Labor Messenger (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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green Calls On Legion To Recognize
Labor’s Achievements In This War
Labor Affairs
Austin. — Attorney General
Grover Sellers told delegates to the
forty-seventh Texas State Federa-
tion of Labor (AFL) convention
here that within the next few days
he would add to his staff an assist-
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Chicago. —AFL President
liam Green challenged the Ameri-
at a hearing he said:
“We are not here pleading with
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentle-
men:
I am indeed happy to again be
permitted to address your conven-
tion. During the past year I have
had many opportunities to meet in-
dividual officers, local state and
international. We have counseled
i together upon matters of produc-
tion of grave importance to the
Army’s war effort and by the mere
fact that we knew each other and
had built up a mutual confidence,
Frey, President of the AFL Metal fair, discriminating and a means to
hamstring the labor movement in
Texas,” they should fight for its
for in the proposed legislation.
The statement continued:
‘A factor closely related to the
twin problems of low income and
HAS COST THE WORKERS
AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY'
of the relief expected.
Mr. Meany, in opening the AFL
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wage freeze, AFL Secretary-Treas-
urer George Meany told the War
Labor Board action is overdue to
remedy injustice to the nation’s
workers and to safeguard America
from a post-war depression.
। At the conclusion of the Board’s
public hearings it will submit a re-
port to president Roosevelt mak-
ing recommendations with regard
to the future of the Little Steel
I formula. Indications are that the
Board will urge relaxation of the
formula and that the President will
I authorize such action within the
next few weeks, but as yet there is
no indication of the form or extent
ignorance and intolerance from our
beloved land.”
dier we are apt to think he is uto-
matically a great statesman. If he
is a great flyer we are apt to listen
to his opinion on any subject. Be-
cause we have been amused by the
antics of a buffoon we have been
known to elect that man to Con-
“I think it would be altogether
fitting and appropriate,” the AFL
chief declared, “for the American
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which have existed so long between
the dagger of hatred in your
backs,” -Sewall Myer of Houston
the American Legion and the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor.”
mmemd
provide for every citizen the decent
home which is his American birth-
be glad to join with the Legion in
helping to establish a peace-time
economy “which will assure to vet-
erans, to workers, to farmers and
to businessmen alike the widest op-
portunity to enjoy and to improve
the American way of life.”
Addressing the Legion’s annual
convention here, Mr. Green pointed
out that the AFL and the Legion
“Our seven million members gave
their no-strike pledge for the dura-
tion of the war and they are deter-
mined to live up to it faithfully
until the American flag flies over
the rampants of Berlin and Tokyo
out the land.
He therefore appealed for contri-
g,8a
what he is doing, he wishes he were
some place else, doing something
else..(How many of you know mem-
bers of your own local who fit this
description!)
There is one cardinal method in
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can Legion to wake up and recog-
nize labor’s achievements in this
war, and thus pave the way for a
working partnership between the
Legion and the Federation during
the crucial post-war period.
He emphasized that the AFL will
culosis, have come to town.
They may be ordered now for
decorating Christmas mail for per-
sonnel of the armed forces overseas
and for the U. S. Merchant Ma-
rines, Mise Emmeline J. Rems, ex-
ecutive director of the Houston
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Sewall Myer Urges Effective Publicity
To Counteract Propaganda Of Labor’s Enemies
rience. National averages can fore- of Christmas Seals is still some
cast the probability of illness, but time off, we will b glad toaccom
l. He is always hungry (and can
eat any time).
2. He is always broke (except for
special fund being raised by the
American Federation of Labor with
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Tracy.
Tracy said that Texas salaries
were below those of most other
states, and urged the AFL members
to start now to secure state legis-
Sense Of Humor’
‘Americans have a well developed
almost instantly of miraculous pre-
fabricated materials. “Homes still
will be built of wood and brick and
stone by your labor,” Amis told the
convention.
Labor ‘Baiters’ Denounced
Daniel W. Tracy, assistant Unit-
Meany Opens
Attack On
Wage Freeze
WLB And FD Expected
To Yield To Demands
For Break In Formula
Washington, D. C.—Launching
the final phase of the American
Federation’s fight to break the
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your board. We are here to tell
your board some things, the telling
told the convention.
