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— Southern Labor News ■e ,_ • * -- Can Workers Get 12He Per Hr. Savannah, Ga. — Employes of the American Can Company at Savannah, Georgia, members of - Can Workers federal Labor Un ion No. 22940 have been suc cessful in securing a wage ad justment package amounting to about 12c per hour. The Southern office of the American Federation of labor has been advised through Or ganizer George H» McGee, who handled t*>e negotiations on be half of the local union, that a .flat 5c per hour raise has been secured in addition to a great many adjustments in wages. A arw pension plan has been ■worked out with the Company, the first in history of the Amer ican Can Company, amounting to $100 a month pension, the Company paying all contributions to the pension fund. The Union was successful in securing a trroup insurance plan including -death and health insurance, which the Company carries at its own expense. The Company agreed to establishment of shift differrtitials ^mounting _ to ; 10c per hour for all workers em ployed on the second shift and 12He .per hour for all workers employed on the third shift. The contract has been Pom plettd and the benefits under the agreement are now in effect.. This union is one of the oldest Federal Labor Unions in the Southern* territory and has been very successful in securing for its members outstanding working conditions tii thd cari manufac turing industry. R. M. P. I. U. Organism Fort Pierce, Fla. — Organiser John A. Hawkins, American Federating of labor, working In the Fort Pierce, Florida, area reports a new charter has been ordered on behalf of the Negro Bricklayers and Plasterers. This is the second new charter having been ordered in the Fort Fierce area on behalf of the Negro Building Tradesmen. Another Texas Citrus Plant Raymondville. Texas — Anoth er citrus plant comes under the American Federation of Labor jurisdiction by virture of an NLRB election this week. The employes of Wade Pax ton Packing Company, at Kay mondville, voted overwhelmingly for the American Federation of Labor to, represent them in col lective bargaining. Quaker Oats to Chemical Workers Memphis, Tenn. — International Chemical Workers. Union an nounces the defeat of CIO in the Quaker Oats Plant at Memphis. The employes voted an NLRB election on May 23. in which they repudiated CIO and made their choice for the American Federa tion of Labor International Chemical Workers Union. Texas Glazier* Join El Paso, Texas. — Organiser George F. Webber, stationed at 13 Paso, Texas, assisted in or ganising the glaciers at the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company and the Southwestern Sash and Door Company. Representative H. A. Clark of Abe Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of Aaaerica, was in charge of the campaign and has opened nego tiations for collective agreement with the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company. White-Collar Engineers Gel Toehold In General Electric Fadsries WASHINGTON. — The * AFL International Federation of Tech nical Engineers, Architects and Draftsmen's Unions piled' up a 6 to 1 victory among designers and draftsmen in five General Electric Co. plants in National Labor Relations Board elections on May 25. GE engineering prsonnel re soundingly rejected the CIO In ternational Electrical W orkers The total vote was AFL, 701; CIO, 172; UE. 132. IFTEADU scored smashing wins at Lynn, West Lynn and Pitts field, Mass., and turned in the top figure at Bridgeport, Conn., leading IUE 27-26. Since two votes were cast for UE, no ma jority resulted and a rerun elec tion will be ordered. It was perhaps the most sig nificant single campaign in the history of the organisation and an opening gun in the drive to bring the same advantages of IFTEADU membership to GlTs engineering employes, nationwide. The elections: 1. Marked the advent » of fFTEADU into the country’s largest electrical manufacturing company and'one of the top stra ta employers of engineers and draftsmen. 2. Produced an immediate, po tential of upwards of 1,500 new memliers. 3 Placed IFTEADU in per haps the most responsible chair it has ever occupied at a collec tive bargaining table in a man tifaeturtng industry. 