CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL 1
AND DIXIE FARM NEWS
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W. M WITTER......Editor and Publisher
CLAUDE L. ALBEA___Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE, N.jC^ THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939
SPICY COMMENTS ON NEWS AFFECTING LABOR
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With this issue the American Federation of Labor Weekly
News Service begins the publication of a column entitled “Fac
ing the Facts with Philip Pearl.”
Mr. Pearl is the publicity director of the American Federa
tion of Labor. His column of comment on news of vital interest
to working men and women will be of great value to the organized
labor"'movement. It is released by the American Federation of
Labor Weekly News Service.
CONVICTED!
_ Following the detailed testimony of Joseph A. Padway, counsel of the
American Federation of Labor, before the Senate Committee on Education
and Labor in favor of the amendments to the National Labor Relations Act
proposed by the American Federation of Labor, a number of other repre
sentatives of A. F. of L. unions laid before the committee case after case in
which the Labor Board arbitrarily decided against the American Federation
of Labor and in favor of the C. I. O.
John P. Frey, president of the Metal Trades Department of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, gave undeniable testimony relative to the anti
A. F. of L. and pro-C. 1. O. policy of the Labor Board in connection with the
metal trades unions.
Frank Fenton, director of organization of the American Federation of
Labor, followed Mr. Frey with multiple instances of bias shown by the board
in favor of the C. I. O. and against the A. F. of L.
Frank B. Powers, president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of
North America, gave unanswerable details of how the Labor Board had dis
criminated against his union to the benefit of the C. I. O. telegraphers group.
George Googe, in charge of the southern organization headquarters of
the American Federation of Labor, Atlanta, Ga., presented many cases where
A. F. of L. unions in the South had felt the enmity of the Labor Board in
various decisions calculated to benefit the C. 1. O.
G. H. Granger, representing the California State Federation of Labor,
gave the facts regarding the manner in which the Labor Board had under
taken to hamstring the A. F. of L. in Westwood, Calif. He declared that
the statements regarding the Westwood situation were falsified by George
Kidwell, California director of industrial relations, in his testimony before the
committee. ^
Observers who followed the mountain of testimony presented by the
American Federation of Labor were compelled to admit that by its submis
sion to the Senate committee the Labor Board was positively convicted of
having used its power illegally and for the definite purpose of destroying
the craft unions of the American Federation of Labor and promoting the
interests of the C. I. O.
Confronted with this voluminous and documented testimony, it is appar
ent that the adoption of the A. F. of L. amendments to the Labor Relations
Act designed to curb the arbitrary and Unwarranted power of the Labor
Board is imperatively necessary to protect the organization rights of
American workers.
Bldg. Trades Council
Is To Meet In High
Point Sunday, June 4
Next meeting of the North Caro
lina Building and Construction
Trades Council will be held in High
Point Sunday, June 4, and it is ex->
pected that it will be the largest meet-1
ing yet held by the State Council. The [
fact that there will be much building
activity when work gets Minder way
on the big High Point dam project
makes next Sunday’s meeting one of
tremendous importance.
President H. L. Kiser has sent an
urgent appeal to all building trades
crafts throughout the state to have'
representatives present at Sunday’s!
meeting.
A Municipal
Employes Charter
For Charlotte
Charter for the newly organized lo
cal union of State, County and Munici
pal Employees was installed here last
Friday night, with Albert W. Gossett,
acting as installing officer, assisted
by President H. L. Kiser of the Char
lotte Central Labor Union. Mr. Gos
sett is Southern representative of the
State, County and Municipal Em
ployees’ national organization.
Twitty Writes Us
From Mountain
Home, Tenn.
The editor got a card from Brother
W. S. Twitty, of the Carpenters Un
ion, who is at present in a hospital
at Mountain Home, Tenn., for treat
ment. He says he is getting along
okey, but does not know when he will
be with us again. He sends regards to
Central body delegates and to all his
friends. Here’s hoping he will be with
us again soon.
In Central America, there are
beetles so large that they can break
the windshield of a car traveling at
high speed.
Ring Feud Due
At Crockett’s Mat
* Show Monday P.M.