Myer, general attorney for the
AFL, urged the convention to or-
ganize a “highly effective medium
of publicity” to counteract the
“flood of false propaganda put out
by enemies of labor who have sown
seeds of distrust in the minds of
the American public and the men
fighting overseas.”
will retire from the housing busi-
nesntnnd turn it back to private
sense of humor, and a sense of hero
worship which beclouds their judg-
ment,” said Tracy.
"Because a man is a great sol-
audisdiftenthe wenMavshel--
Ami,' Fort Worth, regional direc-
tor of federal housing, told dele-
gates to the 47th convention of the
Texas Federation of Labor (AFL)
Recognition Would
Pave Way For
Post-War Harmony
and our enemies surrender uncondi-
tionally."
Mr. Green devoted a large por-
tion of his address to a discussion
of steps taken by AFL unions to
help returning servicemen get jobs.
He stressed the fact that the
AFL has urged all its unions to ad-
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repeal.
The gains to labor achieved by
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Health Insurance Advocated To
Raise U. S. Physical Standards
ment in reconversion might receive
adequate consideration. Congress
is going to recess at the end of the
week until after November ballot-
gress."
“While you bent over the work
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to abolish the union shop. two organizations to achieve com-
The Federation' pledged itself to plete unity of thought and action.
carry on an intensive educational oucn x
campaign until election day to win veloped,
the referendum votes pending in
these states on proposals to ban the nave peen quick w cnuc. --
union shop by constitutional amend- because of strikes but have remain-
ment or by legislation.. ed strangely silent on labor’s war-
. In a circular letter to affiliated time achievements, even while the
unions, AFL President Green point- nation’s leaders have given labor
ed out that this is not a sectional
battle but will affect the basic in-
terests of organized labor through-
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 29, 1944 - ~~
Army Sprkesmn niPaxs Trb Ite War Eforr
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your questions,” said Sellers.
The attorney general said he was
“very sympathetic with labor’s
problems” and did not agree with
those who "kick the football of
wild-eyed labor leaders” around.
ed States Secretary of Labor, de-
nounced the “labor baiters” who, he
said, had camouflaged the true part Sellers Flans
of labor in the war.
— Assistant For
to only one hundredth of 1 per cent
in Texas, and • one-tenth of 1 per
cent throughout the nation,” said
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are in complete agreement on many
basic principles and policies.
Among these he listed allegiance to
American institutions abhorrence
of totalitarianism in any form, in-
sistence on the establishment of
lasting peace by international ac-
tion, determination to keep Amer- Government
ica’s national defense strong after
the war ends and aspirations to
banish ‘the last vestiges of poverty,
tion of Labor.
Tracy said that “Since the begin- -------
ning of the war, time lost through bench, enemy organizations
strikes amounts to only one-hun-
dredth of 1 per cent in Texas, and
one-tenth of 1 per cent throughout
penny-apiece stickers which finance
the year-round war against tuber-
tion as a protection against wage-
cutting in the post-war period.
gtHtedtwpsspiquthmgirethskrdtinof familiar with state and federal leg-
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bright, QHifornia, Florida and Arkansas— it difficult “for the members of our government “honor" a 1942 wage
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the agreement provided. That
agreement provided for a 1943
wage review to adjust pay scales
in accordance with changes in liv-
ing costs, the union leader added,
-md it had not been carried out al-
job insurance benefits to govern-
ment workers in shipyards, arse-
nals and other establishments.
Senate conferees made a good
fight for these provisions and in-
sisted they be taken back to the
of labor who, while you bent over the work bench, piantegFopsetonro provision was beaten
the dagger of hatred in your backs and sewed the seeds of by 95 Democrats and 144 Republi-
distrust in the minds of the American public and her mencans, with.sudemopatev
fighting overseas.” . -a. —-
There is no more patriotism in any other group in America
than there is in organized labor. Their record during this)
war, when evaluated by historians in years to come, will be an
inspiration to Americans not yet born.
