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1958-01-06
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Vol. 1 No. 4
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,
Congress
ot Fights Face 1958
By the Washington Office
Congress
—
WASHINGTON
starts a new session tomorrow
\(Jan. 7). It will undoubtedly
Fh,
SOL PeyaVs day
» »(be a controversial Congress—
enione of vital importance to
and
everyone
price-profit
squeeze
labor
et(organized
ruleurrent
ont ‘on
ic
hud
‘999
conscious
acutely
saltelse
the consumer.
Defense,
budget
economy
At
issues.
soot
om
made its policy
And
problems.
ea
heard
foo
rm!
labor
of AFL-CIO,
conyention
Vol.
City”
Atlantic
the
peal
the
domestic
main
the
the
be
and
will
of the
affairs,
foreign
clear on these
is delabor
termined that its voice will be
There
(P
will
vem) gress
Congress.
in
that
doubt
is no
spend
to
vote
Con-
what-
“v4 ever is necessary to preserve the
question
The
security.
tart national
ity will be whether other governSire ment activities will be curtailed.
stint! The liberal-labor forces will in-
dai
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at
els
ii
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re ee
eee
ee
110¢
not
.must
defense
that
sist
services
the social
weaken
to
needed
haunted
already
of
bolster
by
an
the
economy
specter
unemployment.
increasing
1, No.
Michigan Edition
4
Indianapolis Ind.
Entered as Second Class Matter,Mich.—
a copy.
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OFFICE—Detroit,
EDITORIAL
Published Weekly at 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolls, 7, Ind.
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The great danger to the American economy in
1958 is not higher wages or a short work-week
but the “outrageous” and “rigged” prices imposed by such industries as auto, the UAW charged
last week. What is needed to restore consumer con-
8
Page
on
is|
said,
union
the
fidence,
|
greater purchasing power.
Leonard}
President
Vice
points]
these
made
Woodcock
in
clear
Harlow
oz}
who}
in wages}
4 rise
hours would give}
“wage-cost-|
to the
twist
spiral.”
price
Corp.,
Motors
claimed that
and a cut in
a new
president
Curtice,
to}
retort
a withering
H.
General
Ignores Facts
“the
ignored
totally
Curtice
simple fact that a healthy econof
sales
mass
demands
omy
department.
Motors
LINES
at
unem-
compensation
offices
claims
file
to
ing
ployment
in Detroit, revive grim
sag
tinuing
will be
economy
Congress
as
story
(see
t
the
in
national
a major
issue
this
week
meets
Woodcock
above),
people.
Also,
curate”
in
honest, militant trade unions?
It
seems
servers
Senate
here
apparent
group,
the
that
to
which
ob-
select
up
to
on
concentrated
has
now
practices
unethical
outright
in some unions and their eneouragement
ployers,
is at
Three
of the
members
are
by
certain
a crossroads,
four
em-
Republican
admittedly
less
interested in wiping out thievery, venality and undemocratic
practices in the area than in
hamstringing honest unions,
This fact was put on record
last week by Sen. Pat McNam-
to “get”
and Reuther
the UAW
personally.
goal
is almost
an
them,”
Mcwith
obsession
“This
Namara
so,
Though
the
the
wrote,
didn’t
McNamara
“certain
committee
are
members”
Sens.
(R., Ariz.),
M, Goldwater
and
Neb.),
(R.,
Curtis
Mundt
(R.,
S.D.).
say
of
Barry
Carl
Karl
to
charged
23)
Dec.
(Solidarity,
tha, the primary aim of “some
members” of the committee was
counsel
Govern,
publican
McClellan
members.
(D.,
field
will
J,
Mce-
John
against
charges
to
Ark.)
the
Sen.
Re-
John
reported
this in a letter to UAW President Walter P. Reuther. The
same session may set a date
for the long-awaited hearings
on
strike,
Kohler
the
was
added,
American
a
to
referring
confidence
of
ac-
grow-
among
stout
a
take
GM
the
“remarkably
to
indeed
consumer
resolute
to discuss
this month
be held
he
consumers,
“It would
the
the
to
and
be
confident in an economy marked
by rising unemployment, declining production and higher and
higher prices,” Woodcock noted.
But “what Americans need most
is not confidence,” he continued.
pur-
for
is
need
greatest
“Their
in
chasing power — for money
their hands, so they can buy the
things they and their families
need,”
president
vice
UAW
The
Page
on
Continued
8
s
se
Ca
h’
ft
Fi
10
of
ng
li
nd
Ha
s
PRB Uphold
public review
UAW
The
board, in its first decisions,
has upheld two local unions
and the international executive
board
in
their
handling
of cases involving officers and
staff-members who invoked
a committee
(D., Mich.),
ara
the Fifth Amendment or othmember. McNamara, responding
erwise refused to answer cerP. tain questions before the SenWalter
President
to UAW
the
about
protest
Reuther’s
ate internal security, subcomn,
McGover
activities of John L,
:
tee,
group mit
GOP
the
counsel
labor-management
in
lack
ing
An executive session of the
on
Senate select committee
activities
saying
concern”
ous
M'Govern Session Set
improper
that rising
prices and the declining value
of the dollar are causes of “seripresident
P robe at Crossroads:
Help or Hurt Unions?
in
right
quite
In all instances the PRB
found the union actions had
been
consistent
with
the spirit
and
ethical
of
letter
practices
an
code
AFL-CLO
barring
communists, fascists and othunion
er totalitarians ‘from
office, and
the
The
UAW
a similar clause
consttiution.
10 cases
groups.
600 and
invoked
Under a
divided
into
in
two
Four officers of Local
an officer of Local 3 had
the Fifth Amendment.
procedure set forth last
summer by President
the officers
Reuther,
to
quired to explain
Walter P.
rewere
their re-
took
they
spective locals why
such action, In each case the local found “he officer not dis-
the
local
decide
to
PRB
decisions
the
with
ethical
In the second
representatives,
were
the
consistent
practices
code.
admittedly ~ fortestified
freely
about their own past activities
persons
name
to
refused
but
with whom they had been asso-
ciated
years
First
earlier,
executive
a
activitles
hearing,
board
many
involked
Two
Amendment.
After
five
these
in
the
decided
to
entitled
were
Continued on Page
beginning
conyention
crash
Jan, 22.
Paper Hit
By Mazey
is not ‘‘aboye” a
the
UAW
the
retain
8
Secre-
activities,
its
of
unbiased
an
welcome
Mazey
Emil
was
statement
Mazey’s
to
response
editorial
an
in
a
in
criticizing
newspaper
Detroit
to
P,
Sen. Pat McNamara’s letter
Walter
President
UAW
Reuther as a “partisan” docu(See story on column
ment,
one).
stressed
Mazey
over
turned
had
committee
Clellan
the union had
National Labor
which
hearing
of
guilty
pany
that
to
UAW
the
Mc-
the
it
everything
in connection with
strike. He noted that
had asked
the Kohler
pressed for the
Relations Board
com-
the
found
range of
a wide
unfair labor practices.
“The issue ... is not whether the UAW is above a Senate
“It is
on,
probe,” he went
whether a staff-member of the
McClellan committee (John J.
has
McGovern)
judge
to be
= right
to pre-
the cases he is supposed
inyestigating ... We do
and
inquisition
type.”
asked
whether
the
for
session
a planning
as
resent
group, five UAW
communists,
mer
then
Reuther
qualified.
terly meeting, it will also serve
tary-Treasurer
said this week.
was
Curtice
said
Although
week.
this
Detroit
it is the board’s regular quar-
probe
cur-
of the
trend.”
are at the heart
rent inflationary
con-
The
Thirties.
the
of
ies
in
is meeting
board
executive
will
he
period,”
post war
in the
“Extortionate prices
went on.
memor-
international
UAW
The
Senate investigation, but on
the contrary has invited and
steps any mention of the fact
that prices have been needlessly and recklessly increased
wait-
of jobless,
Is Meeting
Board
The UAW
side-
adroitly
Curtice
“Mr.
LONG
General}
union’s
the
directs
who
Woodcock,
said
pay,”
to
afford
can
consumers
prices
at
items
WASHINGTON — Will the
McClellan committee switch
from exposing wrong-doing in
labor-management affairs to
undermining the reputation of
1953
6,
Jan.
