Walter P. Reuther Digital Archive · UAW Solidarity

Title

UAW Solidarity

Date

1958-02-17

Alternative Title

Vol. 1 No. 10

extracted text

FL-GO Calls National Economic Conference

MIAMI BEACH — A na-|

‘ AN

to

conference

Sifive

100

and

economic

, inmelfional

legisla-

for

press

“jUegemmeasures to combat the “caitous business decline”’ will
seri
@ held in Washington March
-13, the AFL-CIO executive

decided

here

Acting in response

avtyflution

by

the

to a reso-

UAW’s

special

convention
in
January
and
submitted to the council
by

jae

Reuther

uf

ei}

the

219 be
auc

ieat@

aa

na

ns
irsrie

President

(Solidarity,

united

labor

leadership
ion

lis

and

rouse

ment,

outlined

the

emergency.

10)

movement's
an

eight-

itself

federal

to

govern-

Congress

at

P.

Feb.

pledged

the

sountry

Walter

and

large”

the

to

the

“We are convinced this wasteful
and needless recession can
ended,”

the

erica

can

Eight Points

council

and

must

declared.

be

put

Plus

| The eight issues cited in the
nu@e@ouncil
resolution
included
a
Wstronger military position and
bisger
foreign
aid
program;
pllBigher wages for workers and
protection of consumers against
i
figged prices; federal standards
“i! yyifor unemployment insurance; a
“Udfederal

monetary

Btimulates

‘edfederal

aid

higher

policy

economic

to

distressed

individual

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in 100%

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U.S.A.
Union Shops

that

growth;

areas;

exemptions

Tax

Bite on

There’s

a

benefits,

bite

due

dal

taken

of

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company

by

inquiring

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office.

the

GIVING

THE

FACTS

on

General

gaining program is Vice President
of the GM department. (Story on
photo

on

back

page.)

Motors

and

the

UAW

bar-

Leonard Woodcock, director
column fiye, this page; an-

tion.

The

Ford

survey,

under
the direction
Bannon, UAW
Ford

covers

hourly

the

prepared

workers

United

States. Separate

Rouge

areas,

| are

givea

for

the

na-

of Ken
director,
in

the

figures

Detroit

and

® PARENTS
vice

on

children;

Goodsell

gez lots of ad-

understanding

but,

next

asks

week,

Jane

do

the kids understand their
folks?

HEALTH

worries

of older folks—and

a

lot

some

insurance companies take
advantage of it. Sidney
Margolius will describe
the pitfalls,
WE TOLD YOU how to

solye your

Feb.

4 the

Snowball
The

the

which

jobs

laundry

prob-

lens. Next time we'll give
Some tips on ironing.

figure

or 31,420

Slump

decline

Detroit

between

had

fallen

less.

began

and

lost

Jan.

about

2 and

Rouge

month

span

32,302.

went

For

the

since

in

areas, |

Sept.

from

whole

Jan,

3}

the
to

42,509

13-

2, 1957,

the loss was 25% for Detroit,
nearly 29% for Rouge.
Some
23,000 Ford jobs have

vanished
Bannon

the

in the last two months,
reported
—
14,000
in

last five weeks.

Weeks

Unworried

Meanwhile,

merce

edged

would

Sinclair

that

likely

this month

since

this
642%

1941.

would

Secretary

the

—

In

of Com-

Weeks

acknowl-

nation’s. jobless

reach
the

five

highest

amount

to

of the labor force,

However,

million

percentage

Weeks

said,

figure

terms|

about|
he

doesn’t think this is “dangerous” in any degree.” Things
will get better in the spring,

he predicted,

political

The

current

economic

reces-

sion and its still-rising unem-

issue”

by

calling

he

(D.,

(D.,

Minn.)

Mony Py

and

raised
lobby

GOP-gas

|
national |

organized

His
will)

bru-

sta-

the

on

tionery of the Republican Nait
made
Committee,
tional
clear that the “appreciation”

for

well

Martin
as

“Joe

for

|

was voiced
Humphrey |

Mike Mansfield |

as

services.
. has-always
Martin
past

Continued

on

Page

4

The legislative supplement
we promised for the Jan, 27
issue — and which has been
crowded out ever since — is
here at last, except,

the

takes

Pages

Canadian

the

3-6,

place

of

of course,

edition.
our

agreement
at

the

told

will

national

be

at

It

usual

no

General

expense

of

any

agreement,

Vice

UAW

Motors

General

the

Motors

local

President

Woodcock

told

the

Council.

There will be maximum
support for justifiable local de-

|

mands, and GM will be
so at the start, he said.

told

| opening session of the General

Motors Council

in Detroit

week.

“This
recession
is
made,” said Woodcock,

director

of

policies,

by

money

to the

was deliberateby government

finagling

point

employment

is high

address
tended

to

came

the

by

about

Continued

with

where
and

cession is upon us.”
The
UAW
vice

comments

last

manwho is
GM
de-

UAW’s

partment. “It
ly perpetrated

At Last, the Record

in

|

future

involved

There

Woodcock

Leonard

documents

political

writing

Porter,

H

by

the most

among

time.

of our

said,

Sharp disagreemen
Sens. Hubert
H.

frankly

was

which

was

tally-frank

federal action to end the slump.
Such action just isn’t necessary,

3,000 | by

But since then
has snowballed.
fell from 72,000

56,336;

to

earlier

Rouge

together

last year.
downturn
Detroit
to

In the Offing:

‘Slump, Profits
On GM Slate
| Leonard

the

for

rank

surely

the rapidly-rising wave of unacross

a news-

J. Porter, Republican
for Texas.
committeeman
jletter soliciting attendance

116,823,

mdemployment

a

Washington

Times-Herald,

chest,

war

As recently as Sept. 3, Bannon |
He was much
more
excited
said, Ford
had
148,243°
hourly| because the Democrats “are try- |
workers on its U.S. payroll. By| ing to make
unemployment a|

dramatizes

the

dinner,

$100,000

five-month drop of 21%
in Ford Motor Co. jobs, revealed today by the UAW

department,

disclosed

Republicans,

The

‘UJohs Fall One-Fifth in Five Months
‘At Ford: US. Total Is Five Million
Ford

by

Good Old Joe

other

A

Weekly

ployment was caused deliberpart of a drive to line up Con- | ately by specific government
Vice President
gressional votes for the gas bill. | policies, UAW

pay-

at

first

and

| Texas

ments, Mazey said, they must
be reported as income when

ceived

(h958

as Second Class
Matter, Indianapolis, Ind.
EDITORIAL OFF:
—Detroit, Mich.—Se a copy
at 2457 E,. Washington St. , Indianapolis 7, Ind.

paper here. The Post exposed a
$100-a-plate ‘appreciation din- |
ner” for Rep. Joseph W. Martin}
Jr. (R., Mass.), former Speaker | |
and now minority leader of the
The|
House of Representatives.
by |
in Houston
staged
dinner,

on

tax returns are filed. Members can obtain the total re-

Published

ago

Post

Secretary-

out

Wh,

Entered

.

was

week

Treasurer Emil Mazey warned
last week.
Although withholding taxes
aren’t

Feb

consumers’ pockets. The scan- ©

2

SUB

tax

UAW

Page

OF AMERICA-UAW

WASHINGTON — Another big-money scandal
tying in the oil and natural gas eltigmarres with
top-level Republican politicians may have sealed
the fate of the gas gouge — a bill to remove effective federal control oyer the price of gas and
thus grab an estimated $1 billion a year from

security benefits.
on

WORKERS

Gas Dough's Stench
May Strangle Gouge

more federal housing,
minimum
wage
with
coverage and improved

Continued

IMPLEMENT

Michigan Edition

1, No.

der the federal income tax;
federal aid to school construcion

& AGRICULTURAL

SOLIDARITY

last

meyco}
Jimded

WAIPUAW

PS AMTERNATIONAL

a

un-

re-

president’s

in

his

keynote

conference,
400

at-

delegates

on Page

4

3 Steps to Quell Union Quarrels
MIAMI BEACH — A more|
perfect union within the unit-)
ed
labor
movement
was
achieved here last week when
the AFL-CIO executive council took three major steps toward the peaceful settlement

of

disputes

between

organizations.

member

The three steps involve jurisdictional
disputes,
boycotts
by one union against another
and the extension of the noraiding agreement, UAW President Walter P. Reuther noted
in an adminigtrative letter to

locals that
been urged

all three had long
by this union,

|

Machinery

dictional

for

settling

conflicts

juris-

was

created

induswhich

had been accepted by the
department,
union
trial

Reuther

heads.

Renan the building and construcbuilding
18
the
time
This
|
tion trades department reversed
unanimously
presidents
trades
its opposition to a plan proposed
accepted the Meany plan, which
last summer by AFL-CIO Presiwas originally drafted by a joint

dent

George

The

Meany.

We've still got some
to

guides

dow

Taxes

Dirt-Cheap

handy

plan! building
The

of those

federal

in-

come tax returns, Just send
a quarter,
(that’s
bits
two
8000
Solidarity,
to
folks)

East

Mich,,

advice.

Jefferson,
for

36

Detroit

pages

of

WM,

sound

| man

group,

It

Works

establishes

plan

committee,
to

three

mediate

the “doubtful area”

| construction,

| the

committee,

trades-IUD

provinceof

which

and
| production
which
tenance,

thé

a

from

disputes

six-

each

in

between

new

trades,

and

is

clearly

mainrunning
the
is clearly

unions,
of industrial
province
Continued on Page 2
|

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qualifies for benefits at all.
Benefits now are a maximum
of 26 weeks but their duration

ment
fer

benefits

wage

worker's

equal

to

of

50%

each

for

$6

plus

a

Tune

sug-

has

he

which

800

in prior years and has}
gested
had rejected by the Republican-

controlled

stated

liams

The

purchasing
stress, Wilindicated

businesses

smal]

state’s

relief

tax

seek

would

the

ecqnomy

also

governor

he

unemploy-|
the

the
bolster
in times of

would
power

for

in

into

money

ment

that

body.

increase

The

mission.
The

state’s

schedule

ment

and

on

which

a

limit

payrolls,

would

be

the

to

effect

relieve

ble
employers
from
emergency
taxes
on

caused

by

layoffs

dustries.
The proposal
the

first

the

by

paying
costs

in

by

from

a

during
December
and
January
and is of the same general nature as a resolution adopted by

the
UAW
special
convention.
The UAW
resolution called for
state legislatures to act immement

to

improye

unemploy-

compensation

as it is “the

in

The

this

He

was

Charles

tive on
Fund.

the

most

GRAND

&cab

Sued

whose

HAVEN,

being

sued

During

land

—

automobile

down a striker,
is

Mich.

a

$10,000.

strike

Chemical

and

at

the

Participants
leg, | Praised Leslie

Hol-

Color

Co.

by

representa-

United

Hart

(left)

with

McNamara.

