured speakers from organized labor and public
life, plus numerous other features and highlights.
In Detroit, Labor Capital o
the U. S., a giant parade is} ponent in November, Mayor
Albert E. Cobo.
scheduled to start rolling]
Stevenson will be kicking
down Woodward Avenue at

de-

country’ is stalled 1 on dead cen- f
eipeneae pliner
goes

Service

Woll

Union

ofaN the AFL-CIO

intentions

and

mind.’’

WASHINGTON — President
John J. Mara of the Boot and
Shoe Workers has been elected
to succeed the late AFL-CIO Vice-

Matthew

free-

of

side

and we
full independence;
must help other peoples out
of Communist or colonial servitude along the hard road to
freedom.

ew Union Label Head

President

of

forces

violent

the

world

nations in the exercise of their

.

happiness

and

peace

N

Good

ready
“I, for one, am
z
the sincerity
acknowledge

thrust of the human

to

the

must

“We

nomination.
“Tn our hearts we know-that the horizons of the New
America are as endless, its promise as staggering in its richness as the unfolding miracle of human knowledge. America

renews itself with every forward

turn

and

know you believe in and will work for with everything

you have.

the

tion that is sweeping

I

Labor Day, 1956

Programs

New

top

willra un-

doubtedly speak at various
Labor Day rallies, as usual,
=
44.3.: sahedules were not finalj7oq to the point where they
could be printed in this issue
Automobile

July}of 2 The United
of3 the current
stead
f seveng cents. If the
:
figure is substantially higher, the allowance] Worker.

Brendan Sexton, UAW eduwould be even greater, since a one-cent ad-|
justment is made for eyery half-point rise in|cation director, will speak at
Ontari
r,
Windso
,:
:
inde
thene INeEX,
a o, ) celebrasor,
"

A
ae
The current 7-cent allowance is based on tions.
Former I resident Harry S:
the April index figure, which stood at 114.9.
Truman will speak at the Mila
i
waukee Labor Day celebraRecent increases in the cost of living,
which have brought prices paid by con- | tion,
sumers to an all-time high, have been

attributed by the BLS to a rise in food

prices and higher costs of housing, med-

ical and personal care.
These

higher costs impose

an added

ty on America’s three million
Hi
3
workers, many of whom are in
farm implement industries and
ployment compensation benefits

— woefully inadequate,

penal-|

unemployed |
the auto and
whose wnem-|
ave already |

No

Double

Ti

Time

Connecticut —
TAFTVILLE,
y
See s
that a number or of local
Seem
textile

workers

go

to

the

plant

Sundays, but they've never filed
a grievance
Ras
cka notregengetting
te elaover
Doce
ian Catholic) parish has been
using one floor of the plant since

the church burned down,

Page

UNITED

4

Adlai, Estes
Cut No Deals
CHICAGO—The

Democratic

Party

nominees,

Adlai

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

Ste-

venson and Estes Kefauver, emerged from their party convention here as free and independent candidates uncommitted

to any groups or factions within or without the party.
With the support of the rank-and-file majority of the
Convention, both candidates won out in spite of attempts by
the party “‘professionals”’ to defeat Kefauver and either to
defeat Stevenson with a dark horse candidate or so tie him
down with commitments in return for support that he would
be obligated to their own special and selfish interests.

STRONG CIVIL RIGHTS
The Steyenson-Kefauyer victories and the manner of their
victories are an assurance of a strong positive stand on civil
rights and other important issues in the campaign and in an
administration they will head if they win in November.
The nature and circumstances of the Kefauver victory
in particular, liberals felt, was a true expression of the
attitude of the delegates toward a strong civil rights
stand.
The platform adopted by the Convention is a strong platform on civil rights. It declares its respect for the Supreme
Court. decision on. desegregation in the schools as the law of
the land and it recognizes the right of all children, regardless
of race, creed or color, to educational opportunities in all
institutions of learning.
Liberals, however, had conducted a fight for an even
stronger civil rights plank and it was this very fight which
forced the adopted platform to be strong enough to arouse the
opposition of southern delegates.
AMENDMENT IS DEFEATED
Nevertheless, an amendment by a minority of the Platform Committee, which, as a whole, was controlled by a coalition of party ‘‘professionals’? and southern conservatives,
was defeated through arbitrary parliamentary rulings and
the true

feelings

of the delegates

on that

issue were

corded in the adoption of the platform.

not re-

The same forces that frustrated full consideration and
a true vote on the minority report tried to defeat Kefauver. But the rank-and-file delegates, free of arbitrary parliamentary restraints, let their true feelings be known
and voted in a majority for Kefauver and progress,
UAW President Walter P. Reuther had filed a statement
and recommendations with the Platform Committee which
ealled for, among other things, a strong civil rights plank.
He worked also with a large group of labor and liberal leaders that sought to get an even stronger plank than the one
adopted.
NEITHER ARE MODERATES
Both Stevenson and Kefauyer had committed themselves
to a strong civil rights position long before their nominations
took place and maintained that position throughout the Convention despite efforts by the press, radio and TV to label
Stevenson as more ‘‘moderate”’ in this respect than some of
his rivals for the nomination.
Neither candidate, in his acceptance speech, left any doubt
that he supported a strong and progressive stand on civil
rights and would maintain that position throughout the campaign and in office if he is elected.

J { (|
PRELUDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL FIGHT to get a firm
favor of making the filibuster impossible in the Senate was a
rights meeting in Chicago. UAW President Walter P. Reuther
condemning Senate Rule 22 (the filibuster rule) to Richardson
Philadelphia, left, and Congressman Charles Diggs (D., Mich.)
rally.

dential

nominee

Adlai

Stevenson.

Governor
Stevenson,
over the
protests of the party “professionals,” told an expectant and tense

Convention

hours

after

that

tion

he

of the

was

the

nation

his

preferred

inee—and
held

and

vice

that

few

nomination

an

open

presidential

following

in contrast

own

a

was

what

afternoon.

to the

usual

elec-

nom-

was

This

pro-

cedure of the presidential nominee designating the candidate he

prefers.

LINES

This

WERE

move

DRAWN

on

Mr.

Stevenson's

part at once
set in motion
a
“Stop-Kefauver” campaign by the
professionals. The lines were im-

Said

the

“Senator

was

one

delegates,

New

for

York

Times:

Kefauyer’s

the

victory

rank-and-file

achieved

over

the

last-ditch opposition of most of
the party’s old-time professionals. ... The professionals had
argued
that Mr. Stevenson
should follow precedent and at
least
indicate
a
among candidates

the

son

No.

had

2 spot....

democratic

insisted

choice,

preference
available for

Mr.

on

And

Steven-

a

it

free,

was

certainly democratic, often disorderly.
There
was
no doubt
about
Kefauver’s
popularity

with rank-and-file Democrats.
What happened this afternoon

Democratic plank in
pre-convention civil
shows a UAW poster
Dilworth, mayor of
at the civil rights

Union Fighting to Save Jobs

At Studebaker-Packard Plants

Top officials of the UAW were prepared to meet with
Curtiss-Wright and Studebaker-Packard officials as The United

Ultimate Indignity

Automobile

“The men who run the Eisenhower
Administration
evi-

dently

believe

that

the

the

that

be

arts

of

minds

conviction

backed

torrent

out

And

will, I dare

up

of

to

advertising.

by

the

money

ever

influence

an

election—poured

man Matthews,
ment, said:

say,

greatest
poured

by

men

who fear nothing so much as
change and who want everything to stay as it is—only

more

so.

office

like

that

you

can

cereal—

gather

votes

like

box tops—is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.”
—Adlai

Stevenson,

acceptance

in

speech

at

was

precisely

professionals

Chicago.

SEEK

feared.”

as

his running mate:
“I am sure that the
grateful

I am

to

this

Convention

for its action

noon.

It

firmed

cratic

has

our

faith

in

process,

KEFAUVER

is

as

and

free

reaf-

demo-

PRAISED

“The office of the vice presidency has been dignified by the
manner of your selection as well
as by
the
distinction
of your
choice,
Senator
Kefauyer
is a
great Democrat and a great campaigner—asI have reason to know

better than anybody.
“If we are elected

God's

full

have

will

that

years,

four
a

new

I do

it

and

not

serve

is
my

people

will

whom

they

American

peo-

the

president

can trust. He has dignity; he has
convictions, and he will command
the

ple

respect

and

“I am
running

able

the

of

the

world.

grateful
mate—an

to you for my
honorable and

American—Senator

Kefauver.”

meetings

with

have

top

been

we wish to

assure our membership

of this after-

renewed

FACTS

“In the meantime,

party

country

Depart-

————————————

requested by the Union to clarify
the now very confusing situation.

the

Studebaker-Packard

that the plants
operation.

would

be

kept

in

“For example, Mr. Roy Hurley,
Curtiss-Wright
president,
was

PROPAGANDA

Curtiss-Wright officials

Governor
Stevenson
said
of
the selection of Senator Kefauver

as

THE

“Further

what

had

of the

Studebaker-Packard officials quoted as saying that S-P plants
in regards to the future sched- would not be shut down. High
uling of operations for the Defense Department and Army
entire Corporation. This meet- officials were taking credit for
getting Curtiss-Wright
ing was also attended by debaker-Packard togeth and Stuer, and
UAW
Region 1 Co-Director were quoted as saying that this
Ken Morris of Detroit’s East new association was going to save
Side Region and Region 3 Di- S-P from liquidation, and would
in defense work being chanrector Raymond H. Berndt of result
neled into idle S-P plants.
Indiana,

“This idea that you can merchandise candidates for high

breakfast

director

“‘The International Union
has held an exploratory meeting with Curtiss-Wright and

American

out

Worker went to press.

Their chief concern was saving jobs in peril after CurtissWright took over Studebaker-Packard in a financial bail-out
operation,
In revealing the first meeting, UAW Vice President Nor-

of Americans can be manipulated by shows, slogans and

Young Liberals Put Kefauver Over

CHICAGO—The nomination of Senator Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee for vice president by the Democratic Party at its
Convention here represented a victory of the young liberal
forces of the party over the old line professional regulars
who would have preferred to be all things to all people.
The election of the vice
presidential nominee was an mediately drawn between the libexciting, dramatic conflict of erals on the one hand and the
the highest order, the stage conservatives on the other.
for which was set by presi- ingTheKefaliberals won by nominatuver, 750 to 593.

