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1958-02-24
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Vol. 1 No. 11
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SOLIDARITY
NT
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT & AGRICULTURAL
Labor to keep
alive
in your
breast that little
spark of celestial
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1958
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Reply to President:
alt Taxes
Hike UC,
UAW President Walter P. Reuther yesterday
(Sunday) urged President Eisenhower to press
for two immediate measures to meet the growing
economic crisis—federal minimum standards for
unemployment compens ation and the power to
invoke a temporary moratorium on income tax
®
\“Dkay with Us
The
UAW has ‘asked
all
—
guide to the “ethical aspects
McClellan Calls,
UAW Is Ready
f 1958 collective bargaining,”
_ panel of 10 clergymen orig-
mally chosen for that purpose
iy American
Motors Corp.
President
UAW
made
euther
this
Walter
P.
proposal
(Moné@ay)-
Emil
be
jomists
bf
:
the
panel,
jimply
» lp
not
be
he
expert
either went on. “The UAW
would
e‘prefer . . . public hearings, but
Uhis is a matter we would leave
do the judgment of the panel. .”
| In the same way, he added,
fit would be up to the panel
“whether
miings,
or
it
ui members
4 so.
In
WReuther
would
issue
whether
would
individual
be
making
free
the _
referred
find-
to
to
do
proposal,
the
moral
Wbligations of both labor and
ajmanagement
to exercise
their
Continued
on
[Demand
Page
8
Nearly
UAW
200
Chrysler-
delegates
from
locals
come of
workers,
across
iChrysler workers required to
mmeet
production
needs
and
layoffs,
in strict
order
of
seniority, for the others will
be demanded
by the UAW
to
counteract the corporation’s
continuing
policy
of
short
uidays and short weeks.
This
two-point
placed
‘before
conference
man
and
and
the
Chrysler
Nearly
all the
was
Chrysler
by Sec-
Emil
Mazey,
union’s cffi-
hospitalized
Matthews,
rector,
the
(see above)
retary-Treasurer
speaking for the
cers
demand
vice
president
department
64,000
Nor-
di-
Chrysler
-
and
with
will
others
The
| where
which
have
brought
Chrysler
relations
to
sessions on non-economic demands to be presented to the
ment
Every
what
corporation when bargaining
opens six weeks hence.
Hanging
conference
threughout
widespread
have
like
a pall
over
the
into
the
week
home
averaging
—
and
less
thousand
just
have
than
11
been
half
have
hours
of
Guesswork
The
the
can
for
11
a
taking
what
hours
Mazey said, was $24.75. Unemployment compensation and SUB
would total $58.50.
Even 20 or
25 hours a week, now worked by
thousands
across
the
country
nets less than
he added.
Continued
the
on
layoff
Page
total,
8
worked
pile”
re-
real
corporation
battleground
affect
vitally
most
it
where
knows
the
has
at
said
Hughes,
way
out
UAW,
The
its
of
of
Art
on
Continued
has
reason
union
Page
to
issued
was
wrote,
8
it.
to expect
he went on.
of
president
scribed
the
as
exuberant
of
Philip M.
US.
the
de-
Commerce,
fore-
Presidential
a
“possibly
while
noted;
in this
alone
is not
opinion,
Talbott,
cast
as
to
little
timing,”
over-
he
Arthur
Burns,
recession
would
Dr.
Eisenof
chairman
one-time
hower’s Council of Economic Ad-
| visers,
said
ended
be
one
disputes
production
letter
Reuther
UAW,
Chamber
want
department.
Chrysler
of
Chrysler
delegate
said
referred
that
earnestly”
“most
hopes
will
confidence
Eisenhower's
be justified by events, but sees
corporation
anywhere,”
to help.”
his
month.
The
truth
hinder
only
The statement was oppredicting a pickup by
| written.
| timistic,
next
the
taking
avoid
statement,
day
same
the
to take
also
economic
|his
a
that
produce
doesn’t
can
that
Eisenhower
|
Hughes, administrative assistant
to Vice President Norman Matthews, director of the union's
UAWbase-
aware
and
replied
ernment
s
the
“only
by
gov-
massive
intervention.”
Continued
on
7
Page
|
it
en-
it can
where
tire corporation,
force a halt to all Chrysler pro-
and SUB,” he said
average
Hit
the
Main
Dodge
they'd get if they were laid off
and
collecting
unemployment
compensation
called
Every
home,
in-
made
several
was
UAW
here.
“But
instance,
delegate
production
ported on company
skirmishes
|
back
standards
production
on
workers
now
employed
are on
short weeks, Mazey pointed out
“At the Dodge Main plant, for
been
the
plant
workweeks
eaten
level.
disputes
“guerrilla warfare” being waged
almost openly at the Dodge Main
were heavy layoffs
the
company;
short
standards
need
doesn’t
to
but
they seek
The
the
only
| Hope He’s Right
no
because
Eisenhower
. not
ones
wrong
ex-
..
steps
jright
UAW
affairs.
union
or
10).
portant
docu-
full
Feb.
Feb. 3 (Solidar-
pledging that “every sound avenue of action is being explored”
but arguing that “it is very im-
Treasurer
repeatedly
have
duction
some 30,000 Chrysler
and company-forced
production
the land gathered in Detroit
for two days of day-and-night
that
for all
Reu-
reports,
Chrysler Tactics Rile De
\ Work Us 40, Lay Off Rest
week
P.
The
facts.
“startling”
will emerge this week.
“How many are now — uh — temporarily inactive in the
— uh — economic readjustment?’
on Chrysler:
A full 40-hour
Feb. 12, acknowledging
the importance
of the current slump,
hinted
have
of UAW would
zona,
probe
to Panel
“All procedural details would
ye left for decision’ by members
if the clergymen’s panel,” Reu-
today
Right-wing Republicans on
the committee, especially Sen.
of AriBarry M. Goldwater
but
consultants.
hand
personal
members
stressed,
here
ity,
affecting
willingness
complete
pressed
all
answer
and
appear
to
about
whether
questions,
one
chosen
by
and
an
equal
union. The eco-
would
on
officers
of the union.”
it economists,
gach company
lumber by the
to the President
Walter
Mazey
mentary
| The
UAW
leader suggested
that the panel of clergymen be
@ssisted by a bipartisan group
c
strike
Secretary
ther,
wholly
unfounded
fear
they may
be biased
in
favor
Kohler
open
will
the UAW special convention.
The UAW
program
was sent
committee
matters
President
Mortors without consulting
the UAW, Reuther said “this
toelfact alone should lay to rest
umtany
that
UAW
the
clergymen had
by
American
that the 10
selected
mastbeen
other
and
the
on
hearings
on
by
long-
McClellan
awaited
call a national
conference
unemployment as suggested
The
WASHINGTON—
last week to the heads of all
“tujautomotive corporations. Noting
withholding.
The
proposals
were in response to a letter
from Eisenhower declining to
@
Next: Strike Fund
Next
week
we'll
magazine
features
give
our
a rest in
greater
complete,
favor
of
something
interest—a
local-by-local
and
of
even
region-by-
region account of strike fund
expenditures in the last three
years.
We'll
also
have
easy-to-
understand details on the new
strike benefit plan. A booklet
containing
the
same _ facts
was
so
popular
at
the
special
convention that UAW'’s officers were conyinced that all
of you
look.
would
like a first-hand
ABSENCE
Chrysler
Art
of
Vice
conference
Hughes
(left)
President
is discussed
and
Joe
Boyd
Norman
by
of
Matthews
his administrative
Local
122,
Kent,
from
the
assistant,
O.
forced the union's Chrysler director to miss the meeting
first time in memory, Another photo on Page 8.
Illness
for the
MICHIGAN
SOLIDARITY,
Feb.
24,
1958—Pa
e2
: Smeekens Bill
Carries That
Funny Smell
law
Hitler-type
LANSING—A
Michigan
deny
would
which
union members their democratic right to build a strike fund
qo otiT
‘controlled senate, followin,
iwollor 9
as ertst
Busem
Senate
the
lead of
Mich-
White's appointment as stalpi? «o ior
bor commissioner because @ serisoed 1
igan
name
the
bearing
legislature
of senator John P. Smeek- |
bills which
with
himself
fied
would deny unionists their poliimprison
would
three
to
up
terms
years.
|
ban the right |
latest would
The
for]
members
of unions to vote assessments |
union}
strip
would
move
The
of|
delegates
and
conventions
against economic onslaught by |
corporations, and would reduce|
to defenseless debating|
unions
societies,
Smeekens/ a 32-year-old manhas
who
executive,
ufacturing
last
January,
bill
fail
The
who
to incorporate.
arrest unionists
in-
to
for the
corporate or who meet
of incorporating. Also
purpose
| ment compensation which have
¥
state legislature.
|
One, sponsored by Repub-
secondary| lican state senator Robert E.
would-be
outlawed
boycotts of scab-made products,
Faulkner (Coloma), would
three-year
A
as Kohler.
such
make it tougher for workers to
jail sentence
would
await any-|
get such benefits and easier for
one_who advocated such action. | employers to pay lower taxes.
