Win Libel Suit
New York City. — The AFL’s
Internationa] Brotherhood of
Pulp. Sulphite and Paper Mill
Workers and two officials of its
Local 229 won a court battle over
a libel actii n .gainst the CIO’'
Wholesale and Warehouse Work
ers Union, known to be' fommun
ist-dominaie.:.
The CIO affiliate entered a
stipulation in the New York
State Supreme Court agreeing to
retract publicly-- libelous state
ment.• made by its . fficers against
Joseph Tonelli, vice-president of
the AFL ur i. n. and A. N. Wein
berg, manager of its Local 229.
In an attempted raid on the
AFL membership, the CJf) union
published and distributed several
pamphlets and circulars which
referred to the AFL officers as
“thieves” arid “racketeers.” Fol
lowing the appearance of these
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circulars, libel aeon was tilt >1
againr-t the CIO union president
the issue brought to trial, the
CIO defendants agreed to pub
lish a statement that "these ref >
erence* and characerizatk.cs wers^
without foundation in fact” and
"unjustified.”
The- agreement j -vic’-s that
the retraction, as t ?e- < d’ in tfv;
Supreme C \h t svti.Vur n?, i« to
appear prominently 'Ap’ay.d In'
the CIO local's AT ia> newspn
p<rs. !•■ ;-i i jo)
agrees t hat n n AFL u r t a -
tive is to ie present do- «g the
■actual printing cf the X'-s.**. edition
of the paper and to t; k . n the
mailing cf this issue in order to
ensure full il atrilurien to the
CIO membership.
The CIO uni. a also agrees to
furnish the AFL officials with a
full copy cf-the statement f ie
traction on its off:rial ’-.tic rhea 1,.
signed by a principal tffiocr and
carrying the union’s seal.
A portion-of the text - of tin
official retraction as contained in
court records is as follows:
"In November, 1044, the Sam
ple Card Organizing Committee
<>f Wholesale and Warehouse
Workers Union, Local 05, issued
several circulars addressed to thi
w-orkers of Premier Sample Card
Co., in which Mr. Weinberg an l
Mr. Tonelli and their union were
mentioned by name. Mr. Wein
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AFL SEAMEN RETAIN
UNION HIRING HALLS
San Francisco. — The AFL's
Sailors Union of the Pacific an
nounced the successful negotia
tion of a new Pacific coast con- ;
tract which, despite the Taft
Hartley law, provides for mainte
nance of the union's hiring halls.
Harry Lundeberg, president o!
the Seafarers International Union
and secretary of the Sailors Un
ion of the Pacific, declared the
new agreement gives the SUP
"the best contract for seamen in
the world." <.
In addition to the hiring hail
provision, the contract provides
i a e* ranging from $15
to $ld.50 per month for the S.OOO
members of the union. Percen
tagewise, the, increases range
front 8 to 15 per cent, and were
described by Lundeberg as “high
er than those negotiated by the
CIO ai 1 other unions."
The hiring hall claus,-, accord
ing to Lundeberg, reads as fol
lows:
"The employers agree, in the
hiring of employes, to prefer ap
plicants who have previously been
employed on vesesls of one or
more of the companies signatory
U> this agreement.
“The union agrees that in fur
nishing deck personnel to em
ployers through facilities of their
employment office it will recog
nize such preferences and fur
nish seamen to the employers
with due regard thereto and to
the competency and dependabil
ity of the employes furnished.
"When ordinary seamen with 1
prior experience are not avail
able, the union will, in dispatch
ing seamen, prefer graduates of
the Andrew Furuseth Training
School.”
While the clauses, technically
speaking, provide only for “pref
erential employment,” in prac
tice they give the SUP a closed
shop until such time as there are
no “preferred" seamen waiting
for employment.
The only sailors who qualify
as “previous employes” are mem
oet's of the SUP, and the An
drew Furuseth Training Schorl!
s largely staffed with SUP
instructors.
The term “employment office”
as used in the contract means,
in practice, the union’s hiring;
hall.
HARK ISON LUGES
■'*£ ; l. S. IMPORT MORE
St. Louis.—George M. Harri-[
son, president of the Brotherhood!
of Railway Clerks and a member
of the AFL's Executive Council,
urged that the United States
import more commodities to
Strengthen our economy.
Mr. Harrison, speaking before
the :14th annual foreign trade
convention here, warned that |
“without imports our economy |
would come to a standstill.” He j
declared that while production j
and employment continued at
high levels, “we should begin
planning for a larger volume of!
imports,” particularly of strateg- i
it raw materials.
“Our present large volume ofj
exports and the employment based
upon export# cannot long ‘be
maintained unless we are pre
pared to increase our imports,”
he said. “Otherwise we can |
continue to export only by giv
ing away our goods to the rest
of the world indefinitely.”
Other speakers at the conven
tion who agreed with the ideas
advanced by Mr. Harrison, in
cluded Edward A. O'Neal, presi
dent of the American Farm Bu
reau Federations and George W.
Wolf, president of the United
States Steel Export Company.
JEWISH GROUP COMMENTS
ON AFL'S ENDORSEMENT
New York City.—The Jewish
Labor Committee, through its na
tional chairman, Adolph Held, ex
pressed appreciation for the en
dorsement by the AFL convention
of the activities of the Jewish
group. He said:
“We are indeed grateful to the
more than 8 million members of
the American Federation of La
bor who have offieially indorsed
the Jewish Labor Committee for
its activities in helping to re
build democratic and Jewish cul
tural institution* abroad, and in
fighting bigotry.. intolerance and
racial hatred at home.”
berg and Mr. Tonelli were re
by Mr. Tonelli and Mr. Weinberg.
