Xjreen Sees Vital need
For Political Action
BOSTON—Political issues today are bread-and-butter is
, jguea. As thfe American Federation of Labor has “built up
j^rong and effective track* unionism to gain economic aims,”
#o must Labor's League for Political Education be built
"into an effective political instrumentality.”
CONSl MER AND WORKER, BAH!
This was the way William
Creen, AFL president, inter
preted the philosophy of
Samuel Gompers, AFL foun-j
der, as applied to the politi
cal situation today.
Lumpers’ Injunction
“We are all familiar with
the plain and forceful terms
in which Gompers expressed
the political philosophy of
the AFL,” Green said at the
3rd annual Samuel Gompers
Memorial Dinner sponsored
by the Massachusetts Feder
ation of Labor League for
Political Education, at the
Hotel Statler
“‘Elect our friends! De
feat our enemies’! There is
no ambiguity, no occasion
for doubt or question, in this
slogan.”
The AFL chief executive
said that “in this day and
age, there is no such thing
as a ‘purely political issue.’
Every political question has
bread - and - butter economic
implications and consequen
ces which affect the welfare
-of every man, woman, and
‘.child in this country.”
Issues Are Economic
Green pointed out that ad
justment in wage rates are
now up to the Wage -Stabili
sation Board, and tMAWheth
er labor gets justice depends
upon the makeup of the
board, which in turn is “de
termined by the temper and
action of the present Con
gress.”
Whether workers will be
able to “find a decent place
to live at a reasonable price,
when they move to a new
job in a new community will
depend largely upon Congres
sional willingness to provide
for an adequate housing pro
gram.”
The AFL president then
called attention to the Smith
Bill, now pending in Con
gress.
Smith Bill Vicious
“The gentleman of the
present Congress,*' he said,
“are now considering a bill
wfiich is reminiscent of the
most vicious totalitarian
practices of Nazi Germany
—providing for the govern
mental seizure of the assets
and facilities of trade un
ions, the suppression of free
expression, and compulsory
servitude for workers through
an unlimited extension of the
injunction weapon.
“Where such matters are
at stake, neutrality is an;
abomination; inaction is a
vice. ,
“To be neutral in politics
is to be impotent in politics.
“Nonpartisanship does not!
mean neutrality'. It means j
only that we must direct our!
strength to the support of
principles rather than parties
as such.
Must Support Champions
“We cannot advance ourj
own principles and policies
unless we support the indi
viduals who advocate those
principles and policies, in
their efforts to gain or hold
office.” C
Green attacked the reac
tionary majority of the pres
ent Congress and its disdain
for the working men and
women of the U. S.
“We came before them
and asked for an equitable
system of taxation, designed
to meet the revenue needs of
defense, so as not to saddle
generations yet unborn with
the burden of the debts of
this generaion/* he said.
„
“What did we
got a t#x law' whiflr take*
from the poor so the rich
I might be spared inconveni
ence; adding to the national
jburden of debt so that the
loopholes through which a
privileged fewr escape their
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[UNION MAN NAMED WORKER FATHER OF YEAR’
Top photo show* union man Christopher Ziegler,
52-yeaf-old factory worker at Fruehauf, Trailer
Company’s Avon Lake, Ohio, plant who has been
named 1952 Worker Father of the Year by the Na
tional Father’s Day Committee, at dinner with his
family in the dining room of their pretty Avon
Lake home. With Chris are his wife, Eileen, and his
sons—David, 13, and Jack, 15. Chris, a member of
Local 925, United Automobile Workers of America
(AFL), It popular with the officers and the rank
and-flle members of the Union. (Lower left) Chris,
who has been with Fruehauf since 1946, ia pictured
here carrying rear drip rails along a truck-trailer
assembly line in the half-mile-long Avon Lake
plant. As a stock chaser, he’s responsible for the
shipment and movement within the plant of all the
various materials and stock to the production lines.
(Lower right) Chris trims hedges in front of the
Congregational Church in Avon Lake. He shuns the
limelight but is always available when the Church,
the Boy Scouts or anyone else needs a hand on a
tough job. He was selected Worker Father first be
cause he is what his neighbors call a “perfect fa
ther” and. secondly, because of such contributions
to his Church and his community.
