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Charlotte Will Host State NCFPOC Convention On June 2-3
$2 Political Drhre
Set for June-July
10c Fund Voted
Philadelphia.—The AFL Execu
tive Council voted to ask each
international union to contribute
10 cents per member immediately
to the education fund of Labor’s
League for Political Education.
The league’s administrative
Committee, which includes the 15
council members, fixed June and
July for an intensive effort to
raise 92 per member for the po
. litical campaign fund to help elect
a liberal Congress in November.
Three international unions re
sponded immediately to the appeal
for voluntary contributions equal
to 10 cents per member for the
' education fund. They were the
Brotherhood of Boilermakers;
United Cement, Lime and Gypsum
Workers; and the United Hatters,
Cap and Millinery Workers.
More than 90 per cent of the
international unions responded to
the first 10 cents per member
contribution appeal made at the
1948 convention in Cincinnati. ...It
la expected Hist this mark will
be surpassed because of the cru
cial importance of this year’s elec
liana. .
The plana for financing the
A PL's political activity this year
A GOOD BUY
Sarratary William F. Cleary a# the Chirac* Fadrratiaa at La bar
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Paatmaater Jake BaderMn. Cleary beagkt • year’s aapply far
’ was one of many Important issues
acted upon by the council as it
worked toward adjournment of its
spring session held here in con
nection with the AFL Union In
dustries Show, Other decisions
included:
L Endorsement of President
Truman’s Reorganiation Plan 12
| to abolish the office of General
i Counsel Robert N. Denham of the
National Labor ' Relations Board
sr.d transfer his duties to ths
board.
2, Creation of a committee,, to
! make a scientific study of pen
, s ion 'clans being negotiated by
AFL ‘unions and employers, the
result to be incorporated in a re
port for distribution as advice
and information. ”
3. Adoption of policy state
ments ob Germany, Asia and Tito.
OBTAIN PENSIONS
Detroit. — A Narh-Kelvinator
Corporation pension and health in
suragce program was announced
Vnions that will share *ln tljjrf
benefits include the AFL Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The pact assures #100 monthly
pensions, includiag social security
for workers at age 65 with 21
years of service.
Nash will contribute 10 cents an
hour for each worker into a pen
sion and insurance fund. Sevsn
cents will go for pensions. Tin
unions have agreed to contribute
1.7 cents toward the cost of the
insurance program.
Railway Clerks Show Model Town
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Root Estate Lobby
Knacks Out Homos
For Union Mambars
Washington.—The real estate lob
s.-m by» working through the alliance
it reactionary Republicans and Dix
iecrats, killed off cooperative
houseir.g for middle income fam
ilies—the best hope in this Con
' gress for decent housing for union
* members.
The final defeat, on March 22.
•- came after the labor, veteran and
other liberal groups drew within 11
■a votes of winning a compromise
! aimed at establishing the coopera
j tive housing principle in law.
Veteran congressional observers
said that if the compromise tp fix
I the interest rate at not less than 4
* percent had carried, they believed
' the middle income cooperative pro
vision would have been kept in the
measure.
The House voted out this clause
despite a last-minute appeal f~om
President Truman, acting on the
suggestion of AFL President Wil
liam Green.
AFL state federation!, central
labor and local unions, and indi
vidual AFL members helped the
cause by writing their congressmen
to vote for the middle-income pro
vision.
But after the compromise inter
est rate lost 126 to 115, the middle
income feature was stricken 218
156 and the bill passed finally, 881
to 10.
Only a new House of Represen
tatives and Senate, with the libera]
members increased through onion
registration and voting next No
- vember, can be counted on* to pro
vide the housing which union mem'
- bers are going to need for a goo:
many years to «Mns.
A Housing Act of 1950 is cor
* tyin, however, since both Sensb
and House have passed bills bo'
without the middle income section
The final law expected from con
ference will probably follow mait
provisions of the Boom bilL The*
would make credit easier for vet
Attends Contract Signing
••Marc l nd.
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. Aid Israel Housing Development
AFL Deplores
Postal Cutback
Philadelphia.—The AFL Execu
tive Council deplored postal serv
ice cutbacks ordered by Postmas
ter General Jesse M. Donaldson.
It called upon President Tru
man, Congress and Mr. Donaldson
to rescind these '•oonoxious ord
ers.”
Meanwhile representatives ot
local onions of AFL postal serv
ice workers international organi
zations assembled here to map
further efforts to get the Donald
son “wrecking” orders cancelled.
Following is the text of the
AFL Council statement.
“The Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor
deeply deplores the action taken
Jt>y Postmaster General Donaldson
in his orders drastcdlly curtailing
the postal service.
“The cutback orders contained
•n the Postal Bulletin of April are
unnecessary, unwise and unreas
onable. Denying work .opportun
ity to thousands of postal sub
stitute employes at a time of high
unemployment is definitely not in
the public interest.
I “The Executive Council calls
• upon -President Truman, the Con
'gress and the Postmaster General
to rescind these obnoxious orders.
Post office operation is an essen
tial public service that must be
maintained and safeguarded;'*,
“Pacts and figures presented to
the Senate Poet Office Civil Serv
ice Committee on May 9 prove
cemdusirely - 4hat the April lb
orders were Ill-advised and not ia
keeping with the service ideal his
torically followed by the Post- Of
fice Department."