Sen.

Pat

Hart Announces
Bid for Senate
Philip

labor

Hart,

support

ful bids

for

who

in his two

the

proposal

of the UAW

Sen. Paul Douglas

to be as beneficial

continues to mount
he will
fight for a cut in the auto ex-

firms

appointed

received
success-

gov-

national

Republican

the}

of

adminis-

Cut

Week

Work

work
The
—
Norway
OSLO,
week in this country is being cut

to 45 hours

48

from

a week

Joint

chairman

Congressional

of

some

day

SUB

find the
plan

has

here

dinner

that

profit-sharing
proved

to be,

dismissing

the

if unemployment

the

force

cated

In

stood

or

better,

he

intends

December,

at- 65%

of

Douglas

to take

of

work

indi-

tax

cut

lower

payers

Tights

bill

Donglas

for

the

of the

income

detailed

also

the

supplement

to

The

the

yene

measure

attorney
in

civil

would

general
suits

in

to

cases inyolying civil rights.

told

speech

proposal

is

no

issue

said.
“Hoover

involved,”

was

a

freedom

of

Mazey

removed

not

the opinions expressed
broadcast although the

“Hoover

Decision
hired

was

for

on the
union’s

but

commentator,

as

a

duty

it

staff

a

specific

whose

member

as

not

from

Page

1

council

made

it

clear

that

this

was

not

a

complete

list. The conference is expected

to develop others.
Noting that American industry
at
operating
was
as a whole
of capacity and unonly 75%
approaching
was
employment

is essential.”

...

industry

and

International

Electrical

wage

annual

of

or

the

the

Union

the

Al

union’s

the

Local
Westinghouse
East Pittsburgh.
He also said IUE

FIGHTING

1

Region
Douglas

gains

(oss

for

LIBERAL

Co-directors

addressed

working

Paul

Sen.

Ken

dinner

people.

Douglas

Morris

in Mt.

(left)

Clemens,

(D.

is

IL)

and
where

flanked

by

George Merrelii.
he

hailed

DAW

tors

ering
to

are

be

Electric

studying

a

supplemental
presented

Corp.

to

the

con-

of the enthe news-

told

local,

601

in

negotia-

plan

4

(4

/'

|
pycia | s

any

use

to

if

from

Page

1

will be organized

panel

to a three-man

of the building trades
IUD

the

president,

director and a third member
named by Meany. The next step,
com-

special

a

is

fails,

this

mittee of the AFL-CIO executive
council.
procedure
this
“Although
does not provide for final and
provide

does

will

good

with

on

just

and

sensible

opportunity,

disputes

resolve

to

an

ther commented.

both
on

|

Reu-

basis,’

agreement,

no-raiding

sides,

a sane,

also beefed

council

The

it

proposed,

originally

IUD

the

as

arbitration,

binding

up the

reached

were

of the agreement

principles

con-

AFL-CIO

the

written

into

member

unions never signed

stitution in 1955. However, a few
agreement
to

No

its

not subject

were

and

machinery.

Raids

the

All

at

Last week the executive council decreed that all raiding cases

in the same

be processed

way, with an investigation, hearing and finding by the impartial
umpire, David L. Cole.
Unions

the

which

agreement

have

must

signed

abide

by

the decision; the others should
do so. If they don’t, Meany
will attempt to get their com-

.pliance.

If he

decision

as

council

insure

fails, the

“shall

make

execu-

necessary

is

compliance.”

such

to

Boycotts of one union against
the products of another are spe-

executive

by

banned

council

last

-week’s

resolution.

When boycott charges are made,
they will be handled in the same
way

as

of

charges

raiding.

supple-

Hartnett

largest

only

guaran-

benemental unemployment
fits program on the bargainSecretaryIUE
ing agenda,

Treasurer

though

will

Workers

form

some

through-

represented

willing

were

cifically

between

negotiations

of

department

tive

action

minority

comprised

ment Act of 1946 prescribes,”
the council added. “Immedi-

Employ-

the

even

be referred

would

as

with

into three two-man teams.
If a two-man team is unable
to settle a case the matter will

defive million, the AFL-CIO
for
time
is no
“this
clared
drifting.”
The belated loosening of bank
despite
credit is not enough,
assurEisenhower's
President
ances, to meet the need, the
council said.
must © be
steps
“Vigorous
now,

agree

AFL and CIO and an essential
basic
it. The
to
preliminary

Continued

The

of

in 1953 before the merger of the

Session

Job

small

if

officers certainly had that right,
but rather because of Hoover’s
inability to perform his normal
duties for the UAW.

Democratic

we

country,

The committee

the

was

whether

decisions

programs

Continued

in

that

out

Three Steps

1958

listeners

convention,

“gimmick.”

“There

well as
country,

program.

his

to carry

“This is the depth of irresponsible journalism.”

24, the last day of
special
collective

profit-sharing

teed

civil

hardship

had

and staff, mem~
added,
“all of

the union.

im-

cov-

benefits

General

’

x

whom we sincerely believe to be Bi
ill, in an attempt to discredit Hb

“gag”

bargaining

inf!

instrument at hand, even a man-/ fim

two

aspect of the

members

express}urdns
a policyY
ou

convention.

opposition

papers

at least

a

thé}!

“The tragic aspect
tire affair was that

pay

Hoover because of his
opposition
to the

bargaining

have

tax.”

inter-

led

firing

Flint on Jan.
the
union’s

of

and

permit

a medi-

Flint.

the

AFL-CIO

enforcement of the 14th amendment which he and Sen. Pat
(D. Mich.) have inMcNamara

troduced.

in

the

radio

vention.

broadcaster
on
the
“Shift
Break”
radio

electrical

nation’s

middle

Hoover

ing

action.

work force
“When
the
danger
point
is
reached,” he said, “I will propose

a

dismissal.”

members}i1i
on

or not,

the

a

PITTSBURGH — Forthcom-

unemployment

the

out

the

full

by

personally

union’s

IUE Seeks SUB

unemploy-

the

call

ate

on the Economie Report, a group
that has been surveying unemWhen
national
ment reaches 75%

a

to con-

at

\

“Opposition to the collective pri
bargaining
program,
expressed
|i» ~
by some delegates to the convention in the floor debate, was },'
fy!’
given equal time on all of the

-help.

absence

then

membership,

them

persuade

or to take

and

committed

always

disturbance,”
on a number

fefusal

Moreover}.

the

democratic

the

feel

suffering

to

for

union,

are

the

and

Herb

in Detroit,
as
throughout the

taken

Committee

_ployment.

his

papers
others

for

cise tax as well as in personal

income taxes.
Douglas is

of

collective

Potter, Repub-

failures

by

for “too summarily”

district Democratic

is

tried

profit-sharing

lican, the incumbent.
In announcing his candidacy
Hart said “many Michigan citizens are disillusioned and dis-

as the UAW-pioneered

(D. IIL) has criticized the auto

proposal.
Douglas told a 7th Congressional

might

to

posed on
personal

lieutenant

pose Sen. Charles

his commitweekend ses-

that the Big Three

he

His dismissal

to

Raps Big Three's Snub

MT. CLEMENS—Predicting

with

persistent

program

sion organized.
The success of| about 300,000 workers, by agreeplant,
the
scab
Norwegian
attempted
the
to the institute will probably lead ment
between
foree his way through a picket- |to making it a semi-annual af- Trades Union Congress and the
line and into the plant grounds. * fair.
Employers’ Association.

Douglas

us

a

used

know

members)

UAW.

“As officers
bers,” Mazey

Broadcaster

a UAW
union’s

in the’ institute
Stevenson, Local

| 413 president, and
| tees for getting the

who

this

democratic

well-

was

Flint

the
UAW,
nor
I, itshi
- treasurer,
has
the}

adopted

Hoover,
for the last seven
years a public relations staff
man, hae for three years been

right in the union hall.

struck

breaking his

for

A

hot meal

us

that

leave

led

tration to keep this nation
a
group participation were used
pace with world progress.
The UAW resolution called for
to stimulate discussion.
have}!
policies
“Republican
a “realistic” level of payments
small
and
farmers
and a minimum of 39 weeks for
Nourishment for the mind was squeezed
credit
restricting
all workers eligible for benefits | followed by nourishment for the| businessmen,
and contributing to widespread
stomach, when the ladies of Lo| cal 413 served the “students” a unemployment and recession.”

Scab

of

to seek medical

eal

conducted

Michigan

who

the

right to work

union’s

the

to

union’s radio program
personal disapproval of

also with

for

Hoover,

sult a doctor

city

assisted

CIO

instigated

occasions

“His

Rogers, Muskegon

Williams,

UAW.”

disregard

of

Flint

area |} ernor post, will seek the Democratic nomination for the US.
sub-regional
director,
Ivan
Senate.
Brown, international representaIf nominated, Hart would optive from
Iron Mountain
and
Clyde

the

the

serious
emotional
Mazey said, “and

Marinette,

was

of

strongly

him

inter-

institute

“was
good

from

of

dent
of
secretary

of

public
relations
staff
done solely to injure the

Hoover

report

not eyen Walter Reuther, presi-) >)

the “erroneous
publicity which

removal

to

on Hoover

tivities

its staff

Her-

of

six different

neighboring

of

of

bert

the

“It was

a.m.

Local

in

attended

one

who have worked

—

workers

Mazey
said’
and distorted”

name

in CKLW

Mich.

of

members.

“Those

They
conducted
classes
in
effective
method |
Rvailable to the states in meet- | labor history, current events,
steward
training
and
union
ing without delay the problems
administration.
Films
and
rising out of unemployment.”
single

same

for

of

cent

was

as a pawn by the papers in their
campaign of slander,” he added.

is | Florence Peterson, UAW Region
governor
since
|1D
education
representative,
in employment

sharp-drop

diately

represent

| department.