The mounting ring fued between
Sol Slagle and the Purple Flash goes
into bloodthirsty proportions at the
Charlotte Armory Monday night
when it enters its fourth and most
vicious stage.
Although mat fans appear con
vinced that the popular double-joint
ed Slagle is a better wrestler than
the unscrupulous Flash, the masked
grappler won hi sthird bout over the
rubberman when he pinned him Mon
day night An enraged Slagle reaped
a sweet revenge ovr the Flash dur
ing most of the bout, but the Flash
slipped up on Slagle while he was
arguing with the referee, gave him
several back breaker slams and pin
ned him .
The Charlotte boxing and wrest
ling commission has ordered that Pro
moter Jim Crockett have two referees
to officiate Monday night The fans
were well pleased with Pete Ramos,
who refereed Monday night, but the
rough and tumble battles betwen
Slagl and the Flash are too much for
any one man to handle, the commis
sion claims
The commission has also ordered
ihat the Flash’s purple-robed manager
stay 25 feet away from the ring Mon
day night Slagle slammed him and
a mob of fans rushed up to the ring,
pulled him out and were about to
stomp him when policemen inter
vened
Organizing Tobacco
Workers In the R. J.
Reynolds Plants
WINSTON-SALEM, May 29.—C. V.
Weaver, of the Tobacco Workers In
ternationa! Union, addressed a great
iabor gathsiing here recently and in
spired the workers with his report
jn the spli ndiri progress being made
n organizing the woikers employed
:n the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco com
pany’s plants here. Agreements ob
tained a few weeks ago by the union
with the Liggett-Myers Tobacco com
pany has spurred the workers in the
Reynolds plants to intense activity, it
was reported.
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Both Charlotte Dailies Sign Contract
With International Typographical Union;
Statement By President H. A. Stalls
Negotiations have been completed
between the publishers of The Char
lotte News and The Charlotte 06
server and Charlotte Typographical
Union No .338 whereby all parties
have entered into a new contractural
relationship for a period of three
years, beginning June 1, 1939. The
new agreement contains many out
standing features, some of which is 1
a recognition of International and!
local Typographical Union laws and)
elimination of same from arbitration.'
The five-day week, time and one-half,
for overtime, and abolishment of!
peace-work December 31, 1940, are!
other stipulations in the contract, as'
is also a rigid apprenticeship train-i
ing program in which it is set outi
that apprentices must serve an ap
prenticeship period of six years, dur-1
ing the last year of which time an
apprentice must be trained on tinotype .'
and semagraph machines and other'
mechanical devices in the composing i
rooms of the newspapers. . ,
Many of the points set forth in the l
new contract have been points of <
more or less controversial nature over i
a period of years and the closing of -
the new agreement around the con- <
ference table, indicates that all par
ties desire a better understanding of 1
ach other’s problems Certainly that i
is the spirit in which the newspaper i
contract was negotiated and the re- !
suits will bear out this statement. i
The successful culmination of the *
new agreement allows for a fuller un- 1
derstanding and complete develop- 1
ment of the semagraph typesetting I
machine, which has been sponsored by j ]
Mr. C. B. Johnson, publisher of the i
Charlotte Observer, tor a period of,
over 10 years. A beginners’ learn- * I
ing period has been provided for and 11
allows 20 weeks’ time for beginners'
to learn to operate the semagraph i
typewriter, on which machine the
coded copy is prepared for use on
the semagraph setter unit.
When perfected the semagraph
fives promise of revolutionizing the
printing industry. It is not thought
that the new devices will replace la
bor, but on the* other hand will pro
vide additional positions for skilled
machinists and Operators. Mr. John
son holds to this view and requested
that some means be set up in the new
:ontract providing for the training of
printers in the operation of the new
machines when they near the stage
of perfection, which indications
pont out may be in the near future,
rhe members of Charlotte Typograph
cal Union are appreciative of nis
noble attitude.
The new contract was signed on
May 26, which is the anniversary
late of the founding of Charlotte
Fypographical Union on May 26,
1897. This is of special significance
,o members of the Charlotte Union,
ind also is of more than special sig
lificance to the three charter members
if the organization who yet survive,
ind who have throughout the past
12 years watched the growth of
'harlotte Typographical Union.
