Union Label Trades j
Urged To Organize
Purchasing Po^verj
San Ftbtjchsco. — Delegates to
the 39th convention of the Union
Label Trades Department, in se#i
sion here, heard 1. M. Ornburn,
secretary-treasurer of the depart
ment, eveal plans fo -the 1948
Union Industries Shoe.’ to be
held in Milwa ukee.
ment,' reveal plans for the 1948
show will surpass the highly
successful exhibition staged in
St. Louis in 1946 which elicited
much favorable comment from
participating manufacturers.
‘"The show will be a glorious
panorama of all things union,*’
Mr. Ornburn declared in his re
port to the convention.
AFL President William Green,
in an address to the delegates,
took the occasion to praise Ae
work of the women’* auxiliaries
in' promoting the use of the un
ion label, shop cards, and service
buttons.
He stressed the need tor an
educational campaign by labor
to organize the consumers and
convince them that the union
label, shop card, and service but
ton is their assurance of superior
goods and services. The union
emblems stand for a high stand
ard of living, Mr. Green declared.
Matthew Woll, president of
the department and a vree-presi
. dent of the AFL. emphasized the
fact that while the Taft-Hartley
law may hinder the use of the
union label in boycott activities,
• use of the label itself is not af
fected by this legislation. On
the contrary, he said .the label
enjoys the protection of law rt.
many states.
Mr. Well urge:' a campaign to
mobilize the nation’s purchasing
power anti direct such power
toward the purchase of union
goods and services. Tremendous
power can he wieh?ed by directed
purchases of this sort, he de
clared.
For example, if the members
of the AFL would spend one dol
lar each day for the purchase
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AUSTRA1L1AN WORKERS
Sydney. Australia.—The forty
hour week became standard in
dustrial policy throughout Aus
tralia -with the announcement of
a decision by an arbitration court
to grant the shorter workweek,
replacing the forty-four hour
week in effect over the lart 20
years.
Nearly 1.000,CC-0 Australians
will benefit from the change when
the new hours take effect next
January.
Announcing the result of their
449 day* of. dtliberations, arbi
tration court justices said the na
tional economy would stand the
burden of the forty-hour week and
any fa!! in production could be
overcome.
The verdict is regarded here as
a triumph for extreme left-wing
sections of the* Australian Coun
cil of Trade Unions, who had
threatened a twenty-four-hour
general strike if their demand for
shorter hours was net met by
the court.
The arbitration justices, Judges!
Drake-Brock man, Fester and Sug
arman, declaring th;« is* unanimous
finding, stated that it had been
the historic role of tmp'oycrs to
v„ „ workers’ claims for in
creased leisure with arguments
that had not changed much in
100 years.
of good® and services identified
by the un:< n label, shop card,
or service buttton. those mem
over 2 1-2 billion dollars annually
into industry supporting the la
bor movement, he said.
This purchasing power could
be a tremendous force in the na
tion’s economy and serve to
weaken the forces of reaction
which seek, to destroy laJbor, Mr.
Well asserted.
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bers of AFL unions were anion?
the five scholarship winners se
lected for a year’s study at Rus
kln College, Oxford,’ England.
Dr. Harold Taylor, president of
Sarr-h Lawunce .College, and
•haiyman of the selection com
mittee, announced that Robert
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American Federation of State,
County, ar.d Muncipal Employes:
Hor’-rta F. Watson, member of
Local 61 of the Office Employes
Internationa! Union, and Lucille
Thornburgh, member of the United
Textile Workers, received the
awards.
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available through arrangements
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n England an I provide for one
years'* tuition, board and room at
Ruskin College.
BUILDING SERVICE GROUP
REELECTS ALL OFFICERS
Nr'-v York City—Local 32B of
the AFL’s Building Service Em
ployees International Union re
elected ‘its ( ff.eers to another 8- j
year term without ^position. The j
office' s had been nominated unan-.
‘mcusly. but despite this fact 8,-1
362 union members voted in the;
election as an expression of their
confidence in the officials.
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VETERANS’ AID
San Francisco. — Mr. J. R.
Klawans, chairman of the na
tional legislative committee of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.* urged
the delegates to the AFL con
vention to support a program
to develop the best Navy an 1
strongest air force in the world,
and to continue sufficient Federal
dd fer the nation's veterans.
In a message of greeting to the
convention f nom the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Kiawan.s askpd
for AFL support of the program
advocated by his organization.
He said:
“These two great organiza
tions,’’ the American Federation
of. Labor and the Veterans of
Foreign Wags, of the United
States, who- have marched
shoulder tcshoulder during >the
stress and strain of war must
continue to march together dur
ing these dangerous times.