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What's up with the McClellan
committee, which has had the
Continued
OF AMERICA-UAW
WORKERS
IMPLEMENT
& AGRICULTURAL
AIRCRAFT
AUTOMOBILE,
UNION, UNITED
INTERNATIONAL
we
of
will
the
resist
an
McGovern
Next Time Out:
@ MOST MEN have a secret notion they’d be good
cooks if they tried.
offer
some
Just
wait
tips.
We'll
e@ GIVING A PARTY isn’t
so hard if you know how.
and
see.
@ AIRCRAFT plans will be
set by the 1AM-UAW session in Los Angeles; we'll
have full coverage.
2
1958—Page
‘57 Do-Nothing Record
Haunts New Legislature
6,
, Jan.
votel
to
@ state
>
o
“
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>
in unemployment and a doMichigan's Republican-ruled
session on Jan. 8.
.ANSING—An alarming rise
cna
record from 1957 face
legislature, which opens its 1958
Observers predict, however,
speedy action on many critical
legislature’s time will be descrapping
budget
tions
fiewing
d
that
there
the
over
and
the
appropria-
1957
is
legislative
every
indication
legislature
will
resume
battle
over a personal
tax versus a corporation
its
1957
the
legislative
good
the
Missile
need
part
for
of
the
Work
Up in State
Far
from
being
of
is
the
space
emerging
arsenal
report | siles,
left-in
of
as
the
age,
an
im-
guided
mis-
according to Defense Department procurement
figures.
-Long
and
regarded
wheels
as
producing
a
campaign
Warning
The
report
went
on to warn
that even a fair state personal
income tax would not guarantee|
that the present unfair sales tax}
be
repealed.
None
of
the);
Figures
the
released
Detroit
reveal
months
center,
this
week
Ordnance
that
more
by
District
in
the
last
than half of
six
the
| Army’s buying in Michigan has
| been
for missiles, their equip-
legislative leaders have indicated
}ment and facilities.
that one would necessarily fol-j
Procurement for 1957 in the
Jow the other.
state
totaled
$246,000.000,
of
The tax adopted br the legiswhich $196,000,000 was for mis-
lature
on
beer,
cigarettes
has
the need
program
and
merely postponed |
of
Michigan
direct
workers
of immediate
More
liquor
for action on a new
for the state.
Matters
need
wine,
interest
that
to
are
in
action are:
adequate
compensation;
tax|
unemployment|
a
comprehensive
program of specific employment
aid to Michigan workers, and a
state automation commission.
All of these
fits
in
were
the
services and
1957
session.
The
improved
unemployment
compensation bill would have set
benefits
ual's
at
50%
average
each
of
wage
dependent,
the
individ-
plus
$5
for
to a maximum
of two-thirds of the state's average wage in covered employ-|
ment
for
26 weéks.
Oct.
and
the
1952 when the first research
development
contract
for
Redstone
was
awarded
to
the Chrysler Corp. Chrysler also
holds the contract for engineering and production
of the
Army’s
Jupiter
guided
missile.
In
production
at
CurtissWright's Utica Bend plant is the
While
production
an
tank
and
will
important
automotive
continue
to
be
part of Michigan's
defense’
-production,
an
even
greater shift in defense buying
is expected, with the Navy and
Air Force due to expand their
granted
the*
award by the workmen’s compensation
board.
department
As
stands.
Chrysler
a
result,
appeal
the
award
Opposed
Also
opposing
the
widow's
award was Chrysler Corp., which
claimed
William
West,
the
that the auto worker,
Stewart, of 1757 Grand
Detroit,
course
was
of
Plymouth
plant.
Stewart
died
not
his
work
on
killed
Noy.
at
14,
in
the
1953,
after a fight with a fellow worker. Stewart worked at a milling
machine
near a conveyor
line,
where engine blocks were moying. In a dispute over moveable
wooden
men
to
steps
Stewart
cross
which
the
the
line,
was struck on the head.
Jobless
No
over
enabled
one
isn’t action
rising
can
on
Jam-Up
say
that
|
missile
buying
in-this
the problem
unemployment
of
in
In
the
latest
leadership
the
months
The parking problem rated
an eight-inch story in a Detroit newspaper.
The unemployed?
They're
not
news.
UAW-sponsored
of
Henri
New
World
Chorus
was
seen
by
Michigan
viewe)
t
the UAW'’s Telescope show, the group presented a prograiims!
in many countries of the world.
The 50-voice group . "1
Nosco,
formerly
associated
with
Toscanini.
Up Four GM
to Go
More
series
and
both
the
forthcoming
state merger
many
long-
_
off instead
as before.
In
the
the Flint
reported;
at
of out on
other
in
members
of
Local
581,
rights
of
Blanc,
won
that
a
skilled
581
new
protects
workers.
settlement
on
the
GM
at Mansfield,
ion,
Ind.
000
strong,
Local
type
Pacts?
in Flintt
were
of
the
ready
to
to
ard
a
24-hour
Director
into an
and
20,-
mentioned
its
resulted
in
Ternstedt
GM.
postpon-
Robert A. Carter
all-night session
an
agreement.
Wide World's
on Wheels.”
were
running,
FLINT—As
Ternstedt
program
was
a
strike
for
that
the UAW
went
that
in
326
unit
of
parts
and
years
began
recognition
tions for the growing
at the newly-opened
1C
21
Chevrolet,
service
at
where
They,
reached agreement after
of
meetings.
Also
area
under
are
way
in
preliminary
out an NLRB election.
Assisting the shop committees
too,
lengthy
the
with-
in all negotiations are regional
and GM department representa-
Flint
tives.
negotia-
national
groups
state bodies
AFL-CIO.
have
merger
convention,
scheduled
for Feb.
an
outline
UAW special
ris and
to
officials
and the
urged
a
tentatively
24, he re-
were
given}.
of
the
upcoming
conyention by Mor-
to the problems
to give
full
study
to be faced.
plans,
long-ran
for
example.
conference
auditorium,
tion
rooms,
offices,
#
a kitchen,
recre?
facilities
sery
to
mothers,
The
and
be
even
used
a
by
recreation
nu
workil}e
facilities
}\
swimming
a
include
will
pool,
tennis
courts,
play-}\
grounds, picnic grounds and}
a baseball
The
used
and
football field. ,)'
tor ets
wile
auditorium,
when not {om
be ou
can
for meetings,
plans. Space
for
locker
center
new
The
is also provided
rooms,
‘=!
be
Iq)
floors
0}
will
RETIRING
committee
tions
of the
Free
the
CHAIRMAN
New
York
on
of
is
UNICEF
office of the
Trade
Unions.
Michigan
CIO
Kemsley,
Council,
has
organiza-
non-governmental
th e
Bill
Kemsley,
International
former
been
right,
Confederation
education
a
director
member
director
of
Local
of
of
174
Kemsley
is the newly-elected
for the last 20 years.
With
chairman, Miss Alba Zizzamia, and Mahmood Shafqat, chair-
man
of the UNICEF
executive
board.
»
-
gymnasa
to
present
into
converted
ium,
according
cated near the Ternstedt plan{
between Flint and Mt. Morris.?
The building will be of mod)o
ern design with aluminum. curl:
walls,
tain
asphalt
aluminum
tile,
exterior
built-up
a
entrance
doors
roojp
ani
the
architect.
sented
with
began
Sept.
awards
by
Region®e
Co-Director Edward Cote.
The ceremonies concluded the
current series of classes which
of the
await
whem
proposes to construct a $120,0)0
union center which will inclujii
1A
further attempts to bring
a merger
of the
state
will
but
coip
In ceremonies
at Local
174)!
hall, UAW students who successfully completed classes in GM
grievance procedures were pre-)>
short-lived
merger
meeting in
Detroit between representatives
of AFL-CIO
a
Awards to 150
UAW Students
recent
the group
is
newcomer,
building
to
Morris
reported
on the positive steps taken by the AFL-CIO
in expelling corrupt unions,
told
326
acoustical ceilings in the offices
other things, accordinj:
among
7%
AFL-CIO
meeting.
Local
locals
local to shame.