2

Estes

and

to protect
the

reports were issued
the future of the S-P

These

reports

assured

few

however, contain

pletely
issued

only

ready

weeks,

concerning
operations.
the

Packard

division,

statements

contradictory
by the head
of

and

by

the

com-

to those
Curtiss-

Defense

De-

“Thus, optimistic statements
made for propaganda purposes

the job equity

past

Detroit

partment,

the

of Studebaker-Packard workers,
“During

“Recent reports emanating from

Wright

community
at large
that the
UAW
will do everything in its

power

the

EXPOSED

public,

the Union and the S-P work force

trary

a short time
been

ago

replaced

announcements,

have
by

al-

con-

“This calculated confusion will
not deter our Union from protecting

the

job

opportunities

Studebaker-Packard

workers.”

Analysis of Platforms
Planned in Next Issue

The Democratic Convention ended and the Republican
Convention began just as this issue of THE UNITED

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

went to press.

Both AFL-CIO

President George Meany and UAW President Walter P.
Reuther filed identical statements and recommendations
with the Platform Committees of both parties, President
Meany testified orally before the Democratic Platform
Committee. President Reuther’s recommendations supported those of President Meany. The October issue of THE

UNITED

AUTOMOBILE

WORKER

will publish

a com-

parative analysis of the platforms of the two parties.

of

eee
}

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

September, 1956

| Ike-Nixon Team Blocked

_ Aid For Distress Areas
The Eisenhower-Nixon Administration and the top leadership of the Republican Party in Congress succeeded in blocking legislation to help people and business in depressed industrial and rural areas during the 84th Congress.
Dozens of such bills were introduced during the-last session in the Senate and House’
and one, introduced by Demo-

Douglas

Paul

Senator

eratic

assist-

of Illinois, with strong

Massachusetts)

(D.,

Kennedy

Fulbright

J. William

Senator

John

Senator

from

ance

F.

and

(D.,

Arkansas), passed the Senate just
Forty-three
adjournment.
before

Democrats and 17 Republicans
gave it a 60-30 approval.
The Douglas bill provided for a
$100 million revolving loan fund
for rural areas, $100 million for

million

$75

areas,

industrial

for public facilities, and

fund

$50

to communities

grants

for

million

loan

qualifying under the proposed law.

It called for a special administrator to handle the law.
Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn (D., Texas) and MaMcCor-

W.

John

Leader

jority

leadership

Democratic

“The

ports,

re-

Pennsylvania)

(D.,

Flood

J.

even agreed to call up on the
floor for final passage, under sus-

pension of rules, the Administration bill, the very bill the President asked the Congress to pass
on this problem. The Department

and the
refused

of Commerce spokesman
leadership
Republican

to agree to consider the Ad-

even

by

proposed

as

bill

ministration

the President.”
The Eisenhower-Nixon Adminisit clear it was
tration made

on

whatsoever

against any bill
this problem.

Labor Stamp
On Sale Sept. 3
D.

WASHINGTON,

day

the Douglas bill called up in the

Labor Day will be September
1956 (Labor Day) at Camden,

tin of the GOP

rules.
Such

to agree

because the House
locked in the House
members
by

two

The

from

was proposed

direct action

mittee

by

of the

a suspension

under

House

to have

bills were
Rules Com-

Republican

seven

the

aided

of the Committee,

Democrats.

southern

sought

Democrats

Republican

Commerce

Sinclair

Secretary

Weeks

of

but

House
Burns
bill.”

that top White
found
F.
Arthur
economist
“didn’t like the Douglas

Finally,

help

new

three-cent

commemorating

stamp

postage

3,
N.

of Peter J. McGuire,

J., the home

the father of Labor Day. A total
of 120 million of the stamps will
be printed.

stamp,

The

be

will

which

depicts

blue,

woman

man,

and

child,

men

D.

&

a

in

the

of

building

in

z

“

be

to

affixed,

N.

Camden,

Postmaster,

J.

to

the

Out-

side envelope should be endorsed
“First Day Covers,” and should
contain an enclosure of medium
weight.

“This

WINNIPEG, Canada — Representatives of the 96,000-member
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire-

getting

is

wind

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fierce. We must be getting
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and

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since

its formation

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RICHARD
LEONARD

were being rehearsed to put
on “spontaneous” demonstrations during the convention.
were
“demonstrators”
The

different

at

stationed

be

to

points around the Cow Palace,
and, in the Republicans’ words,

“at a given signal, the demonThey
begin.”
will
strations
also said that this would be
done six different times during

“Hail To The Chief!”

of RepubThis little gem
appeared
make-believe
lican
in the liberal Post-Dispatch,

1956 Brings Change

but, as The Auto Worker went
papers
to press, the Detroit
and most other papers across

At Ford of Canada

the country hadn’t touched the
item with the proverbial tenfoot pole.

wonder

No

the

we

charge that
party press.

New

one-

a

have

LABOR

women who devoted their lives to
labor and the Textile Workers
it and

ated

story of the Union
workers who cre-

of

one

Only

strong.

it grow

made

the

as

died

nine

the

result of violence. The others died

mainly

body

*

of

a heritage

€

*

CIVIL

SECURITY,

by

UNIONS

AND

wearing

machinery

leave

they

with their

exhaustion

from

out,

hope.

Service,

New York
cents.
by

16, N.

William

Y.

pages,

52

with

pamphlet,

This

Avenue,

Fourth

386

a foreword

Schnitzler,

F.

25

secre-

tary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, is
a survey published by the AFLCIO in cooperation with the Na-

tional Labor Service which deals
with a number of case histories of

union

members

tagged

risks,’
“security
unions fought to

and
clear

unfairly as

their
how.
It’s
them,

a hard-hitting attack which
eight

S.

basic

criticisms

Security

be

secured

against

Program.
from

levels

the

the

Copies
above,

the AFL-CIO or a number of International Unions affiliated with

it.

strike

Canada

last

renewal

contract

was

members

UAW

gains.

as for its outstanding

Motors

General

of

indicated

which

terms
the general
clearly what
of the agreement would be.

DMMEDIATELY

8 CENTS
An

immediate
wage

an-hour

further

1957,

1958,

bonus—and }

topped

contract

September}

on

cents

6

the

plus

board

the

items.

money

31,

August

expires

A5-céents-an-hour Supplemental
(GAW)
Benefit
Unemployment
plan

sions

and

were

vastly

the

pen-

improved

other

of 10 years’ service.
An eighth paid statutory

before Christmas
—was

added.

will

now

per

cent

receive

New

and

Laid-off

two,

earnings

of

day

half

the

of

form

the

day—in

holi-

Year's

workers

four or six
vacation

as

years of
were in-

pay, according to their
service. Shift premiums

from 7 cents to 10 cents
afternoons, 15 cents for mid=

up| creased

increase—made

cost-of-living

cents

2

(July 30) 8-cents-

across

cents

of 6

The

and
La-

148-day

of the

1,

Fleisch-

man, Joyce Lewis Kornbluh
Benjamin D. Segal. National

of Canada

Ford workers
the settlement

time the
in behind

This
moved

but} a

LIBERTIES

Harry

25 -month

112-day strike and a battle of press releases to equal
any in Canadian labor history preceded the previous contract (January 30, 1955 to® placed by the government Old
June 1, 1956). This time there
Age Pension Act payments.
imwere
pensions
wasn’t even a conciliation
Disability
board, and no talk of a strike proved and vested pensions were
by or a strike vote.
added to age 40 after a minimum
A

about people, and
and
men
nine

Union tell the
and the many

Ford

11,000

for its quietness

as notable

$3.00.

pp.

182

Ontario—A

covering

month

A, Prae-

Kelly. Frederick
York.

WINDSOR,

Democrats

FOR

LIVES

This is a book
of
tales
the

may

Indianapolis

Union,

International

Young Republican Club as saypeople
1,000
about
ing that

U.

GUARANTEED

Washington

Francisco

San

the

of

bers

mem-

two

quoted

story

The

bor

Rail Union Joins AFL-ClO
=o

“spontaneous

demonstrations” at the GOP
in San
National Convention
Francisco.

NINE

velopes, together with money order remittance covering the cost

stamps

of

Labor Literature
For Sharpening Up

is the wording “Labor Day,” and
in the lower left corner is a quotation from Carlyle, “Labor Is
Life.”
Stamp collectors desiring first
new
the
of
cancellations
day
ensend addressed
may
stamp

of

staging

ger,

top

the

the

Richard

Washington.

Across

7,

AFL-

new

CIO

“3

Z =}

|

Winter

lobby

the

TTT

$27

and

is based upon a
mural by Lu-

Daniel

Representative

the

for

sale

On August 8, the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch carried an Associated Press story dealing with

the course of the Convention.

C.—First

mick (D., Massachusetts) tried
to get Minority Leader Joe Mar-

Young GOP Practices
‘Spontaneous’ Parades

stick-out

for

nights.

SKILLED

2,000

About
ers

} over

PAY

regular

the

above

and

increase,

5-cent

extra

an

got

RAISED
skilled trades work-

in-

A long-standing inequity
creases.
in wages at the Etobicoke parts

elimi-

was

Toronto

near

plant

an extra
the} nated by the granting of
an hour to workers there.
65-year top on accredited service | 5 cents
covers
renewal
contract
The
were removed from the pension.
workers at Windsor, Oakville and
Now workers gain credit for all
The

gains,

their years

68.

30-year

are at $2.25
supplemental
the

being

ages

maximum
formerly,

top

full

now

of

to age

benefits

a
a

program

to

a

metal,

added

65

and

between

70

a

years’

worker

vice

with

a

would

receive $107.50. All of that

amount is paid for by the ComAt age 70, the $40 sup~
pany.

plemental

Etobicoke.
Company
The
skilled trades

a month, with
benefit of $1.60

Whereas,
$40.
of
$55 a month was the

pension,
80

and

of employment

retirement

Normal

month

limit

payments

are

re-

covering

trades:

electrical,

tool

nance,

to a
agreed
apprenticeship

automobile

the

following

mechanics,

sheet

millwright,

steamfitter

and

and

die,

wood

and

plumber,

welder-mainte-

patternmak-

ing.

