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* i .,*r ' • I 1 l ' m.' * Tt* ONLY REALLY 1NPBPEWPEWT WEEKLY fa» Mecklenbarg Co—tj For i W»My. Ho Rgodw ihpwt tti LARGEST BUYING POWER im OmMU Ihe Charlotte labor Journal 1 ruthful, honest, Impartial AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Endeavoring Vol. VII—No. 6 T~' CHARLOTTE, N. C-, THURSDAY, JUNE 17,1937 —- $2.00 Per Tor Patronise our Adver tiser*. They make YOUR paper possible by their co operation. to Serve the Masses Official Organ Central Labor Union; standing for the A. F. of L. A. F. L. LAUNCHES CAROLINA DRIVE GOOGE MEET STATE LABOR LEADERS IN CHARLOTTE TO MAP OUT PLANS Mate ana local labor leaders loyal to toe American Federation of Labor and its principles met with George L. Googe, southern representative of William Green and the National executive council to map out plans to combat C. I. O. organization in the Carolinas. Mr. Googe stressed the fact that “an intensive drive for the or ganization of industrial and service trades employes was in the offing so far as the A. F. of L. was concerned, and would be pushed with every means available, especially among the textile workers. The meeting was held in order to prepare for the A. F. of L. State Convention to be held in Salisbury, Monday and Tuesday, July 26th and 27th, local unions and Central bodies complying with the cali. A meeting of the executive board of the state body will be held in Salis bury next Sunday at 2 p.m., according to a call issued by President C. A. Fink, of the State body to make detailed plans for the convention. Mr. Googe stated that the CIO efforts in the south, had served principally to strengthen the A. F. of L. loyal bodies, and to arouse them against the subversive doctrines of the Lewisians. For every member lost to the CIO, except in the Alabama steel field, three new ones had come into the A. F. of L. membership.” In a statement to the press he referred to Roy Lawrence as the “former state federation president and E. L. Sandifur, former federation secretary, and all other representatives of the CIO are barred from the floor of all A. F. of L. local and central body meetings, under pain of the locals having their charter lifted.” Mr. Googe stated that “the >eorganization state federation meeting will be well attended for several reasons, including the new policy which compels affiliated local subordinate bodies to become members of the state federation, whereas formerly this was optional. ‘.‘The "*w int‘,rnal organizational moves were a part of the A. F. of L. t arolina CIO purge, separating the Greenites from the Lewisians, so that, it was explained, the A. F. of L. can proceed with its intensive organizing op P°r,“"l*,es which have opened up since the Wagner act decision. *he A. F. of L. in North Carolina, plans a thorough-going campaign which will include all lines of industrial labor and the service trades. The c,n,?™?npil; begin within a short time and continue with Intensity. > the CIO threat to A. F. of L. supremacy in the south, was more apparent an real, and pointed to the substantially increasing membership of the ^ r,,n organization through the southern states.” In referring to the radical control of the C. I. O. Mr. Googe stated that the of “conduct"**" *CCePt SUbVers‘Ve doctrine* it* Kuide in a permanent course to as the work of organization proceeds. I»v fcrfSttal \ V f ? ont 9°.kNor‘h «"d So"*** Carolina was exception u AFot •ctmties. and that he would devote as much time to this territory as possible. While in the city Saturday Mr/Googe received quite a number of long-distance and local telephone calls assuring him of «7e .yndU^e li^s A- F- °f ^ in U8 *ff°rt *° °r*ani~ «h- workers along 1,100 Signed Up By A. F. of L. Local At Lenoir Tuesday 15 VDMF 11 2 Extra XC WESTERN UNION Lenoir, N. C., June 15. W. W. WITTER, EDITOR CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL CHARLOTTE, N. C. ONE THOUSAND ONE HUN DRED SIGNED UP LAST NIGHT. ALBERT BECK, Business Agent, A. F. L. |p' • » * £ Cenl 11 m9' 9 • * • * % Central Labor Union The meeting; of Central Labor Un ion Wednesday night was void of anything unusual, only routine busi ness being transacted. The attend ance_was not so large, but six crafts being represented, along with a num ber of visitors. Two new delegates from the Carpenters and Joiners local were obligated—Messrs. Condor and Twitty. The