Take
the
local’s
are
the
UAW
sets out to do something, it ge
all out and puts many an old}ie
all
operations
recognized
which
they
had; Management
the local was or- UAW’s bargaining
rights
1954.
parative
work force
Otterburn
leaders’) |being
consolidated,
including
had an overwhelming strike vote - those from Williow Run. Otterbehind them in their efforts to| burn is five miles west of Flint.
improve
their
seniority
agreeganized
Local
was
ago this week
strike
Region
nationwide
Salute to General Motors on
its 0thanniyersary.
Not
Mar-}
Vice President Leon-
Woodcock
factories
agriculture.
Part of the
agreements
599 members,
the
Chevrolet plant putting acar
together earlier and included
the film clips into the partlive, part-film show illustrating how the automobile has
created a new way of life in
transportation, industry and
pat-
O. and
in
Local 326 Plans
$120 000Certe 3
“worked”
however.
The
cameras
had
filmed workers in the Flint
The
was
Sunday
No
area, some previously
Fisher
Body
workers
Grand
members
UAW
telecast of Wide
program “World
the street,
settlements
Flint on TY
ahead.
the
national
estab-
standing injustices were eliminated. Sanitation employes, formerly excluded, now go into the
plantwide clearing group on lay-
ment,
under
worked since
convention
covering
bly unit in which
ment, UAW
AFL-CIO
theme,
pattern
lished in the Chevrolet assem-
agreed
Co-Direct-
immediately
the
in November. Just minutes before the deadline, local leaders
in Solidarconvention
ported.
The local
offices,
com-
a
following
Buick
The meeting, held
ity House,
had
a
pensation
unemployment
direction
One
made
ors Ken Morris and George Merrelli have briefed Region 1 local
presidents and officials on critical matters facing the UAW in
Any
about
the
in
meetings,
Detroit city
Two
Michigan.
agencies have been ordered to
parking
the
to
relief
seek
problems and traffic jam-ups
at
the
the
Appearing on
Christmastime
of
Wrap
terned
area.
Co-Directors
Brief Leaders
Merrelli
there
traditions
under
Local
LANSING—An auto worker’s widow will collect her late
husband's compensation benefits after a four-year court fight
as a result of the votes of four Democratic Michigan Supreme
Court justices. The Democratic justices deadlocked the votes
of four Republican justices who voted to deny the widow her
after being
the
agreement
Democratic Justices Uphold
Widow's CompensationAward
claim
in
of
FLINT—With four local seniority and shift preference agreements at GM plants suece}
fully wrapped up, UAW negotiators meet with the company again today in efforts to “ar
i
the fifth, and last, plant dispu te;
sile items.
Hanging fire are seniority issues in the V-8 engine unit of Chevrolet where Local a
Redstone and Jupiter
ready to strike for their demands. There is HOES for a speedy settlemejis!’
Detroit's missile work began in members are
bene- | anti-tank Dart missile, one of
killed—| | the smallest missiles in the na} tion’s arsenal.
proposed—and
TELEVISION DEBUT
on Sunday, Dec. 29.
motors
The| experts had forecast a gradual
ses- decline in Michigan as a defense
no
one
expected
the
center when
missile and electo succeed in 1957.”
tronic work became the big defense expenditure.
but
would
a
issues,
portant
tax has only just
begun.
traps were laid early in the
Tax
despite
income| |backwash
profits | Michigan
the
Michigan
CIO
Council
stressed
that
the
“propaganda
campaign for a personal income
sion,
that
9
and
consisted
of}«
six classes of 2% hours each. 1%
1
were
150 students
than
More
eligible for the awards,
Addressing the award recipwast
families
their
and
jents
WoodVice President Leonard
cock, who
role
they
coming
GM
told of the important
will
play
in
negotiations
the
and
up-
in
the enforcement of the contract
that will evolve.
The second series of classes
on the same procedures will be-
gin in March,
é
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SOLIDARITY
Lives?
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That comfortable rocking chair on the front
hh can very often become a prison cell or a
i
d skid to the coffin.
yy still-valuable lives have been knocked
because of a gnarled worker's failure to
ew
‘ust from a lifetime of toil to a frittering future
day,
mailing list, active one
e pension
in-
e, often without direction the next.
Authorities on the problems of the aged have
pinpointed this gap as a
period of major crisis—
socially, economically
and physically—for senior workers.
For that reason, high-
level opinion around the
country seems firmly be-
hind
Walter
proach
b
‘To a roomful
“tnlefore them
udns,
Reuther
=
gulf
of UAW
UAW
P. Reuther’s
to
bridging
ment and retirement.
who
representatives
asked
ap-
this
employ-
between
had
for senior citi-
the union’s program
recently
President
this question:
ui) dustry going on a special short work week of
eir own rather than plunging directly from
lig!) full employment into full retirement?”
The question stirred a lot of thought
pe
in the
“490m and here and there in the world outside,
valhough it was given next-to-no publicity.
fl For more precise comment, the question was
- sodent to Republican and Democratic state capitols,
\
bill for institutionalization and relief because as a
society we have ignored the emotional frustration
of an aging population . . .
“For most people, a job or a profession is the
axis of life.
“Leaders in business and industry are aware
that no single’ solution, no one prescription, can
the
meet the needs of aif retirees. But one of
to this
answers
of Walter Reuther
that industrial jobs be shared
basis.”
a part-time
on
Gov. Theodore K. McKeldin of Maryland delivered an address on employment security, using
the Reuther question as his theme. He sent along
the following comments:
“] think Mr. Reuther’s plan has much merit
and it deserves the consideration of industry.
“what we need also, I believe, is a full-dress
survey of the human material with which we have
to work in this atomie era of progress and promise — this period of time in which we plan to
reach into the distant areas of the sky for the
enhancement
and application of man’s knowledge
“In
recent
regarding
ages, and
workers.
mil}
age limits in hiring, rigid retirement
possible problems presented by older.
og)
“|
a transition
from
olbloyment to full retirement.
“It is patently wrong to-continue
full
| worker when he is 64 years and 364 days old
~
.« | and wholly ineffective on the next day.
“A special short work week for veteran work“prs is one way in which we can begin to correct
badguch a situation...
“Pennsylvania is developing forward-looking
:
betland extensive programs to break through age
“sdbarriers to employment and to learn how to make
gsiithe best possible use of the skills of -its older
r4workers
. . . Walter
Reuther’s
proposal
. . . is a
4welcome addition to these effgrts and we plan to
“p4advance it at every opportunity.’”
_ Said Anthony Salamone, director of adult edu‘eation at St. Louis University:
©
f
|
|
“At least three out of every five industrial
workers will resent their retirement and be
unhappy with the experience it entails unless
there is a get-accustomed, tapering-off period
ib | devised.
“Industry's and labor's stake in this matter is
p
15 af tremendous; taxpayers’, too, for they pay a huge
serve
being
practical
very
the older worker.
:
port a retirement system which says, in effect, that an individual is a fully effective
to
purpose
the
greater opportunities for
em-
to sup-
prob-
on
the cooperating firms
to influence their
and
_ policies constructively toward the development of
‘obiindorsement.
.© |! Said Goy. George M. Leader of Pennsylvania:
| “f wholeheartedly support the idea of parti
as
these
bearing
lems,
In every case, the Reuther idea received warm
employment
the department of
a series of studies
“At Ohio State University,
psychology has been making
i#st in problems of the aging American worker.
siijime
concern
much
has been
years there
® university leaders, to men and women in high
ice who have shown more than a passing inter-
)
in the proposal
be
may
problem
seems
“It
that a special
A
work week for certain older workers
be an admirable method of tapering
“Sundry adaptations may be feasible
types of employment. For instance, we
machine
me
short
might
off.
in most
found a
a 72-year-
placed
which
company
tool
to
skilled mechanic in charge of the tool cage.
“After the death of his wife, this worker’s contacts on-the job had become practically all of his
life. His age had made him inefficient at skilled
work, but his wide acquaintance in the shop and
old
with its operations’
tool cage.
him
made
admirable
in
the
“Fad he been thrown into retirement at 65
or
so,
chances
are
death
would
have
been
welcome.”