The measure. would also jail
The
other,
sponsored
by
and fine any union member who |
violates
“any
other
penalty.”|
What
that
not clear.
Another
Measure
would
catch-all
ban
ticipating
zenship
the state
unions
in
politics
activities.
can-sponsored
UAW
means,
is
Republican-sponsored
before
members
senate
from _
this
|
in
federal
representa-
tive Joe Kowalski
(Detroit),
would increase benefits to the
the
present
law’s
of the
analysis
An
of
many
liberalize
and
jobless
provisions.
bills by
two
to
deny
right
was
court
last
following:
the
showed
Faulkner’s
bill
paid
@
by
would:
employers—
The
story
at left
example
other
President
is just
what
of
P.
Walter
harder and
good
but
party,
harder
Republican.”
workers at
Company
gible
ing for a top notch contract.
} larly hurt
Left standing outside was the short work weeks
to
International Association of layoffs prior
who
of
the
Structural and Orngmen-
| layoff.
The
tal Iron Workers
union, which}
“again failed to muster any sup- | bill, the
intent
experts
only
of
earnings
requifes
those
Bridge
particu-
were
on
or temporary
a permanent
say,
Faulkner
“is
to
re-
port in an election contest where | duce taxes to the employer and
it more difficult for
| to make
it faced the UAW.
The NLRB-announced results | workers to qualify for benefits.”
On the other hand, the Kowof the voting were 73 for the
other
among
UAW, two for the Iron Workers| alski bill would,
and
The
UAW
eight
for no union.
it
workers
has
‘union,
has attempted
ers
ered
in
tion
1A
things,
@
resounding victory for the
was another
in a series} the
where
to
of
plants
be
the
Leading
faced
which,
of
to organize
normally
within
the
UAW.
the
Co-Director
drive
work-
consid-
jurisdic-
was
Region
McCusker.
Joe
benefits
weekly
increase
allowing
by
jobless
Malco Signs Up
—Now All UAW
with
pendent,
benefits
top
to find a
tions
help
of
reduce
announced
with
The
storm
vention.
the
signing
doors
Region
a
contract}
small
pensions—
\e eliminate
undertook
Detroit
area,
4,
sent 100%
by
UAW
and
made
and
First for URW
workers
area
Rubber
into
with
outside
products.| States.
therefore
union-made
JUAN,
SAN
Puerto
the
Puerto
FOR
repre-|
FREE
organization
of
the
of
continental
United
on
saying,
#
regarizsve"
law
delb
senate
the
did not take the ff}
During
Smeekens
negotiations.
floor.
senate
refused,
faceéps!
or
minor
got to follow the
of the pressure.”
union’s
the
the
a
7)
illegal
an
issue
for
by S@
(R. Colin
Smeekens
White
6
9!
si
and rec}
cuts, wiW
ONLY
Authority.
tan
are
was
tightening,
warned, as
‘METROPARK
GUIDE
METROPOLITAN
METROPOLITAN
PARK
KENSINGTON
METROPOLITAN
PARK
DEXTER-HURON-METROPOLITAN
HURON:
LOWER
METROPOLITAN
Southeast
In
for
of
time
=
bI
usually the first slashed, |
proven by the recent battlel
retarded
Michigan,
progrit
recreation
school
in
children.
rf
out,
pointed
she
fortunate
particularly
are
dents
havingt
in
!ity
ti
al
five-county recreational organization, whichis
the years since it was set up in 1942 has
come a nationally-admired system of five 1)
0
reation areas worth millions of dollars and Pf
viding leisure time pleasure for millions of Mil
residents.
igan
Fear Slash in Funds and Services
BEACH
MARSHBANK
camp
a
and
cuts
over
Detroit
a
during
services,
Recreational
Metrogft
Huron-Clinton
the
on
ang
recreation
of
director
UAW
Madar,
commissioner
DISTRIBUTION
Supporters
will
attempts
of
be
the
made
tif
fearful
are
authority
fundst)'\
its
to sidetrack
attempt to push onto the authority jobs
rightfully belong with other agencies.
whi
Among the prime movers in the original mo)
ment to set up the Huron-Clinton authority wh
PARK
the
PARK
state
CIO.
purchased
and
the
and
UAW
Since its organization after a state-wide
ferendum, the Huron-Clinton Metropolit
has
Authority
Beach
ropolitan
in
Macomb
)}
}
the M
developed
Marshba|
County,
Metropolitan Park in Oakland County, Kensirp™iir®
ton Metropolitan Park in the Livingston-Oz}?~
Metropolit)
area, Dexter-Huron
land County
County and Lower Hurt
Park in Washtenaw
Metropolitan
suitable
With.
steadily
land
|
County.
Wayne
in
Park
Suitable Land Becomes Scarcer
diminishing,
t)
the
ny
authority is moving rapidly to acquire as ma}
sites as possible before the five-county area,
The authority is presently pv
fully built up.
HURON-CLINTON
1760 GUARDIAN
METROPOLITAN
BUILDING
WOodward
DETROIT
1.5965
AUTHORITY
26,
MICHIGAN
:
|
land
chasing
Stony
Creek
improving
Due
in
the
Metropolitan
sites
already
this
opening
for
Rochester
Park
for
area
it constanie
and
acquired.
year
is a new
swimmifir
pool in the Lower Huron Park, a part of $620,0)
spent in improvements in the one park duril
the last year.
have
Rico
tack
con-
special
Olga
Rico—The
Workers
at
coming
not
Moda Shoe Corporation in Agua“This is the first time
dilla, PR.
in| that the union has set up a unit
from
ex-
for
week
waiting
to
de-
bargaining
remain
employers—
the
andb
alert to protect their hard-won park
tion facilities from fund or service
pay-
also struck.
which| United
operations
broken
windows
and
Malco products are
prepared
aluminum
truded
have)
Morris,
voted
@ give all eligible workers at
least 26 weeks of benefits—
e@ not reduce benefits to those
on
Malco of Michigan, Inc.|
firm is a fabricator of|
recently
in
Ken
mands
that
contribu-
the
general i
for }~0!
budget cutters casting around
With
areas to slash expenses, citizens. must be on fl
for
@ make it possible for those
orations to
Vice President Richard Gos-| working for large corp
get benefits during a strike at
ser, director of the competitive |
another plant in the chain unshop department, and Region 1) less the worker’s own plant is
Co-Director
|
workers
to exceed two-thirds of the state
average wage—
e
ranks aig
the job..¢
would *
as theyg
Madar Warns of Park Fund Cuttii-
iron} ments of 50% of a worker’s norlate || mal wage, plus $5 for each de-
the
gets
it
ter),
Leonard
Vice
President
GM
tells Pontiac
Woodcock
present
The
benefits.
for
UAW
in
election
and} $15 for 14 weeks.
Faulkner's bill would
the door wide to bargain- |
swung
|
|
than $20 a week for not less than
20 weeks before he becomes eli-
an/| law
have
chosen
the
NLRB-conducted
|
goal
Ww
whelming margin the
the
Extruded
Hinge
over-
en-
office, Reuther usually replies
that “the UAW is not tied to
one
ih
bi
comes
a demand
down
turned
permit
any
{2
106
cohorts, White drew the fib
wher/
recently
Republicans
|
Democrats
induifoy
Hutchinson
of
tility.
for
many
so
dorse
iy
1
to heaiort
departmir
who
anyone
tor John
members
|‘
(D.
and
industrial
|
more
earned
have
must
man
him from the UAW
being “proper” for
He indicated he
them out as fast
appointed.”
In addition to the
Reuther
UAW
was defehy’
a labor
ers for some time. When askwhy
i.
Brown
to
ject
UAW
ed
Ww?
abouts.
no bones
Making
*
dislike of unions, Sen. Ed@ii
(R. Fennvyigt’
Hutchinson
commit! a
the
of
chairman
made it clear thut he wouldioy
an-
telling political writ-
vm
an
v.
Reject Unionists
up to 26 weeks
to draw
dividual
By
botvs(or
Willian
Basil
Sen.
mén
ota
has been
In debate, White
appoint
in the
introduced
just been
of benefits by requiring 44 credit
weeks instead of the present 39—
e@ make it still harder to draw
benefits by requiring that an in-
YPSILANTI
first-
hear
;
Jabor department
jobless
for
harder
it
make
rates
contribution
e@ reduce
year
|| workers
Hinge Swings
Wide to UAW
Gefeated
state
experts of the UAW’s unemployciti-| ment compensation department
Republi-|
attempt
|
Democratic
par-
and
A
to
15
union members in Michigan seem to prefer Democrats |
would | over Republicans, tell him about the two bills on unemploy-
unions | why
force
Ri
9) «1
who reminded the senate tk
0!
had been the policy for yeatty
in Pontiac.
asks you
outside the labor movement
time somebody
workers
©
bless Proposals Show
Next
co-sponsored
week
would
a bill which
since
only
office
public
in
Feb.
on
hall
653
Local
the
at
GM
of these
at meeting
agenda
demands.
bargaining
°58
UAW’s
on
report
hand
gathered
653
and
596
594,
Locals
of
Members
on
item
big
is
REPORT
CONFERENCE
GM
Who's Dem, Who's GOP
Co-Sponsored
been
by
| ~
union
the
protect
to
power
any
rejected
laws.
and|
rights
economic
and
tical
has
Republ
Noyember, White was look¢
as an administrator who v
modernize the state’s 1908 spi
identi-
already
has
Smeekens
The
UAW background.