Weekly

fits were
from

paid

$25

the

medical

sick

and

to

$30.

increased
full

and

cost

hospital

accident

to a flat

Ford

of

care.

bene-

$40,

already

complete

EMIL MAZEY
Secretary-Treasurer

GOSSER, NORMAN MATTHEWS,
WOODCOCK, PAT GREATHOUSE

Vice-Presidents

International Executive Board Members
HARVEY KITZMAN
CHARLES BALLARD
RUSSELL LETNER
RAY BERNDT
WILLIAM McAULAY
GEORGE BURT
JOSEPH McCUSKER
CHARLES BIOLETTI
GEORGE MERRELLI
ROBERT CARTER
KENNETH MORRIS
ED COTE
PATRICK O'MALLEY
MARTIN GERBER
KENNETH W, ROBINSON
ROBERT W. JOHNSTON
RAY ROSS
CHARLES H. KERRIGAN
NORMAN B, SEATON
FRANK

CHARLES

WINN,

BAKER,

Editor

Managing

Editor

PHOTOS—James Yardley
STAFF—-Russell Smith, Jerry Dale, Robert Treuer, Jim
Members: American Newspaper Guild, APL-C1O

Richard,

STILL GOING ON—Last month, the city of
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, observed her 150th Anniversary, One of the highlights
of the week-long celebration was a “Labor Day” parade with this float commemorating the UAW’s 20th Anniversary being acclaimed one of the best. Members of
UAW Local 787 designed and built the float, colored effectively in blue and white,
The seven girls riding the float were runners-up in a contest to select a Sesquicentennial queen,

TWENTIETH

ANNIVEF RSARY

SS

UNITED

‘

4

’

In the crucial strikes, the chips-down organizing drives, in nearly
every historic struggle, the gals were there. They kept soup kitchens
going around the clock, tended each others’ kids so families wouldn't

be

neglected,

the

history

passed

out

literature,

formed

protest

committees

and

even took a hand at keeping the picket lines intact.
AS OLD AS THE UNION
The history of the UAW Auxiliaries is as old and as colorful as
of the

Union

itself.

And,

like the

Union,

the

Auxiliaries’

activities Lave made great changes with the times.
Back in 1936 and 1937, when the Union was struggling for
existence, hundreds of heroic women organized Auxiliaries.
Their “Emergency Brigades" were famous in their time. They
were as respected as the "Flying Squadrons."
Managements, expecting to outmaneuver "disorganized ragtag
bobtail,""

found

the

men's

-__ek eee

V—_—_—_—_—

ranks

jelling

with

amazing

speed.

eee

nn ee

—

Where yesterday a bunch of fearful, disorganized workers were in
the plants, a tightly-knit determined Union was in its place. The
women dumbfounded them.
Their “Emergency Brigades'' were set up with military precision. Each Brigade had a “general” and five "captains." Each captain had 10 “lieutenants. That made it possible to call together
thousands of Union women at a moment's notice.
CALL OF THE COLORS
s
Their uniform consisted of colored berets and arm bands with
"EB" on them. Each group had its own color. Flint was red; Lansing,

white; Detroit, green; Ohio, blue.
When the call came to their

timers

strikers’

will

never

families,

the might of GM.

forget

during

the

the

colors,

parade

they

of 7,000

historic

mobilized

women

Flint sitdowns.

fast.

“Old-

It helped

crack

and

children,

Call the rolls of the historic struggles—Kelsey-Hayes,
Chrysler, Hudson, American Brass, Ford and all the rest—and

you name the places where
Managements, hoping to
curity, found the Auxiliaries
members understood full well

way

WORKER

September,

1956

<A

he plant manager stopped in his tracks when he heard
the pickets singing—in soprano and alto.
With a puzzled look, he walked around the corner with
his hired bully boys at his heels to crash the line. They had
brass knucks and clubs—and a lot of beef.
And found the line was manned—by women.
That incident was repeated at plant after plant in the
early days as quickly-formed UAW Auxiliaries helped
their men win their struggle for justice.

and

AUTOMOBILE

the Auxiliaries helped’carry the day.
exploit woman's natural desire for semore than their match. The Auxiliary
that the early fight was for a better

of life, for a better chance

for kids, for the common

hopes

and

dreams of people everywhere. Ideas taken for granted now were
revolutionary then. Auxiliary members helped persuade thousands
that the biggest chunk of trite old “right” was on the side of the
Union.
:

The Auxiliary members never
were nickel unionists. From the

beginning they wanted more
than just money in the contract.

They wanted to build the kind
of world in which their kids
would never have to know the
poverty and the fear and the insecurity
that had plagued the
lives ay too many of them.
PEAS INSTEAD OF T-BONES
They mobilized for the great
struggles still confronting the
Union. They had a major part in
the great demonstration in front
of Briggs Stadium which helped
bring the Union to Briggs. They
helped in the historic: Ford organizing drive. After the battle
of the overpass, they quickly
formed leaflet teams to show
Harry Bennett and his serviceCATHERINE GELLES
men that Ford might couldn't
buffalo them.
After the war, they tackled the price line with a frenzy.
When soaring prices began to make mockery of many Union
gains, they rolled up the sleeves of their blouses and mobilized
again. Thousands demonstrated in Detroit's Cadillac Square.
The rally was duplicated all over the country. In Kenosha, Wisconsin, 3,000 turned out. They formed a huge delegation to
Washington to let the White House know just where they stood
on the matter.
In ever-growing numbers, they became a part of community organizations devoted to solving community problems.
The blood
drives, March of Dimes and Red Feather campaigns always have
had Auxiliary support.

RISE

TO EMERGENCIES
During every Union emergency,
membership and activity.
In Sheboygan,

Wisconsin,

where

the

Auxiliaries

workers

face

always
about

gain

\
dent

JUST

BEFO

Walter

P,

of West Side
them members @
of the huge Font
down through th

|{
i
+

i

in

as tough

a

management as exists any
place, the largest Auxiliary in the Union
keeps the boycott going. the gals made a host of boycott material,
They keep themselves in business by selling it to unions and union
members to spread the message. They have their own speakers’
bureau, man picket lines during meetings, and take an active part
in politics.
:
Today, confronted by broad social problems which require
political solution, the Auxiliaries are taking an ever more active
part in political activity. Their motivation is basically the same
as it was during the days of the "Emergency Brigades." They
want to build a world which is better for raising families.
Today,

their

activities

own

international

extend

from

the picket line to the polling

place.
The Auxiliaries are an official part of the Union. UAW Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey is director of their department. They
have

their

representative,

Catherine

Gelles,

who

has been with them from the beginning and who has been on hand
for practically all of their struggles and successes,

ABOVE—W/)\
UAW

Auxiliarie)i

izing this toy dojph
BELOW—As\|

price controls.

-o

P}

‘sumers’ picket lit!

by International }i010n

Women’s Auxili;

a

GOOD

is

CITIZENS

-.

en

STEN

on every front, Auxiliary members have

helped with scores of community activities like fighting polio.
This was an Auxiliary March of Dimes booth in Cadillac
Square in 1950.

THE KOHLER STRIKE has had a lot of help from the ladies, both in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and across the land, Last year these Auxiliary members were part of the Local 600 Kohler donation program at the Ford Rouge
plant which raised thousands to help strikers and their families.

tte

i

WHEN
Ford of Canada tried to organize a back-to-work
movement during the strike in December, 1954, the Auxiliary was
one of the first to expose it for what it was and then to defeat it,
This was an Auxiliary picket line before the Windsor Ford plant.

:

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Page7

:

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

1956

September,

UAW-General Motors Retirees
Collect More Than $23 Million

More than twenty-three million dollars—$23,380,937—has been paid out of the UVAWGeneral Motors pension funds since October 1, 1950, with 17,003 workers as recipients,
Vice President Leonard Woodcock, director of the National GM Department, reports.
The breakdown of figures on the GM pension plan released by Woodcock covers the
period between October 1, 1950, when the plan went into effect, and June 8, 1956. The
statistics:
-= 17,003
Total Number Authorized Retirements
Less Terminations and Suspensions
Plus Special Reinstatements

of Hourly-Rate Pensions to End of June, 1956 Sane

‘Number

pension

average

The

ae 14,214
benefit during the month of June, 1956 amounted to $59.87,

Funds Proves Claim

Rise in SUB

By UAW Benefits Could Be Higher

The steadily increasing market value of SUB trust funds’
at General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, notwithstanding expenditures, bears out UAW claims during the 1955 negotiations that the plan is written on the conservative side and

MrLE OF THE OVERPASS at Ford Rouge plant, UAW Presi4 a member of the International Executive Board and president

fd out packages of Union

literature to UAW

women—many

of

2's Auxiliary. Women played a very active role in the organizing
|, just-as they did in most UAW organizing drives and strikes

moge

been

have

could

benefits

that

2.5 credit

expending

of

week

benefits

credit

two

up, only

week of benefits.
The trust fund
Motors

eral

August

in

units

for

each

units

for

each

now

give

need

in Gen-

position

cent

33.29 per

reached

di-

Bannon,

Ken

while

been

had

who

seniority

years’

Department,
rector of the Ford
reports the general fund for Ford
up to 31.84 per
moved
workers
cent. The Chrysler general fund,

since the Corporation has not been
paying

and GM,

per cent,

is at 25.12

now

Ford

as

long

as

it for

into

according to Vice President Norm
Matthews, director of the Chrysler Department.
benefits from
Early average

in GM amounted to $10.80,
President Leonard Woodcock,

SUB
Vice

of

director

partment,

the

bene-

many

but

reports

De-

GM

National

ficiaries received much more. The
reports that in
Department
GM

Next for UAW?

even
country,
free vacations

Motors

Oa nN Ae

ZZ
forced

the

113-day

strike that began

4o help win a decent contract. Among
' all kids could have Christmas,

ejrmath

of World

War

many

:

in the fall of

ments.