Said Thomas C, Desmond, chairman of the New
York
state
joint
lems of aging:
“From
legislative
the standpoint
committee
of both
older
on
employer,
of the universe.”
Wrote Dr. Sidney Pressey, professor emeritus
of psychology at Ohio State University:
Fe “What's wrong with veteran workers in in-
an
By
“The older worker has an opportunity to adjust .
to his new and sometimes unwanted status. The~
MARTIN
RAY
on prob-
employees
and the employer, there is much to be said for a
period of tapering off through a shorter work
schedule before permanent and full retirement.
skills,
the
utilize
the
other
hand,
judgment
and
can
oO
temporarily
maturity
of the &
older worker to’ train younger men and work
alongside them to prevent any dislocations in
production.
“Part-time employment for workers who
reach retirement age, arbitrarily set at 65 in
most industries, offers a good opportunity for
older men and women to earn and to continue
to be active and useful.”
Said Robert J. Havighurst, president of Geron-
tological
Society
Inc.
and
professor
of education
at the University of Chicago:
“Some form of flexible retirement seems to me
to be desirable. Two forms of securing flexibility
are possible.
“One is for the worker to retire when he feels
ready and willing to retire, provided he is capable of performing reasonably well on his job.
Thus the retirement age
would be flexible, ranging for most people from
about 63 to about 68.
“The second form of
as
retirement,
flexible
Mr. Reuther indicates, is
for the worker to go on
a short-work week or a
when
short work year after he reaches an age
comhe and his employer agree that he should
mence
part-time retirement.
“Under this scheme the older worker could
either team with others like himself to share
of
jobs, or he could work during the season
peak employment, taking a long vacation during the off-season.”
Said Gov. Foster Furcolo of Massachusetts:
“The community
our
senior
citizens,
has a responsibility to see that
who
in
many
cases
led
the
better
fight to establish better working conditions,
ng
hours and better wages for all of the worki
people in this country, are not denied the opporof
tunity to continue to share in the prosperity
create,
the nation which they so largely helped to
“They haye also earned the right to share
in the spiritual and human warmth of the
communities in which they live.
“Ror this reason, I believe that in so far as it
and labor should join
is possible, management
to
together (in such ideas as this of Reuther’s)
afford
workers
continuing
opportunities.”
Said Wilbur J. Cohen, professor in the department of sociology at the University of Michigan:
to
“There seems to be a tendency on our part
1930swing to extremes on this question. During
g
35, the pendulum swung to a philosophy of urgin
for
practically all the aged to retire to make jobs
the younger worker.
“Perhaps a more balanced approach is
needed. We should make it possible for those
aged who are willing and able to work to do
so, and for those who wish to retire after 65
to do so.”
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Set
it
eccec
Clic!
Camera advertising is getting rather gooey nowadays, but snapshot
s are fun to
take and keep. Particularly if you have children.
But don’t be leer
— beca
y
use of
price or because cf your lack of know-how.
You can get an aeceptable box camera
for in the neighborhood of $10. And these are almost foolp
roof if you’re any good
at all at judging distance. What’s more most of them are synchron
ized for flash. That
Means you don’t have to wait for bright sunshine or have to take all
your pictures out of doors. ‘All box cameras have fixed-focus lenses. Pictures usu-
ally are sharpest when the subject is about 15 to 25 feet from the
camera.
But the box camera has such great depth of field
that objects-as close
as seven
feet will be reasonably
sharp.
Close-ups? - Uh-uh.
Not unless you buy a special
supplementary
lens. Another flaw is that these cameras
oe
Some
have only one shutter speed, which is relatively slow. So any
pronounced movement will blur the picture. However, they also have
only
one
excellent
aperture
setting
so you
don’t
films—i.e., Verichrome
Pan
have
and
to
All
fuss
and
fiddle
Weather
with
that.
Pan— have been
concocted to make the box cameraman’s lot easier, Another new
film—Size 127
Ektachrome—has also been brought out to make better color slide
production possible. Later on, after gaining experience, you may want to tackle a
more complicated
camera. If you do decide to step out and try a folding camera, you'll find the
lenses
are faster, that the camera is more fully focusable and that you'll have
a number of
E
E
ae
size of the negative in relation to size of the snapshot you want, so Jong as the
picture
is in focus. Your prints usually will be “jumbo” size(-214x4 or 314x5)
regardless of
the negative size, unless you specify otherwise.
The polaroid camera still seems to most people to be as much a novelty as
when it
first came out in 1948, although its price—from $70 to $250—definitely takes
it out of
re e
= x
shutter speeds to consider. One good thing, however: Folding came
ras are more compact and therefore more convenient to carry when folded up.
Don’t worry about the
the
“toy”
class.
As
you
mane
ished print only a minute
polaroid
pictures
were
probably
know,
polaroid’s
the
camera
that
gives
you
a fin-
after you've snapped the picture. If you remember, the first
rather
sleazy
(sepia
rather
than
black and white, and not too
sharply defined). That’s all been improved. Atop that, polaroid now supplies you
with
a squee-gee with which you can coat each picture to give it longer life. The chief
virtue
of the polaroid
for
developing
your
get
negative
an
use only polaroid
you
self,
chusetts.
One
accurate
special
and
first snap
the picture,
ait
cost.
is that
care.
printing
was
you
can’t
exposure.
you've
shot.
Then,
too, if
duplicate
prints
or enlargements
your-
is that you've
got to
send your prints to Polaroid Co. in Massa-=
make either or both for you at very moderate
feature about
There’s
It’s all up to you.
film, and
to see what
exposed wrong,or if the subject isn’t all in
can immediately retake it correctly. While
make
you can
They'll
irritating
you don’t have to finish a roll of film or wait
no color film
the polaroid
no skilled darkroom
Another
bad
is available.
You
feature
may
man
to give your
is
that
think
that
you
can
polaroid
film is outrageously expensive when you step up to the counter to buy it. But remember one thing. You won't be paying for developing and printing your pictures.
The camera does it. And you'll find that it gets to be rather expensive having your
film handled in a darkroom at a photography shop or drugstore. Polarojd offers you
two flashing units, about a’buck apart in price and both less than $15. Tests show
that
both
are
well-enough
constructed
and will provide sufficient light.
film is a little tricky, you’ll have to experiment with
best settings for the camera when you're using flash.
2
ay
z
your
flashing
unit
But since the
to
find
the
Just about as you'd figure, the important thing to consider in buying a projector to
show your color slides is the brightness and sharpness of the image it casts. Brightness is particularly important because 1) it adds excitement to the image and 2) it's
useful when you have a dark or an over-exposed slide. Besides, the more light the
projector beams through the transparency, the farther you can operate it from the
screen, the less you have to darken the room and the larger the image you'll get.
Contrary
to what
of the
you’d
light—some
Indeed, some
think, brightness
300-watters give
are as bright as
doesn’t necessarily depend
upon
the strength
six times brighter an image than others.
a 500-watter. What’s important is the light
concentration and the heat filtering lens. Nowadays, too, you should
not have any trouble getting at least a semi-automatic projector so you won’t have to fumble in the dark to find the
next slide and
load a magazine
set
Uti
of them
They'll
time
up
and
go
to see if it’s right side up.
from
slide
to
slide
by
You
pushing
a
button or pulling a handle.
By getting more than one magazine, you can store your slides in them so that they’re ready for
projection at a moment's notice, or at least as little time as it takes to
the
screen.
Most
are fully-automatic.
run
experiment
through
a whole
of the
That
magazines
is, once
magazine-full,
you
going
will hold
30 or more
slides, and
some
start
them,
from
slide to slide at a pre-selected
they
just
keep
going.
interyal: When your transparencies come back to you from thé processor, you'll
find them mounted on cardboard. For those you may value more highly for sentimental reasons, it's not a bad idea to sandwich them between glass plates to protect
them fzom dust, grime and possible scratching. It’s also not a bad idea to take a few
transparencies along when you go to buy your projector. Try them out several times,
both horizontally and vertically in various projectors before you make your choice.
ol
‘Wou ve Got
Two
a Keepsake
sizes of equipment
meter,
with 8 mm.
are generally
by far more
used
for home
To
begin with,
popular.
movie-making,
8 mm.
film
,
8 and
ae
16 milli-
is cheaper
(color
costs one-third as much).
