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1960-08-29
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Vol. 3 No. 10
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aks Vows To Take
ssues To The People
WASHINGTON—Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic candidate for President, has
indicated that if the liberal legislation he favors fails to pass Congress he will go over
the heads of the Dixiecrat- Republican coalition and the Eisenhower administration and
AFL-C10 Leaders to Give
Labor Day Radio Talks
take the issues to the people in his campaign.
Kennedy indicated this possibility after the Senate voted 51-44 against an amendment
offered by Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D., N. Mex.) which would have tied medical care
for the aged fo the social security system.
UAW President Walter P. Reuther will be one of
four AFL-CIO officials to be heard on national radio
networks on Labor Day, Sept. 5.
Here is the schedule:
Kennedy
ference,
another
is
AFL-CIO
speak over
(EDT),
Vice President Walter P.
the Columbia Broadcasting
p-m., EDT.
Secretary-Treasurer
will talk on the
9:30 p.m., EDT.
National
William
Broadcasting
“4 court’s
weight
JUAW
behind
contract
a
clause
de-
don’t
ia signed specifically to protect
“workers
from
losing their
and
Ȥ Jobs
“
fwhen
their
contract
their
employers
) change location.
Since the nation’s
ions began inserting
transfer
clauses
agreements some
ago,
federal
network
never
before
had
called
Am
Bk
proved ineffective.
Previously denied an injunction
to keep Detroit's
from
Brass
moving
and
its
Pin
Co.
equipment
to Americus, Georgia, the
UAW returned to the court
of Judge Freeman in search
» of an order to compel Cres-
cent
to
respect
agreement,
According
Fraser,
gion
1A,
the
to
co-director
Crescent
since
the
contract
current
of Re-
doesn’t
wage
tal
increases
$120
next 12
members
that
million
will
over
months for
in
auto,
to-
the
UAW
farm
factor
increased
time!
earnings
tion’s
economy.
Most
of
the
million
UAW
members who will
benefit will see their hourly pay climb 6c while the
remainder
(on
higher-
of
The
that
and his
Lyndon
leader
forces
a bill
mum
tends
a
PRESIDENT
FORMER
S. Truman
Harry
pulls
out
—AP
Phote
a chair
for
Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. John F. Kennedy during
Kennedy rea visit they had in the famed Truman Library.
ceived a warm welcome, and a firm pledge of support from
Truman, who will campaign actively in support of the Kennedy-
Johnson
velt
at
ticket.
Hyde
Earlier, Kennedy visited
Park, N.Y., who also said
Senator
her
full
support.
Mrs.
she
Eleanor Roosewould give the
rated jobs)
will receive
pay increases ranging up
to 10c¢ hourly.
General Motors, Ford and
Chrysler begin paying UAW
members
the new,
higher
rate the first of the month,
Hundreds of other agreements
recognize
the same
contract
anniversary
date
for wage increases based on
productivity.
Remaining contracts —
mainly
in
the
agricultural
implement industry—call for
yearly pay increases later in
Richard
House
the month
ber.
UAW
or in early Octo-
statisticians
have
to UAW
yearly
members
Continued
on
Page
12
00 S00 HSU
Nixon.
has voted for
boosts
coverage
$1.15
the
and
to
ROO
ESO
TOO ASO AHOONE
OL UOOOO SOO YUE OE HOUSE
OO OOO
UE OEE
mini-
only
become
law.
A Senate-House
ex14
ference
committee
joint con-
has
been
appointed to decide this issue, but the lineup of mem-
bers holds out little hope for
the $1.25 since the committee is loaded with members
of the Dixiecrat-Republican
coalition
through
reform
the
that
jammed
so-called
labor
bill last year.
Continued
on
Page
12
Atlantic City
Picked Again
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ.
—The UAW’s 18th Con-
stitutional Convention will
be held here from March
30 to April 6, 1962.
Emil Mazey, secretarytreasurer, reported to the
UAW International Executive Board that it was
impossible to establish a
the
meeting
convention
requirements of the union
in any other city during
the period set by the Constitution in 1962.
the
THUS
NTT
YO
Vice
of Representa-
to only
should
increase
from
that
by
million more workers, rather
that the 4 million more who
would receive it if the Kennedy-backed Senate measure
kept a running account on
the outstanding success of
the union’s yearly pay increase formula—hinged to
productivity—since it was
first negotiated in 1948.
Twelve years ago, the first
improvement factor was 3c
an hour. Minimum is now 6c
or 2.5%
of. the member’s
hourly
rate,
whichever
is
greater.
Three - dollar -anhour UAW members, for exe
ample, this month begin receiving
an additional
7.5c
hourly.
Minimum
led
Have You Thought About How Important
Your Vote Is To You? (See Center Section)
AS00190
rea-
would
majority
tives, however,
Massachusetts
immediately will be put to
work buoying
up the na-
ly—as it announced it hopes
to—the
firm’s
present
48
workers must be given the
TNO
12
Septem ber’s beginning
will signal the start of new
The
expire until Nov. 26, 1961,
Judge Freeman’s order
HOUT
Page
no
over the bitter opposi-
President
Annual Improvement Factor Due;
Boosts Wages $120 Million a Year
improvement
UAW-
means:
@ Should
the company
‘ move to Georgia immediate-
on
equipment and related industries.
In other words: it’s annual
Douglas
tion
remain
contract.
Continued
think
Johnson,
wage,
Crescent
workers—
members of UAW
Local
408—struck last April 12
upon to make the protective clause stand meaningful and binding.
Earlier National Labor
Relations Board rulings had
‘Crescent
must
saw
who is the Democratic candidate for Vice President,
had persuaded the Senate to
adopt the | $1.25 minimum
intact.
@
<Any
new
employes
hired at the Georgia site will
UAW
10 years
been
B.
fringe benefits neby the UAW and in
contract
he
Earlier, Kennedy
running mate, Sen.
come under the terms of the
un_job
into their
courts
the
the issues to the
serve any purpose. I favor
desisting here and taking
the issue to the people.”
right to accept employment
at the Georgia site.
e@ All existing
working
conditions, wages and social
security
gotiated
$1.25
—
if
he
son to “pass bills that are
hopelessly inadequate.
I
2 Court Decision Backs
.Job Transfer Clause
A
decision
by
Federal
{District Court Judge Ralph
|M. Freeman has thrown the
supporting
voters.
He said
F. Schnitzler
Co.
the
in effect, that
liberal measure
and taking
Reuther will
System, 8:15
AFL-CIO Vice President Al J. Hayes will broadcast
over the Mutual Broadcasting System, 9:15 p.m., EDT.
AFL-CIO
con-
OEE
EAU NAAUSUAUENA
UAL UUAU HAVANA
Daylight Time
a press
federal minimum wage —
fails to pass, he would favor
adjourning the Congre’ss
AFL-CIO President George Meany will be heard on
the American Broadcasting Co. network, 7:15 p.m.
Eastern
told
EASTERN SOLIDARITY, August 29, 1960—Page 2
GM Appeals Compensation Ruling
ts
an
Pl
y
ev
Ch
ea
Ar
o
al
ff
On Bu
BUFFALO — General
Motors, which learns slowly
when at all, trampled long
precedent here in its appeal
Unemployment
an
against
Compensation ruling it has
already lost in several other
states.
GM's appeal from a referee’s decision here was holding
about
up
awarded
benefits
$500,000
thousand
to several
Buffalo area workers,
past
Well-established
tice
ment
peals
manage-
both
it that
has
pracaptwo
unions end all
they have lost
and
once
The
matter.
particular
also call for compliance
on a
rules
appeals.
pending
strike dates to the fall of 1957,
and several millions of dollars
to GM
awarded
been
have
workers, not one cent has ever
its way into workers’
found
hands—because
tar-
keeps
GM
N.J.—John
METUCHEN,
of Local
president
Szarejko,
980 and an officer of the
local almost since its formation, has been selected as
the UAW candidate for the
corporation
its case
won
as
require some
may
ing program
and
Gerber
Martin
Labor
on
9
Brendan
UAW education director,
member of the board of
Szarejko, who is married
and
the father of a 12-year-old
daughter, will get leave of ab-
SZAREJKO
JOHN
training
labor
program.
It is anticipated
International Labor Training
Program at Cornell University.
ers who
take
resume
an
the
active
that
program
role
labor
movement
return.
in
upon
gressman Aime J. Forand
has agreed to
(Dem.-R.I.)
serve as national chairman
of the Senior Citizens-forKennedy Committee.
This
will
organization,
It will also commemorate
headquarter
ton,
D.
C.,
efforts
of
will
on
voters
in
over
age.
Appointment
its
65 years
of
out
sponsored
man
Forand,
author
of the
Forand
Bill on medical care
a meet-
curity
at his office in Wash-
to
the
group
overall
will
operate
direction
Citizens-for-Kennedy
tee.
Congressman
Senator
pleased
the
because
he
this
ap-
of
the
has
the
lead “Senator Kennedy
taken in legislation for
aged. His sponsorship of the
medical
care
for
the
aged
bill in the Senate, his work
to enact legislation to pro-
vide
for
the
Problems
on
tee
aged
the
housing
and his
man of
work a~ Vice-Chairthe Senate commit-
of
the
Aged
are all indications of
Senator
Kennedy’s
interest
in this vital field.
be
“Our
to
principai
bring
objective
Senator
will
Kennedy’s
record to the attention
the
throughout
citizens
of older
Nation
as well as to underline the obDemocratic
the
of
jectives
Party
strong
as
by
evidenced
the
Party
Democratic
of
pledged
our
a
older
citizens
program
to
A. J. FORAND
medical
paid-up
retirement,
on
initiated
support
for
of
insurance
up-
housing
special
people and
to
efforts
older
state
bring care in nursing homes
and other institutions for the
aged up to desirable minimum.
Senator
Kennedy
Con-
committee.
“The
honored
this
vital
Ac
Q
he
haye
was
gressman
said
to
Forand
head
up
OU CANT
MISS
eflect
the
has co-
legislation
other
with
be
increased
the
cost
v
serving
of . legislative
then,
as
of
basis
the
action
since
Jobs, Not Horses,
CIO Council annonced its opposition to the establishment
of a harness race-track in the
Secaucus meadows.
In a letter to the members of
the legislative committee considering bills to
in New
tracks
President
CIO
son
to
the
stated
see
the
for
limit harness
Jersey, State
Joel
union
Secaucus
industria!
R.
Jacob-
preferred
meadows
expansion
other
ment.