Appointed by Gov.
Coldwater.
of
Republican
ens,
the
in
introduced
be
to
—
Committee,
proposal
anti-labor
latest
the
is
LANSING
A GUIDE
WANT
nearby
areas
Michigan?
map
park
You
to the parks
to
can
residents
have
and guide free by
Solidarity,
Guide,
Detroit
14, Mich.
the
and recreation
in
southeast
complete
road
writing to: Metro8000 E. Jefferson,
Funds
for
the
parks
citizens in the five
course, contributes
come
from
Wayne
counties.
the largest sum
texes
of
t}
County,
of mcné
and its citizens make the greatest use of t)
parks. A survey has disclosed that 70% of ti)
visitors to Kensington Park and Metropolits)
Beach
are from
a
the Detroit area.
~~
'
of Unity
in Test
Opens
of the labor movement are on the Civic Auditorium here
3anging down
state merger convention gets under way.
GRAND RAPIDS—The eyes
today as the AFL-ClO-ordered
gavel will be temporary chairman Joseph D. Keenan, an AFL-CIO vice presiby AFL-CIO vice president L. S. Buckmaster as temporary secretary.
The convention will be the t esting of the AFL-CIO’s authority to merge state and local
affiliates which haven’t come 7—_
to terms on their own.
The former AFL and
labor bodies had their charters
revoked earlier this month when
George
Meany,
president
of
the
united labor movement, ordered
them to surrender their records.
|The
Young Fogies
° one
can°accuse
\ii@iiblicans
west
‘ast
week,
it,
h
fF
t
having
at
100
anything
but
meeting
in
GoOPsters
14 mid-western states “reed” their demand
for a
ey
to work”
thus.
three
less
put
and
his
President
administration,
Sopposed to a national “right
Ajwork”
law—on
paper,
any-
oi
“When
Michigan state repre‘tntative
George
M.
Sallade,
Arbor
bookshop
owner,
ose
approval
of
“right
to
k”
laws,
he
was
bitterly
Jmounce®
as
a
“spineless”
vyotliower
of
UAW
iifjalter P. Reuther.
fallade
ij
is not
UAW
and
ical
mor
the
President
connected
with
has never had the
support
of
in his area.
man
who was
press
eieildist.
Mfolthrop
agent
once
|
tr
were
that
D.
unemployed.
One
calls
for
a
aid
boost
the
in
un-|
would
re-establish
the
and
propafor
a
extreme
conservative
even
group.
and
Michigan
of
merger
Council
Federation
of
departments
stumbling
has
been
the
of
lefits and which stymied the|
"W's efforts to permit
inte‘ution of supplemental unemyment
(SUB)
with
unemmyment compensation.
.4Sallade said Molthrop was a
‘Aaid
propagandist
peddling
die same old half truths and
veo@legations,” and
he accused
0
ajm
of
saying
‘| Soviet
te
state.”
orkers
have
and
ins
again
that
they
tight to work”
fnted out. But
roffiously
did
mdombat
WEW
Michigan
was
demonstrated
in/union
want
not
no
elec-
part
of
laws, Sallade
his colleagues
listen.
Insurance?
YORK—A
recommenda-
fn that “nurses flirt with male
colients
to
aid
their
recovery”
‘(43 been made seriously by the
jn of a British medical school,
‘mmented
|
a
a-number
/@rses,
all
pretty
union
of
spokesman
New
members,
York
“we
iiight be persuaded, but only if
' got special combat pay or
‘memiums for the occupational
hi nivards,”"
Skilled Trades, and
of its International
| New Deal days:
_“I-am
tion
afraid
is taken
the
of
(PWA)
Works Administration
that
promptly
depressed
unless
ac-
the
The
the
the
in
AFL
to
|which
mis-|
areas
MFL
may
the
Feb.
De-|
1
latest
an
to
avoid
merger
when
special
boycott
the
group
by - the
came
met
ploiting
the
desires
of
the
un-|}
The
from
“league’s”
plant
the
get
up
periods,
an
the
| EME OPENER
Q6
on
charges
of
operating
a | yision
racket
gan
confidence
under
Public
“league”
those
eight
“fee”
z
out
or
the name,
Service
was
10
of
r
“Michi-}
League.”
supposed
work
days,
was paid.
Members’
game.
|
‘Packard Men
|
Urged to Call
it:
rest
valued
hour. _
It agreed
to
wash-up
and
at
a
nearly
17c
speedup
re-
Former
you
hour.
j
|
Saying
The
But
the
get
not
did
also
IATC
The |
to
a job
get
within|
provided
a
$30
agreement with Curtiss-Wright,
|
| Packard workers are given cred| it for their full seniority, all ae-
| increased pension and group in| surance benefits the UAW mem-
bers in the same plant have had } erued vacation credits and other
since last September and it gave benefits. The company~-is cur-
relatives—to
headquarters
a
riod.
In_addition,
pe-
lunch
paid
20-minute
a
up
get
to
it failed
escalator
cost-of-living
|}and many other benefits
s
Complain
mémbers”
were
construction
jobs
told of the “league’s”
}for
the
“members”
their
“dues”
| doughnuts
ever
was
and
| some of them said.
clause
which
of
the
phony|
they
operated
charged with gross fraud and
conspiracy,
In recommending
the warrant, Sam Olsen, Wayne
county
prosecutor,
said:
“In
these
times, een preyingekworsts
on intl}
the
item plae
of
a
fraud.”
deterrent
similar
S.
I hope
to
intent.”
Those
arrested
Clarence
and
his
in
S. Brown,
L.
Worthy
address
Detroit.
others
are>
Cunningham,
Wilbert
this
Klugh,
In comparison, UAW
at the same plant got
wage
hour
got
nothing
coffee,
in
increase
working
and
and fringe benefits.
IATC representatives
conversation,
gave
Kent
in
be
Police
Money
said
one
who
was
not
given
Taylor,
jobless
the
all
father
card
until
he had paid the remaining $20.
Another
unemployed
worker
pawned
| surance,
S
paid
| Mott,
his TV set and one bor-
be able
to provide comintends
CHA
for hospitalizaof h
in- | plete coverage
carb
billion in per- | tion and for physicians’ services
most
Americans
form
ee
over
$8
out
during
the
The
of
Executive
Community
gave | troit.
of eight borrowed $10 to get a
“membership
card” and a job,
but
some
Talbot, | told
Police described
Cunningham
as the president of the “league,”
with Brown as secretary, Klugh
as bookkeeper
and
Peoples
as
field agent. They had been operating
for several
months,
and
150 jobless workers had joined
the “league” so far, police estimated, netting the ‘officers’ of
the “league” $4,500,
Borrowed
have
were
18644 Sunset;
1440
Although
with | sonal medical and hospital bills
Chicago;
5598
re
hall,
from
Kujawski
after
5845
Mound
the plant.
cal
monies
|
at
the
The
12.
Feb.
installed
were
150
union's
in
Lo-
cere-
offices
on
are:
officers
new
president;
president;
Kujawski,
Colson, vice
Harry
Camille
for
officers
elected
Newly
recording
Belanger,
Virginia
secretary; Eddie Dwornik, finanHoward,
Marlin
cial \secretary;
writing| John
IATC.
the
to use it against
register-
Officers Elected
up
admitted
ial
= |IATC didn’t want it in
aand Bae neyer)}
Do | for fear the UAW would
a job.
Harry
4:15 at the
Road, across
members|
a 17c an
conditions
meeting
a
in
publicly
their
of
trustees;
arms;
at
Frank
and
Keefe
Smith,
Gilbert
sergeant
guide-
Moore,
Frank
Rusak,
Extra’ Medical Costs Led to-CHA :
Emmett | dividuals
2435
Peoples,
as
will
president
makers.”
die
and
tool
C
and
Pack-
5
Workers seeking full informa|
tion are urged to call Local 190
also agreed
hire “A, B
| ficiency.” The IATC
to ‘let management
former
in “ef-|
step-up
10%
required
in
ed.
the 19c they “won” in any
week in which they don’t meet
| the
calling
ard workers in order
a | seniority, if they have
Police realtybegan investigating
j
3
P, aft- |
Cunningham
and
_,the~ others | county that the reason the Giber receiving 19 complaints from | genieg
Re
charges,
claiming |son agreement is verbal is that
“members”
rently
|
| get
connection with a union. Police said the construction firm
and
the
union
had _ never
heard of the “league.”
All
who
}ion, Region 1 Co-Director Ken
| Morris announced.
Under
terms
of
the
UAW
that ain’t all, as the
goes.
workers
| Bend plant or who seek information
on
transferring,
are
| urged to contact their local un-
an
2344c
of
loss
a net
get
Packard
| have sufficient seniority to work
jat
the
Curtiss-Wright
Utica
to imby
at
least 10%. Value—nearly 25'e
an hour.
That comes to 42!2c an hour.
Deduct
the
19¢
“gain,”
and
in |
downstairs.”