Equipment also costs less and is not as bulky. Most of it
can be carried in a jacket pocket. Some advanced amateurs prefer 16 mm. for three
reasons: 1) quality is. higher, 2) projection can be larger and 3) more advanced
equipment, including sound film, is available.
As a rule, if you can_take good
snapshots, you can make movies.
After all,-on the simple cameras the
only ‘adjustment necessary is the aperture, depending on light conditions.
Otherwise,
camera
shouldn’t
the
ing
you
merely
wind
the motor,
sight
through
viewfinder, press the starting button—and you're makmovies.
You don’t have to be Rockefeller.
Your
another
$50
fixed-focus
cost.
and
you
more
the
screen
but
with
lenses,
than
about
enough
$50,
your
$10,
depth
projector
Most
cameras
of field
that
have
you'll
get
ac-
ceptably sharp pictures anywhere except at close range. For that, you'll
need either a supplementary close-up lens or a focusing lens. Film comes on
spools or in flat magazines.
Spools are cheaper but the magazine type is easier to
load and reverse. It’s run through once exposing half its width, then reversed and
the other half exposed. The processor develops it, splits it down the middle and
splices
the
two
end
to end.
You
get 50
feet
of
film
or
about
four
minutes
running
time. Most of the cameras you'll see will have eye-level viewfinders. If you’re going
to use supplementary lenses, the “zoom” type is probably best. By turning a knob
or pressing a button, you.change the image size at the same time you’re adjusting
the finder to the focal length of the film. Most all of them will have film-footage
indicators, but only a few will be self-set ting. You’ll have to do that by hand. Prices
on these better models range from $70 to $135, but discounts are available.
Probably
meter.
the most
In.a
twin-lens
popular better cameras
reflex,
a ground
glass screen
same
see.
won’t wind
up with
You
large enough
for usable
the
image
are the twin-lens reflex and the 35 milli-
of what
you’re photographing is reflected on
size as the negative.
decapitated
contact
You’re
subjects.
snapping
The
negative
prints or enlargements
exactly
is
what
214x2'4
of reasonable
you
inches,
size without spe-
cial fine-grain developing. Prices range up to $200, cost.of the famed Rolleiflex.
Japanese make one called Minolta Autocord near the Rollei in quality and costing half as much. The 35 mm. popularity stems in large part from the
The
interest in color slides which are less expensive and more easily projected in 35 mm. Along with that. the 35 mm. is light, easy to
operate and has a low negative cosf. Trouble is, consider-
able enlargement
is needed to make a usable photo from
the tiny negative. When
and
scratches
developing,
Prices
on
show
something
the
35
either camera
up
it is enlarged. dust specks, pinholes
glaringly.
you
mm.
<8
Also,
can’t
are
you
always
need
fine
- grain
get at the corner drug store.
considerably
less.
Things
to
check
in
are the focusing. film advance and shutter mechanisms.
buying
All should
operate smoothly and easily. The consensus among professionals and skilled amateurs
is that the Rollei has, in addition to a finer finish, several features that you won’t find
on the cheaper types. Most of them, however, do offer such helps as double-exposure
prevention, a shutter release on the camera, front panel focusing and an automatic
film counter. A 35 mm. can set you back as much as $300, but tests have shown that
several models costing less than $90 will produce excellent pictures. Here, too, you can
get protection against double-exposure. A few models have an added gimmick, a so-
ealled
“light
reach
the film.
so that
no
Three
value
system.”
matter
at what
You'll
types
This
speed
find most
of projection
links
you
the shutter speed with
set the
of them
screens
shutter,
relatively
are
matte,
the
easy
to
same
the diaphragm
amount
focus.
glass-beaded
and
of light
metallic-
advantages and, of course, disadvantages.
Chief drawback to the matte
is less popular than the others) is the image’s relatively low brightness
opening
will
Each
é
is
;
|
has
type (which
because the
sereen reflects less light. The image, however, is smooth and uniform. That is, it’s
equally bright regardless of the angle from which you look at it. If your projector
is bright enough, the matte screen may be best for you. Matte has been largely replaced, however, by glass-beaded screens because the latter do yield a brighter image.
But the image is “grainy” (or rough) and you do sometimes get a variation in
brightness.
if you’re
the
to
you
use
face
waves
jector
right
fall
screen
especially
brightest,
sitting
tendency
of
The
in front of it.
off—and
rather
to another.
a stereo
wary
on
up and
of course,
slide
The
and
down
screen.
This
metallic
brightness,
sharply,
projector.
One
on
séveral times.
this
however,
caused
by
one
is better
thing
distortion
Check
screen—particularly
too—from
metallic screen
of is “laddering,”’
the
is the
to
tilting
Maechho
has a
part
if
be
by suryour
pro-
If dark lines on the screen remain
stationary while the picture moves up and down, you've got “laddering.”
Some of them — which
Almost all of these screens are mounted on tripods.
tabs for spreading and closing the
you can find only by shopping around—have
tripod legs so that you'll be less apt to get your fingers pinched while you're folding
them. If you don’t like the rods, bars and knobs on these models, there is a simple
box
It is less likely
type.
to carry
store.
and
to set the screen on.
the
weight—a
15 pounds,
ij
|
The
But
to snag
nearby
the disadvantage
Prices range’a
faetor
screen
to
consider
is usually
objects
40x40
closet,
and
it is easier
in this case is that you need a table or stand
from
long way,
if you
in the storage
use
the
inches,
around
screen
$10
much—is
to nearly
$40,
usually
from
while
10
to
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Jan. 6, 1958—Page
acc
TACKLES
LL GIVE YOU TWO
(we
Pere
FOR ONE DISGRUNTLED SCIENTIST
LONG LOST BROTHERS? NO!
SOLIDARITY,
THEY WORK 100 FEET FROM
EACH OTHER INAN AUTOMATED
N
os /
© J Russa’
Tribute to Winstead
The day after Christmas the arch-Republican
New
York Herald Tribune, perhaps influenced
by the spirit of the season, published an editorial tribute to the late Ralph
Winstead under
the title “Death of a Working Stiff.” We
print st bere as a beautifully-written piece
someone
who obviously knew
>
EDICATION
mands
.
is
a
respect
reby
his subject well.
.
quality
which
wherever
it
com-
appears.
Some men dedicate their lives to art, others
to science, music, literature or religion.
Ralph
Dimmit Winstead, now dead at sixty-
four, dedicated his life to what he affection-
ately called
to labor.
In_
his
movement
“the
lifetime
working
:
he
had
of America
stiff”—in
grow
seen
from
short,
the
labor
a small,
harassed and persecuted band of brave and
determined pioneers into a successful and
prosperous organization of many millions.
In this growth it acquired many interior
faults and evils, of which Ralph Winstead
Was as well aware as any honest man—
honesty
which
and
integrity
being
the
qualities
distinguished his whole life.
But de-
Spite labor’s faults he still placed his devotion and his services upon
that side,
believing that it worked in general for the
greater good of man. Perhaps it does.
life
He
down
ment
had spent the last seven years of that
for the United Auto Workers tracking
the members of the Invisible Governwho had shot and tried to kill Walter
Reuther.
group and associations which recently met
and
SEUNG TON— Conservative
talk
that
the United States must pull in its belt
cut down on its social services or in-
crease taxes in order to meet the communist challenge are refuted in a report by the
National Planning Association.
The report, issued last March but not
made
public
until now,
declares
that
the
American economy can even afford “substantial” increases in defense spending
without shaking its foundations.
The report finds “that even if national
at Apalachin, Learning the identity of the
assassins and proving it were two different
things; in real life; as apart from television,
of the spirit of the seagon, or something, we report
with amusement rather than
guys
iness
quite on
When Ralph
get the eood ewe
Winstead
disappeared
eae
at
for the out-of-doors,
the
wholesome
almost
things
of
childlike sense
manent
wonder.
life.
He
of curiosity
The
had
and
ice presumably
per-
gave
much
imagine what passed through his
that final, and not necessarily
the
poorer
for. his
taking
A
economy
stantial
afforded
increase
is even
programs,
in defense
more
apt
consumers
spending
today,
of
to in-
can
when
be
the
prise.”