Said
WITH UNION LABEL
SHOP CARD AND
SERVICE BUTTON
wicr
horse
he:
racing
“The
job
an-
establish-
answer
to
job
shrinking
Jersey’s
New
market, caused by automation
and plant migration to lowwage areas in the south, is not
more
more
checks.
two-dollar
windows
hundred-dollar-plus
but
pay
for
planned
a
is
There
Rept"!
501, president of the
Work}:o\
Council.
ing closely with him is Harokjovsif '
sub-regional di)
Troidl, UAW
rector.
occasion.
the
that
possibility
UAW President Walter Reuther
will speak and use the oppor-
concendrive in
to kick off a
political action
tunity
trated
New York state.
Mayor Frank Sedita
supporter
strong
a
(Dem.),
the
of
2,100 At Waterbury’s
es
te
>:
Retired Workers Picnic
Conn, —
WATERBURY,
More than 2,100 people—the
largest gathering of retired
and old people in city history
— took part in this year’s
Waterbury Area Retired
Workers Council picnic.
Local
NJ, — The State
TRENTON,
ing
Kirisits, 0}!
be-
are
dance
and
A dinner
Frank
N.J. CIO Urges
of
development
the
and
opportunities rather than
plat-
and
of
Kennedy
pace
Citizens,”
used
very
the
at
adopted
plank
form
national convention regarding
this problem.”
The
Democratic
platform
called for an end to the neg-
lect
REP.
Commit-
told
was
is a
organizinpistfies
is Jack
tired Workers
°o
thi.
of
part
large
program
Local
strong in this area and are
an example to all who are
interested in learning what
can be done in this field.
The Senator’s speech in 1958
to a “Tenattention
ealled
Point Bill of Rights for Older
under
Forand
Kennedy
to accept
pointment
of
keep
living.
The Senior Citizens-for-Ken-
nedy
field
payments
the
are going
centers
community
a
evening’s program,
in
Cooperating
in
Three major Senior Citizens
dealing with problems of older people; introduced legislation and urged that social se-
ing between the Rhode Island
Representative
and
Senator
Kennedy
ington.
the
financing
the
program.
Citizens
Committee
in
aged, Senator
Congress-
for the aged, followed
that
the Senior Citizens Night.
The UAW’s Retired Worker
Council in the Buffalo area i «s
the Buffalo area on the Senior
great honor to me. I know
that Congressman
Forand’s
direction
of
this
citizen’s
group will be most effective
and
helpful
to
the
campaign.”
Congressman Forand pointed
Washing-
concentrate
this
made
progress
outstanding
to head
which
Plan,
Pension
¢} .g99'
success
the
promote
to help
Security
tis
all-ouju
is going
Sedita
Mayor
Act, and the 10th anniversary
of the winning of the first
UAW
haji
program,
Citizens
so?
of the Mayor’s Committee 0)
Elderljfi:ii
the
for
Recreation
the
celebrate
Social
the
of
ment
their
fact that Congressman Forand whose lifetime interest
is this problem should agree
Con-
Hall.
«
named Norm Deermeyer, presib
dent of Local 850, as chairmag«isih’
25th anniversary of the enact-
Senior Citizens-For-Kennedy
—
will
event
The
the
we’rt?’
So
Parade.
Day
Labor
Senior
UAW
The
—
Music
Kleinhan’s
will
’em. We suggest you get owls ©
at the Jacob Ruppert Brewingr us
Office Employes Internationafiio" +:
of union meetings promotingn.:
Buffalo Plans Big
t
h
g
i
N
s
n
e
z
i
t
i
C
Senior
izens’ Night here Sept. 28 in
Forand Named To Head
WASHINGTON
but believe us, she’s got
and see for yourself. A secretary
Co., Maryann is a member of the
Union. She appeared at hundreds
union-made products and the
promoting her right back.
at
in thi};
on
to stand
a leg
Maryann
leave
didn’t
We
it?
is planning a big Senior Cit-
work-
you the lovelj!’
shows
Cinque
e weno
lengths New York City’s Labor Day Parade Committe
march. Think theyl)i*
to try to top last year’s 150,000-man
BUFFALO
sence from the Ford Motor Co.
in order to take part in the
TLR
Elizabeth
Maryann
21-YEAR-OLD
picture,
for-
Sexton,
e
Rees
make
Education,
program.
were
four to 15 miles away)
establishments.”
“separate
It is this ruling that General
Motors is now appealing,
room study and one year of
on-the-job training; the train-
groups of trade unionists who
Cornell
the
taking
be
will
far
benefits.
class-
of
year
one
do
will
He
program,
two-year
the
during
The Local 980 president is a
member of the first of several
as the plants within the fence
plant are conat the main
cerned, but the referee ruled
(from
plants.
the other
that
Compensation
at the New York State School
of Industrial and Labor Relations (one of Cornell’s schools)
directors,
The
Workers in these plants were
to receive their Unemployment
campus’
‘on
be
will
Szarejko
mer
is a
plant here should
establishment.”
lect.”
of which
because the Buffalo area plants
“one
can
run, but it can’t hide. We'll col-
Institute
not be eligible for Unemploybenefits
Compensation
ment
were
com-
Motors
“General
mented:
here
Victor G. Reuther, director of
the UAW’s Washington office,
Szarejko will receive a scholarship financed by the National
cause of a shortage of parts
from the Mansfield, O. plant
members
UAW
other
where
were on strike.
GM argued here that Buffalo
workers affected by a strike at
the Chevrolet
worker
Louis-
Joe
old
an
GM
a
ism,
Director
Compensation — benefits
were laid off bethey
ment
after
another.
Repeating
to
travelling, including abroad.
Recommended by Region
Unemploy-
from
workers
rying its appeals from one level
N.J.PresidentNamed
To Labor Scholarship
tried
GM
where
Mich.,
to bar
O.,
Mansfield,
at the
as that
in
plant
Body
sort of story
Fisher
Buick
Flint,
same
the
is
here
Involved
boards
of state
decisions
with
the
Although
people
said
1251,
council’s
turned
last
Santaguida
of
rector
of UAW
Santaguida,
the
is
up
1,100
only
picnic,
the
for
in
executive
council,
1958,
which
gether on the idea in 1957.
it is estimated that the UAW
alone has about 2,000 retired
in the area.
Top
labor
and
political
lead-
ers were on hand at the picnic.
Regian 9-A Director Charles
Kerrigan, who worked closely
with
setting
special
the
Waterbury
locals
dent’s
Conference
on
the Ageij i. 9
because of the interest and th?)
activity
ly
Among
was
regional
state.
in the
shown
those speaking
brief[>
the
UAW)
John
J.
director
Driscoll,
of
2mf
stn
¢}
subj
Retired people, he said, shoully
not feel that they have los}!
their voice in the communityjilite
Those who haven't registereij:”*
should do so, he urged.
The day’s program includeshu.:
di-
had its beginning when the
locals—1078,
four area UAW
1251, 1565 and 1604— got to-
members
tivities. He said Connecticu/si!os!
will be recognized at the Presi? ><
in
up the council, was a
guest. Others included
Mayor Edward D, Bergin and
William J. Derwin, supervisor
of recreation for the Waterbury Parks Department.
Lt. Gov. John Dempsey, representing Goy. Ribicoff, commended the council on its ac-
«
a dance contest, an amateu): ‘6%
‘
contest, the speakers, four binhi:
anifii
refreshments
go games,
af
such
activities
informal
bocci, cards and horseshoes. /
20-piece orchestra, supplied brit
the AFL-CIO Musicians Unionio'!
was a special feature.
SOUT
Ua
EWE OPENER
QO
WEEKDAY
MORNING
.
ys)
On your radio dial AS
A
director.
is
he
made
meeting
The
the
of
study
haustive
an
ex-
non-
Executive
here
in
—
Council,
mid-August,
the
big
Sears
Co. chain.
|
most
boycott
Roebuck
&
ting
engaging
and
“in
business,”
said.
“When
apologized
would
never
such
tactics.
and
Yet
The
committee,
-*a
Agricultural
James
“Reuther
wage
has
an
Chantres,
alternate,
it has
ternate,
Local
It
were
same
Local
326;
dents,
Carl
72; Jobbing
Local
155;
urged
all-out
467;
Congress
attack
al-
Indepen-
5;
alternate,
Local
Joseph/Danz,
alter-
Shops, Robert Mills,
nate, Local 72; Miscellaneous,
Michael Vernovai, Local 1251;
William Welsh,
alternate, Lo-
cal 957; Parts, John Newton,
Local 12; James McKay, alternate, Local 153.
Eric John, Local
dian
G.M.
160,
Local
quhart,
Ur-
Adam
and
Region,
Cana-
200,
8, attended
sub-
as ab-
technological
“
Committee
on
Such
the
said,
while
and
by
reason
ment
during
nomic
“advance
employment
the
Reuther
measures
nent
past
called
seyen
for
including:
Institution
of
Commission
logical
Change.
on
Relocation
by
has
the
Sept.
4—the
Eastern
Day.
The
the
actor,
celebrated
5
Labor
the National Labor Relations
Board has taken the lead in a
iié
e
partisan
support
political
of
one
.anti-labor members
Senate,
Boyd
Leedom,
appointed
NLRB,
the
of
impartial
the
C
inf,
4®
A
Mundt
Act,
in
bitterest
of the US,
Eisenhower-~
of
is charged
Labor
$50-a-plate
Karl
the
chairman
which
Relations
4
of
campaign
field.
American
the
with
hearings
John
the
thing
UAW.
promoted
An
dinner
for
(R., S.D.).
a
Sen,
letter signed by Leedom
as general
chairman
of the
“D. C, Mundt for Senate Committee,” claimed the reaction-
ary Senator “has an especially
headed
McClellan
committee
(D.,
the Kohler Co. strike,
made it clear he fully
administration
Management
Senate
company
he
could
NLRB
against
dering
the
some
2,000
must
did
on
Mundt
backed
every-
smear
the
rec-
board
resolve
labor
practice
Kohler
by
or-
reinstatement
of
workers,
Leedom
still vote
Kohler case,
to
Ark)
Sen.
trial examiner
ommended
the
UAW’'s
unfair
charges
and
by
on
the
is
for
responsible
by
recent
half
the
most
for America
employment
tion.
most
he
the
ical
said, “our
failed to generate
power
produce.
“As a
100
to
human
and
the pur-
result,
the
goods
have
phys-
have
Honor
institutional
to
resources
we
and
to
not
educa-
tional documentaries for television. Among his films he
one which won a
numbers
Christopher
an-
and
that received a FreeFoundation Award,
other
doms
The
Award
script
was
Stark,
written
whose
Southeast
peo-
along
with
ade-
for
or
those
still
elimination
meeting
program
the
of
our
an
national
provision
generous
of
of
by
film
Asia”
won the 1957 award as “best
TV documentary of the year.”
so-
de-
of
suf-
nations
who
assistance
other
struggling
with
the
absolutes of national hunger
and economic hardship.
