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AFL1947 Convention Calendar trenewing is a rst oi 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 tabor. This list is not complete. Addi tion will be announced later.) Sept. 8—International Chemical Workers—Washington, D. C. Sept. 8—Nebraska State Fed eration of Labor—Hastings. Sept. 8—Kentucky State Feder ation of tabor—Bowling Green. Sept. 9—Connecticut State Fed eration of tabor—Undecided. Sept. 9—United Ass*n Plum bers and Steamfitters—Undecided Sept. 12 — Int. Union Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers — Los Angles. Sept. 16—Ohio State Federation of tabor—Cincinnati. Sept. 16—Int. Bro. Pulp, Sul phite and Paper Mill Wka.—Mil waukee. * Sept. 16—Minnesota State Fed eraton of Labor—Hibbing. Sept. 16—Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen—Miami Beach, Fla. Sept. 20—New Hampshire State Federation of tabor—Concord. Sept. -20—American Wire Weav ers Protective Assn’—New York City. Sept.—Mssissippi State Federa tion of tabor—Jackson. Sept. 22—Illinois State Feder ation of Labor—Peoria. Sept. 11—Oklahoma State Fed eration of tabor—McAlester. Sept. 11—Arizona State Fed eration of Labor—Tucson. Sept. 25-*-West Virginia State Federation of Labor—Charleston. Sept. 29 — Metal Trades De partment—San Francisco. Oct. 1—Building and Construc tion Trades Dept.—San Francisco. Oct. 2—New Mexico State Fed eration of tabor—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 era Union—Los Angeles. Nov. 17—International Auto mobile Workers—Milwaukee. Fee. 6—International Bill Pest ers—Chicago. Date not definitely set. AFL DISTILLERY WORKERS 6ET BENEFICIAL CONTRACT New York City.—The AFL’s Distillery Workers Union an announced the successful negotia tion of a new beneficial contract with the Joseph E. Seagram & Sons distillers. More than 2,400 union members are affected under the agreement. John E. McKiernan, union vice president, said the union gained a clear cut victory on all points at issue during the period of ne gotiation. Under the term* of the con tract union members receive wage increases ranging from 15 to 17 1-2 cents per hour, and par ticipation in a health and wel fare program financed by the company and administered jointly by the union and the company. The union has locals in Sea gram plants located in Louisville, Ky., Lawrenceburg. Ind., Bristol, Pa., and Baltimore and Relay, Md. (Top) The latest addition in the mechanised equipment of Truck Drivers Local Union No. 667, Memphis, Tenn.. is the mobile radio-telephone system. The tel ephones are installed in the auto mobiles of the local union and also International Representative Dex ter L. Lewis’s car, who is also President of the Local Union. Pictured above, standing by their cars, are left to right. Business Representative R. E. Farrell, John L. Biggers, John Beach and In ternational Representative Dex ter L. Lewis. One other car of the Local Union is not shown in the picture. • (Bottom) Office Secretary Bar i bara Harred, left, is shown talk | ing to one of the Business Rep ! resentatives, who at the moment was out in the held in transit in ' the Local Union’s car. The con tact was made by radio telephone. ■ Virginia Seward (center) and Greta Taylor (right) are shown in the background keeping the j bookkeening system up-to-date. OFFICE EMPLOYES UNION FILES NON-COMMUNIST AFFIDAVITS WITH IMB Washington. D. C.—The AFL’s i Office Employes International Un ion filed the non-Commurist af fidavit forms required by the Taft Hartley law with the National Labor Relations Beard. Paul R. Hutchings, .president of the union, said the action was taken “because such filing is now a prerequisite to the use cf the NLRB’s services by cur inter na j tional union and its 200 local un jions, which may in many in stances find it necessary to pro cess cases through the board. Stating that the international union does not "desire to impede the necessary use of the board’s services by our local unions,” Mr. Hutchings declared emphatically: “This action on the part of our international union cK'cers does not in any sense constitute an en dorsement of the provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act by our interna tional union or any of its of ficers. We opposed the enact ment of this vicious statute with all the power at cur ccmrrat d." To emphasize the fact that the OEIU has always opposed agd fought the Communist party, Mr. Hutchings quoted from the union’s constitution a clause forbidding membership to any person “who advocates principles or lends sup port to organizations or move ments whose purposes and objec tives are contrary to the funda mental principles of the estab lished governments of the United States and Canada.” The union’s executive hoard has construed this clause to include