Walter P. Reuther Digital Archive · UAW Solidarity

Title

UAW Solidarity

Date

1961-08-01

Alternative Title

Vol. 4 No. 8

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—
BILLBOARDS
23 of them have gone
up throughout the
Greater Detroit area,
in strategic
placed
spots where they will
be seen by thousands
of people. Ken Banof

the

the

bill-

director

non,

UAW Ford department,
credited Ford locals in
the

for

area

board campaign.
(For
Profit
and

story on PriceGM
policies of
see p. 2)

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UAW has also placed on each bargaining table many poss
lems.
auto corporations to join in see king answers to these prob
rs:
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“We are as far apart nationally as the day we began
bargaining back in June,”
reported Ken Bannon, director of the UAW Ford department,

“Every word the UAW
and the national commitabout
uttered
tee have
confronting
urgency
the
Ford workers and their
families, because of job
insecurity, has elicited
nothing but cold stares
from company officials.”
Bannon added that “the
majority of proposals put to
by the company
the UAW
would only serve to enrich
this most wealthy company
Ford
of
expense
the
at
and,

indirectly,

at

the expense of communities
in which Ford is located.”
No Ford worker wants to
strike—“except as a last resort,” Bannon stressed.
“The company has looked
at us over the top of its
latest profit pile ($703 million last year and so far this
year at an annual rate of
over $800 million) and has
sought to label every legitimate suggestion by the union
as inflationary,’ Bannon
said.,

“While talking about in-

flation

(meaning

prices),

nothing
said
has
Ford
its administered
about
pricing policy. That policy
used to swell
has been
Continued

on

Page

12

—$_$_$—$————————ns

Regional

>

News

is scattered throughout this
issue of Solidarity. Because
situanegotiations
the
of

tion, this issue has no sep~arate regional editions,

“So far, Chrysler’s attitude’ at the bargaining table
has been completely nega-

tive.”
:
These were the words of
Vice President NorUAW
man Matthews, director of
the Chrysler department,

as

local unions prepared to take
strike votes authorized by

the IEB.
“We want an agreement
without the necessity of a
strike,’ Matthews stressed, “but there has been
practically no progress as
of this date.”
that
charged
Matthews
eliminate
to
seeking
“in
much of what we have gained in previous

Chrysler

gone much

contracts,

management

the

has

further than they

ever did before.”

For example, he said, the
demanding
is
corporation

starting pay cuts of up to
for salaried
monthly
$175
employes.
Chrysler management also
is attempting to limit repre-

sentation by cutting down on
the number of in-plant stewards and committeemen, and
to restrict seniority by being
able to lay off workers by
job for up to 30 days withregard

out

to seniority

dur-

ing a model change, Matthews charged.
In a report to local union presidents prior to the
IEB

meeting,

Matthews

announced plans for a series of local union leadership meetings “to bring
the rank and file right up
to the minute” on negotiations,
Matthews also urged the
Continued

on

*

Page

12

:

&

Motors

General

Chrysler

Ford

workers

?

oe

“This year we have exin
plained at length, and
our
the problems
writing,
members and their families
face and possible solutions
said
problems,”
those
to
Vice President LeoUAW
nard Woodcock, director of

the

General

ment.

Motors

depart-

was
presentation
“This
concluded July 14. Two
weeks later — July 28 —we
received a statement from
General Motors Corp. which
included only four proposals,
long series of
despite the
had
we
problems
serious
presented earlier.
“The attitude of GM towards collective bargaining seems to have changed
little since the ‘new look’
of 1958. UAW refuses to
permit itself and its members to be treated in the
fashion
contemptuous
which we experienced in
1958.”
Woodcock’s statement
came after meetings held by
GM local union leadership in
some 20 cities around the
country.
“T made it clear in the
meetings I attended,’ Woodthe only
cock said, “that
way

people

working

ever

to be
was
progress
made
willing to fight for it,
“Although no one wants
a

strike,”

he

added,

“we

must be prepared to take
such action if the General
Motors Corp. continues to
ignore the real and pressfacing our
ing problems
members and their families.”
leadership
the
Terming
Continued

on

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Page

12

International

UAW

Execu-

demonstrate

failure

locals

of the Ford

Norman

Matthews,

Bannon,

depart-

President

Vice

UAW

director

“to

UAW

and

partments;

their families.”
Meeting in special session at Solidarity House,
Aug. 13, the board also
to advise

Ken

and

of the Chrysler and AMC

to meet the compelling problems of their workers and

agreed

the top negotiat-

director

ment;

willingness

any

teams

ing

tive Board has authorized
local unions at Ford, ChrysMotors
General
and
ler
plants to take strike votes,
because of the automotive
corporations’

from

ports

re-

detailed

hearing

after

Full Text of Board
Statement on Page 11.

Vice

Wood-

Leonard

President

de-

de-

cock, director of the GM

partment.

a

In

released

statement

the board

after the meeting,

said that the lack of progress
the

Big

Three,

caused

the

execu-

with

in talks

“despite the fact that discussions began about six weeks

in

American Motors plants to
votes
similar
withhold
“pending further -negotiations.”
The board’s action came

has

ago,

board

tive

to

act

affirma-

tively on the request of the
local unions and the negoti-

committees

ating

on

Continued

the

for

Page

12

Agricultural Implement
Negotiations Beginning
Against

a

backdrop

being

opened

of

unemployment
long-term
and job insecurity, negotiations

are

this

contracts
for new
month
with the four largest companies

in

agricultural

the

field, employing
implement
memnearly 90,000 UAW
bers.

UAW Vice President Pat
Greathouse, director of the
Agricultural Implement
the
presented
department,
union’s demands to the International Harvester Co. in
opening
talks
bargaining

Aug.

2 in Chicago.

Contract negotiations will
succession
in quick
begin
with John Deere & Co., Caterpillar Tractor and Alliswith
Bargaining
Chalmers.
Deere has been scheduled to
open

and

Aug,

talks

15

in

with

Moline,

TL,

Caterpillar

are expected to begin shortly
conPresent
afterwards.

tracts with the three firms
expire Oct. 1,
conAllis-Chalmers
The
tract expires a month later
—Nov,. 1—and negotiations
to be
are expected
there

opened about Sept. 1, Greathouse said.
“We will be bargaining
hard for answers to the
many compelling problems
which workers are facing
these days, and while we
will be flexible as to posof these
sible solutions
problems, we are deteranthe
find
to
mined
swers,” he said.
Greathouse told the company that workers need relief in such problem areas as
these:
Inflation: The present
cost - of - living escalator
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on

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1961—Page

2

Salary, Hourly
Ruled Equal

August,

LATROBE, Pa.—There is no
distinction
between
salaried
and
hourly-paid
workers
if
they are engaged in substantially

tional

the

same

work,

Labor

Relations

the

Na-

Board

SOLIDARITY,

has ruled in ordering about 30
salaried employes added to the

ranks of UAW

Local

1059 here.

The salaried people are employed at
Kennametal,
Inc.,
producing

The

tantalum

company

anodes.

claimed

that

UAW

since they were on salary, they
did not belong with the hourly
paid production workers.
Region

produced

most

of

actually
duction.

card proved

JOURNEYMAN’S

A UAW

Rhein,

Irvin

for

door-opener

left,

a

to be a foreign-relations
diemaker at

cast

die

of
Doehler-Jarvis Corp. in Toledo and a long-time member
Local 1058. When the company transferred him to its plant
card
in Argentina, Rhein discovered that his journeyman’s
of
was highly regarded by Argentine officials as a symbol
professional status, and he obtained visas and went through
and

clearance

customs

other red-tape

without

ing the potent status symbol is Vice President
director of the UAW Skilled Trades Dept.

Admir-

question.

Gosser,

Richard

There

are

still

some

available
for the
sored 15-day $495

of Mexico

open

Michigan

all

union and
guests.

UAW-sponluxury tour

to the any

and

relatives

and

their

tour are the
Directors:

ris, Region

Ken

and

Merrelli

the

of

members

Sponsors of the
Regional!
UAW
George

seats

Mor-

McCusker

1; Joseph

Region
Fraser,
Douglas
and
1A: E. S. Patterson, Region 1C;

and Ken Robinson, Region 1D.
All of them will accept regis-

trations
getting

assist travelers

and

information

about

in

the

tour.

Carroll

the

UAW

Education

which

ment,

Director

Hutton,
is

of

Depart-

coordinating

the tour, urges registration
as soon as possible for the
remaining seats on the jet
off
will
take
which
plane
from Detroit for Mexico City
November 4.

The

tour,

which

lasts

through November 18, includes
tours by private car through
some of the most colorful and
picturesque

sections

of Mexico,

of

resort

ury

Acapulco.

travelers will get to see a bull
Swimmers and fisherfight.
will enjoy the bathing

and

crafts

en-

fishing

deep-sea

Arts

Acapulco.

available

and

at

thusiasts will be able to browse
through the silver and leather
Historians
Taxco.
of
shops

find much to examine in
ancient archimuseums,

will
the

and
pyramids
parks,
such places as Mexico

tecture,
ruins in
City,

Photographers
less scenes of

and

point

exotic

will find endoutdoor beauty

at.

will

Accommodations

first

be

rooms

twin-bed

class;

to

surroundings

cameras

their

Morelia.

and

Quetzalcoatl

All
baths.
private
with
meals are provided for in the

and
charge,
$495
transportation,

so
tips

are
and

by
Ied
tours
sight-seeing
English-speaking guides,
For complete information on

the

write

tour,

to

UAW

the

Education Department, 8000 E.
Jefferson, Detroit 14, Michigan
or phone LOrain 8-4000, extension 444.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION, International
Union. United Automobile, Aircraft and
of
Workers
Implement
Agricultural
monthly.
Published
AFL-CIO.
America,
Deson,
Jeffer
Editorial office, 8000 E.
subscription
troit 14, Michigan. Yearly
s, $1.00.
ember
non-m
to
60c;
rs,
to membe

P.

REUTHER

President

EMIL

MAZEY

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
E. T. MICHAEL
GEORGE MERRELLI
KEN MORRIS
PAT O'MALLEY
E. S. PATTERSON
KEN ROBINSON
RAY ROSS
Frank Winn. Editor and Director, Publlcations and Public Relations Department.
Joe Walsh, Assistant Director, Publications and Public Relations Depart
ment.
Henry

KEEPING an eye on
lot
box
is pretty
Hill,

chairman

election
Louis,

in

of

committee
recent

the balVirginia

Local

in

25’s

St.

balloting.

She works in the trim shop
of her General Motors plant.

Santiestevan,

Managing

Editor

and Assistant Director, Publications
and Public Relations Department.
Jerry Dale, Howard Lipton, Ray Martin. Jerry Hartford, Simon Alpert,
Bernard Bailey, Staff Members,
Members
American

Newspaper

Guild,

in proagreed,

and

included
“hourly”

not

in
paid

preclude

the

certification

the
unit
employees,

the

only
does

Board

from

adding
the
production
employees in the laboratory
to
that unit.
We have held that
salaried
employees
who
per-

the

same

as

should

duties

hourly

and

paid

em-

be included with

employees

in

the

UAW Institute
Mixes Fun, Talks
DENVER,

Colo.—An

Summer

In-

stitute sponsored by the UAW
Denver Area Citizenship Council last month.
Nearly
100
delegates
from
Denyer Area UAW local unions
and their wives took part in

the
to

three-day

collective

session

bargaining

deyoted

aims,

goals and techniques, practical
politics and the history of organized labor.

The institute was
spacious
mountain

held in a
lodge
60

miles from Denver. UAW Region 5 staffers assisted by Clay-

ton

the

of

director

Johnson,

International
Union’s
workmen’s compensation and safety
department, presented a comprehensive program which held

the

interest

of

the

and their wives.

delegates

The delegates’ wives were
particularly interested in the
work
shop
classes
and
all
agreed that the sessions went
a long way toward explaining
the nature of the collective
bargaining process as well as
significance

of

the

cur-

rent
UAW
bargaining
and
legislative approaches.
Kenneth I. Worley, assistant

regional director of
expressed
pleasure

many

wives

tute

and

women

he

attended

Region 5
that
so
the

emphasized

would

continue

insti-

that

to play

AFL-C1O

the

Region 2B Holds
Golf Tournament

TOLEDO, O.—Gene Lake
of
the Willys unit of Local 12 took
70 strokes to win the third annual
Region 2B golf
tournament, beating a record number
of

186

Director

participants,

Charles

ported.

Winners

competition

and
lied

and

in

Regional

Ballard

three

were

Al

re-

classes

of

Tucholski

John Patterson of the AlChemical unit of Local 12

Glen

913.

Oglesbee

of

Local

Apprentice Committee
To

The

Review

Standards

International

ticeship Committee

was

scheduled

to

Appren-

of the UAW

convene

Aug.

14 in Solidarity House to review
the
apprenticeship
standards

of
the
International
Union
Vice President Richard Gosser,
director of the Skilled Trades
Dept.,

announced.

Aa

SUMMER

schools

are

getting

bigger

and

so that Region 1-C had to spread its school
two-week period—the first time a Michigan
so.

Michigan

and

Charles

Guy

Creamer

week at
AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

and

secretary

Nickie

Deland

FDR
Labor
News).

Cole

Center.

2

bette Tr, so much

this year over a
region has done

McCreedy

registers

of Flint Local 659 and

Lansing

of

Barbara

8

Earl Lake

the opening
of Michigan

Local 652 for
(Photo
courtesy

~

»

esa

GM; Ford Price-Profit Policies
Called Major ‘Engine of Inflation’
profit

able combination of fun, sun
and serious discussion featured

the second annual

UAW

General

unbeat-

an ever-increasing role in
organized labor movement.

Secretary-Treasurer
RICHARD GOSSER
NORMAN MATTHEWS
LEONARD WOODCOCK
PAT

workers

were engaged
The Board

salaried,

the

WALTER

salaried

hourly paid
same unit.”

On the second day of the
tour, while still in Mexico City,

men

the

that

“The fact that all employees
working in the laboratory are

ployees

lux-

Ross

evidence to show

functions

including the world-famed

Ray

and added:

form

All Aboard for UAW Tour
Nov. 4, Detroit to Mexico

2A Director

Motors’

formula,

price-

geared

to

realize 20% return on corporation investment on 180

days’ production

annually, is

the “major engine of inflation in the automotive
industry,”
the
UAW
has
charge.
The
charge
came
in a
statement

signed

by

UAW

President Walter P. Reuther
and Vice President Leonard

Woodcock,
GM

director

department,

of

which

the

re-

quested GM to supply data
on its price-profit formula.
Ken Bannon, director of
the
Ford
department,
pointed out that the Ford

fotor Co. “takes its cue
from General Motors” on
its price-profit policy.
The

UAW

request,

made

under the terms of the National Labor Relations Act,
injected the inflation issue
into negotiations, the statement pointed out.
As
Solidarity
went
to
press, GM had twice rejected
UAW’s request for data on
its price-profit policies and
the union was considering
carrying
its
case
to
the

National
Labor
Relations
Board.
Bannon’s
charge
that
Ford follows GM pattern
in price-profit policies was
shown to be factual as
long ago as 1956, when
Ford demonstrated by a
double price increase within a few weeks that it is
prepared to raise its prices
to whatever level GM sets.
In September, 1956, Ford
announced price increases on
its 1957 models. Some two
weeks later, GM announced
slightly higher price hikes.
Ford immediately lifted its
prices to put them in line
with those of GM.
Effect of these policies,
Bannon pointed out, is that
prices in the automotive industries are set in exactly
the same way and at the
same levels as they would
be if a single firm had a
monopoly.

The UAW
charged
GM
discuss
than
human needs

statement to
that “rather
the pressing
we presented,

the corporation has tried to
change the subject.
“Across the bargaining
table and in press conference, it has chosen to raise
rather than face the trou-

bles besetting the General
Motors workers and their
families.
“It is only by asserting a

divi neright

to maintain

the

profits
that
the
formula
yields that GM can claim
that the cost of providing
its

more

hourly

stable

with

workers

employment

and greater security and dig- | nity would be inflationary. |
“As long as the corporation

continues

to

regard

its

present price-profit formula
as
sacred
and_ inviolable,
that formula will continue
to operate—in the future as
it has in the past—as a veriof
servo-mechanism
table
inflation, automatically feeding price increase into the
economy whenever the hallowed 20% after taxes on
180 days’ production is in
whatever source.”

The statement concluded that the UAW can state
“we
that
categorically
seek no economic concession or contractural provision the cost of which
General
require
would
Motors to raise its prices
in order to obtain a reasonable profit on its investment.

Huge Vote Urged

Race

In Con-Con

labor-supported

many

With

in last
candidates nominated
ConConstitutional
month’s
vention primary, Michigan voters now are targeting their in-

terest at the Sept. 12 election.
A huge turnout of voters is
laborurged to elect
being
backed candidates as Con-Con
be a
would
This
delegates.
a new

down

nailing

of

means

recognizes
Constitution which
needs of the
the rights and
people based on the problems
and solutions that are evident

now.
Among
for

equal

these

are

reapportionment
representation

need

the
to

give

to

in all parts of the states;

people

con-

fair
con-

state’s
tinuation of the
judicial system by keeping

trol of the courts in the hands

of the people,
improvements

educational

prepare

future

and necessary
Michigan’s
in

system

youth

to

occupational

to

meet

better

needs.

their

The current Michigan Constitution was rewritten fn 1908,

with many sections of its work-

ed out years earlier.

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\

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sername ppeigy

On Aged Medical Care
WASHINGTON

resentment

mering

—

by members

and
of the~medical
directed
professions
the American Medical

tion’s

high-pressure

aged

through

has

security

the-

during

the

on

Anderson-

Kennedy-supported

King

the

to

hearings

House

current

campaign

social

openly

erupted

nursing
against
Associa-

aid

medical

defeat

to

The American Nurses Asso-

Long-sim-

bill.

Stronger and ever-increasing
to the
opposition
of
yoices
AMA’s reactionary policies are

being

doctors’

among

raised

throughout

and nurses’ groups
the country.

no-

a

Bill to provide medical care for
secu-

social

through

the Amer-

denounced

rity and

ican Medical Association and
other groups opposing the bill
for “ganging-up” on the Amer-

ican aged.
Reuther,

before

testifying

and Means
Ways
the House
Committee holding hearings on
the bill, declared that the majority of Americans fayor such
legislation.
are

through

group, through
The nurses
representative,
its Washington

from

Congress

that

member

every

that
that

of Congress should realize
the AMA knows full well

what President Kennedy has
‘socialized
not
is
proposed
medicine.’

“J think that every aged per-

son

ter

and

every

worried

son

about

and

the

daugh-

cost

of

mother and dad’s hospital bill
knows this. I think that every
American should know that in
this campaign the medical pro-

|

fession

kind
ica

of

is engaging

in the worst

hucksterism

today,”

Reuther

in

said.

Amer-

Reuther indicated that the
bill in its present form was
not

entirely

of

visions

satisfactory

in

that it made no proyision for
surgical fees and in-hospital
medical benefits.

the

on

1960

pro-

or charity

a “needs”

inade-

basis were completely
quate.
“Insurance premiums paid
during working years would
the

to

costly

less

be

due

that

stressed

public

MIDDLETOWN,

ously

to

a

been

a need for social-security based

them,

Region

untary hospitals, they also had

medical aid to meet retirement

emergencies or protracted illnesses of dependents.
Meanwhile support for medi-

by the Kennedy

continued
AMA’s

doctors.

own

Administration

grow

to

sponsored

ranks

of

within

the

organized

doctors,

the

medical

position
King

From

Bill.

to

profession

the

California,

Dr. Lee further

Anderson-

of

testified that

more than 25 per cent of the
Palo
California’s
in
doctors
Alto area were in active support
proof the Kennedy-backed

gram.

