Labor Unions Great Bulwarks
In Times Of National Emergencies
Raymond F. I.eheney.. Secret ary -
TrfMBnr AFL Union label
Trades Department
"With the one exception of our
defense fortes, no group is more
important than labor unions in
. time of an international emerg
ency. The organized worker is
truly the man behind the man
iiehind the gun. He becomes in
dispensable in the gigantic t**'t
of resisting aggression.
During U. S. Savings Bond
dtrives. the reorganisation of
trade unions in Europe, in the
production of war machines and
munitions, as well as in other
vrar agencies on the home front,
labor leaders are selected for key
positions in the necessary agen
cies of the United States and
Canada.
At this lime it is urgent that
representatives of organised la
fnvr git on beards and comtnis
ftions in order to protect the in
terests of its members and safe
guard the interests of all the
people.
For illustration, the Govern
ment should not allow inflation
to undermine labor's war efforts.
To resist high prices arbitrarily
placed on consumer goods while
gbere is no comparable raise in
-wages, workers must continue to
organize for their, self-protection.
The formation of union label
leagues and women’s auxiliaries
In every city is vital to our
"We must continue to insist
that our labor standards be main
tained. They form the basis of
-our much-vaunted American way
erf life The best way to maintain
and improve our living standards
is to purchase only Union Label
goods and to use only Union
^services. It is the one way to
protect the employment of union
workers whose hi-wage purchas
ing power stabilises our economy
and will bring final victory to our
American forces.
4IREEN CALLS FOR
AID IN I'OUO DRIVE
(Continued From rare 3)
men, women nnd children were
stricken by polio in the United
States—and four out of five
needed March of Dimes help.
Since 1938, when the National
Foundation came into existence,
the cost of patient care have ex
ceeded 1102,000,000, he said.
“It is, therefore, with pleas
ure,” concluded Mr. Green, “that
1 endorse both personally and on
behalf of the American Federa
tion of Labor, the 1951 March
of Dimes campaign. 1 am sure
that everyone of our Unions’
members will contribute to this
a p lend id cause."
James J. Herkenham, Jr., Di
rector of Labor Services of the
National Foundation, has request
ed labor unions and their mem
bers to contribute directly to
their nearest local chapter of the
National Foundation.
Greta’s Letter
Mr. Basil O’Conner, President,
.National Foundation for Infan
AD* Paralysis,
1X0 Broadway,
New York 5, New York.
Dear Mr O’Connor:
ham been informed that 1960
will be the second moat severe
jjolio veax in our nation's his
rtorj. This clearly indicates that
the American Public cannot af
ford to relax their vigil against
the dreadful toll of this disease.
Jiay I assure you that we, in
the American Federation of La
bor have a very keen perception
of the responsibilities placed on
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis as a result of
the record outbreaks of polio.
We appreciate the excellent
services of the Labor Service Di
vision and the local chapters of
the National Foundation. Our
members and their families
stricken with polio are the chief
beneficiaries of your program.
It is therefore, with pleasure
that I endorse, both personally
and in behalf of the American
federation of Labor, the 1961
March of Dimes Campaign. I
am sure that every one of our
Unions’ members will contribute
to this splendid cause, either
through their looal March *of
Dimes or directly to the Labor
Service Division of the National
Foundation at 120 Broadway,
New York 5, New York.
Sincerely yours,
WM. GREEN, President,
American Federation of Labor.
STANLEY W. OLIVER, Presi
de*t. International Federation
Technical Engineers, Architects
and Draftsmen'a Unions, Says:
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“.Unionism and Americanism are
so cloaely intertwined that the
underlying obligations of the one
cannot be escaped without danger
to the other; just as the privi
leges of the one cannot be as
sumed lightly without jeopardy
to the other.
“tor a considerable portion of
the preamble to the Declaration
of Independence is embodied in
the philosophy behind the Union
movement. So insistence on the
Union Label, Shop Card and Un
ion Button is more than a com
mon-sense deipand for evidence
of honest value. Such undertones
as social justice and a better
America for better Americans
are also present in your requests
for only Union-made goods and
Union-delivered services.
"This is as equally true ier
those who carry a paid-up Union
Card that guarantees fair treat
ment in the mill and tin the fac
tory, where the Union movement
had its inception, as it is for.
those later comers to unioniza
tion—the ‘white collar’ workers.
“For Progress is restlessly dy
namic, not static, and cannot rely
on old foundations, however
sturdy, for entire support. Those
things you did yesterday are in
validated by those things you
failed to do today. Whole
hearted support of Union ideals
today is necessary and essential
to tomorrow's Progress.”
Employ a Maid?
Not bo very many households
these days can answer yes, but
those who do have a maid or any
other household worker will need
a copy of a brief booklet bear
ing that question as a title. . Mr.
Proctor. Manager of the Char
lotte social security office, began
distributing this booklet today,
This colorful leaflet sets out, in
a few sentences, just how the
lady of the house, or any em
ployer of domestic help in or
around the home, may tell wheth
er or not the worker is brought
under the social security law
which becomes effective on Jan
uary 1.
The work of those regurlarly
employed in private homes will
be credited to social security and
the employer will be responsible
for reporting wages, along with
social security taxes, to the col
lector of internal revenue.
The title of the pamphlet does
not stop with “Do You Have A
Maid?” but continues “ — or a
laundress? — a cook? — chauf
fer?—gardener?”. Any of these
or any other persons employed
regularly for work in or around
a private household may come
under the new law, and Mr. Proc
tor urges their employers to re
quest a free copy of the book
let.
A simple test in the booklet,
in terms of amount of wages
paid and regularity of employ
ment, will tell whether a maid
or cook or laundress will get the
protection of social security—and
whether the housewife should
start making reports next year.