(Which
dandy job!)
private
has
such
is running
PAI
below
The
report,
prepared
Report
normal
by
mission .
. which would
make recommendations. to
capacity,
Gerhard
bile,
Aircraft
AFL-CIO.
RICHARD
LEONARD
needed.”
GEORGE
increased
busirsss
of a rising work
earnings
expansion
and
as
would
well
as
force
provide
some
in-
crease in nondefense government programs.
While
a
general
tax
cut
would
changes
in various
not
be
possible, the report declares that “compensating
might
be made
ed total yield
while
leaving
unchanged,
tax
rates”
the expect-
Agricultural
weekly.
to non-members, $2.50.
water P. REUTHER
President
CHARLES
taxes would not be
and
Published
be the necessity ‘to forego otherwise possi-
income
Tate)
lege.
He
frequently
says
that a proposal must meet
three tests — it must be so-
cially just, morally right and
economically sound.”
(A dangerous man!)
-
-
“Mr. Reuther is a supersalesman of his ideas and
thus presents a real challenge to business and
other groups who may disagree with him.”
(And
about
we're
awful
that.)
sorry
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Colm,
increased national defense program would
personal
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& AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS
OF AMERICA-UAW
chief economist, and his associate Manuel
Helzner, declares that the “cost” of the
ble tax reductions. New
on
“Mr. Reuther calls for economic abundance and _ inveighs against special privi-
a
:
haves
ee
enter-
done
concepts.”
off,
than it was last spring when the report
was
first prepared,”
said Chairman
H.
Christian Sonne of NPA.
for
requirements
on
Congress and the President
to assure that the benefits
are fairly shared and full
employment maintained.”
(Clearly outrageous!)
crease their consumption at a rate slightly
higher than that of the past decade, and
governments—federal, .state and local—to
e expansion in their services.”
finding of the report that a sub-
defense
capital
much
painful moment. Our guess is that he gave
a wry, respectful hail and farewell to the
Boss Organizer up above, the original king
of the have-nots
and dispossessed and
working stiffs of this world. And we believe he smiled, for he was always smiling,
and saluted his departing life as having
been worth living, for Ralph Winstead
loved life, ard lived it fully and joyfully.*
The world is better for his having been and
can only
mind in
en-
greater
and
Here, the-maga-
“On automation, he urged
setting upa permanent com-
the
the
most continually involved
in new bargaining ideas
at Walter
way beneath him and he plunged to the
bottom of that terribly cold water. One
plus
billion in 1960, there would remain
economy sufficient normal produc-
Looks
St. Reuther.”
an
larged
$42 billion in 1957
to leadership in the UAW,
the-union and the automobile industry have been al-
rage the long piece in Nation’s Business entitled “Bus-
the fresh_air and all
tion
capacity
to enable
business
to increase its capital formation in response to
to $54
in the
increased from
“Since Mr. Reuther rose
Clair Shores, Mich., a week ago last Sun- zine says, are some of the
day, it was natural to think he had met things
business
worries
foul play. But all available evidence now about:
=
indicates that he simply went out as he
“On developing peaceful
often liked to do to chop a hole in the ice
uses of atomic energy, Mr.
of the lake on which he lived and see if the - Reuther criticizes the govperch were running. He had a great zest
ernment for relying too
The $54 billion defense spending budget
—about $10 billion-more than is generally
foreseen today—would assume the return
of defense spending at the Korean level.
This would make possible a substantial
further rise in consumer demand through
spending
JPECAUSE our heart is full
the good guys do not always necessarily get
the bad guys. On the contrary, the bad
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’
UAW | Now Works
Where Ford Lived
By
RAY
the
UAW,
East
ferson’ in Detroit.
as
UAW’s
a
result
purchase
of
huge,
rambling
World
War.
Today
few
occupied
of
by
the
or
course,
have
Bought
in
It was
moved
his
offices.
EDSEL
Jef-
been
above,
1920
1920
when
family
into
the
of
three,
his
and
sons,
Benson,
Five
Me.,
stood
a_
William
in
its
day,
hun-
ered one of Detroit’s outstanding
residences.
Upon
acquiring
the
three-
story home, Edsel had it completely remodeled. On the second
floor a nursery
to
this
Ford
day
touch.
rhymes
found
Ford
first
more
the
was
room. bears
Instead
and
set up, and
Mother
of
the
nursery
Goose
tales
on most nursery walls, the
youngsters picked out their
words from quotations of
heady stuff.
Emblazoned
Germanic
on
the
walls
in
script are such phrases
as: “It is the peculiar quality
of fools to perceive the faults of
others
and
“Truth
—Cicero.
their
overlook
is
own”
courage,
falsehood cowardice,” and “We
may outrun, by violent swiftness, that which we run at, and
During
10-year
were
city’s
in
“gold
house,
the
important
an
coast”
part
a
of
of
they
the
whirl.
social
was the
In 1924 the house
scene
family’s
the Edsel Ford
stay
party
dinner
in
of
Prince
the
of
honor
Wales. The Detroit papers
described in detail the scores
of
and
guests
festivities.
The
the
elaborate
party
the
when
climaxed
was
prince
yacht
Ford
the
boarded
the
at
anchored
“Sialia”
riverfront behind the home
and
the
Ontario,
Windsor,
to
“yiver
across
escorted
was
tour
a
began
where
he
Legend
has it that Henry
of
Canada,
didn’t
take
goings-on of
considerable
quizzing
The
kindly
head
to
his son
time
Edsel’s
of
Ben-
net, tells in his book “We Never
Called Him Henry” of a time he
Important
Socially
Harry
department,
g” service
— Shakeoverrunnin
by
speare.
consid-
and
the
estate
the
Ford
social
and spent
personally
household
Ford’s
staff.
notorious
drove the elder Ford to Edsel’s
home. Finding Edsel-away, Ben-
nett related, Henry
home
for
a
went into the
look-around.
When
ments.
Now
operating
home are the UAW’s
ployment department,
that following a $100,000 jewel
robbery at Edsel’s home during
a party,
Adlington
was
1944
Henry
himself
had
taken the gems to teach Edsel
a lesson and curb his partygiving.
Idle
for
Years
what
in
193
Edsel escaped his father some-
when
he
moyed
his family to a new $2 million
Point in
estate at Gaulker
Grosse Pointe Shores.
After the Fords vacated
their East Jefferson home it
the Chrysler
1955
of
tells
Jacques
its
of
earl-
the
by
sale
Campau,
to Lt. Col. John Francis Hamtramck, commandant of United
States troops at Detroit.
Historic
Past
3
In later years, the land was
tenanted by names well-known
to
Detroiters.
of
the
to
Solidarity
Van
James
The
Dyke farm covered the land for
several generations. Julius Stroh,
family,
brewing
Stroh
a home
had
driveway
the
where
today.
is
House
Next door to the UAW-owned
is the former
house
Newman
home
was
family,
which
families
have
Buhl
the
of
industrial
active in Detroit's
development.
moneyed
The
UAW.
|
Edsel |
from
owned
and
by |
used
as|
public
welfare
Wis.
—
Getting
payments
for the
in Wisconsin
that’s
State
the
says
Madison
opinion
legislator.
senator
State
as well. At
Gaylord
irresponsible”
the
new
of
a
Nelson
“shameful
state law
requiring a year’s residence in
Wisconsin to qualify for public
assistance
once.
Cites
should
be
at
revised
Birthday
Golden
The
his
gave
his son
be-
occupied
family
and
Ford
Edsel
which
home
fore it was purchased by the
UAW was built in 1913. That
was also the year Henry Ford
in gold
$1 million
to celebrate Edsel’s 21st birth-
day.
ernor.
He
speech
attacked
here
of a
death
girl
waukee
the
law
following
in
a
the
Milyear-old
family
whose
had been denied relief under the new law, The child
died of pneumonia in an unheated room in her family's
apartment,
Nelson
gas
law
said
had
also
the
been
apartment
because
could not pay
“Milwaukee
was
relief
say
lights
cut off
the
and
in the
family
the utility bill.
welfare
officials
this
to
denied
family because of this shameful,
irresponsible
legislation
which
should be revised at the earliest
practicable,” the senmoment
ator declared.
