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AFL 1947 Convention Calendar
(Following is a list of conven
tions scheduled for this year by
National and International Un
ions and State Federations of La
bor under the banner of the
‘American Federation of Labor.
This list is net complete. Addi
tion will be announced later.)
July 8—International Associa
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tion of Longshoremen—New Yeik
City.
July 14—Washington State Fed
eration of Labor—Seattle. V>\
July 4—Int. Assn, cf Protective
Retail Clerks—San Francisco
July 14—Bro. Locomotive Fly
men and Enginemen— San Ftrd
risco.
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July 21 — Internationa; Union
I Stove Mounters—Kalamazoo.
July 21—Int. Stereotypo rs .ind
Electrotypers—Montreal, Can.
July 28—Railroad Yardjr.as’ojs
of Amer'ca—Portland, Oregon.
* Aug—Nevada State Feet ra* ion
of Labor—-Ely.
Aug. 4—California Statt Fed- i
ation of Labor—San Diego.
Aug. '5—Iowa State F-ederation
of Labor—Keokuk.
Aug. 11—North Carolina State
Federation of Labor—Wilra ngicn.
Aug. J1 — United Garment
Workers cf America — Oshkosh.
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Aug. 11—Int. Bro. Teamsters
Chauffeurs—San Francisco.
Aug. 16 — International Typo
graphical Union—Cleveland, Oti o
Aug. 18 — Interntional Phcte
Engravers Union—Chicago. St
Aug. 18—Wisconsin State Fed
eration of Labor—Green Bay
Aug. 18—Utah State Fedeia
ion of Labor—Provo.
Sept. 8—Amal. Ass’n Street and
Electric Ry.—Los Angeles.
Sept. 8—International Chemical
Workers—Washington. D. C.
Sept. 8—Nebraska State Fed
eration of Labor—Hastings.
‘’Sept. 8—Kentucky State Feder
ation of Labor—Bowling Green.
Sept. 8—Connecticut State Fed
eration of Labor—Undecided.
Sept. 9—United Ass’n Plum
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bers and Steamfttters—Undecided,
of Labor—Cincinnati.
Sept. 16—Int. Bro. Palp, Sal
i phite and Paper Mill Wk*.—Mil
waukee.
Sept. 16—M nnesota State Fed
i eraton of Labor—HibUog.
Sept. 16—Brotherhood Railroad
! Trainmen—Miami Beach, Fla.
Sept. 20—New Hampshire State
Federation of Labor—Concord.
Sept. 20—American Wire Weav
ers Protective Assn*—Kew York
I City.
| Sept.—Mssissippi State Federa
tion of Labor—Jackson.
Sept. 22—Illinois Starte Feder
at'on of Labor—Peoria.
Sept. 11—Oklahoma State Fed
eration of Labor—Me Ale* ter.
Sept. 11— Arizona State Fed
eration of Labor—Tucson.
Sept. 12 — Int. Union Wood,
Wire and Metal Lathers — Lot
Angles.
Sept. 16—Ohio State Federation
Sept. 25— -West Virginia State
Federation of Labor—Charleston.
Sept 29 — Metal Trades De
partment—San Francises.
Oct. 1—Building and Csnatrae
May 1 — Pennsylvania State
Federation of Labor — Harris
burg.
May 2—Kansas State Federa
tion of Labor—Wichita.
May 5—Wall Paper Craftsmen
and Workers—New York.
May 6—International Caspers*
Union—Cincinnati.
May 6—Tennessee State Fed
eration of Labor—Johnson City.
May 11—Virginia State Federa
tion of Labor—Richmond.
May 12—Brothet hood of Rail
way Clerks—Cincinnati,
tion Trades Dept.—San Francisco.
Oct. 2—New Mexico State Fed
eration of Labor—Carlsbad.
Oct. 3 — Union Label Trades
Department—San Francisco.
•Oct.—Railway Mail Associa
tion—Jacksonville, Fla.
Oct. 6—International Asbestos
Workers—Undecided.
Oct. 20—Commercial Telegraph
ers Union—Las Angeles.
Nov. 17—International Auto
mobile Workers—Milwaukee.
Dec. 0—International Bill Post
ers—Chicago.
•Date not definitely set.
M’ENTEE AGAIN TO HEAD
MUNICIPAL WORKERS’
Philadelphia, Pa. — William J.
McEntee was elected president
for a fourth term of District
Council 33, Municipal Workers
(AFL) at a meeting at union
headquarters here.
Robert Willard. also was re
turned as secretary-treasurer for
a fourth term, while Andrew
Wieleva was elected vice presi
dent to succeed Harry Schickling.
About 75 delegates representing
5,200 members in eight locals of
the council attended the meeting.
The officers were sworn in by
Robert T. Lonagan, international
representative of the American
Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employes.
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PLANNING ASSOCIATION
WILL SURVEY CAUSES
OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE
Washington, D. C. — The Na
tional Planning Association an
nounced the launching of a study
into “the causes of industrial
peace under collective bargain
ing.”
The NPA, which is composed of
national leaders in agriculture,
business, and labor, will survey
the labor-management relations
of twelve to fifteen firms and
their anions which have experi
enced successful and peaceful in
dustrial relations.
The project will "be under the
direction of two sperilJ commit
tees composed of both NPA mem
bers and non-members. The first
of these will be a Sponsorship
Committee composed of forty na
tional business and labor leaders.
This committee will be responsible
for the board policy questions
raised by the study. A Technical
Advisory Committee, composed of
twenty-six specialists in the field
of labor-management relations,
will co-ordinate research activity.