“League
promised
and were
AREA
| On dour radio dial
23c
some
employed to get a job—was un-| were at 215-223 Vernor west | are standard in UAW contracts.
To top it all off, the skilled
covered by Detroit police last | Outside, police said, was a sign
week when they arrested four) reading, “MPSL employment di- tradesmen at Gibson won’t even
men
DETROIT
|
skilled
quiring skilled workers
prove
their
efficiency
on
Jail Four in Swindl
Of Detroit Jobless |
to
It gave
session here to urge a
of the-unity convention.
What must surely rate as the| rowed money
meanest fraud of the year—ex- | pay the fee.
costing
in
hour.
price
state
in the con-
attempt
is
workers
organization
will not participate
The
j You'll
find UAW |
The IATC “won” a 19c an hour
|
resist- |wage
increase,
but
paid
this
the
larger
teamsters
| vention.
crafty.
than
less
something
are
branch
Craftsmen
Tool
|of
of
block
-Michigan
with
the leaders
Association
locals,
who had
never been | jitieal Pate
“Me later sparked the drive of} “league”
* Ohio Information Commit-| placed in any job.
promised to get anybody
“|
(OIC), an employer-financed|
The
four
are
officially | ——
re
vip
which
prevented
Ohio
mitkers from getting higher unaiployment
compensation}
GREENVILLE, Mich. — There¢
the
about
skilled
nothing
is
of
Society
the
of
leadership
Wage Cut
le The evidence is here at the
where the IATC neand | Gibson Co.,
councils
|gotiated
a “verbal
agreement”
trade and inother
county
arL-cIO.
The big
standing
CIO
to
councils
|} ance
good
Michigan
qustrial
Public}
doing
the
then|
; employment compensation bene~| CIO. After the expulsion of the|
| fits and the othér would step up! teamsters, attempts at merger
|
| public works projects. The latter| broke down completely.
The quartet,
police say, was |
running
a phony
employment|
worked
too
state’s
to
the
state
in
Michigan
merged
vicious
varfanufacturers’ association in
hio but was fired because his
“ews
designed
affiliates
the
Labor
organized
nmfifouncing and the most outas¥iken
advocate
of
“right
to
tk” legislation at the meeting}
(9
9B one
David
M.
Molthrop,
ledo
and
Eisen-
“jich has declared itself as be-
ot
from
of
John
at | be just the beginning,”
their | troit Congressman said.
behind
|
Hamilton,
Jobless
Help
ery of
themselves
decades
leader,
“wer,
law.
Al
Negotiates
|
The
converition’s
credentials
committee
will seat
delegates
Dingell Bills
hopper
the
Young
Two
is
District,
Dingell (D., Mich.) has placed)
two bills in the Congressional
in
a
left
15th
was
}
| Seating of Delegates -
“shift
WASHINGTON—Rep
Young
organization
of
|fideas.
the
At
To
Outdo Old —
isk ‘Work’ Law
(D.
Dingell
listeners is given by Rep. John
troit) in his congressional office.
's. Washington radio reporter.
e
and
“eye-opener”
to
direct
REPORT
call
| ordered,
th
INGTON
convention
Unskilled Gibson IATC
CIO
8S6l
the opening
dent, joined
Seg
*
—E
IN
HD
SI
NY
OS
GIT
INV
‘AL
"pz “G24
State Merger Convention
1956,
Health
Economic
staggering
by
Dr.
Director
of |
Association
Club
Such
payment
cost—
Community Health Association was organized to make ~
available
medical
comprehensive
and’ hospital
workers
and
their
care
families
to
in
the Detroit area on a completely prepaid
basis, Chair-
man
of the CHA
board of
directeors is President Walter
P. Reuther, The board also
includes
Emil
cioce,
Secretary-Treasurer
Mazey
vice
Building
and
Marion
president,
Trades
Ma-
Detroit
Council,
physician’s
Mott
coupled
program
a
the
coun-
try emphasizing preventive and
ambulatory care have drasticaltheir
ly cut the number of days
in _ hospitals
spend
mcbers
results
these
attributed
Mott
and others which mean better
a
to
participants,
to
| health
“favorable medical care setting”
-sound oragnization of medical
services, the patients’ ready ac-
cess to personal physicians and
specialists and the elimination
care
of
barriers
economic
of
Dr.
Mott
CHA
meeting
medical
the
said
was
a
¢hanging
care,
:
to
needed
needs
formation
was
a “requisite”
needs
changing
and offers the
supplying high
and
consistent
that
with
it
the
Figures
hensive
practice
hospital
scribers
is
per-
‘yhysician- patient
tionship
to
in
rela-
i
show
that
compregroup
care through
can
markedly
reduce
subCross
Blue
time.
natiqnally
used
995
days
of hospital
care
per
thousand
persons
in
1956
(in
Michigan
the figure is 1100), the rates for
members
plans
Dr.
of
averaged
CHA-type
585.
York City study, which
that perinatal mortality
|of
| life
infants
{fants
plus
the
in
deaths
of
was
37
after
pregnancy)
subscribers
to
first
the
New
showed
(deaths
week
of
unborn
in-
lower
for
20th
the
a
to
referred
Mott
health
week
Health
of
In-
New
Plan of Greater
surance
to | York — a comprehensive, direct
in service, prepayment plan, than
formation
“requisite”
the
| quality, services
dramatic reducfor hospital
need
in
of
CHA™
meeting
said
medical practice
re- |most promise of
can
practice
elsewhere
Mott
pre- | fully
sonal
with
comprehensive
| bring about
in the
tion
at a time when bills are hardest | care
Plans
to meet—is one of the reason
What Is CHA? —
a
medical
De- | group
of
medical
ported.
home,
the
and
in-| office,
F. D.
the
hospital,
the
| in
Dr.
ee
the
city
as
a
whole.
Child
Doc, I’m Hep to My
Uh-huh,
Due to the fact that I have three children who keep me pretty busy making peanut
putter Sandwiches, tying hair ribbons and sewing on buttons, I don’t have time to read
all the latest books on infant and child care.
quite a lot of information has filtered
Nevertheless,
JANE
GOODSELL
Says:
of anxiety
in two-year-olds
own
my
hold
I can
and
to me,
through
parental
and
in
discussion
any
during
rejection
adolescence.
I know why they act
I think I can truthfully say that I understand my children.
But I understand why they
I can’t make them stop acting that way.
way they do.
It’s because
so impossible.
they’re children, that’s why.
Of course it isn’t nearly
Thirteen-yearthat simple.
olds
drive
for
quite
crazy
parents
their
OU
than three-year-olds do. But
there is no problem, from the
stage
embryo
that
stage,
haustively
child
on
is
books
bands who get in a full week’s
work
can
provide
a little
ex-
by
psychology.
ance-about
in
not
of the
in some
figure
doesn’t
the
reading
books
a couple
explain
will
of chapters
to
you
he
why
than
the
|
|
tw
planning,
}
Detif>
Jj oi
some
do
Club
factor in
on the development
more
around
After
won't,
}
buying everythingy:
Swoop.”
But not rashly, 92)
stand. The girls@
books. Children, say the psychologists, are sensitive little
creatures who must be dealt with gently and tenderly.
Children must be understood.
If your two-year-old, for instance, won’t put away his
toys,
this
“The elite donnie)
quent buying bingy!
per pointed out. |)
this
dears,
my
course,
Of
”
shopping. Just likiii
on their wardrobes.”
A Detroit newspaper which
these
of
keynote
the article sobbed
its opening sentence, “but still
spend $4,000 to $5,000 a year
more.
Understanding your child
the
clothes,”
that’s wy
—some of whose ||
office work for thf
—try to keep as}
society
year’s
9!
t
Maybe
“Many top Detroit
last
wear
women’
expjs®
carefUjy
ed.
for the whole year
that is —
lavishly
newspaper
got
you've
THINK
wardrobe trouble.
rod
been
covered
look
was a mere $4,301. This is an
average, of course. Some hus-
to the hot
hasn't
“The goal is >
evidence of breedih»)w!
Suppose
your
clothing
budget —— your personal one,
reasons
different
the
are
Possibly
on
ing?
rf
I)
tf
5
instal}
u
“For instance, 1}
furs over a perio)
mind.
of the two-year-old
the workings
You
years might be abi
including storagep>
insight into
new
pairs.”
will, of course,
bookland with some learned
to redecorate the house.
But
the
process.
is all very well.
That
to me
it seems
so important
that,
to help children
their
Why
want
would
“who
admitted,
you
Not,
girls
the
indeed?
understand,
old
those
in
can’t
every
a
to hazard
guess on that,” Who,
Who
doedo
severely{i:
be
minute.
that
ram-
most
This
metropolitarii
little
$6,000
jo
betters.
their
children,
be done
0%
“Full length min) hw:
more popular here:
shackle tenements in Grosse
Pointe and Bloomfield Hills
would dream of trying to ape
if it is
there
handy
no
guide book titled “The Parent
from Twenty to Fifty” to give
children some insight into the
{
Of
troubled
perplexed,
chaotic,
minds of their parents?