4. Emphasised value of IFTE ADU membership to engineering employes in other major elec* trical industries. Designers and draftsmen in the Erie, Pa, plant became the first General Electric group to Join the Internationa) Federation of ■V Technical Engineers, Architects and Draftsmen's Unions. A temporary certificate of af filiation. pending the customary 00-day waiting period before • charter is issued, has been grant ed the Erie organisation. It has been designated Section 138. j The group contains approxi mately 160 members who for merly composed an Independent group. Erie was not involved in the NLRB elections last month, but the GE engineering employes! there elected to seek member ship. President Stanley W. Oliver visited Erie and met with the group, outlining IFTEADU’s policies and record of service. The charter application followed within a few weeks, during which time the group voted for affilia tion by referendum. FILL PANEL Geneva.—The nominations of Associate Justice Frank Murray of the Massachusetts Superior Court to represent the United States -and Sir Harold Butler of the United Kingdom to the In ternational labor ^Organization’s Fact * Findihe and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of As sociation have been submitted to the 1LO governing body by Di rector-General David A. Morse. Those already named to the commission, which will consider allegations presented by the Unit ed Nations as well as by tha ILO. are Carl V. Bramsnaes, Den mark; Mahmoud Ilassan Pasha, Egypt; Justice J. N. Majumdar, India; Mr. Francois de Mcnthon, France; Arsenio Roldan. Philip pines; Oscar Schnake, Chile; and Justice Arthur Tyndall, New Zealand. MAP’ ’I lect7! SENATOR ZltCHEj . "ft* Sntaot niw all pmmm pkm ... Hall Mad m fcinl) «fot Mi «M«d Mb mM!'.. Auto Workers Take GE Plant From The CIO DANVILLE, ILL. — The AFL United Automobile Workers of America scored a major upset in the nationwide balloting of electrical workers on May 25 when they decisively beat three other contending unions in the NLRB election at the General Electric plant in Danville. In the balloting at the big 4 plant, which manufactures elec trical .assemblies, the AFL Auto Workers rolled up 411 votes with | the United Electrical Workers trailing with 131, the CIO In ' tematlonal Electrical Workers with 94, and the Machinists with 75. An important factor in the UAW-AFL victory was the splen did aid given by Loral 914. rep resenting workers at the F. L. Jacobs Spring Co. in Danville, and Local 985, representing workers at the Sprague-Sells Machinery Co. in Hoopeston. Local 985, which joined the JUAW-AFL only a few months ago, pointed out that it had ac complished more m tne way of economic pains in its three months with the UAW-AFL than it had in three years with Farm Eqvip ment Workers. The UAW-AFL Eighth Region al Office reported another bar gaining rights election victory on the same day as the GE triumph. Amalgamated Local 447 in Kansas City announced that workers at the Field Chevrolet C*. voted overwhelmingly to af filiate with the UAW-AFL. Thia group was another in a long chain of new units reported by fast-growing Amalgamated Local 447. Are! you listening to Frank Edwards? v (Political Are You Wq th 40c An our? Willi* Smith said that 40c an hour for tha working paopla was "harsh, unraasonabla, and unnecessary," whan na fought and halpad boat tha 40c an hour minimum waga hill in tha 1947 Stato Legislature. BUT—Look at tha value a certain corporation lawyer places an HIS services, even while enjoying the ocean breezes at a choice beach spot.— Mr. Smith WENT to Morehead City! Tho recent offer of Candidate Willis Smith to swap lib annual income for that of another Individual Hke an many nther of his campaign statements, doesn't check very well with kb record. ' MR. SMITH SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN MADIX ASPHALT ROOFING CORPORATION IVe 127 unsecured creditors and the 39 common stockholders of the Madix Corporation are not likely ever to forget the $23,137.77 Mr. Smith collected for serving in 1949 as attorney for th# receivership trustee for this "broke" i—»ptriy. The unsecured creditors were wiped out to the tune of $172,377 77, and the common stockholders to the tune of $193,221.51. They cot NOTHING; MR. SMITH GOT $23,137 77! Admitting In court records that he limited his activities in the Madix case to only 98 days, and on three days only a pert of the day at times, Mr. Smith collected a fee of $21,500.00, plus personal expenses for his son, hb secretary and himself amounting to $1,637 77. ’ v,. • ....