Indiana Plant Votes
UAW Affiliation
RICHMOND,

Ind.—By

has issued

good
faith
withdrawing
to

superseniority

a com-

with
the
UAW,
the
benefits

strikebreakers.

a vote

to affiliate with UAW. The unit

will contain 292 workers, Region
anRay Berndt
Director
3
nounced,
members who
Former UAW
now worker for Fireproof Door
International Rep.
assisted

in the organ-

block

to

a

settle-

ment of the long strike at Miami Cabinet, has been dealt a
crushing blow by
the
NLRB,
which
in
another
case
has
ruled

the

gimmick

an

unanimous

its

Board said:

plaint against their employer,
the Miami Cabinet Division of
the Philip Carey Co., charging
in
it with failure to bargain

unfair

“In

ruling,

our

is a form

the

opinion,

of dis-

crimination extending far beyond the employer’s right of

economic

of

replacement”

jobless.

LOS

ANGELES—Don-

Gobble,

president of Bendix Local 179,
has been elected as the new
president of the Los Angeles
it
Council,
Citizenship
Area
was announced by UAW Region
6 Director Charles Bioletti.
of

president

Jr.,

McLogan,

P.

Walter

replaces

Gobble

The Miami Cabinet workers, after voting for UAW in
for

fice.

an

NLRB

six

with

the

first

election,

months

company

contract.

to

bargain

for

The

at the Aug
elected
Others
1 meeting held at the regional

their

company

withdrew ‘many benefits the
workers had had before the
union
election, and offered
as its share of the bargainonly

pay.

In

a

l4-cent

despair,

cut

the

workers

the

told

company

the

them they would be considered
new hires, despite the fact that
many of the striking workers
had served the firm up to 20

years.

com-

counsel’s

general

The

company
the
against
plaint
has been set for a full hearing
before an NLRB examiner Sept.
19 in the City Building here.

upheld,

are

charges

the

If

liable for
Joe
by

the company may be
estimated
pay
back
Hyde,

tor,

at

It also
off

regional

assistant

will

a

$700,000

nearly

required

be

strikebreakers

direc-

year.

to

to

and

lay

put

the striking members back to
work,
in
formality
a
To satisfy
connection with back pay remem-

striking

the

quirements,

Stone,

Local

887,

treasurer.

strikers offered
to return
to
work under previously existing
conditions,

Witt

president,

in

When

included

office

struck last September.
hired strikecompany
The
breakers with the promise of

superseniority.

Of-

Disaster

California

the

attempted

strikers

ness.

They

strike.

the

plight

of

and

union

this

members

support

food,
keep

PRESIDENT

WALTER

REUTHER

and

Leonard

Lesser, director

of 1UD'’s Social Security Activities Dept, prepare to testify
a Congressional hearing on the Anderson-King bill,

at

contributed

216,

was

509,

Local

Carter

and

financial

Harold

named

Paine,

Dunne, Local

recording

Local

and
sergeant-at-arms;
Kalin, Local 811, guide.

881.

Local

Howard,

Arlene

645,

Joseph

Local
Stephens,
808,
Local
Davis,

Tommy
Robert

sec-

included

elected

Trustees

vice-

secretary-

Philip Reyes,

retary;

De-

incumbents

923,
and

all
for election,
Unopposed
immediately
were
candidates
in by Ernie West, assworn
sistant regional director.

McLogan,
of
ident

has

council,

president of
and
years,

three-term presthe _ citizenship

also

served

Local 809 for
currently
is

as

15
a

member of the Board of Publishers of the LOS ANGELES

official newspaper
CITIZEN,
County
Angeles
Los
of the

Federation

clo.

on] Pr

of

Labor,

AFL-

dh

He announced his new job at
the council's August meeting,
ciation

regional

Local

613

of

the

in

to

a

Summer

camp

as

years

ers at the Lee Filter Co. here
have rejected their racketeer-

led union and,instead accepted
affiliation, Region 9 DiUAW

vote

The

185

was

tion

was

group

identified

5,

reported.

Gerber

Martin

rector

in

to

elec-

NLRB

the

losing

The

8.

Local

Amalgamated

an

as

Gerber

by

offshoot of the racket operaDio in New
tions of Johnny
York City.

Most

ployees
descent.

the

of

which
low

they

wages,

welfare
to

the

union,

tion
tory

under

contract

worked

high

program

benefit

“The

em-

Filter

Lee

Rican
of Puerto
are
The Amalgamated 5's

“sweetheart”

only

called

dues

that

the

Gerber

final result

and

for

seemed

officers

reported.

a

of

of our elec-

is a great viccampaign
union=
for clean, honest

ism, and will bring a measure
and
wages
of justice, decent
working

workers

clared.

Yes, I think it's against the law,
lady, but I kind of feel it ought to
be against the law for a kid not to
"
go

sup-

their

for

EDISON, New Jersey—By an
overwhelming vote, the work-

to

Pa,, and the Erle Resistor Corp.

local

and

Jersey Workers
Turn to VAW

of

Erie,

the

Bioletti,

staff,

office

appre-

his

port during his three
council president.

money,

IUE

to Director

delegates

union

WAL

<i

expressed

he

where

au-

The Board's decision on 8uperseniority for strikebreakers
was made in a case involving

added in its decision.

board

area.

fuel
and
clothing
the strikers going.

the

if not impossible,”

difficult,

different
of many
Members
unions in southwestern Ohio

have

bargaining

future

“renders

and

throughout

near-Cincinnati

busi-

the strike and return to work,”

of
during the many months
their ordeal has aroused the

sympathy

his

resents “an offer of benefit to
individual strikers to abandon

strikers

the

on

press provisions of the Act prorepdiscrimination,”
hibiting

thorized the International Union through Ross, to make a
similar offer.
The

carry

Promise of superséniority is
“in direct conflict with the ex-

bers held a meeting and individually executed an offer to
terminate

to

Gobble Replaces McLogan
As Los Angeles Council Head

the council for the past three
terms, who has taken a job
for
representative
field
as

labor practice.

ing,

of 177 to 31, employees of the
Fireproof Door plant here voted

William Caldwell
izing drive.

eral counsel

stumbbling

about 75 physicians represented
by Dr. Phillip Lee voiced unanimous approval of the social
care
medical
based
security
bill.

Ray

Second break: The promise
of superseniority to strikebreakers—which was the chief

it
of

in op-

a group

Director

In

First break: The NLRB’s gen-

iority

attacked

that
claim
AMA’s
the
represents the great bulk

said.

two

workers had before they went
union, and promising supersen-

The Physicians Forum, rep1,000
than
more
resenting
American

Ross

by

strike,

around

wall

2A

during

of

cheered

the

in

breaks

hope

months

hard

Lo-

tenaci-

clung

slim

have

legislation

currently

9,000 members

The workers struck in March,
1959 over failure to negotiate a
new contract, and
ended
the
strike three months later, after
the company had promised 20year seniority to replacements.

150

of UAW

have

cal 689, who

to the

O—The

members

striking
eleven

care

unemployed

local itself has some

Dodge

relatively low salaries paid to
staff registered nurses in vol-

eal

the

So Strikers Seek Back Pay

than tax-supported public recare,’ Miss
lief for health
Thompson said.

She

of

NLRB Kills Scab Gimmick,

rump

medical

state

to

PLIGHT

Americans.”

Act

extend-

congress,

of

aid

Kerr-Mills

the

pro-

the

that

out

during

passed

this

pressing need,” he charged.
Reuther ripped into the AMA
campaign charges designed to
show that medical care for the
aged financed through social
mediis “socialized
security
cine.”

“Tt think

pointed

and

is not being given enough attention by the U.S. government
told Local 3 unemployed
Emil Mazey
or the AFL-CIO leadership, UAW Secretary-Treasurer
He called
at a mass rally in Detroit, held to call attention to the serious problem.
members
on President Kennedy to “use his full powers to protect the rights of five million unemployed
THE

reaffirmed
legislation

Julia C. Thompson,
its support of such

the inAMA,
people. The
the
and
industry
surance
Chamber of Commerce have
joined in a coldly ealculated,
well-heeled drive to dissuade
meeting

se~

social

the

curity system which it initially endorsed in 1958.

the

of

will

expressed

clearly

the

thwart

to

work

at

however,

forces,

“Powerful

aged

for legislation designed to ficare of the
medical
nance

grams

sta tement,
punches-pulled
UAW President Walter P. Reuther backed the Anderson-King
aged

to

ing

WASHINGT

its support

withdraw

AMA

session

Reuther Backs
g
AndersonON-Kin
— In

the

more
representing
ciation,
has
members,
171,000
than
conand
constant
resisted
the
by
pressure
siderable

in

conditions

the

plant,”

to

he

the

de-

i)

4

Automated

1961—Page

BERKELEY, Calif.—If
any consolation
to
workers
of their

who
jobs

happen

to

the

same

August,

introduce

Foundry Group Plans a

Bosses

ee

it's
the

16th Annual

get tossed out
by automation

thing

is going

the

men

to

who

Against the backdrop of continuing contract negotiations in

automation—their

bosses—according to Professor Edward A. Feigenbaum,

of

the

University

fornia.

SOLIDARITY,

“Thinking

UAW

labor

in

Jackson,

sponsored

rally

East

in

Gov. Kerner Lauds Johnston
of

energies

UAW

auto

plement

Kerner

to

and

the

current

agricultural

contract

im-

talks.

commended

Johnston

for the “truly remarkable progress achieved by you as director of labor.”
The
elared

governor,
that
he

who
deaccepted
with

resignation

Johnston’s

a great deal of reluctance,
credited him with playing a
major role in the enactment
ployment

Em-

Fair

first

state’s

the

of

Practices

Act.

Otto

He also praised Johnston for
his efforts in bringing about
several

sweeping

revisions

in

the
state's
consumer
credit
regulations which gave sorely
needed relief to thousands of
the state’s unemployed workers
over the past several months
“In

the

brief

period

of

six

months the labor department
under Bob Johnston’s direction has achieved a substanof

record

tial

un-

progress

equalled by any previous administration,” Kerner said.

The

Thomas,

ice,

staff

by

the

training

their

recently

on

ward

took

was

no

news

news,

a

front

at

that

step

giant

room

that

the

and

the

all—or

is.

city

This

—

dining

the

tegration

news

Tex.

move

hardly

for-

in-

big

was

any

When
almost
160
Negroes
allpreviously
36
at
dined

white
restaurants
and
cafeterias with little or no incident

the local press adopted the attude that since there were no
opposition
there was

acts of violence or
of any consequence

no

news

of any

value.

quietly to
came
Integration
this Texas city through the ef-

of

forts

the

Dallas

Citizens

Council, an all-white group of
civic
and
city’s business
the

of

said.

businessmen,

clergymen
The

Riders

las Power and
pany, took the
tion to cushion

Cities.”
Miss

freedom
in

men,

are

wives

by C. A.

council

Light Comunusual ac-

bears

no

spare

this

tionship
to the
Citizens Council
ence is slight in
In

order

to

“you

Nixon

in

can

planned

interest

Johnston

1,000

Quad-

the

the

assured

the

would

rides

South

accorded

until

the

same

of

at-

racist White
whose
influDallas,

Local

for

provided

Upwards

groups.

887

the

Following

and

people

festivities,

members

rights

addressed

facilities
attained

and

by

members

Allen

the

and

63rd

afternoon

the

en-

of

and

their

guests

several

Charles

and

66th

spectively.
Jesse Unruh,

fun

assembled

Wilson

Districts

House

were

speakers

Assemblymen

including

Don

from

re-

major-

ity leader and assemblyman
from the 65th District, prais-

ed the leadership and membership of Local 887 for the
had
it
efforts
pioneering

jail in
in the county
enced
Jackson, and in the Mississippi
State Penitentiary.

rela-

was

of

their families were in attendance at some time during the
day-long celebration.

continue

all

something

program

tire family

it

find

their constitutionally guaranteed rights.
Miss Thomas vividly recalled
some of the almost inhuman
abuses the Riders had experi-

Dal-

impact

here

South,”

foundry

UAW

all

of

portance

locals and units becoming affiliated with the UAW International

“All

Foundry

Council.

foundry
in

affiliation

with

foundry

other

said.
of

workers,

and

bre

citi.

with

-Ri

Interna-

the

~a9

exper-

and

he

other,”

each

-19

ort

Paul Russo, assistant director
depart-

foundry

UAW

the

ment, announced that the conference agenda would also include discussions and reports
on the latest industry technology, health and safety progrievance

grams,

negotiations

settlements

gains.

Russo urged all unafilliated
units
and
locals
foundry

the

with

to affiliate

wishing

council to get in touch with
James Alexander, secretarySolidarity

at

council

the

of

treasurer

House.

The council will also elect its
new officers and it is tentatively planned to tour a modern
Philadelphia
in the
foundry

area.
A

gates

banquet

gala

will

evening,

be

Sept.

held

for

on

dele-

the

Saturday

16, Russo

said.

made to. bring security, subthe
to
stance and dignity
workers at North American
Aviation.

In his message to the local,
UAW President Walter P. Reu-

“You haye

challenges

great

the

faced

difficulties

and

in

wartime and peacetime courMay
sensibly.
and
ageously
your strength and effectiveness
grow in our struggle for economic and social justice.”
887,

cal

president

Hurst,

the

that

vowed

of Lo-

union

would continue to be vigilant
the hard-won
in guarding
gains of the membership and
would continue to press forward

to

them,

improve

A Step Forward

— Vice-PresJohnson, who

WASHINGTON
ident Lyndon B,

is

in

the

Adminis-

government

contracts,

of

charge

tration’s

fair employment

tices

in

that

more

prac-

deeight large
that
reports
fense firms have agreed to proopemployment
equal
mote
portunities in their operations.
reporting
Kennedy,
President
are

covered

than
by

the

said that it “marks
step

forward.”

800,000

jobs

agreement,

an historic

city

of 850,000 some of the deep
social and
economic
wounds
that

have

integration
cities,
the

closely

accompanied

school

in other southern
council
worked

with

a

special

tion committee

integra-

of seven whites

and seven Negroes
ing the restaurant

in arrangvisit.

It was the belief of the committee and the council that
the

coming

should

Pr oEe
ft.

“If

be

an

children

adults

of

integration

are

exposed

adult

experience

couldn’t

to

handle

it well, we
couldn’t
expect
the children
to do so,” the
council said.
The council’s plans call for

a
certain
amount
ualism”
and
it was

not

“If

will

they

that

pool?”

find

life

increase

on

the

Mars—

labor

resorting

to

a

of
“gradhoped
by

policy

of

immediate
“saturation
integration” that full integration
of the cities dining establish-

ments could be achieved
matter of weeks

in

a

congratulations and well wishes on
the occasion of
behalf of Local 887 membership from leading Califo rnia political figures on
Local 887 last month celebrated the event in a day-long
the local union’s 20th anniversary.
to right)
round of festivities and addresses by political and c' ivic leaders, Shown above (left
respectively;
are: Assemblymen Don Allen and Charles Wilson from the 63rd and 66th Districts
Dick Cartright of the UAW
Hurst; Jesse Unruh, Assemblyman from the 65 th District and
Region 6 staff.
JACK

HURST,

PRTSIDENT

of

UAW

Local

887,

recei ves

©

ni

OVE

ideas

with

iences

b

have

tional body provides an opportunity for these workers

to exchange

©

workers

common

problems

Jack

carefully-

In a well-rounded,

isn’t found

in the use of public
and until all citizens

court-ordered integration of
schools
at
the
first-grade
level this fall.

The

the

tory.

in
gathered
tentive audience
the UAW auditorium that the

Negro

of the

the

in

Ameri-

North

at

review of the local’s colorful
and sometimes turbulent his-

Freedom

the

of

a high priority in any collective bargaining talks,” he said.
Greathouse stressed the im-

ther said:

14,500-member

can Ayiation, born in an atmosphere of the struggle of
justice
to achieve
workers
in 1941, highand dignity
lighted its celebration with a

completely

backed

Local

UAW

that

and

huge,

The

in indus-

in the South.

right

their

president

fight

observed,

council, headed

Tatum,

the

practices

Union

the

just

professional

and

hiring

cele-

moth, around-the-clock
bration.

had always been in the forefront of the battle to eliminate
try

annivera mam-

20th
with

887 observed its
sary last month

He emphasized that the UAW

racial discrimindtion

Local

ANGELES—UAW

LOS

Johnston

Ohio,”

Toledo,

given

be

will

and

Hailed on 20th Anniversary

about the strikes in the 1930s
in Flint and Detroit, Mich. and

in

concern

importance

utmost.

Local 887 Achievements

dig-

talking

I’m

and

example,

for

foundry,

the

in

working

of our members

safety

and

health

day-to-day

“The

other

choice, to get the vote
they
travel anywhere

“Discrimination

Dallas

the
two

their

human

of

the collective bargaining process than the hard-core, bread
and butter issues to be resolved.

a
drew
fight
the

to achieve

for recognition

leaders who arranged
the
precedent-setting step with the
cooperation

Riders,
between

and

to

more

deal

a great

was

there

please, is like the fight of labor

All Is Quiet as Negroes
Integrate Dallas Eateries

DALLAS,

women

rights

of their
and to

employment.

gainful

to

praising
of the

fully aware

be made

of the many serious and comptex problems facing them.”
Greathouse pointed out that

during

ordeal.

this day of unstable
conditions and econo-

members

and

the

of

and

it was
crisis at home,
mic
never so important that our

nity and labor’s struggles to
the
in
recognition
gain
Thirties.
“The fight of people in the
South to eat in a restaurant

the Deptartment of Labor.
e@ Dramatic improvements
being instituted in the vocafield
rehabilitation
tional
which promises to make Illinois one of the leading states
in the restoration of the dis-

abled

“In
world

meeting,

the

attend

to

units
said;

Nixon,

experienced

southern

basic

of

Division

Greathouse,
in urging
the
representatives of 209 affiliated
and unaffiliated UAW foundry

Shirley

17, and Sandra

of the Negro

authorities.
of the In-

Hygiene

dustrial

women,

Freedom
parallel

outstanding

safety and health
e@ Revitalization

young

young

taught

institutes

restroom.

Johnston, in
efforts
heroic

of

institution

is scheduled to be the main
speaker at the conference.

of

courage

the

UAW
Vice-President
Pat
Greathouse and director of the
National Foundry Department

UAW

of

only”

had

they

reorganization
Inspection serv-

nation’s

the

to hear various reports on the
progress
of
current
contract
negotiations.