Plumbers and Steam fitters reported new members and called attention to an open meeting to be held at the Building Trades Council Hall, 113V4 S. College St., next Friday night at 7:30. The Woman’s Auxiliary announced a meeting next Wednesday night at Central Labor Union hall for 8:00 o’clock, a full attendance of union men and their wives being requested. A lengthy letetr from the Social Se curity Board was read, as to em ployers keeping “a record of your so-' cal security number, which will ap pear in full next week. The meeting adjourned earlier than usual, but at that much minor business had been transacted. Tear Gas Is Used To Quell A Strike At Ambridge, Pa. ABRIDGE, Pa., June 15.—More than 500 men and women clashed to day in hand-to-hand fighting between followers of John L. Lewis and ad herents of the American Federation of Labor, who attempted to reopen a strike-closed plant. Before policemen’s tear gas shells scattered the crowd, 20 men had been beaten, one tsabbed and 50 back-to work marchers retreated. Burgess P. J. Caul threatened to prefer charges of inciting to riot against any out of town men identifi ed us taking part in the fighting in front of the National Electric Prod ucts company. The burgess took the tear gas guns from police who had broken up the disorder. Acting Police Chief Rich ard O’Neil and three patrolmen im mediately resigned. Pickets and sympathizers with the United Electrical and Radio workers, affiliate of the Committee for Elec trical Organization turned back 50 members of the International Broth erhood of Electrical Workers, who marched toward the plant gate sing ing “we’re going to work.” The brotherhood is an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. The burgess said he was investi gating reports that some of the men in the fight had been brought from Pittsburgh. if Union workers wilt prevai. .pon J -Tnion Label products they will have he best assurance »f prevailing •ubscribe for The Journm lae Union Label is the greatest ASSURANCE of quality and the bast INSURANCE for Trade Unionism, ing conditions for wy worker. A check for your subscription would be appreciated. The Union Label is .. O. K ami of quality The next meeting, Wednesday, July 7, will see officers placed in nomi nation for the ensuing year and a full attendance of all delegates is re quested. (Brought out of the records and readopted December 9, 1936) NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS AND BUSINESS MEN A resolution adopted last year as to The Labor Journal and solicitation of funds in the name of Central Labor Un ion was brought out of the minutes and republished as in formation. The resolution reads as follows: “Resolved. That we publish in The Charlotte Labor Journal, that we do not condone any solicita tion of advertising except for The Charlotte Labor Journal, purporting to tepresent labor, unless over the signature of the secretary of the Charlotte Cen tral Labor Union. * CHATTING HARRY BOATS In pursuit of pleasure it is the common habit for people to hunt out the new and uncommon as the best way of satisfying that desire. Some people enjoy the theatre, others pleasure resorts of many kinds, and still others prefer a club, restaurant or hotel dining room for thdir evening out. In Toledo, Ohio, according to The Literary Digest, there is a restau rant, two of them in fact, which, if true stories are told, are decidedly un common and out of the ordinary.- In these places discourtesy and rough house appear to be the ruling plan. The places are called “Bud and Luke’s,” and following is a short recital of some happenings reported to have taken place there: A writer for the Scripps-Howard syndicate dropped into Toledo and called on some writer friends, who took him to one of these eating places for a meal. The group entered the place and the man from New York look ed over the menu and blinked as he read: “We don’t serve lobsters here, but we cater to almost every one else.” He remarked this is a queer place. A waiter approached the table. He wore no coat over his red suspend ers, but he did wear a hat. “What’ll you have?" he asked.. The writer hesi tated and paused for a moment. The waiter flew into a rage. “So you’re not going to order,” he remarked. Then he stood on a chair and in a loud voice called to the other waiters: “Hey, this rube won’t order. He doesn’t like the place. Come on, fellows, let’s go