It is not that the worker should become arrogant in his
pride of achievement, but he certainly should not remain
silent when someone in his presence attacks labor’s war
Spotted recognition of the part labor has played during this
war has come from many sources within the last few weeks. ।
There has been a lull in the bitter campaign of lies and dis-
tortions from labor-baiters. The fact that a national political
campaign is under way may explain, in part at least, why.80
many have come forward to praise labor at this time. But the
facts supporting the compliments will be remembered by
many who had previously been misled by labor-baiters. |
Archbishop Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio, who certainly
is no politician and who has defended labor in the past, told
the delegates to the state convention in Austin: -When labor
does strike, it is not always labor’s fault. If you go behind i
you will find it is often the employer and might even be
Tracy Scores Labor-Baiters;
Sizserfneertndffisb "innne".Pporna Hails Labor’s Part In War Ef
right."
He scotched the idea that post-
war houses would be constructed a
zeppgnsEanmta,ror the^^oZt^^^S Sough the government was a party the nation, despite allecation.to
- -- — insurgent developments in certain
CIO unions, Mr. Green said:
lation equivalent to federal legisla- antin.charge Af laboraffair- such
• - “Labor problems are of such
magnitude and importance, you de-
serve to have someone thoroughly
Passage Of Wagner-Dingell Bill Would Remedy Anthca boday. __ I
In Health Need., »erl.r«. AFL
the earlier the better,” Miss Renis
Wa.hineton D C —Appalling de- illness is the unpredictability of
fic^Ss^taSe nation? Maith eases of illnessfits costaas they said,
needs, exposed by the Selective relate toindividual or family expe I
Service system’s rejection of more
than 4,000,000 draftees as physical-
ly unfit, can best be remedied by
adoption of the Wagner-Murray-
Dingell bill, the American Federa-
tion of Labor told Congress.
Appearing before the Senate
Sub-Committee on Wartime Health
and Education, AFL Legislative specialista
Representative Lewis G. Hines sub-
mitted a statement on behalf of
President William Green which em-
phasized the critical need for na-
tional health insurance as provided
rasp
to it. •
“It te an open question,” Mr. sharpshooters.
Frey asserted, "If the government
fails to carry out the provisions of
an agreement it has negotiated
with labor, whether labor is any
longer bound by other provisions
of such an agreement.”
here. •
"Post-war homes will not be
planned or built by any federal----- -- —
agency ” said Amis, “except in such correct the trouble. Remember the
where private capital fails to three cardinal points of the Ameri-
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few hours after pay day).
3. No matter where he is, and
of which is perhaps long overdue.” Austin^—Labor’s part in the war
Mr. Frey said that the AFL un- was upheld, and “labor baiters” de-
ions had an agreement whieh tiedinpuncaasseMpndazedysarisis-
retary of labor, speaking before the
forty-seventh convention of the
AFL-affiliated Texas State Federa-
MuchToo Late!
By BAER
THAT5 GOOD.GENTLEMEN. _ Stoppam
BUT YOUR STUBBORNNESS Lgg=_ at o
"6 —<5 1 Careful Study Discloses Quotas That Have
Not Been Met Caused By Lack Of Material,
1944),Ai ’
My problems with labor have not
been much different from the usual
Austin—The federal goverhmenk Horblmmemeommnimdiysanebarimi,
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ing. f
House ‘Stands Pat’
The House virtually sealed the
facepatmnoronswhenettionsof"the AFL Chieftain
George binl that held out any meas-
ure of security—one providing
travel expenses for stranded war
workers and the other extending
no individual can foresee a yearlmoaatetnosewnowantwauwz"u.:-----1.71a h.F +n AFL,
ahead just how frequently he will tional Yuletide cheer to their contributions should be sent to AFL ।
be incapacitated, for how long, or Christmas overseas mailings by Secretary-Treasurer George M n
Xw^XSeriilneZ he may decorating them with the geals. at the Federation‛s headquarters in |
suffer will be of a simple nature or They may use Christmas Seals as Washington. I
of a type requiring the services of liberally as they like on the ovtside Mr. Green sa idiinhinlette be-
specielists and the use of expen- of letters. However, they are not This appeal is being made. _
sive equipment. A family can ordi-to be used on the outside of pack-1 cause 1. - _ L. en.
