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The LCnion Review
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VOL. 27, NO. 10
GALVESTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1946
Subscription Price $1.50 Per Year.
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A further report was made by the
secretary in regard to appearing be-
fore the Wage Stabilization Board in
Official Organ of the
Galveston Labor
agreement with R. A. Neumann to use
all union labor on all of his construc-
tion work. The Council was very hap-
py to make this announcement be-
cause it has been rumored that Mr.
Neumann will build 100 new houses
on the mainland and on the island in
the very near future.
A further report was made in regard
to houses being built in and around
UNION JOB
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LOCAL VOICE
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The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and staunch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket molds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new
And the soldier was passing fair,
And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
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meeting were read and approved as
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stitution of government by injunction in its place; government by injunction
yhich would substitute the opinion, inclination, political interests, prejudices
or whims of a judge sitting in equity guided only by that indefinite, unreliable,
and frequently conflicting quality known as ‘conscience.’
“Government by injunction,” he asserted, “is in every sense the applica-
tion of a judge’s individual opinion or inclination, as contrasted with govern-
ment by law—law which controls the judge both in the determination of
facts and the sentence he may inflict. He cannot impose a lesser or greater
sentence than provided by law.”
Complimenting the Senate on its rejection of the President’s plea for
power to draft workmen into the' armed forces if they declined to work
in Government-seized properties, Mr. Frey said:
“This part of the bill provided for compulsory labor by inducting
striking workmen into the armed forces under military discipline and court-
martial. These workmen would be denied the protection of our civil courts
or trial by jury. It was this denial of the basic civilian rights of the orderly
process of government by statutory law which made this section of the bill
so abhorrent to you.”
Mr. Frey expressed the hope that the same high principles which led
the Senate to scrap the “draft-labor” provision of the bill would lead it
eventually to reject, also, the injunction section permitting employers to sue
striking unions.
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partment for Matagorda County was
ordered received and complied with.
51. Copy of telegram sent by the
Tellepsen Construction Company, in
regard to stoppage of work by the Iron
Workers on their project at Freeport,
to the Building Trades Department
was ordered received and filed.
52. From Clifford W. Potter, wage
stabilization director, Dallas, advising
the Council that the board desired to
hear oral arguments between the com-
pany and the union on Monday, May
27, to sustain the application of wage
adjustment before the board, was or-
dered received and complied with.
53. Telegram from the Wage Stabi-
lization Board, Clifford W. Potter, ad-
vising that the date of the meeting-
before the board had been changed
from Monday, May 27, to Tuesday,
May 28, was ordered received and
complied with.
Report of Secretary.
A report was made in regard to the
Building Trades Council reaching an
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Frey Assails Injunction Provision
of Truman’s Strike Control Bill
By AFL News Service.
Washington, D. C.—President John P. Frey of the AFL Metal Trades
Department sent a letter to all members of the Senate condemning “Govern-
ment by injunction” as provided in both House and Senate versions of
President Truman’s emergency strike control bill.
Though he voiced deep gratitude for the Senate’s swift action in striking
from the bill the section which would empower the President to draft
workers into the Army if they refused to work on Government-seized prop-
erties, Mr. Frey declared he and his associates were “sorely perplexed” over
Senate approval of the injunction features of the bill.
This provision would “definitely, and in most dangerous manner,” he
told the Senate, “deprive civilian workers and others of the protection of
Government by law and the necessary safeguards provided by the civil courts,
State and Federal.”
This section of Mr. Truman’s so-called emergency labor bill, he warned,
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20. Copy of communication sent to
Carbide and Carbon advising them of
the stewards at their plant was or-
dered received and approved.
21. Copy of communication sent to
H. K. Eckert advising him of the
“Now, don’t you go ’till I come,” he said,
“And don’t you make any noise!”
So toddling off to his trundle-bed
He dreamt of the pretty toys
And as he was dreaming, an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue—
Oh, the years are many, the years are long,
But the little toy friends are true.
ing the necessary Building
cards except Jack Cammer
Boilermakers.