“Instead,”
out,
Reuther
“we
third
have
postwar
pointed
suffered
recession,
our
sharp-
er and more severe than either
of the two which preceded it,
and
economists
are
almost
unanimous in their prophesies
a fourth
decline,
as to
begin
is
“The
against
he
differ-
whether it is
this year or
this
said,
major
economy’s
ductive
economy
of
we
our own
dismal
that
it,
both
to
meet
the
must
of
an
Reuther
“must be the extent
it utilizes the pro-
resources’ available
physical
human
fulfill human
“No
measure
success,”
explained,
to which
five
necessary
technologies
and
rate of
past
the
ficiently
are
among
needs
fense,
to
the
effects of automation
be evaluated.
years
to return to full
and full produc-
of
quate
could,
backdrop,
necessary
absorb
the volume
and
services which
the
that
leaders
cial
It
economists
minimum
“Assignment:
Melvyn
in
for
we
basis
ing only
likely to
next.”
States
economy
material
of still
which
troubles
as
and
human,
needs
and
aspirations.
amount
technological
of
to
to
advanced
equipment
serves
its purpose if it is not used, or
if its use means only that men
and
women
are left without
the
and
employment
they
need.”
Workers
He
has
written
scripts
want
for Stu-
dio
One,
Climax
and
Armstrong
Circle Theater
and
is
the
way
In
author
success
charge
of
the
off-Broad-
“Time
of
Storm.”
of
camera
work
on “Land of Promise” is Richfor
cameraman
Bagley,
ard
“The Quiet One” and “On the
Bowery,”
both
of which
were
nominated
Awards.
for
Academy
in
shown
workers
photographed
were
film
the
with
jobs
their
on
actually
that
labor leaders announced
he is on their purge list,”
During
produc-
itself
developed,
in the folk music
vocal group
certain
since
campaign
de-
popular
Tarriers,
The
and
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tough
trades
Gilbert,
Ronnie
Workers,
artist
recording
RCA-Victor
. NERB’s Impartial’ Leedom
of
skilled
Rubber
United
for the
the
Sheldon
stars
score
musical
The
Douglas.
folk
Glazer,
Joe
features
dieducational
and
singer
rector
full
government
chasing
the
na-
Time,
grown
be
has
for
carried
film
half-hour
communities
United
limping
a
held
To
before
day
the
years,”
unem-
Daylight
economic
“For
and
network,
and
full employment.
primarily
and
under social
workers who
TV
ABC
over
to pro-
workers
automation
5%
Techno-
be
public
designed
restore
at less than
programs
will
holiday,
p.m.,
chairman
union’s
ple,
pointed
Reuther
presently,
out, the problems it has created have been accentuated
“Land of Promise,” a special
television
film
produced
by
tional
and
affect
Perma-
to honor
AFL-CIO
the
American worker on his
to
the
years.
Film
the
service.
unemployed
not
de-
allowances
Proposals
While
in
training
@
tion
to meet the
displaced
including
TV
‘impartial”
the
of poverty
for un-
insurance.
Strengthening
grams
remedial
a
leave
directly affected by industrial
obsolescence or rapid technological change, as well as pro-
Area
redevelopment
for
hard hit by technological
yocational
@
The
of
standard
standards
their families and
re-
he
to
of the
@
tect
of eco-
as
choose
reduction
views
develop-
a period
who
employment
enough
become
permanently
ployed because of age,
fp
hear Vice President Richard T. Gosser
director
department.
in
the
their
stagnation,
scribed
@
of
early retirement
security for older
erOR RELATIONS BOARD
the
@ Federal
gen-
and of themselves, haye been
aggrayated
and
intensified
for
£0¥D LECDony
of
Gosser,
workweek.
Reuther
serious
e@ Legislation
special needs of
UNDT
Detroit.
and
subcommittee
Wright
Pat-
problems,
workers,
SEM
in
members
chronically distressed areas.
e A higher minimum
wage
economic
been cre-
at
dislocation.
FAECIOR
to
and energy reJoint Congres-
quest
of
the
chairman,
Rep.
man (D., Tex.).
@
sites
“DOUBLE DUTY
automation
sional
Moore,
Local
by
on automation
sources of the
600;
Tibbets,
Daniels,
council No.
servers,
HAT DOING
Elwood
Wilbur
Binder,
Frank
Local
Committee
workers
P.
were presented in a statement
delivered to the subcommittee
Ford, Wil600;
Jesus
ternate, Local 140;
liam Rossi, Local
program
American industry.
The
UAW
president’s
al-
Winn,
Max
685;
Local
Motors,
to cross
Local
6; LeRoy Miller, alternate, Local 865; Chrysler, Evan Linin-
General
to
ated
Imple-
Kalasardo,
it
resort
today
148;
held
Walter
Sheffer-
.there
that
declared
other examples of this
action in St. Louis.
|
in
President
ger,
picketline.
Machinists
Conference
UAW
eral
the state-
refused
Trades
_
ment,
Sears store in San Francisco
they
International
the
the
that put
Sheffer-
cal
Clerks, Building Service Employees, Office Workers and
the Building trades from the
because
to
again
outlined
human,
social
and
problems that have
The council referred -specifically to the firing of 262
members
of
the
Retail
|
alternate
meet
will
a meeting
Advisory
Reuther Urges Congress Attack
Problems Caused by Automation
pre-
composed
and
member
TRADES
during
“partment,
international
the
to
sented
executive board.
SKILLED
(standing)
to
area
be
will
UAW
and
Attending the meeting were:
Aircraft, Harper Johnson, Lo-
|{ wide basis.”
19.4 {
for
which
Skilled
ef-
pledged
again
rang-
unorganized
the
meetings,
prior
fort to deprive its employees
of their right to union protection.”
into
points
al-
from the nine subdivisions of
the union’s skilled trades
a
concerted
on
resolutions,
recommendations
a
Univer-
acted
technical
organizing
of
Industry,”
survey in this
Prof. Seymour
committee
from
eco-
and Pains
Columbia
a dozen
few
and
Tool
Machine
of
de-
department,
told of a
by
made
The
siu/) intensified its aggressive war
A} against unions on a nation-
‘ie
the
|
lof) licly
I
projects
December.
was
to be
them
director of the
analysis
sity.
i man’s illegal anti-union activi| ties were exposed by the Mc) Clellan committee, Sears pub-
4
special
calculated
ment
rib
cents an hour.
Nat Weinberg,
|
man
ry)
to gain a temporary
Melman
launched
that
keep
to
them
allow
membership,
Sears
urged
stroyed
not
and
and
field
meeting
“This is the outfit
} the notorious Nathan
rie
made
dilute
be
Chain
Store
Committee
of
the Retail
Clerks,
charged
i
fico)
committee
to
efforts
of
The council, in a statement
endorsing the boycott which
began in San Francisco and
was backed by the National
j
trades,
talked on the “Aches
AFL-CIO
consumer
a nationwide
of
The
The
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Sears Boycott
CHICAGO
intended
genuine
UAW
classifications
management
apprenticeable
by
introduced
the
moves
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department,
trades
in
aah
skilled
program of
the
and
syom@eeommittee
if
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Vice President Richard
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and
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last
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produced
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resources
powerful financial
by
company
the
behind
ular contributions to aid Local 180 in its fight to win a
fair settlement.
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benefits.
ment
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apprenticeship,
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agement”
company’s
guard
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is responsible
rent
cur-
company’s
the
for
beon
he
added
and
problems
“is relying
Grede
lieyes*
some very poor advice.”
Rojtman,
Feb.
was
1,
different
that Case
years.
In
resigned
who
the
of
one
last
three
presidents
company
has had in just three
addition,
two
officials also handed
top
other
in their
Obrecently.
resignations
servers interpreted their ac-
tions
to
sharply
mean
with
they
the
disagree
company’s
old-guard policies.
They are John H. Brinker,
who was Case’s executive viceof
a member
and
president
the firm’s board of directors,
and William M. Chown, indus-
trial
struck
chief
relations
plant
company
manager
in
Racine
to
strike
torious, declared that the fact-
finding panel proposed by Gov.
Nelson “would only prolong the
strike.”
Grede said flatly. the company would not cooperate with
the widely-respected panel,
program
assistance
then,
will
be
Pat
Feinsinger, University of Wisconsin law professor and wide-
ly-known arbitrator; Reynolds
C. Seitz, dean of the Marquette
University law school, and Prof.
Edwin Young, chairman of the
at the
negotiator.
and
President
Walter
Agricultural
Director,
start of the strike have shown
the company’s refusal to even
attempt to reach a fair settle-
P.
Reuther,
UAW
to
refusal
of
the
J. I. Case Co. to meet on
any basis but its own terms
efforts
in
settle
to
long
180 members
of Local
strike
the
was pointed up sharply by
Goy. Gaylord
Wisconsin
Nelson.
pointing
partial
the
a
board
facts
Nelson
he
why
Telling
said
three-man
in
to
and
the
the
Employment
Board
was
the
gather
ap-
im-
all
dispute,
Wisconsin
Relations
Federal
Me-
Service
diation
in
union
an
settle the strike.
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to
the
of
mediation
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Co.
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could
victory
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companies
other
encourage
on the lookout for ideas and
their
for fighting
methods
help
own
employees
local
are
ion, That’s why
indicated
service
“Case
“Case
“Back
May
Case
Panel”; “Case
Finding.”
Local
accept
to
willingness
its
said,
Nelson
offers,”
these
“but to date the company
has declined to meet with
any mediation service. Monday of this week, the company again rejected an of-
fer
“Case
Rejects
repeatedly
effort
or
ley”;
UAW
offered assistance to
the company and the
have
both
Work
City”;
Case Refuses to Meet
Except On Own Terms
steady
with the union.
report:
Headlines
Rejects Strike Talks”;
Officials Block Talks”;
augusta
The
the
from
reports
Newspaper
President,
Department
Implement
three-man
if negotiacompletely.
would appoint the
fact-finding board
tions broke down
UAW,
he
said
had
Nelson
Gov.
ment
and
department.
nomics
eco-
Wisconsin
of
University
Greathouse,
Vice
P,
Nathan
Dr.
of
comprised
if Local
for
victory,
your
are no-
policies
union-fighting
Gat Gointhiw
Grede about a strike several
;
times.
The New York financier said
“old guard manhe blamed
agement”
aid
dent William J. Grede, a former head of the National Association of Manufacturers whose
Fraternally,
J.
