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THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL AND DIXT8 PAR* NEWS Published weekly *t Charlotte, N. C. OLDEST LABOR PUBLICATION IN THE TWO CAROLINA8 ■. A. Stalls, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate Editor Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1981, at the West Office at Charlotte, N. C„ under the Act of Congress of March S, 1879. Endorsed by Charlotte Typographical Union, Number 888. An Af fUiate of Charlotte Central Labor Union and the North Carolina Fed eration of Labor. The Labor Journal will not be responsible for the opinions of cor respondents, but any erroneous reflection upon the character, stand, lag or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may ap pear in the columns of The Labor Journal will be corrected when called to the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum opinions solicited, but The Journal reserves The right to reject objectionable reading matter aad advertising at all times. The American Blacksmith BY DAN SMYTH Chicago Correspondent A. F. of L. News Service In Longfellow’s time, the Amer ican blacksmith was a brawny fel low who made shoes for horses and needed only a coal fire, a hand anvil and a chestnut tree to open for business. ■ . 0 Today the American Black smith works in copper, brass, aluminum and steel as well as iron. He forges microscopic surgi cal instruments and mammoth crankshafts that weigh as much as 75 tons apiece. He earns $1.87 an hour, on the j average. He works in a forge shop with locker rooms, shower; baths and a cafeteria in the build- ' ing. Accidents hit him and his fellowworkers at the rate of 15 per million man-hours worked. Because of the changing times, the delegates of his Union, the A. F. of L. International Brother hood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forg , ers and Helpers, voted at their Convention to join one of the larger Industrial Unions of the American Federation of Labor. Two A. F. of L. Unions, the Boilermakers and the Machinists, sent their leaders to invite the Blacksmiths to affiliate. The Blacksmiths’ own Executive board advised affiliation with the Boil ermakers and the Convention fol lowed that recommendation. As E. Wayne Patterson, gener al vice president, reported, the tendency of American manufac turers to build their own forging units or buy up job shops is grad ually shrinking the potential membership of the Blacksmiths. Since tfie beginning of mass production in the auto and farm equipment industries, forging has | become concentrated more and more in “captive” shops, which forge exclusively for^the owners’ use and not for sale on the open market. As captive shops increased, rep resentation of the employes was taken over by rival organizations. Because of limitations on the bar gaining unit made by the Nation al Labor Relations board under the Wagner and Taft-Hartley acts it is now almost impossible for the Blacksmiths’ Union to carvs out the members of their own ( trade working in the captive' shops. “In spite of all the problems we face, we must remember that the Blacksmith's Trade has not be come a ‘lost art’,” said Mr. Pat terson. “With the introduction of mechanical equipment in our in dustry, our people are required to have more skill, more experience and more responsibility. “The training now necessary to maintain, adjust and determine heats of complicated alloys and to maintain normal volume of work has definitely elevated the work standards of our people. This greater responsibility should surely be reflected in higher earn ings and craft protection.” American industry could hardly exist without the Blacksmith’s’ art, Mr. Patterson pointed out. For the Building Trades Me chanics the Blacksmith . makes hammers, trowels, saws, hand wrenches, squares, calipers and micrometers. For the shipbuild ers, the Blacksmith makes an chors, anchor chains, propeller shafts and many parts of the power plant. For the railroads, he makes drive rods and placement parts of all sorts. For the auto and farm implement industry, he forges crank shafts, cam shafts, transmissions, differentials, gear3, axles, etc. He makes propellers for air planes, axles for loggers, cylinder rolls for the paper maker, molds for the rubber indusrty, and all sorts of hammers and equipment for himself. The total number of workers in industries under the Blacksmith’s present jurisdiction both in cap tive arid commercial shops, is about 125,000, Mr. Patterson esti mated. • *• 27 STATES AIDING SMALL BUSINESS TO