Shortsighted
“There
hardship
which
Milwaukee..Case
The law was enacted by the
_legislaRepublican - dominated
ture and signed by GOP Goy.
Vernon Thomson. Nelson is the
candidate for goyDemocratic
are shown
The
river.
transaction
Frenchman,
a
in-
first settlements
the
1796
in
| land
the
which
was
Corp.
SHEBOYGAN,
and
home
house
Restricting Welfare Benefits
of
of the former Newman
1944.
history,
Blasts New eee
Badger
Jandseaping
recorded
iest
a training center for junior ex- |
ecutives. Built in 1902, the home
least
elaborate
in
the
Detroit
as the
along
were
and
now
housing
education | departformer home of Dr.
Newman,
until
23), but
ee
ending
long since deserted East Jefferfair emspacious and more
the social | son for more
Their homes
Next door to the former
Ford
home,
the
UAW’s
ment, is the
that
litiga-
Chrysler
purchased
the
plush surroundings.
security
department,
women’s
to the
as monuments
remain
department, the community reera
bygone
a
of
ure
lations department and the of- architect
wealth that once was
the
to
and
fice workers department.
Ultiin the area. Today,
ed
at
tr
en
nc
co
|
mately
these
will
move
into
a functioning part of
Solidarity House, now being* ex- | they are
and its people — the
panded.
The
Ford
home
will | America
Henry
Ford’s harassment
of
his son became so widely known
theory
over
in
years,
to
many
death
involved
in
rich
| asmuch
he emerged his clothing reeked
of liquor. As Henry was a bitter
foe of drinking, the fate he be- then be used
to house
UAW
stowed on Edsel’s private stock! education institute students.
can be easily imagined.
a widely-believed
Newman's
many
UAW
| —is
garage
home’s
in
seated
the
| the land now held by the UAW
Jupiter
on
that
built
typi-
|
Historically, the general area
jalong East Jefferson—including
a 3,000-acre counMilford, Mich., the
an
of
| and grounds in 1955.
“non-resident” needy is a problem
not only
in New
Jersey
and California (Solidarity, Dec.
ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE and
in this view from the river side.
Seotten
nook:
have
its sale
|The
1944.
the swimming pool, the
and the boathouse. The
ldse
two-story
was
Cbhrysler-
interior has been revamped into
offices to handle UAW depart-
boathouse.
The home had been built in
1913 for Albert L. Stephens and,
stylish
with
Island off the Florida coast.
Gone today from the grounds
of the East Jefferson house are
II,
dred feet behind the house,
at the edge of the Detroit
river,
back-
unoccupied
purchased
in
was
for
|tion
estate in Grosse Pointe Shores, a
seaside mansion at Seal Harbor,
there was a swimming pool
and a multi-car garage-with
quarters.
remained
the
UAW
to the UAW,
try estate at
big
Clay Ford was born in 1925.
In addition to the house,
servant
the
room
must
| property
Soli-
At the time of Edsel’s death
in 1943, he owned, in addition
to the facilities now belonging
Ford
Henry
two.
in
property
the
nor (a niece of Detroit department store magnate J. L. Hud-
and
expanding
Former
house
until
house at 7930 East Jefferson. To
the 25-room palatial limestone
home he brought his wife Eleason)
House
shown
remained
unused.
At
one
time
the
garage-servant
quarters
was
used
as
a
dancing
school,
but
the
are
down.
Bertha
Daniel
the
furnishing
160.
Following
owned mansion is behind trees
to right. At left, Jeanne KilJeron of UAW
social security
department
examines
ornate
lettering
in
former
nursery.
for
Edsel
HOME is
with
darity
families.
torn
FORD
ground.
Others,
the
times
Most of them have been converted
to
apartment
houses,
clinics,
to
of
basement
dining
the first
individual
in
home
Tobacco Co. The inthe doctor's English
in
fies
of
homes
partner
the
table, hand-carved and
to last for generations,
homes
in the era preceding
built
odds
and
ends
of
furniture
which tell a story of rich living
One massive oaken buffet
its international headquarters in a locale where the
moneyed families of Detroit
built
Newman
away
the
of land
-y
of
forebears shows throughout
interior, and even today,
This ironic state of affairs
arose
Dinner
and Dillon
fluence of
Henry
home
inside.
several
after
his marriage
Scotten,
daughter
automakers
at 8000
at
Dr.
ler executives
houses
the
UAW’s education department.
Standing nearby to both forHouse,
trim
rooms,
100
that was used to train Chrys-
is Solidarity
mark
the
a beehive of UAW international union activity, and next
door a once-splendored home
of
leaf
Scotten,
where
holdings
unchanged
gold
Ford II and his brothers lived
their early childhood is today
mer
virtually
Massive oak paneling and ornate o
DENISON
home
The
is
scél ‘9 “Uer ‘ALINVQIIOS—L
eetayes
a
me
a
inte
reprby
have
cases
could
Law
been
under
have
scores
this
of
law
been
more
the
short-
serious were it not for the work
authorities
welfare
private
of
of
typical
is
- It
..
leaderunimaginative
sighted,
that the law
ship in Madison
was passed,” Nelson added.
Asked to comment on Nelremarks,
son’s
UAW
10 Director Harvey
said:
“Nobody
lief
head
dence
if
they
wants
can
members
will
help
if
hurt
they
Kitzmah
to live*on
into a recession,
law
Region
it.
ue
this redi~
many
are
U
re-
laid
of our
off.”
8
DARITY » Jan, 6, 1958—Page
Labor History in Pictures—4
op-
intensef employer
and
hardship
struggle,
BY
gases
position, unions in America early recognized their need
or more effective political action. The first workingmen’s
parties were formed more than 100 years ago.
to view
is brought
action
political
of union
scene
early
An
here by UAW staff artist John Gelsavage in one of a series.
of about 30 paintings on American labor history.
Starting in Philadelphia, workingmen’s parties in the early
1800s soon spread northward
England
and New
York
to New
and as far west as Ohio. What American workers were seekine was the right to share fully in the benefits of the coun-
development.
so
= try’s
Many of the issues were the forerunners of those which
exist today. For even though business and industry were
wealthy and expanding, there was a widening gap between
the owners and the workers. Wages, though rising, lagged
behind living costs. The workday ranged from 12 to 15 hours.
imprisoned
for
with
the
But
qualification,
debt.
began
workers
They
privilege.
special
of imprisonment
all, abolition
for
as a voting
ownership
fight
to
were
and
money,
depreciated
of property
removal
education
demanded
in
paid
often
were
Workers
for
in
debt, direct election of all public officials, greater equality
taxation and complete separation of church and state.
broader than
much
were
sought—and ‘achieved—thus
the labor movement itself.
they
reforms
political
The
SUB Proves Its True Worth
Even to Wall Street Journal
Wow it’s really official. The
Wall Street Journal, five-day-
-a-week spokesman for and to
the big business community,
unem-
supplementary
says
benefits are a good
ployment
thing.
In its issue a week ago, the
Journal did a study in depth
Donora,
of
town
steel
the
of
workers
get less
Pa., where 25% of the
are on layoff and 90%
than 40 hours’ work a week.
“In past periods of unemploy-
workers
laid-off
here,
ment
all spending,
Slashed
their savings, often were forced
to default on their debts,” says
the Journal. “Today a different
pattern
from Page
profits,
a practice
which
hearing
the
two
before
a
years
Talks
company
set
re-
“This
pricing
“With
can get
so
signed
to
is
guarantee
Motors
an
profit even
“The
of
such
disas-
trous production cut on the living-standards of General Motors
workers, their families and the
merchants and professional people who depend on workers’ paychecks
are
therefore
matters
corporation
the
which
about
can well afford to remain completely
unconcerned.”
Candidates
KENOSHA,
bers
can
of
Motors)
mayor
south
of
Joseph
etti
UAW
of
and
J.
for Mayor
Wis—Three
Local
are
this
72
mem-
(Ameri-
candidates
industrial
Milwaukee.
Lourigan,
Richard
They
Tony
H.
for
city
are
Mich-
Lindgren.