narily determine in advance how ages wrapped and marked for over- idaand Arkansasagainst tenen.
much of its income will go for rent, seas, but may be used on inside actment of agtilabor andunAed
Xins 40 XX X.Tn,rXXs Seals* may be orfered . Tenm Uo
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Uncle Sam." , I
That is a point seldom brought out in the newspapers and
magazines. It was Uncle Sam himself who brought on the
stoppage of transportation in Philadelphia this last summer I
Employer and employes were satisfied. They had a contrac
agreeable to both of them. But one of Uncle Sam s agencies
stepped in and insisted that the terms of the contract be
broken. The company refused to do it, the employes likewise.
The U. S. Army was called by the agency, the contract was
broken by military force. And the workers were bitterly Reconversion
dasdatsesEssmhasdsnisg M XMen And Women Who
of war.’ Z —»
Addressing the Austin convention, Col. William H. Nelson, congress decreed this week that
chief of the Eighth Service Command’s 1 wgAem are to be the forgotten
-iegdav, uSince the beginning of the warnostrikeringtexAmen and women in the reconversjo
Oklahoma Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico has affected periga.
war production.” He said that while there has been some The emasculated George bill, in
work stoppages, they were caused by lack of critical material, the form in which it passed the
noor management or a change in plant facilities. House, will become the law of the
President Roosveelt, in last Saturday s speech before the land unless vetoed by the President.
International Teamster’s Union, stated: Laborrbaiters.for.I makes absolutely no provision I
0t that at our peak, American labor and management have workers who may lose their jobs
{51"tairlnes at the rate of 109,000 per year; tanks— when war production is curtailed
61,000 vegetisnsrapzroandingyeas- w any I
But a strike is news, and generally appears in shrieking hesd
________and, of course, they say labor is always to blame.
The fact is that, since Pear Harbor, only one-tenth of one per
cent of man-hours have been lost by strikes.
These flowers for labor, are true and those in the labor
movement know the facts. Too many outside the movement
however, rely on what they hear over the radio or see in
newspapers and are frequently misled. It is a matter of self-
protection for every worker to remember the facts and be
ready at all times to state them when he hears labor attacked.
This was emphasized at the Austin convention this Week
by Sewall Meyer of Houston, attorney for the American Fed-
eration of Labor in this state. He urged the adoption of a
plank that called for a “highly effective medium of publicity
to counteract the flood of false propaganda put out by enemies
W 1.1.. 1. while vou bent over the work bench, planted
WE CONFESS THIS LITTLE
STEEL FORMULA* IS ALL 13
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FROM THE BEGINNING?
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Strikes Do Not Affect War Production
In This District, Army Head States
AFL Set To Beat
Anti-Labor Laws
In Three States
Washington, D. C.—The AFL
called upon its affiliates throughout । It is therefore unfortunate, he
(the country to back labor’s drive said, that misunderstandings and
4 against attempts in three states differences have arisen which make
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Andr weshawe thpeewho ar. “eCt
eam” and who gold brick,
malinger and go AWOL.
Of course, I would hate to com-
mand a body of troops who did not
"gripe.” That is the crowning glory
of the American soldier. When he
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problems that appeared extremely
difficult were quickly adjusted.
I bring you the greetings of Ma-
jor General Richard Donovan, the
Commanding General of the Eighth
Service Command. Last year I gave
you a personnel appraisal of the
Commanding General based upon
but a few months as his Chief of .,
Labor Branch. During the past year (
I have learned to know him better
and I assure you that his love of
justice and his understanding of the
problems of those who work with
their hands has been an inspiration
to me. It is a privilege and a pleas-
ure to serve with a General Officer
where you do not have to "spell
out” labor problems.
In thirty-six years commissioned
service, during this war is the first
time that my troops have been civ-
ilians. (Of course I must except
from this, the Camp Hood Com-
mandos, who proved they could take
it on that eventful June day of
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