specifically “membership in the Communist Party either at the time of admission to membership or at any time thereafter,” the union chief declared. laicals of the OEIU are being supplied with copies of the te quired affidavits so that compli ance with the law may be ob tained without delay, Mr. Hutch ings said. A Wise Polio Precaution: Keep Foods Well Covered! Caver feed to keep flies away, especially daring the polie danger months in summer, is another wise precaution to fol low in combatting spread of the disease, the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis cau tions through its local chapter. The ‘‘blue bottle’’ fly, partic ularly, is suspected as a possible factor in transmitting the virus as a result of evidence dis closed by investigations • nanced by March of Dimes Truman Approves Price Probe; NAM Is Insulted By Charge Attorney General Clark Seeks Reason For High Prices Washington, D. C. — President , T. timan expressed, approval of . the investigation planned by At ) tcr.ney General Tom C. Clark to determine whether business inter ests are reponsible for conspiring to increase prices of food, cloth ing, and housing . ' The^^ttorney General an nounced That a nation-wide inves tigation would be launched under the direction of John F. Sonnett, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the anti-trust division in the Department of Justice. Mr. Clark threatened vigorous prosecution of any profiteers found to have violated the anti-trust laws. Jail terms and heavy fines ■v;,l be askdd of the courts, he added. Mr. Clark said: “In his state of the Union mes sage in January, President Tru man pointed out to the Congress that, despite half a century of anti-trust law enforcement, one of the gravest threats to our wel faic lay in the increasing con centration of power in the hands of a small number of giant or ganizations, and that today we | find that to a greater extent than ^ ever before whole industries are ( dominated by one or a few large, organizations which can restrict j production in the interest of high er profits and thug reduce em ployment and purchasing power.” Reaction to the investigation was mixed .with the general opin ion being that the inquiry would only reveal cases in which busi ness had profited beyond normal margins. Little hope was ex pressed that the probe would drive prices down. President Truman,- who repeat edly asked for co-operative efforts on the part of business to reduce the cost of living, inclined to the belief that the investigation would not produce that desired result. In endorsing the investigation, however, he said he held high hopes for the inquiry. The National Association of Manufacturers came through with the expected reaction. It wailed and moaned that Clark’s state ment was a blow at all industry which would do great harm to the country. It took the stand that only some prices are out of line, but only in isolated cases. It said of the proposed investigation: “Such an attempt is dangerous because it tends to destroy con fidence in our productive system when mutual trust is essential if we are to weather the economic or i $%UN65TERS THROUGHOUT CANADA ARE PICKETING CANDY DEALERS WHO ARE CHARON^ SEVEN ANDEiGHT CENTS FOR FIVE-CENT CANDY BARS. + “gSolcesASe lost - OF Ger-tWC UNKrt LABEL HABit! 8EE1W 'ltWRNE)Cr MAT OR CAP 06ARS THIS CMO*JiA8EL-l&ei>€0OTiNH64Pn&*.' storms we face here and abroad.” Other business spokesmen sen sibly and resolutely refused to swallow the NAM’s propaganda line. Mostly they said their own skirts were clean and they would be glad to have the price situa tion publicly aired. Many of them directed their comments to the rising costs of raw materials and suggested the investigation cover this segment of the price picture The s^atement^of PaulS. Wil lis, president of the Grocery 'Man ufacturers of America, is induc tive of the stand taken by some business groups, as opposed to the outcry made by the NAM. He said: “All reputable food and grocery manufacturers will welcome the price probe, if it will serve the purpose of getting the real facts before the American people. We do not l»elieve investigation will reveal attempts on the part of the industry to maintain prices, but rather an extended effort to forestall price advances justified by costs.” For Indigestion, Sour Stomach and Gas, Take NA-CO TABLETS > MONET BACK GUARANTEE SELVVYN CUT RATE DRUG STORE NEXT TO POST OFFICE V S «Ww" 1 CATLTfcRIAS ‘ A FRIENDLY CHURCH V, PRITCHARD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH 1117 Saath B«il«nrl Load*; School 9:4ft ft. a. (Worship Ssrricss 11:00 a. m. 8:00 p. m. Training Union 6:30 p. no. - Dr. William Harrison Williams, Pastor Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 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