All children know that their
parents are unreasonable, illogical and impossible, but nobody has explained to them
why this is so.
may
ing.
course,
have
not
In that
short-cuts
eration
good
on
to do
you
case,
on
to your
for one’s
breeding.
clothes
a $4,000
of your own
much
pass
can
maid.
servants
budget
these
After
is the
you
creatures they are.
probably
can
never
but
at least
defeats. I think it’s only fair that my children
them. I want to be sensitive and fragile too!
they
might
should
go
understand
to
me
more
don’t
and
Be that
useful:
as
it may,
tips
all, consid-
hall-mark
honorable
if I understand
But Why Can’t She Dig Her Mother?
Stretchers,”
—
of
care
the
on
of mink,
include
any
chinchilla
these
Doubleday
&
instructions
sable.
and
to
ought
prove
less
takes
pieces
flat
small,
Sprinkling
@
down
Dollar
Co., $3.95
Unfortunately, these suggestions — culled
from Mike Gore’s “Encyclopedia of Household
win,
and
Hints
iron-
It is completely hopeless
little
moralistic
write
to
texts exhorting children to
No
parents.
their
obey
self-respecting child would
pay any attention to as silly
athies, to
an idea as that. But perhaps it is not hopeless to prey on children's symp
hopeless
persuade them to pity their parents by understanding them for the helpless,
Parents
story
the
jewels,”
|
understand
parents.
is
But
whims.
“This figure doesn’t include
for parents to
their
understand
something should
tryf
spell, they do occaifs
themselves
dulge
off a dress.
worries a great deal about
the high cost of living recently struck this figure as the
annual clothing bill for the
city’s society dowagers.
The paper wasn’t scoffing
either. The report was tinged
with sympathy.
thing on a higher plane. They
make you realize that your
child isn’t deliberately trying
to drive you out of your mind.
That's just a by-product of
the developmental
so
who's likely to hap
set
really
that
niceties
little
every-
put
books
have
may
psychologist—you
It’s
those worn spots.
Of course, just
And—if
still have a roomful of toys to put away yourself.
you have allowed the child to roam while you were lost in
time if all the pieces of similar size are shaken
out and
placed
in a pile.
It helps, too, if you
sprinkle about every third piece, and then
roll
them all together smoothing the fabric as you
go. Roll them tightly to help saturation.
@
cloths
and
Large
long
pieces such
to
a tendency
have
dry
up
during ironing. To avoid this, pin
towel to the ironing board to act
velope. Place these long items in
ish-towel envelope and pull them
as table-
quickly
a turkish
as an enthe turkout as you
iron.
@ To give a smart professional look fo your
tablecloths,
Yemember
to
press
the
center
crease only. All the other folds are best made
by hand, since ironed creases don’t lie flat
on
the
table.
}
too.
“They
don’t
everything, but
wardrobe
over
the third year of life, you will have gained
|
AS
Older
people
but they’re
to get.
Most
tal
health
just the ones
sickness
insurance
to
they
do,
they
charge
:
esa
fits.
plans
item is the backbone of her
augmented
fur wardrobe,
. «) with
stoles,. scarves, capes,
') shrugs — in mink, chinchilla
‘or
sable.”
The
whole
thing
| down like this:
Suit
“| 2 or 3 Cloth
|2
Hats
|5
Cotton
|4
Bathing
‘Lingerie
10
: |5
Pairs
Furs
4
Pairs
$
Coats
Dresses
‘8 Shirts
Suits
of
Shoes
of Gloves
2 or 3 Cashmere Sweaters
Costume Jewelry
Total
one
your
year
to
finance
these
65, and
heavy.
ward-
~ robes, modest though they be.
said
about
you
and
Sure
complicates
60
widows
BARGAIN
BEA
a aN
wage area.
“Our ‘traveling’
(and
who
isn’t?)
a
sociation
must
keep
two or three wardrobes going,” the paper moaned.
“They include a ‘summer’
wardrobe
of bathing suits,
Bermudas
Jamaica,
and
Palm
the like
Beach
for
and
to
husbands
are
is
the
are twice as
Freeman
that
40%
of
of
his
Firms
have been going
for
and
security,
social
bitterly
the American
fighting
the
Medical As-
social
security
no alternative solutions
has offered
problem.
sharing:
eign
“This scheme
to the
American
tem.”
What
concepts
of
only
the
a body
of us have to do
decently
and
iron
embroidery
creases.
Qur
medi-
Elders
for
$300
Another
or
major
$400.
flaw
in most
endorsement.’’
commercial
When
you
policy that they will not pay benefits
properly,
turn
it
fessional job, you can get a knife-like
Crease by first using a damp~cloth in the
usual way,
Then, before the cloth dries,
you should replace it with a sheet of heavy
and
anesthetics,
policies
apply,
you
is the
have
to
list any illnesses for which you had medical attention the
previous 10 years.
The companies then stipulate in your
wants his trousers pressed
you volunteer to do a pro-
paper
fees,
ex-
In many illnesses—especially those involving surgery—
the charge for the hospital room is only part of the expense.
“elimination
@ Your collars getting shiny? Sponge them
first with vinegar and then press them on the
wrong side. No more shine.
wrapping
room
miscellaneous
service, etc.
Protect
bill
face down on a turkish towel and then
press on the wrong side. This brings out
the depth instead of flattening it. You can
also use the same method for braided trimming.
@ If hubby
in a hurry and
such
After a 10-day stay in a hospital, you might collect $100 at
the rate of $10 a day and still have to foot the balance of a
Big
To
operating
cines, laboratory
Won't
@
as
toward
a day)
$10
as
(such
expense
little or nothing
penses
clothed!
SLOW
accidents.
hospital
daily
only
gust to make both ends meet and
keep
against
Another fooler sometimes hidden in some seemingly-cheap hospitalization policies js that they pay
free enterprise sys-
some
smaller
a
buy
of comprehensive insurance paying beneany illness, rather than insuring yourself
amount
fits for
is for-
to
wiser
be
would
it
But
policies.
There’s another bad feature about this,too. A lot of
girls’
65
Some policies sold to older folks pay benefits only
if hospitalization is due to an accident. Because
the elderly often can’t afford more comprehensive
ilIness insurance, they may buy such “accident”
months.”
these
over
people as well as others over 65.
be expected,
But the AMA
wherever
else
they
may
choose to spend our cold winter
.
hospital-insurance idea. At its last convention, it
branded this proposal—along with heart disease—
as the major immediate challenges to the medical
profession.
low
society
people
Orville
reported
getting
with young
As might
have
to
Gov.
has
people
for
benefits
things for a
job
bene-
medical bills.
That’s why many unions (including the UAW)
and welfare organizations are backing Rep. Aime J.
Forand’s bill to provide hospitalization and surgical
| factory and your husband has
the
retire.
expenses
for
girl when they close down the
follow
limited
they
state’s old-age assistance payments
to hit the road now and then.
to
when
Private Insurance
profit-
Suppose
husband
instance,
Minnesota
$4,301
snag.
prémiums
Many
group
sickness
covering wage earners
their surgical
For
_ And you and you and you
know what GM’s Harlow H.
Curtice
elderly.
But older folks generally incur hospitaliza-~
tions costs three times those of people under
kids have to depend on ‘profit-sharing’ at the end of the
200
105
50
Handbags
There’s
these
$ 350
1)
_ Alterations
poor
course,
high
Result? Two out of three
don’t have health insurance.
$ 600
$ 180
-
(usually
of
PDRARAANADAAMN
>
e
s
ith
“|| 3 Dresses
| Alterations
breaks
means,
the
only
provide
or
stop
That
find it hardest
don’t sell hospi-
SIDNEY
executives.
who
sara
companies
MARGOLIUS
Saye:
Three.
insurance
insurance
and
When
need
again
,
go
over
:
the
gerous
policies
no
make
ones
for
which
you
need
The
most
dan-
all.
Any
is “contestability.”.
point
tricky
Another
very
the
These, of course, are
the insurance most.
for these illnesses.
stipulation
this
about
at
time the company wants to, it can test a claim for payment
by questioning whether you listed the illness as an existing
condition at the time
most
Furthermore,
of application.
hospitalization
commercial
policies
available to the elderly still are renewable only at the option
This means that if you become ill, the
of the company.
company can cancel
By contrast,
security, would
(including
care
ing
home
all services),
needed,
care
if
to
the
payment.
The
cost
proposal for bolstering social
to 60 days a year of hospital
the Forand
provide up
an
and
additional
complete
worker
average
for
60 days
surgical
this
of nurs-
expense
insurance
for
himself and his family would be only about 20-25¢ a week
in additional social security tax with the employer putting
up
an
equal
amount.
Copyright
But
the
Forand
1958
by
Sidney
Margolius
Bill Would
—!
wo
o
™=
s
1
o
a
Toledo Dances So Its Kids Can Play
2
es
1949
°
was made that we hold a dance for
The entertainment committee will
stion
"s Day.
=
5
idea tossed around by the less-than-
that
now
By
same.”
for
plans
make
and
a meeting
have
\
a-dozen women who founded the
Guild has become an annual social
event
of
typewritten on that
are a couple of sen-
Among the other notations
“
=: sheet of ruled notebook paper
=
r
Women’s Guild are dated Jan, 19,
Camp
NN the Summer
first minutes
find the
you'd
files here,
12's
> Local
were
you
- TOLEDO—If
=
T
of UAW
out
them
to dig
of Toledo.
