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UAW Solidarity
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1960-06-01
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Vol. 3 No. 6
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_ Mammo
WANEW YORK — Close to
15,000 senior citizens crowdMadison
famed
into
|
i
th Forand Bill Rally Held in N.Y.
18 to
May
of the Fo-
mimjjuare Garden
yillly in support
the
e@iips of age,
‘fad weather,
handi-
triple
infirmity and
they came by
+ Sie thousands — by bus, by
yidubway and by car — to
e@neer Rep. Aime Forand (D.,
(17.1), to applaud lustily every
reference to the
@peaker’s
ohte President Roosevelt and
1! 9 boo the American Medical
to
opposition
bill.
“a.ssociation’s
toneir favorite
As in similar rallies in De-
*
idoit and other parts of the
and its
wountry, the UAW
fart
rion
a prominent
played
tetirees
Re-
gathering.
the
in
Gre-
Martin
9 Director
fer said more than a thoujjand UAW retirees from varalus
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region.
‘Work
City
«lvas
represented
Many
licipated
members
Negotiations there
Co.
still are being held in an
not just as union
but as members
atmosphere
of
dhe Golden Ring Clubs which
sponsored the mass demon‘tration. They were reward-
ijledged their support of the
would
‘forand Bill, which
AFL - CIO President
George Meany speaking for
‘he labor movement remindSed his audience that labor
iwas the first organized
zroup to back the Forand
‘Bill when it was first introIt was, in fact, the
duced.
only group to do so for some
time, he noted.
that time, support
bill has grown tre-
Since
‘for the
ontinued
Page
on
8
in the
201
A coalition of Republicans
and
Democrats
Southern
opposed the bill
bodies.
The President’s
both
in
action
came
measure
the
killing
only a few days after he had
announced in a press conferContinued
on
Page
8
bs,
is absolutely necessary if
New York at a rally spon-
stressed that peace
survive in a talk in
Policy.
Nuclear
for a Sane
Committee
UAW's Top Officers
Lead Peace Rallies
clear
134.
to
by the
sored
rate
authorized some $251 million in federal aid for needy
ssections of the country.
Eisenhower killed a similar bill in 1958 by pocket
veto. The bill he squashed
this time had been passed
in the Senate 45 to 32 and
House,
Reuther again
the world is to
in America.
labor
by organized
held
over
of its kind
conference
people
Jobless workers caught in
tithe blight of chronically
depressed
economically
Aareas were handed a bleak
May
of
13th
the
iFriday
awhen President Eisenhower
redevelopan area
jvetoed
ment bill which would have
The UAW-negotiated pension agreement with Chrysler Corp. marked its 10th
anniversary, May 4, with a
report that showed a total of
10,875 applications had been
approved during the decade.
The report, issued by
UAW Vice President Norman Matthews, director of
PEACE has become a condition of human surviyv: al, UAW President Walter P. Reuther told an AFL-CIO Conference on World
It was the first
Affairs meeting in New York in mid-April.
Major
Ike's Veto
‘Hits Jobless
Vy
MIO
at
events
Policy.
peace
by
by
sponsored
President
Walter
Mazey
addressed
Madison
urer
addressed
were
UAW
for
rallies
Emil
Square
tral Methodist
attended
the
P.
Garden,
The
Church.
NEW YORK — Close to
overYorkers
18,000 New
flowed Madison Square Garden here to listen to UAW
President Walter P. Reuther,
Eleanor
Socialist
Roosevelt,
leader Norman Thomas, Gov.
G. Mennen Williams of Michigan and other leading American liberals call for “a sane
nuclear policy” and a condisarmament
of
tinuation
recent
the
despite
efforts
failure of the summit meeting.
After the three-and-ahalf
Reuther,
hour rally,
Thomas
and
Harry
singer
Belafonte and his wife led
demonseveral thousand
strators
march”
on
from
Continued
ANTENNA ASA EAA ESA AAACN
a
the
on
“silent
Garden
Page
8
two
UAW’s
by
top
several
UAW
while
a gathering
thousand
in sepa-
Nu-
a Sane
for
York
in New
spoke
Reuther
the Chrysler Department,
pointed out more than $22
million had been paid out
by the pension fund to
officers
Committee
Secretary-Treas-
Cen-
in the Detroit
stories follow:
Emphasizing
—
DETROIT
that the nation’s wage-earners and their families have
the most to lose if America’s
foreign
current
world
to a third
policies
war,
Secretary - Treasurer
Mazey
called
program
to
lead
UAW
Emil
for a “positive
solve
lems of peace and
the
prob-
the prob-
of war.”
“As in all wars, workers are the first and most
lem
numerous casualties,”
Mazey told an audience of
about 400 persons at a
meeting called by the Detroit chapter of the Committee for a Sane Nuclear
;
Policy.
is no alternative
“There
to peace,” he emphasized.
Continued
on
of give - and -
Pensions Mark
First Decade
At Chrysler
»d with speeches by nationally prominent figures who
«provide medical care under
stkhe social security system.
Aviation
American
North
par-
retirees
UAW
resisting
stubbornly
lion workers has been
UAW bargaining with the
UAW
President Walter P. Reuther
wind Gerber.
|
undelivered
copies
with
form 3579
under mailing tabei to 2457 & Washingtop St,
Ind
RETURN
POSTAGE
GUARANTEED.
the talks covering a total
of more than a half-mil-
a|Jso participated in the rally.
On the platform, the union
by
7,
1960
Gend
union demands in almost
every case,
The only exception in
Connecticut
and
Indianapolis
ment
New
from
pensioners
directly
are heading into their showstages with managedown
flame from as far as Phila‘gelphia and Trenton.
Director
9A
Region
S|
dtharles Kerrigan reported
NAW
Lynn
attached
to-coast aircraft, missiles and
related electronics industry
retirees
Some
POSTMASTER:
June,
UAW-IAM negotiations
throughout the giant coast-
to the
ies were brought
rdiarden in 25 buses arranged
iy the
Edition
Negotiations
Final Stages
Aircraft
Nearing
communi-
Jersey
New
OF AMERICA-UAW
WORKERS
IMPLEMENT
& AGRICULTURAL
AIRCRAFT
SOLIDARITY
hand Bill and to celebrate the
the
of
anniversary
dpth
simocial Security Act.
4@ Despite
AUTOMOBILE,
UNION, UNITED
INTERHATIONAL
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8
retirees through
UAW
Dec. 31, 1959. Annual rate
easing
nt
— incr
of pay me
each year—is now well
over the $6 million mark,
Matthews said.
At the close of 1959, a
total of 9,036 workers had
retired at the normal retirement age of 65, while an additional 1,053 received beneof permanent
fits because
and total disability. Another
602 Chrysler workers were
retired under “early retirement” provisions, while five
had applied for and were receiving
said.
The
Matthews
pensions,
pension
agreement
was signed May 4, 1950,
at the end of the longest
strike in the history of
UAW - Chrysler relations.
In the report sent to all
Chrysler UAW local unions,
said ‘that ‘each
Matthews
Chrysler worker can take
pride in his or her role in the
pension
victory,
chapters
tory.”
in
one
of
the
most
our
considered
glorious
union's
his-
take harmony with both
sides hopeful of reaching a
settlement.
Otherwise, here are developments as SOLIDARITY
went
ers
press:
to
A total of 70,000 work-
e@
in the
working
a contract
without
United
Chance - Vought,
at
Aircraft and Boeing plants.
@ Strike votes are run-
ning 98 per cent or better in
if neces-
favor of a walkout,
sary.
@
company
Inadequate
contract proposals have been
rejected flatly by workers at
United, Chance Vought, Bell
and Boeing, among others.
since March,
Under way
the crucial 1960 negotiations are highlighted by
close cooperation between
Interna-
the
and
UAW
of
national Association
Machinists, the two unions
which represent just about
all
aircraft,
nation’s
the
elec-
and related
workers.
missile
tronics
effective
welded
The unions’
operation was
precedent-setting
their
last
conference
Continued
on
August
Page
coat
joint
at
8
Ford, WPR Hold
Jobs’ Meeting
President Walter P.
UAW
Henry
and
Reuther
Ford
I,
on
the
president of Ford Motor Co.
met in Detroit, May 16, for a
conference
top-level
problem of unemployed Ford
workers throughout the na-
tion.
Three company executives
For d—Enrnie
accompanied
and
Cassidy
Ken
Breech,
Malcolm Denise. With Reu-
ther was Ken Bannon, director of the national Ford
department.
In a report issued following
said:
the
conference,
Reuther spent
time outlining
“President
considerable
the
Bannon
problem
over-all,
in the
assembly and manufacturing
plants.
some
hiring
At
present
the
plants
assembly
new
employes,
time,
are
while
at other locations layoffs are
taking place.
“To better
the
work,
Continued
the
on
distribute
union
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SECTION
Court Again Raps
Phony ‘UAW’
UAW’s legal fight against racketeer
NEW YORK—The
unions misusing the good name of the UAW continues unabated.
The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme
unanimously
now
has
Court
two
tion, forbidding
“UAW” as part of the
their “union.”
mated
well
name
of
has
“Amalga-
itself
calling
been
—
union
phony
Their
men
Ross—
initials
Saul Yellin and Ben
the _
using
from
EASTERN
SOLIDARITY,
June,
1960—Fage
Nn
as
Local 5, UAW-CUA”
as
including
several
“Local
United
5,
Dec.
1959).
by
junction
the
in-
& Rubenstein,
at-
of
issuance
the
Rubenstein
court.
lower
the
torneys acting for UAW Region
9A Director Charles Kerrigan
and UAW President Walter P.
Reuther, followed up the latest
court decision by an applicasince
court,
of
contempt
for
respondents
the
to punish
tion
Yellin and Ross have continued
to use the UAW’s name in their
activities, despite the injunc-
tion.
Ross is an ex-convict who is
under the alias
also known
“Benny the Bug.” He is “‘treasurer” of the phoay union. Yel-
lin is listed as “president.”
who
against two other men
used the UAW’s name to op-
(Soli-
union.
phony
a
darity, April 1959.)
