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Union FM Station Begins Operation Chattanooga, Tenn. — Hearty congratulations were extended to Station WVUN, this city’s first FM outlet, and the International lakes' Garment Workers Union, "owner and operator of the station, when the new facility went on the air for the first time. Tributes were paid to the Garment Workers for their pub lic-spirited action in establishing the station on a nonprofit basis to serve the people of Chatta nooga and the surrounding area. WVUN’s listening audience beard high praise for-the union and expressions of good wishes for the success of the station ’ from AFL President William Green, AFL Secretary-Treasurer George Meapy, U. S. Senator Es tes Kefauver and screen actors Gregory Peck and Gene Kelly. M. S. Novik. New York City radio consultant, worked with the ILGWU to bring this new radio. station to Chattanooga. Hr. Green, in his message, said: “Today the American people are vitally interested in what ia going on in their own community. In the nation and the world. With the great problems that face us both on the domestic scene and the held of foreign affairs, the people are thirsty for knowledge. "They want to hear all sides on •each issue in order to form in* telligent opinions of their own. “I am certain that Station WVUN will provide this service in a way that will earn the ad miration of all fair-minded citi zens of Chattanooga.” Mr. Meany, in his remarks, em phasized that the Ladies Garment Workers Union has “led the way for organized labor in the realm of cultural activity.” “It was a perfectly natural de velopment,” the AFL secretary treasurer pointed Sut,“ for this union to interest Itself in the very important field of radio.” WVUN, like the other ILGWU stations, will limit the sale of ■time to not more than 50 per swnt. Time will not be sold for religious programs or for con troversial issues but will l>e made nvailable free of charge for such broadcasts. American Federation of Labor ropreoentatirca in Miami for the meeting of the Execative Conn* cil were the gneeta of the Navy an a aub marinc trip. Daring the craiae, which bated foar bourn, the trade anion men took two divee. They got a big wallop oat of their anuaeal ex perience and learned a great deal a boat the are ittoaa of a wbaarine. Her* the Uboritn oa the ctuiig tower with the mb’* commander as the creiae started. Second from left is William Hwwlin of the AFL’s heed, qsartors staff la Washington, D. C Sixth from left is John J. Morphy, secretary of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union. » Asheville Appoints Convention Committee Flays Rulers New York.—Dr. Willatd C. Rap pleye, dean of Columbia Univera* ity’s Faculty of Medicine, says the principle of prepayment in surance, well established in such fields as hospital care, unemploy ment and old age pensions, “must now be applied to the medical services.” In his annual report to Dwight D. Eisenhower, university presi dent, Dr. Rappleye declared that present-day economic problems make it “impossible for many families to pay for unpredictable and uncertain illnesses. This statment 'has been ad vanced repeatedly by tne Ameri can Federation of Labor and by I well-informed physicians amt other persons who are supporting the | AFL in its efforts to secure pas ! sage of legislation for national , health insurance. However, the American Medical Association, I voicing the reactionary viewpoint ; on national health insurance, pre IT S WAFFLE TIME This Is the season that ftinifly of'guests really go for waffles . . . ideal for*Sunday morning breakfast, or for a light supper after a mid-day Sunday dinner. • Mix your batter ahead of time and More in the refrigerator, but leave out egg whites and baking powder until just before baking. Then dissolve baking power id a little water and mix into batter. Last of p,U, add the beaten egg whites, folded ii). , . Always hare your hatter cold. Mixing ahead of time insures cold batter, but then waffles impromptu are fun, too. In that case, stir in a few ice cubes, but of course decrease milk in proportion. If you’re having company, a waflfle iron at each end of the table speeds up supply. (Festive, too!) DURE POWER COMPANY ^ewvtnp, "th Jjudwmtt Cawlintu. Preparations Being Blade For Largeat Convention Yet. (From February Tar Heel Fed) “Asheville Local 277, N. F. P. O. C., and authorities of, the George Vanderbilt Hotel are pre paring for the largest invasion of post offiee people any North Carolina city has ever known.” So says B. E. Singleton, Presi dent of Local 277. The Asheville group will host the 1949 conven tion of the North Carolina Fed eration of Post Office Clerks and Auxiliary at the George Vander bilt during the second or third week of June and present indica tions point to a record attend ance. i Singleton has advised that Fed erationists who may desire ac j commodations outside the hotel j should communicate with James R. Fawcett who will endeavor to ; procure the type of accommoda tion desired. Postmaster General Donaldson will be officially invited and urged to attend, it, was an j nounced. omgieion win serve as ueneral Chairman of the Convention Com* mittees and other committee ap pointments are as follows; Program Chairman—J. P. Am mons. Publicity Chairman—L, V. Mid dleton. Housing and Trans. — J. R. Fawcett. Finance—N. B. Sheperd. Refreshments—J. S. Harrill. Registration—W. E. Broome. U. S. FARM WAGE RATES INCREASED 3% IN 1948 Washington.—Farm wage rates increased 3 per cent in 1948, con tinuing a -rise that started early in the war, the Department of Agriculture reported. Rates av erugcd fit) cents an hour January' 1 compared with 58 cents a year ago. The department said, how ever. that declining farm product prices arc expected to limit further wage increases. The number of hired workers on farms at the start of the year was reported at 7,155,000, or about 352,000 fewer than a-year ago. Some of this decline in employ ment reflected less favorable working conditions than a year go. Heavy snows hampered farm . work in many areas. tends that financial inability to pay doctor's bills does not really exist. Dr. Ruppleye, in his report to, President Eisenhower, went on to, point out that the evolution of; adequate voluntary programs of comprehensive prepayment medi cal care for individuals and their families “has been slow and f largely unsupported by the or ganized medical profession, whose policies continue to be almost ex clusively determined by those who are primarily concerned with re taining the status quo.** It was obvious that Dr. Rap pleye was referring to the clique in tight control of the American Medical Association. The AMA is trying to collect $25 from every doctor in the country to pay for a ballyhoo campaign against na tion health insurance, which is desired by the overwhelming ma jority of the American people. The Golden Rule of Trade Un ionism is to bay Union Label goods from others as you would have them pay Union wages unto youl CYRIL T. BLAKESLEE National Federation Officer Succumbs Cyril T. Blakeslee, Vice-Presi dent of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, and a vet eran of 23 years service in the Portland. Oregon, post office, died on Friday, December 31st in a Portland hospital, following an attack of pneumonia. Blakeslee became a national of ficer following the resignation of John M. Mitcham of Spokane in 1945. He was elected to office by the Milwaukee convention in 1946 and was re-elected by the Miami convention in August, 1948. He was a veteran of both World Wars, having served with the 319th Engineers in France in 1917-18 and in New Caledonia with the United States Navy dur ing the last war. During his Federation career, Blakeslee distinguished himself as an able and energetic cham pion of the rights of postal employees and was respected for his common-sense approach tofor ganization problems. (From February Tar Heel Fed) STATE BUILDING TRADES (Continued from Page 1) prentices as real craftsmen. 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