It attracts several
thousand dancers and is attended
by many local dignitaries. It has to
be held in the city’s Sports Arena,
because that’s the only hall around
large enough
throng.
to
accommodate
the
EVERYBODY
then,
nearly
everything
But,
about the Guild has become big.
The
membership
roster
for
tine’s
handful,
sisted
of
Odessa
Shaffer,
by
Celia
the
way,
Overy,
Mathias,
Helen
Yi
con-
Kubacki, - Betty
Mildred
Delaney,
BIG
Lucille
Clausen,
Lower
I
and
fees so 549 children
mer
camp
$15 a week
at
Sand
Joyce
Martin.
for each
the
could attend
tyke
Mich.
Guild
Local
Figure
(Pepi)
paid
the
12’s sum-
it costs
and add it up yourself.
That annual number of children, by the way,
has been rising by leaps a1.d bounds the last
few
year
105.
That
years.
if
In 1953,
rose
Then
to
106.
in 1956
it was
only
The
figure
it really
for
The
next
1955
was
jumped—423.
represents a lot of money.
you consider that the
member are only 25c.
62.
Especially when
monthly dues for a Guild
But that’s where the an-
nual St. Valentine’s Day dance comes
principal source of Guild income.
in.
It’s the
Not the only one, of course,
The girls also have
their monthly bake sales, along with rummage
Sales and “white elephant” sales.
The Guild also
has patrons, who buy annua! memberships,
But the Guild’s contributions to the camp are
not merely financial.
The girls in the Guild
have given constantly and generously of their
time and work.
WASHINGTON
CALLS,
the dance to chat with
(left)
and
Noma
Moss,
too. Rep. Lud Ashley drops by
fellow Democrats Grace Casey
entertainment
From
From
and Marian
year
Lake,
dance
to
Women’s
raise
in
decorating
Guild
funds
so
annual
kids
the
can
hall
Valen-
camp.
out
camp
song
school
12
by
little
Peksa,
sing
to
summer
a
writ-
Toledo
teacher.
/
Spies, recording secretary.
There are also three
trustees and 13 standing committees to arrange
various activities of the Guild.
And the treasury of the Guild now?
last
Day
12;
hand
Jennie
financial secretary,
for instance,
bursts
ten
®
Today the officers are Jo Anne Cole, president;
Loretta Schillinger, executive secretary; Jo Ann
Well,
Denise
Local
among them, Lucille was elected treasurer, a job
she’d been more or less handling anyway. Not
that there was much money in the till
Holtfreter,
HEART,
girl.
Emily
Mary ~ Destazio,
Haugh,
Local
a
now
numbers
210, considerably more
than the handful who showed up
at that meeting called in 1949 by
Vice President Richard T. Gosser,
then UAW regional director.
That
UAW
has
chairman,
the
camp’s
very
beginning,
they
have
helped to make the buildings more comfortable.
Off their sewing machines have come towels, draperies and other furniture coverings and linens for
the camp’s three teepees, 22 cabins, dining hall
and hotel.
The automatic dishwasher that does so much to
ease the work of the camp’s two cooks and six
kitchen helpers was installed by the Guild.
The
big motorboat that hauls the squealing, delighted
children
Guild
around
after
the
1956’s
lake
was
successful
purchased
by
SERVICE IS IMPORTANT on the tennis court,
as these three campers learn from Dale Roush.
the
/
dance.
Last but not least, if any little codger needs
T-shirts, a bathing suit or tennis shoes before he
The camp, which can house and entertain 250
children a week, is open each summer for about
10 weeks—five
season
weeks
for boys,
five for girls.
this year will run from June
Supervision
of
the
children
(whose
clambers on the bus to camp,
for him, too.
The
20 to Aug.
30.
The director, Dan Pilosino, a Toledo high school
athletic coach, has three assistants who oversee
children’s
skating
rink
play
or
in
on
the
the
tennis
craft
court,
classes.
at
the
As the Guild dedication declares:
“Tf this nation isto continue to function as a
true democracy, if it is to achieve the promise of
a finer culture, then each of us must do all we can
Another
man has charge of waterfront activities (there
has never been a fatality in the camp’s history).
The
children
are
divided
into
groups
of 10
ac-
to lay the
cording to age, with each cluster having its own
counselor.
A nurse is always in attendance, and
a maintenance man. sees to it that the facilities
are kept in topnotch running order.
the
Willys
clinic.
If
HAND
dent, and
little Patricia
bolized
by
Jo
Guild
Anne
Cole,
offers
Guild
is sym-
Pinciotti
presi-
TABLE
some
of
Toledo’s
children
youngsters
grow
up a little
a deeper appreciation
straighter,
with
Guild may
well have had a hand
Any
CHAT
Spies, Ruth
the
our
which
of what
it
means to be a citizen of a free and mighty counWomen's
Local 12’s Summer Camp
try—UAW
is in order, that is offered by
HELPING
upon
foundation
ean build...”
Before each child goes to camp, he can obtain
typhoid shots at the city health center.
If a com-
plete physical exam
the Guild has those
In keeping with the basic philosophy of UAW,
there has never been any question of religion or
race when the camp has considered applicants.
The only queries made are about the parents’
ability to afford the expense.
ages
range from eight to 12) is thorough and careful.
the
too,
dance
UAW
absorbs
Gosser
and
the success
woman
(left
Janet
to
would
fight)
Skeldon,
it was—as
Jo
do
in it. .
Anne
They
their smiles
same.
the
Cole,
all helped
ought
Marian
make
to tell you.
.
E
Labor-History in Pictures—| |
.
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=
‘ez ‘924 ‘ALINVAITOS—L 8ed
.
DEPRESSION and adversity, labor’s concentrapees
tion on a workable and effective national federation
its
and
nation
the
As
1870s.
the
through
strong
i stayed
‘ unions started getting back on their feet going into the 1880s
the movement was renewed.
It led to a convention at
when
1881,
in
Pa.
Pittsburgh,
107 delegates representing militant unions, city councils and
district and local assemblies met “to look after the legisla-
tive interests of trade unionists and to propagate the principles of trade unionism.”
This was the founding of the American Federation of
bor, known at first as the Federation of Organized Trade
Inions of the United
States
of America
and
Canada.
One
Born
in England
in 1850, Gompers
SS6l
of its leading figures was Samuel Gompers (left), named
president when the federation formally became the AFL in
1886. Gompers continued as president until his death in 1923.
came to the U.S. when
he was only 13, He went.to work in a cigar factory and
quickly became active in the cigar makers’ union.
Much
of his early learning was absorbed from the cigar factory
system of reading aloud to the workers while on the job
(upper right).
Another leader at that time was P. J. McGuire of the Carpenters. One of labor’s foremost advocates of political action, McGuire proposed a labor holiday to a meeting of New
York city’s Central Labor Union in 1882. He suggested
the first Monday in September.
The idea was taken: up by the federation and by the
Knights of Labor, and the holiday was soon established.
But the nation’s first Labor Day parade (center) in New
York
firmly
their
indicated
members
and
the
for the
union’s
concern
community
for
progress
for
as well.
UAW Says: Crisis Needs
Two-Point Program Now
They're All Running Against Reuther
There’s
run
a
trend
among
Republican
out of arguments in unhappy
ing
against
their
Democratic
against Walter P. Reuther.
For example: In Wisconsin, Republican
he was a candidate
to
see
House.”
“the
state
In California,
1958. Instead
opponents,
Gov. Vernon
for re-election
capitol
candidates
made
U. S. Sen.
because
into
an
William
of campaign-
running
Thomson
declared
he
doesn’t
annex
to
Knowland,
for governor, declared:
“I do not intend
to complacently
become a satellite of Walter Reuther’s
who’ve
they’re
Continued
want
me.”
Meanwhile, Reuther
just
runs
a candidate
union.
mand by the UAW
ate application
of
for immedithe union’s
1958 program for the protection
of workers victimized by such
decisions,
Ken
Bannon,
partment
notice
the
UAW
director,
on
the
Buffalo,
Ford
served
company
N.Y.
and
ville, Mass. units were
in rapid succession,
tive
ear
de-
terests
the
narrow
of
the
after
Somer-
concedes
in-
without
it cannot
and should not have the power
to prevent plant closings, Ban-
non said, but it does believe the
company has a responsibility to
those who have seryed it, Thus
the 1958 demand
for moving
rights, severance
pay, etc. In the
penses,
carry-over
Next Council
MIAMI
ex-
, seniority
dured
unions,
will meet April 28 and will have
for its special job discussion of!
Congress.
meeting
at
Unity
vania
The
council's
is scheduled
House
Poconos,
now
in
the
summer
the International
ment Workers,
before
summer
for Aug.