TRIUMPH (Conllaued From Pago 1) ination through establishment of many procurement officek under the State Department of Com merce. j Largest Commission The governors of Oklahoma and Texas are co-operating. The State of Washington has the largest commission yet or ganized—a permanent group of 250 men with officers and active assistants. Declare your Independence by buying Independence Bonds. POLIO PRECAUTIONS • RECOMMENDED If THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS AVOID NEW GROUPS DON'T GET OVERTIRED! DON ! CE1 CHILLED KEEP'CLEAN WHEN POLIO IS AROUND, tne National rounaauon ior miwuit Paralysis recommends these simple precautions: Keep children with their own friends and away from people they have not been with right along. Don’t become exhausted through work or hard play. Don’t stay too long in cold water or sit around in wet clothes, find always wash hands before eating. Watch for feverishness, sore throat, headache, upset stomach or sore muscles. They~may—or may not— mean polio. CaU your doctor and then, if help is needed contact Jhe National Foundation Chapter in your area. LAMENT OF A B.A/S WIFE The Business Agent has struck it rich He has troubles enough to fi*e him the itch, People think that he’s rolling in dough But there’s never enough for the bills that we owe. The darn phone rings from morn* ing ’til night. There’s always something that never goes right. There’s calls from jails, and hon key-tonk bars. And from deserted wives from near and far. This job's unfair and that guy’s a rat, There’s always someone to put on the mat. He talks all day so when he gets * home He likes to read and be left alone, He kicks at the dog and shouts at the kids. I suggest a trip? ... He blows his lid . . . But you guys that live by ths sweat of your brow You won’t be crazy a year from now. o give your B. A. all your sup For he works darn hard holding the fort. . Just give a'pat on the back some times, Believe me. Brother, he earns his dimes, He’d like to be told he is doing Swell, That no one else could do it so well. He is one tired guy at.the end of his day, His bonus is just in the thanks that you say. He is a Union Man . . . one hun dred per cent, And I’m sure you’ll agree ... a darn fine gent. P.S.—He is a swell B.A. down at the hall, But a B. A. at home is no good at all. So let me have my man on Sun day, And you tell your troubles to him on Monday. Your B. A.’s wife shares part of that load And sometimes it seems a pretty rough road. You guys can have him most of the time But please on Sunday ... let him be mine! —Marjorie Prince in E. Tenn. Labor News. Union people owe a debt of eo-opefation and helpfulness to their brothers. If it were not for the other fellows in the Un ion, each man would stand alone. Then where would he be? “A dollar a year man is a fellow who has a dollar left after paying his taxes." — Radio Commentator Ed Fitzgerald. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg Countv. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT i Betty Lou Beede, Plaintiff, vs. Leon Leroy Beede. Defendant. SERVICE OF 8UMMONS BY PUBLICATION The defendant above named will take notice that an action en titled above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Meck lenburg County, North Carolina, for the purpose of obtaining an absolute divorce from the defend ant on the grounds of separation for two years or mote. And the defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County within twenty days (20) from the 20th day of July, 1951, and answer or demur to the com plajnt died in this action, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint. TW* the 28th day of June, J. LESTER WOLFE, Clerk of the Superior Court. <6-28; 7-6, 12, 19) T Phone 4*2394 121 W. Market Greensboro, N. C. When you Me a Union Shop Card you knew the firm which display* it paye Union wages and obeervee Union working condi tion*. Non-Union firms da not display the Shop < Card. Look for H! Bay Union and fight the ag j gressors who woold destroy ; American labor standard*. GREENE STREET DRUG CO. Prescription Service t • 124 S. Greene Telephone 5177 Greensboro, N. C. Jonesboro Cosh Service O. K. Smith GROCERIES — MEATS PRODUCE 1909 Eo#t Market St. Phene 3-1513 GREENSBORO, N. C. Buchanan Stone Co. P. 0. Bex 413 Liberty Highway Dial 3-5347 GREENSBORO, N. C. JONES FUR SERVICE Greensboro, N. C. GET THIS BOOK ON BOWLING <ON THE CUFTI Nor York. — Glass Bottle Blowers Association (AFL) is rirte* sway a 30-pare record book for bowlers. 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