Representative Sloan G. (Kelly)
Springfield, of the International Ty
ographical Union; Henry A. Stalls,
iresident of the Charlotte Typograph
cal Union, and Ray C. Nixon, chair
nan of the union’s scale committee,
nd Harold Eskridge represented the
seal and international unions in the
legotiations. Mr. C. B. Johnson, of
"he Charlotte Observer, and Mr. J.
Sd Dowd,, of The Charlotte News,
■epresented the publishers.
John P. White* mechanical superin
endent of The Observer, and C. B.
’apps, mechanical superintendent of
rhe News, acted in the capacity of
nediators between the parties and
endered valuable service.
N.Y. World’s Fair
Worker’s Strike Is
Now Settled!
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NEW YORK, N. Y.-^A two-hour J
conference in Mayor P. H. LaGuar-,
dia’s office in the Summer City Hall
at the Arrowbrook Country Club,1
Flushing, Long Island, settled the 15
day strike called at the World’s Fair'
by the Hod Carriers, Helpers, Build-1
ing Workers and Common Laborers
Union, an affiliate of the American
Federation of Labor, in an effort to
organize the maintenance workers, or
“ground men,” employed by the Fair,
Corporation.” * j
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WOLL TO SPEAK BEFORE
ADVERTISING CONVENTION
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Matthew
Well, Vice-President of the American
Federation of Labor will address the
35th annual convention of the Adver
tising Federation of America, June
18 to 22, according to an announce
ment by the A. |F. A. The Federa
tion’s annual convention brings to
gether many advertising organizations
in one convention!. This year some of
the exercises will be held at the New
York World’s Fair, which has desig
nated the week beginning June 18 as
“Advertising Week,” while Sunday,
June 18, will be Observed by the Fair
as “Advertising Federation Day for
International Good Will.”
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Beginning A New Serial
“FLYING G-MEN”
Also Final Chapter
‘ THE SPIDER’S WEB”
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Central P:dy Will
Meet Wednesday
Night June 7
Charlotte Central Labor Union will
hold its reuglar meeting next Wednes
day at 8 p.m. Much business will
come before the body, due mainly to
the fact that it meets now only on
the first and third Wednesdays of
each month instead of weekly. This
schedule will continue through
August, as has been the custom for
many years. All delegates are re
quested to be present
A total of 172,000 young men tried
to join the navy in the year ended in
July, ’38, but only 15,670 were ac
cepted.
On the average, a citizen of this
country has command of about 14
times as much goods and services as
the average person elsewhere in the
world. I
Typo Auxiliary
Gives Bingo Party
At Mrs. H. M. Sykes
The Typographical Auxiliary had
a pleasant evening last Wednesday
(the 24th) at the home of Mrs. H. M.
Sykes, 1701 East Boulevard. Bingo
was the order of the evening. Refresh
ments were served. Six tables were
occupied and quite a neat sum was
realized for the ladies’ delegate fund.
Mrs. W. R. Cashwell will represent
the auxiliary at the convention, which
is held in conjunction with the I. T.
U. convention, at Fort Worth, Texas,
in August.
Alaska’s seals and fish — annual
self-perpetuating crops — have pro
duced far more wealth than Alaska’s
gold fields.'
If an aeroplane, in proportion to
its size, made as much noise flying as
a mosquito makes, you could hear the
>hone 17% miles away.
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Furs—Fur Trimmed
And Woolen Garments
Let us relieve your closet space and assume re
sponsibility for these valuable garments before some
thing happens to them. THE MOTHS ARE HERE.
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VAPOR
STORAGE
for oil fur and fur
trimmed garments—8% of
valuation — Minimum
charge, fur eoata $8.00.
Fur-trimmed coats $2.00.
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SUMMER
STORAGE
for all woolen garments
without fur—50c per gar
ment plus cleaning charges.
Minimum valuation $25.00.
Additional insurance 5c for
each $5.00.
SAVE 15%
By Bringing Your Laundry
To Onr Office and Calling for It
CASH & CARRY
DISCOUNTS ON ALL LAUNDRY SERVICES
(Except Wash Suits)
FORTY-EIGHT HOUR SERVICE
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