In a related matter, the New
Relations
Labor
State
York
Board has refused to certify
Yellin’s “local” as
Ross and
bargaining agent for employes
at a gas station in the Bronx.
because
acted
board
The
“Local 5” had conducted its organizational
ice
drive
station
“UAW,”
under
despite
junction.
at the
serv-
the
the
name
court
in-
J. —
Ford
council
cited
the
Lo-
local’s
tests, classes in industria] safeconferences,
bulletins and
monthly
and
every
The
prizes,
month.
meets
York
The
every
local
year
is
a
local’s
tional
committee,
once
City
also
to
a
month,
last
January.
sends
delegates
the
prominent
National
place
publications,
Safety
in
were
in
the
Council’s
previously
(Feb.
Solidarity
chairman
committee.
the
Na-
news-
of Local
16,
noted
1959),
is
906’s safety
Sensinger Back on Job
ALLENTOWN,
Sensinger,
Pa.
president
—
of
Warner
Mack
Truck Local 677 here, has rebut is still
turned to work
under doctor’s orders to “go
easy.”
Brother
Sensinger
was
hos-
pitalized with a heart condition
while in Washington on union
business some time ago. He has
been recuperating for the past
two months.
committee
izing
the
and
“libelous,”
were
drive
during
started a libel suit against the
union and three individuals.
Attorneys
for Region
9A
moved
to
plaint
dismiss
on
the
the
com-
grounds
that
the
per
leaflets were not libelous
se and
that the com-
by
the
plaint did not state that the
leaflets had been authorized
membership
union.
The lower
court
to
dismiss,
of
the
denied
the
but
the
UAW appealed the denial. The
appellate court then found for
the union, reversed the decision of the lower court and
dismissed
the
libel
action
against both the UAW and the
individuals.
Civil Rights
Labor's Fighi,
Institute Finds
BOSTON — Recognition
of
labor
commitment
to civil
as
a
major
concern
in
to be brought up by outpressure
were
the twin
underlying sentiments expressed at the Annual Labor
Institute
here.
by
The
the
on
Human
institute
Civil
was
Rights
Rights
sponsored
Committee
of
the
Massachusetts
State
Labor
Council,
AFL-CIO,
in
cooperation
with
the
Labor
Committee
and
Catholic
Labor
Guild.
Jewish
the
Over
long
program
arranged
those
who
by
day-
the
key-
noted
the
general
sessions
were Morris Shishkin,
AFLCIO
civil
rights
director;
Stanley
out.
letter points
Greenspan, whose scholarly ac-
tivities
The company complained that
six of the leaflets which had
been distributed by the organ-
Among
Safety Congress and Exposition
in Chicago.
Safety
activities
are
given
T.
Dayton
of
plant
Island.
Inc. on Long
at the
Brown,
other
also held a conference on industrial health and safety in
New
last year
committee
under Michael D.
Harrington, chairman, and
Julius
Bernstein, executive
secretary.
local’s safety
which
UAW
efforts to correct
run in conjunction with the
national council and is open
to all members of the local.
It attracts hundreds of entries
which
or-
250 delegates attended the
unsafe working conditions in
the plants.
The
limerick
contest,
which
features $25 sayings
bonds
drive
9A conducted
Region
sues
side
promotion activities,
safety
such as monthly limerick con-
ty, safety
out of an
lem
areas
of discrimination
rather than wait for these is-
cal 906’s safety program was
praised recently in an article
published in the National Safety Council’s newsletter.
The
ganizational
arose
its program and the need for
trade unions to seek out prob-
Safety Program
N.
case
of court
out
thrown
been
rights
Nat7 Co. Hails
Ford Local 906
MAHWAH,
has
motion
Early last year, the UAW
also obtained an injunction
erate
NEW YORK — A million dollar libel suit against the UAW
The
acted
court
appellate
The
after Yellin and Ross had appealed
UAW Wins
Libel Suit
here.
(Soli-
Workers.”
Automobile
darity,
names
other
injunc-
court
a lower
affirmed
AFL-CIO
Hugh
setts
Regional
Thompson;
AFL-CIO
William
Director
Massachu-
President
Belanger,
Slaiman, AFL-CIO
and
civil
J.
Don
rights
assistant director.
The delegates were divided
into workshops which considered the problems of employ-
ment
discrimination,
appren-
cry
when
or waiting
their turn
are, from
the
left, Alfred
services
committee,
of
committee
community
company
was
HOOK’
Georges,
J.
John
to
shot
vaccine
Essex-West
the
making
in
cooperated
N.Y.
On
of
bit
Y—A
N.
SYRACUSE,
economic blackmail which the
Electric Autolite Co. tried on
two UAW locals at its plant
here has failed miserably.
bringing
for
In exchange
new work into the plant, the
company demanded major con-
have
would
which
cessions
the existing contract,
weakened
according to UAW Vice President Richard Gosser, director
of the
ment.
rejected.
were
demands
These
Autolite
Depart-
Autolite
union’s
officials
met
with
civil
prejudiced attitudes,
labor’s
policies on
rights;
and
the
relation-
ship of the Southerr restaurant sit-ins to organized labor.
All
the
workshop
participants
indicated
recognition
that
organized
labor
has
a
stake in civil rights.
Leading the UAW delegation
at the institute was Warren
Olson,
who
represents
the
UAW
on
AFL-CIO
tee,
the
Civil
Massachusetts
Rights
Commit-
More accidental deaths occur
in the bedroom than anywhere
else in the home, according to
a study reported by the Na-
tional
Safety
Council.
Hudson
and
the bargaining committees of
Local 964, which repUAW
resents production
workers,
and
Local 621, which
rep-
work
new
“dangled
form
the
in
them
workers,
office
resents
Management
work,
new
hoping
was
company
the
which
alter-
of
inferred at this
this
that
meeting
before
reported.
Gosser
nators,”
and
to get from the independent
be
would
auto producers,
brought into the Syracuse
plant, provided the locals perin
“changes”
several
mitted
contracts,
their
management
“changes”
The
had in mind included proposals
of
rates
fit
to
$46
of
take effect until
then will apply
with
claimants
years” starting on
4, whose average
not
will
$50
mid-year and
only to new
“benefit
new
or after July
pay has been
$91 a week or more, according
to the New York Labor Deof Employ-
Division
partment’s
ment.
amendment
The
for adjusting
provide
not
does
pres-
the
present
for
maximum
$45
file
claimants or those who
new claims and establish bene12-month
is the
fit year”
after a valid
starting the week
benefit
is filed.
claim
follows:
1. EARNINGS
June
ginning
27,
for
Effect-
LIMIT.
benefit
un-
changes
insurance
employment
ive
for other
time-table
The
period
claimants
on
years
be-
or
benefit
4, partial
after July
if a
allowed
be
will
credit
than
more
no
has
claimant
three
earns
days
no
partially
who
have
work
more
in a week
than
employed
benefit
$50.
and
For
claimants
years
begin-
ning before July 4, the present
earnings limit of $45 will con-
tinue.
administer
Others
Polio Shots for All):
NEWARK,
700
Fails
workers
permit
it
that
pay.
centive
force.
Local
UAW
in-
California,
Monday,
disqualification
claimant
system
or wife in a new
fits
Georgia,
1319,
the
weeks.
felony that
discharge.
of
a
yocational
proved
for
pré}ic
The
—
Loi}
company
in
been
|
to
|
of ma}i:
because
objections
mongyut
local’s
the
fired
referee
ji
Russell
a)
was
dis-
Smith
rule
change
Ef-
for
locality.
Bene-
until
work.
the
At
job-connected
about
his
to a qualified
is attending a
by
course
the
ap-
Indus-
trial Commissioner if there is
no reasonable chance for work
in his own line and prospects
for work after the
concluded are good.
training
ciplinary
nection
said
Scharf’s
14
slight
dab»
really
paper
©
co}.
with the offensive ite
the
in
of
layoff
™s
warrant):
no more than a one-week db
ciplinary layoff, but. that th
uc
terms of the contract mandé}1/{*)
husband
join
training
him
it attampi’=
the
brought
paid
who
/*!'
doesn’t check
had
Impartial
TRAINING.
4, VOCATIONAL
Effective immediately, benefits
be
may
claimant
tli
newspaper, has been order}!
reinstated by an arbitrator. ).°°
Effective Monday, May 16, all
benefit rights are suspended for
any
for
period
12-month
a
or is
claimant who admits
convicted
who
item
MISCONDUCT.
3. CRIMINAL
theory
Allis-Chalmers
agement’s
present in cases of this kind
for
are suspended
claimants
six
umf
of
16,
seeking
and
of
dent
on at
worked
has
claimant
least three days in each of four
different weeks or has earned
at least $200 and is again unemployed
thii''
May
denied
be
will
“i/**
ordered the reinstatiy
Smith
ab
Scharf
of Frank
ment
commuted his penalty to a db
who
to
the
Ind.
LaPORTE,
or refuses & job without good
cause, c) quits due to marriage
quits
and
of
Referee Orders:
A-C Local Prex\=
Reinstated
charged for misconduct in connection with the job, b) quits
d)
all
before
a union card
someone.
gener-
2. DISQUALIFICATIONS.
fective
on
the polio bug
Michigan.
and
Oklahoma
to
regardless
affiliation,
1)*').,
to make
employes
company’s
now used in cars.
There are also UAW-organplants
Autolite
ized Electric
in Indiana,
available
shots
for the automotive industry.
The alternator, a recent de-
electrical
ion
progrefrn
the
in
cooperate
to
which
plant,
Syracuse
The
presently employs about 1,000
motors
small
workers, makes
and other electrical equipment
the
.«
-management |)
But when
the Baker division of Eng}
hard Industries, Inc. — agre
of-
families,
in
va!
1
shot,
per
to its workers in the Toledo,
O. plant during the past five
were
years, promises which
pointed
Gosser
kept,
never
out.
ator
“is
4
and
up to permit members of 1)
local and their families to «>!
tain the recommended thrir
Salk vaccine polio shots atjr
made
the
sponsojp?‘.or
1668
the local decided
replaces
advantage»
clinic
of
were well aware
mands,
the many “promises” Electric
velopment,
ttt
The clinic was originally }y{las
The Syracuse locals, in redecompany’s
jecting the
management
More
community services committit
of the Essex-West Hudson C}
Council, Region 9 Directl»
Martin Gerber reports.