<

:

The

1945,

tion

activities was organ-

II, meat prices skyrocketed with the end of

(then secretary-treasurer of the

recently

Fund

Vaca-

State

announced

employe

mak

International

which,

free

vide

groups,
wives.

holidays

pro-

turn,

in

various

for

house-

the

including

the

units)

maximum

tion,

and

benefit

trust

2, the

to

small

payments’

of

in

Union,”

the

Woodcock

Plan

on

as

much

and

added,

constituted,

too conservative

that

better

benefits

be afforded

can

er duration

between

democratic

Luis

recent

a

Alberto

Monge

is your

during

with

interview

in Mexico
papermen
one of the questions

“What

dictato-

in the Western hemsaid free trade union

rial regimes
So
ispher

leader

differentiation
and

opinion

City,
asked

newswhen
was:

of neutral-

ism?”

is General Secretary of
Monge
ReInter-American
the
ORIT,-

ada

free

to Chile.

Monge’s

cause

trade

it

answer

unions

pinpoints

from

ls important

the

fact

for

dis-

first

went

into

v-

were
di

bei
the

UAV

d

changed

has

The

Compensation.

ruling from the
UAW-requested
state’s attorney general will benefit workers in agricultural implants,
and automotive
plement
Twenty-two other states and the

a ‘basis
long-

safely

similar

made

have

Columbia

of

District

ecutive Board has announced
that the Conference will convene at 10:00 a, m., September
delegates

skilled

be

must

to

rulings.

to be held in Chicago’s

trades

that

nance.

from

each

unit,

the

than

one

plant

is entitled

to

3.

fol-

the

4.

where

units:

cannot

friendly

sidered

expect

by

to

other

CITES

than

Can-

be

con-

trades

coun-

TALK

President Nixon to the Philippine
Republic when he said in essence
accept
a
the U. S. cannot
“that
type of neutralism which puts on|
same
level Western
Democth
under
and
the countries
racy

be-

that

people in other parts of the world
are concerned with numerous ImHe points out
portant problems,

make

people

reaction

it clear

a

like

neutralist

in

that
U.

the

S,

to

Latinto
is
this

neither

policy

sense

of

are

namely,

delegates.
local
Any

The ORIT General Secretary referred to the recent visit of Vice

American

there

larger

local

or

two

unions

Die

Tool,

a

three

and

unit.
skilled
regional
Each
5.
trades council is entitled to twe

Communism.

NIXON

the

to

Maintenance, they are entitled
such
for each
to a delegate

to
are prepared
we
tries unless
the responsibility of comaccept
problems
on
ourselves,
mitting

other

In

plant.

each

for

more

having

union

A local

delegate

basis;

we

a dele~

by

gate

on

be

represented

be

may

unions

local

Amalgamated

2,

Mainte~

from

one

and

Die

Tool

from

one

delegates,

two

journey-

representation

shall

is entitled

1. Each local union

and

Conference

the

men,

Delegate

to

gional Organization of the International Confederation of Free
dictatorship.”
It includes in its | Communist
Trade Unions,
‘The
declared,
Monge
and
the AFL-CIO
membership

other

layoff

Fifth Annual Skilled Trades Meet

Conference

do
people
Latin-American
The
not like a U. S. neutralist policy

“no

SUB

Unemployent

within the limits of the five-centsan-hour contributions.”
The GM Department also re-

towing

makes

basis

on

is pay-

integrating Supplemental
proved
Unemployment Benefits and State

up

Latin Americans Dislike
U. S. Neutralist Policy
which

also

Iowa recently joined the growing list of states Which have ap-

“that

for

a

now

position.

to

is set

the

GM

en

of

relation

be

to

is actively

while

were
amount
At
for SUB.

posi-

amount

which

he

effect, veterans who
ing
the
minimu

calculate

fund

not

is payable

while

him

When

actively
at
laid off with

used

to

disabil-

qualification for SUB
benefits
provided
the receipt
of such
payment does not disqualify the
employe from receiving a state
unemployment benefit.

continued income of the fund.
“This proves the assertion of the

All

“vacation

to

“grants”

credit

13,

and

contributions

ties”

s

employer-

small

by

financed

should

which

and

Skilled Trades Conference of the UAW
Morrison Hotel, September 13-15,
The UAW International Ex-?

agree~

$110,000 in grants to provide
for
vacations
free two-week
is
fund
The
the hausfraus.

5 droye for fabulous profits. The UAW Auxiliaries formed a conf Detroit’s City Hall to protest the price gouging. They were led

ye Catherine Gelles

Norwegian

employes
(those
work
plus those

as a veteran’s

bene-

“Twenty Years of Progress for Skilled Workers through
Industrial Unionism,’’ will be the theme of the Fifth Annual

housewives get
paid for through

labor-management

number

employe

disability

Booked for Chicago, September 13-15

this

Norway—In

OSLO,

the

an

any

benefit)

able

relative position of the GM fund
was due
to two
factors—l,
a

in

(such

at work

ly benefit from SUB.
Woodcock said the rise in the
reduction

that

fit

ity

cially sound.
a
0 td Cr
Bothathe: GMa and
funds moved up past the 30.99 Georgia, because of the inadestate unemployment comper cent point last month so quate
pensation, most of the recipients
that laid-off workers with 5- collected the maximum $25 week10

d

agreed

still be finan-

and

liberal

ported that the Corporation has

do

that

our

is

making

no differentiation between demoin
eratic and dictatorial regimes
the Western hemisphere.”

union

council

or

desiring

skilled

submit

to

resolutions

to be considered

East
8000
Michigan,

Jefferson,
later
no

by the

Committee of the
Resolutions
Conference must submit them to
Department,
the Skilled Trades
14,
Detroit
seven
than

days prior to the beginning of the
(September 6, 1956).
Conference

One Out of Four Families
Earned Under $2,000 in ‘55
WASHINGTON,

©,—The

D.

Federal Reserve Board reports
one out of
that approximately

every

year

last

four families
ed
less than

$2,000 inrec
come, Three million American
families (and unattached indlviduals),

partment

LESS

according

to

of Commerce,

THAN

$1,000,

the

De-

carned

Page

September, 1956

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

8

UAW 20th Anniversary
Summer Schools Surpass
Dreams of 1936 Students

WENTY years ago, at Saugatuck, Michigan, 23 members of a very young organization with audacious *
dreams and unlimited determination turned out for a
ten-day series of courses in trade union organization, labor history, economics of the automobile industry, and
publie speaking.
Several of the instruetors were WPA hands. The students were presidents and secretaries of brand new clo
local unions, shop stewards, and rank-and-file members
from Detroit and Flint-in Michigan; South Bend, Indiana; Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee in Wisconsin ; Kent
and Toledo, Ohio.
That was 20 years ago—that was, the first UAW Summer School.

By the time students have completed courses in
Region 5 and Region 6 this month at Oklahoma University and Hot Springs, California, respectively,
more than 4,000 UAW members will have participated in the UAW’s Twentieth Anniversary Summer
School sessions throughout the United States and
Canada.

cluding a number of smali fry, children of UAW members attending classes. This class
attended the first week of the school this summer at UAW Region 4’s camp at Ottawa,
Illinois. Region 4 reported record participation in its two-week program this year.

:

Workshops, clinics, projects, mock congresses and social dramas helped this year’s students master new ideas
and methods—a program far more elaborate and extensive than any of those 28 in School No. 1 even dreamed
about.

ISSUES COME ALIVE
The ‘‘mock congress’’ program was a special theme of
this year’s Summer Schools.
By participating, the students

KIDS, WIVES ATTEND, TOO
Unlike that 1936 school, too, children of UAW Summer School students were much in evidence this time—
children whose parents weren’t much older in 1936 than
the kids are now. In some eases, baby-sitters were provided and there were social programs for the kids. Wives
were there, too, and at some schools there were elasses in
economics, crafts, even interior decoration, for them.
In the early years of the UAW, difficulty often was
encountered even finding a place where the schools eould
be held. Now colleges and universities welcome them.
And five UAW Summer Schools this year were held at
UAW or Cl0O-owned camps—at Pottstown, Pennsylvania;
Sand Lake and FDR-CIO Camp-at Port Huron in Michigan; Ottawa, Dlinois, and the Canadian School at Peterborough, Ontario.

facts of major

the

learned
try.

the

facing

issues

litical

po-

coun-

‘*Congressmen’’ in the
“mock congress’’ workshops
read basic documents compiled by the UAW Education Department which present the arguments of the
major actors in a public con-

troversy in their own words.

When the facts are all in,
the Summer School students
sitting as a Congressional Committee bring in their report.

‘“By then,’? comments UAW
Education Director Brendan
Sexton, under whose supervision all the Summer School materials

student
a

are

chance

developed,

participating
to

use

his

‘‘each

has

eyes,

had

his

ears, his brains, his voice, and
his hands (to emphasize his
points)

in a research

into how

to act intelligently on an important political issue.’’

TRAINING

WITH

FILM

‘Backbone of the Union,”’
another major teaching innoya-

tion in the Twentieth Anniver-

sary year of the UAW

Summer

Schools, used four brilliant films
of the Canadian National Film

Board as the basis of a steward training course. The titles
of the films—Strike in Town,
The Grievance, Parliamentary
Procedure, and The Shop Steward.
The course is designed to
train UAW local union lead-

ers in a teaching method they
can use in their own locals
to train stewards and rankand-file members.
.
As UAW members this year
celebrated 20 years of progress,
comparison

of Summer

School

No. 1 in 1936 with the international scope of Summer School
1956

pointed

up

they have come.

the

distance

SUMMER SCHOOL instructors receive the rapt attention of willing students.
Above is a class session at the Region 9A school at the University of Connecticut. Upper right, the camera catches tomfoolery at the Region 1D school at
Camp FDR-CIO near Port Huron, Michigan, and, lower right, a songfest at the
Region 8 School at Black Mountain, North Carolina.

101-Day Strike Earns Local 283 Contract

MILWAUKEE—Militancy,
and

determined

day

strike,

through

earned

UAW

solid| with

a

101- j to

day

workers

18 cents

Local | which

was

an

to get

hour.

ratified

The

from

13

contract,

unanimously,

for automatic increases of
three-year contract | calls
233 a new
package| 2% per cent, or six cents an hour
a good economic
with
and

which

reaffirms

the

Local’s}on

May

1,

1957,

and

May

1,

1958.

and| HOLIDAY ADDED
right to process grievances
protects its established
lost-time
Vacations,
insurance,
provisions
at Milwaukee
Motors

here

last

month.