Reading of Minutes
The minutes of the last
Dallas to answer questions and pre-
sent evidence to sustain the joint ap-
plication made by the Carbide and
Carbon Corporation and the Building-
Trades Council for wage increases for
employees of this Company. After ap-
pearing before this Board and pre-
senting the information they required,
the board approved the application;
and the company has put into effect
all wage adjustments.
A further report was made in re-
gard to attending meetings in the Bay
City area to organize men working on
building and construction work. We
have received complaints from time to
time from the Laborers Union in re-
gard to the unorganized condition in
this territory. The Building Trades
Council instigated a movement with
the Houston Unions to start some ac-
tivity in this area, and it appears that
in the very near future all jobs in the
Bay City vicinity will be union.
There being no further business, the
meeting stood adjourned until the next
regular meeting.
Don’t forget . . . UNION JOB . . .
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL . . .
Show your card and have the other
fellow show his.
Respectfully submitted,
GALVESTON BUILDING
TRADES COUNCIL.
Boilermakers and Iron Workers in
the erection of catwalks and outside
boiler frames was ordered received
and copies sent to all interested
parties.
he vote against the Case bill
ordered received and approved.
46. Telegram received from
The regular meeting of the Building
Trades Council was held June 3, 1946.
Immediately after the opening of the
meeting, President Deharde led all
delegates present in taking the Pledge
of Allegiance.
Examination of Cards
Examination of cards found all hav-
jurisdictional dispute between
stewards appointed by the various
unions and the plant committee elect-
ed was ordered approved.
22. Copy of communication sent to
Mr. H. R. Jackson, employee for Car-
bide and Carbon, advising him that
he had been appointed as a member
of the plant committee, was ordered
approved.
23. Copy of communication sent to
H. R. Jackson advising him of the
names of the plant committee at the
Carbide and Carbon plant was ordered
approved.
24. Copy of communication sent to
the Carbide and Carbon Corporation
advising them of, the names of the
new plant committee was ordered ap-
proved.
25. From the Carbide and Carbon
Corporation acknowledging receipt of
our letter enclosing names of the plant
committee was ordered received and
filed.
26. From the Building Trades De-
partment rendering a decision on the
jurisdictional dispute between the Iron
Workers and the Boilermakers over
loading and unloading of gas fired
cracking furnaces was ordered re-
ceived and complied with.
27. Copy of communication sent to
Ford, Bacon and Davis, Iron Workers,
and the Boilermakers, enclosing copy
of decision rendered by the Depart-
ment, requesting their compliance in
same, was ordered approved.
28. From the Building Trades De-
partment rendering decision on the
jurisdictional dispute between the Car-
penters and Steamfitters was ordered
received and complied with.
29. Copy of communication sent to
the Tellepsen Construction Company,
Carpenters No. 213 and Pipe Fitters
No. 195 enclosing copy of decision
rendered by the Department, request-
ing their compliance in same, was
ordered approved.
30. Copy of communication sent to
the Texas Unemployment Compensa-
tion advising them Mr. Starling of
Austin had never been an employe of
the Galveston Building and Construc-
tion Trades Council and that we could
not be of any assistance to them in
the claim Mr. Starling was making,
was ordered received and approved.
31. From the Monsanto Chemical
Company setting forth the agreements -
reached between the Building Trades ]
Council and the Company on promo- (
tions of helpers ot operators, was or- (
dered received and referred to the .
International Union of Operating En- ■
gineers No. 347.