20, told an overflow crowd of
more than 700 persons of the
humiliation and physical abuse

will receive $9 million additional benefits in the next two
years.
with

the

Robert

Ill. —

director

4 hailed

whites

for workman's compensaso that injured workers

Complete
of the Factory

workers in the U. S. and Canada are expected to gather at
Philadelphia’s Sheraton
Hotel

in a Mississippi jail for attempting to integrate a “for

higher than the total achieved
in
decade
preceding
the
in
Mlinois. This resulted in more
than $24 million in additional
benefits to unemployed workers in a two year period.
in the benefit
@ Increases

@

over

foundry

UAW

100,000

resenting

two young feminine freedom
riders who had spent 40 days

unemployin
e@ Increases
benefits
compensation
ment

rates
tion,

take

MOLINE,

Region

Kerner for his efforts in behalf of the administrations liberal
legislative program following Johnston’s recent resignation as
director of the Illinois department of labor.
Johnston, who had accepted
the post on a temporary basis
He listed the following adaccomplishments
several months ago, returned
ministrative
to his duties at UAW regional
for which Johnston was largely
director in order to devote his
responsible:

full

can

Johnston,

UAW

Gov.

Illinois

from

done”

“well

a hearty

4, received

Region

director

Johnston,

Robert

ILL. —

they

EAST

For Labor Department Gains
SPRINGFIELD,

September
conference
annual
15-17 in Philadelphia, Pa.
More than 200 delegates rep-

Freedom Riders
Describe Ordeal

council.

relations

human

federation’s

labor

the

of

chairman

Del

are:

said

jobs of assembly-line
workers.”

of the Tri-City
president
Williams,
Robert L. Johnston,
Shirley Thomas;
Federation of Labor;
Nixon and Mel Pettis,
director of UAW
Region
4; Sandra
right

to

left

machines,”

Pictured

recently.

Ill.

Moline,

as

a

at

lauded

were

efforts

Their

Miss.

Cali-

Feigenbaum,
who
teaches
business administration, “can
take
over
high-level
management jobs just as easily

symbolizing solidarity, labor leaders clasp
IN A GESTURE
hands with two young Freedom Riders who spent 40 days in
a Mississippi jail for attempting to integrate public restroom

facilities

of

the Auto and AG-IMP indusInternational
tries, the UAW
Foundry Wage and Hour Council laid plans to hold its 16th

is

Confab «

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Prrmed by tha Mesioncl Gouerol Stony Baremment oad Cony, Lntemetinect Yainn, Ham

Behind
the
Bargaining
Tables
the bargaining tables are
Biv
ple—UAW members and their
People with problems.

FULL

REPORT

Leonard

local

to

P. Woodcock

TO UAW

FLANKED

by

left), explains

(standing).

associates

a key

on

negotiations

with

GM

is

made

by

UAW

President

Vice

point

the

in

coming

up

UAW
in

in late June, the

just double standard which denies them job
security and many of the benefits enjoyed

as a matter of course by salaried workers.
UAW has described the grave hardships
suffered by workers displaced from their jobs
technological
and
movements
plant
by
_
change.
UAW has told of the injustices that result
from policies of discrimination on grounds
of race, age or sex.
UAW has stressed the need for better protection for workers against speedup through
sensible production standards.
UAW has detailed the need for improved
pensions for retired workers, for better health
and medical care plans to help workers and
their families meet the increasing costs of
Department,

Ford

negotiations,

Ken

Bannon,

director, (second from

health

UAW

protection.
has

underlined

the

need

for

im-

provement in wage formulas, so that workers can share in the greater abundance
realized through automation, and so that
workers, as consumers, can be provided with
the increased purchasing power essential to
the economic health of the nation.
The unemployment, insecurity and inequities that plague UAW members are real and
they are serious.

Wick PatoUnT MORAN MATTHEWS, Dice

BARGAINING

BULLETIN

:

Since negotiations-began

UAW has carefully, seriously, painstakingly
spelled out the problems, and has suggested
solutions.
The UAW has told of the hardships imposed on the workers through unemployment,
temporary layoffs and short workweeks.
The UAW has pointed out the inequities
imposed on hourly rated workers by the un-

hy Romp Dee ASTMET
KENEAIOH/ Binctel

FORD MEMBERS

his

leaders

union

the peofamilies.

They are problems
answers.

pace

that call

urgently

for

has placed the problems on the
UAW
bargaining tables.
And behind the bargaining tables are the
people. Watching.

SOLIDARITY
2

y,

Ze.
c

; feet}

CHRYSLER
(second

from

LOCAL

right),

presidents
director

talk

of the

things

over

Chrysler

with

UAW

department,

Vice

President

Norman

Matthews

eet

‘Short Time’ Victimiz
Surance

pairs

premiums,

on

“The

the

way

maintenance

house.

it

“a

I can’t

is now,”

“But

you

man

Franco,

in the

Jerry Franco is a metal finisher on
first shift at the Fisher Assembly plant
in Van Nuys, California.
For his work,

four-day

week,

two

teen-aged

Can't

Plan

think

of it.

just sit home.

a new

“When you lost 20%
in real trouble.”

*. . . From

=:

We

one

but

I'd

I can’t

of your pay you're

Pay to Pay’

And here’s what one of Franco's coworkers had to say:
“When you're on short time, you live
from pay to pay.
You have to watch
every penny.”

Alduino Adelini, 56, a veteran auto
worker in General Motors’ Fisher Assembly plant in Van Nuys, Calif., added
quietly: “All I want is 40 hours work a
week.”
Is this an extravagant request for a
man who's spent most of his adult life
in the auto industry, the last 12 of
them in Fisher?
Adelini

doesn’t

think

so

nor

does

his

union, which has demanded action in 1961
to end recurring short work weeks for

thousands of GM workers acrass America
—short weeks that mean at least a 20%
cut in pay and enormous privation for the
affected families.

The Plague of Short Time
For Adelini, long-time member of UAW
Local 645 which represents GM, Fisher
and Chevrolet workers in Van Nuys, the
plague

ago

and

of

time

short

has

continued

began

with

three

years

de-

varying

grees of severity since then.
While it
hasn’t been as bad so far this year com-

pared

to

get worse
“I'm
tinued.

1960,

again.

lucky

“At

he

in

least

said,

some

my

Adelini,

began

of

hourly

rated

a “make-up” benefit
in the meantime.

from

to

UAW
on

not

a

four

by

benefit

which

(from

the

an

has

hourly

of

who

puts

collect,

a benefit

SUB

full

time.

under

from

the

for

in

all

65%

of “take-home”

fund

That

‘Makeup’

SUB

Benefits Weuld

As

an

$100

a

example,

weekly,

take

with

take-home

a man

$10

of

in

$90.

SUB

under

]|

and

Af

“It’s

starting

ways,”

home

1

payments t}

Franco

up” benefit woul
of the short wee
thusiastic over ti

to a salary

Help

How much would the ‘make-up’
mean to a worker and his family
ing from a series of short weeks?

his)
eigl

amount,

creased

and
the

pay.

mir

Annual

equal to 65% of his “take-home” pay for
the eight hours not worked. The union has
proposed also that the entire level of benefits under SUB
be raised to 659%
of
current

the

hour for the eig

present

“gross” pay—for both short weeks
for full week
layoffs—rather than

py!

state

would draw
—$80—plus

only

SUB

his

Thus,

that

basis

short

worker

would

rates,

proposed

during

sation and S\f.
$58.50, or 65%
hourly SUB, dij)

to the

of a full week, the
for each hour to be

worked

GM

days

SUB

salaries

the

falls short
of benefit

payable

Thus,

are

Both

hour

SUBenefit

or pay available

of work

short,

hours

from

Equity"

employes

In

be

working

in Detroit.

industry

jobs

right.”

agreement

every

a

They

benefit
suffer-

basi

were

32-year-old

|

'

Towr

hi-lo in Fisher,

a spot welder i
earning

Rains is one |r
whose annual ef

deductions—

Currently,

his

since

the

short

{tr

|

Yes, I have a 1954 Buick.

like to buy

vigorous

two

for

that

Ahead

“Entertainment? We
can't afford to go out.
“Car?

hold

not

It’s

like

auto

to

forcefully,

The UAW proposal declares: “A long
step toward salaried equity for hourly
workers can be taken by amendment
to SUB plans to provide make-up benefits for wages lost due to short work

youngsters?

“Then, too, my wife has been sick—
she’s still under a doctor’s care so our
medical bills haye been very heavy.

even

with
fund

with

“We get behind in our bills,” Franco
said. “We never can plan ahead because
we don’t know if I'll be on short time.
It costs $150 a month just to keep the
house going—make the mortgage payment, pay the utilities and the rest.
From time to time we've even had trouble making the house payment.

sure

fer

cut in pay, mean to Jerry Franco,

his wife and

have

propose

in the same proportion to a weekly
benefit as an hour’s pay is to a full
week's pay.”

For 14 years a member of UAW Local
2 at the now-defunct Murray Body plant
in Detroit, Franco endorsed UAW’s answer to the problem of short time: trans-

he

is paid

to

con-

for.”

It has taken Adelini a lifetime of
work to pay off his home but even
without a mortgage payment coming

due monthly, there are always plenty
of bills that must be met—utilities, in-

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its 20%

the

added

paid

worker
amount

age.

‘A Step Toward

Trouble is, Jerry Franco doesn’t put
in 40 hours all the time. Like thousands
of other GM workers, he has been increasingly victimized over the past few
years by
short-time
scheduling,
the
four-day work week.
does

he

active in Local 645.

he is paid
$2.82 an hour or $113.80 a week
gross—if he works a full week.

What

know,”

We

amount

“you

Some of the youngget two jobs to get

my

was

who

added,

at

living.

There

he

that

shouldn’t

to make a

FRANCO

do

weeks.

re-

be.

can never get ahead.
er guys have had to

by.

and

eterno

ataesaesnegeaincvsivsiegitetnsg i

TO
REPORT

bengvteate

ASSURE

JOB

SECURITY

—

FIDE MAHON, imo
SCURARITY HOUR BITROT

70 WAW yore snares

UAW

SAID...

“A management decision which, in one stroke, can wipe out the worker's
investment in the future and the community's

economic

well-being must

sider more than merely the motive for greater profit.

con-

“The wasted lives and the empty futures the company can leave behind
requires serious and important considerations of social and moral responsibilities.”
tt

tht

The

tt

WORKER'S

moment

a worker

becomes

tt

INVESTMENT
The

has

an employe of Ford, he begins to
invest his future in the company.
The

longer

his

employment,

Communities

which

house

Ford’s

plants also have a substantial investment in the company.
Neither

the

worker

nor

the

munity
is a stockholder,
stake in it is far greater

yet their
than that

of a stockholder.
The

com-

stockholder

invests

money.

rarely

spells utter personal

dis-

means

DURING

THESE

The
moves

the

UAW-Ford negotiating committee will
do its utmost to protect the invest-

ment Ford workers
Pany

their

and,

in

turn,

communities

company—without

stockholder.
The

committee

have in the comthe

have

investment

with

the

doing injury to the
recognizes

that

our

"We don't know where, in corporate
bookkeeping, an item labeled ‘responsibility to long-term employe’ is supposed
to go.

do

know

it should

fit somewhere.

“Judge Kaess' ruling adds to a growing

body of law which will —
find a place for it.”

and

should —

(Detroit News, July, 1961)
cetteA

vse u e010 009000 C04 OOF OOFO ONES

ANO NOONAN

and

butter”

hand,

invest-

his family

stake their

of livelihood, the

fulfillment

eyery

need

and

hope.

management
the plant or

decision
which
discontinues its

and

adversely

af-

decision

has

a

jarring

im-

a

munity

whose

perhaps

its

closely

SAFE

affected

the

on

well

as

‘pact

economic

— is
existence

economic,

to

plant’s

the

—

com-

growth—and
operation.

YET

members— whether in a new plant
such as at Sheffield, Ala., or in a plant
built as early as 1925 at Norfolk, Va..—

haye
be

seniority

infringed

rights

must

which

The committee

also recognizes that,

of time, even fairly
new plants will see

with the passage
new employes in

their investment in their future
as it has for workers in other

But

not

upon.

plants,

| aaa

“We

“bread

other

operation directly
fects his future.

IS REALLY

negotiations,

the

Loss of his job can and often does
spell loss of bread and-butter for himself, his wife and children.

tied

JOB

on

of their

aster.

NO

worker,

He and

Such

Even total loss of his financial invest-

ment

a

ment.

the

larger his investment.

tt

experience

has

taught

bitter lesson that even a new

grow
Ford

the

facility

can be shut down, The assembly
plant built in Los Angeles in 194748 was still a new facility when
Ford closed it,
Under

our

present

labor

agreement,

workers
in new
facilities have no
more protection against the hazards
of a management decision that can
suddenly destroy their future than do
those in older plants.
EOE

Chester Local President Tonyji

FORD IS STILL Sé

THERE ARE strong indications th) 4
expansion will take place at an evic
more rapid pace in the future th)!

in the

past.

And

Ford

of

slow

World

since

expansion

War

II

has

been

nor

meager.

At

the

end

of

ning

of

’61,

Ford’s

net

$2 billion or almost
just 13 years!

13

worth

of $758

’47,

million.

Ford

At

neitt}!/®
a yj

had

the

e}

the

worth

begl)®

&

wW

$2,880 million — an increase well ow.

SOEUR

per

cent

Ju
1

Workers, Families

4Whousands of GM
(

wo

to

jotgroposal

if “gross”

“trreed the
the

surease

vrqiow and

to

be in-

pay.

‘‘makeen-

2pect of a transfer

©

Eldon

‘ty

who

e

valfonso

fan

»

Rains,

drives

Perez,

Nuys

a

Al and Grace Perez face the same
problems that are burdening the Rains’

plant.

‘cufti) many in Fisher
‘fee been falling
InSiege began.

and hundreds

four youngsters

With

their families.

and

ments,

man

svnutsuuut stu nvngvnsnn vitro svn
i

and

us

seventeen

his wife,

3 Voice | n Plant

age

Locations

|

prevent Ford

intention

from expanding,

to

for we

also are desirous of this.
It

is

our

pansion

intention

take

place

sible

manner

only

the

to

to

have

best

stockholder’s

not

investment

the

community’s

Ford has invested millions of Amer-

its

operations

Recently
take

over

in

full contro}

other

$368.2

Ford

England.

of

of

countries.

it spent

million

to

During

60, the English company announced
'& $196 million modernization and expansion

program.

Included

are plans

to build an integrated car body plant
near Liverpool, costing about $84 million with capacity for an additional

260,000

passenger

cars

yearly.

The

Ae

communities

measure,

V“AjFLING, EXPANDING

(Profits made out of prices charged
the consumer were plowed back into
the business and accounted for 98
per cent of this fabulous $2 billionplus increase.)
to

61,

reviewing
there

are

the

years

many

from

examples

‘47

of

how Ford's unilateral decisions have

ol
10v
vail

destroyed
the
life
investment
a
worker had with the company and
have crippled communities,

ia.
‘eds

Obviously, Ford is better equipped
financially now to expand and shuffle
than at any time in the past,

mnt syns revnevtytvso taunting

of

these

investments

on workers, their families and their

1 chats with veteran Ford worker,

In

Essex,

impact

laws
money

controlled
in

responsible
We

in Britain

which

assure

was, in large

by

government

the

use

a socially

of this

desirable

and

manner,

ask Ford

to do through

free col-

lective bargaining what it readily ac~
legislation in other
cepts through
countries.

The

UAW

does

not

believe

Ford

should have the right to a unilateral
decision on the transfer of operations,

location

of new

its

function

legal

UAW

plants

or any

nuttin

such

deci-

the union

it may
of

carry

be
out

Vera,

workers.
proposes

other

that

a

from

the

a panel
recom-

endations.
This

of the
worker

company,
and

pany’s

best

of

is the

final

its

by

which,

rejection

products,

to whether

the

public

the
or

interests
stockholder, the

the

will protect

the

com-

judge

or not the company

as

suc-

ceeds,
us

begin

to

bargaining

what

legislation

in other

do

has

by

been

lands.

collective

done

by

pay='

a

union

been

been

on Their

first

time,”

haps

;

forced

to

Clothes
Sheets

remarked

have to send the boys out
on their clothes. Boys that

11

and

9)

need

things—and

in most
through

saving.

too,

He

we

buy them.
family.”

It’s

a die-setter at Delco=5

Burchette,

had to cash
accumulated

side of Anderson,
to borrow but has

U.S. bonds,
of
careful

of his
years

mentioned

the

.

lasting

Merill Brown hasn’t caught up with
debts that piled up months ago during

cent

Local

662

doctor
re«

wife’s

of his

bills as a result

drug

and

28-

The

high

with

hit

been

has

member

and

worker

Delco

year-old

weeks.

short

of

period

long

a

illness.

have

been

because

his

Browns

The

said,

he

get

to

able

is a good

wife

because
and
of the kitchen
manager
“we're on good term with our credit

union.”

responsible

community—make

have

on the other
been compelled

along,

representing

member of the Community—or

Let

In addition, the
program provides
for a $28 million tractor plant near

Basildon,

so that

acceptance

in this program

when

And if there is disagreement, the

investment,

ican dollars to obtain

that

consulted
Ford

but, as well, the worker’s investment
and

propose

sions are to be made,

sen-

protect

destroys the worker's In-

vestment in the company.
We

ex-

in a sane,

which

what’s

“is

effect of short weeks.

DIFFERENTLY

move

(13,

Remy
hasn’t

ETT U
UGAAUUNUANUUOEANUOUTEOUAULELEA

IT IS not the UAW’S

the

Robert

"Up to now, management has ineptly handled the problem of labor
displacement caused by higher productivity ... 1f a labor-saving move is
planned — management also should plan what is to be done with the saved
labor.” (Factory Magazine, Sept., 1960)

AMERICANS

owner

just haven’t been able to
been pretty rough on the

SAID

. . . MAGAZINE

TREAT

“For

quietly, “‘we
with patches

|

or

understands

his house

spend all their savings, stop payroll
deductions
for U.S.
Savings
Bonds
which were being put away to provide
a college education for their three boys,
and skip purchase of many necessities
as a result of short weeks.

b

‘|
‘*)

and

the

Patches

|i

}

because

with

Others have been less fortunate.
Sheets, also buying a home, has had
trouble paying his property taxes. He

|

vial’

no trouble

pening to us.”

Hammond, a member of Local 663 since
coming to work at Guide 11 years ago,

workers

Nuys’

of other Van

has had

menweek

“It’s bad enough when you’re on four
“It hits you
days,” Sheets commented.
hard at the time—but you’ve got to remember it affects you in the future, too.”

off.”

34,

PEREZ

problem that is all too often overlooked
—the number of weeks of full-time
work required to make up for the losses
incurred during a siege of short weeks.

Chevrolet), but if you go in debt, you’re
never sure you'll work enough to pay it

1

miles

2,000

Lamp plant in Anderson,
another facet of the short

Guide
tioned

still drives a ’54 model

(Rains

car

new

©

Hammond,
Don Sheets and David
Hill—all high seniority workers at GM’s

“You can’t plan ahead at all. Maybe
you need things for your home—or a

problem

short
for UAW’s_
by
matched
was

agreed,

meant

work-week

short

What has the
to his family?

Nation

“The make-up benefit leading to a salary would solve many of the problems
he
time,’
short
from
have
the guys

earnings

his

the

John Hammond, more than
away in Anderson, Indiana.

ture.

hike

were

year

.’

he reckoned,
1960's,

to the Perez family.

hard

enthusiasm
Perez’
solutions
work-week

in

As a result, he said he has a “lot of
debt and nothing put away” for the fu-

as Falling
#se, would

sis

This year,
will be below

laid off.

of) he was

»y

last

less

$474

‘A Lot of Debt...

ved) pay at $1.46 an

>

improvement

some

was

20%

a

off,

pay

to

home

a

Across

from $5,489 to $4,510.

