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Friday, December 14,1945
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bitrator, or board;
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“Think ye could come again on
lution on wages as "innocuous" and
under the name
significant
The first objective of the AFL
on
(in estimtaes) better collective bargaining meth-
industry to settle their
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or
problems according to the
but since it required a unanimous
the management side killed it?
FULL-TIME JOB
You don’t have to nurse a grouch
«. Where an agreement contains
that the AFL is mobilizing all its
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demands of its affiliated unions.
where the existing agree-'
to be supplied.”
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organized labor.
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functions adequately and promptly.
(e) Congress should immediate-
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(b) Neither side
immediate establishment of bar-
tjons."
Mr. Green blasted the CIO reso-
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should be subject to negotiation,
conciliation or such other means of
problems. To this end, the com-
mittee recommends:
should be sufficient to attract per-
sons possessing the necessary qual-
up-to-date information on current
labor law and industrial relations
practice. In addition, periodic re-
fresher courses should be conducted
in the interest of maintaining high
standards of service.
manage.
The unwillingness of a minority
a renewal clause and a change or
modification or reopening of the
is requested by either
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(a) Conciliators should be ap-
pointed without regard to Civ
A great lover is one who can tell
whether a girl is pensive or sleepy.
the employer.
I Observance
sonnel of this service.
5. The personnel of the concilia-
tion service should be characterized
by impartiality, integrity, and a
be the first resort of the parties,
but should be undertaken only aft-
er reasonable time and full effort
to reach agreement has been made
by direct negotiation.
The conciliator should, wherever
possible, be invited by both par
ties to participate. If this is not
possible, the best practice is for the
party inviting the conciliator to no-
tify the other party of this action.
3 If direct negotiations and con-
ciliation have not been successful,
voluntary arbitration may be con-
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the development of adequate stand-
ards and qualifications for the per-
Laboror to the director of the con-
ciliation service with respect to the
by acceptance by the employer or
by operation of lawfully consti-
tuted procedures, is viewed as the
first step to avoid strike action by
the union or refusal to bargain by
I can feel no pride, but pity
For the burdens the rich endure;
There is nothing sweet in the city.
But the patient lives of the poor.
0, the little hands too skillful,
And the child mind choked with
weeds,
The daughter’s heart grown willful,
And the father’s heart that
» bleeds.
The Dreamer
I am tired of planning and toiling
In the crowded hives of men;
Heart-weary of building and
spoiling,
And spoiling and building again.
And I long for the dear old river,
Where I dreamed my youth
away;
For a dreamer lives forever,
And a toiler dies in a day.
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employers and labor.
The advisory committee should
be responsible for making recom-
mendations to the Secretary of
2039 Retired workers
627 Wives (age 65)
2630 Children
(under 18)
265 Widows (age 65)
976 Widows with
young children
30 Parents (age 65)
servers in the course of actual con-
ciliation of a variety of cases. Ade-
quale facilities should be made
available to assure thorough knowl-
edge on the part of conciliators of
the policies of the service, tech-
niques of conciliation, labor laws
and industrial relations practice.
Current information services should
be made available to all conciliat-
ors to keep them currently abreast
lives to settle at the lower steps
grievances which do not involve
broad questions of policy or of con:
and should
(4) The agreement should pro- 1
vide adequate opportunity for both ’
parties to investigate grievances
under discussion;
(5) Provision should be made for ।
priority handling of grievances in-
solving discharge, suspension or
other disciplinary action.
D. The procedure should be open
to the submission of grievances by
all parties to the agreement.