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president
in
or mail them to Pat Greathouse, Vice-President,
8000 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit 14, Mich.
for the
warned
he
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and
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urged
180 in its battle
the arrogant,
Case Co.
the
to help
against
at Case «++
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Them
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fighting its employees
of engaging in good-!
bitterly
instead
J. 1
bargaining?
collective
faith
ist
which
Co.
Case
I.
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the
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head
men
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other former NAM presidentsjno
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is a 302-page
stone
book titled
paperbound
book
flatly
and
accuses
279:
of:
leaders
to
only
distribution
the group.
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his aides, such as John Foster Dulles and his brother
Earl
Justice
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Allen,
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being
too
con-
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boss in
is his
hower,
party.
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says,}
book
the
“Democracy,”
“is merely a deceptive phrase,
a weapon of demagoguery, and)
a perennial fraud.”
Grede has admitted
1
he)
that
society's!
the
of
member
a
is
council.
associate
who
men
Are
themselves with such ideas
reasonable, up-to-date, fair?
Can they be expected to give
issues?
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to
ocnsideration
serious
Huge Vote Proves
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union
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meeting
had circulated
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tioning
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Local
members
put
at
the
a
fair
workers
meeting:
strike
share
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1,300)
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until!
dignity;
and justice through a just andi
honorable contract?
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the
were
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to
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union.
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continue
win
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this
did
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proved
they
unanimously,
few weeks ago.
ship
pany
their}
supporting
members
we
Your Donations
Can Help Win
Local 180’s Long Strike
by
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vative
presi-
company
to help
urged
being
Backed
came
turndown
when
12
Aug.
where will be slowed or stopped.
Help make this the fight of all UAW and all labor!
—
Send your contributions to Local 180
Help win the strike!
man-
president of the firm and its
largest individual stockholddisclosed
financial
180
negotia-
kept
has
latest
Its
180 can defeat the arrogant tactics of the Case Company,
then companies wanting to try the same methods else-
employees and their union.
This was emphasized when
former
Rojtman,
B.
Mare
er,
victory,
Their
of the former
tions at a standstill, refusing
to meet for as much as 20
days at a stretch.
is doing for striking Case Company workers what it is supposed to do—meeting their minimum needs.
But the added assistance only you can give in terms of
regular weekly contributions of finances, food, etc., can
have worlds of meaning for Local 180’s members as @
practical measure and in vital moral support.
all-out fight against
its
Local
provided
that
main,
the
company
as liberally as the strike assist-
UAW’s
permits,
program
ance
Biggest Case
Stockholder
Slams Policies
its members
180 and
Local
as
giving
is
Union
International
The
4-year
a standard
and
tection,
to aid
contributions
regular
immediate and
this strike.
improyement factor pro-
nual
the
and
member
UAW
every
If the company is successful in its fight to grind down
the workers and their union, its victory will add to the
determination of every other outfit looking and waiting for
methods and opportunities to attack and defeat employees
and THEIR unions.
This is why we are urging UAW local unions to start
tract. It doés not provide for
early or disability retirement.
It is not a funded plan.
more.”
no
agreement plus a conditional
%
wage offer.
Result has been that the
of society.
concept
in the con-
is not covered
plan
it” pact it offered Feb. 3
In
entire labor movement.
This is more than a strike — it is an attack against our
pension
the
leave
or
it
“take
the
that
for continuation
of
behalf
in
Co.,
Case
L.
J.
@ Leaves of absence for full-
time union work.
e In addition,
management
and
After more than six months on strike, it is plain that
UAW Local 180 is waging a hard, bitter struggle at the
discharge
and
waTTH
stubbornly
Case
“is all the union is going to get
”
UNIONS—
LOCAL
ALL
TO
ESky
includ-
ing recent major modifications,
in an effort to get negotiations
a_ settlement,
rolling toward
insists
yer
ence
of modifications
in its original demands,
US.”
a
made
has
180
Local
number
large
protec-
4-year appren-
ticeship program.
9 at the
strike March
While
Soa
Over
Rolling
Not
“You’re
@ Full arbitration.
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Saturday.
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grievance
for
time
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members
1,900
local’s
refused repeatedly to agree to
are considwhich
provisions
ered routine in other management-labor contracts.
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improvement
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big farm equipment manufacturing firm after the company
unemploy-
pay.
on
went
have in their contract:
e A cost-of-living escalator
clause.
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insurance program.
Supplementary
reg-
and
immediate
starting
sions the Case workers do NOT
e@
has
Co.
J. I. Case
the
Nelson,
Gaylord
Goy.
Wisconsin
it plain that UAW Local 180’s long strike here is a struggle
behalf of all UAW and the entire labor movement.
provi-
list of contract
long
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how important
your vote is to YOu?
Are you haunted by the threat
of unemployment or short work weeks?
What if your old folks get sick?
Can you pay their medical bills?
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Are your kids getting
« good, full time education?
Or are their class rooms too crowded?
There's WOVHING you can do
about it on Election Day
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recent
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our
worse,
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bad
and
work
of
jobs.
That
its
that
bones
better in the
not
enough
unemployment
adds
up
to
the
in
7.3
million
nation’s
on a short
didn’t have jobs or were
fault of their own.
it’s
Americans—or
one
in
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en
through
no
either
force—who
work
week
work
For the first six months of 1960 there were 800,000 fewer
half
first
in the
were
there
than
time
full
working
people
,
get
will
And
near future.
now.
public
Last June, there were 4.4 million people out
another 2.9 million who had only part time
persons
10
every
in
feels
the
that
showed
Poll
Gallup
regis
er
women
and
men
of 1957—and that’s with 2.3 million more
in the work force than in 1957.
e
If you register—and vote—you can elect an administration concerned about geting you back on the job—full time,
not just part time.
people
more
millions
John
Sen.
Presidency,
F. Kennedy,
has
personally
fought for a law
and
sponsored
for the
nominee
Democratic
the
people
Republicans
get at least that much.
industries
like Sen: Barry
to
way
to $1.25 and see to it that more
to raise the minimum
in low-wage
its
in
increase purchasing power is to raise
the federal minimum wage to $1.25
an hour and to make it possible for
to get the minimum.
ages
our
sure
one
the
that
platform
says
party
Democratic
The
Goldwater
Vice President Nixon wants
take five years to do it.
fought
viciously
have
to raise it to only
Kennedy.
$1.15—and
If you register—and yote—you can help elect an administration that is pledged to do everything it can to raise the
minimum to $1.25 immediately and make it apply to millions more people who desperately need it.
(a
fare.
health
Parents
7
the
of
One
bur-
heaviest
by middlelow - inand_
come families is the strain on their budget when older members are faced with staggering medical bills.
The one, realistic solution that has been proposed for
this problem
care in the benefits pro-
is to include medical
vided by the social security system.
Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic candidate for
President, has been one of the most vigorous spokesmen
and
fighters for just such legislation. His bitterest opponents
Sen.
and
Goldwater
have been Republicans, Sen. Barry
Everett M. Dirksen, minority leader.
The administration in Washington pegs any assistance
upon a humiliating “pauper’s oath” that must be made by
people whom Sen. Kennedy has said ‘‘do not deserve to be
treated like charity cases,” but “should be eligible for health
benefits the way they are eligible for retirement benefits—
as a right they have earned.”
for
vote—you
register—and
If you
understands
who
President
the aged and is fighting
to the problem.
dlers
would
try
otry
ts
influence
to
began
among
illness
of
fear
a candidate
solution
dignified
When:-the Ku
Ig
id /
our
the
for a sensible,
LY
Ce
support
can
in
Klux
its
spreading
the
Klan
big-
in
primary
West Virginia, it became
pedhate
that
evident
1960 election. They made
the
it clear they intend to fan racial and religious prejudice
fog the issues.
Yet
the
fact
is that
another
recession—which
to
is highly
likely if a Republican administration is again sent to Washington—would mean hardships for minorities, particularly
@
Negroes.
Under the administration of former President Truman,
the average dollar income for non-white families rose 45%
compared
with
whites,
against
administration,
as
30%
that
for
white
income
21%
families.
increased
among
white
Under
only
the
10%
families.
present
for
non-
The Democratic Party’s platform for 1960 contains civil
rights pledges backed by Sen. John F. Kennedy that are
the strongest ever made by a candidate for President.
If you
register—and
elect an administration
tically
for your
civil
yote—you
which
rights,
can
do
your
will continue
part
to help
to fight realis-
Ca
ou
Hee
Ss
(Na Kids’ Education
least 65,300 classrooms
care
of
children
another
75,200
those that were
forced
new
had
to be built
to go
to school
classrooms
ramshackle
in
1958,
the states told
the U.S. Office
of Education
that
(1)
at
right away to take
part
were
and
Back
time
needed
and
to
unsanitary.
(2)
replace
CLEP
istration
Requirements
Last year this nation’s schools had to use 92,337 teachers
known
to
be
teachers’
needed.
unqualified.
pay
just
The
doesn’t
widely-known
attract
the
reason
high
is that
calibre persons
The Democratic party’s platform pledges it to build more
help schools attract
and
classrooms
can
vote—you
If you register—and
started.
teachers.
better-trained
Can
You
~ (or 18
, and if
help get this program
you register and vote?
can if you're a citizen, if you're 21 years old
in Kentucky), if you're able to read and write,
you have lived where you do for a certain period
of time.
This length-of-residence
state to state.
elected
Roosevelt
D.
Franklin
United
the
ago
decades
because,
among other reasons, one third of the
our
once
fourth—are
dwellings
down
in
blighted
building
rate of home
The
faced
more
to live in run-
having
with
neighborhoods.
States today
in the United
CALIFORNIA
t
INDIANA
i
IOWA
6 months
6 months
Your
ONT
scores
with
cities
are
padlocked factories and
long lists of chronically unemployed workers. They are the
nation’s “depressed areas.”
Only
bill sponsored
redevelopment
Paul
Sen.
a Democrat,
by
Douglas, of Illinois. It was the second time the President
had turned thumbs down on assistance for these industrially-sick communities.
10 days
aalesestssete
30 days
MISSOURI
60 days
60 days
NEW JERSEY
60 days
YORK
4 months
OHIO
40 days
PENNSYLVANIA
aeetettsea
Your HUES
creasing
services
house
list
Ie NTT
(ant)
producing
of
amount
the
can
citizens
of
ever
goods
in-
and
U.S.
feed,
clothe,
Only
by
proving
its
employ
and
an
1 year
ever-longer
WEST
that a free and democratic nation
will expand and serve its people,
can the U.S. hope to show that
freedom
course
the
indeed,
is,
for underdeveloped
grow.
as they
to follow
better
nations
Under the Truman administration, the U.S. achieved an annual growth rate of 4.7%. But
for the last six years, under a Republican administration,
this
growth
has
rate
withered
technology and
should—achieve
advanced
can—and
of
do
the
freedom
it can
all
world
expansion
and
awaits
peace
with
to
stimulate
the
when
freedom.
year.