;
being
the
from
efficiency”
took
shot
polio
by
demanded
also
Management
“more
to
hourly
from
switched
N.J. —
persons
a@
standards, that the local encourage speedups and give up
the “past practice” rule, and
or
iy'ie
watchin)
N. J. Local Sets Ul! »:
that the workers give up their
right to strike over production
any
Sajc
a
$1.
for
N.Y. State Explains New Rules
In Unemployment Comp. Benefits
new top
YORK—The
NEW
unemployment insurance bene-
N.J.
Newark,
director
all employes
to
available
shots
fice
to
ready
got
sz
servic}!
the community
of the locapP os!
chairman
William
Brady,
CIO Council;
o
arjy
representative. Union
Davis, a management
Don
Autolite
fit years before July 4. A “bene-
locals,
1668,
Local
Wagner,
Locals
attacking
organized
union
UAW
of
Kessler
‘Assault and Battery’
ent
for
president
ee
Electric Autolite's
tice training, attack on the bill
of rights, planning civil rights
programs
Morris
Dr.
the
THE
‘WATCH
i
is
ed
period.
two-week
the
Smith
should
be
held
losses
wage
“made
that
Sché)
1
whole
beyop™
suffered”
the 14 days.
Scharf had been out of wo}y
normas.'
He
23.
Feb.
since
works full-time in the plant}irm:
The
case,
which
had
bee)»
taken to arbitration by UAV!
Greate!
Pat
President
Vice
house,
director
Allis-Chalmers
of the union fip's
Departmen!”
arose out of the Feb, 11 issue
of the local’s mimeographe}«"
(Solidarity, Aprig.
newspaper
1960).
to
Management
statements
concerning
in
objecte)
the
company
papers
repre)t®
sentatives and the quality
company products,
@
ae
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Regional News
|
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¢!)
er
president,
of
corruption
President
UAW
*
falter P. Reuther charged in
keynote address before some
0 delegates at a two-day leg-
idlative conference of the AFLtent, here.
again
totpolicy
adopted
by
the
civil
a
inter-
national executive board and
weeks
oojannounced several
effect
in
Reuther
“earlier,
conjectures
which
insidenied
York
New
a
in
“dappeared
ou
e@porting
date
40 gnomination.
»7| Reuther’s
statement
& flupport,
“brivately,
ay
o{he nomination.
i) “In only one respect
r@ersonally
I
have
in
activities.
preconyention
sghe
4y involvement has consisted
Mf discussing with a number
of
at
. “I
vegeach
the
share
candidate
ejte
with
eviway
to
in a constructive
I can
ove what
be
seeing
in
helpful
uid that each candidate has that
» opportunity.
“The policy of neutrality to
as its
Which the UAW and I
committed
are
‘apresident
‘orljhould
construed
be
not
as
wienying the right of individual
‘MIJAW members, many of whom
“Tare active workers in the party
of
some
and
choice
their
of
deleconvention
are
jywhom
ldates, to work with others who
iMishare their point of view in
fzupporting and advancing the
minterests
of
choice.
(itheir
of
a matter
“As
candidate
the
of
there
fact,
ware various UAW International
dand local officials, who, acting
gias
individual
of
their choice,
yitive
workers
citizens
within
and
the
signed
the
by
Eis-
adequate,
not
not
protect
pointed
for
the
out,
was
Eisenhower,
the
of Commerce,
Medical
Assn.,
Assn.
of
UAW
Vice
support
Act
ac-
party
are supporting
the _ prominentlyof
ajeach
a@mentioned candidates for the
Democratic nomination on the
{basis of personal preference.”
“Hack”
4
director,
Two
The
national
methods
union’s
were
to
de-
needs
answer
suggested
discussed
platform
the
pro-
by
UAW
hearings
of
Democratic group.
The Republican Party has
not scheduled similar public
sessions to obtain
interestec
Pat
Farm
of
Woodcock
was
more
hearing
about
a key witness
than
30
conducted
at
in
In
addition
president,
Democratic
Leon
to
the
witnesses
panel
Keyserling,
viser to former
Ralph
UAW
before
economic
President
Robey
Tru-
of the
’
In testimony and
mendations covering
of
the
Na-
out
recomspecific
nation’s
problems,
eco-
Woodcock
that
additional
workers
14
seeking jobs during
million
will
be
the 1960s.
Unless annual national outthan
more
at a
put grows
5%
rate,
“we
will
be
un-
since 1952 because of dropping
incomes, and “there can be no
question” that some of them
are among the unemployed in
the cities today.
“These
men
and
women
those
farms
nation’s
the
the
bought
formerly
who
members
union
products
stopped
buying
and
tractors
plements,”
“but
they
and
the labor
wiped
out
by
technology,”
But
market
whose
from
jobsa
and
have
more
been
efficient
he said.
1953
for
through.
1959
said,
compete
the
Republican
now
(from
Hamby,
assistant
the
left)
Region
administra-
tion years — annual growth of
the nation’s economy has been
23%,
President
the
noted.
Discussing
cultural
UAW
Vice
recommendations
the
problems
of agri-
implement
workers
and farmers, Greathouse, director of UAW’s
agricultural
implement
department,
prosperity
cannot
Democratic
Minneapolis
and
told
a
panel
hearing
in
national
that
be
maintained
achieved
without
a
size farmers, UAW members
sist on this, he said.
in-
healthy
situation
for
family-
S. State
— U.
WASHINGTON
that
assurances
action
diplomatic
will
take
ican
ships which
it
to
halt Arab blacklisting of Amer-
touch Israeli
ports has brought to an end
the picketing of the Arab ship,
Cleopatra by the Seafarers International Union.
The move by the State Department came after the AFLCIO
the
endorsed
against
Arab
followed
up
and
AFL-CIO
tion
with
firmly
Council
Executive
SIU _
protest
George
Meany
discrimination,
the
ac-
council’s
exchange
an
of
cor-
Sec-
Acting
with
respondence
retary of State Douglas Dillon.
of the
picketing
SIU
The
ship was carried on in protest
failed
prac-
to “give
Con-
it would
have
endar.”
one
was
to the
major
on its cal-
business
unfinished
Doehler-Jarvis
Council Meets
UAW
The
—
YORK
NEW
met
Doehler-Jarvis Council
here in mid-May to review provisions of the national agreement
the
discuss
and
plants,
various
in
problems
re-
was
it
ported by UAW Vice President
Richard T. Gosser, director of
the national Doehler-Jarvis de-
Local
President
Paul
Hall
that if the State De-
and
down
to “buckle
ports.
tical implementation to the assurances ... we will have no
other recourse but to resort to
picketing.”
In another action, the coun-
Gfine A Buch /
of “failure,”
present
date
to
record
gress’
partment.
Delegates
the Suez Canal against ships
Israeli
touched
have
which
the
charged
cil
against the boycott being conducted by the Arab League at
partment
jobs.”
for
—
SIU
warned
ke te Dregp
v
im-
Greathouse
workers
city
with
cars
agricultural
also
into
only
not
factories
in
made
Director.
are
Department
included
Greathouse pointed out that
3% million people have been
off
Department
Jim
group
ad-
vice
able to provide job opportunities for all the new entrants
forced
Ford
secretary,
the
the
Detroit
tional Association
of Manufacturers, and Clem Johnston
of the U.S. Chamber of Com-
pointed
economic
crisies
grip
the entire
so-
financial
in
Labor Hits Arab ‘Blacklist’;
State Dept. Promises Action
the
by a panel on economic growth.
nomic
herald
na-
to be covered
in its platform.
among
ideas from
groups
tional problems
aspects
family
farmers are suffering from a
continuing economic squeeze,
Greathouse said that “farm
ciety.”
officials
Vice Presidents Leonard Woodcock and Pat Greathouse
at
merce.
serious
which
UAW
and
advance
Congress
to
national
grams
goals
maintenance of an agriculture
dominated by vigorous family
tend
top
tailed important
noted the UAW was interested
in enactment of a good farm
depressions
Bannon,
Others
right).
Frey,
the
Ameri-
Undertak-
that
Ken
“Red”
to meet
Family
out
and
president,
(extreme
Platform Should Meet Needs, Dems Told
man;
Pointing
local
Mazey
them.
of 1960 because
farmers.”
Wilson,
Emil
NAM,
which
President
the
Secretary-Treasurer
being
and
has urged
to
LOCAL 588’s new hall in Chicago Heights, IL,
brings top officers
of
Here Region 4 Director Bob Johnston points out something of interest
a@ meager
Forand
by a “coalition”
DEDICATION OF FORD
the UAW to the scene.
and problems for the Democratic Platform
Committee
this
month and spelled out specific
program
because
it believes
the nation benefits from “the
do
to
friends
my
rapped
gressmen from states West of
the
Mississippi,
Greathouse
aq@on his merits and his record,
mg and I will continue to coningsut
the na-
In a letter which went to all
Northern Democratic Con-
nomination
the
for
try
of
its importance
“not only
to
farm people, but to city people
as well.”
that
right
belief
has a
he
Income
nomination.
for the
(int
needs
Family Farm
Bill Backed
to
dicampaign
any
stopping any aspir-
meter
Javected
the
does
fight
Greathouse
harm
char-
if people the serious
hoimd the anti-democratic
as
tion of the Supreme Court decision on desegregation.”
He charged that “the same
forces of political reaction”
that oppose
effective
civil
rights “we find ganging up
on us on economic issues.”
American
ers.
for
involved
been
aged
the Negroes’ voting rights, and
does not assure
implementa-
can
or
candidate
to any
right,
Cilamber
personal
publicly
either
morally
included
follows:
“| “I have not lent my
bill
as “not
opposed
Democratic
the
for
enhower
Bill
candi-
particular
a
Ad-
the
sharply
rights
The
sup-
was
he
that
udmewspaper
citizens.
Reuther
concerning
underlining
to
not
November.
tho¥andidates for the nomination
“% ‘or President of the US.
In
for
the
tion cannot afford “eight more
years of sweeping problems under the rug,” and urged them
to intensify their
activity
to
win legislation as a “down payment on the greater job” in
It Out
neutrality
of
proposal
at
He told the delegates
P.