Williams

the

per

12.5

discharge

being

by Robert Repas of the Michigan
in- | State University’s labor services

other

the

stood

force,

work

of

unemployment

Secretary-Treasurer

callous

ke-6:15-6:45

MENOMINEE,

of | Wis.

sta-

force.

or

190,000,

cent

said,

Bistate Labor
In Institute

pay-| and

of

Detroit

jobless

alee ll

unions

Wiltax

increases,
new
a

labor

the

of

commission

11 per

period.

and
businessman
small
“The
the worker are among the chief | nationals participated in a weekend labor institute sponsored by
victims of recession,” he said.
To provide funds for the un- | UAW Local 413 here. The locals

pay
employment
proposed
liams

the

represents

the

Michigan
ComSecurity

number

workers,

at

the

320,000,

EME
OPENER
QO
DETROIT AREA

pre-

would

he

stated

Williams

to

to

Statement

Emil Mazey
this week sharply
attacked "a large group of irresponsible newspapers” for attempting to smear the UAW in

in Michigan

month

Employment

who

worker

any

Tor

weeks

employ-

of

length

on

depends

=
uo dependent,

=

to 26

pay

of jobless

last

according

compensation benefits.
Williams told the legislature; is the

immediately,

extension

rose

unemployme nt

to widen

Needed

Unemployment

has called for immediate emergency

Williams

Gov.

portions,

a

UAW

Total 320,000

pro-

the state jobless at near-depression

LANSING—With

=

UAW

State Jobless

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EMIL
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RICHARD
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LEONARD
PAT GREATHOUSE
Vice Presidents

|

|

|

W

‘The People Demand
~

our

sputnik,

after

months

Four

facts, leadership and a program.
We got them.
The Marshall Plan
turned
back communist
imperial-

government seems still in a state
of shock which the first U.S. satel-

ism

lite has not relieved. It does nothing
It
unemployment.
rising
about

White

weak-

lead,

lerism was defeated.
In 1948 the free

world

bold

English

House,

the

American

to demand
a

the

As

to

peo-

The

in-

85th Congress may or may not do
in 1958 is to know what its members did, and did not do, in 1957.
Equipped
with
this
knowledge,
UAW
members, their families and

in former

years

and

their

85th

Congress

and

the

unions

can

act

enactment

1. Promote

pursuant

familiarizing themselves with
record of the first session of

submit

local

more

in-

telligently and effectively in 195% to:
defeat

and

laws

and

of good

laws,

bad

2. Help reelect good members
of Congress and defeat bad

full us® of their rights as citizens by

drafts to their elected representatives in Congress and to support
every move to make our nation
strong enough to survive and to
lead the free world to peace.

needed

do.

to. convention
mandate,
all local
union officers and UAW
members
are urged to equip themselves for

in the

facts, to de-

worksheet,

to

is done and not done in Washington and in state capitals in the next
six months as in our 1958 collective
bargaining negotiations,

the facts, leader-

leadership

propose

UAW member, the survival of our
union, are as much at stake in what

Mediterranean.

members.
Never in the history of man has
there been more urgent need for the
It is
daily practice of democracy.
now clearly a matter of life and
death for free men.

the
the

worksheet

for the second session, just getting
under way.
The best way to know what the

Congress Must Act
For Survival in 538

INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT
& AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA-UAW

SOLIDARITY

Legislative Supplement

As production cutbacks and unemployment increase, more than one
billion people this side of the Iron and Bamboo Curtains wonder with
growing anxiety whether the American people and the goyernment of the
United States have or can develop the skill, the will and the strength to
catch up with and successfully challenge the often-announced Soviet drive
to bring the whole world under communist domination.

Michigan Edition

White House descriptions of the Eisenhower administration’s post -sputnik
legislative recommendations and budget demands on Congress make it
plain that both are too little and too late. Both must be beefed up
by Congress.
The 1958 UAW legislative program is based on UAW conyention actions.
It starts with steps to insure a strong and healthy U.S. economy operating
at full production and_employment levels. On that foundation it proposes
simultaneous action to rehabilitate American military, diplomatic, educational, scientific and moral standing among the peoples of the world.

—-2e

Be

i

mand

Hit-

got them.

We

the

we

come, security and welfare of every

ple have no choice but to take the

the facts, leadership

and a program.

the

we need

Lacking

After Pearl Harbor we did not
need chins-up tranquilizing speechneeded

and

to

This

ship and a program. Democracy can
win against totalitarian “efficiency”
only if the people have all three.

no closing of $11 billion in tax loopholes but more cuts in vital nonThis is the
defense expenditures.

We

its march

Today

business as usual, a balanced budget,

es.

from

Channel

neither informs nor leads the AmerIt obeys demands for
ican people.

road to further depression,
ness, isolation and defeat.

the Facts and a Program’

6

To Big Biz Boys
Budget Big Thing
the

U.

S, Chamber of Commerce,
in the least embarrassed

not
by

In

|
|

weeks

recent

its success

in throwing

the

U.

a tailspin

by

S. economy

into

promoting

meat-axe

cuts

1957

to

balance

in

budget,

of

course

closing

the

loopholes

$11

NAM,

allies

‘Think they'll stand

still while we

catch

for

up?’

defense

in

defense

items

and

in

the

non-|

current}a

U. S. budget are responsible,
along with tight money poli-

cies, administered
ing of consumers

ward
and

flexing

incomes,

unemployment

of

price gougand down-

farm

for

prices

mounting

in the U.S.

Today
400,000
are
unemployed in the automobile, aircraft and agricultural implement industries and five million in the nation, according
to the best estimates.
No big
upturn is predicted until the
second half of 1958.
The 85th Congress shares responsibility for transforming

what was advertised as prosperity into a recession
that, for

jobless

workers

and

farmers

of

the

first

Congress,

The

session

voting
of

the

reported

to

record
85th

UAW

members
by convention
mandate, shows how Senators
and
Representatives voted on meat-

axe cuts in vital services
sliced
through
the
fat
| muscle into the bone

What

not

the

show

is

voting

that

record

the

that
and

does’

major

Save
this supplement.
Use it as your way to check

past and current performance of your Senators and

Representatives
issues it lists.

on

in

business

there

as

tax

and

their

in

1958.

usual

the

should

be

less

than

Aid

for

It

after

budget

the

started

was

a

1957-58
made

few

when

Ghamber

tional

turers
| aided

the

month

of Commerce,

Association

of

the

the

U.

nationwide
ganda
and
mands
or

west

S.

Na-

up

a

‘snow job” of propapressure,
rolling debudget
cut’
in
both

defense and non-defense
items
into Washington from Congress-

Continued

on

Page

4

of

obsolete

9.

10.
11.

wages,

and

and

a

and
fac-

million

farm

areas,

with

provision

units a year in public

nursing

of

benefits

instead

occurs,

Farm

programs

Power

program

means
$8,000

care

to

to

for

make up for
surgical, hosbeneficiaries,

for social

security

of at age

50 as now.

at

whatever

farm

incédme

disabled

build

as price supports
of gross income.
including

up

on

products

all

regional

extended

low rent and middle

housing.

and

ability

Manufac-

whooped

full-time

not

unemployment compensation benefits, retraining
relocation allowances, credit for modernization of
tories and economic farming units and equipment.

and

payment

and allied organizations,
by Taft
Republicans
in

middle

worker’s

minimums

in-

pita!

, too big and could and should
be cut, lest the nation get into
a hair-curling depression

after

the

wage,

payments to
Increased social security
higher living costs, coverage of medical,

Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey declared
the budget was

Month

of

average

redevelopment

income

Eisenhower

public,

50%

state’s

blighted

Two

minutes

the

period of at least 39 weeks.

dustrial

among

of

less than

not

maximums

with

benefits

weekly

to

compensation

for unemployment

standards

66-2/3%

those who started and whipped
up
the
1957
“econonty”
stam-

pede,

buildings, better salaries for teachers,
and fellowships and reenactment of the

cluding new
scholarships
provide

in-

program,

modernization

A $2 billion a year school

4. Federal

pitching

divided

employment,

and

production

consumption,

GI Bill of Rights.

Plants Down

forced off their farms, is already | blame

depression.

be

3.

Leerindividuals.
etane

and

cut

benefit

How Sputnik Caught Us With
Cuts

high - i

the chamber

will

1958

in

that

is ex-

and

1957

and

in 1956

killed many small businesses and helped the Benson farm policies drive 500,000 farm families off the
land.

without

billion

for

corporations

the

by

million

11%

over

sales

pected to cut 1958 sales by another half million, continuing to throw additional thousands of workers out
of jobs. (This is now in progress.)
2. Investigation
of the Eisenhower-Humphrey-Federal
Reserve Board tight money policy (belatedly reversed)

budget,

Congress

follows:

L FULL PRODUCTION, FULL EMPLOYMENT,
ECONOMIC HEALTH
Ay Investigation of administered price and profit gouging
in autos, steel and other basic industries that cut car

has
announced plans for nationwide
mobilization
of pressure
on
the

It

power

age

up

by

to

dis-

such

first

grids, stepups

in nuclear power development and the conservation
and better use of the nation’s water resources to meet
needs of rapidly-growing population.
Extension of the wage-hour act to at

workers not now covered,
Stepup in construction of hospitals and
rising health needs.
Continued

on

Page

4

least

10 million

clinics to meet

Build Peace

AENT—Page

2

=To

House

Votes

Senate

Votes

1,

vote

11. On

House

11,

16

6,

17 the House

ig defeated, 205 to 167, the Gross (R., Ia.)
would
that
amendment
= isclationist
= have cut $7,039,938 from U.S. contribuAgriculture
and
Food
Health,
World
(Edupet hate, UNESCO
and Gross’s

S
™

> zation).

LLEGISLATI

and

Scientific

cation,

mw

Cultural

Organi128
77

Democrats
Republicans,

alignment:
Party
wrong;
67
right,

HIGAN

right, 180 wrong.
Senate vote 6. On June 14 the Sen® ate defeated, 54 to 32, the Morse (D.,
7 ore.) amendment that would have cut

a

development

amount and duration.
alignment:
Party
21

right,

right,

Senate

11

wrong;

wrong.

7.

vote

On

both

funds

loan

in

Democrats

24

Republicans,

30

14 the Sen-

June

25, a better-than57 to.
ate passed,
nothing Mutual Security bill
26
Democrats,
Party
alignment:
31

Republicans,

wrong;

17

right,

right, 8 wrong.
Senate vote 8. On June 18 the Senate approved, 67 to 19, the International Atomic Energy Agency (atoms:

treaty.

for-peace)

35
Democrats,
alignment:
Party
right, 9 wrong; Republicans 32 right,
10

wrong.

House yote 16. On July 19 the House
(R.,
defeated, 227 to 181, the Smith
to strike
development
motion
Wis.)
Joan funds from Mutual Security bill.
110
Democrats,
alignment:
Party
117
Soh JACEE
right,
103 wrong;
right, 78 wrong.

Better Schools

House Votes
Senate Vote

9,
2

for

S.C.)

aid

children.

to

cut

17

$1,482,000

in educating

Party

right,

right,

73

alignment:

funds

retarded

Democrats,

wrong;

133

from

mentally

146

Republicans,

wrong.

61

Senate vote 4. The Senate on May 29
defeated, 54 to 16, an attempt by Bush
(D., Conn.) to raise ‘interest rates on
college housing.
Party alignment: Democrats,
right, none wrong; Republicans,
right, 16 wrong.