With
its
increasing work force, the U.S.
an annual growth rate of 57%.
The Republican administration has
the U.S. grow. The Democratic party
will
a
2.3%
to
that
outcome
it sees
5%
and
that
been afraid to let
has pledged that it
the
growth.
will
U.S.
swing
The
rest
toward
is capable
of
If you register—and vote—you can join in this campaign
to help build a nation at work in order to establish a world
at
peace,
40 days
¢
VIRGINIA
60 days
have
states:
REGISTRATION
until
these
6 months
CALENDAR
deadlines
to
register
October
.. October
...
Kansas........ October 18
October 28, others
Kansas
City,
Wichita,
Massachusetts
Michigan .
Minnesota
Missouri
York
Onion ec
..
...
Pennsylvania
Texas
West
.........
Virginia
Wisconsin
.
—
10
10
Topeka,
Gececceccssecorenpenccsseecareaccettccecroerenpesere September
Jersey
the
..... October 29
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reg. counties; Sept. 13, 20 elsewhere
New
in
. September 16
... October 24
.... October 15
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Illinois ..
Indiana .
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:
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1 year
following
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You
j
60 days
MASSACHUSETTS
1 year
At the same time that industrial areas need help, vast
sections of our farming regions also are faced with depresfarm income has almost destroyed the
Lowered
sion.
family farm and has driven small farmers into the city in
search of work, often at low wages that undermine pay
scales for all.
If you register—and vote—you can help your community
get back on its feet under an administration pledged to
rebuild depressed areas, whether rural or urban.
j
30 days
6 months
6 months
H.
60 days
MARYLAND
1 year
an area
vetoed
President
the Republican
this year
30 days
6 months
6 months
of
60 days
KENTUCKY
6 months
4
30 days
30 days
1 year
north, west or south, there
from
6 months
KANSAS
6 months
In every industrial section
of the United States, east,
Sobre
3 months
1 year
4 Vi
15 days
ILLINOIS
1 year
A
90 days
Fe beh Oy
1 year
Only last year when
less than it was 10 years ago.
Congress passed a housing bill, the Republican President
vetoed it.
If you register—and vote— you can help wipe out the
housing blight that makes our neighborhoods eyesores, undermines family health and ferments juvenile delinquency.
54 days
CONNECTICUT
LEAR
is
90 days
COLORADO
1 year
nation was ill-housed. Today, 15 million
oneabout
families—or
American
varies
COUNTY~~ ~—- PRECINCT
1 year
States
requirement
Here are the requirements in 20 states:
RESIDENCE IN
STATE
Three
DEE
perm,
10
October 7
. October 10
.....October 18
October 12, Kansas City
October 15, St. Louis
... September 29
... October 15
September 28)
.. September 19
so. Poll Tax Receipt
October 8
cae,
a. October 26
ia ad
Must
Registration
Affair
a Family
Become
Too
and Sis To Register,
Their Vote Is
Just As Important
As
Yours and Bud's
Get Mom
Dad,
“Labor
always
is looked upon
as an important
sector of
the vote, and all candidates turn their attention to efforts to
get the labor vote. But it is interesting to find that, nation-
ally, about 37% of male
their wives do not vote.
union
members
“This, however, is the national picture.
In New York, specifically, I found there
is an even greater indifference to voting
on the part of union members. “New York’s record shows less than a
third of the male union members are reg-
and about 44%
of
4
@
istered for voting and only from 10 to
15% of their wives.
Mrs. Roosevelt
“These figures are surprising to me, for
I would think the leaders of organized labor would be anxious to possess the strength that a good registration and
voting record would
governments.”
give them
>
with city, state and national
—Eleanor Roosevelt
Registration and voting records from
precincts prove that high income groups
10
are more zealous than middle and lowincome people in exercising their demo-
High
Income
cratic rights and fulfilling their responsibilities of citizenship.
Precincts
vote.
ond
Lower
Income
8622 actually
voted
Precincts
Women voters outnumber men who
cast ballots.
Not only that, women in the high income group take a more active interest
their
political
register and vote.
more
than
and
regis—ter
ever
before,
YOU must register—and vote—if you
want to elect a liberal administration
that will do something about solving
problems and meeting your needs and
the needs of your nation.
Middle
in. using
year,
This
10
people
income
High
— they
r
powe
lf we are to elect a liberal administration that will work for the greater
good for the greatest number of people,
then wives, mothers and sisters in middle and low-income families will have
to register and go to the polls on Election Day.
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“payola”
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most important issues of the 1960 political campaign.
solving
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posals
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for
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minute film, “Cast
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it,
with
dealing
by
produced
the
political
forces
union’s
Educa-
on,
he
team
for
the
Republican
Party as its presidential and
P. Reuther
‘titude
toward
ment,
8000
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this
film can
from
be obtained
cleaner,
The
vital
so
problem
Jefferson,
E.
analyzes
he
at which
conference
tive
Detroit
more
the
the
to
aged.
Michigan.
14,
an
is, the more effective it’s going to be.
Local union education committees that must rely
upon mimegraphed material will find “Mimeograph
Education Department publicaHandbook,” a UAW
provides
and
copy
effective
can
which
tools
other
be
used
40
about
“You
Van
his
of Representatives,
House
in the
and his activities as vice president.
Costello, who has been both a foreign ‘correspondent
| tor
newsman
experienced
skilled,
is a
reporter,
| Washington
by
simply
obtained
be
can
and
order
money
a
sending
check along with your request to UAW Education
8000-E. Jefferson, Detroit 14, Michigan.
pretty
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a
Local
UAW
among
ican
pating
351,
group
a
college
in
Detroit,
or
Department,
who
look
like
fore
leaving:
worker,
told
a _
“I’m
afraid
not
of a little hard work. I’ve
got muscles I hayen’t even
used
The
yet.”
group,
Morningside
sponsored
Community
by
the
Cen-
ter Inc. of New York City—a
social service agency—will promote better understanding between American and West African students and will assist
in yarious
eluding
building
schools.
projects, in-
“We also hope to meet with
government, civic and political
leaders,”
Merle
oyu ds 1N 000000
said.
we
and showi
Merle
has
junior
year
cial sciences.
are
at
giving
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in
the
International
Strike
Fund
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July
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For
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to
for Nix-
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..$29,251,498.66
=
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Party as its president and vicepresidential
candidates
this
year.”
Nixon’s
role
in the steel
WTTM
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Cleveland
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said.
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this
year
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call-
thing
tion to the serious problem of
detecting and aiding mentally
and emotionally disturbed per-
these
spokesman
before
has
social
they
atten-
commit.
vio-
attention
given
to the
need for more hospitals,
more psychiatrists,
ists and
trained
psychologspecialized
more
preventive
more
research,
resources
of
for
and
rehabilitation,”
said.
spokesman
cited
Herbert
C.
and
recalled
international
the
that
repre-
Hooyer
February
to perform
was
1958
his
after
dis-
his
normal
dismissed
refusing
mentally
EAA
stridently
UAW,”
ed out.
Hoover
which
to
“After
the
that,
UAW
was
court.
sentenced
“Instead
of
doing
some-
ferson,
a suit
members,
was
years
former
his
on
a
had
Hoover
said
psychiatric
of _
help,” and placed the long sentence so Hooyer could receive
sufficient treatment.
“It’s a real social tragedy,
sorrow
as a great
well
as
viduals
ease
tremes
had
involved,
reach
to
loss
is
that
many
just
as
there
of
this
ex-
the
the
was able to act,”
spokesman said.
“It
that
before
did
it
indi-
the
all
to
burden
society
UAW
social
a
great
individuals
are
in
them
highly
responsible public office — who
to exploit
would
prefer
ture
anti-labor
to attempt
rather than
problems,”
try
any
in-
to manufac-
propaganda,
to
solve
real
Michigan,
members,
5c
WALTER
the
25
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to
$2.50.
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for
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Detroit
subscription
the
Hoover
August,
need
cident
floor of Con-
ill,
point-
dismissed
assault
lent
as Sen. Barry
gress by such
Goldwater,” the spokesman
pointed out.
the
the
were
against
filed
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION, International
Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and
Agricultural
Implement
Workers
of
America,
AFL-CIO.
Published
semimonthly,
Editorial
office, 8000 E. Jef-
by Circuit Judge Don D. Parkmurder
attempted
an
er on
charge which followed a vio-
—
even on
later
early
In
criticism
bitter
to
subjected
newspapers,
anti-union
from
and
voices
spokesman
was
and
in
help
emotionally
raised
the
1 ees
libel against the UAW and several
of
its
representatives
accept a medical leave of absence with full pay and con-
sult a doctor.
and
to
anti-labor
“real
that
affected
positive
wife.
Parker
the
Hoover,
emotional
serious
turbance”
F
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There are 23 strikes in effect involving
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STUNMVMAVANAU AOA UAULONSAATAU AOU UOGOSAOO OOO
fund
tried
Nixon
work and
spokesman
1960
.$27,854,419.16
spent
A.M.
A.M.
seryCon-
and
ability
REPORT
million in a single night at #4
$100-a-plate dinners while
in
the 1956 elections, Big Business
6:00-6:30
6:15-6:45
because
interest
$18,000,
duties.
STRIKE
$7
910
1320
political
of
products
nurses,
VHT
MONTHLY
than
A.M.
A.M.
state
great
lectures
movies.”
completed
more
WHAY
that
lence or some other harmful
act.”
“We need more federal and
at “shoulder
The privilege of working
in Africa
cost each
student
$875.
Since
many
of them
don’t have that much money,
a
student-fagulty
committee
is now helping
to raise funds.
“We have started a number
of
projects
to
help
raise
money,”
she
said.
“For
example,
raised
5:30-6:30
6:00-6:30
sons
is ready to do a little digging
in Africa.
be-
Repub-
the
ballot~
A.M.
Illinois
excess
a slush
ed for “increased
Merle
that
the
6:00-6:30
Waterbury
they
A UAW
position,
and
stressed
licans had
to make certain that no
will be under the misap-
UAW (Calls for More Effort
Toward Helping Mentally Ii
was
arms”
bar-
1150
and, therefore, would make a
fitting team for the Republican
of
construction
Solidarity
can
between
810
770
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the
of the close
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above
WITH
table
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He
example
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
strike
exactly
doesn’t
gaining
played in the steel strike,
New
that
Madison
TT
Merle,
group
to Nixon’s
tearfully
are
took them to Nigeria, Ghana,
Togoland,
Coast,
Ivory
the
other
and
Liberia
Senegal,
countries.
relationship
ex-
no-one
Connecticut
recall
“Both
“Operation Crossroads Africa.”
the
on
15
June
left
They
first leg of their trip which
African
that
California
Los Angeles
Rich-
will
sponsors.
called
program
a
a classical
“Here,
KRKD
to the ques-
the slush fund that he had received from his big business
partici-
students
“so
he
stressed.