Walter
President
AU) UAW
re-emphasized
has
tiu@euther
dsinat the UAW, and he as its
fasiresident, are committed to a
ro.lfolicy
aid
and
senior
\VAW Neutral
2/As "Hopefuls'
oBattle
IUD
“an empty promise designed
to meet the political need of
the
Republican
Party
in
1960,”
Depart-
Union
Industrial
fen
also
lashed
ministration’s
medical
is
0961
the
by
sized
hmplacency,”
who
UNF ALINVGITOS—E
Reuther,
Eisen— The
/MWASHINGTON
.wAywer Administration Is “para-
°8rg
‘VCorruption of Complacency’
\Paralyzes GOP, IUD Told
3,200 UAW
In
plants.
1058,
some
represented
four
are
in
members
council
the
1057,
Local
Toledo;
1056,
Local
N.Y.;
Batavia,
Pottstown, Pa., and Local 257,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Gosser reported that 9c hourproduc-
for
increase
wage
ly
tion workers, and an lle boost
into
went
trades
for skilled
effect May 2.
wad
| GOP-Dixiecrat Coalition Strongest
WASHINGTON—It
jafternoon
oHHouse
rights
was
bill,
of
March
was
as
22,
the
a civil
debating
that
a querulous
a fabricated
ivoice raised
the
ques-
tion.
Michigan’s testy, reactionary
mipeD. Clair Hoffman (R) asked
'Virginia’s dixiecratic Rep. How-
fard Smith (D):
“. . What became
wicoalition that we had
of that
back in
f ithe time when we put through
ithe Taft-Hartley bill when we
yGoverrode
Mr. Truman’s
veto?
“Do
you
“coalition
remember?
“somebody
otimot
know
of
on
There
Southerners
what
this
to
was
side—I
a
with
do
call
them,
pretty
“I will
good.”
say to
tdbut I was one of them and that
oACoalition
Smith
worked
replied,
ithe gentleman that the coallition which you are speaking of
4lis all in the past...”
A
The question
really intended
and answer—
as barbs aim-
in watering
down
the
price
control
program
and
excess
profits tax measure.
ed at the civil rights measure
—were
meaningless
because
the GOP-Dixiecrat coalition
was still very much alive, and
Smith
both
knew
The
and
it.
coalition
Southern
Right
Hoffman
and
GOP-Dixiecrat
of Republicans
Democrats
can
be traced back to 1937, the first
session
of
the
75th
Congress.
During that session, when
Roosevelt
Administration
fighting
of
most
the
and
a
to
get
massive
10%
House
a
of
the
nation
depression,
all
showed
majority
roll
calls
the
was
out
al-
During
coalition
the war
succeeded
Activities
Committee
years, the
in passing
House
as
a per-
committee,
and
war,
coalition
the
used
labor
farm
NLRB
from
jurisdiction, to turn over the
U.S. Employment Service to
the states, and to take the
first steps toward gutting the
price contro] program. This
soon
resulted
speculation,
inflation
in
a
wave
profiteering
which
cost
American
public
billions
purchasing power.
Southern
the Smith
anti-strike bill, in
establishing the Un-American
manent
clude
in
Democrats
voting
against
a
majority
of
Democrats
from
the rest of the country.
the
its power to pass the Case
anti-strike control bill, to ex-
Republicans
of
after
After
the
election
of
GOP-dominated
Congress
1946, the coalition
greatest
strength.
of
and
the
in
the
in
reached its
It pushed
through the Taft-Hartley Act
and overrode Truman’s
veto;
it
reduced
social
coverage
security
act,
under
the
further
Party’ in Congress
price
weakened
con-
rent
and
trols, and overrode Truman’s
veto of the “rich man’s” tax
reduction bill.
During
the
ministration,
crat
even
has
ad-
Eisenhower
the
GOP-Dixie-
coalition has played an
role. It
more dominant
against
fought
decent
a
public housing program, federal aid to education, effective
civil
crease
rights
in
legislation,
the
various
and
measures.
minimum
other
an
in-
wage
liberal
A Congressional Quarterly
study of GOP-Southern Democrats voting alignments during the first session of the
the
showed
Congress
86th
coalition opposed a majority
Northern
of
Democrats on
Western
and
11 of the 87
The
votes.
rolleall
House
coalition won
10 of the 11
—11%.
On
paper
it appears
that
the
House
New
in
majority
Democratic
is the
Deal—280
since
largest
Democrats,
the
the
152
real
the
But
Republicans.
the
are
alignments
“party”
GOP-Dixiecrat coalition on one
side and the liberals on the
other.
A study of three rollcall votes
in the 86th Congress’ first ses-
Coalition
crats,
80;
Northern
Liberals
15;
—
Southern
Demo-
and
Western
Demo-
—
Southern
20;
Border
Northern
Democrats,
18.
Democrats,
Border
Republicans,
crats, 6;
tal: 225.
crats,
approximate
two groups:
the
the
sion showed
alignment of
143;
and
130.
9;
To-
Demo-
Democrats,
Western
Republicans,
Total:
196.
to
happened
really
What's
coalition?
GOP-Dixiecrat
the
Nothing. It’s still the strongest
“party”
in Congress.
Leisure-time hours — the hours for fun, relaxation and recreation — are lengthening for
the workers of America.
ever
than
workers
more
summer,
This
before
Every
will take off for longer paid vacations.
month, an increasing number retire — at earlier
ages and with consistently improving pensions.
The
loss
out
toward
trend
And
people.
of
number
growing
and
of automation,
development
weeks
with-
the
rapid
a
include
to
continues
steadily
pay
in
shorter
work
with
persistent
deter-
mination of unions to do something about it, this
trend may swiftly become a massive social movement,
BOWLING
among
the
tournaments
most
retirement,
earlier
vacations,
paid
Longer
better pensions, work weeks steadily reduced with-
are
popular
sports activities in
reational
program,
the recenjoyed
nament
will
soon
ganized to broaden
tion even more,
be
pay
American
the
by thousands of keglers like
the one above rolling in a
contest held in Region 3. The
International Bowling Tour-
in
loss
out
of
All
—
labor
movement,
union
these
all of this
behind
benefits
is
progress
mean
more
leisure, a better standard of living in which to
enjoy it, and an expanding market for leisuretime products and services.
re-or-
participa-
But more leisure can mean either additional
time to waste, or increased opportunity for social
and spiritual growth.
Many years ago, the UAW faced up to this
problem. In 1937, the UAW Recreation Department
was
organized.
In its formative
department
reation
days,
the program
developed
around
of the rec-
competitive
sports and centered in the Detroit area,
Today,
wide,
in several areas.
before lunch at
spans
department’s
two nations.
program
Its scope
is
family-
runs from
satisfactions which recreation affords can bit
I
realized.
More than 600,000 participate each yer
some phase of recreational activity which s}
from the department's over-all activity.
estimate
on
—
admittedly
participation
families.
also
of
UAW
Additional
members
department,
made
up
of
a
directo}
several staff members, is structured so tha}
reational programs can be organized to enco)
participation of the greatest possible num}
people.
UAW
recreation councils play an impktir
role. There are 32, formed within areas of}
rate UAW regions and composed of repre}
tives from local union recreation committees}
reation
with
department
councils
Focal
as
point
mittee.
It
amples
from
staff members
much
as
possible.
is the local
is
primarily
work
union
through
of
recreational
re-
di)
recreation
the
functiP;
local committees that UAW members andh
families and friends are able to participa:
a wide variety of recreational experiences?
There is a wide selection of recreationit >i:
portunities found in the over-all program, :
councils
and
tive programs
tire families.
various
areas
which
include
unions
local
demonstrate.
have
developed
participation
|
(i:
Councils in Regions 1 and 1A are actifor
bowling, golf and basketball activities. Ih)
to
ponse
rapidly
the
retired
and
in
interest
growing
programs,
workers’
activities in figurine painting, children’s
ballet dancing, and judo classes.
development
(jn;
|
sources; and the building of recreational skills
within the participants, themselves, so that the
the
I
and
camping
cost;
)
thousands of non-menj);
participate.
The
conservative — is
fishing derbies in Canada to family picnics in Disneyland; from day-camps for children to drop-in
centers for retirees.
Important objectives of the department include the organization of sound recreational programs which can be made available free or at
small
DAY CAMPS for children are sponsored
Above, it’s a moment for saying grace
the Region 1D day camp.
and
the
—
creation The C4
1)
Pf
tional leadership training sessions have beep
in Ann
In
sored
Arbor
Region
family
tions in
archery.
and
1C,
Ypsilanti,
recreation
sportsmen’s
Mich.
nights,
fishing techniques,
Councils in Region
have #v*
councils
demo}:
with
dog obediencjm
1D have sport
tat!
eure
CHILDREN’S
Ottawa,
Ill sponsored
youngsters
RETIREES
in centers
ful
time
Picnic
CAMPS
every
enjoy
year.
the
in
by
the
SANTA CLAUS stoops
fort a worried friend.
summer
Region
activities
time,
4, attract
in
like
the
one
thousands
in
of
FAMILY PICNICS mean fun for everybody. This one was
by the Los Angeles area recreational council in Region 6.
sponsored
the thousands
mas
large
parties
number
flock
to com-jir
Kids by
to Christ-%;
sponsored
of
UAW
by
a}
locals, .°
drop-
(above), and have a wonder(right)
at
the
huge
annual
in Detroit.
NEW
WORLD
CHORUS,
part
of UAW’s
recreational
program,
sings
at
many
every
Sime
Le of: Foisure
3, a hobby
Yegion
Anderson,
in
ld
display
and
Ind.,
gardening
on
Jujnd., annually conduct a mixed bowling
neltment the proceeds of which go to the
several
js are
areas.
idious
fa Port
Huron
In
‘n a six-weeks
snsors a camp
nodates
Per
about
Michigan,
some
provides
12, in Region
children
a 10-
in Onsted,
during
unions
from
“some financial help
‘o. | recreation fund,
ther: children’s
sponsored
_s°Pa.,
~
by the local unions
ane
eee DO
‘
¥
i
in
is found
camp
F
increasing
Yor
vacation
and
and
2
sponsored each year by UAW
recreational councils and lo-
a
is only
program
department
the thrills of golf. Golf tour-
Programs
cal unions.
of the union for the wellIn carrying forward its
and
It
of
to
is
extension
and
struggles
to
the
in
assist
recreation
community-wide
the
in
active
legislation
federal
provide more —
areas.
other recreational
to preserve
and better —
im-
re-
enact
natural
parks
The department, in short, is active on sey-
eral fronts to meet the challenge of the future.