LABOR SUPPORTS
NEW BOND DRIVE
Washington.—The AFL la sup
porting the new Independence Sav
ings Bond Drive which opened
May 15 and runs to July 4.
The Liberty Bell has been chos
en as the symbol of this drive
which will embrace Memorial Day,
Flag Day and Independence Day.
The campaign is beamed to all
family spending units.
Savings financed our free com
petitive enterprise system. They
help your community. Saving pow
er is spending power.
Purchase of these Independence
Ratings Bonds means participa
tion in this midcentury drive to
help keep America’s independence
alive.
LAUDS U. S. LABOR
Philadelphia. — Assistant Secre
tary of Labor Philip M. Kaiser
told the AFL Upholsterers Inter
national Union’s 26th bennial
convention that American labor
is part of the United States’ total
diplomacy against communism and
povarty throughout the world.
“Our government kaows that
free trade unionists can become
our best ambassadors to many
countries and to many peoples,”
he said. “Our government be
lieves that labor should figure
largely in formulating this coun
try's over-all foreign policy.
M!f it weren’t for American
labor, the cold war might have
been lost by aow,” Mr. Kaiser
said.
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^CORNELL EXHIBITS
Philadelphia. — Techniques of
promoting industrial understand
ing through education were ex
plained bp Qprnell University's
School of Imiutrial and Labor
Relations at tjte AFL Union la-,
dostrioa Shorn'.
Prof. Dam Hyatt waa in charge
of the exhibit which provided
continuous projection of color
slides illustrating the school’s
tkroo-fold program of nndsrgwnd
oato aad graduate instruction, re
search aad information, aad
AFL Seeks To Restore
Postal Service Delivery
Washington—Message' to every
one who receives mail:
Yoar letter carrier needs your
help.
j Postmaster General Jesse M.
Donaldson has issued orders cur
tailing home mail deliveries to one
a day and otherwise wrecking the
! postal service in a way never be
' fore attempted by anyone in his
■ high office.
As a result, letter carriers must
remain on longer routes six or
more hours a day, eat thier lunch
eons on curbstones irrespective of
weather, 13,000 will lose their
jobs, and tgail dlerks are hard hit.
President Truman has so far
refused to do anything to correct
the stinking situation. AFL postal
Thirtieth Convention Expected To Attract
Largest Convention In History
Gibson Announces Committees
On Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, Charlotte Local
375 will host the 30th annual convention of the North Carolina
Federation of Pdst Office Clerks and Auxiliary at Hotel
Charlotte, one of Carolina’s finest hostelries.
Scott Gibson, Convention Committee Chairman and
President of Local 375, has released a list of convention
committees and an invitation to all state members to attend
this all-important Federation function.
unions and the Executive Council
have appealed to Congress to or
der Mr. Donaldson to rescind his
orders of April It. ,
Delegates from local onions of
the Optional Association of Letter
Carriers and National Federation
of Poet Office ClcrkuneT in emer
Carpet Styles Change Too
Senator Clyde R. Hoey haa ac
cepted an invitation to address the
convention and also expected to
appear on the program are Elroy
C. Hallbeck, Legislative Represen
tative, NFPOC, Oscar L. Whitesell,
Vice-President, NFPOC, and Ham
ilton C. Jones, Member of Congress
from the 10th district.
In Issuing the convention call
Gibson stated that •"All post of
fice clerks of North Carolina are
inygyd to attend. We are going
to try to put on a convention for
you that you will enjoy to the ut
most. We will try to make you?
visit here to Charlotte a pleasant
one. One that will be remembered.”
Arrangements are not yet com
plete, but Gibson stated that they
would be within the next ten days
and full details will be carried in
the convention issue of the Tar
Heel Fed which is scheduled to
appear cn May 20th.
Delegates and visitors who ex
pect to attend are urged to make
hotel reservations early because
of the unprecedented numbers ex
pected.
Convention committees and their
chairmen are aa follows:
Program—W. S. Lawing. Chair
Publicity — John CulMngford,
Chairman; Mrs. John Calling
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Banquet—Perry V. Stroup* Chair
man; Mrs. Perry V. Stroups.
Reservations — Registrations —
W. H. Moon, Chairman; Mrs.
W. H. Moon.
Finance—W. Leighton Freeman,
Chairman; Mr*. W. L Freeman.
Entertainment—Leroy L. Page,
Chairman; Mrs. L. L. Page.
Dance—F. L. Austin, Jr., Chair
man; Mrs. F. L. Austin.
General Convention Chairman —
Scott Gibson.
fancy sessions in Washington and
protested in person to their con
gressmen and senators.
The people of tha mall routes
can now. help by writing to their
congressmen and Mr. Truman re
questing that thf y restore. United
States postal service to the high
est possible standard.
The Letter Carriers adopted a
program of action at tboir emer
gency meeting whieh asserted
that “the entire welfare of the
country rests upon a swift, de
pendable communication system."
“The order of April 18 is dan
gerous to the economic security
of the nation, as it seriously cur
tails the transmission of mail in
all its phases."
Letter Carriers President W. C.
Doherty, AFL rice president, said
that “it will be a physical im
possibility to move the mails ex
peditiously under the schedules
required by the cut-back order." .
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