Weekly Labor Press
Mighty Bulwark Of
American Worker
Hove you ever spread out a hundred or more weekly labor paper* m
front of you, for a look at the grass roots of the labor movement? It's a
great idea. Everyone ought to have the chance to do it. There's better
writing in the labor papers than there used to be years age. And today
theres' a note of life and action that runs all through them and that makes
them exciting and fascinating. In these weekly papers there is the run
ning story of what's doing. One thing notable about them is that their
columns ore not filled with a hymn of hate. They are filled with stories
about what is being done to build.
There are better editorials than]
there were years ago. Many of them
rank with the best to be found any
where.
Communities are doing their own
thinking and the labor paper editor
ial reflects the best of that thinking.
A better idea of the multitude of
local problems is gained from the
weekly labor paper than from any
other source. The editorials tackle
those problems and handle them with
skill and thought.
They tackle national problems, too.
But standing out big and bold in
these local papers is the story of a
coast-to-coast determination to or
ganize workers into unions for the
sake of progress for workers.
And the progress, recorded com
munity by community, is amazing.
America has never seen anything
like it.
* * *
Here and there a good woman's
page shows up, but by and large la
bor papers find that the economic
interests of the sexes are alike. The
same principles operate.
But the growing woman’s auxi-l
liary movement may make some
change in the growth of woman’s
pages. However, even here the work
of the women is in the same economic
channell with the work of men.
What is known as feature writing
has come to the front in Seven Lea
gue boots in the last few years, as
far as labor is concerned.
A number of labor papers have
fine feature stories, locally written.
Their national news service brings
them plenty of national feature
stories.
The main restriction on the inter
frrise of local papers is their inability
to hire sufficiently large staffs.
Most papers are still run by one or
two man staffs.
• • •
Today, with union memberships
growing by thousands every day, the
nocal labor paper stands at the door
way of its greatest opportunity.
The opportunity to spread circula
tion, to become financially strong, to
be able to “do things,” is at hand.
The papers themselves must crack J
through the vicious circle which has 1
been one in which poor papers could
not attract readers and without read
ers the could not become strong pa
pers. That devil has chased himself
around the labor lot for many years.
But persistence and ingenuity are
driving him out of labor publishing
offices.
Labor paper publishing is as
necessary as organizing. Papers are
voices, needed always.
America has the greatest labor
press of any nation on earth.
It is growing week by week. It is
a thrilling and fascinating study.
Spread out a hundred or more of
them some time and have a look.
TICKLED
I guess your brother was pleased
when he found himself the father of
twin boys.
Was he! He went around grinning
from heir to heir.
“Remember,” said Mrs. Hobson to
her new maid, “I expect you to
be very reticent about what you hear
when you are waiting at table.”
“Certainly, ma’am,” replied Mary.
Then, hopefully: “May I ask, will
there be much to be reticent about?”
Said the toe to the sock:
"Let me through, let me through.”
Said the sock to the toe:
“I’ll be darned if I do.”
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Japanese Goods
Are Boycotted
By the A. F. of L
The following resolution was of*
fered to the American Federation of
Labor’s Monvention and adopted. It
was introduced by I. M. Ornburn at
the reauest of the Union Label
Trades Department:
Whereas, the militaristic fanatics
now in control of Japan are waging
an undeclared war, and have' killed
and wounded many thousands of in
nocent people; and
Whereas, these fanatics are able to
finance their atrocious activities only
through dumping into the United
States and others markets the pro
ducts of expolited workers who are
paid the equivalent of less than 5
cents per hour, and
Whereas, these atrocious activities
will continue only so long as the Jap
anese are able to secure the necessary
finances through the sale of the pro
ducts of their exploited workers;
therefore be it
Resolved, that the Union Label
Trades Department unhesitatingly
call upon members of organised la
bor, tne friends of organised labor
and all persons opposed to the un
scrupulous tactics of the Japanese
fanatics to boycott the products of
Japan,, and, by refusing to purchase
such products, contribute toward the
speedy elimination of thes wor-like
activities.
Ogdonelle—Have ,Tou ever met the
only man you could ever be happy
with?
Sally—Oh, yes, lots of them.
Mrs. Snicher—Getting this $50 from
my husband was like taking candy
from a baby.
Mrs. Snoach—Yes, he certainly did
put up a terrific holler.
CRAZY BUSINESS
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“Crazy! How did it happen?”
“He bought a score card at a base
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Mrs.: “The garageman sent that
second-hand car you ordered and I
tried it out."
Mr.: “How many people does it
carry comfortably?”
Mrs.: “None.”
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He: “And so you think women have
great strength of mind ? Do you
think that any woman would do as
Caesar did and refuse a crown?”
She: “I think so. Of course, she
might just try it on and see how it
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LABORATORY SERVICE
C. L 0. Defeated
On Bargaining
By AfL Workers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19—The
American Federation of Labor won a
long battle with the C. I. O., today at
the National Electric Products cor
poration’s Ambridge, Penn., plant.
The National Labor Relations board
certified the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, an A. F.
of L, union, as sole collective bar
gaining agent for the plant’s produc
tion workers.
The United Electrical and Radio
Workers, affiliated with the Com
mittee for Industrial Organisation,
had contended it represented a ma
jority of the employes. It lost a la
bor board election to the I. B. E. W.,
however, 918 to 685.
The case attained nation-wide
prominence when the labor board or
dered the election at the C. I. O.’s re
quest after a Federal court at Pitts
burgh directed the company to comply
with a closed-shop contract it had
made with the A. F. of L. union.
Meeting at Atlantic City, N. J., at
the time, the A. F. of L. executive
council accused the board of partiality
to the C. I. 0. and talked of amend
ing the Wagner labor disputes act
to prevent the board from stepping
into inter-union disputes.
Federation leaders continued to
pound away at the board during the
recent A. F. of L. convention in Den
ver, and concluded by directing the
executive council to have Wagner act
amendments introduced at the next
session of Congress.
At the same time, the C. I. O.
criticized the board for what it said
was partiality to the A. F. of L.
CURED
Two women were waiting for a
’bus, which was nearly full when it
came along. )
“Room for one inside and one on
top,” said the conductor*. |T__ .
“But surely you wouldn’t*^ separate
mother and daughter”
“I did once,” replied the conductor,
as he rang the bell, “but never
again!”
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N.C. Employment
Is On Increase
Says Maj. Fletcher
RALEIGH, Oct 19.—Employment
in North Carolina industries increased
one-tenth of one per cent last month
over August and pay rolls were up
three-tenths of one per cent, the
State Department of Labor reported
today.
Major A. L. Fletcher, labor com
missioner, said 114,215 persona wen
employed by 1,013 industries forming
“a representative cross section.
These workers earned during a one
week period $1,749,506. The average
weekly wage per worker in Septem
ber was $15.32, a slight increase over
August, Fletcher said.
The average in manufacturing in
dustries reporting was $15.29 for a
36-hour week. Highest paid in this
•group were silk and rayon workers,
who made an average wage of $17.43
for 38 1-2 hours a week. Their earn
ing represented a four per cent in
crease over August.
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Kendall Reports
On Activities
Raleigh Way
RALEIGH, Oct. 18.—We have been
successful in recently setting up the
old Central Labor Union charter,
which is 37 years old and we also
have been successful in ordering a
new charter for the city and county
municipal workers and I believe in
the near future we will be success
ful in installing a new charter for
the Carpenters and Joiners in Ra
leigh, N. C.
The city of Raleigh has recently
laid off a number of its sanitary de
partment workers. Work in a general
way for the building trade is better
than good in this town but no build
ing trade council.
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Trade Unionism.
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