E
With the rapid advance of automation, and the
movement, i the
ofz the labor
steady progress
t
s
hours of leisure-time available to American
workers are certain to grow longer.
The UAW Recreation Department is dedicated
to the objective that they shall be hours of opand for fulfillment of social
portunity for growth,
the
and creative needs.
for
opportunities
order
in
resources,
in the
citing
Department,
3
are planned, directed
staff members.
recreation
state
vacations during summer months when
‘ication programs are being held. It is the
nwhe:
rated camp
owned
SIAW
Dee
a
tone
fe ives tay ate
'
Recreation
naments are widely popular,
are
a large number
and
sources.
ee Aner
eae
ae, oes eda
s
gin,, the ESCA camp CAis ewopenBelew
2 center
ae ‘an education
for
UAW
guided
provement
Potts-
aceon
retirees,
12,000
centers.
at drop-in
other functions
ties
re-
the UAW
pic-
regions and local unions.
It strives for close cooperation with communi-
re-
and
Muskegon,
in
retiree’s
Practices, Women’s, Retired Workers — and with
BEASOM:
local
than
more
for
works closely
the department
program,
broad
with several others — such as Education, Fair
«ay Camp program — one of the first to
mganized in Michigan — is sponsored by
OCIO
responsibility
annual
the
part of the total concern
being of its members.
now
Mich., which
of the most active
PUTTING FOR PAR is one of
The
camper
900
and
attracts
at the centers
by department
AFL-CIO
Local
session.
2,000
the
reports
and more than 30,000 are participating in com™Munity-wide meetings, attending special parties
and
sponsored
camps
children’s
specific
centers
picnic
The
)ittracions.
has
in Detroit.
nic
irtation and tickets at reduced prices to
{such as the Ice Follies, hockey games, and
one
operations,
its
drop-in
the
for
arranges
council
The
Gardens.
in convention
become
department
The
council in Region 9 places a
family night affairs at Madi-
yedNew Jersey
imphasis on
have
of
facets
to the day’s
joy the picnickers as a climax
jiare
ers which
was
which
Disneyland,
world-famous
recommended
The department’s
concern for providing reereational opportunities for all ages has led to
the development of programs for retired work-
Fund.
area council in Region 6 held
family picnic in Holidayland,
aos Angeles
yy successful
'
Benefit
Children’s
}t Retarded
%
has
that family vacation facilities be included in the
school and camp sites purchased by UAW regions.
Elk-
in
locals
families,
CRAFTS
your
r
4
60D
ALL
life,
learned
these
the program
S
young
kids
will
a
are
realize.
source
at children’s camps.
Craft
enjoyment
of
skills
are
part
all
of
Seni neve ab cial gt 8 2 Sep i
Help end
SHOPS
",0RK
develop
skills
which
can
be
ALL
en-
hsiioees
GOD’S
,
CHILDREN
love
to eat
and
love
to
go
S=
to
SUMMER CAMP sponsored by Local 12, Region 2B, attracts thousands of people every year. More than 2,000
youngsters have fun in camp sessions every summer,
camp, like the FDR Camp in Port Huron, Mich. And
at UAW-sponsored
all God’s children are welcome
camps, regardless of race, creed or color.
‘qcople of all ages. Above, delegates to a leader‘»tion institute held in Solidarity House learn
“of teaching crafts.
Li
y
if§
|
A
i (i FOR SHORE, these young
4 3 concentrate on keeping on
Their “ocean” was a safe,
) pool
a
in
UAW
one
of
family
the
kiddie
outing.
es
Bs
eee
«1
E
oe
=
:
Elgin, Ont.,
CHOW TIME at the UAW camp in Port
education
Operated as UAW's
time for everybody.
the
camp
classes
are
is
open
being
for
held.
family
vacations
in
summer
i
\, " ani
is a gay
Canada,
center in Canada,
months
when
no
\
ee
ee
A BOY and his best friend pose proudly during a dog
obedience session at a Sportsmen's Show sponsored by &
show included demonstraUAW recreational council. The
tions
points
in
on
fishing
how
techniques,
to enjoy
family
pitching
tents,
camping.
and
other
SOLIDARITY, June, 1960—Pezo 6
New Pension for Vets
Summarized by Mazey
Many
United
States
veterans
of
World
War
I and
II
EWE OPENER
EVERY
lo)
WEEKDAY
MORNING
and
Korea, or their widows and children, will be entitled to benefits
under a new pension law which will become effective July 1.
Secretary-Treasurer
A summary of the law issued by UAW
Emil
Mazey follows:
Many of our members,
thereby
supplement
income
as
their
pension
company-union
income
VETERAN—NO
Income
ATOMIC-AGE
UAW
VICTIM,
President
which
Walter
caused
him
and
repeal
tional suffering.
victims
states.
Jackson
P.
and
Reuther
law
Reuther
his
family
has
which
Labor is demanding
McVey
urged
(left),
the
radiation
severe
gave
discusses
atom
governmental
and
emo-
to aid radiation
safety
action
control
to
to aid McVey.
Over
Free, fair, democratic elections that protect the
rights of the individual member and the UAW as a
whole
To
are
the
help
backbone
maintain
tion Department
of
the
union’s
this protection,
has issued
a revised,
strength.
the UAW
Educa-
updated
version
of “Guide for UAW Local Union Election Committee.”
The booklet outlines the duties of the election committee and
goes on to spell out the complete conduct to be followed in
electing executive officers, executive board members at large,
convention delegates, committeemen and stewards.
The booklet’s forward warns that it cannot be used as a substitute
for
constitutional
recommended
local
unions
details
interpretation,
of
without
election
violating
but
“in
procedure
can
constitutional
most
cases,
be
the
varied
provisions
by
or offi-
cial interpretations so long as the basic thinking reflected in
the recomendations is followed.”
The booklet can be ordered through the UAW Education Department at a price of 10c a copy or $7.50 a hundred.
Grim as the struggle is for civil rights and liberties,
there is a humorous
involved.
Anecdotes
collected
side to the day-to-day
Harry
Fleischman
between
The music and lyrics for 100 labor songs—including
“Solidarity Forever’—have been collected in one volume
by
two
troubadours
known
to thousands
tor, a familiar figure with his guitar at union meetings
ventions.
She is a Canadian folklore specialist.
One
of the
unfolded
world
workers
and
in
songs
the
from
dates
book
are
virtually
have struggled
back
as far as
melodies
every
to form
1381.
from
trade
unions
In
countries
and
and
the
all
and
songs
The
of
the
UAW
downtrodden,
Education
the
over
industry
in
secure justice.
Department
disinherited.”
has
arranged
songbook available for $2.50.
Use the
To:
UAW Education Department
8000 E. Jefferson, Detroit 14, Mich.
the
which
order
blank
to
make
below.
the
Please Send Mo... copy (copies) of “Let’s Be Human,”
at 50 cents a copy.
Please send mé............... copy (copies) of “Songs of Work and
Freedom,” at $2.50 a copy.
Please send ME........00..-0 copy (copies) of “Guide for UAW Local Union Election Committee’ at 10c a copy or $7.50 a hundred.
NAME
........., sategrvobcnpi
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Please
find
my
checks
or money
Number. von cccvsssisesssionaest
order
enclosed.
ZUUUOO0S0 00000000 ASE
Monthly Strike Fund Report
INTERNATIONAL
STRIKE
BALANCE IN FUND, MARCH
INCOME IN APRIL, 1960:
Strike
Fund
FUND
FOR APRIL, 1960
31, 1960... $24,600,422.00
Dues
$1,452,326.00
Interest on Investments
*Strike Donation Returned
by Steelworkers
TOTAL
TO
ACCOUNT
DISBURSEMENTS IN
BALANCE
IN FUND,
There
8,000
are
18 strikes
members
of
*The April income
that was returned
WIDOWS
Widows and children under 18 years of age of veterans who
died after serving in World War I, World War Il and the Korean
Conflict will become eligible for pension after July 1, 1960 if
they are in the eligibility income brackets outlined below.
FOR
40,789.93
ee
$2,499,361.12
....
ssteerersesere 9299099,783,12
APRIL, 1960....
APRIL 30, 1960.
in
the
effect
UAW.
at
the
present
5
560,359.81
26,539,423.31
time,
involving
includes the $1,006,245.19 strike donation
to the UAW by the Steelworkers.
SCUULLCUOUAU00S 000000000000 00N 000A vv APSE
Over
over
$1,000.
Not
over
$3,000.
over
Number
Children
One Child ............
Each additional
Income received by
the
one
child
OR
WIDOW
additional
OVER
OF
of
monthly
child.
payment
INCOME
child.
the widow
from.
as income
any
under
will
BECAUSE
INELIGIBLE
Monthly
exceptions, will be considered
EXEMPTIONS:
Income
income
to
exempt
determine
Payment
$35
so PLe,
source, with
few
pension
this. new
consideration
from
eligibility
pension
in calculating
under
this
the annual
are:
law
1. Payments of the six months death gratuity by the Service
department.
2. Donations from public or private relief or welfare organi-
zations.
3. Payments of compensation or pension by the VA.
4. Government life insurance payments and payments
servicemen’'s
of
indemnity.
5. Social security lump sum death payments.
6. Payments to an individual under public or private retirement, annuity, endowment or similar plans equal to the amount
he contributed
7. Proceeds
based
thereto.
of fire insurance
8. In the case
policies.
or children
of widows
profits
civil
rights
UAW
is being
tional and
Pittsburgh
First
the
The
Soil
out
UAW
ment,
of
series
articles
program
on
published
of
in
the
the
na-
local editions of the
Courier.
the
six
appeared
articles
April
in
30.
series, called “From
the
to the Shop,” was worked
in consultation
with the
Fair
Practices
facts
and
some
programe:
about
prizes,
plants
wages
and
while
—
stresi:
at
same time — refusing
thousands
with
Another
out
that
($242.9
three
a
of
long
plants.
Ford
worke!
at
resolution
Ford’s
months
positi
for
of
othel
poin
profit
million
the
1960)
responsibility
company
to
give
thiji*
to recall:
seniority
heavy
fir;
thro
on
overdue
J
thepls
con-)i&
sideration to their workers andj
consumers. Delegates reaffirm:
ed their belief that Ford
and should —
$100 or more.