to work.” In a moment half a dozen waiters had dropped their dishes and charged. He said: “Those apes grabbed me fore and aft and on each side and under neath and jerked me away from the table. They dragged me clear across the restaurant, kicked open the front door and-—there I was on the side walk, thrown out of the place.” As he fell he heard cries of merriment from within. Indignant, he picked himself up and dashed back in to renew the battle. The chief fun makers were his own friends. They had arranged the ceremony by telephone before arrival. The visitor caught on, joined in the hilarity, ate his sand wich, sipped his coffee, and enjoyed the fun. On the way out he squared accounts. He picked up a handful of knives and forks and put them in his pocket. At the counter he took three cigars and two chocolate bars and walked out. , • They are always playing pranks at this place and enjoy a state-wide reputation for discourtesy and thrive on it. One day an oil executive, accompanied by several members of his firm, entered the place. The weather was warm and the executive wore a white suit. His companions were dressed in dark clothes. A waiter with a keen eye saw the white suit and rushed to the kitchen. He returned with a broom, placed it in the hands of the man in white, mounted a chair and exclaimed: “Come on, folks, take a look at this street eleaner sitting with these gentle men.” The oil man turned crimson, soon recovered and was back again the next day to enjoy the fun. , ' . ... .. This place is owned by two brothers, who began business with a small sandwich shop after first failing to advance in the automobile business. From the small place they moved to larger quarters and tacked up a sign: “Two Nuts Just Moved In.” People were curious to know what it all meant and that curiosity was the success of the business. Naturally, in selecting waiters for such a place, the genteel ones are cast aside and the rough-and-tumble are selected. When fwally chosen for work they receive these instructions: “This isn’t a Greek restaurant. You are not servants. You are as good as any customer who cpmes into this place. You’re a salesman—act like one. If you want to sit down with a patron, go ahead and do it. We pa* you a good salary and don t encourage you to take tips—but don’t refuse any.” They don t. When a customer with a bald head arrives all 'the waiters greet him with, “Hello, Curly.” After he is seated and before he recovers from his confusion his own waiter is at his side polishing his bald head with a napkin. The writer states this is probably the only restaurant in civilization where a shine goes with the meal. Should you. ever visit Toledo, and feel equal to the occasion, do not miss this place. It may be the very spot you have been looking for. It does certainly sound like something very strange and unusual m the every-day life of a large city, where strange and unusual things do occur. NOTES OF STRIKE SITUATION—TUESDAY JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Gov. George H. Earle doubles force of State troopers as citizens’ committee threatens to “shoulder arms and drive the invaders out of town.” DETROIT_Homer Martin, United Automobile Workers chief, says U. A. W. unionists may refuse to handle steel from strike-bound steel companies in the production of automobiles. CLEVELAND.—Shutdown of General Motors plant here, coupled with similar closings in Detroit and Bay City, Mich., leaves an additional 16,800 men idle. COLUMBUS, O.—Peace move by Gov. Martin L. Davey collapses when steel spokesmen say their opposition to a signed labor contract with the C. I. O. remains “unchanged.” WARREN, O.—Dynamite explosion blows up 80 feet of Pennsylvania railroad track near steel mill. MONROE, Mich.—C. I. O. picketing resumes at Newton Steel plant for first time since htye were routed in a tear-gas attack by townsmen last Thursday. AMBRIDGE, Pa.—Scores beaten in clash between 500 C. I. O. pickets and 50 A. F. of L. workers attempting a “back-to-work” movement. CHARLESTOWN, W. Va.—United Mine Workers’ union officials an nounce 12,000 workers have anshwered strike call to shut down “captive” coal mines operated by steel companies. WASHINGTON.