IMMEDIATE 16 CENTS
Immediate 10-cents-an-hour increases go to incentive workers

negotiations
tors
which

stock

Local
the

with Continental Momajority
the
owns

in Milwaukee

Peter

Red Poles Mum on UAW

Motors.

of
Zagorski,
president
283, said he was certain

agreement

would

provide

the

framework within which a sound,
sick and| harmonious and responsible day
accident benefits, and the cost-of- to day relationship could be restored at the plant which is the
living provision
were
improved;

a seventh holiday, Good Friday,
added. SUB and pension improvements were agreed to earlier in

world’s

largest

air-cooled
1,300

manufacturer

engines.

members,

Local

283

of

has

Request

Poland’s Commiunist-run, state-controlled unions have
ignored a UAW request that Polish-speaking American
trade unionists be allowed to visit Poznan, Poland, for a
first-hand investigation of the June 28 ‘‘bread-and-freedom’ uprising by Polish workers in that city.
Although the request was made nearly two months ago,
no reply has been received as yet.
The request, made by UAW President Walter P. Reuther, asked for an opportunity for American workers to
check the wages and working conditions of Polish working
men and women. The UAW even offered to pay all expenses involved.

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September, 1956

Page 9

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

'

Detroit's UAW-Sparked Plan a Success

Lower Bus Fares for Retirees

Sought in Other Communities

Stories about the UAW-initiated plan for reduced bus fares for Detroit
retirees, which appeared in The United Automobile Worker and other labor
papers a few months ago, haye resulted in inquiries from cities all over the
,
United States and Canada.
Many of those who wrote represent groups who would like to institute similar
plans in their own cities and who wanted to learn more about the operations of
the

which

plan,

Detroit

months.

went

into

in

effect

Because of the great success of the plan here, it is expected to be
made a permanent feature of the DSR, the Motor City’s municipally-

owned transit system. The reduced-fare plan for pensioners, first pro-

HUNDREDS OF DETROIT AREA PENSIONERS jammed dozens

posed by the Detroit UAW Retired Workers Council, and given a
personal boost by UAW P resident Walter P. Reuther, calls for the
collection of half-fares from those carrying special permits.

of registration stations to obtain special permits, entitling them to
ride city-owned DSR buses at half-fare during off-hours, when the
program first went into effect last May for a four-months trial period.

Retired persons 65 or older not gainfully employed on a regular basis are
eligible to get such permits, which entitle them to the reduced fares on most

More than 30,000 retirees have now registered, and the success of the
program practically assures its continuation.

busses

plan

Belgium—A_

for-

regional

Steelworkers.
Millard helped
first

director

Canadian

Flint,

Mo-

director,

regional

later CIO representative

and

in Can-

ada.

=

ROMAN

ZIARNEK,

Be

s

ee

Vs. Performance

on his way

Center

Drop-In

to a UAW

for retirees,

was

(Calif.)

would

answered,

such

support

“Yes,

voted, along

ole

But

with

eee

pro-

the

Council

of

Mayor’s

Ad-

of

program

of

kind

the

with

nature

a

Los

retired worker as he swings into
We are interhis golden years.
ested in learning as much as pos-

Frank
In Flint, President
Atwood of the Flint AFL-CIO
Local

eee

edit Social Security pay
to disabled workers when they

reach the age of 50 instead of
making them wait until they

599,

tomob

told

The

are

we

fares,

working

reduced
a

on

costs

dealers,

recreation

Z

iia

Lig

ARRIVED at the UAW

HAVING

f

as,

‘

c

;

PoP

sin

and

Department

-

Drop-In Center maintained in the Local 212

a

agencies.
“uwe

Au-

for

“under

which

and

optical

are

also

with

basis

community-wide

program
and

bus

reduced

drug

a

the

his

a full action

cooperative

with

tion

said,

he

United

Buick

about

Worker

program,”

re-

UAW’s

of

group's plans.
“We have adopted

legisla-

18 out of 21

member

tired

a

Club,

Workers

Retired

I

Knowland

. . plan.”

this.

about

sible

He yoted on July 17 to reduce the retirement age for
women,
which passed almost

unopposed.

this

“The reduced bus fare plan...
is a splendid step forward for the

asked

for totally disabled workers?”

which

the New York group, said:

by James J. Collar, Local 1014,
“In yiew of the fact that the
House has passed a bill to increase the benefits of Social
Security, would you support
such a bill to reduce the retirement age for women and
to include a disability pension
Knowland

the

Angeles transit system.”
Murray H. Dulberg, writing for

his reduced-fare permit to Detroit bus driver Clarence McCall. Ziarnek, who is 79,
is a retired member of UAW Local 254. Area pensioners are using permits to visit

April 23 at the UAW EducaSenate Retion Conference,
William
Leader
publican

Knowland

in

Union

Michigan;

similar

shows

D. €.—Last

WASHINGTON,

since’

effect.

assisting

Industrial

some

parks and beaches, relatiyes and friends, doctors’ offices and churches.

Promise

Knowland:

into

for

visory Committee
for the Aged
of the City of New York; and a
to the probdevoted
magazine
lems of our senior citizens.
Lunceford
wrote
that
“we
out
to work
attempting
are

fm

tors Local 222, Oshawa, Ontario,
the historic
and led it through
UAW
became
He
strike.
1937

Canadian

permits

Department,

been

CIO

the

of

General

unit,

registered

bert T. Lunceford of the Greater
Los
Angeles
CIO
Council;
the
and the
Club
Workers
Retired

the UAW’s

form

went

30,000

Alderletters from
were
gram,
man David Orlikow of Winnipeg,
Canada;
Secretary-Treasurer Al-

a

Millard,

H.

first

has

vice president of the Canadian
Labor Congress and now the Canadian

citizens have

Recreation

izational director for the Interof Free
Confederation
national
Trade Unions (ICFTU).
Charles

than

Among the many inquiries addressed to Reuther and to Olga
Madar,
director of the Union’s

regional
Canadian
UAW
mer
director has been named organ-

is

more

reduced-fare

Ex-UAW Officer

He

off-hours.

Detroit,

senior

ICFTU Picks
BRUSSELS,

during

In

As Organizing Head

of four

period

for a trial

mid-May

in

City’s

the

Recreation

Red Feather

making

the establishment

coopera-

plans

for

of Drop-In

Centers for reliress, andi ioe to
—
Archie
buddies,
retired
two
with
snack
a
enjoys
Roman
Side,
East
Hall on Detroit’s
beqeble Sen a eae
Baker (left), a member of Fleetwood Local 15, and Henry Fark (right) of Plym-

outh Local
to all area

Baker

is 74

and

Fark

is 79

years

young.

sioners, regardless of union affiliation,
housewives among their visitors.

Drop-In

Centers

are

open

The Centers also count many —

ge

Wess

ee

past

year,

the

Raticed

Workers Club was organized during

the

Feseicqeitnnogpaaniitimctines

elderly

51.
pe

and Detroit area reUAW OFFICERS AND staff members, Local 49 officers,
tirees watch as one of the “Senior Citizens” cuts a cake during dedication ceremonies of the new UAW Drop-In Center for pensioners on Detroit's West Side.
The Center is located in the Ex-Cell-O Local 49 Hall. Among those watching are
UAW Region 1A Directors Ed Cote (standing, extreme right rear) and Joe MeCusker (standing, third from left); Recreation Director Olga Madar (standing next
to McCusker); and UAW International Representative Joe Kowalski, a member of
the Michigan State Legislature (standing, second from left).

THIS PICTURE PROVES that you can’t tell the
UAW gals from the movie stars. Shown at the recent
UAW Women’s Conference in Southern California are
Women’s Department Director Caroline Davis (left),
motion picture and ‘TV star Vanessa Brown (center),
and Women’s Department International RepresentaMiss Brown was the featured
tive Cele Carrigan,
speaker at the Conference,

first ever held in that area.

}

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

September, 1956

Plumbers Reaffirm Support
Of UAW’s Kohler Boycott

All-out support for the Kohler strike and boycott was
voted at press time by the powerful Plumbers’ Union at their
27th Convention in Kansas City, Missouri.
Delegates representing the
250,000 members of the AFL- products not made under union

CIO

United

Association

Journeymen

and

of

Apprentices

of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting

Industry

of

the

United

States and Canada shouted
their approval of the strike
and boycott being conducted4
by UAW Local 833, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and the UAW
International
GET

BOYCOTT

They

All

a

month

it took less than | however,

to

negotiate

con-| by

a

tract for workers at the Wilson
Refrigeration Company
plant at
Smyrna,
on
the rural
eastern
shore

of Delaware,

may

not

star-

tle you but consider that this was
an initial contract covering workers who battled for 10 years for
UAW representation!
Region 8 Director Norman B.
Seaton reported that the contract

an

calls for a full union

economic

than
21
standard

cents
UAW

grievance
tlement

package

election

eve

The

in 1946.

following

year,

Company-dominated

1947,

the

independent

less

missile plants—the
craft “Nike” plant

North

L.

Carolina,

Martin

plant

rado—now

in

~are

the UAW.
The

and

workers

for

the

IAM,

the

National

Leonard
ment,
Norm

Vice

and
Region
8
Seaton report.