House

were
yote,

yote

17. Two

earlier

dwarfed
by the
208 to 203, for the

motion

38
16

victories

July
25 House
Smith (D., Va.)

that killed the school construc-

tion bill, even though Democrats
agreed to substitute the weaker
anti-segregation amendment,
Party alignment: Democrats,
right,

97

right,

wrong;

111

had
Re-

Powell

the

omit

to

and

bill

publican

Votes

The
Smith

$442,000

which

wage

of

living

adjustments

and

figures

000

from

wage-hour

needed

act.

on

140
52

to enforce

the

Party alignment: Democrats, 150
right, 72 wrong;
Republicans,
55
right,

142

wrong.

Welfare
House

Votes

Under

the

nationwide

Chamber

«‘economy”

Commerce’s

pressure

drive,

aided by GOP sabotage of Eisenhower
budget requests,
the House on Feb. 5
voted 265 to 168 for the Lanham
(D.,

Ga.) amendment to cut $2 million from
funds for aid to states and localities in

administering

Party

right,
right,

public

alignment:

52
152

wrong;
wrong.

assistance

Democrats,

grants.

Republicans,

147

21

The House on Mar
4 voted 246 to
169 for the Budget (R., Ida.) amend-

ment

to cut $46,300

from

wrong;

wrong.

from

Democrats,

Bureau

57

for
to

the
cut

Employment

On

Votes

8,

10

April 4, the House

right,

right,

35

Republicans,

wrong;

150 wrong.

186

Vote

funds

for Bu-

abroad.)

Party

(plus three

more announced in favor of changing
Rule 22) meant that eight months later

used
they
be his last

stand and they would lose the power of
the threat of filibuster. (See also voting ‘

right,

21
17

28 wrong.

Votes

Senate vote 3. On May 29; the Senate
cayed in under Eisenhower pressure and
yoted 54 to 20 to defeat the Morse
(D. Ore.) amendment to authorize 200,000 public housing units a year for two

years.

to existing

75%

17
3

66 2/3%.

Democrats,
Party alignment:
Republicans,
wrong;
10
right,

right, 28 wrong.

Senate
32

On

Vote

March

against

27
5

4

27 the Senate
Fulbright

the

weeks

52 to

amendment

paign pledge to help small business by
profits
corporation
on
cutting taxes
$100,000.

To make
amendment

taxes

creased

lost revenue,
slightly
have

up for
would

corporations

on

profits.

Democrats
Republicans,

the
in-

with
28
5

On

asked

Vote

Jan.

16

2

Congress

President

for funds

billion federal budget
$1.7
“regular” funds,

payments).
Within

the

said

such

items

marked

hours,

Treasury,

should

that

the

be cut.

as

Eisenhower

for

an

George

budget

social

$82.97

security

Secretary

of

Humpbrey,

could

to sab-

210

Republicans,

price

alignment:

right,

38

right,

On

Democrats,

wrong;

187

wrong.

July

10, the

House

from

men.

Party

right,

right,

government

heavily

Bill

passed,

stacked
now

alignment:

none
183

wrong;

wrong.

Senate

House

voted

Votes

13,

vote

13. On

Votes

218

to

June

Party

right,

right,

vote

Senate
was
and

wrong.

voted

45

Ore.)

Hells

thawed

out

10.

to

right,

On

June

38

for

bill.

the

14. On

vote

Senate

to

63

defeated,

motion

Ariz.)

22,

and

59

the

Morse

it

federal

18

the

11%

an

Aug.

26. On

vote

Rees
pay

(R.,

9 the

Kan.

bill

raise

civil servants,

(Passed

for

Senate

64

voted

vote

to

the

(R.

issues

motion

950,000

right,

wrong;

5

wrong.

17

Republicans,

On

183

Vote

July

against

10

14

the

kill-

Arends

were
40

(R.,

Ill.)

230

-

liste!

i

amendment
jury

trials

cases.

in

that}

allf*

4

9 ~

Democrats,

alignment:

wrong;
15

Republicans,

33

for

the

Johnson

—

(D.

wrong.

Vote

i

Senate

15,

vote

voted

50

16

15.

On

to

25

to

to

committee

15,

the

approve

second,term

a

for

Aug.

thei!
off

Federal Power Commission Chairman). !!t
his
despite
Kuykendall,
K,
Jerome
the pr
in drafting
secret collaboration
new

in

$900

the

trying

dam.

to

Dixon-Yates

Party

right,

right,

the

block

14

scandal

vote
of

Aug.

On

16.

Paarlberg

Don

to

15

in

high

ji}.

2

the }>

15,

Aug.

bill,’

23

Republicans,
On

16.

and

Democrats,

wrong;

36 wrong.

gouge

Canyon

Hells

alignment:
vote

gas

a_year

million

be

the

as-)-

sa:

sistant secretary of agriculture. Paarlberg was shown to favor even more of a
scorched earth policy against American farmers than that used by Benson
to

100,000

drive

a

families

farm

land.

off their own

Democrats,
Party alignment:
Republicans,
wrong;
20
right,
right,

Unsafe

-House Vote
Senate Vote

19
17

vote

19.

213

year

193
126

il

House

®

wrong.

50

to 185

TUE and the
construction

afhend-

Party alignment: Democrats, 207
23
Republicans,
right, 16 wrong;
right, 167 wrong.

y

O’Mahoney:

the

A-Plant
On

for

Aug.

the

committee

9

Cole

the

(R.,

N.Y.)

unsafe
an
authorizing
breeder reactor at Monroe,

Mich. despite a pending

and jobs without first notifying Congress. But this victory was washed out

armed services
requirement.

ve

1 the sau

Aug.

required

amendment
atomic fast

ment to permit Defense Department to
shut down U.S. operated supply shops

when Senate
killed notice

(R.,

Republicans,

for

42

nene

Senate

voted

24

Jobs
voted

t

co

for

was

‘

involving voting rights only if penalty
is more than 45 days or $300 fine, there
by lessening effect of Senate vote 13,
Party alignment: Democrats, 23
!
Republicans, 37
right, 15 wrong;

House

a

House

38

)\\\

motion to pass the bill with
amendment limiting jury trial}!

promotion

House

a year,
$546
by
pay
workers’
vetoed by President Eisenhower.)
Party alignment: Democrats,

to

Faubus

13. On

to

Senate

increase

pay

11%

39

60

Senate

(This bill,
for federal civil servants,
and a similar bill to increase postal

right,

52

Court.

reappointment

27 the Senate

18. On Aug.

22

have

Senate

219
25

but

id

Bad Choices

by President Eisenhower's veto.)
193
Democrats,
alignment:
Party
right, 20 wrong; Republicans, 126 right,
50 wrong.
ed

would

right,

$9,784,000.

bond

to kill TVA

4

a two-year

N.M.)—Aiken

to

51

Tex.)
House

20

Vote

Senate

(D.,

vote

voted

voted

127

Goldwater

@

right, 12 wrong.
Senate vote 19. On Aug. 29 the Senate

Pay Hikes Vetoed
Vote

voting

34 wrong;
18 wrong.

right,

Aug. 9 the Senate

the

]

16 the Se

Little Rock~ followed.
Party alignment: Democrats,

Party

needed to build more power plants. Bill
passed; now before the House.
Party alignment: Democrats, 41
22
Republicans,
1 wrong;
right,
right, 21 wrong.

House

bill, plus

Keéfauver-Church

Party alignment: Democrats,
Republicans,
2 wrong;
right,
right, 156 wrong.

34

Democrats,

wrong;

by

Senate

(R., N.Y.)

by

July

alignment:

rights

right,
right,

House interstate
committee; may

funds

Republicans,

54 to 35, the Morse

Supreme

the

ing;

(Later

1

amendment
killing
Part
III,
whi
would have protected all civil righ
including school integration ordered

flood

21

civil rights
Judiciary Co)

Se
to

7

Republicans,

to se

Democrats,

wrong,

31

Anderson

1958.)

TVA

cut

objections

4 wrong.

mission,

218

new

against

Senate vote 12. On July 24 the
ate cut the civil rights bill down
yoting

Party alignment: Democrats, 40
right,
5
wrong;
Republicans,
5
right, 33 wrong.
House vote 18. On Aug. 7 the House
to

order

alignment:

34

20 the ser

i

38

right,

225

Democrats,

put on ice in the
foreign commerce

motion

of

13!

Republicans

18 the House

Canyon

in

point

Party

by defeating the
motion to provide
to start it.

wrong;

129

Senate

(D.,

89

alignment:

Senate vote 9: On June

>}).8

11

Ore.) motion to send the bill to
judiciary committee for one week.

in Senate.

186 to kill the

bill]

Republicans,

right, 45 wrong.

criminal contempt

14

insurance program
Boland (D., Mass.)
$14 million needed

wrong;

ate defeated,

18

10,

rights

(R.,

Democrats,

right, 5 wrong.
Senate vote 11. On

Water & Power
House

113

right,

busi-

Republicans,

right,

Party

advisory

Democrats,

18 the H

civil

alignment:

mittee.

2

with

the

ing the House-passed
to Senator Eastland’s

in-

defeated,

gut

June

to 158, the Poff

Knowland-Douglas

172

Republicans,

251

to

Parvy

Ga.)

10

15

administered

12. On

requiring jury trials in criminal «
tempt cases under the proposed |
(The bill itself passed, 286 to 126.)

much

Democrats,

1958.

Party

House

($71.8 billion for
billion for ear-

his

do

Hooverized

Budget Cuts
House

3,

with

of

to kill

would
to the tax extension bill that
have fulfilled the Eisenhower 1956 camunder

motion

ask

wanted

continued

wrong.

Votes

defeated

voted

to

he

didn’t

wrong;

175

House

Business

Small

178

defeated 244 to 158 the Taber

3, 5

from

(It

to

vote

defeatec,

March

creases, turned” prosperity into recession and rising unemployment in the
fourth quarter of 1957 and the first

be

Housing, Slums

Senate

where

alignment:

3

together

southern opponents would let the yoting rights bill become law without a

Party alignment: Democrats,
Republicans,
right, 27 wrong;

say

On

On Mar. 27, the House voted 225 to
174 to kill a resolution by Patman (D.,
Tex.)
to investigate the EisenhowerHumphrey
hard money policies that,

ness

rights).

to

220

members

committees,

the Anderson motion to adopt a new
Rule 22 (breaking the veto power of
“King Filibuster”) meant the later wa-

filibuster, fearing that, if
“King Filibuster,”-it would

winter.

House

Eisenhower

otage his original request.
On Oct. 4
sputnik caught them flatfooted, sliding into a recession at home, weakness:

7

to 38 on Jan. 4, 1957

all

voted

cut.

team

secrecy

This was the key roll call on civil
rights in the 85th Cengress. The 55 to
38 yote for the Johnson motion to table

in 1953

good;

on

the>

to 183, Clare
Hoffman’s
(R., Mich.)
motion to kill a bill to strip the veil of

45

Filibuster Rule

Senate

budget

cut

to

Democrats,

alignment:

his

Eisenhower

to states and
construction.