1960, he still earned
than in 1957.

|, four-day week
wapay for 32 hours

in

a year

$1,000

almost

and

feed

pay cut comes

his earn-

showed

purposes,

dipped

there

While

represent

vould
fe

tax

the period 1957-59,

0(50 by 40 hours.

1

had

ings

his

figure

To

«0

for income

to

him

supplied

forms,

W-2

his

of

spection

«tweek of layoff
som pyment compento
ifild amount
T

the

solve

Answers

Demand

could do it if they had to,”
Herbert Neeb, a punch-press
at Delco,

“They
asserted
operator

he

hardships

the

traced

Neeb

problem.

short-week

Workers

GM

force

would

management

on

ligation
to

he felt a financial obs

the others,

With

his

and

family had endured—“we really had to
cut down — my wife has done without
things she’s needed—it’s been rough on
the kids—we've had to borrow from our
friends because of short weeks.”
What is the feeling among Delco work«
ers about UAW’s approach to the short

problem?

week

“There
said Brown.
like it,”
“They
have'been a lot of things suggested and
the make-up payment now with ‘salaries
down

Delco.”

est

the

Whether

General

manufacturer,

over

go

would

road

world’s

Motors,

rich-

to solve.

attempt

will

at

big

the problem it has piled on the backs of
people and
rated
of hourly
thousands
only when
their families, will be known
the
answer
representatives
corporation

UAW’s

talking

demand.

to

GM

One

workers:

there,

it is serious and

about

solving

Moreover,

the

thing

workers

it—and

are

from

problem

the

it cries

in

is clear

for solution,

dead

1961,

is

serious

Rx for Health Insurance:

Fully Company-Paid
SOLIDARITY

If they

become

sick,

This is the plan being

fam-

ily income is cut into deeply.
Heavy additional costs not
covered

by

insurance,

over, can—and

For almost all Chrysler
workers, it costs a lot for
health insurance coverage.
It costs even more to be sick.
There
are exceptions,

though:

@ Members of UAW
Local 230 at Los Angeles,

Calif., and their families
who are covered by the
Kaiser Foundation Health

Plan

@

there;

The

members

almost

of five UAW

400
De-

troit area locals and their
families,
plus_
retirees,
who already have signed
up in the new Community
Health
Association
pro-

gram of broad health coverage in the Motor City
area.
Both
groups emphasize
important
features
of the
union’s demand
for truly

Those

often does—

Result can be major

In

the

for years

Kaiser

health-

used

medical insurance coverage
usually available provides
only narrow protection outside of hospitalized illnesses.
And

geles

choose

where

and

Los

the much

elusive
and
CHA or Kaiser
Take

can

more

in-

protective
programs.

Los Angeles,

for ex-

ample, where Ed Torres and
his wife, Arcelia, have four
wonderful reasons for being
strong supporters
of the
group health plan they enjoy

under their UAW

Local

contract.

ly,

vibrant
out of

daughters

230

full

of

Camille,

2, and

5,

Rene,

4;

Selina,

1.

are

in the Chrysler body shop in
the West Coast city, is covered by the Kaiser Foundation health plan which
gives his entire family com-

Miss D. A. Daniels, admini-

strator,

(Kaiser).

Sunset

Hospital

comprehensive medical
for Chrysler
workers
their dependents, fully
by the corporation.

care
and
paid

The medical-hospital protection they and their families get are much more inclusive than those
most
Chrysler workers receive
under the health insurance
program
usually
available,
Blue Cross-Blue Shield.
And UAW members
taking part in either the
CHA

or

Kaiser

Founda-

tion programs
say
for the first time,

that
they

feel “really protected.”
This contrasts sharply
with
the
statements
of

workers
covered
by other
medical - hospital insurance
plans.
Almost
to a man,

they point out that rising
health insurance
costs
amount to a heavy drain on
their take-home pay.

plans

for additional

gram

under

group

pre-payment

for

depend on the plan

encouraged

to

choose

a

personal physician, a family doctor from the medical
This doctor directs
group.

Torres, chief shop steward

prehensive medical care and
hospitalization benefits.
The Kaiser Foundation
plan — like the Community Health Association
program in Detroit—provides actual health care,
points out UAW
Vice
President Norman Ma tthews,
director
of the
union’s Chrysler Department.
The Foundation currently
maintains three hospitals
and
16
clinics
scattered
throughout the
sprawling
southern California area. An
additional hospital and clinic
facilities now are under construction in the San Fernando valley. Other hosnitals and clinics are in northern California.
(In Detroit, the new CHA
program
now
is based at
Metropolitan Hospital, with

Foundation

of the Kaiser Foundation’s
Sunset Hospital, and Mrs.
Carol Schrader, supervisor
of the Edgemont Clinic.
Under both the Kaiser and
CHA programs, members

health that sparkles
their cheery brown

eyes—Carmen,

sign up in the

clinics, was stressed by Miss
D. A. Raniels, administrator

The reasons are four livepretty

Mat-

selected.
Under the UAW
plan, these are nominal.
“Under
our
contract,
the corporation pays half
the cost and members the
other half,” said Don Denham, Local 230 committeeman. “There is a strong
feeling in our membership
for full payment by the
employer.”
The feeling that members
have of “belonging” and the
resultant high morale, both
of hospital
patients
and
those who make use of the

An-

workers

as

members

service benefits for the medical care spelled out in the
standard that has been negotiated aren’t available.
Not
so, however,
for
UAW’s Chrysler members
Detroit

who

too,

medical services and to operate the hospitals and clinics,
Additional costs
to

in many areas, even the

in

CHA,

health plan become
members and pay dues which are

to come.

addition,

by

thews said.

more-

pile up.

debts

lowed

fol-

the medical care of the entire family, backed by the
excellent facilities, specialists and technicians.
Another Local 230 member with strong positive
feelings about the broader
group health plan is Bennie
Mangini, a boiler and com-

WITH the ultra-modern Kaiser Foundation hospital in
Hollywood as a backdrop, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Torres talk
over the advantages of the broader hospital-medical insurance program they benefit from as members of Local
230 with Bill Goldman, international representative, and
Don

Denham,

Local

230

committeeman.

Three

of

Torres’ four daughters were born in this KF hospital.
pressor
operator.
Mangini
was operated on in 1958 for
a rheumatic heart condition.
He spent four months in
the Kaiser Hospital. Cost to

him: $2.
Mangini and his wife, Patricia, have nine - year - old
twin boys, both of whom

the

in
operations
tonsil
had
1959. All expenses were covered by the medical plan,
Mangini said.
“A family man should
never trade this for anything else if he has this
plan,” Mangini said. “It is
a big worry off my mind.”

“7

hospital

and clinic facilities, as well
as a doctor’s house call proway.)

The Kaiser Foundation
hospitals and clinics are
geographically
placed so

members may have
services available nearby.

E Nancy Alsterberg of the Permanente (Kaiser) Edgemont Clinic in Los Angeles
makes a routine check on the health of Carmen, Camille and Rene Torres,

25d
”

this

get

does

1961 ‘asnSny ‘ALI‘ NVGITOS MYN—6

CBS program, “At the Source.”
To make sure that the membership

ee

If the automobile Industry !s going to bluster that the UAW's
1961 collective bargaining demands are “inflationary,” then it’s
important to local unions that their members understand that
corporation price and profit policies are the true cause of
inflation.
President
Some members may haye heard UAW
Walter P. Reuther explain the facts about corporation price and profit policies recently on TV, on the
Education Department has obtained
yital message, the UAW
several prints of that show, which was filmed right in President

office.

Reuther’s

president being interfilm shows the UAW
television reporters, whose questions included

The half-hour
viewed by three

into

probed

also

but

bargaining

collective

on

queries

only

not

the future of organized labor and its political activities.
A print can be rented for showing to local union membership
meetings simply by writing to the UAW Education Department,
Rental fees are nominal.
8000 E. Jefferson, Detroit 14, Michigan.

the

of

one

for

up

signing

maybe

of

Thinking

BIG HEARTS AND BUSY HANDS are building children’s cribs made of scrap aluminum for the
Open Door Nursery in Los Angeles. The builders are members of Local 808, who are donating
their time and talents to the project. Left to right: Bob Davis, president of the local; Dave
Longmire, Herman McCloud, Dale Forgy and Don Miller work on drill presses set up outside the
union hall. Forgy designed and built crib, tools, jigs and fixtures.

foreign study tours the UAW regions are offering?
These tours—which offer trips to Europe, Israel,
the
through
arranged
Mexico—are
and
Hawaii

American Trayel Association, a co-operative agency
by a number of unions (including UAW), credit unions

sponsored

Local 808 Adopts Retarded Youngsters,
Makes New Aluminum Cribs for Them

co-ops.

and consumer

A new brochure, “Travel the Union Way with ATA,” is now
available to fill you in on the ATA, how its works, what it offers
and

once

that

accommodations

women to now enjoy foreign travel
were open only to the well-to-do.

and

men

working

for

it possible

it make

helping

is

who

MAYWOOD, Calif —Combine
a
of
conscience
social
the

To obtain a single copy of the brochure free, all you have to
do is write to the UAW Education Department, 8000 E. Jefferson,

Detroit 14, Michigan.

*.

.

*

—

labor.

of organized

in the annals

ula

a legend

well become

“Boyd Payton” may

The name

skills
Forgy

cally

hammered

out

at

to care

years

haye come
the truth would
acknowlbeen
and
through

to the
close enough
allowed
Barry Goldwaters and all such
integrityportable
our
with
again...
A trade
that

we

here

measurer— well;

exporter

from

recently

Mich.,

Oak,

mission

promotion

returned

productivity.
Charles B,

go

the

Japan had words of disdain
for those who persist in proclaiming that U.S. wages are
goods
this nation’s
driving

2,000

press

manufacturer

of machine

Japanese

500

what

in

plish

it

that

U.S.

his

workers

workers

plant,

tals

and
state

STRIKE

INTERNATIONAL
JUNE,

FOR
The

following

TOTAL

STRIKE

May

31,

1961

are

the

FUND

....

Assets

Strike
ASSETS

of

and

told

take

do

accom-

TOTAL TO ACCOUNT FOR
DISBURSEMENTS IN JUNE,

TOTAL

RESOURCES,

JUNE

There were 11 strikes in
1,900 members of the UAW,

1961

at

that

the

for the past

list

Costa

to

for

six

children

years

of

$500,

the

learning

company

num

parts,

the

before

ed

tendent

department,

the neighborhood.
And Dan Miller,

ingot

and

ano-

assem-

Frank Owens,
for their help.

for

Club

Foreman’s

pany’s

com-

the

thanked

also

They

a

cash donation presented after
the club was unable to do anything about the crib-building
job.
now,

Right

of

assembly

and

manufacture

num cribs is being
808’s offices,
Local
Avenue,

Slauson

35-pound

the
for

as

ered

cribs

quickly

alumi-

the

done
3544

with

being
as

at
E-

the

deliy-

they

are

and _ checked.
assembled
were
use
in
presses
Drill

from

as

loaned

“We

crib

by

members.

expect

building

job

to

in

finish

about

the

two

oper-

as

gardening

gar-

the

do

work
landscape
and
dening
for the Nursery located at 7214
Downey.
Avenue,
E. Florence

for Mrs.

As

aluminum

crib

gift

from

“I’m

down

a

she

to

crane

to

offered

a hobby,

foreman,

salvage

pursues

ator, who

alumi-

and

Block-

10
Nurse,
a Practical
berger,
Nurse's Aides, and augmented
the
from
help
volunteer
by

tube, extrusion

for the

Nursery

the

of Mrs.

composed

staff,

superin-

general

Alcoa

help

to

yolun-

has

Forgy

Dale

teered

bly, and came through with a
cash donation, he said.
however,
Forgy,
and
Davis
give special credit to Bill Coleman,

Nursery.

in

system

address

public

Mrs.

them

to

a

install-

Hardy

mentioned,

As

the

about

gave

promised

all material

dize

costing

on

price

special

a

Mesa

age,

materials

Nursery.”

Door

planning nationwide publicity
use of Alcoa
on this newest
products.
Davis, president of the local
since 1956 and bargaining committee chairman before then,
had given
said the company
areas,
in some
good support
boosts
but only half-hearted
in others.

hospi-

for

tion

said

from

the

Blockburger,

heaven.

to

my

Local

808

last week,

like

is

project

bed,”

last

as a delega-

the

toured

clean nursery.
spick-and-span
bed
another
hope
just
“I
doesn’t fall down.”

Beds are the primary need,
she told the Local 808 group,
chairs,

high

clothing,
blender,

or

mediate

use,

She

operates

Nursery

the

on

and

the

The

Nursery

although
monthly fee
amount

parents
based on
pays

state

for

and

care

and

county

to

is

al-

it seems,

a shoestring,

most

a

im-

to

put

be

could

baby

similar

other

items

state

of

contributions

but

a

licensed

34 youngsters although
are there at present.

a
pay
income,
certain

feeding.
by

care

only

the

for

30

facts

these

Class “A” machinist employed
at Alcoa for the past 11 years,

better

material

aluminum?

all,"

he

to

use

commented,

representative

trades

negotiating committee,
diately enlisted the aid
June,

time

local
however,
fruition,
to
management is taking a long,
hard look at the project and

With

all that Local 808 memare doing for the “Open

isn’t
bers

came

“it’s our bread and butter.”
Forgy, who doubles in brass
as chairman of the shop bargaining committee and skilled

FUND
for

are

children

And
Porterville.
facilities
no
has

“After

Davis,

1961

involying

UOHOC
AH
UAEOOEOA
ANSNV
OAHU
VOOOU
EULA AOOUO EEUU
SoM UAASOAUUUUANNUU

president,

other

on

the

immeof Bob

officers

and members of the local, and
those in supervision who wanted to help their project,
This

week

Forgy

proudly

assembled the first crib that
... as far as he can tell—
has ever been made of aluminum,

30, 1961 o....c00:0::$40,289,774.73
effect

Mrs.

project

to
went
Dale Forgy
Nursery,
that
a crib
design
to
work
would give lasting service.
To Forgy, a $3.43 an hour

than

$40,573,977.69
284,202.96

fa

out

Forgy’s

project

crib

the

from Leyon Hardy, millwright,
who recently installed a comthe
at
system
munications

what

$39,298,497,94
1,275,479.75

INCOME FOR JUNE, 1961 .......

points

Pomona,

at

After

1961

Fund

to six

she does, she noted. During
this time, the wooden cribs
get extra-heavy usage.

Royal

to

waiting

birth

REPORT

STRIKE

MONTHLY

up

a
R. Blockburger,
nurse who has op-

years,

earing

TNMN MN TUOTTUNTLOLLOLLLLLO LOLOL LLL

PITT

for

Since

is that the state has a three-

tools,

would

cribs

transferred to State hospitals.
The only fault, she added,

rate

a

DeVlieg,

seythe

the
kept until they outgrow
being
before
cribs
54-inch

foreign

lower

much

a

by

set

yolun-

sturdy

the Nursery

seven

They found that in Japan,
wages are rising dramatically
and that its low wages are off-

been

never

we've

markets.

age.

of

erated

year

for,

Vernon,

for youngsters

Carmelita
registered

markets.

products

its

tailor

edged by anyone possessed of
even a square inch of integrity.

because

world

serv-

community

need

Currently,

The trade mission, made up
of businessmen, said that the
big trouble is that U. S. industry doesn’t try to sell in, or

this up-coming theme so many
times that you'd think by now

But

of

as their

Nursery

in

plant

critical

~/OPENER

away

special

the

seemingly

haye

teered its services after
learned
members
eral

ego ate((6)\eat ove

We've

own

ca

A single copy of the reprint
arranged reprints of the article.
can be obtained free simply by ordering it from the UAW Education Department, 8000 E. Jefferson, Detroit 14, Michigan.

10 EYE

who

to work
went
ice project,
to manufacture
this week
and assemble 34 “aluminum”
cribs to replace the wooden
beds now in use.
Local 808, representing about
1000 members employed at the
Aluminum Company of Ameri-

has

Department

Education

UAW

The

Century,

Christian

and

night

for

cared

bers,

adopted

Dr. Cook contends there is evidence that Payton and the
others were sent to jail on trumped-up charges backed up only
by the testimony of an ex-convict in a trial in a hostile court
before a rigged jury.
in an article, “Boyd
Dr. Cook has presented his findings
Payton: Saintly Scapegoat,” published in the June 14 issue of

The

retarded

mentally

and

physi-

30

some

helping

day at the “Open Door Nursery” in nearby Downey.
in
is now
formula
This
operation as Local 808 mem-

innocent.

were

with him

like Dale
the form-

of members
and you haye

youngsters

director of the
regional
a 53-year-old
Payton,
Textile Workers Union of America, was recently released after serving a sentence in a North Carolina
He was conyicted of having taken part in a conspiracy
prison.
to bomb a struck textile mill in Henderson, N.C.
Or was he framed?
But was Payton guilty?
Dr, Clair M. Cook, education director of the Religion and
Labor Council of America, belieyes—after investigation of the
case—that Payton and the six other members of TWUA sent to

prison

for

and

ability

mechanical

the

the

Eyen if you're not going to make a trip right away,
brochure may help you lay plans for next year’s yacation.

808 and

Loca]

like Alcoa

union

However,

said.

Davis

weeks,”

or three

for

aluminum

envisioned using
baby cribs.

B=

because
proud
doubly
He's
Alcoa, with all its high-priced
perdesign
and
engineering
up uses for
thinking
sonnel
never
apparently
aluminum,

b

NEW

CRIBS

made

of aluminum

by members

of UAW

Local 808,

are wearing out.
Alcoa, will replace old ones of wood which
by Mrs,
expressed
cribs was
thanks for the new
Heartfelt
Open Door Nursery,
Carmelita Blockburger (left), head of the
y.
to Bob Davis, local president, and Dale Forg

period.

(Northwestern
Local
497

SOLIDARITY,
UAW

Plant
Port Clinton

Til

155
155

Plant

Cross Unit
Moczik Tool

+

Die

&

262

Chevrolet

490

GUAT YSIOT

Spring

Axle

&

Gear

Chevrolet

235

Unit

Coach

2B

........

$102,156.45

—24.98

.........000

Bumper

—20.00

So wieececceesseretivensntness

$ 17,950.23

1

Total Region

25.60

-

Forge

Drop

&

..........

27.97

55

Fyn

981
1173
153
181

Amount

Plant

Local

1244

Hayes Trach Appliance Co...$
Micromatic Hone Corp
Lynch
Corporation......
Precise Casting Company.

T7T
957

1117

G. M.

Total

Cafeteria

Region

3

Workers

.........0.

«oS

4,683.36
—661.74
3,632.97
—149.55

Plant
Auto

Co.

Form-A-Tool

157

Blower

American

254

Industrial

985

....

Fleetwood - GM.
Cadillac - GM. ..

15
22

Bagley

408

Crescent

408

Total

Products

—540.00

&

742.74

ee

—836.75

1,780.24
27.34
999.23

.

Unit

828.39

Brass & Pin Co.....

1A

Region

—A8s

Cloth .

Wire

Michigan

985

—19.39

seas

..

Unit

Mfg.

Co.

Gauge

Langlois

157

12.00

...........

#21

Fisher

157

Zz

—285.76
-. —3,929.67

Scanner .........
Commonwealth “Brass”

174
157

Amount
3,253.15

Co.

eens

Craft

(Illinois,

Michigan)

Southeastern

Local
157

and

.

