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the LARGEST BUYING POWER Id Qmatom lt» fester, Bepwwnt NEWS Patroniie oar Adver tisers. They Make YOUR _ paper potable by their co-operation. Endeavoring to Serve the Masses CHARLOTtE, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1989 DltliVI CONRIOKRATION Of U. S. CIRCUIT COURT of APPEALS SAYS THAT UNLESS EMPLOYER-EMPLOYE RELATIONS ESTABLISHED EMPLOYER CAN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST UNION NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—The U. 8. The cou t*» majority approved the circuit court of appeals Held yester day that the national labor act did not prevent an employer from dis criminating against union or non non-union members in hiring workers. The decision, the first of its kind, was by 2-to-l vote, the majority de claring that it was only after an em plyoer-employe relationship had been established that the employer was re quired to refrain from discrimination. Most local labor leaders declined comment, saying they first wanted to study the opinion in all its implica tion. One C. I. C. source, however, said informally that his organization did not appear affected since C.I.O. agreements with management usually requited employes to join the union only after a stated period of employ ment. f The American Federation of Labor has a policy of requiring employers in' some crafts to select new em ployes from a 100 per cent union list. This is done, however, under the au thority of private labor contracts and the court remarked that the employer “may,” but not must “require mem bership in the labor organization which has been legally chosen to rep resent his employes." Dissenting from his colleagues Judges A. N. Hand and Thomas W. Swan, Judge Learned Hand said it appeared beyond doubt to him that it was unfair labor practice “merely to refuse to employ men because of their union activities.” “Surely," he added,-“it tends to dis courage membership in any labor or ganization (a phrase from the act it self j, to know that a record of union ngitation will prevent one from get ting back one’s old job.” The case involved the National La bor Relations board and the National Casket company of Oneida, N. Y. The board had directed the company to “cease an ddesist” from discouraging employes from joining an A.F.L. union and from interfering with their “right of self-organisation.” The corporation also had been ordered to reinstate sev en men who claimed they had been dischargd for union activity. board's desist orders and directed the reinstatement of one of the seven dis charged men. As to the other six the opinion held: “The section (in question), 8 (3), confers rights upon employes, not upon applicants for employment. The purpose of t$e act is not to com pel an employer to hire a member of one union rather than another, to se lect an A.F.L. man in preference to a C.I.O. man, or a non-union man in preference to either.” “The board would then have to en fore the rights of the non-union men not to be discriminated against. Be tween applicants for work who are not employes, we think an employer is free to employ one who' has not pre viously engaged in union or anti union activities,^ or vice versa. “ ... It should be noted that the board’s readiiqr of 8 (3) would not lead to the hiring of union rather than non-union men in all instances. Where the employer hired a union man, rather than a non-union man, of equal merit because the former was a mem ber of the union, there would be dis crimination in hire which tended to encourage membership in a labor or ganization, an unfair labor practice in the board’s eyes. The board would then have to enforce the rights of the non-union men not to be discriminated against.” Ruling that there was no justifica tion for awarding damages to the six men not reinstated, the court held that such an action would “go far beyond” the act and “in effect promote a policy which would result in the em ployment at only union labor.” Too, it added, under such a con struction difficulties might be created as between equally qualified members of separata unions. The bee travels an average distance of 48,776 piles to gather one pound of honeys A new chemical spray makes 4 red apple redder. Thes pray stimulates the natural eolor in any kind of apple. Frank Morrison Honored By Employes Of The A. F. of L At Testimonial Dinner Given By Home Office Employes WASHINGTON, D. C.—Prank .Morrison, who retires as Secretary Treasurer of the American Federa tion of Labor on December SI, after 43 years of service, was honored here on December 7, by a testimonial din ner-dance at the Willard Hotel given by 103 employes of the home office of the American Federation of Labor. Besides Mr. Morrison the guests of honore were: Mrs. Frank Morrison; Miss Esther Morrison, daughter; Nes bitt Morrison, son; and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. At the conclusion of the dinner, Mr. Morrison was presented with a leather chair accompanied with; a souvenir testimonial, artistically de signed and bound in leather, signed by each employe of the American Fed eration of Labor. Ensemble singing was led by Mar garet Schroebel. Miss Lena Smith played a number of accordion selec tions. The entertainment committee was made up of Irving W. Bucklin, who also acted as toastmaster; Edith K. McMahon, Josephine Kelly, M. J. Will coxson, William H. Howlin, Frank I—— Weikel, Martha Ford, S. B. Wuolls. Boris Shishkin, Robert Watt, Florence