Delegates
f=
can—-ar
lower car pricesanicq
a
pointed
out
that
Ford’s profits, running at anis
annual rate of 47.4% return onio
few
and
executives
of
the
fact
©
1
thatseni
and
“key’/yaxl"
depart-
UAW
any
old,
constitutions
around?
Send them
in to the
UAW
legal department—they
can
use
’em,
reports
Harold
Cranefield, general
counsel.
Many
times
in
preparing
briefs it is necessary to refer
to old
constitutions,
he
said.
thatiid?
resolution,
dele- Sis
responsible
forjor
gates
urged
Ford
to direct/yszll
more
work
into
the
Rougejsu+
plant (Detroit) and other Ford)
plants hit hard by unemploy{|
ment.
An
Upright
Life} |,
Here’s a tip: Best way
to)!
keep living an upright life is).
to take good care of your feet,)>
And the best way to take care)
of your feet is to buy good)
¥
safety shoes with a union label!
The United Shoe Workers of\
America
point
Hy-Test
steel
out
that
Safety Shoe
box
the):
is the only;
safety
work
shoe}
bearing their union label.
It’s)
made
by
the
International
Shoe
Co.
i \exormmesercca
PUBLICATION,
OFFICIAL
Union, United
Agricultural
America,
Editorial
14,
troit
Automobile,
Implement
International
soo
and )e
of}
Aircraft
Workers
AFL-CIO. Published monthly.©
office, 8000 E. Jefferson, DeYearly
Michigan.
subscription)
to members, 60c; to non-members,
Se a copy.
WALTER P. REUTHER
$2.50.
President
MAZEY
EMIL
Secretary-Treasurer
RICHARD GOSSER
MATTHEWS
NORMAN
WOODCOCK
LEONARD
GREATHOUSE
PAT
Presidents
Vice
}): *!
Members
Board
Executive
International
BALLARD
CHARLES
RAY
BERNDT
CHARLES
BIOLETTI
GEORGE
DOUGLAS
BURT
FRASER
MARTIN
GERBER
TED
HAWKS
JOHNSTON
ROBERT
KERRIGAN
KITZMAN
McCUSKER
CHARLES
HARVEY
JOSEPH
E.
T.
MICHAEL
GEORGE
MERRELLI
KEN
MORRIS
PAT
O'MALLEY
E.
S.
PATTERSON
KEN
ROBINSON
out-dated
lying
claims
are
another
Legal Dept. Needs
Old Constitutions
Got
Ford
prices.
If any additional information is desired on this or other
veteran matters, please contact the UAW veterans department,
8000 East Jefferson, Detroit 14, Michigan.
of
woul
policy of scheduling overtimip!,
and
hiring
new
employes
ali
same.
series
¢
the vital issues involved in thijid o
1960 elections.
A resolution adopted by theje
council hit sharply at Ford)/po'*
veteran
of a deceased
there are excluded amounts equal to the amounts paid for settlement of the veteran’s just debts, the expense of his last illness, and the expenses of the veteran’s burial less the amount
reimbursed by the VA.
Any veteran or widow of a veteran who feel they may
qualify for these pension payments should report to their nearest Veterans Administration office and make application for
A
director.
educational
on
Live
However, where there is a widow and children then inlaw.
come should be computed on an individual basis with the widow
crediting herself only with income due her as an individual and
figuring each child’s benefits separately and applying it as the
Pension will not be paid to a child whose anchild’s income.
nual income, excluding earned income, exceeds $1,800.
INCOME
plant
regional meetings
.an
In
WIDOW
CHILDREN—NO
regional
explore the intensified politi
campaigning
by corporationg)
high
by $15 for each
be increased
4
cash bonuses in 1959 reveal the)I
than
is more
Detro
personnel shared $37 million inti ao
$2,000.
$3,000
If there
The
falsity
Not
in
for
Ford
department
workers
Income
Over
of
a
$1,800..
Not
meetings
Co
unanimously
plans
investment,
$1,800.
over
Not
Payment
Monthly
over $600...
over $1,200.
Not
Not
Pittsburgh Courier
1,006,245.19
DEPENDENTS
WIDOW—NO
Income
con-
As the introduction says, “Here are songs of men and women
who raised their voices against political and industrial tyranny,
against child labor, hunger, poverty, unemployment.
Here are
the
Vetthis choice is made, however, it cannot be changed again.
erans already drawing pensions may benefit by remaining under
the present pension law and not changing to the new pension
system,
direc-
panorama
Once
benefits.
greater
them
grants
law, whichever
to the new
of trade
unionists, Joe Glaser and Edith Fowke.
He is the United Rubber Workers education
this new law pro-
vides that all such income over $1,200 that is reasonably available to him will be counted as his income, unless he can show
this excess amount was used for unusual family expenses, such
as illness, etc.
Veterans who qualified for a pension prior to July 1, 1960
will haye the option of remaining under the old law or changing
covers
of “Let’s Be Human,” a book made up of selections from his
column published in over 100 labor papers.
The slim, paperbacked volume priced at 50c for UAW members
has been endorsed by UAW President Walter P. Reuther who
has urged widespread distribution of it to “men and women of
good will everywhere.”
The UAW Education Department has undertaken distribution
eens book and will fill orders.
An order blank is available
low.
If a veteran's wife has a separate income,
incidents
the
under
income
income until he has received income from them equal to the
(In most cases social security
amount he had contributed there.
payments will not be considered as income during the first year
following retirement.)
that underline this lighter side have been
by
payments,
that payments from social security or annuities
veteran after retirement will not be considered
this law, except
received by the
May,
ready
None
pension
considered
are
etc.
annuities,
savings,
on
interest
15
45
company-union
benefits,
security
in early
Ford
mitteemen in preparation
1961 negotiations, it was
Three
Dependents
$100
45
None
meeting
proved
CHILDREN
15
45
$3,000......
Social
$85
Payments
National
delegates,
Payment
Two
Dependents
$95
75
$3,00!
over
Not
One
Dependent
$90
$2,000.
over
Not
Monthly
Ford Counci
HoldsMeeti
UAW
.None
OR
DENTS—WIFE
$1,000..
by
40
$1,800.
Income
Not over
established
and
70
VETERAN—WIT
accident
physical
Congress
with
benefits
$1,800.
over
Over
amount
an
by
and
pension
this
$1,200.
over
Not
to
entitled
veterans
are
who
DEPENDENTS
Monthly
Not over $600.
Not
older,
or
of social security
payments
below:
outlined
be
will
1, 1960
July
after
retire
and
years
65
RAY
ROSS
Frank Winn, Editor and Director, Pablications and
Public Relations Depart-
ment.
Assistant
Walsh,
Joo
tions
ment.
Henry
and
and
Jerry
tin,
James
and
Public
Santiestevan,
Assistant
Public
Dale,
Howard
Editor
)y
Depart-
Department.
Staff
Photographer.
American
Guild,
}»
Publications
Lipton,
Ray
Mar
Members,
Newspaper
AFL-CIO,
}'t
Publica-
Managing
Relations
Yardley,
Members,
Relations
Director,
Hartford,
Jerry
Director,
}
>»)
»1\\
aseg
TRUE
to
only
tion,
seas
is beyond
Your dream
true
this
UAW
year,
9
These
two
Trayel
(ATA).
')
4
Bashour
and
(eft)
(center)
SHELVES are on their way to area
Conn., high school principal Frederick
Neil
economics
an
Macy,
a set of books
over
of the
committee
In photo below,
AFL-CIO.
education
the
Council,
9 education-citizenship
Region
_-presents a set to Dr. Helen C.
teacher
of
member
and
Labor
Hartford
Greater
Charles A. Guensch, UAW
the
special
and
hotels, meals,
Pennsylvania,
for
director
Bailey, an associate super-
nor-
a
around
only
from
applications
sons,
those
Region
in
office
union
9 who
husbands.
post,
received.
The plane
Association.
Travel
American
Belgium, with trip to ICFTU
headquarters; by bus through
and
Dutch
Belgian,
several
cities;
German
7
4
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University.
the
Under
Training
Labor
, f lected
American
for
which
“
w
nine
International
seProgram,
union
trade
at
study
will
members
months,
serve
will
they
Cornell
at
Relations
Labor
Cornell
following
a union
which is
year internship with
or government agency
concerned
directly
inter-
with
The
their
matters.
labor
national
first students will begin
September.
next
studies
one-
a
trainees
at Cornell,
While
will study the organizational
of the
activities
comparal labor movement,
reative labor-management
lajions
guage.
and
They
lanhave
expected
the
of
uates
by
employed
ernment,
An
advisory
that
program
unions
and
of represenentatives of organized labor and the ILR School
will consult with Prof. Dono-
and
the development
yan on
administration of the program.
labor
Representing
board
are
chairman,
George
M.
AFL-CIO
the
on
Harrison,
Interna-
tional Affairs Committee, Joseph A. Beirne, president of the
Communications
America;
and
Blowers
Union,
president
The
of
Lee
the
program
Workers
W.
Glass
Ithaca,
of
Minton,
Bottle
scholarships
con-
ap-
N.Y.
The deadline for applications
for this year’s program is July
1, 1960.
a steamer
a
for
Rhine
Germany;
West
the
on
trip
to Bingen.
itself
on
at Koblenz
Karlsruhe, the famous resort of
Baden
Black
and the
Freiburg
Baden,
area.
Forest
visiting
Switzerland,
into
Cross
Zurich
and Lucerne. From there to the
Liechtenstein,
of
principality
often called the world’s smallest independent country, and
its capital, Vaduz, a tiny, mediand
eval
Cross
picturesque
Austria,
into
and
thinking
Bureau
plan-
York,
New
to
and Local
Israel
and
1-S, com-
employes
planning
of R.
a trip
H.
to
the summer and fall,
is preparing a group
Demo-
for
Americans
for
tour
cratic Action to Europe; several
York
New
the
from
groups
AFL-CIO;
Guild,
Teachers
Typographical Union Local 6;
Region 9 of the UAW; the National Housing Conference; the
the
rates
Cooperative
US.A., and others.
information
tours
the
abroad
York
New
group
about
should
own
which
travel
contact
of
office
42nd
Suite 1848, 11 West
New York 36, N.Y.