H. Christian Sonne. Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the
National Planning Association,
discussed NPA’s interest in this
woA: “The project is designed
to shift the accent from the nega
tive 'aspects of industrial conflict
to the positive and constructive
results which flow from peaceful
co-operation. Mutually satisfac
tory and profitable relations are
seldom heard about; it is the
comparatively few /cases where
management and h.bor reach a
parting of the ways that make
the .headlines.
“Tiiis project would hope to
discover and publicize desirable
practices and policies which could
be used by firms and unhns that
have not experienced the success
ful relations of those surveyed.
“Forty leading representatives
of industry and labor will be in
vited to serve on the Sponsorship
Committee. We feel that partici
pation by such national leaders
in this work will be of great sig
nificance in assuring competent
and impartial findings and their
wide public acceptance and use
throughout the country.”
400,000 JOBLESS IN N. Y.
I New York City — Unemploy
ment in this city has increased
steadily and there are now slight
ly more than 400.000 unemployed
here, according to the director of
the metropolitan area of the New
York State Employment Service.
As of the middle of May, 288
GOO persons applied for unemploy
ment insurance, according to sta
tistics. Of these, 202,000 were
civilians and 86,000 were veterans,
applying for Federal readjustment
allowances, also administered by
the State. Other statistics bore
out the full figures.
NLRB REQUIRES $15 TO
$25 MILLION TO ADMINISTER
TAFT-HARTLBY LAW
Washington, D. C. — The Na
tional Labor Relations Board told
President Truman it will need
from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000 to
administer the new Taft-Hartley
labor law.
The disclosure of the board’s
need for greatly expanded funds
came after its three members
passed more than an hour in con
ference with the President at the
White House.
Even as the three men dis
cussed with President Truman the
budgetary and administration
problems posed by the new labor
management relations act, the
NLRB telegraphed instructions to
all its regional offices to give the
new law the “fairest and most
efficient administration’’ possible.
The telegraphed statement hinted
that any employe not agreeing
with the new law’s purposes
should resign.
The board’s general counsel,
Gerhard P. Van Arkel, had al
ready resigned his post because
of “grave doubts” that the law,
enacted despite a Presidential, ve
to, would work.
The NLRB statement pledging
faff administration of the new act
was made public les8 than 24
hours after Republican warning-*
that executive agencies, particu
larly the NLRB, might attempt to
“sabotage" the law through inept
administration.
The statement made* it clear
that the act is “the law of the
land," and that “the people’s rep
resentatives having spoken, the
debate is over so far as this
board is concerned.”
“The Congress has not only
decided issues, but has intrusted
the effectuation of much of the
new policy to the National Labor
Relations Board,” the statement
said. "All who accept that trust
must do so with single-minded
purpose to carry out the Con
gressional intent.”
AFL’s NEW RADIO SERIES
TO START JULY 5 OVER ABC
Washington, D. C.— Beginning
July 5, the American Federation
of Labor will inaugurate a new
series of radio broadcasts over
the nationwide network of the
American Broadcasting Company.
The first nine programs will
originate each Saturday evening
at 6:45 P. M„ Eastern Daylight
Time, from the nation’s capital.
Beginning Sept. 2, the program,
known as “Labor-USA,” will be
shifted to Tuesday nights at 10:30
P. M. Please be certain to con
sult your local newspaper for the
exact time of these broadcasts in
your own community as some lc
cal stations may be forced by
earlier commitments to re-broad
cast the programs at some later
time.
This is the third successive year
that the American Federation of
Labor has conducted the “Labor
USA” series for twenty-six con
secutive weeks—the last half of
the year. In previous years, the
program consisted of a combina
tion of news and d .-.cussion under
the sub-title, “The American Fed
erationist of the Air ”
A new format will be tried out
this year. The first nine pro
grams will be devoted to round
table discussions, complete1}- ex
temporaneous and unrehearsed,
of major topics in the news of
interest to the nation's workers
It these discussions prove popu
lar, they will be continued
throughout the series.
The first forum will discuss,
“\\ hat Are the Effects of th«
Taft-Hartley Act Thus Far?*’
Participants will include Senator
Wayne Morse, Joseph A. Padway,
Chief Counsel of the AFL, amt
Philip Pearl, AFL Information
Director.
Make sure to listen to each ef
these programs to keep informed
on^labor news and views!
PRICES DECLINE SLIGHTLY
FROM MARCH RECORD HIG0T
Washington, D. C.—-During mid
April prices paid by moderate
income families were one-tenth of
1 per cent lower than during th«
month of March when all-tima *
high wfas reached, according hr
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. -
There was a 2 per cent increase-1
between February 15 and March
15. Retail prices for foods,
dropped while prices for all other
major groups of living essentials
advanced during that period.
Food prices in large cities de
clined 0.8 per cent. Clothing
prices rose 0.2 per cent, fuel cost
0.7 per cent and house furnish— i
ings 0.1 per cent. Rents remained
unchanged.
While the family food bill wan
below the record high of March,
1947, it was still more than 9
per cent above mid-February and
slightly above the previous peak
of November 15, 1946.
The month’s clothing price in
creases showed principally ts
men's suits and topcoats, business
shirts and cotton hosiery.
Washington, D. C.—War veter
ans’ re-employment rights under
the draft1 law will be handled by
the new veterans’ reemployment
rights division of the U. S. De
partment of Labor, set up on May
23 by Secretary of Labor Lewis
Sohwellenbach.
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SPUN RAYON SUITS
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