K.C,
candidate.
birth
in
he
Amer-
150
of
Mazey
spotlight
speech,
have
workers
by
the
EisenhowerNixon administration in 1959,”
STATION
the well-advertised “Checkers~
Cloth Coat” broadcast, where
daugh-
Silver, president
his
on
they also gave Nixon an opportunity of going on television in
includes
and
student
and
one
been
Big Business
provided
heavy construction work and
other physical labor.
Merle Silver, Michigan State
University
Nixon
having
will recall that
“You
Mich—A
which
after
questions
gressman.
Michigan coed is now
working
summer-long
in Africa
in
we
labor.”
a
inter-
in all crucial votes while
ing as a United States
Michigan Coed Takes Trip
“To Africa — Hard Work
EAST LANSING,
Nixon
the
of organized
is
“The
power
of government
was
used
against
the
steel
Ohio
possibly be confused as to the
pro-management
role
that
$200,-
life was well rewarded,
Nixon supported their
Segments of this book have been
strict regard for the facts.
published before in “New Republic” magazine.
The book has been specially priced at $2.50 for UAW members
turned
plained,
over
in advance.
gave
a
with
United
Nixon
from
Business
the answers
“The
by
and
Mazey
on
fitting
fund”
received
gressional
Sena-
a U.S.
as
19 months
the
friend
possible.”
as
ard Nixon was first elected by
Big Business in California to
run
against a liberal congressman, In fact, Nixon answered an ad seeking a con=-
correspondent for the Mutual
biography
“unauthorized”
System, is called an
Broadcasting
because of the minute detail it gives about Nixon’s two terms
House
White
Costello,
William
told
settlement
AFL-CIO
answering
“You
Vice
written
book
the
Nixon,”
About
Facts
“The
Entitled
for
tions
President Richard Nixon, the Republican candidate for
President this year, have never been so starkly and
completely revealed as in a new book being offered to
members by the union’s Education Department.
'UAW
Mazey
the
that
will recall that Charles
given
F
of
record
and
personality
character,
The
for?
he stand
does
What
is Nixon?
Big
television,
drawings which can be traced to illustrate articles and stories.
The handbook sells for $1 a copy and can be obtained simply
by sending a check or money order for it to the UAW Education
Department, 8000 E. Jefferson, Detroit 14, Michigan:
Who
and
told the re-
“slush
Doren
000
and
cartoons
of
pages
of
elected
much political mileage out of
his appearance
at the strike
candidates
State
$18,000
ests.
more
cleaner,
achieve
to
Ohio
California
| tion, most helpful.
The handbook gives clear, concise instructions on how to
|
deuse both the mimeograph machine and the mimeoscope,
‘scribes
a
be
prehension
Convention.
Mazey's comments spotlighted the notorious payola turned
over to Nixon in the form of
material
education
easily-read
cent
at-
Depart-
Education
the UAW
made
this year,” Mazey
legisla-
Eisenhower-Nixon
have
payola
vice-presidential
Walter
Department
Union
Industrial
at an AFL-CIO
at which
President
UAW
by
address
is an
film
of the
Climax
conferences
of his news
would
shown
is
answer
this
to
opposition
Eisenhower's
of
to
Presi-
“They brought Nixon into the
negotiations in order to get as
said.
products
Vice
state convention.
“Both Nixon and Van Doren
are
Nixon
States,”
Secretary-Treasurer
Mazey
want
President
Nix-
Madison
Avenue advertising
techniques,
and,
therefore,
by a filmed portion of one
condemns this approach.
1
Dick)
the most sensible, dignified solution to the problem is to make
medical care part of the social security benefits system, as proposed by Rep. Aime Forand (D.,RI).
President
|
(Tricky
UAW
Emil
that
out
points
program,
for Richard
UAW
a
dent
been an appropriate choice as
the Republican
running-mate
28-
a
show
cag
Pporations
American
public
until
they
were disclosed through an official federal quiz, would have
pro-
various
Fitzpatrick,
John
by
pension
Ford
unions
local
narrated
is
pinpoint
and
it,
the
clarify
problem,
the
explain
To
)
Van
Doren,
whose
answers
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EMIL
MAZEY
Secretary-Treasurer
RICHARD
NORMAN
GOSSER
MATTHEWS
LEONARD
WOODCOCK
PAT
GREATHOUSE
Vice
Presidents
International
Executive
Board
Members
CHARLES
BALLARD
RAY
BERNDT
CHARLES
BIOLETTI
GEORGE
BURT
DOUGLAS
FRASER
MARTIN
GERBER
TED
HAWKS
ROBERT
JOHNSTON
CHARLES
KERRIGAN
HARVEY
KITZMAN
JOSEPH
McCUSKER
ET.
MICHAEL
GEORGE
MERRELLI
KEN
MORRIS
PAT
O'MALLEY
E
S.
PATTERSON
KEN
ROBINSON
RAY
ROSS
Frank Winn, Editor and Director, Publtcations and Public Relations Depart
ment.
Joe Walsh, Assistant Director, Publica
tions and Public Relations Depart
ment.
Henry Santlestevan, Managing Editor
and Assistant Director, Publications
Department
Relations
Public
and
Jerry Dale, Howard Lipton, Ray Mar
tin, Jerry Hartford, Staff Members.
Newspaper
American
Members,
AFL-CIO,
Guild,
ed
SOLIDARITY, August 29, 1960—Page 1
°o
Investment Program
Adopted by AFL-CIO
CHICAGO
—
The
AFL-CIO
meeting
Council,
Executive
here in mid-August, authorized
creation
direct
to
of
ments
investlong-range
and
welfare
union
ing
Investment
AFL-€IO
The
AFL-CIO
President
press
a
told
Meany
in run-
aided
investments.
their
ning
how
outlined
be
could
unions
pro-
investment
on
which
grams,
sub-
a special
by
ed in a report
committee
recommend-
was
Department
build-
home
in
funds
pension
department
a new
of
George
confer-
Goldberg
and
in
particularly
tional
been
berg,
solutions
recommend
to
emergency
“na-
so-called
has
strikes”
proposed by Arthur Goldspecial counsel
AFL-CIO
and noted labor lawyer.
Speaking at a dinner in his
15th
the
celebrating
honor
r
- suplabo
of
anniversary
University,
ported Roosevelt
Goldberg advanced his faythat
theme
orite
are
steps
namic
new
needed
dy-
to
comtoday’s
resolye
help
plicated industrial problems.
the brilliant recWar
tri-partite
Pointing to
the
of
ord
World
during
Board
Labor
War II in resolying labor-manGoldberg
disputes,
agement
tria similar
that
proposed
representing
group
partite
the
and
management
labor,
to help
needed
now
is
public
Meany told the 500
that
dinner
the
played
a
merger
of
helping
had
had
fluence”
problems
eration.
George
President
AFL-CIO
“leading
bring
to
attending
Goldberg
part”
about
the
AFL-CIO,
in
helping
a
of
“tremendous
the
in
work
“our free institutions
these troubled times.”
merged
could
start
putting
the
housing
field.
lars available
in
the
and
in-
solve
fed-
in
department
so that
billions
of
be
on
made
dol-
in the
to work
the purthat
stressed
action
council's
the
of
He
pose
not
was
institution
to
servicing
to
ratus
invest
to
but
a
create
appaadvisory
and
to
unions
encourage
Housing
Federal
in
financial
a
up
set
Ad-
Veterans
and
ministration
guaranteed
Administration
mortgages.
mortgages
Such
at
available
made
rates,
VA
and
home
the
he
buyer
money
his
for
be
would
legal
the
than haying him pay
rates
discount
ent
amounts to as much
problems
- management
a
to
hoped
he
months
few
next
value
National
of a permanent
Council of Labor-Management
to advise the PresiAdvisors
dent of the United States on
labor
the
giving
Establishment
—
the
establish
FHA
Honored
CHICAGO
that
here
ence
full
$16,000
Meany added that he hoped
the program would have some
banks
on
effect
discounts and
down interest
Investment
in
help
area,
this
to
lenders
mortgage
meet
and
other
eliminate
thus help bring
rates.
of union funds
the
said,
he
critical
will
need
for housing and will provide
jobs for construction workers and those inyolved in the
home
furnishings
industry,
as well as providing a better
return for the funds on their
reserves
sions, ete.
to
pay
future
pen-
The subcommittee, composed
Vice Presidents
of AFL-CIO
David Dubinsky, Joseph Keenan and Joseph A. Beirne, was
1960
May
the
at
appointed
meeting of the council to study
establishing
of
question
the
an inyestment
mittee.
The
adyisory
subcommittee
com-
found
a “great social need and dein
for decent housing
mand
all areas of the country” and
also found that discounts deby
manded
face amount
the
lenders from
of mortgages “has
raised effective rates to usurious levels in many areas.” A
new
source of mortgage
a.
rather
the preswhich
as $1,200
a
on
worth of “water”
mortgage.
said,
money
at realistic and stabilized interest rates, it determined, was
afAFL-CIO
from
available
filiates.
Ss
of
birthday
25th
The
Rooseevelt.
of the
Signing
14, 1935—Event:
AUG.
DATE:
great
this
Security
Social
act
ce lebrated
was
ys).0°
banquet
a
in
AFL-CIO
the
by
D.t-
Franklin
President
by
bill
you recognize in this historic picture? Left to right, grouped) siju0
(D., N.C.); E. A. Witte, director of the President’s Social je
around FDR, Rep. Robert L. Doug hton
Sr. (Prog\us*
Robert M. LaFollette,
Sen.
Security committee; Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D., News)
(D., Conn.) ; Labor Secretary Frances Perkins; Sen. William Hf) °
Wis.); Sen. Augustine Lonergan
and
(D., Md.)
Ȣ Lewis
David
Rep.
(D., Utah);
King
can
faces
many
How
Chicago.
in
Joseph
Sen.
Pa.).