International

Jess

Nichols

drive

at

staff

handled
the
who

members

in

California;

by

of

Depart-

join

at

the

ployment

plant

is

UAW

organizing

now

for

labor

is

half

by

the

partment,

Director

flocking

National

Russell

Martin

there
UAW

where

staff

to

in

of

Letner,

to

em-

reach

De-

Region

and

Maryland,

near

at Middle

Baltimore.

practice

the

of

pressed

charges

discharged

unfair
be-

on

work-

these
large

Company

the

not

at-

to

Urges Action on Housing

at Den-

Aircraft

UAW

the

margin

UAW
discourage
to
tempt
membership.
By this time, the Company was

5

the

is expected to reach
Local 738 represents

workers

independ-

narrow

a

by

lost

from

Competitive
Shops
Department
resulted in Martin granting recognition
to the UAW.
Employ-

ment
5,000.

sabo-

were

reinstateawards,
pay
back
a consent decree
and
ments,

Beach,

Oklahoma,

expected

the

phony

another

organ-

1950s
In the early
ers.
charges were upheld with

Doug-

Long

several thousand.
A whirlwind campaign

ver

automobiles

izers’

taged,

Director

campaign,

this

During

but

at

are

plants

the

however,

the

Tulsa,

they

UAW

as

burned down and the entire work
force was laid off until the summer of 1948 at which time the
Company refused recognition and
forced an NLRB election.

and Tucson, Arizona, in setting
up their new Local Union.
He

reports

chartered

and

Company,

Aircraft

work

plants

merge with the
transformally

Local 1006. On the day the UAW
the
from
recognition
demanded

Colo-

North
Carolina
join 33,000 UAW

who

voted to
was
and

ferred

Glenn

election
for the
and 49

and

lopsided

Wilson

Region

~in-plant

the Reto bring

victory

workers

leaders

8

staff

for sticking

they

saw

Director

it

who

on

and

deserve

the

helped

to a tough

through,”

Seaton.

high

job

com-

eK

Ohio,

an

election

NLRB
the

Springfield

River,

WASHINGTON
— Chairman
Harry C. Bates of the AFL-CIO}
Housing

national

and state

Committee,

and

has

international

told

all

unions

and central labor bodies

that

work

next

session

should

begin

now

to

obtain “a comprehensive forwardlooking housing~program
in the

is president

of

of

Congress.”

the

Bates

Bricklayers.

Harvester’s

workers

unit

Each

office

to come

in

affiliate
President

reports.

is

group

the

International

and

under

diction of the UAW.

one

given

delegate;

a chart

of

ticular

area,

Kohler

technical

the

and

Lothe

dealers

the

2,-

juris-

par-

Kohler

names

of

distributors.

McNAMARA A SPEAKER
In cooperation with the

all

AFL-

and

clothing

label

union

of

plumbingware.

union-made

Among those who spoke at the
Plumbers’ Union Convention was
one of its most prominent memU.

Democratic

Michigan’s

*

S.

union

a

Senator, Pat McNamara,
member for 40 years.
*

en-

and

fittings

plumbingware,

and

cities

municipal

States

cott-

campaign

ing

agents

and

and
all

bodies

governmental

United

more

month,

are joining
by

tions recommending
avoid

passing

more

county

over

the

the boyresolu-

that purchas-

the

the

Wall

buying

Wis-

Connecticut;
Michigan.

is also receiving
by

Street

Milwaukee

the

in-

nation’s

have
after

other
day.

story
issue

Journal

Journal

Kohler

boycott

have

and

the

front-

stories,

as

Wisconsin daiMes, day
The
UAW’s
boycott

also appeared in the August
of Fortune Magazine.
For-

tune and the Wall
are considered
bibles,”
IN

Street Journal
“businessmen’s

MILWAUKEE

one-minute

announcements

Milwaukee

radio

over

radio

union-made
urge

in
fi-

“spot”

two

leading

stations.

The

plumbingware

listeners

of

to

stay

inferior
products
Kohler Company’s
perienced scabs.

pany
time

on

by

away

from

produced
by
unskilled, inex-

the

sales,

and

boycott’s

the

Kohler

ef-

Com-

last month, for the first
in its history, bought a

national radio network program

to promote

at a cost of $200,000

its seab goods.
Herbert

actionary
most

he

V.

Kohler,

Republican,
two

the

of

for sponsorship.

worst

Fulton
the

ultra-re-

picked

convention

the

selected

an

network

reactionary

erage

president,

Company

Typically,

political

the

when

cov-

parties

He thus hired the
journalistic

Lewis,

conventions

camp

Jr.,

to ra-

Walter P.
250 labor,
leaders

for

—

YORK

headed

George

President

a

campaign

Reuther is among the
civic and professional

spearheading

fluoridation

water

UAW

supply.

by

The

of

New

labor

AFL-CIO

York's

group

Meany.

‘PUT UP OR SHUT UP’

is

President

Nunn to Goldwater:

Guy Nunn, UAW radio director, is still
holding open an, invitation to Senator
Barry Goldwater (Republican-Arizona) to
appear on UAW radio or television programs to defend his attacks on the VAW
and organized labor in general.
Senator Goldwater, a fast man with
phony, reckless charges, but extremely
backward when it comes to facing up to
facts, continues to rant—and to weasel.
‘For the past several months, in press
releases and broadcasts, where you were
not exposed to confrontation by the facts,
you have issued a series of barefaced lies
and shabby distortions concerning the political role of the UAW and the CIO in
Michigan,'’ Nunn wrote to Goldwater last
month,
“Since you have now publicly asserted that you can prove them, and have at
least implied that you would accept the
opportunity to do so before UAW members were the occasion convenient, you

to

Reuther Aids
Fluoridation Drive
NEW

gines;:

Every

Menasha,

newspapers and magazines.
Such
nationally-known
newspapers
as

dio listeners.
devel-

other

com-

attention

“interpret”

in the UAW’s nationwide
Kohler
of
campaign

opments
boycott

creasing

follower,

*

are

briefly,

boycott

country’s

Boycott Still Growing
Here,

The

and

smaller

consin; Ansonia,
and Lincoln Park,

fect

CIO, the UAW raffled off two suits
at the Convention, in a double

promotion

like

Worried

Amal-

Workers,

Clothing

munities

and

Boston

taken

commercials, carried eight times
daily, seven days a week, promote

in his own

the

like

Angeles,

nancing

was

and

cities

been

ions have established a fund
behalf of Local 833 which is

in addition,

the

Los

have

Another
technique
of
boycott
promotion is being carried out in
Milwaukee.
There, AFL-CIO
un-

=

showing

sales organization

big

SPOTS

full-time

story.”

*

voted

to

Vice

of

every

Kohler

“the

bers,

plant

UAW,

Department,

eleventh

union
UAW

contact

gamated

UAW

The

Representative

the

this

officers of other UAW

Springfield,

ers

ent was organized and wholesale
Again the
firings took place.

Charlotte

assisting
workers,
las

of

strong

early

Norman
Matthews,
director of
the Office and Technical Work-

director

Aircraft

attempts

Office and technical workers
at
International
MHarvester's

President

Woodcock,

10.

the

and

UAW at Springfield

picked

the UAW
in an NLRB
last month,
voting 104
UAW, 53 for no union,

May

with

represented

Dougias

troubles

IH Office Workers Join

Douglas Airin Charlotte

Denver,

about

assigned

Rep-

500 delegates personally and to
acquaint
them
further
with

until

a_

FC

set-

to

decals in Delaware and
gion 8 staff cooperated

mented

guided

the

committee,

until

than

new

-Then

International

General President Peter T.
Schoemann.
This enabled them

organizing

rolling

cooperation

Convention and were given floor
privileges by United Association

economic

get

year.

praise

UAW Represents
Douglas, Martin
Missile Workers
two

didn’t

the

Kicks ak.

in

concerted

area

a month
an overwhelming
NLRB
election victory (UAW
106, No union 18).
The first election in the plant,

Workers

having

“The

and
and

The

by

campaign
which
featured
discharges
and
intimidation,
daily
captive
audience
speeches
and
wholesale “merit” raises on the

more

an
hour
seniority

followed

seven

the UAW
a stormy

shop,

of

provisions.

was lost by
votes
after

their

to the boycott and several
cal 833 officers attended

UAW Wins Contract in a Month
that

UAW

resentatives

10 Years Needed to Organize-

fact

AIDS

pledged

in

paged

in the nationwide
boycott
of
plumbingware
and fittings made
by
the
scabs
employed
by
the
notoriously
anti-labor
Kohler
Company of Kohler, Wisconsin.

Kohler plumbingware get s carted out of a new school building in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after citizens there formed a picket line protesting the use of scab-made
products. It will be replaced with a union-made brand. This was just one of many
incidents showing the effectiveness of the UAW’s boycott of Kohler goods.

he

Union.

conditions,
Such actions

are offered your choice of any broadcast
or telecast dates on the UAW schedule.’’
Goldwater replied that ‘‘it wasn’t convenient’’ for him to appear until ‘‘after
the first of the year.”’
Nunn retorted: “Your expression of
willingness to appear on the programs
‘after the first of the year’ is transparently an evasion. Your lies concerning
the UAW were uttered in the hope that
they would have an electoral impact beneficial to your party. Dealing honorably
with voters requires that either you retract them or seek to defend them before
the elections, You have run away from a
third proffered opportunity to do so.
“This constitutes a fourth invitation
to you to put up or shut up. You will be
welcome on the broadcasts after the first
of the year, but infinitely more so prior
to the elections whose outcome you have
attempted to influence with a flow of contrived falsehoods.’’
Goldwater hasn't replied.

—

September, 1956

84th Congress Made
Better Mark Than Many;
Also Left Much Undone
84th

Congress

national

political

WASHINGTON—The
the

make

to

time

in

just

up shop

closed

Page II

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

f

It left

conventions.

behind it a better record of accomplishment than many another Congress—but it also left undone many things which
will have to be decided by the 85th Congress which voters
will elect this fall.
On the credit side, the Congress made sweeping improve-

ments in the Social Security
Act despite bitter opposition
Democrats,

Republicans,

from

a

by

joined

Administration

hower-Nixon

prevailing

Davis-Bacon

backed,

labor-

it

in

included

and

ing,

lift-

face

needed

a much

roadways

America’s

give

will

which

bill

a highway

passed

Congress

The

in

through.

measure

the

pushing

the Eisen-

from

help

no

got

cans,

Republi-

of

handful

came

after

After raising the minimum

wage

This

provisions.

wage

a real battle.

to a dollar last year,

75 cents

from

explored

and

expanding

but

that

for

left

HOSPITALS

TO

GRANTS

Congress.

next

the

over

health

nation’s

the

prove

to im-

took steps

Congress

The

issues

the

of

one

1956,

in

coverage

was

figure

that

raising

tees

commit-

House

and

Senate

both

heated opposition from the EisenIt
hower-Nixon Administration.
of grants to
research into

raised the amount
for
hospitals and

medical

asked

els

the lev-

illness far above

Administration.

the

by

————

Watch for Records

appraisal

comprehensive

A

of

Congress and the voting records
of the Senators and Represent-

be

will

atives

it came

1956

author-

million

$30

with

through

izations for the free distribution of
Salk polio vaccine although the
Administration opposed it.
civil rights issue was left
The
to the next Congress.