$50 million for grants
cities for sewage plant
Party

the

185

to

amendment

Tex.)

(D.,

Fisher

231

defeated

House

House

House

and
funds needed to strengthen Food
Drug Act enforcement.
Party alignment: Democrats, 191
94
Republicans,
right, 31 wrong;

The

the

inside

Senate Votes 9, 11, 12,13, 19%

Who Runs U.S.A?

amendment
against Jones (R., N.C.)
from
that would have ‘cut $1, 327,000

right, 99 wrong.

12

right,

285 to 130

voted

ran

right,

For Your Health

House

debate

“team”

55

Republicans,

wrong;
wrong.

The

150

Democrats,

alignment:

72
142

right,
right,

112

a
to service
needed
of unemployed work-

funds
number

Party

of

to

hazards.

Republicans,

Party alignment:
wrong;
15
right,
right, 37 wrong.

5

of

107

$500,000 or more

Cut

1, 4 and

alignment:

work

House voted 214 to 205
(D., Va.’ amendment

renewal

voted 214 to 205 for Heamendment cutting $288,-

funds

atomic

needed

Senate vote 5. The Senate voted 38
to 32 to defeat the Bennett (R., Utah)
amendment to cut federal share of
funds for slum clearance and urban

collective

bargaining are based.
Party alignment: Democrats,
right, 83 wrong;
Republicans,
right, 134 wrong.

The House
bert (D., La.)

fight

189

Security
growing

ers.

Standards,

right,, 32 wrong.

6, 7

cost

Party

right,

77

cutting
Bureau
of
Labor . Statistics
funds by $346,000, needed to insure ac-

of

and

right,

On April 4 the House voted 217 to
202 for Murray (D., Tenn.) amendment
curacy

Labor

Party alignment: Democrats,
Republicans,
22 wrong;
right,

Wages and Hours
House

spot

126

Republicans,

wrong.

of

tering down of the civil rights bill to a4
yoting rights bill.
But the big increase in votes from 21

House vote 9. The House on April 4
defeated 207 to 206 an attempt by Dorn
(D.,

reau

as

such

organizations

UN

to

tions

=

Here Are the Issues

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April

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action by UAW,

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own :safety
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until

lifts

its

ruling

that

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plant’s process has not been found safe.
Party alignment; Democrats, 166
19
Republicans,
right, 50 wrong;

right,

163

wrong.

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vote
Senate
Senate defeated, 42

Aug.
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to 34, the

the
16
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wrong;
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right,
right, 32 wrong.

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Social Security Boost
On Way If You Help
UAW and the rest of AFLCIO are strongly supporting

9467)

to

coverage

to

the Forand bill (HR
and extend

ments

pay-

security

social

increase

include medical care for beneficiaries.

It

is

important

to

ask your Congressman to use
the
to have
his influence

Aug.

Jast

introduced

bill,

early

hearings

hold
mittee
| this year.
The

Com-

and Means

Ways

House

would:

30,

realizes

that

“wrong”

—

voting

is

“right”

and

applied

tirely
thus

a

matter

there

differences.

ments

by

is

apon

the

USW

express

The

are

policies

based

no

union

effort

indicate

tance

of

the

the

been

relative

votes

be

judg-

en-

and

demo-

view

of

made

to

membership.

has

of

adopted

free,

cratically-determined
the

can

convention,

the

Also,

impor-

recorded,

It_is entirely possible that an
excellent Senator
or Representative
may
have
been
“wrong”
on
one
votes
according
to

$30

$118.50,

to

$35.

or
more
this list,

but still would merit the support and confidence of union
members,

from

minimums

(The

to 121.0 since
increased
2.
the

home

benefits

in

September

surgical

against
nursing

care

for

sons eligible to receive
and survivors insurance

an

Congress

per-

old-age
benefits

to

act

au-

Company

Holding

the

amendment

and transto
contrary

| giant generating
(thereby assuring adequate medmitting groups,
ical care to that group
of our
people

are

uninsurable

only

at

exorbitant

insurance

vivors

under

tion and
$4,200 to

benefit
$6,000,

tribution

employees
cent each

rate

or

rates

age

for

earnings

sur-

and

for employers

of one per
providing a

for conbasis
realistic
more
serve
would
which
tributions,
benefits
to increase maximum

to

an

Jobs

higher

even

level.

ed in

the

are

area

|

independent

savings

—the
grids,

Mont.),

interior

the

Soviet

54,000

unemploy-

as compared

35,900 in September with
compensation
ployment
up about 40%.

with

unemclaims

dictatorship

unless

including

and

we

even

and

may

work

quickly

implement

sources

development,

program

of

resource

natural

satellite

its

programs

us

a report

he published

irrigation,

Jan.

priority

high

(D.,,

gave

committee,

issue

pushing

than

regional

of the Sen-

chairman

development,
and

and

businesses

Murray

F.

James

1, when

is

of

a

power

harder

missile

overtake

massive

integrated

of

UN

re-

a e gt |
a
peas

here

economy

missile

genuine

program

in tax

increase

an

Congress

can

additional money
of the bigger tax
ing

from

full

and

by

a

and

require

lion

which
loopholes
the
of
honeycomb the tax laws.

em-

the

money

now
More

away

|

through the cuts made in 1954, |
high- |
benefited
mostly
which
inand
corporations
income

dividuals,

S.,

U.

committee

showed

should
a

to

needed

way.

under

SUNFED
that

invest

studies

from

$2

last

can

billion

$5

of

peak

S.

U.

the

of

share

bil-

a

its strongest

power.

for

bids

and

most

This year the Eisenhower administration is going to ask for

be in order

given

million

$250

initial

effective

than $11 billion that ought to be
with
stays
now
in taxes
paid
the corporations and big income
taxpayers.

to recover

million,

$80

is making

some

If the money gained through
closing loopholes is not enough
to pay for the missile program,

the

that

avoided,

year in the rapid economic development of those areas of the
world where per capita incomes
are less than $100 a year and
imperialism
communist
where

economy

full

still

yearly gross national
of $435 billion, cannot

get

year

economic

for

is

plea

Senate

up

coop-

closing

a rate increase might

the

te

is needed out
revenue flowand

on

the

whatever

get

foundations

afford

revenue.

an. expanding

production

ployment

will

the

development

satellite

and

economic

international
eration

for

home,

of

urgency

grants as well as loans to build

a
with
product

for a stepped

and

program

at

use

practical

the

But

Who Can Pay

of

Sen.

that

—

systems

and

smal

distributing

and

generating
plants

non-profit

to small

will bring

a

that

power

pooling

of

system

and
raid

instead

propose

may

and

this

Off

there

|

ate

(PAI) —
Pa.
PITTSBURGH,
1,000 of the larger
than
More
firms in Pittsburgh area report
that they expect job reductions
will continue through the first
quarter of 1958. It is estimated
that

other non-profit groups
consumers will fight this

from|
con-

and

co-operatives,

electric

rural

nical assistance and loans to
underdeveloped |
economically
countries by more aid through |
It ap-| |
Nations.
the United

America’s need for a strong |

plan’s

power

Municipal

contribu-

purposes
the
and

one-half
(thereby

law.

by

maximum

present

the

of

purpose

the

insura-

companies.)

ola

insurance

and

its most

need

who

of

agencies has been adopted.

tech-|

value of supplementing

in

combine

to

them

thorizing

preparation

increased

of

tion has finally recognized the | ciple

will try
through

grids,
blitz

regional
to
year

and
this

1954.)

Provide
insurance
of hospital,
costs
and

last

UN

the UAW, | proved

after

years

the CIO, AFL and ICFTU|plans for public works after
| technical assistance and bet of SUNFED
urged suppor
(Special United Nations Fund | fore public and private investDevelopment) |
for Economic
printhe Eisenhower administra-| Ment will move in. The

distribution and sale
inter-conof power through
stations
‘generating
nected

114.7

were

Four

eration,

cost-of-

living index has risen from

counted

the

what

to

nation’s private electric

Us

Needs

SUNFED

power interests, hep to new
economies in large-scale gen-

old-age

10%,

about

3.
Increase
the
amount
of
annuai

records in this issue the UAW

honest

from

private

Can't

presenting

opinion

$108.50

maximum

by

benefits

ble

Tell Full Story
or

Increase

who

Box-Score
In

1.

For Aid and Trade:

Power Tycoons
Plot New Raid
The

WRONG.

or announced

vote; w—paired
R—RIGHT VOTE; r—paired or announced RIGHT. W—WRONG
O—ABSENT, PRESENT or GENERAL PAIR, and with no stand announced

KEY:

VOTING

3s

R
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9

2

ie

more money for economic aid—
enough.
not
but
exporting
S.
U.
the
With
mere than it imports—1l0
50%
times

more

cessories

cars}

are

parts

exported

and

ac-

than

are
nations
imported—other
anxious te increase trade so as

to

earn

which

and

new

more

to buy

pay

U, 8,

dollars

moye

interest

loans,

with

U, S. goods

on

old

and

How Sputnik Caught Us With Plants Dow

.

SUPPLEMENT—Pa

=

men’s

home

On

12,

as

On

districts.

shown

Eisenhower

by

to end

the

he

million (from
On May 21,

told

press} missile

the

the soil
cut $254

$1.2 billion),
;
when Eisenhower

address
his TV
in defense of his

Congress firm |}made
so
a
| nation
ie eres
bremipt fallen

rat
ae

3

had to be paid for.
On April 11, he said
bank program could be

official)
|
~ firm

his

inside

on
confusiSe

April

lower federal spending would be
better but established programs

House Vote 2 of the UAW record,
the
House
voted
to
request

President

LEGISLATIVE

states and

March

1

Page

from

Continued

to the
budget,

~|Congress had cut $4 billion
Bove
ee
et se sone Heures rue }from the various appropriation
ces
Scoreis
3

ledSee=e

Sabin
ee
pull

rug from
bringing

consent

Home

day

speech,

30

Finance

Ore rEyae

peed

ae

May

the

before

had

associations

<

21

met

Eisen-/ jn Chicago under the leadership

Administra-

i
fight

to

merce

tor Cole said he would ask Con- |

of Com-

U .S. Chamber

of the
Housing|

figures,

own

The

Presidential|

but

President

Ignoring

hower’s

under
the
a1;
not rebuke| ee

the

from

2illion

to $3.865

| down

See

oS
the

repudiation

and

oe te to | bY this time he himiself had cut

Mantis

President,

or

mutual security program—which

eae

Benson a

ea

ue his
defending

eae wasea
| Toe
ey,
Humphr
Eisenhower
“*+)
=

for budget

i

cuts.