(D.,
Guffey
Labor Vows Drive for Extension
As Social Security Marks 25th Year:
Security
at
here
versary of the Social
a banquet
Act with
Meany
George
AFL-CIO
which
“In
labor
anni-
CHICAGO—Organized
silver
the
celebrated
pledged the trade union movement will continue to fight for
law.
the
of
improvement
the
final
the
analysis,”
Meany said, “social security
is the greatest trust fund of
of the
composed
time,
all
pooled savings of the American people, to be paid back
to them when they need it
to
it continue
May
most.
Labor Day Regaining
Its Place in Tradition
is regaining
more
once
in
place
ditional
workers.
American
the
its tra-
of
hearts
union
of
faith
the
in their unions.
1959
Labor Day
important upswing
vival of Labor Day
for
observe
Some
week end marking the close
of the summer vacation season, but a day for reaffirm-
ing
Day
Labor
a long
is it just
longer
No
Day
Labor
—
WASHINGTON
bor Day Masses are celebrated
churches.
Catholic
in
churches
Protestant
Many
before
set aside the Sunday
special
services.
it as Labor
Sun-
day. In synagogues and temples many Jewish rabbis devote
sermons
Day
their pre-Labor
men
to the
The
workers’
founder
problems,
of the holiday,
an
marked
in the reobservance.
Peter J. McGuire, founder of
the Brotherhood of Carpen-
a huge parade of 115,000 trade
the
up
marched
unionists
York City’s
New
of
length
Each year his family is joined by representatives of labor
in 20
time
first
the
For
years,
least
lined
famed Fifth Avenue. At
more persons
as many
the Avenue to watch the city’s
workingmen and women march
from 10 o’clock in the morning
until
7 in the
ters, is not overlooked on the
in 1882.
day he inaugurated
at
memorial
services
grave in Arlington
NJ.
Pennsauken,
at
his
Cemetery,
grow
prosper.”
and
the
social
sese
added
that
“irl”
noted
Meany
demonstrate
act had
curity
a “brilliant capacity for serv
genius. foi
a “true
ice” and
and
growth,”
as our country’
ahead,
the years
je
moves forward, it will need tj
tap that genius and put it td
work
zens.”
for the benefit of all citilii'”
where
tem
can
of
“to
these,”
he
social
sys:
mee3>
problems.”
for
need
the
on
used
be
nationai
“First
medical
security
social
the
pressing
"is
out two areat
pointed
Meany
insurance
security
said.bir
providingii’
for
citizenifiox:
retiremen‘{ram
rolls, now and in the future ..,.2
is the need foi
The second
establishing a uniform Federa
unemploymen/i
of
standard
compensation benefits at leveliloya:
théfi
higher than
considerably
coverage.”
present
Meany
the
past
pointed
that
of ‘to
Americans
16,000,000
65 fully two-thirds have
an
annual
the
high
income
$2,000.
than
meet
searcely
ing expenses,
care
out
which
cost
of less
“They
ordinary
let alone
they
of
can
liv->
pay°
prtte
}
medical)
require.”
evening.
But in 1959 New York wasn’t
the only city where laboring
men observed their day. Trade
in
unionists
other
parts
Day
mass
of
the
country also celebrated in one
way or another.
Cadillac Square, Detroit, always is filled to overflowing
Labor
the
at
meet-
of
thousands
ing. Last year
members
union
AFL-CIO
marched down Woodward Avenue
In
labor
Square.
the
to
marching
the
leaders
including
cials
and
were
ranks
state
Governor
offi-
G.
Mennen Williams and Senator
Both
McNamara.
V.
Patrick
President
spoke, as did UAW
Walter P. Reuther and Steelworkers district director
Thomas Shane.
This year, a gigantic Labor
Day rally in Detroit will be
by
addressed
Presidential
F,
candidate
previous
troit rallies, former
Harry
Truman
S.
E, Stevenson,
np EDUCATION!
AGED?
HELP THE
Aoviesl, we peallye
Meat 16 TALS Time
PROVIDE MORAL
LEAPERSHipe
=>
Democratic
At
Kennedy.
Agout LATIN
twice
John
De-
President
and
the
Adlai
Dem~
ocratic candidate for) Pres
dent, made the principal La-
bor
Day
addresses.
There is
Labor Day,
<7
Chicago,
ton
and
Los
a religious side to
too. In New York,
many
Angeles,
other
Washing-
cities, La-
“Now all we have to do is prove we haven't been here | ©
the past seven years.”
4:
\ Receipts O.K.
For NJ. SUB
'
f wl
the
yf!)
|
41
noi
payments.
Led
gion
9
by
Compensation
»au@
unemployment
om
Re-
of
agree
to
with
along
checks.
would
then
be
had
re-
by
manage-
unemployment
compen-
accepted
«ceived
vies
receipts
receipts
The
ment
im
it
union presidents got the
Unemployof
division
issue
to
group
a
director,
ment
2
to
where
Gerber,
Martin
12)
1
Jersey
New
states
of
list
local
state
re
te
added
regulatory
has removed
roadblocks out of the way
SUB
seeking
workers
of
ul
wn
te
yeiq
UAW
fr
The
—
N.J.
NEWARK,
B
that
as
proof
worker
the
sation and was thus eligible
for SUB benefits.
the
enable
would
This
worker to cash his unem-
ea)
190i
a
a
compensation
ployment
check immediately instead of
having to show it to management
as proof of eligibility for SUB.
General Motors had
to accept similar forms
«|
er
here
£
am |
~xe |
‘iy
|
and
states,
GM
also.
agreed
in oth-
agreeable
was
here
workers
will be the first to use the new
receipts, although the arrangement worked out by Gerber is
expected to be applied generally throughout the state.
UAW leaders applauded Ray
Male,
commissioner
of labor,
RETIRED
eration.
at Amalgamated Local 191, Paterson, N.J. Sitting comfortably,
left to right, are: Bill Richmond and Archie Buchanan. Back
and
Frank
Judge,
assistant
commissioner, for their coop-
end
MEMBERS
of the
UAW
to
the
PICNICS
other.
are
proving
Here
popular
is a typical
from
scene,
this
one
one
Local 191, Joe
Henry
Brink-
row, left to right, John Kilhefner, president of
Mahon,
George
Schrammel,
James
Rawcliffe,
man and Charles Meyers,
Workers Committee.
chairman
of
the
local’s
Retired
Days:
Holy
onflict With
i
Zi
Labor Leaders Work With Mayor Wagner
| To Extend New York Registration Dates
NEW
YORK
—
Republi-
can Governor Rockefeller re-
jected a move aimed at making it more likely that many
thousands of New
would register.
Democratic
had
™
ui’
urged
4a»
ak
‘
The
a
3
f
Rockefeller
to
call
city
would
pay
the
cost,
present
dates—Oct.
12,
13; 14 and 15—all coincide with
Jewish
religious
observances.
Strict observers of Jewish faith
do not write during
days.
Wagner
proposed
Legislature change
said
£
Wagner
an estimated $10,000 to $20,000.
to
i
Mayor
@ special session of the legislature to revise the dates for
registration in New York City.
The
i
i& |
Yorkers
Oct.
10,
this had
11,
12
these holi-
that the
the dates
and
the
been
15.
He
recom-
mendation of the election comthissioners. The changed dates,
he argued, would be convenient
to all. He said
add Oct. 10 and
four days.
he would now
11 to the other
Rockefeller’s reason
fusing
Wagner’s
for re-
request
was
that the present dates had been
quired, 3,300,000 voters qualified.
set by the Legislature last win-
ter and any change now would
tend to confust the public. The
conflict
with
the Jewish
religious dates became known to
Wagner
only
a week
“by
of
the
nation
registration
Legislature.
of the
two
The
extra
glad
be
would
the cost rather than
one unregistered.
desig-
by
If
the
dates
had
observing
changed,
voters would have
10:30
on
the
ister or could
before
Sept.
Elections
in which
have
any-
not
been
office in the
they live.
Van
In
addition
English.
Hollander,
Jr.,
to the
presi-
City
extension
the
with
English,
voter answering in
requireconstitutional
The
ment that voters be able to
speak and write English has
been a major obstacle in getting Spanish-speaking residents
on the election polls. If they
of
borough
were
asked
in
Spanish,
effect in 1957,
stood at only
1. In 1956, the
last Presidential. year, when
annual registration was re-
York.
Winners of Waterbury Locals’ Scholarship Awards
A
the
<=
150 years old but that didn’t keep these three
338 ISN’T
LOCAL
members from taking part in Jamestown, N.Y.’s sesquicenten~
nial (150 years, man) celebration. Left to right with the squirrel
Kowalski,
Steve
are:
rifles
history.
Jamestown’s
NJ. Steps Up ‘Register’ Drive
NEWARK, N.J.—Political
action leaders gave a conto their
step-up
siderable
plans
Vote”
“Register:
throughout Region 9.
bers
for each
Jersey,
notified
where
go
to
local
UAW
New
Locals
Pennsylvania.
can
mem-
non-registered
of
New
in
preparing
are
-Volunteers
lists
York
and
be
members
their
UAW
the
through
union
will
register.
Working
Council in New Jersey and the
in
Councils
Citizenship
UAW
and
State
York
New
western
the Greater Philadelphia area,
its
up
is pepping
union
the
union
local
having
by
drive
presidents
appear
time
to
time
from
officers
other
and
on
“Eye Opener”, the UAW’s early
There
show.
radio
morning
they discuss not only the need
to
P
JOSEPH
Ph
EL;
LE
E
ZABLOTNEY
JR.
Doe
SF
2 SINS
DOLORES DeSENA
SARAH
PANII
iT
HERE ARE THE Thomas J. Cooke scholarship award winners at Waterbury, Conn., announced in
the last edition of Solidarity, The awards, by four UAW locals, went (left to right) to: Joseph
Their fathers are members of two
Zablotney, Ir., Dolores DeSena and Sarah Jane Panilaitis,
are
will total 12 per year in three years,
of the four awarding locals. The scholarships, which
Waterbury
the
serviced
who
representative,
in memory of the late Tom Cooke, international
locals
for 20 years.
Bush,
Howie
and
Giambra
“Doc”
member of the local’s bargaining committee. The area AFLCIO Council entered a float depicting organized labor’s role in
the
Mayor felt, they would understand more clearly what reply
was expected of them—in English.
Sept, 10 is the last day for
registration in New
central
Despite the permanent persystem,
registration
sonal
which went into
city registration
2,450,000 on July
Arsdale
Harry
as
as well
prospective
to reg-
Board
possible
as
“having questions in the literacy
in Spanish
tests being asked
register centrally
12 at the
New
Mayor
dates,
of registration
Wagner has asked for a legal
opinion as to the possibility of
Jewish
had until
final night
Louis
many
Mayor
York
dent of the New
Central Labor Council.
assume
to
are
with
chairman of the State AFL-CIO
Committee, and
Executive
the board, Wagner said, would
involve an additional
cost of
$400,000 to the city. He said the
city
voters
as
get
to
registered
fixed
days
City
York
ago.
days
closely
Wagner
The city Election Board has
the power to add to the number
Working
register
candidates
local
but
and issues.