.$

os

Iowa

and

Plant
Airtex Products
Blaw Knox Co.

Local
543
916
991

Ford

1302
858

Works

18,648.23

—48.80

.. —45,109.86

| 34.84

‘International Harvester...

1301

1127

Refrigeration

Herrich

&

Cold Storage ........
fatter
Speedy Manufacturing ‘Co...ni

1165

53

12 OTS:
67.50

Automatic Transportation
COMPANY? Si occccscagictsccrcerscesecrnesess
Champion Parts Rebuilders

4717

15,400.00
2,640.00

iotereteavsnsdenthe $

A Siirassne can a

RERIONE

LOCAL

3,262.63

2,031.04

(South
Plant

Local

Lee

743

Amount

L. Woodard

American

1329

Total

Region

Sons...

$ 64,552.88

Co. ..

392.00

Processing

General

1015

Michigan)

Central

Region

England

Planter

11,913.15

Corp.

iC.

TOCALSRESION

101.80

877

(Western

259
259

Upper

Michigan)

Amount
Plant
Reynolds Metals Co. ...........$ 2,651.20
Chevrolet Transmission .
—28.13

Local
277
467

1168

American

1217.

‘Stalker

Total

Region

Coach

.............

Corp.

1D

10,790.85

3,407.00

........

PEE

bi

(All

(Northeastern

Ohio

and

Northwestern

Local
346
479
122

463

856

Goodyear

1094

Hamlin

Total

Region

:

Aircraft

Metal

..............

Products......

2 .

195

Phil

27

Plant
Amount
Van Dorn Iron Works.........$
4,776.45
Superior Mold & Die Unit..
48,252.56
Chrysler .......
=
1,400.38

Weatherhead

Plant

61

Pennsylvania)

—17839

245.92

—1,154.00

$ 53,342.92

.

Region 6 ..........

Local

397

636
1235

61
195

Total

—1,737.52
151.70

—59.77
—727.71

. $—6,751.64

259
422
1234

1268

of

Southwestern

365

Pennsylvania)

Local
544

629

266

1269

Total

Plant
Fisher

Miami

.........

Cabinet ‘Co. .

Buffalo Springfield
Woodall

Region

Amount
$
32.59

Industries

2A

...

ee

. 115,983.62

..............

54,295.11

2,090.00

«f$172, 40132

695
1079

Total

Co...

Chevrolet

Hagan

& Koplan

Richard

365

Multi

365

4,457.95

1,401.45

....

&

12,907.04

En;

.

Wire

159.01
= 954.53

we

Instrument

Metal

Embassy

664

—2,439.37

10,091.39

Ferris

Media

. 114,755.88

Cloth

Co.

.

2,407.55
3,303.30

Steel Products Inc.

533.00

G.M. Fisher Body Unit .

899

John

384
259

I. Paulding

1,055.53

Inc,

—9,152.65

Continental Screw ..
Mel Automatic
Transmission & Mel’s
Wheel Alignment ....

Whipple

Motors,

Region

9A

N.Y.)

—2,084.36

Aircraft

Benson

Metal

(North

52,32

449.00

Inc.

162.60

,

$293,272.01

Central

180

J. I. Case

833

Hon eF

763

United

Co.

International
Allis

Local

Region

States)
«» —80,779.53

Harvester

o.scs.00c5.00

Chalmers

257.88

15,251.24

.

—8.00

10 ...,

.. —65,278.41

Total

Canadian

...........

Lamp

wo

2,747.13

tisvenee

-2,024,56

ASU TING on cxesessentsaoctestorsszioneio
Robbins & Meyers Co.

—73.84

Central

Motor

Chevrolet—

of Canada
Standard Tube Unit
Allis - Chalmers ......

+» —1,749.23
—42.91
102.97

Canadian Motor Lamp .
Colonial Tool Co., Ltd.........

Canadian

Region

.......

182.35
6,911.45

.$ 10,702.48

REGION
1
1A
1C
1D
2
2A

5

Canadian

States)

United

Amount
Plant
Motor Wheel Corp. .......00..$ —434.74
4,874.38
Automotive Rebuilding Inc.
Ainsworth Precision
CO

serincoescsersissee

T. B. Woods & Sons...
York Hoover Corp.,

Body

Region

Division

8

Dept.

$ 40,448.25

—9.46

Insurance

....:cccseseese$

Miscellaneous

STRIKE EXPENDITURES
January 1, 1961, thru June 30,

3
4

ASTIN

Amount

40,438.79

RECAP

Amount
Woods

Plant
Community Sewers
Expenses ........

G.M.

2B

Local
1104
1322
1151

Mfg.

Diy.

Corp.

Canada)

(Southeastern
and

AID.

Technology

6

Ohio

Torrington

Island,

Amount
Co...$156,166.90

Manufacturing

Standard Fitting
Allsteel Corp. ...
Pratt & Whitney

eee

REGION

(Southern

Long

$4,378.34

.

Cannon Electric Unit
Trade Winds Motorfan..

Total

$ 16,820.92

Corporation

Chevrolet.
.........
Curtiss Wright

811
811

and

Amount

Recold

645
179

Plant
Jacobs

C.

........

Scat

—24.70

iy

.

—2,228.15

eakies

—28.17

$

2,158.62

oo

=

and

«$262,007.86

States)

Plant

509

States

Sikorsky

Total

Local

1,527.28

9 ........

Machine

401

.$ 76,858.03

United

151,384.00

States)

Sa cvsgreccciecsnvessrersrectavyseceese®:

(Western

T7285

4,109.00

Torrington Mfg. Co.,

Amount
Plant
43.18
Division—G.M.....$
Chevrolet
58.62
Buick, Olds, Pontiac—G.M.

Local
25
31

98,716.70

- Pontiac.

Total

Total
United

- Olds

Atlantic Casting ‘Co.

259

(Southwestern

.

915

512

International Harvester ....
J. I. Case Co. Bettendorf

Unit

In

6,904.63
920.47
—5.50
—2,136.48

7,590.04

Amount
$ 9,683.40
—510.51

Des MoinesImplement

Iron

—185.09

85.00

Nebraska)

Inc.

senegd

Morning Star Paisley
RO se LNCs i sssc58

507

of Detroit

Eastern

yin

City

Lite

Buick

Local
379

Side

Byter

All

(New

(West

and

Amount

Quaker

669

and Kentucky)

York

Small Tube Products Inc.
Cheyrolet Aviation G.M
Bendix Aviation . ,.
Mirror Insulation ..

595

(Indiana

New

Pennsylvania)

Plant

181

193.66
—633.19

Jersey,

Local

1288

.$ 19,479.62
. —1,498.45

.

Bearing

Roller

Bower

681

Mfg.

Amount
$
8,632.45
93,524.00

Amount

Norcote Inc. ...........
Foundry
Julian Aluminum

155
189

Region

(New

Ohio)

Michigan)

Northeastern

Local

Total

and

Detroit

of

Side

(East

Superior

a

/

REGION y 4:

an

9A

10

LOCATION
East Side

DONATION
and
7

Michigan...

Southeastern

South Central Michigan.
Western and Upper

Ciiecercorcctacesocssesacsesestte

Northeastern
Northwestern
Southern Ohio
Southwestern
Northwestern
Indiana and
Illinois, Iowa

2,031.04
76,858.03
16,820.92

Ohio and
53,342.92
Pennsylvania
and
Pennsylvania 172,401.32
. 102,156.45
Ohio ..
7,590.04
3,262.63

Kentucky.
and Nebraska

101,80
Southwestern United States
.. —6,751.64
Western United States.,
10,702.48
All of Canada .......0:..
2,158.62
States
Southeastern United
Jersey,

New

New

York-

and

Pennsylyania..........
Eastern
and
States
England
New
Long

Island,

North Central
United States

Miscellaneous
GRAND

Detroit

of

1961

Northeastern Michigan........ $ 17,950.23
West Side of Detroit and

MICHIGAN

New

..

...scescssccce csssseseeserees

TOTAL

r
elaie

earlier

in

reported

and

given

assistance

of

¥

August,

strike

refunds

for

credits

denotes

)

1961

30,

1-June

262,007.86

York........

293,272.01

.— 65,278.41

40,438.79

oiieisiscisnccesscscncssssesenevan $989,065.09

pi Ai

1961—Pag

Minus

Benefits—Jan.

Assistance

° Strike

Board Statement
International

Executive

its special meeting Aug. 13 heard

from

reports

of the UAW

at

complete and detailed

negotiating

national

the

Board

committees

and

department directors on the status of negotiations at
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and American Motors.
These reports disclosed that the first three named—
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—have failed to
demonstrate any willingness to meet the compelling
problems of their workers and their families and to

date have made no proposals to deal with these serious
problems.

This lack of progress in negotiations, despite the fact
that discussions began about six weeks ago, has caused
the Executive Board to act affirmatively on the request of the local unions and the negotiating committees for the authorization to take a strike vote.
Accordingly, the Executive Board has authorized and
instructed the local unions to take appropriate steps to
conduct such strike vote among the membership of
General

Motors,

American

Ford

Motors

and

Chrysler

Corporation

local

has made

NEW YORK MAYOR Robert F. Wagner has received the backing of organized labor in his bid for
Region 9A Director Charles Kerrigan is chairman of the
UAW
renomination and re-election.

unions.

ing the American Motors proposal serious and careful
‘
consideration.
In view of the evident willingness of this corporation

to explore in an intelligent, meaningful manner the
basic problems under discussion at the bargaining

cannot

be

deferred

any

Union,

Maritime

National

itt.

resenting

more

than

a

to

assist

committee

TOCCATA EATAUA
AUUUCENUNUUGAAUEENAAUUNOEUUENEUEEOAAUEU

the

said.

of

appointed

legal

tional

to

Mich

has

been

by

the

De-

interna-

top

post

partment of Labor.
Edwards has been

named

Admin-

of the

Judge

Deputy

istrative Tribunal of the International Labor Organization.
The Tribunal hears and deout of
arising
cides disputes
berelationships
contractual
tween the ILO and its employees, as well as similar disputes

in seven specialized agencies of
Nations, including
the United

OrganizaHealth
the World
tion, the United Nations Food
Organization
and Agriculture
Atomic
and the International
Energy Agency.
Justice Edwards has been a
Michigan Supreme Court Jus-

to
tice since 1956 and prior
that served as Circuit Judge
for the Third Judicial Circuit
of Wayne County, and as Profor the Wayne
bate Judge
County Juvenile Court.
on
He served four terms

the

Common

Detroit

and

1941

between

director-secretary
Housing

troit

Director

partment

1938-39

negotiations can join in a good faith collective bargaining effort to resolve the issues in dispute and to find

of the
of

and

1936-38.
He

will

dition

to

Michigan

are capable of making collective

De-

of the

Commission,

De-

in

UAW

the

International
of

union,

the

continue

Supreme

serving

Administrative

was

Welfare

Representative

sound and constructive solutions to the compelling
human problems of the workers in this industry, and
once again demonstrate to the world that free labor

Council

1949,

Court

on

on

the

Puzzler

N.Y.—Workers
BUFFALO,
are just a
plant
a local

puzzled
reward

5

UHULUUIHHCOOcOOUHOSneHTAe

the

in ad-

Tribunal.

most

this

accepting

In

is-

important

of

control

the

ILO

at
bit

over the utility of the
their employer
which

gives them if they go 100 days
The rewithout an accident,
ward: a first aid kit,

new

of the

gan

Kerrigan

portance

file

trade

or hand-

said:

chairman-

the

Kerri-

group,

“The record is clear: labor
has no other choice but to back
reelection.

for

Wagner

Mayor

stressed

of

each

unionist

Labor has never had a better
friend at City Hall. We have
made great gains in the fields
in which we are deeply concerned: slum clearance, hous-

rights,

facilities

the

im-

rank

and

in

the

coming primary election and
urged every union member to
exercise his vote for Mayor

Wagner
mates,

and
Deputy

his
running
Mayor
Paul

for
candidate
R. Screvane,
Council President and Abra~
Beame,

Controller.

to

electorate

to the

declared.

ship

improved educational
and many others.”

ham

ing it over to a group of poinonly
whose
litical bosses
of
is the perpetuation
terest
they
what
and
their control
it,” Wagner
of
out
get
can

UAW,

a

of

Wagner

the city to the people

Court Justice George
one-time pioneer orthe

firm

mayor

no

time,”

of returning

sue

Justice Edwards
Gets ILO Post
igan's

Supreme
Edwards,

to

clvil

developments,

ing

He

decide

member Central Labor Council,
headed by Harry A. Van Ars-

—
WASHINGTON

and

the

to

that

“Tt is up

million-

the

of

backing

a

support

in

charter

same

the

at

also had

committee

new

ganizer

longer.

and free management
bargaining work.
We trust that this can be done and pledge our sit
cere and cooperative effort to that end. However, if
progress is not made, the Aug. 29 meeting of the
International Executive Board will be obligated to give
consideration to the setting of a strike target to be
of the termination of the present
Ee effective on the day
agreements,

The

city

wage

this city can serve his people and the political bosses

Wagner

Charles F. Kerrigan, director of UAW Region 9A, was
elected chairman of the new
group which will be known
as the Labor Committee for
the Re-nomination and KReRobert
Mayor
of
election
Wagner.

new

realization

formed

machine.

party

cratic

the

to

campaign

machine control.
“I have come

7 primary battle
Demo“regular”

in his Sept.
the
against

pledged

Com-

rid the city and the Democratic
party of the sinister evils of

300,000

trade unionists recently

accepted

of the Labor

and

of

candidacy.

quickly

mittee

vigorous

rep-

200 labor leaders

Nearly

backing

the

Lev-

Arthur

candidate,

dorsed

mayor

The

previously

had

Amal-

Hollander,

Louis

Wagner;

Mayor

Kerrigan;

Wagner’s

endorsed

in his bid to win the Democratic mayoralty primary fight
the Tammany-enagainst

We do not believe a fight is necessary if both management and labor will act in good faith and address
themselves intelligently and responsibly to the problems that must be met.
We are determined to make meaningful progress
toward eliminating those practices in the auto industry
which have compelled hourly-rated workers and their
families to carry the economic brunt and of fluctuations in production schedules under circumstances
where unemployment, layoffs and insecurity have been
the reward for increased efficiency and greater productivity made possible by automation.
There can be no defense of the double standards
which give to one group tenure, security, larger benefits, while inflicting increased hardship and greater
insecurity upon the balance of the work force, The
continuation of these double standards is economically
unsound, morally wrong and socially indefensible.
The International Executive Board will meet on Aug.
29 to once again review the status of negotiations.
In the meantime, it is our hope that the parties in

Syei 111110001100.

Sullivan of the Central Labor Coun-

Jr. and David

which

Jr.

dale,

City

York

in New

labor

ganized

our determination that they shall and must be solved.
We know that solutions are possible within the
financial structure and economic condition of the automobile industry which would provide equity and justice
to the three major groups involved—the workers, the
stockholders and the consumers.
We have said all along we are not looking for a fight.
We are looking for justice and security. We are
looking for solutions to the compelling human probthat

Guild;

Curran,

Joseph

Workers;

NEW YORK — Mayor Robert F. Wagner has received the
support of oroverwhelming

that we are flexible as to the means of solving the
problems which face our members, but we are firm in

lems

Newspaper

Potoker,

Arsdale

Van

Kerrigan Heads Committee
Backing Wagner for Mayor

proposal to our Union which, while it does not represent an acceptable offer, does lay the basis for further
discussion and review by the parties. The Union is giv-

sals to the corporation, many of which are offered as
alternatives.
We have invited the corporation to come forward
with suggestions and proposals of their own. We repeat

Clothing

gamated

a. serious

table, the Executive Board has determined to advise
the local unions in American Motors plants to withhold
the taking of strike votes pending further negotiations.
The Executive Board emphasizes that the UAW is
not seeking agreements with the corporations in the
automobile industry that would cause price increases
and consequent inflationary pressure on the economy.
We seek greater equity for auto workers and their
families not out of the pockets of American consumers
through price increases, but out of the increased productivity of automation and the greater profitability
of the auto industry made possible by the new and
more efficient technology.
We are seeking equity, justice and job security for
UAW members and their families. We have already
outlined in detail to these corporations and to the
public the very real and pressing problems of UAW
members that demand solution.
_ We have emphasized that our great concern, because
it is the great concern of our members, is the insecurity
of employment and insecurity of income which grow
in geometric progression to the increasing productivity
made possible by advances in automation.
To meet this overriding problem and the accompanying problems including those related to health
security, old age security, the security of the workers
displaced by technological progress, we have made a
number of constructive suggestions and sound propo-

Michael

M.

cil;

Harry

left are

From

committee.

urged

candidate

for

trade

union

all

Members who were willing
devote some of their time
contact

9A

office,

local

UAW

the

union

6-8077,

PE.

A series of area meetings for
wives of local union leaders and
members designed to carry the
collective

UAW

of

bar-

gaining and legislative aims into the communities was well
under way as Solidarity went
to

press.

The

meetings

by
ordinated
Davis, director

Department,
with

In

regional

calling

meetings,

Walter

being co-

were

Caroline
Women’s

Mrs.
of the

in

cooperation

directors.
for

UAW

P. Reuther

the

area

said

that

President

“special attention should be
given not only to those local
unions and areas which will
be directly affected by negotiations,

WIVES

but

OF

also

to

SEVERAL

commu-

UAW

in
presidents
local union
the Indianapolis area lis3 Director
ten as Region

Ray Berndt addressed the
Women’s Conference there
last month,

to
to

Region

their

or

for

headquarters

information on how their seryices could best be used.
who
leaders
labor
Other
for the new
pledged support
Labor Committee include Miechael Quill, president of the
Union;

Transport

Workers

National

Maritime

seph

of

president

Curran,

Jo-

the

Union;

Louis Hollander, vice-president
of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers.

M.

Michael

tary-treasurer
Newspaper

secretary
action

of

was

new

the

York

New

of the

Guild,

group.

secre-

Potoker,

elected

political

UAW Wives Are Learning
Facts About Negotiations

story

OSk 2884,
ITOa
1961 _AENGNY JAL=DIVGAV

The

LAN POPU SSOUOOAESDDD ODESSA

YAU

\

TOLEDO

in which

nities in states

Im-

portant elections will be held
in the fall of this year.”
A partial list of meetings al-

scheduled
included:

ready held and
the near future

for

(July 6); MilIndianapolis,
Racine,
17);
(July
waukee,
Wisc., (July 18); Lockport, N-Y.,
Ohio,
Columbus,
20);
(July
Dayton,

(Aug.

9);

(Aug,

22);

Ohio,

(Aug.

Ohio,

(Aug.

13);
Springfield, Ohio, (Aug. 16);
Oklahoma City, (Aug. 17); DalPittsburgh,
18);
(Aug.
las,
House,

ids,

Detroit,

Aug.

Mich,,

23);

23);

(Aug.

(Solidarity
Hamilton,

Grand

24);

Rap-

Denver,

(Sept. 9);
(Aug. 31); Boston,
Hartford, Conn., (Sept. 12).