Michetti is an AMC truck driver;
Lindgren
is
presently
county
clerk,
and
Lourigan
a member
of
and
a former
man,
is
bankers,
currently
the city council
state assembly-
mer-
officials
doesn’t last
the
course,
A
Cross
department
(relief)
ef
reported
steelworkers
and
they
the
were
SUB
July
90%
public
were
the
city
on
went
the
off
into
rolls,
before
effect
1. Otherwise, he estimated,
might be getting aid.
Actually,
sayings accounts
at
submitted
the
In
the
ler,
from Page
positions.
PRB
Rabbi
chairman
Adler's View
“In
the
the
size
also
to
rendsring
first
its
cases
Morris
Ad-
said:
presented
to
on
it,
board wishes to re-emphanot alone its dedication to
justice
and
equity
within
Amer-
ican labor but also its faith in
the rank and file members of
the labor movement and in the
integrity and devotion to
cratic principles of most
leadership.
“The
board
will
demoof its
continue
to
give its earnest consideration to
every
issue
and
controversy
properly
brought
before
it and
within its jurisdiction. In voluntarily establishing such an impartial and independent body as
a
court
of
final
its framework,
venting
a
appeal
the UAW
within
has
Ohio,
act-
ed in accordance with the highest principles of democracy and
justice.”
credit
pression.”
dividends,
and
income
interest
salaries dropped about 1% “with
production
among
concentrated
manufacturing industries.”
August peak, wages and
the bulk of the decline
workers in durable-goods
mining
ber than
railroads
and
months
three
earlier.”
to
of wide.. . it is
veterans
in
rise
into
back
billions
de-
economy.
the
1
There
AFL-CIO?
of
support
another type of fight is taking
place. The issue is whether the
both in its public
committee,
hearings and the activities of
to
used
be
shall
staff,
its
it.
inbill that would
integrity of all pen-
think
don’t
groups
ployers
be
should
supervision
any
exercised over employer-conwelfare
and
pension
trolled
funds.
Drafts
intended
of proposed legislation
to weaken labor at the
table
being
include
circulated.
work”
inclusion
law,
measures
to
“right
laws,
anti-trust
under
Such
national
a
already
are
labor
of
bar-
and
ring union members from making political contributions,
Chamber Changes Tune
bargaining
year
this
including
With collective
upcoming
sions
unions,
many
sesfor
the
UAW, the U.S. Chamber of Comits. tune
changed
has
merce
“union
about
cleanup”
legisla-
tion. A chamber periodical,
Report, says that
Washington
while secret balloting in union
elections is all right, “it can’t
cure the insatiable appetite for
wage hikes.” What it calls ‘““mo-
nopoly
real
of
unions
chamber
is the
says,
issue,
the
pages
of the Congressional
The
the
power”
Record
word
and
“sputnik”
committee
will
Labor
advisors
with
unemployment
of
privateThey
by March.
might
we
four million but six or
not
have
estimate
his
by/March
that
say
of
Mitchell
James-P.
disagree
ly
of Secretary
the
session, liberal farm-belt senators such as Proxmire of Wis-
Em-
funds,
welfare
and
Many
seyen million unemployed.
At the very beginning of
the
on
focus
will
fight
or
labor
organized
ings this year, but of equal or
more importance to many will
be the word “unemployment.”
fill
hear-
consin
sota
and
will
Agriculture
other
the
nounced
pounds
increase
an
Benson,
already
has
hand,
of Minne-
of
Secretary
T.
Ezra
on
an-
a cut of 25c a hundred
for whole milk, to go into
1.
April
effect
for
drive
income.
farm
in
Humphrey
to
aid
Federal
is
education
one of the most thorny problems to come before the new
Congress. Now that the sputthe
is subsiding,
shock
nik
for
even
high
priority
attention
of some
its
lose
to
ens
threat-
education
of
problem
administration,
the
in the
Congress.
and
members
of
needs
of the Amer-
Fewer
Strikes
in "57
Estimated
WASHINGTON
nents
of, unions
—
who
Oppo-
equate
“conwith
labor
organized
stant strikes” were unhappy
to learn
ing to the
that
U.S,
in 1957
accord-
Department
of
were
workers
fewer
Labor
idled and less time was lost
in
of strikes than
because
any other postwar year.
ican
poured
not
had
compensation
a
and
benefits
old-age
in
increase
an
benefits,
employment
... for pre-
from Page
in Novem-
Services and finance continued to advance, but goyernment payrolls declined slightly.
The picture would have been considerably worse if un-
Hot Fights Face 1958
Continued
lower
somewhat
“also
were
trade,
goods,
nondurable
in
payrolls
fime
same
the
At
the
since
that
reports
Commerce
of
Department
The
as UAW
local
in the service induStries and in personal
increase of income
of
helping
crippling
bargaining
decision
blocks
in the path
in
major
One
PRB for review.
a statement accompanying
decisions,
legal.
factor
one
strengthen
1
decisions
no
members
know,
the SUB
still
can’t operate because of state
rulings.
~ Just possibly the foes of SUB
will be influenced by the Journal’s finding that while SUB is
sion
Reuther
these
devised;
Douglas
sure the
PRB Decision
their
placed
harass
the local bank haye increased;
installment delinquencies have
Continued
be
assistance
that only a few
laid
plan
do
secretary.
of
been
getting
the SUB payare
getting,”
representative
to
where
dropped
income
$14 billion while wages and salaries dropped $2.5 billion,
most of it due to the parallel increase in unemployment.
The difference between the two figures was made up by increases in unemployment insurance compensation, a slight
is in Penn-
moderate the effects
spread unemployment
bank
we'd
have
“only
too
local
know,what
Up
General
a
don’t
Savings
exorbitant
rate of
if recession condi-
effects
unions.
company
said
Red
de-
tions force production down to
a 180-day level,” Woodcock said.
Steel-
SUB I think the town
along all right if un-
the
that
its prices
policy
loan
United
and the workers themselves led
the Journal to one conclusion—
SUB
was preventing
a_slump
from becoming a depression.
Senate
as to make a 20% return even
if it produces only 180 days a
year.
other
with
chants,
said
has
ago
and
if it weren’t for
ments
the
men
mained unchanged in the face
of mounting unemployment and
declining purchasing-power.”
He cited testimony by Albert Bradley, now GM
board
chairman,
the
Banker's View
“I
to raise prices higher and higher
in order to swell already massive
of
workers
by
manager.
charged that GM was “a leader
in the campaign by big business
Donora,
and
reached
was
point
personal
total
December
of
beginning
the
some
In Indiana, the Journal
SUB.
reports, an alternative plan had
adopted
long,”
1
been
sylvania,
Rigged Prices
Continued
has
dropping the sharpest.
August, when the high
salaries
Between
and
“belt - tightenimg”,
merchants
report, but that’s about all.
is emerging.”
employment
Cause Slump
There
the third straight month, personal
WASHINGTON—For
with wages
during November
income in the U.S. dropped
The reason, the paper admits,
is UAW-pioneered
SUB,
later
down
drew
not.
Again
Down
Salaries
Wages,
$1.5
about
Congress
system
educational
are
now being ‘cut by the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare. Emphasis will be placed
Many
on scientific education.
members of Congress who have
fought year in and year out for
to American
aid
federal
—
sputnik
before
—
schools
complain
readministration’s
the
that
quests are too little and too late.
Approach
Narrow
Prediction
portion
by
the
of
the
is
major
a
that
money
administration
requested
for
edu-
cation will go to the National
Science Foundation. As a result
of this limited approach, many
of Congress — both
members
Republican and Democrat — will
offer their own bills aimed at
‘scholarships,
college
providing
training additional teachers and
for school con~
appropriations
struction,
As usual, the U.S. Chamber
National
and
Commerce
of
Association of Manufacturers
spending
against
be
will
money. They will still be for
education, however, for those
who can pay for it.
Washington sources do not, expect the President, in any major
address, to face up to the problems of financing the total job
now facing the country.
The President is still
ated
the
by
of
attitude
domin-
former
George
of Treasury
Secretary
believes that
who
Humphrey,
federal
sinful
—
spending
and
corporations
loopholes is
that
is
basically
taxation
of
or closing of tax
highly immoral.
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