Father’s Day Committee Selects Fruehauf
Trailer Union Man "Worker Father Of lear”
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New York (Special)
Christopher5 Thomas Ziejj
der. a ^2-year-old workman at
the Avon Lake, Ohio, plant of
the Fruehauf Trailer Com
pany, and a member of Local
925, United Automobile
Workers of America (AFL),
has been named the 1952 na
tional Worker Father of the
Year, it has been announced
just obligations might be
maintained and enlarged.
Housing Demands
“We asked for housing
legislation which would pro
vide decent, sanitary dwell
ing places for defense work
ers. for the families oi serv
icemen, and for those" who
now pay exorbitant rentals
for the privilege of life in
dirty, teeming slums. We
asked for housing legislation
which might make ft possible
for American family life to
be preserved during this dif
ficult period.
“What has Congress de
livered? It has come forth
with a tragic parody of a
housing bill—a bill which as
sures us that real estate in
terests will continue to prof
it from human hardship and
necessity; that defense work
ers, and servicemen and their
families will continue to be
relegated to squalid hovels.
Just as trade unionism
“has demanded that we work
together, stand together, and I
strike together,” said Green,
so does the present situation,
under Labor's League for
Political Education” now de
mand that we go to the polls
together and vote together."
Woonsocket, R. I. — Miss
Margaret McGill, president
of Local 971 of the American
Federation of Teachers, won
election to the commission!
which will revise the charter
>f the city of Woonsocket.
| by Albin Austin, executive
j director of the National Fa
ther’s Day committee.
Union man Ziegler, who is
popular with the members of
the local, was selected by
i the committee to receive this
, honor, first because he is
what his neighbors call a
I “perfect father” and second
ly, because of his outstand
ing contributions to his com-j
munity and his church. :
Before his selection as
Worker Father, there was
nothing in Mr. Ziegler’s life
that could be considered
“glamorous.” The story of
Chris Ziegler is essentially
the story of millions of oth
er Americans: A good day’s
work on his job, which no
one need remind him is vital!
to the defense effort, and '
continued devotion to his
country, his community, his
church and his family.
Mr. Ziegler has been with
FYuehauf Trailer Company
for six years. When Frue
hauf opened its new plant at
Avon Lake, Mr. Ziegler joined
the company as an assembler
and later became a stock
chaser, in which position*he
is responsible for the ship-1
ment and movement within
the plant of all the various
materials and stock to the
production lines. As Mr.)
Ziegler boss points out:
“Our production schedules
depend on how well the stock
chaser does his job. He can
put us in a hole or get us out
of one. There’s nothing to
worry about when Chris is
handling the job ... he
knows what he has to do and
tloes it well.” I
Mr. Ziegler was bom Aug- j
ust 23, 1899, in Gittett, Penn
sylvania. When he was still 1
an infant, his family moved ]
to Chacdon. vhio, where he :
spent most of his years be-J.
fore entering the Army dur
ing World War I.
In 1935, Mr. Ziegler mar
ried the former Eileen Hen
derson of Chagrin Falls,
Ohio. They and their two
son£—15-year-old Jack and
13-year-old David — live in
their own pretty home on
Inwood Avenue in Avon
Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler and
the t^o boys, in their quiet
way, have done much for the
community and the Congre
gational church, of which
they are member*.
Although he puts in a long
day on his job and in varied
civic activities, Mr. Ziegler
seems to find plenty of time
for his children and his hob
bies. He and the boys are
together as much as possible
—hunting, fishing, scouting,
making cabinets and cornices.
Mrs. Ziegler sum* up her
husband’s philosophy of be
ing a good father:
“Chris wants us all to
share whatever we have.
When one of us is happy, the
others are too. When one of
us has something he enjoys,
he tries to share it with the
other. We even. share our
troubles . . . they’re so much
lighter that way.”
STEEL QUOTAS EASED
Restrictions on the use of
steel and other materials
both for home and commer
cial construction were eased
by the National Production
Authority effective July 1.
Copper and aluminum also
were affected. The order
will permit limited building
of entertainment and amuse
ment projects. Five tons of
carbon steel, two tons of
structural steel, will be per
mitted for such buildings.
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