Boards,
Estate
Real
of
‘oeiation
$125)
budget
1958
his
cut
to
gress
million. The first economy vic-| american Medical Association,
housing

starts, already

Association,

Bar

| American

are

Sed

Re:

sy

sagging, | Ho garner

tg

to

program

an

$38

On

annual

billion.

May

Wilson's

less

did

store

not

from

the

House

voted

asked

July

voted

Senate

The

cut,

the

2 to restore $972 million, and the
bill went to Senate-House con-

ference.

Normally,
in
this
sort,
any

a

own

request.

Instead,

Wilson

and Brundage sent letters to the
effect that only half the sum
restored by the Senate would be
needed.
The
administration
ob-

the

about

brought

action

million

$197.1

billion,

$33.76

of

appropriation

an

out

yoted

recommienc

four days later, Americans readheadlines
paper
morning
ing
about a new Soviet earth satelthat
knew
lite called sputnik

Congress

On

retary

cuts in his budget

asked

March

him

to.

17, Commerce

Weeks

publicly

said

if |

Sec-

his

budget
could be cut $50 million; |*
=

while Eisenhower was speaking,
Defense Secretary Wilson issued
orders aimed_at holding down

| the

ine’in in hishi
spending
unexpected

fu-| yhich
he madehe Congressmen
later
rious when
came
to testify|
before

the

House

which

$50 million,

committee,

more
@

On

money.

March

press

think
made

tial

that

failed

a

asked

27, Eisenhower

conference

$5

specify}

and

billion

cut

giving

without

domestic

programs.

expenditures

no

made were as wise
muta! aid abroad.

not

could

up

be

essen-

He

costs

of the

Full

said

about

being

plans,

for

as those

all welfare

unions,

whether

pension

or

jointly,

insurance

by

operated

employers

Continued

from

has

Defeat of the $900 million a year gas gouge bill.
Passage of the Douglas-Thompson bill requiring full
disclosure of facts about all health and pension plans;
defeat of such anti-labor bills as proposals to outlaw
the union shop, prohibit picketing or further restrict
the right to boycott scab goods.
Ml DEFENSE, COOPERATION AND PEACE
14. Intensified efforts to negotiate fair political and economic settlements wherever possible, opening the way
to progress toward disarmament.
Stepped-up expenditures for research development and
of operational missiles, rockets, satel-

lites, A-subs and planes.

16. At

the

strengthening

time,

same

ability to fight

our

limited wars, instead of submitting to communist nibbling acts of aggression or blackmail threats of limited

or total nuclear

favorably

to

by

Senators

Doug-

war.

introduced
las

(D.,

D..

Mont.)

Mass.),

UL),

and sponsored in
by Representative

bill:

Applies_to

and

N.J.)

(D.,

ers.
1,

McNamara

and

Thompson

The

all

the

with

of Labor.

pension
100 or

of

Department

3. Requires annual reports reyealing the financial details in| volved in the operation of the
plans.

4. Requires disclosure of these
|
lf
one-ha
the
to
aid
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large
bold,
once,
at
17. Starting
details to the public and to the
are
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incom
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whose
of the world’s peoples
beneficiaries of the plans.
they
as
,
mined
deter
less than $100 a year and who are
5. Provides fines and imprismic
econo
rapid
ve
achie
to
,
status
al
coloni
of
out
break
oriment for failure to register,
a
Such
.
living
of
ard
stand
development and a higher
misrepresentation,
em bezzlegh
throu
ly
ment, acceptance of kickbacks,
program should be channeled increasing
s
etc
the United Nations, challenging the communist power
Enactment of this bill is esto do the same, to match the free nations’ contributions in money, men, machines and-know-how, with no sential to protect the equity
which workers have
in
those
colonial strings attached.
plans
ALS
ENTI
CRED
I. REVALIDATE OUR MORAL
It is important
that plans

18.

administered
Elimination of the injustices and abuses in our loyalty,
security and immigration laws, regulations and day-to- | agement, as

day administration which cripple our strength at home
and

our standing

19. Atonement
trative
preme

IV.

WE

CAN

among

for the

shame

the peoples
of Little

of the

Rock

world.

by

adminis-

and legislative actions to implement the
Court decisions outlawing segregation.
AFFORD

SURVIVAL

AND

Su-

The budget can be in-

creased, not the mere $3 or $4 billion now reported,
but three or four times that much without increasing
present tax rates, This added revenue will come from
the larger tax yield of an expanding economy of full

production
through

and

which

from

$11

closing

billion

now

present

escape.

tax

After

loopholes
that,

AS

if

and as necessary, additional taxes can be levied on the
basis of ability to pay.

Douglas

group
involved
funds—“unions,

insurance
cism

20. The U.S.A., the richest nation in the history of man,
can afford to pay the cost of survival in money, in

brains, in skills, in know-how.

covered.

banks”—is

FREEDOM

solely by manwell as joint or

union-administered

ness.

for

Putter
“The

plans

says,

be

no

in
welfare
management,

companies,

exempt

abuses

or

from

or

criti-

careless-

to Sputter
experience

Il

,

j

of

the

)

President,

full

dress

Cabinet

meeting,

provided

evidence

their own face-saving propaganda about Russia’s space
victory.
:
ro
It was not always thus. There have been all sorts of

|-

ad-

licking

scientific

for the Russian

advanced

reasons

ministered to this country and symbolized by sputnik. |»
This reporter dug up one today that seems to go pretty|

directly to the heart of the question of what has been
It consists of an |i
wrong with our missile program.
pr
excerpt fronra news conference held by the just-retired
Secretary of Defense, Charles E. Wilson, nearly three |=

Mr. Wilson |

years ago—on Noy. 16, 1954, to be exact.

made quite a mark in this town as a no-nonsense, folksy | {
fellow who ran the defense department like a good cor- ~

poration executive should, not wasting his own time—
or the public’s money on unworldly projects. In this
1954 conference, Mr. Wilson was at his humorous downto-earth best. The questions and answers went like this.
I quote:

with
the
at Cape

Vanguard
missile
Canaveral,
Fla,,
on
Friday,
Dec. 6, proves that Putter ver-

sus Sputnik equals Sputter.”
—Sen. Robert S. Kerr.

}

satellites and space ships?
Mr. Wilson; I like to get my feet on—you know,
down td earth. I have enough problems on earth.
Reporter: We thank you for that answer.
Is

Reporter:
Another
way at present?

under

study

a

such

there

Mr. Wilson: In this space ship business? Oh, no.
A Reporter: Forrestal. wrote about it. There was
a study in 1948. Has it been discontinued or is it still
back

too

far

for

me.

I

Reporter: Well, there have been recent published
reports that the Russians have given priority to the

establishment of a space satellite. Are you
that they will beat us in the air with it?

concerned

Mr. Wilson: I wouldn’t care if they did.

Reporter:
You
don’t care if they

Mr. Wilson:
or some other

em-

the registration

2. Requires
plans

oth-

private

ployee
welfare
and
coyering
plans
benefit
more employees.

such

(D.,

Murray

(R., N.Y.),

Ives

Mich.),
House

D.,
the

Kennedy

a

under way?
Mr. Wilson: You are going
don’t know of any such study.

the

reported

full committee a bill requiring
such full disclosure.
He was

12.
18.

production

banks.

meeting

House

White

Oc#,

today the Eisenhower administration is finally getting
around to try to do something about Russia’s space and
missile lead over our country. These are welcome signs”
that our responsible officials“aren’t really’ swallowing

and

companies

A Senate iabor subcommittee

1

Page

by employers,

is opposed

and

News,

i

A Reporter: Mr. Wilson, what progress has the
defense department made since 1948 when the defense
secretary of that period said they were studying earth

and

facts

by

some-

sometime,
somewhere,
thing went wrong.

is supported by the UAW and
the rest of the AFL-CIO—

of

disclosure

58 Worksheet for Survival

rapid

On

NBC

AGRONSKY

his military, diplomatic and scientific advisers, followed

and

months

two

5,

Oct.

for |

told

did

he

department,

figure.

Let’s Get Everybody
To Report on Funds

appropriations}

to

practically

22,

and

21

May

On

groups.

business

would | other

e

said

special

A

situation
of
administration

would advocate the version of
the bill that came closer to its

MARTIN

From

House.
Instead,
the President
said that at least $1.2 billion
must be restored, less than half

more than the House figure but
$774.4 million below the Senate

enson

By

the

by

cut

sum

as so dees Shan halt the needed | .tion of America, Association of
Stock Exchange Firms, and yvaSe
os —_ 15, Semana See rious retail, farm commodity and

retary

If Reds Beat Us to Moon

re-

to

Senate

the

Life| vious reaction — the conference

ance

Folksy Charlie Didn't Care

billion

administration

entire

the

$2.6

President

the

ask

up

billion

the

then,

forced

$42

department

than

for.
‘Even

28

had

really
get to

wouldn’t?
the moon

You
first?

mean

I would rather they go to the
place than come over here.

you

moon

+

Douglas Bill Is Vital
For ‘Blighted’ Areas
Major

industrial

communi-

ties in the United States, like
many older mining and other|
areas, are now showing up on
government's

the

list of “dis-

tressed areas.” Sometimes)
this is due to obsolescent pro-|
ducts or plants. Workers with

years of seniority and
many
experience are finding them-|
selves without jobs.

Community

billions

from

roads

facilities

of

homes
and

tems—are

worth

dollars—ranging

and

water

being

schools

supply

to

sys-

abandoned

They
communities.
in these
in new
are being duplicated
to the tax
locations, adding

bills

of all of us.

Damage to the people in the
the
is great;
areas
distressed
loss of buying power in these
areas threatens the jobs of workers everywhere.

Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D., Ill.)
and others have introduced a
bill (S 964) which provides:
1, Loahs for people interested in bringing jobs and industry

back

into

these

areas,

2. Loans and small grants for

the

cities to help

of-date

industrial

revamp

areas,

out-

to

3. Federal

for

pay

new

for

available,

pay

states

help

government
retraining

jobs

that

and

to

these

Wh!

workers

become

the

assist

un-

workers

employment compensation
while they are being retrained.
?

for
kind of help
4. Same
rural areas in an amount equal
to funds for urban areas.

The

banking

tees

issue

in

is

now

before

currency

and

house

each

of

the

commit-

Congress

In the Senate. hearings were
held by a subcommittee chaired
bill
The
Douglas.
by Senator
needs the support of every Senator to get the bill moying as
soon

possible

as

session starts.
In the

held

Rep.

after

the

next

House, hearings: will

be

Ky.)

is

by the
Brent

chairman.

committee

(D.