—Republic Steel files suit to compel the Post Office department to deliver packages to its strike-seiged plants. President Roosevelt says Republic Steel corporation should be willing to put in writing any agreement it is willing to make orally with a workers’ union. The Senate civil liberties committee announced a “prompt and thor ough investigation” of the Republic strike in Chicago. Johnstown Mayor Appeals to President For Intervention JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 17.— Strike-embroiled Johnstown’s Mayor Daniel J. Shields appealed to Presi dent Roosevelt yesterday for direct intervention to “remove the murder ous element that now infests the city.” Mayor Shields’ telegram to Presi dent Roosevelt declared: “I earnestly appeal to John L. Lewis through you, as bur President, to withdraw the murderous element that now nifests the city. “The situation has grown so bad that the strikers have resorted to the most dastardly crime in our nation to day—that of kidnaping. “Will you not please save our homes by discouraging Mr. John L. Lewis against such un-Americanism.” The Mayor’s assertion of kidnap ing was based on the story told by rames M. Hess, a worker, who report ed he was seized by six men early to day, stripped of his clothing • and thrown out of their automobile. On the other side of the picture, C. I. O. pickets at the Franklin mill jf Bethlehem Steel complained to po lice that workers inside the mill had hurled missiles at them from com pany property. On the Youngstown front, in Ohio, a spokesman for some 10,000 non strikers warned President Purnell, of Youngstown Sheet and Tube that the men were getting “jumpy and impa tient” at being kept from their jobs. “Serious trouble,” the spokesman, Ray L. Thomas, told him, would oreak out soon unless the mills were re-opened. While Purnell declined to promise an immediate opening, C. I. 0. lead ?rs at Youngstown organized “flying squads’ ’of pickets to combat any t>ack-to-work movement. PATRONIZE JOURNAL ADVERTISERS Your o~.. pocket book will swell in j 'wt the degree that top buy Union i Label Goods ^ MASS MEETING CALLED AT LENOIR FOR THURSDAY NIGHT, JUNE 8TH AT 7 P.M.—A. F. OF L GOING PLACES LENOIR, N. C„ JUNE 13TH, 1937. Mr. Wm. Witter, Editor Charlotte Labor Journal Dear Sir and Brother: Received your valuable papers and distributed them today at our meeting held at the Carlheim hotel. We had a full house and discussed wages, hours and conditions concerning this town and the industries. The following officers were elected: President, Lee Abernathy; Vice-President, J. J. Bush; Recording Secre tary, C. Coffey; Guide, Hill Crisp; Guardian, Hill Boyd; Trustee Chairman, Albert P. Beck; Trustee, Raymond Hart; Trustee, Clyde Thornburg; Business Agent, Albert P. Beck. Business was discussed for future organization in this town to get more members in our drive to make this a solid union town. Thanks for the papers. Send some more. We are calling a big mass meeting for 7 P.M. next Friday night. There is a ball game both Friday night and Saturday night so we will call the meeting early Friday night. Friday, June 18, 7 P.M. The ball game starts at 9 P.M. so we will have a nice crowd. So you and Brother Kiser and Brother Kendall can come this way Friday night. I am going to write to Brother Runyans at Asheville and ask him to try and come. Don’t guess brother Googe can come. ALBERT BECK. PRESSURE TO BE BROUGHT TO BEAR IN REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE TO GAIN A SETTLEMENT; DENOUNCE ROOSEVELT’S POLICY IN HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 15.—President Roosevelt and the Sen ate civil liberties committee brought their influence to bear in the Republic Steel corporation strike suddenly and almost simul taneously today. Committee agents said they are giving special attention to a Memorial day shooting in which eight men were killed and scores wounded when police broke up a strike demonstration. They said a motion picture of the igan and Secretary Perkins had sup-, shooting, made by an amateur pro tographer and later confiscated by the police, would be subponaed as evi dence. The committee announcement add ed that five investigators led by Rob ert Wohlforth, committee recretary, already are in Chicago questioning strikers, public officials, and steel company employes. President Roosevelt’s pointed com ment concerning the strike closely followed legal action by Republic! Steel to compel the post office de-! partment to deliver mailed packages of food to non-striking employes still working in its plants. In a mandamus suit