ATA,
St,
organizations
the
Among
more
in
interested
Unions
of the
League
ATA
operative
League;
sociation,
and
are:
the
Co-
the
Indus-
trial Union Department, AFLCIO; the State County & MuAFL-CIO;
Employees,
nicipal
the Credit Union National Asmany
others.
pos-
are
plan-
Motoring
the cities of Livorno, Rapallo,
to-
ward Venice.
Sightseeing in Venice, includ-
St.
ing
Doges’
Mark’s
Palace,
Gondola
Sighs.
Square,
the
Bridge
of
tours
the
of
the
city’s famed canals. Other Italian cities you will visit are
Ravenna,
Assisi
and
In Rome
Florence,
Rome.
Perugia,
you'll see the Colos-
seum, Basilica of St.
the
Forum,
Roman
parliament,
Paul, the
Quirinale
the
Vati-
hese
and
You
many
other
sights.
will also visit Pisa and
Turin,
and
Genoa
majes-
mountains
Dolomite
tic
the
through
leaning tower and
its famous
Italy through
Pass.
Brenner
crossing into
famous
the
can, Sistine Chapel, Villa Borg-
and
now
plans
travel.
“purposeful”
for
ning
of its
As a result, members
meetenjoy
frequently
tours
with
get-togethers
and
ings
labor
of government,
leaders
Palace,
visiting
Tyrol
southern
tainous
village.
touring the moun-~
Innsbruck,
to
experts
travel
usual
you
where
will visit the Fiat auto plant.
From there to France, visitwhere you'll
auto plant,
Paris,
nault
Napoleon’s
the
Tower,
and
Fountainebleau
Lyon,
ing
Tomb,
de
Arc
see the Rethe Opera,
the
Eiffel
Triomphe,
the Champs Elysee, Trocadero,
Bois de Boulogne, the Louvre
the
museum,
Sorbonne,
Cathedral,
Dame
Notre
Montmartre,
Versailles, etc. Take chartered
plane back to New York.
For further information con-
cerning
contact
855
Sixth
the
the
European
Region
9
tour,
office
at
Ave., New York 1,N-Y.
4 Conn. UAW Locals Set Up
Tom Cooke Scholarship Fund
.
— Four
Conn
locals here haye estabUAW
in
lished a scholarship fund
memory
a
Leo
international
UAW
Cooke
ville
died
who
Waterbury
the
was
1604,
Local
last
Re-
rep for locals
area.
of Sco-
a member
Beck,
J.
Thomas
late
the
of
9A servicing
the
in
composed
board
of
Labor RelaUniversity,
of Industrial and
Cornell
tions,
of
Bonn,
to
river
Then by bus to Mainz, Darmfamed
Heidelberg,
and
stadt
German university town. On to
Pro‘Training
Labor
New York State School
tional
gram,
gion
gov-
river
Interna-
to Director,
February.
be
and
qualifications
representative
grad-
will
plications
Cooke,
acquire
to
opportunity
an
of
specialized knowledge
some particular geographical
area.
It is
cerning
the
write
may
information
further
WATERBURY,
internation-
a foreign
will also
ing period.
interested
Those
for
board
train-
two-year
the
for
$300
capital
stipend
a monthly
provide
Rhine
of-the
ATA’s
geared
Germany, visit Volkswagen
to
Autobahn
via
on
plant;
Cologne; motoring along banks
* Cornell U. Trains Unionists
‘For International Careers
ITHACA, N-Y.—A scholarship
program to train union members for careers in the international labor field has been
established by the New York
State School of Industrial and
3.
Osnabrueck,
in
sible.
be
visit
During
the ATA
than the
otherwise
might
than
a
Hawaii.
facili-
lower
and
itineraries,
Union;
prising
Macy’s,
sociations in Europe and Israel
make possible for members of
ATA tours a number of special
city of
capital
price.
Farm
Ohio
Europe;
2. ATA’s
close
connections
with labor and co-op travel as-
will see
you
Here’s what
threethe
during
do
and
week tour:
Visit Brussels,
ning
for a rea-
best quality
sonable
to
out
made
be
should
transportation
the
are
and will return Sept. 25.
Checks accompanying appli-
cation
facilities,
the
sale
established
ATA
the
Federation, going to Europe;
District 65, Retail and Whole-
“retail” fare for individuals,
and group arrangements that
4,
Sept.
on
York,
New
Airport,
is
cooperative
ties, far less expensive
Idlewild
will leave
a
sights
to seeing
groups
Among
the
working on ATA travel
Penn-
American
(see
story
organization
charte:
are
they
in which
order
30th.
considered
be
will
Applications
in the
by
paid
be
to
and
get
organizations
sponsoring
three big advantages in setting
up tours for members.
1. ATA can help arrange for
companied by a $200 deposit.
Another $200 must be paid by
May 30th, with the balance of
$160
is
ries.
By using
be ac-
June
Jersey
addition
~
2.
an
Sc
organizations—
consumer
scenic
Working in close cooperation with these groups, ATA
is arranging 25 group tours
for 15 organizations this year.
The
tours will include Europe, Israel, Russia, Hawaii
and Mexico on the itinera-
local
must
application
Your
New
in
includ-
co-ops.
wives or
to their respective
and
from
and
by labor unions, farm groups,
credit unions and purchasing
members
or committee
members
ATA
travel
per-
hold a
New
The
will be taken
UAW
than
Americans,
UAW
above).
and
98
of
planeload
one
More
arranged
by
the
Travel
Association
Because the tour is limited to
only
—
sylvania, will be traveling
abroad this year on “purposeful” and low-cost travel tours
and
tips
thousand
York,
Europe),
sightseeing
WASHINGTON
ing
bargain
tours,
conducted
taxes,
Council,
Citizenship
Philadelphia
one-half
study
of $560, you will be able
from
With them are
intendent of the Philadelphia school system.
Charles O’Reilly,
and
from right)
(second
Charles O’Malley
UAW’s
of the
respectively,
secretary,
and
eri “president
~
union
Liechtenstein
and
France.
The price includes transportation
(plane
and
bus, to,
Beecher
Don
with
organiza-
to fly from New York aboard
a special chartered plane and
visit
Belgium,
Germany,
Switzerland,
Austria,
Italy,
BOOK
looks
Association
European
the
price
Hartford,
the
countries,
of six
You, Too, Can Arrange
Trips with Co-op ATA
to
tour
For
schools. Above,
thanks
and
trade
means?
yet come
to offer a
at less than
mal cost.
LABOR
financial
tions have combined
chartered
UAW
may
Region
American
MORE
your
felt a trip over-
you
Have
facts of life?
financial
the
by
awakened
rudely
be
vaca-
your
during
a tour of Europe
of making
dreamed
ever
you
YORK—Have
_NEW
NY3LSV3—L
UAW Offers Low-Cost Tour
Of Seven European Countries
*ALINWGITOS
COME
foun
DREAM
received
who
result of an
as the
$332.30
award in the last arbitration
case handled by Cooke, donated
the entire amount to the scholarship
fund.
The
fund,
totals
now
which
$1,832.30, will be used to aid
students who are children or
wards
four
of any
terbury
of
the
the
in
locals
UAW
Frank
member
area.
Santaguida,
informal
joint
of the
Wa-
secretary
commit-
tee of the four locals, said that
the first year’s awards will be
$200 each
graduates,
for three
to attend
of their own
high
the
choosing.
school
college
“This is a very fitting memorial to Tom Coo'e,” Region 9A
H. Kerrigan
Charles
Director
noted. “He was a great admirer of learning and scholarship.
he never had
Although
the ad-
vantage of a college education
himself, he was generally regarded as an expert in arbitra-
cases
tion
competent
tive.”
and
labor
thoroughly
a
representa-
The locals involyed, besides
1604, are American Brass Local
1078, Amalgamated
and Chase Brass &
1565.
cal
Conn.
WATERBURY,
UAW
son of a Waterbury
ber was
the
class
Lanin
High
1960.
A.
—
The
mem-
valedictorian of
named
Torrington
of
1251
Local
Copper Lo-
Gyurko,
son
School
of
Mr.
of
Gyurko
Andrew
Mrs.
and
Torrington, Conn., led the senjor class with an average of 97
for three and
elder
UAW
Gyurko
Local
a half years. The
is
1251
a
member
of
in Waterbury.
AUTOGRAPH
HUNTER
133, New
UAW
Local
(UPI
Photo).
Rose
Gendron,
Britain, Conn,,
President Walter P. Reuther during
Reuther was in the Hartford area
gets
h
recording
autograph
~AAa!
secretary
from
of
UAW
state-wide COPE meeting.
for a series of meetings.
June,
1960—Page
8
Aircraft Talks
Nearing Climax | »
Continued
from
Page
1
a
SOLIDARITY,
Kansas City, Mo., where
more than 400 UAW
and
IAM
delegates
the
nailed
principles
now
sought.
down
being
UAW Vice President Leonard Woodcock,
director of
the union’s National Aircraft
Department,
HORRORS
OF
cussed by UAW
physicist at the
Committee
Mt.
Hope
for
NUCLEAR
a
Methodist
Nuclear
Church,
and
the imperative
Policy,
ne: ed for peace
Moderator
Detroit.
was
Dr.
John
C.
Jury
(right),
pastor
of
Continued
Reuther
from
Page
@
the
has emphasized the harmonious talks being conducted
through midtown Manhattan to the United Nations
building, where the group
prayed for peace.
Above
them, the wall of a build-
ing bore the biblical inscription which
starts,
“They
shall
beat
their
swords into plowshares
The
marchers’
winding
their
way
through
Times
Square at midnight, tied up
traffic for almost two hours.
he
sored
a Sane
RECEIVES
Vice
PLAQUE
President
Pat
—
UAW
Great-
Borg-Warner Council in Chicago.
Council honored him
ing
the
leadership
1958
dur-
negotiations,”
Jobs’ Meeting
Continued
from
Page
1
quested that the assembly
operations be integrated.
This would
mean that
Fords,
Mercurys,
Falcons
and therefore employment
would be better stabilized.
respect
to
Rouge,
the problem in the Dearborn Engine Plant and the
Dearborn Iron Foundry was
cited in particular. Although
there is a great amount of
unused
two
capacity
facilities,
be utilized,
layoffs
them.
have
in
which
the most
taken
these
should
serious
place
in
“The unfairness of these
layoffs, particularly in view
of the fact that in some
other locations new people
were being
hired,
was
stressed.