32. Copy of communication received
from the Operators Union in regard :
to the agreement reached between the
Building Trades Council and the Mon-
santo Chemical Company for the pro-
motions of helpers to® operators, ad- 1
vising the Council of the position of 1
the Union, was ordered received and !
filed and the Council instructed to
notify the Company of the Operators’ <
request. ]
33. From the Rosenberg Library <
calling the Council’s attention to the
charter amendment election on Tues- -
day, July 2, which allows for 5c tax 1
levy on $100 valuation for the mainte- i
nance and operation of the Rosenberg <
free public library. A motion was made
and seconded and carried that all <
members of labor be requested to vote 1
for and support this amendment. The
appointment of a committee to help
publicize the library amendment was <
also requested, and the following com-
mittee was appointed by President <
Deharde to publicize this amendment '
amongst organized labor: St. John :
Croft, William Lee Gard and E. C. ;
Lash. ;
34. From the Greater Galveston
Beach Association calling the Coun- <
cil’s attention to the campaign to raise 1
$90,000 to illuminate the Boulevard i
was ordered received and filed.
35. From the International Hod Car-
riers Building and Common Laborers,
O. G. Wright, enclosing copy of let-
ter received from Edwin A. Elliott
in regard to a petition filed at Todd
Galveston Dry Dock, was ordered re-
ceived and filed.
36. From the National • Labor Re-
lations Board addressed to O. G.
Wright informing Mr. Wright of a
petition filed at Todd Galveston Dry
Dock, was ordered received and filed.
37. Copy of communication sent to
O. G. Wright informing him of the
position the Galveston Metal Trades
Council was taking in regard to pe-
xoa
Kxexqr Bxqus0d
tition filed was ordered received and
approved.
38. Telegram from the Building
Trades Department advising that the
Department had received complaints
against the Council making additions
to, modifying and making interpreta-
tions to the decisions rendered by the
Department was ordered received and
filed.
39. Copy of telegram sent to the
Department informing them that this
Council had never made additions to,
modified or interpreted decisions ren-
dered by the Department, was ordered
received and approved.
40. Communication from the Austin
Company advising that starting Tues-
day, May 28, at 8:00 A. M., they would
put into effect the decision rendered
by the Building Trades Department
on May 8 regarding the fabrication of
pipe supports, was ordered received
and filed.
41. Telegram received from the Aus-
tin Company advising that the Iron
Workers had discontinued work on
their job over tthe jurisdictional dis-
pute between the Iron Workers and
Pipe Fitters was ordered received and
filed.
42. Copy of telegram received from
the Building Trades Department in
regard to the Iron Workers quitting
work on the Austin Company job, ad-
vising that the. Iron Workers would
have to return to work before any
consideration would be given to their
case and instructing the Council to
notify all parties, was ordered received
and filed.
43. Copy of telegram sent to the
Department advising them of the Iron
Workers position was ordered received
and approved.
44. Copy of telegram sent to Tom
Connally requesting he vote against
the Case bill was ordered received
and approved.
45. Copy of telegram sent by the
Council to W. Lee O’Daniel requesting
Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand,
Each in the same old place,
Awaiting the touch of a little hand/
The smile of a little face.
And they wonder, as waiting these long years,
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them there.
Building Trades Department , urging
wires be sent to our Senators in re-
gard to the Case bill was ordered re-
ceived and filed.
47. Telegram received from Tom
Connally was ordered received and
filed.
48. Additional telegram received
from Tom Connally was ordered re-
ceived and filed.
49. From the Monsanto Chemical
Company advising that the Building
Trades Council would be required to«
file petition with the NLRB for the
plant guards was ordered received
and filed.
50. From the Construction and Gen-
eral Laborers enclosing copy of let-
ter received from the Labor Depart-
ment advising that the proper wage
rates had not been set up by the De-
GULF COAST TYPO NOTES
BY J. A. STALLO
Now that Houston Typographical
Union has extended an invitation to
the Texas Gulf Coast Conference to
hold a reorganization meeting in Hous-
ton on Sunday, August, 11, and the
same has been accepted by confer-
ence officers, President Frank J. Neeb
Jr. of Port Arthur has issued a call
for that date, and all participating
unions will be notified and respect-
fully requested to send representatives
to the meeting - on the above date.