18
Pennsylcamp
Ladies
as
Somerville,
workers
of
en-
last
a
new
year
company
Edsel
gram,
of
Gar-
the
August
layoff
the
up most of their
Later the plant
to
assembly
of
Bannon
leviate
(United
Worker,
the
said,
the hardship
work.
pro-
would
“al-
ing which result from
agement actions.”
months
many
to
effect
sell-
present
at
suffer-
such man-
said,
| tions
the
| practical
for
halted
be
could
| ther
every
jin
without
in con-
would
merely
to
recommenda-|
one
of
his
Sales and profit figures of
the Big Three auto companies
1957
suggest
“second-best”
been
advice;
Though
ord
sales
year
year
better
had
that
the
the
dollar
approached.
of
would
if
taken
1957,
manage-
UAW’s
volume
the
far
units (cars and trucks)
turned
out.
Thus
the
of
and
fewer
volume
the
sales
profits,
at
was
result
The
UAW—-has
maintained
that
prices
would
this
rec-
fewer
made
higher
was
were
high
up
prices
lower
consistently
lower
unit
stimulate
sales,
in-
crease
employment
and
yield
better profits as well.
General Motors, for example,
ment
of
tions
to
assure
of
the
gin
the
that
the
bill
NOW
substantial
addi-
purchasing-power
unemployed
soon
would
after
could
the
be-
March
figures
un-
became
accord with Dr. T. O. Yntema,
an economist who is now a viceCo.
Motor
Ford
of
president
economic
past
the
in
administration
the
turns out to be in error, enact-
made
has
President
forecast
available,” he said.
As for the tax moratorium,
give
| Reuther said, the union is in
force
However,
| reports.
your
Reu-|
steps,
these
of
first
The
|
however,
employment
| Nobody Moved
that
“If,
behind}
influence
his
put
hower
|them.
Senate
a
told
recently
Yntema
been
has
supply.
once.
2
will
days
50
the future
| sion.
vital
be
of
course
in
delay
which
up
should fail
wrote.
The
tion
letter,
included
states,
still
| employment
|
if
Feb.
his
Reuther _conceded,
in
creation
had
it
“many
in
been
if not
iAurance
Right If He’s Not
|
A
|
would
benefits
recognized;
Reuther
3| money,
to
supplement
federal
the
story
Chrysler's
reported 1957 sales of $11 billion;
compared to $12.4 billion in 1955. | somewhat because
a , disastrous
But-only 3.9 million units were) }had
is
the
un-
was
$2,500;
$2,800.
Net
from
nearly
$844 million.
It was
Factory
$1.2
the sime
sales
last year. it
profits
fell
of
billion
story
almost
lion were even better
$5.6 billion—but only
to
$5.8
bil-
than 1955's
2.2 million
from
profits
million
$2,150
went
to
$283
to
down
$2,600;
from
million.
its
$437
more
lion
at Ford.
units were sold, compared to 2.6
million two years before.
Ford’s ayerage unit price went
up
cumstances,
$3.6 billion
but}
|
in
$120
million,
prices
went
from
to
million
$2,580.
in
All
Three
ears
was
at
bad
sumers;
though,
all,
policy
higher
for
it
stockholders,
1955,
than
in net
of
workers
left
too.
from
$2,195
selling
prices
Jess
suggested
three-
to
confined to
and
$10
taxes.
What Man Makes...
weekly
of
the
fact
depressions
Reuther
makes
think,
your
he
is
“The
that
went
out
the
not
and
for
also
$100
Unit
to
Big
fewer
only
con-
the
fore
‘more
are
us
its
sight
lose
of
recessions
and
“What
man
man-made,”
on,
can unmake. This, f
in
both
recognized
and
me
letter-to
economic
and
employment
full
| maintain
statement
is not
. - «
whether
present
we
WILL
hardships
millions
in
your
that
question
crucial
quarter| reverse
the
collapse| but whether
Chrysler's sales of
in 1957, $100 mil-
a rise
or
$5
first
company| faces
of a
to wipe
yielded
period
}month
limited
full production.
cost}
“We must never
earlier. (These and other figures| the firm in 1956 and was ended
haye been rounded off for eas-|only by the successful new designs the following year.
jer reading.)
GM’s average unit price in
Because of these special cir1955
was
be
might
jit
even
He
it.
order
to
President
the
for
power
| standby
This, he said, would give Conadministration
the
and
most} }gress
distorted}
last
1955—the start
sold last year, compared to more}in
threatened
two years| which
million
five~
than
|
an
suggest
not
did
Reuther
absolute tax holiday, but merely
left)
is cor-
forecast
it Eisenhower's
|
sun.”
enact
and
consider
to
un-| ltime
measures
additional
j whatever
today,
and
restore
to
needed
|were
without
remain
resolu-| employment
convention
with
place;
| would
he
materialize,”
to
the
| to
anticipate
‘you
UAW
| first
| the
under
mist
the
like
“vanish
ithe
compensation}
federal
a
|to
recalled, | withholding
Reuther
all,
After
jwas
pick-
March
if the
Reuther pointed
|unemployment
fur-
without
effective
out.
the Teces-|
“We are appealing to you to
now, so
lay the groundwork
that corrective measures can
become
Hawaii — has yet
to the standards
propose,”
you
deciding |
Columbia,
of
District
48 states,
the
—
laws
Alaska and
close
come
York Times report that the next
compen-
unemployment
| sation
New) |
a
cited
leader
UAW
with
jurisdictions
51
the
of
single
a
“not
urging,
such
the
Now or Neyer?
The
at
made
be
must
preparations
one
prepare,
to
time
takes
action
of
any corrective}
since
And
later.
Big Three Should Have Listened fo Us
for
will be unimportant.
now)
points
two
the
But
rect, and there is an economic
pre-| revival next month, the amount
would
subcommittee
that
an
income
respective |tax moratorium, even if it exthe
ask
to,
t
conten
The key to corrective action,
states to act.
| cluded the higher income brackReuther went on, is timing; a}
years |
utive
consec
five
After
ets, would cause the depression
little now is better than a lot |
ther
UAW
and
the
stockpiles,
sumer
be
came
layoff
basis
Acceptance
dollar
legislation.
long
back
idents
board, which consists of the pres-
labor
in
1,500
Durimg
went
ment
AFL-CIO
affiliated
shock
workers used
SUB credits.
of
all
the
the
executive council will hold its
next meeting in Washington beginning April 29. The executive
of
a
the
have
Meeting
BEACH—The
where
1957).
Somerville Shocked
UAW
special
edict
to
nearly three months
a shortage
causing
circumstances,
company
Automobile
regard to the fate of the workers
or the communities,
The
a
of
doomed
company,
The
Reports
ments
pledge that their plant would
be converted to the production
this
economic
special
that) pare.
ing rates, were the -highest in
history, and that factory ship-
he said, these terms should
put into effect at once.
on
Both closings, Bannon pointed
out, were ddmittedly based solely
upon
present
require
which
programs
cluded
1
warned the President.
He cited an article from the
authoritative Ward’s Automo-
_ Two Ford Shutdowns
Spur Union Remedy
The Ford Motor Co.’s decision
to close two.of its oldest assembly plants has brought a de-~
Page
the
adyisers
upon
whom
you) advanced
federal minimum|
—
rely
are
giving
you
the
eco- }standards
unemployment
for
nomic facts in the present se- | benefits and the power to susrious
and
rapidly- deteriorating | | pend
taxes—could}
withholding
economic situation,” Reuther| be achieved ‘quickly
if Eisen-|
allow California
to
political empire.”
the
from
“It is difficult to believe
Solidarity
In Michigan, U. S. Sen. Charles Potter, up for re-election,
complained to his followers that “Walter Reuther is out to
exterminate
~
Gelsavage
John
artist
staff
UAW
by
Painting
CAN
we
recession
do
so be-
spread
of families
Pee
to
/SOLIDARITY|
International
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION,
and
Airer
| Union, United Automobile,
Amer
| Agricultural Implement Workers of
Yearly
*L-C1O. Published weekly,
|ic
subscription to members, 600;
members, $2.50.
WALTER P, REUTHER
President
EMIL MAZEY
surer
Seeretary-Tr
GOSSER
* RICHARD
MATTHEWS
NORMAN
WOODCOCK
LEONARD
PAT GREATHOUSE
Vice
Presidents
to
non
8
Feb. 24 , 1958—Page
A
SOLIDARITY,
Face of a Conference
Sometimes the artist's pen captures better than the camera’s eye the
atmosphere of a conference or a courtroom. Above are four on-thescene sketches by John Gelsavage of the GM conference at work.
Skilled Trades Meet Union Welcomes 11-Point Program Set
Trial hy Clergy
Biggest, Busiest Ever
For April GM Talks
CHICAGO—More
members
than
1,000
plus all six officers and
delegates,
visitors
and
staff
the full UAW
international
the
Hotel
responsibilities
LL
SEnE Ea
~* in
Chrysler Tactics
Anger Delegates
Continued
only
te be
Same
from
Page
confronted
preside
ing.
House.
125 such
Even
the
company
in the current talks
three-day
be
At
the
be.
advance
he
pany heads.
The UAW
meet-
1
public
Bargaining demands hammered into contract form by
UAW’s national -General Motors Council conference are expected to be sent to the corporation about mid-March, Vice
President Leonard Woodcock said today. Negotiations should
begin a few weeks later, he added.