“During the
discussion,
President Reuther asked
about the possibility of the
company introducing a car
smaller than the Falcon and
Comet. Mr. Ford answered
that the company had no
immediate plans for the in-
troduction of such a car.
“The union believes that
a smaller car should be
introduced in order to
compete more favorably
with the imports, such as
the
Volkswagon,
etc., and
that when and if such a
ear is introduced, its assembly and manufacture
should be done in plants
where unemployment has
been a problem.
“At the conclusion of
meeting, Mr. Ford said
the company
would
further into the problem
rally
spon-
by the Committee
Nuclear
cause
“we
for
Policy heard
the
that
look
and
that within a short period of
time would forward its conclusions to the union.”
meet
tonight
amidst the wreckage of the
summit.
“We must resist efforts
to brush aside reason and
sanity and give way to
hate and fear,” Reuther
said. “The bridges burned
at Paris must be rebuilt
because there is only one
choice for humanity
—
common sense or common
suicide.
Peace now is a
condition
and Comets would be assembled in the same plant,
“With
19
Reuther call for “sanity” be-
house proudly displays plaque
which was presented to him
at a meeting of the union’s
“for inspiring
May
for
human
sur-
vival.”
Calling for a permanent
ban on further testing of
nuclear
weapons,
Reuther
asserted that “the struggle
for peace demands the same
total effort we have expended in war.”
As
one
measure
for
peace, he suggested that
young people in all nations
be “drafted” into a United
Nations
serve
“peace
humanity
corps”
to
instead
of
having to serve in national
armies.
Gov.
Williams
that ‘we can push
Continued
1
observed
a button
to start a nuclear war, but
there are no buttons to push
for peace.”
Reuther was introduced at
the rally by Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mazey
form
with
Davidon
from
Page
shared
the
Dr.
William
of Chicago,
physicist
at
National
with North
Mazey the
1
_plat-
C.
Argonne
The
of
chapter,
the
presiding.
Mazey
called
Detroit
for
a_
ries of steps to reduce
se-
world
tension and establish a basis
for maintaining world peace.
These included:
e Stepped-up discussions
with
the
Russians,
Great
Britain and France for ending the testing of atomic and
nuclear
weapons.
e Serious consideration of
the
proposal
by
former
Atomic
Energy
er Thomas
U.
N.
Murray
Commission
power
pile
E.
Commission-
of
to destroy
nuclear
with
the
for
a
the
stock-
weapons
on
a matching basis with Russia and other countries.
e National effort toward
a goal
ament,
by the
of universal disarmwith more flexibility
U. S. on the subject
in discussions
@
ment
with
Russia.
Immediate
establishof a National Planning
Board for peaceful use of the
nation’s military plants to
guarantee
full employment
to workers now in military
production.
The UAW secretary-treasurer said
he believes “no
meaningful
universal
decision
toward
disarmament
can
be achieved with our present
policy toward Red China.”
Just 8 of the new nuclear
weapons exploded
earth
“could
be
over
used
the
to
make the entire land surface
of the earth unfit for human
life,’ Dr.
Davidson
reported.
Forand Bill Rally
Continued
mendously
many
from
and
quarters,
Page
comes
he
1
said,
from
cit-
ing the flood of mail to Con-
gress and the White House.
Noting
that America’s
“angriest young men
are
over
that
today
65,” Meany
declared
“we are meeting here
to
protest
against
an
inexcusable injustice — the
failure of our government to
protect the health of its senior citizens...
The
loudest
three-hour
were
man
cheers
afternoon
reserved
Forand,
of the
rally
for Congresshimself
65
years old and not in the best
of
health.
He
called
the
GOP bill ‘‘a bonanza for the
insurance companies and a
goose egg for you” and, ton-
gue-in-cheek,
“thanked”
the
American
tion
for
Medical
Associa-
“publicizing”
Forand Bill
opposition.
by
its
the
vigorous
Other invited guests included prominent labor leaders such as David Dubinsky,
president
of
the
Interna-
tional
Ladies
Garment
Workers
Union, and Alex
Rose of the Hatters Union.
The
tained
ly
and
retirees were enterby a pageant special-
written
for
featuring
education
the
Joe
director
occasion
Glazer,
of
the
of its economic
at about
same time.
Meanwhile,
sessions
were
give
the
bargaining
with
the
company
recessed four days to
UAW
negotiators the
opportunity
to
report
to
members employed at NAA
plants at Los Angeles, Cal.;
Columbus, O., and Neosho,
Mo.
While these meetings in-
volve only reports on negotiations, the memberships of
the three locals — Local 887
at Los Angeles, Local 927 at
Columbus, and Local 1070
at Neosho — also will decide
whether to authorize taking
a strike vote, if necessary,
Here is the situation elsewhere in the industry:
At Douglas, strike votes
@
carried
by
Local
Calif.;
98.1
per
cent
at
148, Long
Beach,
by 98 per cent at
Local
1093,
Tulsa,
Okla.,
and by 98 per cent at Local
243, Charlotte, N.C.
negotiations
UAW
with
re-
been
company
have
extending
the
current
minor
changes.
the
cessed briefly following the
union’s rejection of a Douglas offer which called for
agreement
only
with
two
more
years
The offer provided no economic gain for Douglas
workers until the second
year. The company did not
the size of the gain.
pin down
Pointing out that Douglas is financially capable
now of providing its workers with greater economic
deWoodcock
benefits,
scribed the company offer
as “unrealistic.”
IAM bargaining talks are
slated to start for workers
at
company’s
the
El
Seg-
undo, Cal., and Santa Monica, Cal., plants.
e At Bell Aircraft plants
in Texas and at Buffalo,
N.Y., strike votes carried by
99 per cent. No strike deadline, however, has been set.
UAW’s contract with Bell
still is in force but the union
is seeking wage and pension
improvements under a con-
a
tory in a National Labo
y
Relations
Board
electiorjoi»%
after
the
thumbed
company
its
nose
at
sf,
theft
original UAW certificatioio!
issued to the internationap
oj
in 1948.
|
yi
A company “offer” wé
rejected unanimously by tk)’ ¥
Prairie,
Tex.,
worl
;
out
a contract
in
Bridgeport
for monthj
UAW Local 877 members ¢
the firm’s Sikorsky divisio}
have
bee}sd
working without an agreié
ment since Feb. 15, while thli
UAW
contract
with
thl
company’s Pratt and Whit:
ney division at North Havejv«
ran out May 15.
Strike
votes
at
the
plants were being
as SOLIDARITY
press.
The
:
fovjoi
conducte
went t
company
workers the
at all four
gavy
same propos
locations; th}
members of each local ré
jected it overwhelmingly.
|
Strike votes also are bein}:
taken
or have
carried
heavy
ily at [AM-represented
plant}re!"
including
Boeing
at
Capjw)
Canaveral,
Fla.; Convair’ iiity’
Missile
Conyair
and
Division
and_
th}
plant at San Dieg¢#/)
Lockheed’s
Missile
diy\(il)
sion at Sunnyvale, Cal.
In charge of UAW’s neg¢s5!
tiations.
with
North
Amer}
can Aviation
Co.
is Jaepsi
Conway, administrative as|:
sistant to President Walte}iis
P, Reuther, while Irvin)
Bluestone, administrative ass
Presiden}
to Vice
sistant
Woodcock,
is
heading
union’s negotiating
Douglas.
team
Ike's Veto
Continued
from
Page
th)
a}
1
ence that unemployment hajfiri
employmen
dropped
and
risen during April.
The announcement — usujfis
by
Secretary
was
preparing
made
ally
Mitchell
James
Labor
came amid predictions
senhower
0)
—
Ei
ti
negotiations
settled.
until
originally
this
was
vote
This
almost
has
unanimously
been
rejected
to
by
i
veto the depressed areas bill]
Not included in the Eis- +
announcement }i!
enhower
was the fact that the drop |:
in unemployment was due ')!)
~{
chiefly to seasonal factors,,
unem- +)'9
g
while
lon
- term
b
jobless
ployment — those
>>"
weeks—re15 or more
mained about the same at)«
a total of 1.2 million.
Unemployment, des pit:!
the drop, remained at thi!
The depressed areas bil
was intended to aid some 3%)
major and 109 smaller inf
it
their members
es, synagogues, community
centers and unions,
92 per cent vieyi'’
demanded a five per cent
wage cut across - the - board
and insisted it would not discuss any other matter in
increase;
wage
authorize a strike, Bell withdrew its demand and came
up with a pension proposal.
church-
over¥4\3
serious
When more than 80 per
cent of the union’s members
at the plants turned out to
from
whelming
an
The
tract reopener clause.
company refuses to offer a
Rubber
Workers,
and
by
several TV stars, including
comedian Sam Levenson.
The
Golden
Ring
Clubs,
sponsors of the rally, drew
won
e At four United Aircraps
plants in Connecticut, tw)
UAW and two IAM, workeip
have been on the job witli
also agreed to present the
proposals
union
ers.
promised an answer within a week. The company
remainder
the
Grand
UAW negotiators and
technicians,
The union
meeting
was
held
at Detroit’s
Central
Methodist
Church,
with Dr. John S.
Jury, pastor of the Mt. Hope
Methodist
Church
and co-
chairman
American.
There, NAA
has presented a pension proposal
now being studied
by
nuclear
Laboratory.
an
unions’ demands by the goldplated industry generally
UAW Officers Lead Peace Rallies
@
taken
active part in negotiations.
Rigid opposition to the
in a troubled world were disSecretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey (left), and Dr. William C. Davidon, nuclear
Argonne National Laboratory, in talks sponsored by the Detroit chapter of the
Sane
WAR
has
the workers who are merfim
bers of UAW Locals 218 ar
317,
Hurst,
Texas,
ar
Locals 501 and 516, Buffally
e At Chance
Vought}ii2.
members of UAW
Locate,
893 are working withow}«:/
a contract since March 17{|
|!
Negotiations resumed wher ii)"
only .4%
figure.
dustrial
rate
of
from
centers
5%,
the
down
Marct)
sufferingyu
chronic economic distress}
of the nation’s"
About 15%
iri
located
is
work-force
these areas, and some 26%)
of
the
nation’s
jobless.
Thi
drop in unemployment anc
it
in employment
upturn
April
left these
ally unchanged.
areas virtu)s
- Item sets