“Our national defense requires
that we serve in peace as in war.
With the shadow of the atom
ing over the troubled world, it
has become essential that we
unite to give our country the
biggest, toughest and most ef
ficient air force in the world,
[t is our hope that you will join
with us in supporting this pro
jramd
bomb and directed
*‘We cannot permit our air
piano manufacturing industry to
pass out of existence because we
will be the first target of any
future enemy and we will not
be given the opportunity, nor the
time, to create another “Arsenal
of Democracy.” War is like a
poker game, the second best hand
is no good. Let’s see to it that
we have the best air force in the
world and the strongest Navy
in the world, as these are our
first lines of defense.
“We have one other primary
objective—to see to it that the
United States of America, the
richest country in the world,
carries out the .obligation de
scribed by Abraham Lincoln in
the words: “to care for him
who has bared ' his breast to the j
enemy and for his widow and I
orphan.”
“Rehabilitation of our disabled I
comrades necessitates constant j
vigilance on our part against,
those forces who, under the guise
of economy, art* always attempt
ing to deprive those unfortun
ates, for whom the war will never
end, of the pittance allowed them.
In the past, your organisation
has supported us in our fight for
a decent allowance for those dis
abled men and their families. We
hope you will continue to aid
us in this continuous battle.’*
CATHOLIC PROJECTS AID
CONSTRUCTION UPSWING
Nt-w V rk City.-John J. Bren
nan. secretary of the AFL’3
Building and Construction Trades
Council of New York, said there
was a marked rise in employment
in the construction industry here.
TTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE
OF DISSOLUTION
To All fo Whom These Present*
May Come—Greeting:
Whereas. It appears to m.v satis
faction. by duly authenticated re
cord of the proceedings for the
voluntary dissolution thereof by
the unanimous consent of all the
stockholders, deposited in my of
fice. that Pt esson, <' orse and
Keefer, Incorporated, a corpora
tion of this State, whose principal
office is situated in the City of
'harlotte, County of Mecklenburg.
State of North Carolina (T. S.
rorse being the agent therein and
n charge thereof, upon whom)
process may be served), has com-!
■died with the reouirements of]
Chapter 55. General Statutes, en- j
'itled “Coroorat:ors." preliminary ;
*o the issuing of thie Certificate
>f Dissolution:
Now Thetefo e. I. Thad Eure,
Secrearv of State of the State of j
North Carolina, do hereby certify ;
that the said corporaton did, on
•he 11th day of October. 1947, file ;
n my office a duly executed and,
attested consent in writing to the j
dissolution of sa d corporation, j
executed by all the stockholders >
thereof, which said consent and!
the record of the proceedings
aforesaid are now on tile in my
Said office a* provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof, I have
hereto se V my hand and affixed j
my official seat at Raleigh, this i
P*h day of October A. D. 1947.)
• SEAL) THAD El’RE.
Secretary ■ State.
>10-2d.:W:ll-;;-l !- ,
State of North Card;
County of Meek'enhurir
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Blanche H. Shv'ds. P ■ uiCff vs i
It illiam L. Shields, Defendan*
NC)TICE SERVING SUMMONS
BY PUBLICATION
The above na! e i defendant will
take notice that an actios as en
titled above ha- v-.. - .•omm,*ne-*d
in the Superior Court of M“ckb n
burjr Countv, North Carolina, bv
the plaintiff to obtain an absolute
divorce upon the ground* of two
years separation; and the defen
dant will further take notice that
he is required ’o appear at the
office of the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court of Mc.eklenbuvir County
nt the Court House in Charlotte,
North Carolina within twenty 1201
lays nft the 2"th day of Novem
ber, -I *47,'and answer c.r demur to
the complaint in the said action,
or the plaintiff w'll appV to the
Court for the relief demanded in
the said complaint. ‘ •
This the' 23rd day of October.
.1947.
T. LESTER WOLFE.
Cerk of Superior Court.
10-23, 30; 11-0. FI-c)
He attributed the improved
conditions to the-decision of Car
dinal Spellman. Roman Catholic
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m o.OOO building program.
Asserting that the Cardinal’s
“hold thinking” had stimulated
.the entire industry, Mr Bren
nan said that it had enabled 25,
"000 persons unemployed in May
to get jobs in construction. He
also hailed the Cardinal's pro
gram as “one of the greatest
weapons against Communism, for1
the simple reason that Common-1
istrt fends on the discontent cre
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AFL CONVENTION CALENDAR
Nov. 17—International Auto
mobile Workers—Milwaukee.
Dec. 6—International Bill Post
ers—Chicago.
♦Date not definitely set.
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