‘

|
4
12
1961—Page

from

Continued

“We know

1

Page

The statement pointed
out that AMC had made a
serious proposal, “which
while it does not represent
an acceptable offer, does
lay the basis for further
discussion and review ...“In view of the evident
willingness of this corporation to explore in an intelligent, meaningful

ae

Chrysler

Ford

local union officers to step
up their efforts to settle lo-

Ford’s net worth by more
than $2 billion since 1947.
“Nor has it said anything
about the $33.6 million its
officials split in bonuses as
a result of last year’s successful profit year.
as

“The

company

though

wages

only

have

prices.

has

cal problems in the talks now
going on at the plant level.
He said this must be done
“in spite of management’s
negative position here, too.”
The local union meetings
begin August 16 in Detroit
and will be followed by ses-

acted

workers’

any

effect

on

sions in Indianapolis, Twins-

ark (Del.) and elsewhere.
He pointed out that he has
emphasized to the corporation “several times that
these are equal in importance and seriousness to our
national bargaining and
must
be
settled
satisfac-

“In so doing, Ford adroitly
has taken its cue from General Motors. Ford has per-

formed in concert with GM
throughout
these
negotiations,
willingly
firing
the

GM-made
lets.

propaganda

bul-

“This unfortunate and
unhealthy alliance, origin-

torily.

soak-the-public price policy, moved inevitably into
a hold-the-workers policy

able

ally

in

held

1958

peated

together

and

again.”

by

is being

New-

Louis,

St.

(O.),

burg

“We're

a

year

to get

local

determined
all valid,

problems

this

justifi-

settled

constructively before we sign
an agreement at the national

re-

level,” Matthews
loca] presidents.

told

Motors

Continued

1

Page

from

Continued

1

Page

from

Continued

General

the

response

from

Page

1

at the 20 meetings

“ratifying,”

the

UAW

vice

president and GM director
said he had emphasized also
that it wasn’t sufficient to
have routine strike votes in

1961.
“We
possible
pation,”
“We

will want the fullest
membership particiWoodcock said.
hope for an over-

whelming

majority

favoring

strike action, if necessary,

back

gram

up

the

for 1961.”

"New

union’s

to

pro-

Party’

from

Page

1

periodically adjusted as cost
of living rises, should con-

clause must remain as workers’ insurance against rising

costs.
Pensions:
creased and

Should be inimproved, parmust

ticularly for those who

65.

before

* retire

tinue until the death of both
spouses.
The union should
have a voice in determining
investment of pension funds.
Job Security: Raise and
improve SUB and separation
payments. Give workers the

be

Should

ticipation
prompted

has largely
by Canada’s

been
high

unemployment.

right to move with their jobs
at the company’s expense.

Shorten

work

time

crease number

of jobs.

to

in-

Insurance: Fully paid by
by company, and extended
to spouse of deceased retiree and to all laid-off
workers.
Introduce
preventive medicine program.
Create higher bracket in

An

important

issue facing

the negotiating committee at
Allis-Chalmers will be the
question of ‘“central’’ bargaining

on

uniform

contract

provisions
as against
the
“local” negotiations conducted in the past.

The issue was a source of
irritation to the union all
through the 1958-59 bargaining, and before and during the 11-week strike resulting from the contract
expiriation, Greathouse said.

As a part of the strike
settlement, the union and
company agreed to meet
before

the

1961

negotia-

rather

than

inject

tions and seek a
understanding on
sue,

into the contract

mutual
the is-

talks.

At Deere, the 20-man

it

bar-

gaining committee has set up

International

Davis,

FACTS

Harvester

administrative

Greathouse,

the

THE

Harvester

seated,

before

Corp.,

in

Art

Shy,

assistant

and

opening

department.

Chicago

to

UAW

right,

negotiations
Aug.

Vice

2 are

with

Herschel

President

assistant

the

director

Pat

of

Second Gemmer
Case Suit Filed
Lyon,

the 400 Lyon workers.
The UAW said the company hasrepudiatedits
union contract by refusing to
take its Detroit employes
along when it moves its man-

subcommittees to study the
problems in two areas—
apprenticeship and production standards—and
make
recommendations
for improvements in the contract.

to

a

new plant at Grenada, Miss.
In another action earlier,
the UAW asked Federal
Judge Fred Kaess in Detroit
injunction

to enforce

his ruling that the Gemmer
Manufacturing
Division
must offer its Detroit workers

jobs

in

its new

plant

in

Lebanon, Tenn.
The UAW contends that
the Gemmer company is

evading its responsibilities
to its workers, as set forth
in Judge Kaess’ now-famous ruling on the case
duly 5.
In that ruling, Judge
Kaess said that a worker

who has seniority rights to
his job, as determined by a

union contract, retains those
after the expira-

rights even

tion of the agreement. A
moving to other
company
areas must offer their left-

workers

behind
new

jobs

plant, he ruled.

These

“vested”

seniority

rights

in the

rights are

similar

to

pension credits, the ruling indicated, and apply to a plant

regardless of its physical location.
The Gemmer company has
announced plans to close its

to a

Detroit

plant and

move

of

Lebanon,

Tenn.

new

city

plant built for it by the

Its

716 workers would be left
behind in Detroit, the company said.
company,
Lyon
The
which is moving its Detroit

ations

manufacturing

to a new

Grenada,

Miss.,

oper-

plant

has

in

noti-

fied its 400 seniority workers that it will give first
opportunity for jobs there

to Grenada

people.

hu-

ignored

any

cannot

that

or

a

do not believe

We

longer.

fight is necessary if both
management and labor will
act in good faith and address

themselves

intelligently

nad

responsibly to the problems
that must be met.”
The board stressed that
“the UAW is not seeking
agreements

porations

in

industry

bile

with

the

the

that

cor-

automo-

would

cause price increases and
consequent inflationary
pressures on the economy.
for

seek

“We

greater

workers

auto

and

equity

their

families not out of the pock-

ets

of American

consumers

through price increases, but
out of the increased produc-

tivity of automation

cient

the
union
agreement
the seniority rights of

for an

compelling

problems

deferred

for solu-

profitability

and the
of

the

auto industry made possible
by the new and more effi-

Inc., to pro-

operations

the

to

greater

be

for

is looking

board said.
“We are looking

tions

the

and
security,
and
looking for a fight,”

man

company,

stockholders

UAW

the executive board has determined to advise the local
unions in American Motors
plants to withhold the taking
of strike votes pending further negotiations.”
The board said it would
meet again Aug. 29 to review the status of negotiations. Expressing hope that
the issues in dispute would
be resolved across the bargaining tables by that date,
the board added that if progress is not made it would
be “obligated to give consideration to the setting of a
strike target to be effective
on the day of the termination of the present agreements.”
Present agreements expire
Aug. 31.

ufacturing

disability benefit plan.
Annual Improvement Factor: Brought up to date.
Salaries: A joint committee to work out details for
transition from hourly
wages to salaries.

STUDYING

table,

eral representation and legisLabor par-

the

the

tect.
and

lation in Canada.

workers,

justice
is ‘not

UAW has filed suit against
a second runaway Detroit

cratic Party,” a party designed to fight vigorously for lib-

structure
and
condition of the

The

OTTAWA,
Int: — Some
1,800 delegates from Canadian labor, agriculture and
small business gathered here
to launch the “New Demo-

Agricultural Implement Negotiations
Continued

at the bargaining

financial
economic

and the consumers,”
board said.

basic problems under discussion

the

within

automobile industry which
would provide equity and
justice to the three major
involved — the
groups

the

manner

that solutions

possible

are

authorization to take a strike
vote.”

SOLIDARITY! August,
UAW

3 Strike Vote

Big

foreign aid program,
THE NATION’S TOP labor leaders are solidly behind President Kennedy’s
With the President are Secretary of Labor
they told him at a Washington conference recently.
r Reuther.
Arthur Goldberg, AFL-CIO President George Meany and UAW President Walte

=?

Authorizes

Board

technology.”

The board again made it
clear that the UAW is “‘determined to make meaningful progress toward eliminin
practices
those
ating
which
industry
auto
the

have compelled hourly-rated
workers and their families
to carry the economic brunt
of fluctuations in produccirunder
schedules
tion
cumstances
where
unemployment, layoffs and insecurity have been

the reward

for increased efficiency and
made
productivity
greater
possible

“There
the
of

by

automation.

can be no defense
standards
double-

which give to one group tenure, security, larger benefits

inflicting

while

increased

hardship and greater insecurity upon the balance of

the work force. The continuation of these double standunis economically
ards
sound, morally wrong and
socially indefensible.”

AMC Sessions
Resume Aug. 22

The UAW will resume ef
forts Aug. 22 to negotiate a
new national agreement cov26,000
union’s
the
ering
members at the American
Motors Corp.
The national bargaining
led by UAW Vice President
Matthews,

Norman

will

fol-

sessions
low subcommittee
during past weeks on insurance, pensions and suppleunemployment

mental

bene-

fits sections of the agreement.
Thus far, American Mo-

tors has set the pace in
this year’s contract bargaining with the auto in-

dustry.

The corporation has been
the first to present a con-

tract
UAW

to
offer
bargaining
in 1961 negotiations.

Its proposal included what
the corporation described as
a “progress sharing plan” to
share some profits with
AMC workers.

Special
AMERICA-VAW

Of

WORKERS

IMPLEMENT

& AGRICULTURAL

AIRCRAFT

AUTOMOBILE

UNITED

UNION,

aume

INTERNATIONAL

i

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andelivered

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POSTMASTER:

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Mich.—5c

14,

:

Re

at

the

20-25,

1961.

School
Labor
gust

Center

Au-

of

week

the

will

tuition

board,

room,

paid

FDR-AFL-CIO

tweny-two

these,

Of

1-A

Region

the

to

Summer

be

and

the Education
from
lost time
two
and
of the Local,
Fund
from the Recreation Fund.
In addition, several students
will be sent by units of the Local
from their Plant Funds.
Those selected as students
to

go

we

Ber-

Ben

are:

press

tram, Detroit Universal; MilMary
Ternstedt;
Szur,
dred
Belcher, American Metal; Or-

yel

Max
per;

Metal;

American

E. Kelley,

C. Zander, Revere CopSchultz, Fisher
Frances

Bennett,

Charl

ts;

Universal;

Stanley

Li-.

Fisher

Detroit

Hamner,

John

yonia;

Brincat,

Charles

mond;

Robson,

Engineering;

Product

Avon

By

was

It

Brothers
i

rans,
sent

nual

Ed

Local

Annu

PENMAN

ALEX

pleasure

great

a

Ed

Reno

Joe

DanSby,

174

and

at

Fer-

I to repre-

the

Retirees

UAW

for

10th

Picnic

An-

at

11th.
Belle Isle, Tuesday, July
retirees
14,000
Approximately

attended including many from
Lo¢al 174. Sorry we don’t haye
space for their names.

|
|

much
very
were
We
pressed in our talks with

retired brothers

and

imthe

sisters by

in
the interest they showed
the union and its affairs.
are
they
exception
Without
more
much
a doubt
without

minded

union
were

plant.
praisé

has

when

Their
of the

done

today

they

than

were

devotion
UAW and

for them

in

they

the

and
to
what it

is incredible.

the

LOCAL

OUR

Mas-

Ternstedt

ment,
the

Edward

rights

seniority

and

was quartered

to a new plant
Mississippi.
The

Car

area

how

seen

have

our retirees participated in these
games:

the

They

late.
have
me

Bocci

Turtle,

all came

Ball,

Horse

early

Golf,

Shake

and

stayed

Shoes,

etc.

They were determined to
a good time and believe

they. did.
We haye failed

to

mention

Governor
speakers:
the
Swainson, Secretary-Treasurer

substituted
who
Mazey,
who
Reuther
President

tied

up

in

a

conference

for
was

in

which

firm,

of

at

about

wheel

| has

|Court

15. It has

August

tax

THE

wake

SUIT

}
|

of a July

5, Federal

|
|

in the
Court

facturing Division in Detroit a
vested interest in their jobs, and|
required the company to offer}
them jobs when it moves to a
plant in Lebanon, Tennessee.

DirecRegional
Washington,
tors Joe McCusker and Douglas Fraser.
Local 174 has had contractual
We would like to thank the
, Inc., since
Local for giving us the oppor-| relations with Lyon
contract extunity to assemble with our old- 1942. The current
pires October 1.
' timers once more.

Local Officers

and

aX :
“ant

CIO,

served

fion

1941

Labor Organization.
tribunal hears and

be-

Council

Common

also

and

1949

and

the

of

Commission.

Housing

Detroit

the

on

four terms

director-secretary

He will continue on the Michi-

|

|

addition

in

Court

Adminis-

ILO

the

Tribunal.

Interna-~ | trative

the

of

Tribunal

Wayne

‘Local Committees
| To Be Elected
Senator Hart
Seeks Two Parks | By Joint Council
can

tourist business

port

ator

create

in

=

|

shot

be

can

Philip

the

two

the

in

mustered

Hart's

new

State.

if

for

|

Recreation

Traverse

Area

Recreation
City.

Sworn

Area|

Joint

13th

elected

be

Ed-

and

|serve

Women’s

and

Committees

from
a

the

Joint

two-year

Commit-

elected

Council

term.

by

will

In

President

Council

September

meet-

Recreation,

By-Laws,

FEPC

ti

Reuther,

Council

the

ucation, Political Action, Retired Workers, Hall, Election,

and tee.
The
Na-|

near)

at

held

to

Committees

are:

be

will

parks| at 7:30 p.m.

national

Peninsula,
Upper.
the
in
Dunes
Bear
Sleeping
the

tional

9th.

Wednesday,

to} ing

legislation

Wednes-

Meeting

Joint

September

Sen-|

e

National

Elections

sup-

HART’S LEGISLATION would
set up two parks, the Pictured|

Rocks

August

get an eco- | day,

arm

were held at the

| ing Committees
Council

Stand-

for Local

Nominations

— Michigan's | Joint

WASHINGTON

nomic

de-

Michigan

For

to Walter

at the

tween

was

|

EDWARDS

GEORGE

served

as

and

Court.

Juvenile

He

as Circuit

the

for

Judge

and

1956

County

Wayne

of

Detroit

|
|

-

JUSTICE

Board Members

Executive Board MemShown above are the newly elected Officers and
Administrative Assistbers after being sworn into office by Victor G. Reuther,

that

Supreme
He will be|gan
|}partment of Labor.
deputy Judge of the Administra-| to serying on

an-

decision in which the court ruled
gave
contract
that the UAW
workers at the Gemmer Manu-

|

i

notified

CAME

to

Supreme

since

Justice

} County

;

considerations.”

UAW

Michigan

|Probate

a

|
|

its employes that it has “agreed
to give first opportunity for jobs
in the new plant to people of
that community, in exchange for

certain

Agency.

e

a

| Judge

stain-

has

Interna-

Eenergy

been

|prior

Grenada,

covers,

Agriculture

EDWARDS, A FORMER mem|ber and organizer of Local 174

operations

makes

seven spethe United
World
the
the United

the

and

Atomic

tional

tional
The
nounced to the Mississippi com-|
munity that it expects to begin |
manufacturing operations there

steel

less

in the games

should

you

and

manufacturing

and

|.Organiza sion

the

of

duties

i

i

Food

Nations

declare

to

court

out of con-

De-|as similar disputes in
cialized agencies of
including
Nations,
Health Organization,

States

United

the

>

rights

its

Sound

by

5

parti-

agreement,

asks the

arising

disputes

cides

Jus-,

Court

THE SUIT, FILED by John A.|
Fillion of the UAW Legal Depart- |

Tube.

174

Supreme

Michigan

post

workers.

the 400 Lyon

Local 174 Retirees
Enjoy

EDITION

been |tractural relationships, between
has s,
tice George Edward
i

|company and of the union with
Metal;
American
George,
respect to their agreement.
Frank Savitskie, Ternstedt;
the Units to |
from
Students
The UAW says the company
date are: Jack Belk and Edward | has repudiated its agreement
Massey Ferguson; | by refusing to take its Detroit
from
Powell
Chester Wilder and Ruth Brad- | employees along when it moyes
from

ET]

George Edwards Named

Inc.

union

the

cularly

Experimental;
sey - Ferguson
-Tury, Lyon, Inc.;
Louis Wm.

James

ind.

7,

Indianapolis

The UAW filed suit July 21 in
Federal District Court in Detroit
tect

Massey-Ferguson;
DiaDetroit
Pinson,

Vance,
James

Street,

2547

at

monthly

Side
West
a runaway
against
plant, Lyon, Inc., seeking to pro-

Re-

Gretka,

vere Copper; Briggs Angeluski,
Alex
Standard;
Rockwell

pury

Marshall,

Thomas

Liyonia;

Catherine

Published

copy

Ind.

Detroit

cuit t AgAgainsaitnst To World Tribunal Post

Juanita Stickler, Ayon
John Nagy, Ternstedt;

Glass;
Tube;

2

Ave.,

000 n
E. Jefferso
OFFICE—8

toot Lyon

__Tmgnly-four menibeofrsLe-) Automatic, Produ,
t

-

paid

on on FilFiles
Unini

Local 174 to Send

StudL-enCItsO toCentClerasses
24At AF

at Indianapolis,

postage

Washington

_E.

1961

August,

$1.00.

Second

Form

GUARANTEED

POSTAGE

RETURN

with

to non-members,

2

Vol. 4,-No. 8

mo=-u

Yearly subscription to members, 60c;

Meeting

of

the

July

Industrial

13th,

=
Union

Department, AFL-

\

CONVEYOR

EDITION

FIRESTONE

OF

SOLIDARITY

August,

1961

FAX

Foremen, Set-Up Men and Operators
Can Improve Quality by Teamwork
By OREN

nized for years and even stated
manageof
by representatives

West

Side

Locel

174

of Amalgamoted

West

CONVEYOR

Edition

Side Lecel

174,

ment many times that the Setup people control the shop.
This does not mean a militant
or autocratic club or pressure of

is the officiel publicetion

UAW-AFL-CIO,

Werren Ave., Detroit 10. Phone TY. 8-5400.
HARRY SOUTHWELL, President
CAL FLETCHER,
ROLAND GARLAND, Financia! Secretary

6445

West

Vice-President

THE

LYONS,

Editor.

Member

PRESIDENT

AFL-CIO

Labor

Once

again

the grim

Press Council

presentation

automatically

outworn

bogey.

During
the
period
between
contract
negotiations,

General

Motors

to,

trigi

—

profit

per

after

cent

$2,038,000,000
taxes

return

or

on

THE

NATIONAL

products,

existence

but

the

|—

which

are not

|

I

HARRY
e

life or death

majority

from

Wealth

effort

this “corporate
taken

out

of

to repair

some

colonialism”

others,

of

Manufacturers,

over

the very

independent pro-

of the

damage

by returning

some

this year

will be no exception.

the road, the beach or in other activities so that you and
your family will return safe and sound, instead of becoming

statistic.

Church

Unafraid

_ The American Medical Association’s campaign to block
legislation to provide health care for the aged has reached an
almost
incredible
new
low—an
attack on the National
Council

principal

system.