3. Managements and unions
should inform and train their rep-
resentatives in the proper function-
ing of the grievance procedure and
in their responsibilities under it. In
such a program it should be empha-
sized:
A. That the basic objective of the
grievance procedure is the achieve-
ment of sound and fair settlements
and not the “winning” of cases;
B. That the filing of grievances
should be considered by foremen or
supervisors as aide in discovering
and removing causes of discontent
in their departments;
C. That any tendency by either
party to support the earlier deci-
sions of its representatives when
such decisions are wrong should be
discouraged;
D. That the willingness of man-
agement and union officials to give
adequate time and attention to the
handling and disposition of griev-
ances and disputes is necessary to
the effective functioning of the
procedure;
E. That for the sound handling
of grievances and disputes both
management and union representa-
lives should be thoroughly familiar
[with the entire collective bargain-
6767 Total $110,077.35
In addition to these monthly
benefits, a total of 3513,186.98 in
sum death payments has been
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gaining relationships and com-
mencement of contract negotia-
tion*.
(c) in their negotiation!, the
parties should look toward the
preparation of a signed agreement
covering a defined period of time.
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l
are now excluded.
The nine counties which are serV- i
ed by the Houston office are: Aus i
tin. Colorado. Fort Bend. Grimes,
Harris, Liberty. Montgomery, Wal-
ia) The employer should not
question his obligation to bargain
interest.
So far, the actions of the confer-
ence were all to the good. But these
actions did not go far enough.
For instance, the conference fail-
ed to issue any declaration which
could be used as a guide for the de-
termination of the wage issue
which is threatening to disrupt the
nation’s reconversion program.
Of course, there was little hope
that such an understanding could
be arrived at in a meeting of this
nature. Where the conference real-
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B That the impartial chairman,
umpire, arbitrator, or board should
i have no power to add to, subtract
from, change or modify any provi-
sion of the agreement but should be
authorized only to interpret the ex-
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tial chairman, umpire, arbitrator,
or board should be shared equally
by both parties.
5. Any question not involving the
application or interpretation of the
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may reduce braking distances as much
•> 40 or SO per cent. Remember . t .
which may properly be raised pur-
suant to agreement provisions
We, too, have our hands
full this time of year.
For us, December 24 and
25 are always busy days at
long distance switchboards
—and they will be busier
than ever this Christmas.
There will be unavoid-
ably long delays on long
distance and some calls
may not get through at all.
You will get quicker serv-
ice a few days before or
after the holidays.
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Labor Parley-
(Continued from Page 1)
ployes, union officials and manage-
ment representatives.
B. The procedure should be
adaptable to the handling of the
various types of grievances and
disputes which come under the
terms of the agreement.
C. The procedure should be de-
signed to facilitate the settlement
of grievances and disputes as soon
as they arise. To this and:
(1) The agreement should pro
vide adequate stated time limits for
the presentation of grievances and
disputes, the rendering of deci-
sions and the taking of appeals;
(2) issues should be clearly for-
mulated at the earliest possible
gaining agent for all employes in a
properly established bargaining
unit.
ment is about to be terminated,
ample time prior to the termination
of the agreement should be pro-
vided for the negotiation of a new
or modified agreement If such ne-
gotiations should fail, the parties
should make early use of concilia-
tion, mediation, and, where mutual-
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Cleobulus— Where the citizens
paid since January 1, 1940, when no
person entitled to receive monthly
payments survived a deceased
worker. The majority of the month-
ly payments are being made to
widows and their children. “The
(e) It is well that respect and
consideration be given to proposals
presented by either the employer or
the union and every reasonable ef-
fort made to bring about accord be-
fore any unreasonable ultimatum is
issued by either side. Both sides
should avoid inflammatory state-
ments which question the sincerity
or good faith of the other party.
(f) Both parties should avoid
threats or actions which interfere
with normal operations while nego-
tiations are still proceeding in good
faith and until all other peaceful
procedures have been exhausted.
2. Conciliation should be employ-
ed by the parties if collective bar-
gaining has not resulted in agree-
ment Such conciliation may be
private or public, and if public, lo-
cal, state or federal, as best suited
Nothing is certain except that it
ly fell down was in its failure to
draft an acceptable definition of
collective bargaining methods by
which wage problems and other im-
portant issues could be settled .
around the table by employers and axreement A
the unions representing their work- ” " • ”
I am sick of the showy seeming.