The
up
bill,

mittee.

unsettled

left

Also

Despite

issue.

tax

a

the

was

treasury

spare-thesurplus and despite
rich and soak-the-poer changes
by
in the tax structure made
the 83rd Congress, little to help

low- and middle-income families could be pushed through in
the face of a probable presidential veto.
Eisenhower pledged in 1952 to
but

of Taft-Hartley,
sure

provisions

the anti-labor

eliminate

liberals,

from

SCHOOL BILL BEATEN
One of the gigantic ‘issues

bill which

The

despite

neither

pres-

house

That's
tackled the T-H problem.
another one which voters can decide by electing liberals this fall.

is

year

next

for

what

schools

set

to

aid

out

schools.

to do for

agreed

Congress

left
to

do for the nation’s highways was
by a GOPdefeated
narrowly

Dixiecrat
certain

to

Also

on

year.

coalition.
come

It

up

again

next

to

and

help both to farmers
employed workers.

un-

od

KANSAS FARMERS
SWITCH FROM GOP;
TIRED OF BENSON
Edwards

and

that Kansas

— indicate
Counties

might

as results

this year

go Democratic

and

Toiler.

Stunning rebuke of the Eisenhower
candidacy,
majority
sup-

daily

the

In

said they would
cratic president
an Eisenhower,

farmers

591

poll,

poll.

the

highlighted

resignation

for a Demo-

vote

as against 377 for
Knowland or Nix-

A whopping 652on candidacy.
273 majority called for firing SecBenson.

to the Democratic

umn, reported the newspaper. “I
but not any
was a Republican,
more,” and even drawing pictures
of gallows next to Benson’s name
were additions to the poll, it was
reported.

WASHINGTON,

D.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.
S. Department:
of Labor,
re-

ported

reached
high

family

and

that

an

the

in June.
paid

services

cost

all-time
An

$11.62

that

of

sioner

for

cost

that

Statistics

Ewan

prices

Clague

would

record

average

1947-49, the period on
living cost indexes are

Labor

living

city

goods

$10

in

which
based.

Commis-

predicted

continue

to

rise.

the

killing

government

Gore

a public opinion

recently
question

think

ing

the

in another
state,
asked
was,
“Do

people

selves,”

“Definitely

ought

have

should

state

machines?’’.One

swered,

poll

to

not!

yote

guy

for

I

votan-

think

them-

and

die

some

for ingenuity

should

Bostick,

a

to

M.

surely

maker

the

of

“gimmicks”

Jr.,

Maple

tool

Heights,

Ohio, tried to use to get out of
paying
the
tax—even
if they

didn’t

work.

Bostick set up a personal, oneman labor union, calling it LAWS
Workman's
American
—Lonely:
Society—and
decided to pay an-

nual dues of $3,000
Since union dues are

also said

He

from

amount

this

deduct

figured

he

deductible,

to himself.
income tax
he

his

could

tax.

that

he calculated

his time and efforts for the year
were worth $98,098.98, but since
his actual
income
was
only
$5,045.36, he claimed a “loss on
labor” of $93,053.62.
said

go,

Bostick
all

over

Court,

the

to compute

as

again.

it or-

his tax

charge

emproven—that
well
—pretty
ployers don’t know what time it

is.

In

Des

switch

‘Well, which do I call this

time after you're through
repairing — a@ carpenter,
plumber, or electrician?'’

good

simplicity,

value,

comparative

the

with

line

Moines

to

a

City

construction

for work
ever, the

ployers

standard

decision

daylight

Council

saving

the

by

to

time,

men _ reported

an hour earlier, Howultra-conservallye em-

insisted

time!

on

children's

in

sticking

to

buying

be your

should

is concealed

garments

In some

guide.

the

because

is to

needs,

of back-to-school

clothprice

the

cases

styled

are

items

are outSince children’s clothes are often outgrown before they
of versatility
worn, every garment for a child ought to pass the test
Nor is it necessary to buy a child a complete
and extra usefulness.iate needs
school wardrobe in September. It’s best to buy only immed
to cut

sales

will

fall

the

in

late

it can

because

or girls

boys

“double-money”
zip-out

coats

pressed
low-cut

cool

for around

other garment should allow room
designed for this need is the sowhich features an extra-deep hem

give

more

up

the

to

for

room

size.

next

growth

allow

and

are

sleeves

raglan

Fortunately,

general,

In

a

the

to

deep

hem

than

in back.

growth.

allow

for

One

useful

Un-

extension zip-

As

extra

be

lower

market

be let out

you

do

in front

the

with

For

pinafore

over

such

double-money

be

should

bright,

be

and

simple,

bold,

but

the

because

colors

they

can

of

type

ensembles

prov ides
garments

youngsters’

be seen

of play

garments

dress

cotton

a companion

versatility at less cost than two dresses,

more

other

test

coat,

zip-out

example,

with

waist

adjustable

an

has

for growth,

usefulness.

a corduroy

should

for

an

the

(3)

Trim

or merely

cold

of

test

A
usefulness.
of little girls’

can

as

the

at less

pleats or gathers can also extend a garment’s
neckline allows for growth, and the neckline

that

for

good

a

for

look

should

on

needs

to be first choice

very

GROWTH

FOR

dresses,

In

pass

cut-price

in boys’ coats this year,

style trend

ALLOW

movement.

of

freedom

child

allow

sleeves

raglan

with

will

that

walst

because

linings are available

(2) The design of the coat or
One coat especially
for growth.
called “gain-a-size” coat for girls,

elasticized

that

on

used

be

$20.

and

styles

ought

lining

zip-out

with

coats

. Tweed

also

fill in wardrobe

to

you

enable

and

clothes,

of outgrown

waste

the

down

Here are several
usefulness:
(1) The coat with

cost.
extra

per

union

the

was

issue

rise

“Simplicity”

slacks

time
saving
daylight
volving
construction
among
out
broke
workers
on
four
projects
here.

At

ing:

dresses

MOINES, lIowa— First
DES
strike of the year on an issue in-

taken

One
you

awarded

but

A Timely Strike

WASHINGTON,
D. C,—Union
visitors to
the
capital
were
amused by the cutle recited by
Rep. James C, Wright (D., Texas)

about

prize

return

An Independent Voter

question

solve

to

way

best

up.

of

dered

construction of atomic

The

for

garments

children’s

select

problem.

immediate

to the

relation

another

cloth-

higher

and services,

other goods

sort

collector,

No

authorize

to

bill

it in

top

in

hikes

of recent

piled on

and

reason

comparatively

at

stabilized

But

years.

wage-earners

give

costs

been

durability and versatility, as indicated below.
Here are tips on buying best values in children’s school

Willard

C.—The

ing

have

care

medical

housing,

UP

-two

past

the

GOING

WASHINGTON
— All sorts of
schemes
have
been devised
by
companies and
individuals who
think they can beat the income
be

Hit New High

food,

clothing

of

levels

able

‘Confused Thinker’
Tries to Set Up
One-Man Union

tax

Living Costs

PRICES

CLOTHING

and

$8.98

often

‘pants aré $3.79; the $7.98 snowsuit is now
$9.98; the $1.75 denim pants are now $1.89.
Prices

col-

is $4.98; the $3.49 corduroy

the $4.29 twill jacket

even $2.69;

and sometimes

$2.39

often

is now

dress

little gingham

$1.98

“Tf you were working under a Union contract, you
wouldn’t hate the boss so
much!’’

Eisenhower's farm policies have
hundreds
turned hundreds upon

of farmers

inflation will fall harshly on moderFood, especially meat,
September.
and families will find school clothing
above last year’s level. Last year’s

The newest wave of
ate-income families in
continues to cost more,
marked up noticeably

port for a Democratic President,
demanding
and a 2-1 majority
Agriculture Secretary Benson's

But the
back by

ous. Dixon-Yates deal.
Administration struck

as

of a 10-day post card poll conducted by the newspaper Tiller

scandal-

of the

ae
( ts

oe

checked

were

works, The Democratic-controlled
EnJoint Congressional Atomic
ergy Committee voted in 1955 to
approval

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ad

Buy.
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7

Hodgeman

farmers—in

Kansas

The power issue appears certain
to produce a lot of campaign fire-

“rescind”

ORGANIZED LABOR GIVES AMBULANCE to Community Rescue Service in
Hagerstown, Maryland. Generous AFL-CIO: members made this presentation possible. Shown here are (left to right): Carl Myers and William Hobson of the Community Rescue Service; Ralph Wagaman, financial secretary, UAW Local 842, and
secretary-treasurer of Central Maryland Industrial Union Council; Father Robert
Passarelli, St. Mary’s Catholic Church; Charles M. Rouzer, president, Community
Rescue Service; 0. Thos. Kaylor, state’s attorney for Washington County; Glenn
Brayton, president, Centrak Maryland Industrial Union Council.

almost

burner—the

front

the

is

farm situation. Congress passed a
plan to give farmers
soil bank
some relief after Eisenhower vetoed a 90 per cent parity bill
which would have brought real

com-

Senate

in

it died

but

killed the bill, 201 to 191.

House

compromise

the

passed

House

tense® pressure from the Eisenhower-Nixon Administration, the

retary

and

1955

both

in

Worker

United Automobile
forthcoming issues.
For

the

by

carried

Gore bill
under in-

The
but,

reactors.
the Senate,

power
passed

readily

more

by

motorists,

ls
boys’ coats and sults especially, avoid the fleeces and flanne
dine, which
that are being widely, offered, in favor of tweed or gabar
ly as soft
resists wear better and doesn’t get shabby-looking as quick
In

materials.