— His rate of pav was $219 28 a day, even when he worked only part of a day! Tkere b a let of difference between $219.28 a day and the waoe rate ef 40c an hour, which Mr. Smith said "WOULD WRECK THE ECONOMY OF OUR STATE" If made the minimum wage for the working men and women of North Carolina. And, during those 98 days he was drawing $219.2* a day. pies expenses most days, out of the assets ef a benkrept «a» poration, Mr. Smith spent, by his own admission in court, 48 days In Morehead City, where he maintains a summer Or beech home. Yes, Mr. Smith WENT to Morehead City, and he stayed and he went and he stayed, and — — he went and he stayed and he stayed! On one ef the days Mr. Smith worked for Madix In Raleigh, the official record shews, the S219.2S daily charge was mad# for "CONFERENCE WITH WILUS Sy.lTH, JR." Them same court records show that when in Morehead City, for as tong as 10 days without leaving, Mr. ImtthSt*# • \ daily charge of 10c a mile for his automobile, and on each and every day drove It fust exactly 10 (nflae/ hfe 20-mile-a-day-ten-cents-a-rmle charge was made far Sunday driving fust as for weekdays. ▼he beaches of Morehead City are pleasant In the summertime, uu weak davt or Sundays, and nearby night clubs ate delightful sputa on Sunday evenings. In fairness to Mr. Smith, attention is called to the fact that he reported officially to the court that on two ksdqi furtn • his long stays in Morehead City he worked "until late at night," once "until 1 TOO P. M." _ The court records from which the above facts were obtained are on file in the office of lha Deputy Clerk of the United States District Ccurt In New Bqrn. These records are vol uminous and tell a strange story. For instance: Mr Smith shows on his sworn to expense statement or account four separata items for the period of June 9 through the 15th, 1949. He charges as follows against the bankrupt Madix Corporation assets: 'To Willis Smith. Jr., refund expenses, June 9-15, •t Morehead City... $35.00 "Willis Smith, refund exoenses, trip to Morehead City, June 9, 445 miles, and $49 for meals, hotel, etc.$93.50 "Willis Smith, Jr., refund expenses, balance, trip to Morehead City, June 9-15 . . $15.00 _ "Willis Smith—June 9-15, st Morehead City, preparing report, otc., hearinq before Judge (WS and WS Jr.) —7 days @ $5 ($2.50 each)—mileage, 304 miles . . $35.00 and 20 miles per day for 7 dava....$44.00" _ ~._j....—.. I'.''- T— r~’- '' * If these various sums charged in four separate items for the period of JUNS 9 TO IS are added together the total rnmei Out at $222.50 in expenses, which then added to the daily $219.28 fee for seven days gives a grand total of $1,757.44, a (Other tidy sum for seven days spent at Morehead City beach during the bet month of June. fcuafy Candidate Smith Mutt Hurt Forgotten The Madix Cam When Ho OHorod To Do A Little Income Swagglmg, Last December 21, it was ordered by tha court that tha assets of tha Madix Corporation be distributed. Tha secured creditors, such as tha banks and holders of certain mortgage bonds, got theirs—amounting to $124,106.11. That was th than was In the kitty after Mr. Smltk had drawn an addIHanal $179.9$ In "expanse money." t Mr. Smith GOT $23,516.72 ... tha 127 unsecured creditors, with claims amounting to $172^77.77, got NOTHING . • • tha common stockholders LOST ALL the $193,221.51 they had In vested. j l ^. JSS :? /. I V. t _ US' . - • YES, MU. SMITH reall y mm TO MOftEHEAD OTYf \ * ROMAN S. WILLIS, Sahar Path, N. C. --. _ ONE al tha Stockholm rt Who Ww WIPED OUT SENATOR FRANK P. GRAHAM WENT TO WASHINGTON TO SERVE IN THE SENATE FOR ALL THE PEO PLE, AND NOT ANY SPECIAL INTEREST, CLASS, OR GROUP. LET US KEEP GRAHAM THERE. - VOTE FOR GRAHAM JUNE 24th CORNBREAD AND CQLLARD8 CriZHTTEE, DR. H. CALVIN REA, Chairman. 1-usasfe.-fisSl£ 1-1- i
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