Thorne, Frank Fenton, W. C. Hush ing, and Loo C. deThierry. In accepting the chair, Mr. Morri son reviewed briefly his 43-year ca reer as an official of the American Federation of Labor. He said that when he became secretary in 1896 the A. F. of L. membership was only 256, 000 and that as secretary and secre tary-treasurer he had lived to see it pass the four million mark. He added that after his retirement as secretary treasurer he did not expect to remain idle, but would find abundant use for bi« iw'tivities in advancing the inter ests of the organised labor movement. Mr. Green reviewed the years of service given to the American Federa tion of Labor by Mr. Morrison and ex tolled him as a man of “sterling qual ities.” He said that although Mr. Morrison was retiring as secretary treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, the A. F. of L. was not dis pensing with his services, but had cre ated a new office, secretary-treasurer emeritus, in which Mr. Morrison would continue his excellent work for the American Federation of Labor. Hie Sad Side Of A Golden Anniversary Celebration Here The sad part about an enjoyable affair in Charlotte was the tragic end of E. P. Osborne, brother of Mrs. Clarkson, who was killed in an auto mobile accident near Marion, on his way to his home in Little Switzerland on Saturday night, the car failing to make a short curve near Marion. The funeral took place Monday from St. Peter’s Episcopal church here, with interment in Elmwood cemetery. Mr. Osborne was in Charlotte for the Golden wedding anniversary of his sister, Mrs. Heriot Clarkson. The Clarksons and Osbornes are among our oldest and most honored citizens, having friends in every walk , of life, who learn with regret of the tragic end of Mr. Osborne. Pup ©nip ffator, label Xmas: ©tfte! UNION LABEL TRADES DEI>t1 Buy Union Label Xmas Gifts! By I. M. ORNBURN, Secretary-Treasurer A. F. of L. Union Label Trades Department I wonder if American consumers know kow they could make Christmas this year the merriest one in all history? It could be done if all purchases were confined to only Union Label and American-made merchandise. It would be an economic boycott against the goods of nations at war. Above all, it would increase the purchasing power which Is the only method of restoring permanent prosperity to our belowed lind. * During the Christmas shopping period more merchandise is purchased than during any other time of the year. While we do not desire to curtail oar general Irive for Union Label products and for Union services, we urge every member ef organised Labor, his family and friends to demand the Union Label on all Christmas purchases because It fits into oar general Union Label campaign. The Chief purposes of this Union Label Xmas gift campaign is to deliver to Unionised sunafac turers and “fair” merchants the Christmas trade of all Labor Unionists, their families and friends. Why not prove to these worthy merchants and manufacturers that a real benefit is derived from pine* ing this official emblem of collective bargaining on their goods? Each member ef Labor Unions, Union Label Leagues and Women's Auxiliaries should become an individual sales agent for Union Label merchandise. If business and industry could be made to realise the vastness of Labor's baying power by the spontaneous support of Labor Unionists and their friends, the greatest stimulus would be given to tbs Federation of Labor that it has ever received in history. Let’s buy only Union Label Xmas gifts. ROBOT BLOODHOUND OPENS NEW ERA IN CRIME DETECTION ■ - Convicts Man by Placing Him At Scan* of Killing By Footprints. i |_ ■' I NEW YORK.—A revolution in the 'technique of crime detection loomed ill a newly perfected “robot blood jhound” unerringly tracked down a murderer and turned him over to 'tbs electric chair. 45ure he had an unbreakable alibi, Anton Myslivec, 54-year-old prison ! graduate, laughed at authorities when they first arrested him for the murder of William Dobitz, 55, a Long Island contractor, to whose wife Myslivec had been attentive. But his confidence collapsed when, feme .surprise move, District Attor ney Fred Munder placed before f Suffolk county trial jury the “testi mony" of the crime-detection ma chine. Myslivec had contended he was in Jamaica, L. I., miles away, on the night of November 21, last, when Dobitz, stepping out the door of his Farmhigville, L. I., home to investi gate the barking of a watch-dog, was fatally wounded by a blast of slugs from a hidden shotgun. New Type of Spectroscope. The "robot bloodhound”—actually a new and improved type of spectro graph-testified otherwise. Accord ing to the mechanical witness, My slivec was standing that night in i the exact spot from which, by po lice calculations, the fatal blast had ' been fired. And the jury, believing the ma chine in preference to Myslivec, convicted him of first degree mur der, which in New York, carries a mandatory death sentence to the electric chair. In Myslivec’s case, the device tracked him through "invisible foot prints”—tiny bits of earth that clung to his shoes as he waited in 'ambush to kill the husband of the woman with whom he was infatuat ed. But the “robot bloodhound," un like his four-legged rival, doesn’t have to have footprints. It can track its man down through dust that sifts into clothing, or that lodges in the cuff of a trouser leg! And the evidence it gives is strong enough—or was in the Myslivec case, at least—to convince a jury. Sentenced to Chair. Convicted of murder in the first degree, Myslivec was sentenced by Judge L. Marron Hill to die in Sing Sing’s electric chair. In crisp, every day language the city chemist told how he had made spectrographic comparisons of the soil beside the woodshed and of the dirt clinging to Myslivec’s shoes. Showing the spectrographic plates, he explained how each set of lines meant a different element in the soil. Painstakingly he identified each of 44 separate elements to the jury—among them nickel, copper, and even a trace of gold.. The expert told the jury: "Any bit of soil might contain \5 many elements—or more. But— there is no bit of soil anywhere that would contain precisely the same elements, in precisely the same pro portion.’’ Just as proof the jury was shown the spectrograph of soil from the front of the Dobitz home. It no more resembled the spectrograph of the dirt fram the slayer’s shoes than a Rembrandt resembles a “stop and go" .sign. On the other hand, the spectrograph of the backyard soil and the shoe scrapings matched ex actly. Subscribe for the Journal PICKETING BAN FOUGHT BY A. F. of L; HELD DETRIMENTAL TO RIGHTS OF LABOR BY MICHIGAN LABORITES Organized labor in Michigan is up in arms against the ruling by Attor ney General Thomas Read that pick ets must be directly involved in a la bor dispute in order to picket a job. Attorney General Read’s ruling was made in response to a request of L. J. Hammond, Lenawee County prosecu tor, for an opinion on the legality of picketing in Adrian, Michigan, con ducted by the Lenawee Building Trades Council. The attorney Gen eral ruled that where no controversy existed between the employes and the employer, no strike was in existence and therefore picketing was not to be permitted. In describing the subversive influ ence of Attorney General Read’s rul ing, Edward T. Thai, secretary of the Detroit Building Trades Council, said that if it is permitted to stand it will bar picketing to a large extent in Michigan. Mr. Thai also pointed out that the ruling of Atotrney General Read in the Adrian case contradicted a former ruling made at the request of the State Labor Mediation Board in which picketing was construed to be lawful for the following purposes: “To induce customers of a non-union shop to buy union-made goods. “By a union against the employ ment of non-union labor. “To secure an increase in wages and betterment in working conditions. “By striking employes to induce employers’ customers not to deal with him. “To publicize that certain store win dows are being cleaned by non-union labor. “To publicize that a certain em ployer has been declared unfair to a labor union.” In outlining the scope of organized labor’s opposition to the Read ruling, Mr. Thai said: “The Detroit Building Trades Coun cil and the Toledo Building Trades Council feel that this is a case that should be of interest to all labor in the State of Michigan, whether Build ing Trades Unions or otherwise. The Toledo Council is interested in the case because Adrian to some extent comes under the Toledo jurisdiction.” The case against Attorney General Read’s ruling, it was announced, will be handled by Michigan- attorneys, who will be under the direction of Judge Joseph A. Padway, counsel for the American Federation of Labor. Film Studio Empoyes Choose A. F. of L. Union A recent outstanding defeat by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, and Moving Picture Operators of the United States and Canada, A. F. pf L. affiliate, of a C. I. O. studio group in Hollywood in a National Labor Relations Board election to choose a union to repre sent the studio workers in negotia tions with employers did not receive the publicity the event justified. When the ballots were counted it was revealed that nearly 4,500 studio workers voted for the A. F. of L. affiliate while less than 2,000 voted for the C. I. O. outfit. In an article in the Los Angeles Citizen, the official organ of the Los Angeles County Central Labor Coun cil, Ben Savage, the Citizen‘s labor reporter on theatrical matters, gave the following account of the election and its significance: . “Demonstrating their faith in long established International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes studio unions that since their inception have won for them numerous and repeated .... wage and work improvements, mem* bers of I. A. T. S. E. Hollywood lo cals won an overwhelming victory over the recently-organized United Studio Technicians’ Guild, a would-be dual group, in a National Labor Board conducted election in Gilmore stadium, Hollywood. “Balloting which determines bar gaining agency for approximately 12,000 studio workers, resulted in more than a 2-to-l vote for the I. A. T. S. E. members. Announced officially by Walter P. Spreckels, re gional director of the N. L. R. B., the vote gave the I. A. T. S. E. 4460 votes, and the Technicians’ Guild 1967. “Four hundred and twenty votee were challenged, 52 were neutral, 6 were void and two blank. Total votes, 6478. The total of crude oil produced in the United States in 1938, dropped 10 per cent over the total of 1937. The economic structure of the world has been dislocated by the rpd men ace of i nfcmatf onal J$o himi i i sm. Most meteorites are at least 90 per cent iron. IF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS IN ARREARS SEND IN A CHECK Union Men Are Asked To | Christmas Shop With Journal Advertisers : ., • >.
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