Meanwhile, the Houston arrangements
committee, composed of C. M. Tatham,
E. B. Soulnier and A. V. Babin, to-
gether with conference officers and
friends of the conference, are leaving
nothing undone to get the ball rolling
again, and with a little plugging it
should turn out first rate. According
to word from one of the committee
members in Houston, plans are under
consideration for a definite pattern for
rolling again. Which goes to show
there are proprietor-members that are
mighty fine union men.
The operator setting the type for
this column must have set a story
about the Washington bureaucrats just
previous to setting my copy last week,
for he had no zeroes left, evidently
when it said in print unions within a
radius of 25 miles would be invited
to the Houston meeting. This should
have read within a radius of 250 miles.
I hope the operator has enough zeros
this week.
A reader postcards me from Hous-
ton and says that if Jud Moody and
I don’t stop throwing phrases and
quotations around, there may be “en-
tertainment” before, during or after
the conference meeting in Houston.
Well, come August 11, and I am in
Houston, just don’t hold me back,
men—let me at him!
It was with reluctance that the
“new” Seek issued his first traveler
this week to B. J. Stanley, News op,
who went to work here after being
released from the services, and who
worked previously in Galveston years
ago. The Stanleys will leave shortly .
for the west, with definite location as
yet uncertain. So-o-o the Seek here-
with definitely declares that no more
travelers will be issued. This ruling,
of course, is subject to appeal to the
executive committee and the union.
But I want to impress on newcomers
(and we still need some good union
men here in Galveston) that once they
deposit a traveler with No. 28 they
must become natives of Treasure Isle.
Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 187 held a
delightful and pleasant business and
social meeting at the home of Mrs.
Constant Johnson last Tuesday eve-
ning. Newly elected officers of this
fine and active group of union women
were installed at this meeting. Mrs.
J. D. McCloskey acted as installing
officer. Delicious refreshments were
served. Action will be taken at the
next meeting, July 8, for representa-
tion at the Texas Gulf Coast Confer-
ence reorganization meeting in Hous-
ton August 11.
A. V. Babin, who has been referred
to as one of the “ramrodders” in
Houston for the Gulf Coast Confer-
ence, sends me “congratulations on
your successful politicking” in taking
on an additional headache, that of a
local union secretary. And Professor
Al Killi gives me the bit of advice and
says: “Uncle Joe, as my parting bit
of advice, SMILE—remember, gravity
holds things down. And, remember,
too, lots of things that are said is’
just impropaganda.” After making out
my first report to International, I
find the work rather fascinating. You
have rows and rows of figures, which
you add, subtract, multiply, and so on.
You compare this total with that total,
and if this total doesn’t match that
total, as in solitaire, you lose—and
start all over again!
Though for Today: “An insincere
grin? No. That/doesn’t fool anybody.
We know it is'mechanical and we re-
sent it. I am talking about a real
smile, a heart-warming smile, a smile
that comes from within, the kind of
smile that will bring a good price in
the market place.”—Dale Carnegie.
REMEMBER PEARL' HARBOR
with committee and policy making
sometime in the morning with time
off for dinner. Due to the current
trend of work, not many would be able
to make a two-day trip of the meeting,
hence it cannot be held more on a
convention order. For, after all, this
is not a stated meeting of the confer-
ence, but a called one for the spe-
cific purpose of getting the thing
going again and to make changes, if
any, to make the conference more at-
tractive and beneficial to union men
in the particular sphere to be covered
by the conference. Secretary Williams
of the Houston Union will send letters
to non-members of the conference, in-
viting them to send representatives to
the Houston meeting and stating that
plans are being formulated to greatly
increase the scope of the conference,
and that the co-operation of all typi-
graphical unions in this area is urgent-
ly requested. Houston Union also will
contact the Houston auxiliary in an
effort to get them to extend invita-
tions to the auxiliaries involved. The
conference is currenly composed of
Port Arthur, Galveston, Beaumont and
Houston locals with their auxiliaries.