filed in Fed-1 eral district court here against Post master General Farley, the company asked that he be compelled to change an “unofficial” policy -refusing such deliveries on the grounds they con-, stitute “irregular service.” On order instructing postmasters at Warren and Niles, Ohio, to accept parcel post packages for delivery at company plants in those cities, also was sought. Justice James M. Proctor ordered Farley to show cause next Tuesday why the steel firm’s request should i not be granted. Earlier in the day, the administra-1 tions policy concerning the steel strike was denounced in the House of Representatives. j “'Who is boss, Roosevelt down at! >he White House or John L. Lewis?” demanded Representatives Hoffman, Republican of Michigan. He charged ^ fre81^ent had started paying a political debt to Lewis, head of the Committee for Industrial Organiza tK>"' « strike at Flint, Mich. Hoffman, a frequent administration critic, added that strike leaders act ed because Governor Murphy of Mich ported them. Referring to the mail controversy, he said the President apparently was waiting either for odders from Lewis, or for bloodshed to create an emer gency in which Mr. Roosevelt could intervene and become “the saviour of the country.” Another representative, Lamneck, Democrat of Ohib, called upon the executive branch of government “to put an immediate stop to the flagrant and open violation of Federal statutes. The country’s strikes are being fought “with all the violence and bloodshed, all the usual implements of any civil war,” he declared. On the Senate side of the Capitol, the post office committee prepared to resume hearings Thursday on a res olution of Senator Bridges, Republic an of New Hampshire, for an inves tigation of alleged interference with mails in the strike areas. Republic Steel officials announced through John F. Brookes, Jr., Wash ington counsel, that they intend to file within the next few days sep arate suits against postmasters at Niles and Warren, Ohio, “in order to cover the situation a sthoroughly as possible.” Their action against Farley was taken, Brooks said, to assure deliv ery to the besieged plants of all mat ter “which is properly mailable.” The petition against Farley was signed by R. J. Wysor, Republic pres ident, who declared the Niles post master told company representatives a postal inspector had previously reached an understanding with la bor union representatives that no irregular” mail such as food, cloth ing and newspapers would be permit ted to go into the plant. Wysor cited several instances in which he said the Niles and Warren officers declined mail service. Lumberton Mills Refuse To Enter Negotiations With T.W.O.C. LUMBERTON, June 17.—H. B. Jennings, president of the Jennings Cotton mill, refused yesterday to ne gotiate with Roy R. Lawrence, Caro ,,"a? administrator of the Textile Workers’ Organizing committee, on working conditions in the mill. Jennings announced in a signed statement the management could not recognize the T. W. O. C. since it did not represent a majority of the work ers in the mill, which has been closed by a strike. Lawrence left here for regional T. W. O. C. headquarters in Char lotte without making: a statement. In addition to the Jennings mill, Jennings heads the Mansfield mill, scene of aweavers’ strike which has not stopped operations, and the Ada McLean mill, where a strike was set i tied a few weeks ago. Frank Sutton, a T. W. 0. C. mem ber and former Mansfield worker, ar rested at the Mansfield mill on charges of drunkenness and disorder ly conduct, pleaded guilty in record er’s court otday and was fined $11 and costs. , Sutton was one fo the; complainants m an action last night by the union against the mill alleging violation of the Wagner labor act. The hearing was completed by Examiner Henry T. Hunt, of the Federal Relations board here this week. Hunt said he expected to render his decision with in 30 days. TO ADVERTISERS KEEP YOUR DOLLARS AT HOME Advertise in your LOCAL LABOR Paper. It serves the workers of Charlotte and surrounding territory, and NO OTHER LABOR PAPER DOES. BE WARE OF LABOR HIJACKERS. They are abroad in the land under various guises, and with high sounding endorsements, but they do not bring the bacon home from this section. When in doubt, call Charlotte Labor Journal, Phone 3-3094
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