Spence

of which

All members of the House,
especially those on the committee, need to be informed of
the urgency of the situation,

in terms of conditions in their
own districts and states, so
that

Spence

they

to

may

work

expedite

with

hearings

and action on the House

floor.

ars, the fellow who'll be wearing the biggest grin will be Roy Smith, recreation director
Local 157, and a full time worker at Huppower division of Hupp Corp.
oy’s Local 157 team in the Detroit Pee Wee hockey league ended its season last week
's Olympia where it dropped a 1-0 decision to the John F. Ivory state champion] ee
team.

'*T don’t know

am

or

not,

but

vongsters

hockey

among

|

increas-

we're
g in popularity—and
ing all we can to encourage
e trend,” Roy stated.
The
1-0 loss

bi

dropped

team

ready
looking

_

to

he

(Coloma)

state

Without

members

the

}members

is
build

The

|publican

Ont.,

-

youngster

trying

»

out

the

Local

in

: frpgjague, meeting
2

an

other

and

trious

‘tub

rinks

around

Scout

the

Aid

the,
the

In addition to shepherding the
al’s hockey teafh, Roy has the

4an-size

job

‘ereational

td,

which

(

135

ie

of coordinating

activities

has

shops

metropolitan

dig
Djad

of the

11,000

different

the

members

around

area.

him are Johnny
Frank Murphy.

lo-

Assist-

Fairbairn

‘fWhen
it’s not
hockey,
he’s
asy with golf, bowling, softball

‘ any

a

dozen

other

sport

ittivities. One
of the projects
deat he has undertaken during

nf
it

of

ee

past

igelpplying
ab

few

years

of

scouts

balls

in

the

jus enabling
ndertake

‘fon.

But

has

and

bats

Livonia

now

Roy’s

got

“Cops Ticke
Ticketed
“And Pay Fines
fy

Detroit
cops
-igarking tickets,
ung

©)

a $10

Ordinary

fine.

began
to
get
and began pay-

people

complained

eiaat when they were summoned
it 1 (0 police headquarters there was

do

Bit

place

{pots

oF

to park.

were

jelonging

full

of

All the

private

meter

cars

to policemen.

So the Detroit traffic director,
vdouis J. Betg, did two things.
fe provided
an off-the-street
ity

lot

for

cops

provided

they

jot a parking lot sticker and
mlisplayed
it;
and
he
began
mlanging regular parking violamilion tickets on the cars parked
ivertime on the street.
Then
the city lot began
to
‘get crammed?
Cops were
using
it without
tickers. There was an overflow

nop und

a lot more street-side park“ing tickets.
So now the police are towing
vinstickered cars frem the city!
Hot.
Fun,

huh?

jops just like

oto Control

It’s

happening

to people,

Guard

Jy
WASHINGTON
—
laye uDingell
(D. Mich.)
»

Rep,

has

to

John

intro-

ouluced a bill to prevent using the
'Tatlonal Guard as Goy. Orval

assis |

Vaubus, of Arkansas, did last fall

(n Little Rock.

An arrangement
in April 1955 to

was made
move the

to

iv eye on the Olympia, and maybe
ae day when one of his Pee
(ey will be wearing the red
frsey
with the winged
wheel
ymbol.

eg

Robert

E.

be fined

provided

for three

by law,”

times

the

The bill is now in committee. —
most|_
pre-|T0 date, the Republican leader~ @
disclaimed

hasn't

the

Geer-

bill as its baby.

a

‘Wayne
yne CIO
24

produc

members,

force

raid

offic.

|

union | in

Endorsements

three

municipal

haye

€lections

members|

candidates

of

delegates

to

the

primary

been

Wayne

by

made

County

a meeting
after
council
CIO
marked by spirited debate.

Attack

Meeting

on Feb:

11, the

coun-

you

local).

And:

join

an

try

to

can

you

go

Receiving
the
unincorporated| dorsement are:
to

jail.

form

a

you

If

you

suggest

anyone

jail,

and

not

jail

as

to

can

go}

not

misdemeanor

either. These guys aren’t fooling.
They'd send you up on a felony

for three years and
Then,
as
a
case everyone

a $5,000

stinger;
isn’t in

the
treasury
would provide

Clerk:

City

Council:

fine.

| ion.

| Milton

Deugh-

T.

Jonn

Judge:

Constables:

O’Brien.

V.

Mardiros

Municipal

en-

Brashear.

John

City

Ronald
scab- \ ty,
go to} Salvadore.

or other
you
can

a

LIVONIA:
William
Mayor:

union}

a meeting

council’s

and

Jack

Robert

Stanley

Lor-

Rudnicki,

R. Holley.

just
in | HAMTRAMCK:
jail and}

empty,
the
law}
that any union

|

Mayor:

Al Zak

Walter Bielski.

| . Treasurer:

In a progress report to local union presidents, UAW SecCity Clerk: Walter Gajewski.
and
the
members
themselves
retary-Treasurer Emil Mazey this week reported that the who violate any law pertaining
City Council:
Walter
Paruk,
UAW diagnostic medical program at Metropolitan hospital| to strikes, picketing, boycotts, Julia Rooks, Stephen Wrobel,
and clinics is proving an outstanding success. Participating | injunctions or mediation and, | william Kozerski, Frank Matuaddition — too any | lewicz.
in the program are 167 locals representing 366, 637 UAW! finally, “in
members.
Constables: John Demski, Ed-

physical

his

law

(Holiand).

| damages,

of be- |

of union

to buy
Kohler
made
products

An Outstanding Success’

to

competi-

big}

hold

| to

UAW Diagnostic Program

UAW
health institute program
to the hospital where local union

the

area,

the youngsters

inter-pack

right

been

and

FIGHT FOR PUCK between Local 157 player and John F. Ivory
youngster symbolized hard-played contest in Pee Wee League
playoffs.

city.

:

as

introduced

senators

that union | ings- -Faulkner

would

bankruptcy.

j union

teams

Saturday
mornings
at
Between
games,

ruling

than
jailbirds— |
becoming
union}

| treasuries

If you

eight-team

the

been

Geerlings

to “protect” | can
their

has

ther penalties

they

worthy

bill

and

If

plays

to make,

from

jail

members

of

Geerlings- Ren anes vey 'Endorses

separate

Wi team is welcome to join the
j wa yout
sessions
on
Saturday

alam

H.

effect

union

Republican

Clyde

that

the

s seeking
bill requires all unions to incor- } cil endorsed candidate
in
Livonia,
Hamtramck
| posts
porate
(this would mean
each
and Highland Park.

interest-

for

in

A_clear attack on the state’s
entire union
membership,
the}

watching

jungsters try out for the team.
Detroit

aren’t

jailings

into

by

and

it clear

| wholesale

ers

put

all

have

Geerlings-Faulkner | Ship

members,

|

and

being

way
the
are
bills

coming
better
and
just
for

Clear
Riverside,

trying

bill makes

a team for the
season
next
|
Smith
fall. In addition
f this many other duties as recf Rion
leader—
for
his
local,

)

pretext

really

sented,

to

bothering

usual

would

illegal

legislature

leaders,
| bad
union-busting

al-

plain

Faulkner

the

}union

running for the
season in ieague
but

just

subject

are

his

bill which

violators

ee

out of the

hockey

unions

}in

on our

certainly

is

all

if we've got

Wiy future Red Wings

LANSING—A

‘ALINVOITOS—E

few

next

the

in

league’ hockey

"92d

major

into

break

numbers

S

“LL

in any

youths

American

Outlawing of Unions
Is Aim of GOP Bill

'

ocal 157 Grooms Future Hockey Stars

members

tion

can

diagnostic

and-psychiatric

by

using

receive

competent

modern

Since

physicians

equipment.

then,

bers have

atten-

23,000

UAW

mem-

had extensive diagnos-

tic examinations. These members received 35,000 medical consultations,

and

96,500

over

In

laboratory

45,000

addition,

workers

chose to be
ropolitan.

X-rays.

over

and

tests

family

3,000

UAW

members

hospitalized

at Met-

DailiesUrgedto Work

For Better
Detroit’s

the UAW

three daily

the

UAW’s

ices

broad,

community

f

and

munity

|@

clinics

institution

very

it

substantial

as

has

a

com-

made

contribution

to the development

of a modern

zation

the

group

practice

in

medical

which

organi-

various

medical specialists work together as an integrated cooperating
whole.”

The
vital importance
of the
diagnostic program was noted in
the report statement that for a

substantial
workers

the

number

available

to him

treatment

could

lifesaving

of

program

and

knowledge
be

his

on

borne

union,

the

the

by

the

member's

which

program

local

himself,

pays only 5%

of the entire

doctor

international

individual

member

made

based,

Cost of the diagnostic

is

UAW

and

The

of the cost

examination.

In addition
to the
physical
diagnostic program, during the
period of the report 4,300 workers

visited

giene

clinic,

the

Metropolitan

UAW

which

mental]

Asia

hospital.

Metropolitan

hospital

in

hy-

the

and

clinies is located at 1800 Tuxedo
avenue in Detroit.

the

on

partes

only

injurious

as

program

serv- |the

attacks

sweeping

To meet
ADC-helped

hospital

urged

Detroit’s Aid

grants

criticized | and

department,

“The union takes pride,” Mazey
reported, “in the fact that in

Metropolitan

to make

were

Borucki.

HIGHLAND PARK:
Mayor: Paul V. Winkler.

Aid.

to join with

to Dependent

City

Council:

Milton

Downes,

Charles

White,

Harold

Kalem

Patrick

Truax,

Garian,

Duthie.

Detroit Recreation
Council Elects

Children Program more adequately meet the needs of fam-|
ilies compelled to turn to the plan for help.
UAW
Detroit
greater
The
In a letter to the newspapers’ editors, Andrew W. Le
elected
has
recreation council
Brown, assistant director Ot
Suet
begun
and
1958
for

Proud of Record
to develop

newspapers

in an attempt

the 28,000 unfortunate
on ADC's rolls:

helping

Child

ward

F

to

children

the real
families,

needs
of
said the]

staff

tract
ers
“ny

to increase

salaries

at

well-trained

We

enough

;
believe

money

adequate

level

number

the

which

social

will

of

at-

work-

;
spending

that

now

to

officials

plans

for

local

and

regional

recreational activities.
Joe
is
chairman
Reelected
Witkowski, of Local 306. Other
officers are Nick Sculian, Local

Jennie

give} | 163,

Doman,

Local

189,

these 28,000 children a chance) |and Bruce Markowicz, Local 51.
The council meets regularly to
in life will not only save money |

should|in the long
ADC’s|
delinquency

UAW, more state funds
be made
available
and

to an

run
and

promote
and
on the cost of |plan
emotional
ill- | programs for locals

recreation

memand
city. The
the
in-|ness, but will also represent the| |bers throughout
be
should
salaries
staff
creased to attract more of the! highest aspirations of our com-| |ecommittee invites questions or
and
members
from
relationship to | inquiries
its
in
munity
most qualified social workers.