To

of Churches

of financing

the

credit

demonstrated

of Christ

such

of the

potency

of

in the U.S.A.

care

through

church

the

They

believe

to
either
themselves,

the
the

organization

as

foremen

certain

under

pressure

down-time,

etc.

haye

for

in

claimed

operation.
I
Worker can

council,

AMA

and

for endorsing

the

social

in the face

the |

security
of the

of its attempt

that.

e

WOULD

REMIND

these

Quality Control Department, involving all lines, for the past few
years

“made

and

to

manipulate opinion, it has courageously replied by running
the record on the AMA’s opposition to social Eelaistion
over the past 30 years. And it has underscored the basic
point—that religious bodies have a “responsibility for the
state of community life.”

which

possible

cellent

always

through

cooperation

setter,
etc.”

of

job-setter,

the

the

read

ex-

die-

welder-man,

No, passing the buck is not
the answer. We must look forward, eagerly, to the day when
foremen
are
true
foremen,

when

they

thority,

respect

have

when

due

complete

they

them

office and the men.
When,

must

they

have

from

themselves

au-

the

the

will

production,

tomorrow

one

no

it that

face

can be held responsible
.

DAY

A

e

HAND

ONE

WHEN

coordinawe forget
the
and

when there is a
When
of efforts.
jealousies
petty

day
tion
the

struggle for power or favor
work together as a team.
minds,

the

of

meeting

A

164

Charles

basis

the

203
208
212
214

of

tion

friend-

trust,

mutual

ship and goals.
This may appear to some
be a singular column devoted
the

it

concerns

Firestone,

but

man,

set-up

every

none,
e

bar

to
to

it,

from

far

employee

at

°

OF things
HEAR
WE
we can only rear back

WHEN
like this,

on our haunches and scream to
high heaven for there is more
here than meets the eye.
There is no more conscientious worker at Firestone than
the set-up men, especially the
realize
they
for
ones,
older
when things run smoothly, the
more
men on the line make
makes
company
the
money,
more money and they have it
easier, plus the satisfaction of
a job well done.

many

so

But

to

powerless

do

they

times,

anything

are

but

watch the confusion, due to lack
lines,
on
checking
of advance

or
haphazard
lines not ready,
temporary repairs, inexperienced

help, etc.
This is lack
set-up men?
WE

WHEN

shift

against

of cooperation
Far from it.
e

QUIT

by

throwing one

another,

job-setter

foreman
die-setter,
against
against set-up, production manager against everyone, etc. and
most of all when everyone quits
“passing the buck.”

When foremen quit breaking
dies (they have no business operating

machines).

When a foreman going on a
line will: Make sure that the
mechanic,

set-up

man,

readied

the line for good

fitter,

electrician,

ation.
And when
on leaving a line

etc.

pipe-

have

oper-

a foreman
on
either

12, 1961

Candidates

C. Williams

Treasurer

Edward Connor
William T. Patrick
Mel Ravitz

Joseph
Eugene
Blanche
Charles
WAYNE

of

founda-

a sound

of

COMMON COUNCIL
167 Mary V. Beck
170 Ed Carey
173
198
199

to

the muscles and the desires, a
to
build,
to
will
combined
achieve and to grow. Grow on

C. Miriani

Mayor

A

knows what the other’s doing.

NON-PARTISAN

157 Louis

man

conditions,
these
runs” under
“whistle in the dark” or not.

Tuesday, , September
Recommended

we

for “bad

DETROIT MUNICIPAL
PRIMARY ELECTION

of the

who do not leave town will be very welcome in the Labor
Day Parade.
If you do leave town, please take every precaution on

The

like.
we

do

interviews

resulting

We hope each of our members will have a very enjoyable time over the long Labor Day weekend. Those of you

a vital

late,

on fact, they are

that

runs,

LABOR DAY, a day set aside for recognition of. the
working man, also a day when millions of workers pack the
family into the car and go places; unfortunately, all too
and

nor

of

“weak” gentlemen of the many
“star’ ‘performances
posted by

SOUTHWELL

control

smalled

by the exploiters.

fail to return

based

Firestone

e

many

not

relate,

on the lines, the union or

of those countries. The billions of dollars now being poured
into foreign aid at the expense of the American taxpayer
an

do

tell you better than

created by these same monopolies through the exploitation
of natural resources and near slave treatment of the people
simply

and

true,

not

events

to

rumblings,

been

haye

we

sad

increased costs of
think Mr. Average

ducers and suppliers.
Many of the trouble spots in the world today have been

is

minds.

up-

“lack of cooperation by the Setup Man” as the cause of their
troubles.
This is not only hitting low but simply is not fact.
We have eyen been blamed for

not only set and control prices of their own

of

rumors,

private

ASSOCIATION

exercise

there

employees

the

Nevertheless,

bad

American Medical Association and the National Grange,
through their Washington lobbyists, attempt to block every
Piece of liberal social legislation, branding such legislation
as “socialism” and destructive of “free enterprise”.
Free enterprise has been largely destroyed for many
years. It became the victim of the large corporate mo-

nopolies who

in our

permost

and

in-

vested capital. This compares
with a national average return of 9.5 per cent or nearly
double the national average.

and

a whole.
It seems

17.9

their

Firestone

the

of

a

this

any-

with

fairness
but discretion,
thing
and with the best interests of

men

Their phony administered
pricing policy is calculated
to yield 20 per cent profit
on all invested capital while
operating at only 80 per
cent of capacity.

compiled

use

authority

they are fair,
Set-up people

is

of pricin 1960

no

commitments

WE REALIZE THIS. However,
we have never, nor do we intend

mis-

theres’

abandon,

reckless

trolled,

the

properly

when

on

takes, take the bitter with the
sweet, for that’s what it will always be with completely uncon-

e

completely oblivious to everything except
profit.

i Under this system
ing its products, GM

try

a cer-

gained

scheduling
soon
are mets

gers off a barrage of inflation propaganda. It is our opinion
that the average American citizen is no longer fooled by

this

of

of
applied, have a great deal
run,
lines
which
on
bearing
how
and
when, for how long,

specter of inflation is being dusted
demands

“Controlling”

and,

tain ‘ability

SOUTHWELL

of union

to

like

would

have

change-oyers

off by the big auto companies aided and abetted by the daily
press which they control.
;
The

explain.

a member

Being

I

be

would

this

that these
shop simply means
their “knowthrough
people,
how” acquired through frequent

Decent Living Wages
Will Not Cause Inflation
HARRY

this

group

and

REPORTS

By

kind,

conception.

IAMES THOMPSON, Recording Secretary
MAX ZANDER,
BLAINE DAVIS, MARTHA BRADLEY, Trustees
ORVEL (GENE) KELLY Guide, ED KWASNIEWSKI, Sergeont-at-Arms

SEORGE

any

a mis-

their

admit

feet,

two

their

stand

to

courage

the

haye

recog-

generally

been

has

It

HUBBARD

R. Sanson
Van Antwerp
Parent Wise
N. Youngblood
COUNTY AFL-CIO COUNCIL

shift

will

make

sure

that

When

you

do

all

phases
of operation
will
be
perfected, whether he returns

or

not.

this

you're working for Firestone—
not just your shift or a pat on
the back.

Leaye

lines

the

to

proper

make

men

the

on

the

necessary

re-

pairs. Each shift has eight hours
to

produce

der

and

to

to produce,

repair

not

in

to cry.

or-

e
FOREMEN, AND THERE are
many good ones, also have their
troubles. They
authority,

under

for

are

pressure

their

as

they

do not have much

assed

should.

on

time,

one

and

while,

which

inability

they

the

at the

constantly
accounts

to check

They

hand

over

other

same

are

for

time

lines

har-

down-

rejects,

they

are

expected to turn out tremendous
production—which they do. They

do not even haye a room where,
under
pleasant surroundings,

they

can

talk over their mutual

problems.

All the
plans,
charts,
research data, threats, etc. can-

not
will

alter this situation.
We
continue to be Firestone.

we

will

continue

that

is to

be

We will continue to set production records and meet our
orders but, alas, under present
increased inspection standards,
down-time
production

One

and

expected

we

continue, and
nal “passing

Graham

SYMPATHY

has

sponsibility—with

We

hope

changes

this

to

Ralph

great
will

help

somewhat

these

Motto;

re-

recent

Personnel

congratulate

your

help.

the

situation

not

in

a

no

that

in

does

turning

who

any

is the inferbuck,”
false

scrap and rejects, etc.
e
OUR

for

in

hope,

that
the

not

have

rejects,

operation.

thing,

reports,

to

and

gentlemen.

Confucious

didn’t

say this—we wish he had: “He
who passes buck—will be short
changed.”
He will lose,
not

only

friends

but

a man,

his stature

as

There are many ailments common to man for which we have
no relief in our First Aid Room,
To mention only a few: Toothache, sore throat, asthma,
hay
fever.
Man cannot live by aspirin alone.
“Red” Huff and
Paul Stay
are

getting

mighty

upset

over

Bob’s shorts—could
they
be
jealous?
Bernie
must
like
them.
All “Rockwood
Rebels” wish-

ing to shaye—see

George

Dolin-

sky—he says he’s so ashamed of
their appearance that he'll fur-

nish the blades.
We believe this bears mention-

ing again—the “belligerent, I’m
doing you a favor” attitude of
the coffeemen.

e
As

APOLOGY:

I have

stated

many tinies it has never been
my intention nor desire to hurt
anyone's

trouble
bosses,

feelings

either

or

always

of this.

with

anyone

been

which

I am

would

certain
I made

else.

I

in

wives,
have

careful

occasion-

I write is taken

way

by someone,

sorry.

like

to

for

Therefore,

apologize

to

I

a

inspector for remarks
two or three years ago,

which,

him

them

their

it seems,

ally something
wrong

get

extremely

However,

the

or

I

understand,

embarrassment

caused

—

it was

intended in fun only. And to a
girl in the office I happened
to mention in writing up last

This
Now

year's credit union party.
was also strictly kidding.

don’t be angry—you are one of
my
fayorite
persons — why

would

I hurt

Nothing

pleasure

you?

give

could

wish

to

than

more

me

all

best to Stanley, our genial
janitor and most
well-liked

cent

retiree.

friends,

You

Stanley,

for you and

operation.

who

haye
are

the

and
re-

many

pulling

also the Mrs. in her

CONVEYOR

August, 1961

EDITION

OF

SOLIDARITY

‘Ternstedt Team Wins Plant Golf Trophies
\ Bob Healy, Detroit Universal Kennedy’s

LYON,

HELD on
the
and

A PLAY OFF WAS
6th
August
Sunday,

otny,
Bates,

Stanley

winner was Bob Healy with a 75.
The four lowest scores from
one

individual

unit,

Venglar.

tournaments,

for this Annual Tournament.
Members
of
the
Committee
who planned and conducted the
Tournament
were:
Edward

Orvel Kelley, Amer76; Bob Healy, De-

under were:
ican Metal,

Robert

Sul-

Ternstedt,

77;

76;

Universal,

livan and Cass Krych,, Ternstedt,
Al

76;

John

Stewart,

DETROIT

BRASS

Bertram,

ward

79;
80;

Screw,
Soderlund, Diamond
James Campbell, Firestone,

Chairman;

Savitskie, Acting

..Stanley

..79;

Universal,

Detroit

Kwasniewski,

Mike ~ Newell,

and

Elandt

etc.

The
committee
was
very
pleased with the fine turnout

or

80

of

Those with a score

troit

Other programs include baseball, a soft ball league, pinochle

Steve

was

winner

the

our Local.

off was held
and Zajotny

A. play
Venglar

with 80.
between

TOURNAMENTS
many events con-

ducted by the Local Recreation
of
Committee for the members

77; and Steve VengWalter Zapotny tied

Stewart,
lar and

e

GOLF
of the

THE
are one

Krych,
Al
76;

following scores: Cass
Sullivan,
76; Robert

and

the

with

Standard,

Rockwell

Dec,

80.

trophies,

Ternstedt

to

went

Wayne
80;
Ternstedt,
Detroit Universal, 80; and

AND

Herman

George,

Joseph

Secretary;

Ben

Hunter,

Charles

Monday

Frank

and

Ed-

Jackson,

Al

Nemeth.

MALLEABLE

column

this

As

contract

new

ten,

sparring.

usual

the

down

get

will

they

tacks, we

hope.

company

The

the

union’s

doing

to

brass

week

Next

I guess we’ll
day to day

a

wanted

ten-day extension, but the union
said no.
I, myself, heartily endorse

them

notifying

the

of

termination

a
expressing
negotiations,

and
start

ex-

Every year the comsent a notice by the

tension.
pany is

union

of an

rejection

the

of

contract

to
desire
every
but

year the company stalls until
the last couple of weeks and
talks go on with extensions
of the contract, hoping for a
settlement without any work
stoppages.

never had a strike
contract yet, and I

We have
over a new

people

the

year

have

never

we

hope

dif-

talking

are

get

to

strike

They’ll

ferently.

this

to, but

their demands. I hope that by
the time you read this, every-

thing

factory

will

be settled
for both

way

e

RENO,

ED

Representative,

are

we

and

in a satis-

sides.

International

our

on

is

honored

vacation

have

to

Harry Southwell, the President
of our Local, step in and take
Ed's place. It is a consensus of
that

opinion

better

done

our

by

getting

side.
The pension

have

couldn’t

we

Harry

on

plan is the main

objective this year, and brother, we need a breakthrough on

this one, By
together we

all of us sticking
can be successful

in the end,
in the
I didn’t get a column
paper last month betause I was

away
tion,

for

Our

we have
working
the

Lewis

ment,

we

election

two
for

Machine

of

BLOOD

had

weeks

three

the

new
us;

was

and

Shipping

BANK

held

vaca-

and

committeemen
Miller of
Paul

Shop

e

on

NOTES,

George

Depart-

In June

eight out of eight donors

Ketchum

Dayid

the

of

first

the

as
and
to yolunteer
donors
fate will have it, he was the
first one to draw blood from
the bank. David’s wife needed
a pint and Dave said it sure
that the
was nice to know
blood was at his disposal when
he needed it. You never know
be

afraid

to

June

for

Gus

Litwinski,

Stanley

Atwood,

Mabry.

Jim

month,

e

Roy

I don't

at War-

Local Golf Tournament

Der-

are Harley

ren Valley. They

depart-

electrical

renberger,

the

in

entered

plant

our

from

GOLFERS

THREE

HAVE

WE

Anderson, , millJack
ment;
wright; and Everett Jarvis, machine repair. They tell me that

Harley
club.

really

swings

a

mean

like to
This
column
would
wish all of you lots of luck.
next
We'll
have
the
results
month,

We

would

the

on

family

like

to

sympathy

to

offer

our

Groh

Ellery

the

their

of

death

luck is all
daughter's

Ellery’s
daughter.
His
bad.
running

house caught on fire causing
a lot of damage and last weekweekend,

the

into
all

We

ends

his

the

house

there,
I

away

were

ransacked

and

stealing

bad

your

all

Ellery,

returned

I see Theresa

for

broke

someone

bedrooms,

hope

Gee,

and

they

while

end

from

Cada

$40.

luck

vacation

and

Hat-

tie Beck with their arms all bandaged up. I thought maybe the
foreman might
ing their arms

out

that

of

Lyon,

including

history,

mortgage

liberal
most
ever devised.

to

them,

wasn't

have been twistto get more work

but
the

I

found
case,

TUBE

old

as

up

at |

times

we

are

HAS

while
them

how

Puzzle:

about

they

recalled
in lieu
pension

of vested
benefits.

sum

rights

types |

STICKLER
for wedding

June is the month

eli-

bells, but July saw our most

gible bachelor caught. Jack Hebert took that fatal step July|
28th. Congratulations.
the
asked
Morse
Wayne
Committee to drop his pending grievance we discussed at
the monthly meeting. He feels

lost pay involved was not
main issue and felt that

the
the

concerned.

everyone

rules

election

at the new

looked

has

everyone

that

hope

I

for

satisfactorily

the grievance

for stewards posted on the bulletin board. These were accepted
by the membership at the last
haven't noticed,

If you

meeting.

election.

as

steward’s

next

the

at

shock

a

come

won't

please do, so they

new
with

a
has
WAGNER
cigarettes
rolling

one hand, One of the guys asked
him wasn't it a little difficult.

it’s just that
just right is

He said, “Oh no,
getting the filter
difficult.”

little

a

where.

cation

methods,

changed~

is

that

No

work.

or

the

keep

hurrying
The

up.

and

to

they

have

all

that

day's

to catch

company

make

up

has

these

assured

haye

of

classifi-

a‘ fair

is

asked

right

changes

the

in

especially

you,

all

remind

to

want

We

us

that no discplinary action will
emthe
because
taken
be

sudden

were

all

death

be-

up
keep
changes.

can’t
ployees
cause of these

We

at

shocked

of

Ed

the

Benjamin

knew
been

in the plant. We all
his wife Hattie had

here
that

very sick and was not expected
only
him
to live. She survived
by

ten

out| money
up

for

days.

from

We

for

extra

the

used

the collection

flowers

wanted

Ed

to

is

it.

WOLVERINE

the

taken

pay

them

that

on

us.

Tury,

(Bill)

Vice
Brems,
Jake
FiKelly,
Larry

Eryin

Recording

Stronski,

negotiations

are

the

Court

also

told,

trans-

to

rights

our

on

9th,

August

start

to

(Crim)

Frank

and

e

to
off

ONE SPECIAL REMINDER
anyone who quits or is laid

from

removed

to be

enough

rights

to

a

pension

or

lump sum payment.
In either case, however, you
must apply within ninety (90)
last

your

after

days

or you
employee
your rights under

an

as

day

&

will forfeit
the pension

plan as it is now written —
so be sure to keep this in mind.
T'll say so long for now and
will look forward to seeing you

way

‘all

at

our

plant

meetings.

TUBE

No Progress Made in
Contract Negotiations
I would like to start my first
very
I am_
column by saying
your
appointed
pleased to be
regular
the
plant editor until
election of one. It is a job that
I feel is a very important function

of our

estly

and

strive

to

to report

we owe

all

ing,

a lot to our un-

we take for

which

attend

to

one

like to urge

I would

because

union,

our

sometimes.

granted

the

to

ability and to always

strengthen

your

you

union

and

meet-

union,

the

are

especially now that we are on
contract negotiations, now that
company

the

smoke

first

has

screen

sent

with

its

up _

their

nonsensical

and

propaganda

proposals which if passed would
as
ineffective
make our union
agent.

bargaining

your

to“responsible

down

bargaining

that

human

the

try

and

is

union

beings

stockholders,

We

the

The
due

stockholder

get

will

to

collective

made

realize

up

same

invest

for
the
right!

will

be

given

consideration, but not at the

expense

of

demand

a

our

members.

fair

share

ress, after all isn’t
supposed to benefit

We

in

prog-

automation
all?

of

as

our

stock-

long
just

WE HAVE STRIVEN too
to make our union strong

and watch manage=
it down the drain,

to sit back
ment flush

Our whole seniority structuré
is under attack by the company
and

come

even

within
the

concerning

have

suggestions

some

from

union

our

Dept,

Utility

which would be of no benefit to
our members.

It would only serve to disrupt our unity, when we need
unity most, together we stand
—divided we fall, if management

wants

same

as

ment

THEY

NOW

MAYBE

them
our support
things we think are

hon-

to you

facts

intelligently

best of my
because

the

I promise

and

union,

ion movement

e

BILL
hobby,

everyone

This

can,

Mississippi is due about
21st, so the boys are go-

vested

By JOHN YOUNG

hahdled

had

Committee

the

daughter.

who

the seniority list. If you have
years of credited
ten or more
service, you may apply for either

three months Blue Cross hospitalization for Hattie and their
little

work

e

ing to be busy.

long

NEWS

JUANITA

been

fer to
August

Fair Day’s Work Principal
To Apply in Methods Change
By

are
ex=

of

Secretary;

nancial

Hearing

about |

these

by

ELECTIONS
we have an

size

Louis

Chairman;
Chairman;

I’ve

is adeTHE PENSION FUND
quate to cover all obligations so

it being depleted
of withdrawals.