In a work-filled three-day¥
in-
its
particular
wrote
the
auto-com-
has
been
of
of
the
our
guided
session
considered
charges
may
provide
by
ference’s
senting
only make
solution of
The
before
UAW
in no
conference
panel
more
(our)
of
emotion-
the
2.
president emphasized, “‘is
way an arbitration panel
put
it,
the
biggest
move
the
and
seeks
“to
single
block
to good
facts,
by
bargaining
mutual
one.
re-
standards
mutual
sponsibility
As Hughes
union
production
relations”
on
standards.
Heavy
as
Not
based
face
3.
65%
In
addition,
Page
charged,
four-hour call-in pay
of the union contract
provision
at Dodge
the
company
is
violating
ing:
the
next
day
two.
their
own
under
the
pensation,
sler
is
workers’
SUB
equity
fund
and
to
and
get
contract
our
which
violating.”
in
com-
rights
Ken
New
will
be
those
techniques
convention
phases
larly
of
last
the
in
darity
also
dropped
be
to
held
House,
because
available
unfinished
ters,
be
Bannon
had
in
UAW
said.
in
space
the
to
Soli-
be
won't
| and
7.
re-
ous
stockholders,
Conference,
eight others:
Catholic
Washington—
Although
April
1957
to
the
will
convention
gave
}
York.
Increased
of gross
up
SUB
pay
not
Saturday,
for
Sunday
ing
gaining unit
10.
Joint
safeguards
|
to
GM
of
assure
each
er’s getting his money’s worth
from
the collective
bargaining
funds spent for health security.
11.
Establishment
of
a
“If
offered
hours’
on
the
the
facts.
stemmed
hypothetical
were
GM
from
ques-
at Vice PresiWoodcock dur-
press-conference.
on
the
offered
30
pay
The
order
you
$1
an
hours’
work
at
40
would
profit-sharing?”
Because
reporters
write
you
Woodcock
not and could
“no” to such
bar-
work-
by
hour
raise would
you
drop
profit
- sharing?” or “If GM
hoii-
or location:
union-corporation
by
stories
questions
8. Improved holiday and vacation pay.
9. Relocation pay for workers
to another
justified
tions thrown
dent Leonard
scheduling.
transferred
“retreat”
hint-
the collective bar-
repeated
continu-
and
a
from
The
im-
payments of
for laid-off
pay
elsewhere
in
gaining program adopted by
the special conyention were
to 52 weeks.
Premium
at
UAW
day
operations without
necessarily
eliminating
seven-day
Wel-
Rey.
Dr,
Cameron
P. Hall,
executive
| director, department of church and econpomic
life, National
Council
of Churches
of Chri
in the United
States of Amer-|
seized
about
not give
dreams,
the
insist
would
a flat
some
chance
a “policy
to
switch.”
AFL-CIO to Aid
Tunisian Victims
a UAW-
MIAMI
BEACH
— A gift
of
$1,000 has been sent by the AFL-
CIO
executive
council
to
the
Tunisian Federation of Labor for
mation’s effects on employment.
the purchase of medical supplies
“This would be a joint comand aid for the victims of the
mittee to study the effects of
technological
change,”
Wood- | French bombing of a Tunisian
town.
The
council
also
voted
cock said.
“If the committee is establ- to call upon the U.S. government
iished and it then is decided
to support the Tunisian governthat a short workweek is feasiment’s appeal that the bombing
ble, the money from the profitsharing plan could be used by a be considered by the U.N. securGM
local
committee
union
for
to
study
that
auto-
purpose.”
ity
council.
skilled
take
action
the skilled
in
trades
delegates new responsibilities in
their specialized fields, it is exof
the
that
unity
UAW
will
of the conference,
|)
WASHINGTON
James
B.
Carey
be
of
with
the
the
the
rest
keynote
President
Interna-
still- || tional Union of Electrical Work-
heatiquar-
National
ing
and
stories
particu-
||) Carey Elected By WDL
were
to
respective
Detroit
demands
and
newspaper
Those
plan,
meetings
| sponsibiilties
our
Daily
pro-|
crash
} pected
which
meet
contract
of
on
Ford director, announced last
week. Later they will shift to
under
to
| fare
cross-
program
naturally
precedence.
UAW
a downtown Detroit hotel.
The
“home -and-home”
seek
cover- |ment,
tooling,
month.
applicable
tradesmen’
in the Ford adminbuilding
in
Dear-
Bannon,
and
the
collective
bargaining
gram adopted by the UAW
Contract negotiations with
Ford
Motor
Co.
ill begin
born,
work
First
order
of business,
course, will be to take action
Chry-
Ford Talks Set;
None at ‘Home’
March 31
istration
of
groups, the new drive by reactionary groups
against
unions,
“right to work” laws and similar
matters of concern to the entire
union.
then the UAW may be left with
no recourse but the courts to
our
load
delegates
ica,
w York; Rabbi Eugene Lipman,
programs, the question of out| Union of American Hebrew Congregations, New York; Rt. Rev. Richard S.
side
contractors
(both
if
| Emrich, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
maintenance
and in tooling),
of Michigan, Detroit; Rev. Robert Allen,
director of social action, Roman Catholic
the question of foreign tooling
Arch diocese of Detroit; Rev. G.- Merrill
and
the
question
of
which
| Lenox, executive director, Detroit Council
of Churches; Rey. Marshall L. Scott, dean
classifications belong in skilled
|
of the Presbyterian Institute of Industrial
trades and which do not.
| Relations, Chicago: Rev. Leo C. Brown,
djrector,
Institute
of Social
Order,
Other matters to be debated | SJ.,
St. Louis University; Rev. G:, Paul Muswill be the impact of automa- | selman, secretary of division of urban
churck work, National Council
tion, the question
of splinter ofindustrial
the Protestant Episcopal Church, New
If the corporation fails to meet
its responsibilities, if it fails to
meet
this
two-point
demand
protect
heavy
the
ing jurisdictional lines, standardization
of
apprenticeship
the
or
a
will
bastard classificz tions,
only two or three hours.
Said Mazey: “The corporation
will get this proposal of ours in
in
only
bargaining
pensions
promotion.
public interest and the ethical
and moral values involved as we
Workload
conference
Main, where for a month workers have been sent home after
writing
| eration will be given to the broad
UAW public review board—Rabbi Morris
Adler
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Detroit, and
Among
the important
resolu- | Msgr. George G. Higgins, directions to be brought before the | tor of the social action depart-
1
Mazey
previous
UAW
repre-
4. Daily SUB
payments
for
short workweeks.
5. Full-time committeemen.
6.
Better
opportunities
for
these problems in the light of
new responsibilities voted by the
16th UAW convention last-April.
2-Point Demand
On Chrysler Jobs
from
any
delegates
124
‘Policy Switch’ Is
Reporters’ Dream
thecon-
early retirement.
workers
workers and consumers.”
a large number of controversial|
The
American
Motors
panel
issues, but they will be facing jincludes
two members
of the
understanding
respect.
Continued
than
323
Higher
proved
or a mediation panel.” But, he
The _ confersaid, it “can be of great value
much of their demands reflect
ence will be the
Gosser
| to both management and labor
guesswork.
biggest and busiest ever held by in creating
a more
favorable
Delegates showed
determinathe UAW skilled trades workers. | climate for our forthcoming netion to put “more
teeth” into
| It will also have a heavier re- | gotiations, in which full considthe contract where it relates to
Production
Building,
adopted by the union’s recent
special
convention:
for
this
year’s auto industry bargaining,
with emphasis on profit shar-~
ing.
difficult the
problems.”
clergymen,
Veterans
units at GM
shaped
changes to include:
1.
The
economic
al relief for both sides,’ Reuther continued, “but they will
least
at Detroit’s
Memorial
this principle, he said, and thus
deplores the atmosphere which
has developed in recent months.
“Name-calling
and
wild
begins.
negotiators
have agreei
to
society,”
resolu-
received
the
interests at the expense
well-being of the whole
T.
tions, it is expected,
will
be
Way, completely foreign to the
industry” of figuring what pro-
should
Richard
been pouring into Solidarity
dictionary,
id Hughes, as a result
of Chrysler’s
“unorthodox
standards
over the
Resolutions to
| by the skilled
tradesmen have
The
term
“guess-o-matics”
will find its way into Webster's
duction
President
tempt
here.
skilled trades department, will
the
difficulties elsewhere.
Vice
Page
“Neither
labor
nor
management has a moral right to at-
Gosser, director of the union’s
1
with
Morrison
in
terest.
executive board will be on hand for the sixth. annual international UAW skilled trades conference beginning Thursday
Re SERRE
from
\ers
has
| president
been
of
| fense League.
nominated
the
a vice-
Workers
De-
a
a
be
-
Z
att,
la
—
es
2
Chrysler conference includes Wilbur Fehrenbacher,
Local 265, Eyansyille, Ind.; Tom Smith, Local
230, Los Angeles;
Quinton McRate, Local 7,
Detroit, and Paul Fitzgerald, Local 624, Syracuse,N.¥. Stories on Page L.
COAST-TO-COAST
(well,
almost)
huddle
at
3G
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