“The

Bureau

of

Social

Aid,”

locals,

children.”

“tells
us
that
about 10% of the families have
serious
social
problems
which
Brown

stated,

demand
is

10%

a

far

of

careful
cry

the

ers. It is
from
the

the

that

charges

the

attention,

from

families

saying

are

This
that

chisel-

even
a farther
impression
given

currently

needs

of

cry
by

publicized

these

28,619

Wayne County children on ADC
are not being met by their
mothers.
,
“‘Mi
t, therefore,

that we develep ‘a program|{.

based

on

light

than

rather

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heat; on fact rather than propaganda, and_give the kids and

WKBZ
WSGW

hiee soteoninta
Bee Cine
5.
ro
a

WHAK

their mothers a break. May we||
s

group
study

“In the community - to
carefully
this program

Pere ree ta

call

that youll’
recommend
‘Weupon
the statealso legislature

to make

funds

available

to raise

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58—Pag

= Labor History iin Pictures—I0|

o@

Feb,
SOLIDARITY,

agin
aera

EPRESSION ripped through the country in the 1870s. It
and insecurity which
brought with it unemployment

Iabor or-

for a national

demand

a growing

result was

One

Peevyscg QUE ETE
asnaia

their

at

gnawed

and

families

their

and

workers

as
disrupted

unions.

17,

™

xara

ganization. Gradually the trade unions turned to the Knights
of Labor, organized in 1869 but dittle-known until 1873.

Insisting on the union of all trades, the Knights also bitterly attacked inequalities between wealth and wage-earners.
to

They ‘set out
industry.”

department

“every

organize

productive

of

Heading them in the period of their ¢ rowth were (upper
left) Frank J. Farrell, Terence V. Powerly and Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee.

as

and

stronger

unions became

other

and

the Knights

As

bettered, they pressed harder for gains

the nation’s economy

and reforms.
In Chicago, for example, demands became
widespread for an eight-hour day.
A lockout at the McCormick Harvester Works there had

in 1886; on May 3, other

been under way for several months

striking workers meeting near the plant got into a battle with
McCormick srikebreakers. Rushed to the scene, police fired
into the crowd (upper right). They killed four and wounded

many

others.

Angered by the shooting, 3,000 workers held a protest
meeting in Haymarket Square the next day. Shortly, however, a threatening rainstorm dwindled the crowd to about
200.

Nevertheless

break up
peaceful.

the

a

police

rally,

ignoring

From somewhere,

man.

squad

a bomb

of about

pleas

180

that

was hurled.

moved

the

in to

meeting

was

Painting

It killed one police-

The police opened fire (lower right).

But Illinois Goy. John P. Altgeld public-

Newspapers seized on a bombing to whip up public hysteria

against the workers.

ly condemned

the trial.

Of those put on trial, four were hanged, | that the jury had

He

Romney Testimony Suggests
Little Car Has Loud Exhaust
George

Romney

took

an

Gave General Motors

When

he saw

what-be

He gave the union

axe

{gram

two-day

40 whacks:

WASHINGTON —
Romney, who makes

George
smaller

tee.

Among

many

other

things,

the
president
of
American
Motors proposed a law limiting
the
percentage
of
the
market

any

control
(this

in

would

General

away

in

any

basic

mean

Motors

at

Ford).

effect,

with
ing

cOmpany

big
his)

and

also

unions

companies
should
be

to tackle

lows.
Romney’s

up

chipping

company
unions. It
okay,
he
said,
for

unions

industry

breaking

He

that

could

the

urzed,

dealing

(includstrictly

would
be
national

little

fel-

stag-

performance

gered the pro-industry members
of
the
Kefauver
group.
They

thought it was a fine idea to
break
up the UAW,
but mut-

tered
tions
free

He

that a
would

enterprise

curb on corpora“undermine
the
system

Switches
Romney

that

the

hearings

Again

—

UAW

as

a

for its collective

who

complained

had

used

bargai

pro-

cars.

said

He

of

to

his|

he

Three
model

The

American

GM

Motors

Continued

from

Page

had

and

of

| ized

the

‘presented

We

union’s
to

demands

the

Woodcock

|economic

or

“are

bad,

tied

noted

GM's

to

| ployment~
for
}each year.”
Referring

attacks

on

it

is

were

to

the

program,

“obyious

match
ed.

policies

collective
he

from

the

said

an-

|

even

the

for

the

stimulate
charged

and
He

of?

this

of big business,”
told the delegates

industry

that

10),

in

UAW’s

spokes-

Rom-

his

esti-

power;

Motors”
union,

auto

that

is

he

no

claim-

sales.

the

whole
in

item

another

sibility”

both

money.)

a

parts

ment

or

in

its

pf

of

favor

union

38 9%
wages

up

by

48%,

52%,

while
went

up

interest

The

dividends
rose }no
place
‘all salaries and | tions.
only

to

carry

30.2°

of

he

govern-

on

negotiaSi

from.

of

Texas,

Boe

presentation

the Kefauver

will

“It

muster

ownership

be

at

up

to

least

bill.

Joe

commit-

65%

of

the |

L.

L.

Colbert,

Chrysler

He

has

northern

and

members

eastern

The

Too

letter,

which

Sen.

George

(R., Vt.) called “just
D. Aiken
about the limit in political ineptitude,” also gave the back of

its hand to President Eisenhower
and aimed a crack at UAW President Walter |P. Reuther.

Romney

only spent about
American Motors

said.)
as

Colbert

salaries

included
for

so corporation

executives
while

he

sat

agreed;

two

$25,000
money,
such

executives.

behind

testified.

Colbert

the

in

Post

sellout

Republican

an

to

Republican

scrambled

frantically

the current

from

the

accept

dinner.

the

$100,000

of you

confused

Mich.

for

would

not

by

the

menu-makers

about
best

con-

our

General

Motors,

too.

Here

Lu Anna Florence, Local 292, Kokomo, Ind. and
Vice President Leonard Woodcock during recess

are

Geraldine

Vento,

Sarah Campbell, Ipcal
at GM conference,

Local

438,

Milwaukee;

969, Columbus/

O. with

cost,

Some

|

Par-

raised

economy

such—Solidarity,
Detroit
Jefferson,

eats would
did forget.

in

8

to escape

8000
14,

Second, don’t forget your
estimate of what the week’s

GALS

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politicians

scandal.

ty leaders said they

and
East

ARE

’
a

gas

the

meals for a family of four
(Solidarity, Feb. 10).
First of all, send your enaddress
same
tries to the
you'd use for free patterns

THERE

6

lobby.” The paper also called upon Martin to repudiate his “appreciators.”

test

or

The

a

are

items

dozen

Commented

Some

of
he

mn

economy.”

Confused About
Menu Contest?

he

tf

i

“The affair seems to have been
from
}a sellout. It now remains to be
con|seen whether there will also be |

president,
had
claimed
that
outlay before the committee.
(George

.

in 1960...

for President

inee

AE

nom-

the Democratic

will pick

7

“and

said,

letter

the

votes in order to pass | editorial:

tee then it is not operating
efficiently, Sen. Estes Kefauver
(D., Tenn.)
commented
after

the

of

rebates.

consumer

party,”

Martin

before

Senate

vi

to AMC

Even though we may not appublican votes in the House each
prove of everything EisenhowAs}
.
..
passed
time the gas bill
er has done .. . tiie Republi|
he
ss
Congre
83rd
the
of
Speaker
party of
the
is
party
can
led the fight for adoption of the
free
and
enterprise
private

WASHINGTON—If Chrysler
Corp. really spent $500,000 to
its

;

“Walter Reuther is the dominant figure in the Democratic

1

Page

$500,000 Cost
For Senate Day?
make

start

the

was

(This

ie

industry-

rebate

a consumer

opposed

ally of the oil and gas producing industries,’ he wrote. “He
mustered two-thirds of the Re-

Reuther,

is

strength.”

his

areas on the spot besuming
cause the bill is not popular...”

respon-

said,

friend

a

been

the

controls.

Senate,

Continued

to put Republican

long-

all

Romney

10, 1958,

the gas bill this year...

idea

be-

skyrock-| ram.

gist of
Senate

of industry-

oppose

would

he

declared

.

Gas Stinks ,NoGouge?

Republican

Unlike other auto executives,
tween December 1952 and June Colbert declined to discuss the
collective bargaining pro1957, profits after all deductions| aw
went

On Feb,

to

range UAW program “to force
to abdicate immanagement
portant

he

1958

emphatically.

if sales topped 180,000,
own rebate plan.)

buyers
UAW’s

tidelands

He

7,

as

That’s not all, Reuther noted.
On Sept. 14, Romney proposed

it

opposed

Earlier, L. L. Colbert, president of Chrysler Corp., testifield that a price cut (as proposed
by
UAW)
would
not

facts

the economic

with

Feb.

General

was

people

bargaining

further

of

guished
screams
of industry
that they understand
we are
trying to get through
to the

American

wide

Feb.

“On

denounced the UAW’s collective bargaining program, He

good

industry’s

it. Last Sepout in favor

he

1955

is making

(Solidarity,

went
t

weeks of unemits
work-force

UAW’s

bargaining

to be} ney

pricing

15

men

that whether | “even

conditions

just

ae

story at left).
industry-wide

in favor

himself

Sept. 20, 1957 he asserted

“On

bargaining,

Colbert Sees Plot
Like the GM and Ford

1

corporation.

Nicked ‘Em

company

said.

Reuther

bargaining,”

again.
“Things have changed” since
| September, Romney said. (One
thing that has changed is that
his

z|

testimony of the American Motors head (see
“On Jan, 28, 1957 he emphatically opposed
wide

he

week

it. Last

Knights of Labor.

industry-wide
in

bitterly opposed
tember he came

by
he

approximately 350,workers. They formal-

GM

of

that no

“Which George Romney can we believe?” was the
UAW President Walter P. Reuther’s reaction to the

on

il

But the incident sped the decline of the «i

His Party Line Is Like a Pretzel

again

himself

Back

bargaining.

i representing

000

issue

the

head

Council

reversed

also

selling

abandoned some years ago,
was making money with it.

the jeted

“sounding-board”

much

“outflanked”
the Big
reviving
the- smaller

and fewer cars, outdid the Big |

Three in verbal volume before
the Kefauver Senate commit-

devoted

appearance

Rambler

bad done

41.

—

‘ty

seph E. Gary had been unfair and biased.

said in effect

been packed,

Gelsavage

John

artist

staff

UAW

evidence ever had been uncovered as to
who threw the bomb, and that Judge Jo

and

three were imprisoned (two for life)
one committed suicide.

by

of you

Because of all this we've
extended the deadline to midnight Feb. 28. We want you
all to haye a fair chance.

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