Invitations are being extended to
Corpus Christi, Victoria, San Antonio,
Austin, Temple, Waco and Orange
locals in an effort to make this one
of the best conferences in the juris-
diction of the International Typo-
graphical Union and one truly repre-
sentative of this section of Texas. A
great deal of benefit can accrue to
member locals through an active con-
ference in the exchange of ideas, in
organization and wage scale work, in
label promotion and in all other com-
mon interests printers and their fam-
ilies are involved. So let every union
man and woman reserve the date of
Sunday, August 11, for the meeting in
Houston.
Although short of help in his fine
plant, the Lone Star Press, 404 Stil-
well Boulevard, Port Arthur, which
he purchased the first of the year,
Frank J. Neeb, Gulf Coast Conference
president, is giving freely and unstint-
ingly of his time to get the conference
Communications
1. From the Graver Tank and Manu-
facturing Company requesting wage
rates in effect in August, September
and October of 1945, was ordered re-
ceived and filed.
2. From the Metal Trades Council
enclosing copy of resolution adopted
by their group was ordered received
and filed.
3. Telegram from the Building
Trades Department inquiring as to
available labor for a half-million dol-
lar project, CPA priority, on the Dow
Chemical job was ordered received.
4. Copy of telegram sent to the
Building Trades Department stating
sufficient labor is available for half-
million dollar project was ordered ap-
proved.
5. Telegram from the Building
Trades Department inquiring as to
available labor for a $300,000 project,
CPA priority,” on the Dow Chemical
job was ordered received.
6. Copy of telegram sent to the
Building Trades department stating
sufficient labor is available for $300,-
000 project was ordered approved.
7. From Boilermakers No. 74, Hous-
ton, advising the Boilermakers were
on strike at the Wyatt Metal & Boiler
Works and asking assistance of the
Galveston Council to help bring about
a settlement. A motion was made and
seconded that the Galveston Council
place the Wyatt Metal & Boiler Works
on the unfair list of the Council and
that no products manufactured by this
concern be used on any building trades
jobs. Carried.
8. Copy of communication sent to
the Austin Company advising them
that double time payment for all work
performed on Sundays and holidays
for members of Laborers No. 116 was
ordered approved.
9. Communication received from
James A. Piperi in regard to his can-
didacy for Judge of the Tenth District
Court was ordered received and re-
ferred to the Non-Partisan Political
Association.
10. From the Builders Association
of Chicago requesting that we furnish
them with the prevailing wage rates
in this locality was ordered received.
11. Copy of communication sent to
the Builders Association of Chicago
enclosing copy of all wage rates in
Galveston was ordered approved.
12. From the Tellepsen Construction
Company enclosing copy of prints to
be used in settling jurisdictional dis-
pute between the Iron Workers, Pipe
Fitters and Boilermakers was ordered
received and filed.
13. From the National Labor Rela-
tions Board enclosing four copies of
Notice of Election at the Prest-O-Lite
Company, Texas City, was ordered re-
ceived and filed.
14. From the National Labor Re-
lations Board enclosing certified copy
of tally of ballots at the Prest-O-Lite
Company was ordered received and
filed.
15. From the National Labor Re-
lations Board certifying as to the
conduct of election at the Prest-O-Lote
Company, Texas City, was ordered re-
ceived and filed.
16. From the National Labor Re-
lations Board enclosing stipulations
for consent election, requesting that
we sign same, was ordered received
and complied with.
17. Communication sent to the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board advising
them that the stipulation for consent
election had been filled out by the
Galveston Building and Construction
Trades Council was ordered approved.
18. Copy of communication sent to
Kermit Brown, W. L. Burgett, R. M.
Barger, R. W. Cochran and Claude
Arnold thanking them for their serv-
ices as members of the plant commit-
tee at the Carbide and Carbon plant
was ordered received and approved.
19. From the Building Trades De-
partment enclosing decision in the
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