About 50 local unions
to
volved
scheduled
date,
to come
with
in.
are inmore
Groups of local union leaders
candidates
with
meeting
are
from
their
ready
both
parties,
credentials,
to
make
and
studying
getting
endorsements.
receive an approving
Robert Peacock, Dem-
First to
nod was
ocratic candidate for Congress
in the 12th District in New
Jersey.
registering:
Deadline
for
Sept.
Pennsylvania,
Sept.
Jersey,
Oct.
29;
15.
19;
New
New
York,
Bosses Featherbed,
Boss Confesses
corpora-
YORK—Some
NEW
tions are guilty of “featherbedding” at the top management level, according to a top
US. executive.
Clarence R. Randall, former
chairman of Inland Steel Co.,
said here: “Let no one tell me
his
has
creased
complish
by
year-end
$50,000,
is
“we
need
of
a
free
more
budget.
world.
a budget
—Harry
a
than
We
If
he
ac-
will
the
more
is
“and
another.”
strong
we
makes
in-
bonus
Randall,
quite
avarice
executive
“Incentive
said
thing,”
even
much
that
year.”
following
one
key
a
because
that
America
someone's
need
don’t
no
Truman,
a
idea
strong
have
it,
difference. e
™a
SOLIDARITY, August 29, 1969—Page 12
Kennedy Will Take issues to People:\\
into
1
Page
from
Continued
social
coalition defeated
The
Kennedy’s and Johnson’s
efforts to obtain passage
The
benefits
security.
measure,
vote
Which
under
paid
the
against
came
after a
titanic floor fight personally led by Kennedy and Johnson, was 51-44.
of a medical-care-for-the
by
sponsored
bill
aged
Kennedy and based upon
the principle established
by the Forand Bill, which
would put this assistance
This vote thus made a top
campaign issue out of medical care for the aged, since
the
Democratic
platform,
the University
Wis. — UAW
RACINE,
Vice President Pat Greatpledged
cdoperation”
plete
a_
with
union
to
| Want
Course,
“Of
of
‘“‘com-
sity Law
the
AFLCHICAGO—The
Executive Council,
CIO
meeting
sharply
here in mid-August,
President
rapped
Eisenhower
“personal
lending
for
official
and_
his
en-
couragement” to some elewhich
in Congress
ments
are
to
trying
“substitute
a
political circus for serious
legislative business.”
“Tt must be remembered,
first of all,” a council statement said, “that the basic
reason for the return of
Congress was to complete
unfinished business.”
that
noted
council
The
“the work of this session of
Job Transfer1
Continued
from
Page
over various grievances,
before the company’s announced intention to. move
the workers’ jobs southward. The company offered employment to present
employes—but at Georgia
of
rates—with,
area
course,
no
UAW
agree-
Judge
Federal
ment.
Thomas P. Thornton last
the strike
ruled
month
was legal.
Judge Freeman dismissed
the contention of company
the
only
that
attorneys
in
jurisdiction
had
NLRB
the case. The firm’s attornalso that the
eys argued
UAW should have exhausted the grievance procedure
of the contract before turnor any
ing to the court
party outside the contract’s
framework.
advanced
company
The
the argument that neither
the court—nor the UAW—
at this time should do anything with regard to the
future employes of the company in Georgia.
ruled
Freeman
Judge
“the main concern” of the
court, thé union and the
company “should be for
those people now employed by the company and
by the existing
covered
contract.”
He contended: ‘The right
isn’t
to Georgia
to move
much of a right. . . “unless
the terms of the contract
now in effect move to Geor-
gia with the worker.”
in
maneauver.
to
President
the
“For
on
special emphasis
place
less
redevelopment,
area
than two months after his
second veto of such-a bill,
cynicism.
comes
The council statement
termed “even more serious’
that
position
Presidents
national defense can be
_adthrough
strengthened
ministrative action without
increase in appropriations.
It termed such a notion a
“disservice to the nation,”
adding that the American
not
are
people
shopping
for
bargains in national defense.
want “the best, the
They
the
soonest,”
the
most,
council said.
Ford to Build
Smaller Car?
UAW’s national Ford department was still awaiting
a reply from Ford Motor Co.
as Solidarity went to press
to
a
request
for
meeting
a
on
top management
with
the company’s plans for a
smaller-than-compact car.
In a letter dated Aug. 12
from
depart-
Ken Bannon,
ment director, to K. D.
Cassidy, Ford vice president in charge of industrial relations, Bannon
UAW’s
the
stressed
anxiety about widespread
a
planning
in
reports
smaller
car—and,
further,
plans to do most of the
manufacturing in Europe.
said that if reBannon
ports circulated in leading
trade publications and news-
papers
are
correct,
the
singer, professor of law at
scope because it is unfortunately limited in time.”
charged
council
The
that “the introduction of
wide-ranging programs in
Congress at this late date
is a transparent political
the
Fein-
P.
Nathan
were
Ford’s
planning “would be grossly
unfair to Ford employes in
this country and Canada,
the communities in which
Ford plants operate and the
public generally.”
eligible
to
vote
register
citizens
the
out
turn
tions.
tion
clear
as possible
maximum
elec-
federa-
Meany,
George
president,
be
will
this
made
a
it
non-
partisan cam paign, the
purpose bein; to encourage the greatest number
of citizens to exercise their
citizenship responsibilities,
regardless of party affiliation or candidate . prefer.
ence,
executive
The AFL-CIO
council, at its regular quarterly meeting here, voted to
ask
from
contributions
voluntary
each
of an amount
180
that
already
had
UAW
pro-
and that.it had always been
the position of the UAW
that “such disputes are best
and most desirably settled
through direct negotiations
with the parties.”
wire,
Greathouse’s
which
noted
the
UAW
international executive
board, in session at the
was
telegram
the
time
fullest
voted
had
sent,
to the
support
possible
strike, also asked the govnor to.urge the company
as vigorously as possible
to resume negotiations.
The walkout began Marchi
7—more than a month after
the contract had expired.
U.S.
the
by
Attempts
Mediation and Conciliation
Service and the Wisconsin
Relations
Employment
Board to bring about resumption of bargaining met
with management rebuffs.
many
as
November
in the
governor
posed to the company that
negotiations be resumed
CHICAGO — The AFLCIO has initiated an all-out
to
to the
to “get
appealed
and UAW
In reply, Greathouse wired
Local
Registration
Drive Opens
drive
School and Prof.
down to the hard business
of ironing out your differences.”
panel
to the
Appointed
be limited
must
Congress
had
son
company
to the dispute after the company had broken off negoti:
ations.
Ike Political Maneuvering
Sharply Hit by AFL-C10
of Wis-
Edwin
Young,
chairman
of the economics department, University of Wisconsin,
Before taking action, Nel-
three-man
solution to the UAW strike
against J. I. Case Co. here.
The governor stepped in-
Aged—Here!”
the
Help
and principles.
As in similar
which
the
Foal)
instances
4
ilione
been
beaten,
the
forces
Johnson
posed by Nixon
Kennedyfigiio%
#1
ox
Off
ley
were
forces
on the floor by Sen. Everetoy
4)
McKinley Dirksen (R., TIL)j0
ani , [i
leader,
minority
the
union
affiliated
equal to 5c per
00.
Phoenix,
in
store
Ariz., previously failed impi joi
his attempt to block thesiil »>
minimum wage bill which prin
to some Silih
coverage
extends
4 million new workers, in--f
eluding retail and service § 0/04
enterprises doing $1 mil-~-i4
lion or more in annual fein.
sales,
it»
labor-back
the
However,
it
Dill stili
hurdlessiifiid
wage
major
ed minimum
faces three
before it becomes law.
The barricade set up:
on
conservatives
Rules
Committee
overcome,
conferees
must
House
the
Senate
by¢l)"
be!
must
reach
- Housees
agrees
ment and President Eisen-fi:
hower must sign the meas-er
ure.
The Senate passed it by a}
vote of 62 to 34. It raises thei
minimum wage to $1.25 foro:
workers?
million
24
the
presently covered in three} us
steps,
1963.
For
reaching
the
4
the
ini
top
newly:
million
workers, this minimum willli7
be $1 an hour next year and)!
will reach $1.25 in 1964.
0
Improvement Factor
Continued
from
Page
J
1
factor clausejauslt
improvement
alone now totals $1,280 as 08
year, based on the 2,000- 000.5
hour work year and the factiost
that the improvement factorioios
has
now
raised
the
ly
houryf
aT
rate 64c over the 12 years.
In other words, $1,280 ofta 0%
next year’s total pay springs?2!
improve-®
from the annual
ment factory victory at their
bargaining table in ’48 andor
in successive negotiations.
i}
themMembers
member.
selves will not be solicited
nies
contributions
individual
for
aif
liberal legislation haji j1o
ment
sonsin; Dean Reynold C,
Seitz, Marquette
Univer-
fact-finding panel named by
Wisconsin’s Gov. Gaylord A,
Nelson (D) to work out a
WALI EAST SEs
endorses
for the GOP’s reactionarisieiio
wing.
Goldwater, whose fam- ri"
ily owns a large depart--?
Fact - Finding Panel
Gets UAW Support
has
Johnson,
Sen. Barry Goldwater (RF) 3%
Ariz.),
loudest
spokesmaisite? 6
J. 1. Case Strike:
house,
which has the pledged backiiid ber
ing of both Kennedy
ani
‘ilins
to this registration drive.
estimated that
Meany
the federation will receive
from
the
about $500,000.
for
campaign
The
unions
affiliated
regis-
at
will be conducted
tration
level with
the community
the local labor groups Cooperating with existing non-
partisan citizens committees
set up for this purpose where
they exist and seeking their
do
if none
establishment
exist. The local committees
will not only be non-partisan
politically but will represent
non-labor as well as labor
sections of the community.
The campaign will be
directed out of the AFLCIO president’s office with
a
member
Carl
McPeak,
staff,
immediately
of the AFL-CIO legislative
charge
rection,
under
in
Meany’s
di-
2
In announcing the executive council’s action at a
press conference, Meany said
spot
showed
checks
only
:
of citizens eligible to
55%
vote were registered, a situ-
ation which
he described
“discouraging”
because
fullest expression
as
the
of democ-
racy requires the fullest participation by citizens,
Saiggaee
‘Smos.ten eR
a
“It's settled, then. We'll call it the ‘do-little’ Congress.”
a
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