As

with

girls’

garments,

material

in the cuffs to allow

DENIM

SLACKS

As

with

other

A GOOD
children’s

look

for growth,

for

wide

seams

and

enough

little

costlier

VALUE
wear,

denim

slacks

are

a

this fall but still represent outstanding value, especially now
are more widely available in gray and tan which can be

more purposes than the traditional blue jeans,

that they
worn for

Page

WORKER

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

’

12

e

September,

1956

Newsm an Covers
Near-Tragedy : His Own

Union

Newsmen are supposed to e a pretty hard-boiled lot, but
the recent tragic sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria
taxed one reporter’s ability to report the news impersonally
to nearly the breaking point.
You can’t tell Ed Morgan that
Edward P. Morgan, AFLCIO

radio

commentator,

was

one of many newsmen wha
went to the scene of the dis-

aster. On successive evenings,
he recounted the story of this
tragedy at sea.
DAUGHTER

MISSING

survived

holocaust,

miracles

don't

(Morgan’s

AFL-CIO

night

week

netwark.

can

happen

anymore.

newscasts

over

be

the

heard

for

the

every

radio

ABO

For time and station in

your area, consult

your

local list-

ing)

He talked about those who had

who

the

had not.

He

and

those

mentioned

Mrs.

Camille Cianfarra, wife of a New
York Times correspondent,
survived, and her daughter,
da, 14, who apparently had

lost.

What

he

did

not

who
Linbeen

tell

his

listening
audience
was
that
he
was
talking
about
his
former

wife

and

his daughter.

was

It

night’s

until

not

broadcast,

second

the

after

Linda

was
reported
miraculously
snatched from death, that Morgan revealed how closely this

THIS

news

picture of a strikebreaker sniper at the Perfect Circle plant in New Castle,

Picture of 1956” by Press Associates and UAW

“Labor

named

Indiana, has been

First

Pollsters who want to discover why workers and their
unions are Democratic-minded in politics need not look
further than the voting records of legislators on important
social legislation—the new Social Security Law amendments, for example, passed by the Senate and finally signed
by President

Eisenhower

key

provisions

professional

workers;

The

disabled

workers

to 50;

last month.
the

tower

extend

benefit

coverage

survivors’

provide

for women

age

to 200,000

benefits

to 62 and

self-employeddisabled

for

regardless of age, and authorize federal funds for medifor families on relief and increase public assistance pay-

children
cal care

ments to needy, aged, blind or disabled persons.
received
Passed last year by the House, the amendments
unanimous approval after a showdown vote on the key Eisenhower-Nixon Administration-opposed provisions passed by a nar-

Forty-one Democrats voted for the measrow two-vote margin.
ure in the important vote with 38 Republicans against.
The following is the roll-call vote by which the Senate ap-

proved

the amendment:

For
Anderson (N. M.)
Bible (Nev.)

Chavez (N. M.)
Clements
Douglas

(Ky.)

(OL)

Eliender (La.)

the

Jackson (Wash.)
Johnson (Tex.)
Johnston (S. C.)
Kefauver

(Tenn.)

MeNamara
Monroney

(Mich.)

(Okla.)

Morse (Ore.)
Murray

(Mont.)

Neely (W. Va.)

Neuberger

(Ore.)

Rennedy (Mass.)
Ker- (Okla.)
Laird (W. Va.)

O'Mahoney (Wyo.)
Pastore (R. L)
Russell (Ga.)

Green (R.L)
Hayden (Ariz.)
Hennings (Mo.)
Hill ( Ala.)

Long (La.)
Magnuson (Wash.)
Mansfield (Mont.)
McClellan (Ark.)

Sparkman (Ala.)
Symington (M>.)
Woflord (S. C.)

Lehman

(N. ¥.)

gone

*|SEAMAN
She

the

time,

of

Deshler-Hilton

‘fhe

Emil

in Co-

locals have been invited to the
Conference which is co-sponsored
by the UAW Fair Practices and

Anti-Discrimination Department
Pat
Directors
Regional
and
Ross,
2; Ray
Region
O'Malley,
Charles

and

2A,

Ballard,

Scott (N. 0.)

Pat Greathouse will report to the
delegates on September 22, and
political acRoy Reuther, UAW
tion coordinator, will speak at the
banquet session that evening.

A

number

leaders

in

the

of outstanding
field of, civil

civic

rights

also will participate, according
| William H. Oliver, co-director

the

Fair

Practices

and

crimination Department,

from

her

bow

some

for

Spanish.

in

help

for

crying

of

debris

the

in

Stockholm’s

the

only

lumbus, Ohio, September 21.
Delegates from all Ohio UAW

Region

But

CRY

buried

Times’

to
of

Anti-Dis-

on

resident

Garcia,

the

Stockholm,

heard

the

seaman

Spanish-speaking

the

corre-

Polanco

Bernabe

Fair Practices
Conference at

Hotel

HEARS

spondent.)

on Civil Rights, will deliver the
keynote address at the opening
session of the two-day First Bi-

ennial Ohio UAW
and Civil. Rights

ship.

catapulted

lay

was

Committee

AFL-CIO

the

all

(She had spent the last few years
her stepfather
where
in Spain,

tional Executive Board’s Fair
Practices Committee and a mem-

ber

Joan,

had

Linda,

the

that

stateroom on the Andrea Doria
to the bow
of the Stockholm
when the two vessels collided off
Nantucket Island.

Interna-

the

indicated

with

was

him.

daughter,

his

down

Linda

MatNorman
Vice-Presidents
thews, Leonard
Woodcock,
and

Ervin (N. C.)
Fulbright (Ark.)
George (Ga.)

Gore (Tenn.)

Mazey,

of

chairman

Region 2B.

Amendment—17

Democrats—41
Humphrey (Minn.)
Humphreys (Ky.)

UAW

touched

stepdaughter,

and

‘Mazey Keynotes
Ohio Civil Rights
Meeting Sept. 21
Secretary-Treasurer

had

reports

Cianfarra,

photographer Jim Yardley (upper left) has received a $25 award from PAL Paul
Carper, UAW Local 662 executive board member, standing next to Yardley, was
wounded by a shot right after Jim took, the prize-winning picture. “A brilliant credit to labor journalism,” commented PAI. Frank Winn, UAW public relations director, says of Yardley, “Jim always-has his camera with him and he grabs many of
his pictures on his way to or from work, on his own time in the evenings or weekends. They nearly always have news or human interest value that the UAW, or
somebody else, can put to good use.” A UAW staffer sin ce 1953, Jim is married and
his wife, Judy, is a fashion artist.

GOP True Colors Show
In Vote on Social Security

story

faint cries and crawled among
the
twisted
girders
until
he

found

the girl and

rescued

her.

“If you belonged to our
Union, Miss, we’d all be willing to go out on a limb for
you!”

Acting Mayor
King Peferson

BUFFALO, New York
— While
the mayor and courfcil president

attending

City

Councilman

Council,
King

UAW

General

National

15

duct

dent

of

the

The

sions
ance

GM

Department.

Motors

lowed

cussion.

The
Grand

Buffalo,

director

ses-

dis-

for

time

schedule: September 10-11,
Rapids; September 17-18,

ber 24-25,

Pontiac;

New

20-21,

Milwaukee;

Indianapolis,

September

Dayton,

4-5,

Cleveland;

and

Detroit,

and

lanta,

October

fol-

presented,

be

ample

with

September

ber

Presi-

this year will stress grievprocedure with a detailed

to

2-3,

and

Los

Oakland,

At-

York,

Septem-

Flint, and

27-28,

Fort

Angeles;

rankLo-

UAW

of

plant,
Assembly
an International

Ford
been

1947.

since

prior

supervisor

election to the Council.

to

yHe

his

.

LOS

educational

annual

¢xplanation

naw,

Woodcock,

Leonard

the

on

Nixon Gag Nixed

will con-

Vice

to

according-

city’s

°

instiEducational
Department
tutes during September and October,

the

is a member

as

served

Peterson,

acting mayor.

trustee

ers

teams

two-man

Three

425,
has

Chicago,

in

term

became

executive,

cal
and

King

first

his

serving

15 Educational
Meets Planned

By GM Dept.

Convention

National

ing

Democratic

the

were

Sagi-

Worth;

California.

Octo-

are

ANGELES—Entertainfinding

doesn’t

pay

out

to

that

make

it

jokes

Look

about Tricky Dick Nixon,

what happened to pianist-humorist Osear Levant.
ist

He

CBS

on

as a panel-

dropped

was

musical

a

KCOP

Station

over

show

here after

telling a series of Nixon jokes
on successive programs. Prior
to his firing, he had been advised

against

wisecracks

making

President,

Vice

Sample

the

about

Nixon

further

Levant

joke:

GOP

said.

“Nixon doesn’t talk over the
people’s heads. When he talks,
the people duck.”
by

Levant’s show
a

rug

“Now

floor

company.

Tl

wax

have

the

eracked
vant.

was sponsored

to

go

sponsor,”

irrepressible

to

a

wise-

Le-

Republicans—6
Langer

(N.D.)

Malone

(Nev.)

Payne (Me.)
Purtell (Conn.)

Against
Byrd

(Va)

Eastland

Frear

( Miss.)

(Del.)

Wiley (Wis.)
Young (N.D.)

the Amendment—45

Democrats—7
Holland (Fla.)
Robertson (Va.)

Smathers (Fla.)
Stennis ( Miss.)

Republicans—33

Aiken

(VL)

Allott (Colo.)

Barrett (Wyo.)
Beall (Md.)
Bennett (Utah)
Bricker (O.)

Bridges (N. H.)
Bush (Conn.)

Butler (Md.)
Capehart (Ind)

Carlson (Kan.)
Cast (N.d.)

Case (S. D.)

Cotton

(N. EL)

Curtis (Neb.)

Dirksen (TIL)
Duff (Pa.)
Dworshak (Ida.)
Flanders (Vt.)
Goldwater (Ariz.)

Hickenlooper (la.)
Hruska (Neb.)

Ives (N.Y.)

Jenner (LInd.)
Knowland (Calif.)

Martin

(Ia.)

Martin

( Pa.)

McCarthy

(Wis.)

Millikin (Colo.)
Mundt (S. D.)
Saltonstall (Mass.)
Schoeppel (Kan)
Mrs. Smith (M->.)

Smith
Thye

(N. J.)

(Minn.)

Watkins (Utah)
Welker (Ida.)
Williams

(Del)

Paired against: Democrat,
Paired for: Republican, Kuchel
Unanfor but absent: Republican, Potter,
Announced
Daniel.
nounced and not voting: Republican, Bender.

elt

HERE’S

how

Solidarity House, UAW

headquarters,

looked

Work on the expansion is expected to be completed in August

by

1957.

late last

month.

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