If so, there’s a postage-paid post
al card in the government-issued
, booklet which* the housewife
should mail in for instructions.
Copies of the booklet are avail
able at all post offices, or may
j be secured at offices of the col
lector of internal revenue. “Here
in Charlotte,” Mr. Proctor said,
“if you’ll just call the social se
curity office, telephone 2-5033,
drop us a card, asking for the
| booklet, “Do You Have A Maid?”
we’ll send it to you by return
mail.” Address of the office is
Social Security Administration,
122 East Third Street, Charlotte,
North Carolina.
The social security manager
said he is arranging with wom
en's groups to furnish supplies
of the booklet for their mem
bers.
For the domestic worker’s own
tnformation about her new so
cial security protection, a special
leaflet is available at the social
security office. Mr. Proctor
pointed out that regularly em
ployed domestic workers will
need a social security account
number card after January 1,
1951.
The "Do You Have a Maid?”
booklet does not apply to domes
tic work on farms operated for
profit. Such work is covered by
other provisions in the new so
cial security law.
CRUIKSHANK IT HEAD OF
ECI LABOR DIVISION
IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Nelson H. Cruikshank on De
cember 16 succeeded Boris Shish
kin as head of the European La
bor Division of the Economic Co
operation Administration.
Mr. Cruikshank is on leave
from the AFL, where he is na
tional director of social insur
ance activities. Mr. Shishkin
will return in February to his
post as chief economist of the
AFL, meantime serving as an
ECA consultant.
' In announcing the change, Am
bassador Milton Kats praised Mr.
Shiskin’s work in the early days
of ECA dealing with “one of the
most vital, complex and difficult
segments of the ECA task in
Euorpe.” Mr. Cruikshank will
continue the effort being made
through ECA of improving stand
ards of European peoples and
thus give them a greater reali
sation of their stake in maintain
ing their freedom against the
aggression of Soviet Communists.
Mr. Cruikshank is known to la
bor as an organizer for *AFL
unions, as a member of the Sea
farers International Union, aa
former field representative of the
Workers Education Bureau, and
as a member of the National In-:
dustrial Advisory Committee of
the Federal Council of Churches. J
Nelson H. Cruikshonk, head of
European labor Division of the
Economic Cooperation Adminis
tration (as of December Id,
1950), on leave from position as
national director of social insur
ance activities for the American
Federation of labor.
He wns born in Bredner, Ohio, in
1902, end holds degrees from
Ohio Wesleyan University and
Union Theological Seminary, New
York. During the war, he left a
post as chief of the migratory
labor section of the Farm Secur
ity Administration to become ex
ecutive assistant to labor mem
bers of the Labor Policy Commit
tee in the War Manpower Com
mission.
ATKINSON ASSUMES
DUTIES HI ENGLAND
Glenn Russell Atkinson, As
sistant to the President of the
Brotherhood of Railway £ Steam
ship Clerks. Freight Handlers,
Express £ Station Employees,
sailed from New York December
16 for London, to assume his
duties as Chief of the Labor Di
vision, Special ECA Mission to
the United Kigdom, and as Labor
Attache to the U. S. Embassy.
Organized labor regards the
appointment as a gratifying re
sponse to labor’s insistence that
qualified labor men be given rec
ognition and a voice in federal
agencies operating in the field of
international relations.
Mr. Atkinson’s background in
organised labor and in federal .
government service qualifies
uniquely him for- his assignment
to the United Kingdom. His
education —t Brookwood College,
University of Cincinnati, and Sal
mon P. Chase College of Law—
made him a member of the bar
in 1940.
His labor record began in 1923,
as an organizer for the Amalga- j
mated Clothing Workers of
America. In 1927 he became as
sistant director of the Research
Department of the Brotherhood
of Railway Clerks, of which he
is a member, and served as legis
lative assistant to the President
from 1928 te 1940.
During: the war, he wu liaison
officer of the Railway Labor Or
ganizations and the Office of
Price Administration, after which
he went to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U. S. Department of
Labor, as Labor economist.
In June. 1947, he returned to
the Railway Clerks as director
of education, subsequently becom
ing: assistant to the President.
Mr. Atkinson was born in
Sherrard, Illinois, in 1901. His
home is in Covington, Kentucky,
where he is vice president of the
Central Labor Union of North
ern Kentucky and secretary
treasurer of Labor’s League for
Political Education.
STATE THEFT BUREAU
COLLECTS OVER $28,M«
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were found to have insufficinet
licenses, with 173 of these having
COMMUNITY CHEST
THINKS THE JOURNAL
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in your paper, have been greatly
helpful in many ways.
We would like for you to know
how much we appreciate it be
cause erood friends like you make
North Carolina license plates and
20 out-of-state. Of the 59 trucks
found to be over road limit, 35
were North Carolina trucks and
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our Community Chest successful.
Asrain let me thank you and ex
tend to you our sincere good
I wishes for the coming Holiday
Season.
Cordially yours,
JOHN F. WATLINGTON, JR.,
General Campaign Chairman,
Charlotte Community Chest.
December 21, I960.
Mr. H. A. Stalls, Editor,
Charlotte Labor Journal,
118 East Sixth Street,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dear Mr. Stalls:
Please, let me add my thanks to
those of John Watlington for the
fine co-operation you furnished
our Community Chest during
1960.
The publicity which you gave
our Chest Campaign was an im
portant factor in bringing us the
success we attained this year.
Please let me tell you that I
personally appreciate your excel
lent support and so do all the
other people connected with our
Community Chest organisation.
Sincerely yours,
STOWE MOODY, President,
Community Chest of Charlotte
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