Apparently not willing to h^ve
ferred to as ‘thieves’ and ‘rackc-1
ters’ and similar characterization t.
These references and characteri
zat i n ere without foundation
in fact. Local 665 and its Sample
Card Orgarizing Committee here
by retract such characterizations
which wgr unjustified.”
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MEMBERS MEDICAL (ARE
New York City—District Coun
cil 0 of the AFL’s Brotherhood
of Painters, Decorators and Pa
per hangers of America, an
nounced the signing of an agree
ment under which 8.000 union
members will receive complete
medical care.
The plan will provide complete
service by doctors in homes, at
their offices and in hospitals. It
will include specialist and full
surgical care, diagnostic and lab
oratory procedures, periodic
health and eye examinations and
visiting nurse and ambulance scrv
ices.
Under a previous agreement in
effect since May. 11*16 ■ painters
in District Council 9 already re
ceive life insurance, accidental
death and dismemberment insur
ance, weekly aeeidrnt ~7ih<J Srcks
ness aid and hospitalization ben
efits for themselves and their
families.
These services are finance 1
through employer contributions
of 3 per cent of the gross pay
roll to the Painting Industry In
surance Fund. The fund is ad
ministered jointly by three em
ployer trustees and three union
trustees.
The pact wag signed in the of
fice of Martin E. Segal, group
health insurance consultant, at
17 East Forty-ninth Street. He
said higher wages, in additional
to dividend- earned through the
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to obtain the new medical bene
fits with increasing the em
oyer’s contribution of 3 per
cent.
Mr. Segal estimated that the
new’ benefits would cost $170,00b
a year and that if employment
in the painting industry contin
ued at a high level, employer
contributions would amount to
$600,000 annually.
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
IN HOLLYWOOD DISPUTE
San Francisco- — The AFL’s
executive Council discussed the
jurisdictional questions underly
ing the Hollywood labor dispute
between the Conference of Stu
dio Unions and the International
Assciation of Theatrical and
Stage Employees.
Following the meeting. AFI.
President William Green said the
Council decided to bring the dis
putants together for direct ne
gotiation in an attempt to settle
the problem involved. ,
Representatives of the oppos
ing groups held their first session
later in the day, hut adjourned
without having reached a final
settlement.
Action in the matter was post
poned until the next meeting of
the negotiators scheduled for Oc
tober 20th in Hollywood,
INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT UP
Washington. D. C.—Industrial
production in September climbed
or the FCC'nrl straight month,
according to the Federal Reserve
Hoard's index of production.
the level of production stood
t 185 per cent above prewar out
put, the hoard said, but was
till 5 points below the postwar
record set during last March.
TRCMAN’S FOOD I'NIT RE- j
PORTS PROGRESS; HOPES TO
FINISH IT BY CHRISTMAS
Washington. 1>. C. The Citi-’
zens Food Committee, appointed
by President Truman to direct
the voluntary -conservation plan,
set Christinas as the time limit
for their efforts to save 100,000,- 1
000 bushels of grain for export to j
Europe.
Charles Luckntan, chairman ot ,
the committee, dubbed the “kiteh- j
en cabinet,” and his associates ]
estimated that about 25,000,000
! bushels of grain already have
j been pledged toward, the over-ali
food-saving objective and said;
j "As soon as we reach 100,000,
(MIO bushels, we will close the i
kitchen. Our goal is to finish
| up by Christmas.”
The necessity that the food
1 campaign succeed not later1
than Christmas oi the new year
: was stressed- -by Jllj-j Luck man’s
| associates. They pointed out that
j the critical time in Europe could j
' be the next three months.
| To tide needy western Euro- ‘
! pean countries over the winter, 1
committee members estimated
that'the'bulk of food saving would!
have to be "over the hump" i
here by late fa 1 and early win- !
j ter.
j "If the job is done at all.” a
; committee member said, “it has
j to be done quickly. If it drags on 1
much beyond Christmas, it means !
; we are hot getting our work
I done.” t j
The tentative estimate that
j about one-fourth’ of the needed
-grain already has -been' pledged
was bused largely on promises
of distillers, brewers, bakers,
poultry men and restaurant opera
tors.
The biggest grain saving was
estimated to be coming from the
distilling industry. The commit
tee said it had pledges that up
to 20,000.000 bushels of grain
would be saved during the 00
day distillers’ holiday.
It was estimated that food-sav
ing promises of bakers were good
for about 3,000,000 bushels of
grain and those of brewers for
; 2,000.000 bushels over a three
rnonth period.
In addition, the committee said
, "indeterminate” amounts were
; {hedged by poultry men and res
taurant operators. Added to
gether, thi; combined pledges will
bring the grain saved on paper
| well over the 25,000,000-bushel
figure, it was stated.
A DM INI8TR ATRIX’8 NOTICE
Having qualified as Administra
I trix of the Estate of Marvin K.
Beatty, Sr., deceased, late of
! Mecklenburg County, North Caro
lina, this is to notify, all persons
having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned at 211 John
ston Building, Charlotte. North
Carolina, on or la-fore the 27th
day of October, 1948. or this no
tice will la* pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
I debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 27th day of October,
1947.
ELIZABETH H. BEATTY,
Administratrix of Estate of
Marvin R. Beaktjr, Sr.,
* 214 Johnston Building,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
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