43

show

are:

scheduled

e

in-

have

depend

Secretary;
Varga.
Contract

found

there is no need to worry

can

(Buddy)

for

had

these

of

Some

|

were

lump

their

took

we

this

and

They

|

that

who

had

with our support, represent us
properly — But not without our
support. So let’s get out to the

recall

informed

we

Committee

several people we
|meetings
for some time and

twenty-five

for

perienced

the

July

do

WELL,
THE
half |
moved |long past and

of being

been

I have

of

Why

to force?
of |

we are glad to welcome
back, we also wonder for}

long.

end

| supervisors

back

other

The

e
MEANT

to work for
had not seen

men

widows.

to

payments

catch

the

337 union employees working,
an increase of about 66 from
the previous month.

last

other jobs and others have gone
themselves.
for
business
terms into
| Good Luck to all of you.

and

payments

benefit

again

Mississippi.

THIS

the

permits

SECURITY—Which

Inc.

is in the process

SOCIAL

ADEQUATE

MORE

you

but I'll try and

machinery.

our

Federal grants to the states. to
allow completion of the 41,000mile interstate highway system
within the next 10 years or so.
HOUSING
— The
biggest proin

missed

At

on three shifts in an effort
fill the orders with only half

needy
unemployed
workers
in
the next year.
FINANCING—ProHIGHWAY
viding $1112 billion in additional

Bill

the names of the July doso will print them next

have
nors

distress.

pour about $1 billion into
pockets of some 3 million

gram

BROOKS

with the news.
Its almost like

TEMPORARY
UNEMPL
OYMENT COMPENSATION—Which

will
the

I

month,

64.

Rohloff,

Knizewski,

Joe

and

Lambrix

economic

Sorry

floor in its history, with a goal
of $1.25 an hour set for 1963-

were:

Nemeth,

George

Lybik,

Art

give.

donors

The

By MILTON

AREAS

MINIMUM
BROADENING
first
COVERAGE — The
WAGE
substantial extension of the pay

it so don’t

need

may

you

when

stant

AVON

of

one

was

Foundry

DEPRESSED

in
breakthrough
first
—The
Federal legislation aimed specifically at helping to stimulate
business in regions hit by con-

creases

accepted and in July only four
were accepted, so all told, we
of
neighborhood
in the
have
a
give or take
pints,
twenty
couple, in our blood bank. We
are doing very nicely so far, but
let’s not lag behind. Don’t wait
to be asked — volunteer to one
committee
bank
of the blood
committee members.

EXPIRED

August 1, 1961 and
on a
be working

basis.

already

sides

e

CONTRACT

OUR

Two

plant,

both

with

held

been

negotiations

have

meetings

three

or

writ-

is being

at our

underway

are

GRAMLICH

TO

imum

Open at Detroit Brass
ERNEST

AID

Machines Are Being Moved

to retire at the age of 62 with
reduced benefits, increases min-

Contract Negotiations
By

Record

INC.

Lyon Works Three Shifts;

|| Wins Low Medal Score Cup Six Month
The annual West Side Local Golf Tournament was held
at the Warren Valley East Golf Course on Saturday, July
29th and a fine group of golfers were on hand for the teeoff.
Four golfers tied for the low medal score trophy with
a 76. These were Orvel Kelley, American Metal; Bob Healy,
Detroit Universal; Robert Sullivan and Cass Krych of Ternstedt.
e
Steve Venglar and Walter Zap-

ote

et

ac,

ly

”

let

company

voluntary

utility

a

them

Ford

and

pay

and

for

every

it should
after

basis,

depart-

the

it

other

be on &
who

all

will derive the benefits from
it—certainly not the union,

I would like to express all our
of
families
to the
condolences

our late brother Mr. Howard By=is }ford and Mr, Joseph Near who
which
dollars,
his
holder
last
the
during
away
more important? The answer is }passed
month,
pretty apparent by the way our
in
lagged
have
relations
labor
will be sadly missed by
They
s.

lives

in

a

the last few

We

with

now

many

the

company

year

haye

years

They know our
them
solve
can

a

at

committee

Wolverine.

problems
we
if

and
give

brothers

their

Wolverine,

Well, I wiil close

you

at

the

next

sisters

and

hoping

local

at

to see

meeting,

(Erreror

Page

SOLIDARITY

OF

EDITION

CONVEYOR

4

August,

Speeders on Streets
Ternstedt to Take Strike Vote Sun., Face Loss of License
FLASH

now

is

report

Ternstedt

two days late and as we go to
still displaying its
press, GM,

workers

are

entirely

e

usual dilatory tactics, has made|
THE SAME holds true for Seyno over-all offer to the UAW.
erance Pay — GM pays its salWe
had the pleasure of at- | aried employees more than twice
tending a meeting in Cobo Hall as much
as it does its hourly
called by the UAW GM Top Neemployees.
Hourly
Severance’

Committee

gotiating

for officers

committeemen

and

August

Woodcock

speaker

ported

6th.

at

was

Sunday,

Brother

the

that

on

GM

Leonard

the

principal

was

dragging

meeting

and

re-

its feet and had made only a
few vague proposals, all of them
of negative value to the union

its members.

and

HERE

e

ARE

SOME

interesting

of

items

him:

the

reported

very

Pay

(20

years

—Salary

tion

1,500

to

medical

Cross

and

Insurance,

employees

620

hours.

Blue

politan

covers
items

service)

have

In

the

not

rate

worker

earns

es;

US.

Average

95%

yestment after taxes.
2. GM
profits
before
nearly equaled wages paid
its

hourly

1959

rate

workers

profits—$1,792

fore

taxes

rate)

—S2,038

million.

million

in

1960

rate)

be-

Profits

taxes—

$2,151

mil-

°59 Officers

and

These

officials

included

in

the

Vice-President,
Members

nors,

and

Sena-

($13.8

Woodcock

50

said

that

GM

but

their

at

the

same

pension

FEDERAL

time

costs

for

with

The

America

its

pricés

operating

GM

so
be

figtry,

in

union

truth

de-

is that

today.

on

the

180

days

claimed

that

cent return
er taxes.

the

principle
at

cents

(16c)

an

cents

overtime

wants

hour

for

to end

$42

resulted
The

all overtime

employees
could
the payroll
and

even

money

fact
six-

payments.

steadier work

all,

be-

The
that

increase

that more
added
to

make

six-

and

GM

would

million.

income

save

e

HE
ENDED
HIS
speech
by
hourly| saying that the union cancelled

they

SCREW

say

Hi
with
a

J. MELOCHE

folks, here
it is August
school starting in less than

month

and

we

are

just

start-

ing on our vacation. Seems like
we just couldn't find the time
to

take

it

before

this,

too

other
unimportant
take care of.

many

details

to

Well folks, our good old friend
the stork has been a busy little
fellow
around
ye
olde
screw
works
these recent weeks. He
favored our good friend Steve
Grabowski, (he who just a year

ago
danced
himself
into
a
broken ankle), with a son. Needless to say, our boy “Steve” was
overjoyed.

Just

think,

in

a few

short years, Steve will have his
own home
grown caddy. The

best of luck and the good Lords
blessing on all of you Steve, and
thanks again for the smokes.
THE

cent

OTHER

blessed

household

(He, who

played
forced

heal
Cole

AND

MORE

event

was

of George

in

to take

the

“Red”

just a short year

so much

re-

baseball

a few

days

Cole.

he

ago

was

off

to

up). The stork blessed the
family with another son.

This makes two in a row for
them and we have a hunch that
“Red”

bition

is harboring

of raising

his own

ball team. Good
Marcia and the
hope
and

you

realize

thanks

smokes.
Just
class seegars.

Another

ployees

a secret am-

luck to you and
little guys, Red,
your

ambitions

again

for

love

of our

reached

basket-

on
earth
this
Alex Pascko of

them

old

his

the

high

line em-

goal

in life

past
month.
sweepers re-

tired as of July the first. Alex,
whose daily chore was to keep
the Boltmaker
dept. clean, always done a good
job and

may

years

of

health.

Well

you

enjoy

our

WE

hard

in

ball

way

as

placed

Just

of

to it.

to prove

these

wins

many

fairness

good

club

we

has

had

a point,

were

though

to

three

accom-

we

must

admit that our boy Ray did get
a (one)
hit in
the fourth
game. Ray was complaining to
yours truly recently that the
opposing pitchers were walk-

ing him instead of pitching to
him. This may be true, however one of the other boys told
me, (confidentially of course),

that
the
real
reason
they
walked Ray was because due
to certair prominent out croppings, the opposing
pitchers
were

unable

to see

All kidding

a good

club.
got

In

job

the

aside, Ray

of managing

one

recent

“sunshine”

plate.

is doing
the

contest

our

ball

he

recreation

director
and
erstwhile
umpire
so excited, he almost swallowed
his dentures, Don’t worry sunshine,

if

you

recommend

tist.
and

That’s

enjoy

lose

you

it

to

these,

a good

folks,

yourselves

tainly intend to.

urge

each

bulletin
haye a

in view of the facts

before you in this article,

that

you

will

vote

to

support

the stand of the top committee
and give them the power to call
a strike if necessary.
We know that nobody wants
a strike but if we want justice
we must be prepared to stand

Our

Dept.

in

apologies

to

last

edition

7, we

the

“Flash”

Bill

omitted

that

Bill

Burns,

to

mention

of

had

the

just

be-

come
a grandpa for the first
time..A 744 Ib. girl named Laura.

Congratulations
to
everyone concerned,

e
NATION,

BILL

you
Bill.

Dept.

and

7,

In-

spection, 2nd Shift, wants all of
his friends to-know that he is
well on his way to a .complete
Tecovery, He has been in Maybury Sanatorium for some time
and has riow been transferred
to

the

Recovery

“The

Ward,

Club.”

keep

for

I

HAVE

article
If

He

other-

hopes

to

his

e

stated previously

that

we

this

and

female,

don’t

should

the

new

can

den-

cool

I cer-

will

security

law.

prejudice
to work

in

think

over.

be

come

eligible

for

would

not

benefits

under

right to return
the strike was

We hope our members
read and remember this:
time

after

to

over 62, male

This

their
after

age

62

if

will
any

they

are

on strike, layoff, sick leave or
take
an
extended
vacation
(one month or more) they are
eligible
for
Social
Security
benefits.
F

The

House

Committee

Ways

recently

ings on the Kennedy

and

began

Means

hear-

Bill to pro-

vide hospital-medical
the aged under Social

a

care for
Security.

THE FIRST witness was Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff.
He said enactment of the
plan
would
be a landmark
comparable to the original enactment of Social Security in
1935 and would promote free-

dom from fear of economic insecurity in old age.
He
accused
the
American
Medical Association of misleading

the

public

when

they

call

the bill socialized medicine. Actually the bill will not control

doctors in any way. It only provides a way through Social Security to pay hospital medical
costs for old people who generally need such
services
and

are

mostly

unable

to

pay

for

them.
The bill's correct name is the
Anderson-Kerr Bill and you can
help it along by writing a card
or letter supporting it to: The
House Ways and Means Com-

mittee,

House

| Washington,

no-driying
periods of

Judges

joined

Office

D.c.

D.

Watts

on

have

Building,

probation
time.

the

side

Murphy

proyoked

accidents,
Let me

Watts

hour

as well as

on

the

residential

arterial streets.
“At the same

higher

who

num-

Judges

and

Watts

said. “Every driver brought to
court for this offense can be
assured of facing the possibility

of

our

a

penalty,

stiff

fine

opinion,
the

is

less

and

of

a

his

the basis
One was

to

court

recently

of citizen complaints.
placed on no-driving

for

three

months,

other for six months
third for one year.

POLICE

Herbert

and‘

an-

the

e
COMMISSIONER

W.

Hart

released

the

following
statement
regarding
speeding drivers in Detroit:

Within

troit

recent

Police

weeks

the

Department

De-

—

in

someone

drivers

not

~

©

_

|

|

onl:

cause serious and often fata’
accidents but also are a great
source of nuisance because of
their

motors

roaring

tires,

screeching

horn |

persistent

and

blowing. We receive many com-~
plaints because of their noisy
and discourteous behavior. It is a common misconception

pe-

on

the

own block but
a traffic scoff-

driving

Speeding

driv-

The judges said that three
residential street speeders were

when

else’s block,

greater

of time.”

brought

law

what,

ing privilege for a lengthy

riod

driver in his
then becomes

time the Court

Murphy

that

a parent is
law-abiding

many
and

to me that
careful
a

on

wishes the citizens of Detroit
to know how serious a traffic
law violation it considers residential
street
speeding,”

emphasize

driving in neighborhood areas.
It is a curious and ironic fact

streets,

speeds

by fa:
durin

complaints
are
not
being
lodged solely against youthful
drivers.
Our
investigations
have revealed that motorists
of all ages are guilty of fast

campaign

bers of complaints from citizens.
They urged drivers to cut their
speeds yoluntarily and to observe the speed limit of 25 miles

per

areas.

in residen:

this period of the year becaus
of the greater potential for chil

for lengthy

increasing

occurring

The hazards created
drivers
are multiplied

placed on

speeders,

been

tial

warned

and

growing

street

probation

for it.

fight

and

up

social

plished
without
the
benefit
of a hit from our hustle bustle manager, Ray Hamilton. In
all

the
can

John

their licenses by being

in

pass, Our members

win a double header to do it. To
make
it even tougher, in the
last game we had to overcome
a four run deficit in the last inning to win. Shows you what our
boys can do when the chips are
down and they really put their

minds

We

e

HOPE,

sibility.

now tied-for first place,
These wins were accomplish-

the

mem-

there will be a strike,
in GM,
but there is always such a pos-

fallen on better days. By virtue
of four wins in a row, we are

ed

after.

turnout.

this

retirement

folks,

the

meeting.

large

WE

minded his own business. You
can retire with the feeling of
a good job well done Alex,
and

a

get a pass to visit some of
Ternstedt friends real soon.

Federal Screw Team
Tied for First Place
By NORMAN

fol-

speech

that

member to watch
board so that we

wise

WORKS

so

not, shortly

aft-

has increase

it

This meeting probably will be
held before you read this or if

of

cost of

discussion

Woodcock’s

possible

that

a 20 per

the

con-

bers could endorse this stand
and calling for a strike yote at

GM _ bases

on investment

benefits

UAW

had

been unable to refute these
ures; in fact, did not even

in

from

Govyer-

million).

usually

rigid pricing policy of GM is
the major engine of inflation

teen

tors, 437 Congressmen, 9 Supreme Court Justices, 10 Cab-

inet

inflation

tween 1957 and 1960.
is that six cents of

1960.

U.S.

mands,

teen

President,

100

to

connection

fringe

Directors were paid ($14.0 million) more than 608 top Goy-

ernment

erence

US.

(hourly

before

Wages (hourly
lion.
3. GM's Top

in-|

taxes}
to all

million

Wages

$1,883

on

as

by

through his sweat and he should
1. General Motors Profit Rate| certainly get an even break.
is nearly double. The ayerage|
Woodcock said that in the
for all US.
Corporations:
GM}
booklet
GM
sent
to alt its
179% on investment after tax-| members there was much ref-

a

motion was made that all GM
plants support the top committee’s stand and that meetings should be called as soon

that

profits

the

lowing

salaried

the

want

inflationary;

is

that

During

Metro-

covered

not

it.

catastrophic illnesses and
such
as high
hospitalbills

does

only wants justice but its members must be willing to fight for

addi-

insurance

it

tract

hours

Blue Cross. Vacation pay, sick
pay are also much more liberal
for salaried than hourly workers. This is not justice, the hour-

by/ ly

bers;

and

all drivers that speeders on reit sidential streets face the loss of

too jits contract with GM because
high when it costs them three had positive proof that GM was
times as much to finance the going to do so. The union wants
salaried workers’ pension plan.
no special favors for its memrate

PENMAN

By ALEX

phy

have

T. Mur-

that virtually all accidents oc:
cur on our arterial highways

other
and
streets, This

heavily-trafficked
is not the case.

DIRECTOR

Wil-

has

Polkinghorn

H.

liam

e
OF TRAFFIC

called

to my attention that last year
more than 23,000 of the city’s
total accidents happened on re- |=

sidential streets.
Two out of eyery

or injury

death

causing

dents

three

a
acci-/|-i
to |i

in
on residential
occur
children
streets. I know this is a matter |

has

teen receiving from citizens liying .in many
sections
of our
community an increasing number of complaints against driyers who
speed
on
residential
streets.
These
complaints
cannot
be
dismissed as impulsive or capri-

cious. I am convinced of their
validity
because
of the large
number of traffic accidents that

of grave concern to every parent. |.
are hopeful
We
citizens will obey

laws

voluntarily.

our
that
our speed

We

do

not

©

enjoy issuing tickets. We know
that the great majority of our

~
—

we

|

good

believe that

serve

who

We

law

are

drivers

receive

citizens

abiding

they

want

protection

from

flout the speed

intend

to

and

see

this protection,

and

and

all

de-

drivers

laws,

that

they

|
_

Se
ee, toe 8

Aug. 20, 12:30 p.m. At Local Hall

Traffic Judges George

ey

TERNSTEDT

This

1961

¥

Auto Seat Belt Urged

To Safeguard Riders

The automobile seat belt is the most effective device
for preventing serious injuries and death that_has been
developed in recent years, according to the labor department
of the National Safety Council.
. When cars

object,

crash

into each

other,

the driver and passengers,

a-tree

without

or some

4

other

seat belts to hold

them, fly forward until they hit something solid. They may
be thrown out when a door opens and hit the ground or the

Pavement; or they may stay in the car and be slammed
against the windshield or dashboard. The chances of being
killed are five times greater when hurled out of a car than
in being thrown around in the car.
A seat belt prevents a passenger from being hurled out
of the car or banged around in it. Drivers and passengers

who wear safety belts are 35 to 60 percent safer than are ”

people without belts.
_
_Avseat belt has a distinct advantage in case a car catches
fire or is submerged in water after an accident. Since a belt
holds a driver or passenger in place in the car, the chances
of being knocked unconscious and burned to death or
drowned are greatly lessened. A belt can be instantaneously
released by a- conscious person with a flip of the hand.
Only belts meeting the standards of the Society of
Automotive Engineers should be purchased. The installation
also should be in accordance with SAE specifications.
THE ONLY SURE WAY to get full value from automobile safety belts is to develop the habit of fastening the
belt on getting into the car, even before turning on the

ignition switch. They are useles unless worn whether going
a few blocks or on a long trip. It’s a fact that most people
are killed within 25 miles of their homes. Furthermore, belts
should be worn whether driving at low or high speeds. Most
fatal accidents occur at speeds under 40 miles and hour.
“T urge all union members to equip their cars with safety
their wives and
belts for the protection of themselves,
children,” states Lloyd Utter, NSC vice president for labor
and safety director of the Auto Workers.

“Last year 5,000 men, women and children, many of
them members of union families, would not have died in
traffic accidents if they had been using a safety belt.
Furthermore, many more thousands of members of union
families would not have been hurt or seriously injured.”
Under no circumstances are seat belts a substitute for

knowing

and

observing

traffic rules and

regulations.

*

’
®

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