Of a life that is half a lie;
Of the faces lined with scheming I
in the throng that hurries by,
From the sleepless thought en-
deavor
I would go where the children
play;
For a dreamer lives forever.
And a toiler dies in a dey.
vote for adoption, the "nays" from fear blame more than punishment.
of employers to go along with more
progressive industrial leaders hurt agreement
the conference, as did the disunity party or w
which, unfortunately, still exists in
Unemployment
Payments Increase
in New York
Albany, N. ¥.—Payments of un-
employment insurance to jobless
workers in New York State dur-
ing October amounted to $13,253,
ill, an increase of 79 per cent over
September, it was announced by
Edward Corsi, Industrial Commis-
sioner The number of eligible
claimants receiving checks rose
from 128,345 during the last week
of September to 152,572 in the last
week of October.
New York City had the greatest
increase in the number of claims
filed, its total swelling from 45,215
in September to 60,763 in October.
Other communities which reported
to perform coneiliation
rille Center.
Claimants released from war In-
dustries received approximately
three-quarters of the benefits.
Women received 55 per cent of the
total payments.
ment of differences by peaceful
means.
Finally, the organizations of la-
proving and strengthening the
should delay consist of equal numbers of repre-
sentatives of management and la-
bor selected by the Secretary of
Labor from a list of nominees sub-
mitted by leading organizations of
tured the following
PREVENT MOUTH
CANCER
Cancer rarely occurs in a
clean mouth. Women have
better mouth hygiene than
men, which may account for
the fact that there is less
mouth cancer found among
them. Here are some sound
measures to observe in the
prevention of mouth cancer:
1. Visit Your Dentist
F requently :
Have him smooth down
teeth with rough edges and
fill or remove decayed teeth.
Bridges or plates which do
not fit should be repaired or
discarded. Have your teeth
cleaned by him at least twice
esch year.
2 Keep Teeth and Oral
Cavity Clean:'
Avoid picking the teeth
with abrasive objects such ss
toothpicks; use dental floss
instead. Brush your teeth and
gums regularly.
3. Avoid Lip and Tongue
Irritations:
Rough, hot pipestems have
caused many cases of lip and
tongue cancer; avoid irrita-
Hon by this source. Keep the
lips from chapping due to
overexposure to sun and wind,
by protecting them with some
bland ointment such as vase-
line or cold cream.
AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY
350 5th Ave. New York City
Old-Age Claims-
(Continued from Page 1)
and to each we give careful person-
al attention,” he continued.
At the end of November 6,767
persons in the Houston area were
receiving $110,077.35 in monthly
payments under the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance pro-
gram.
Monthly payments at the rate of
more than a million, three hundred
thousand dollars a year are going
to beneficiaries who live in the nine
counties served by the Houston
office.
The number and amount of
monthly payments by type of bene-
moment. In all cases which cannot
be settled in the first informal dis-
cussions, the positions of both sidesi "Observance of the following
should be reduced to writing, applicable rules will con-
13 Management andunionltihut to orderly and Deacefu
should encourage their representat
question ma ounguuvu - — .— management and labor, a repre.
With the union chosen a. th. bar- “^^Un^States^m
ciliation Service should be appoint-
ed. The advisory committee should
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Conciliation, however, should not of developments in the conciliation
service and to provide them with
of the American Broadcasting Company a radio news-
magazine, featuring the latest news at home and abroad
and special renorts by expert commentators on impor-
tant tabor problems. This program is listed in the radio
columns of your newspaper as "Labor-U.S-A." Our own
subtitle for the program is “The American Federationist
of the Air.” Don’t miss these bright, newsy broadcasts!
listen every Saturday night!
efficiency wins the respect of the 1
public, management and labor, will
be a strong force In minimizing in-
dustrial disputes and preventing
strikes.
2. The parties to labor disputes
should conscientiously exhaust all
possibilities of settlement through
collective bargaining before either
party requests conciliation or medi-
ation services.
8. As far as possible, and wher-
ever practicable, disputes should be
settled at the plant level. Local,
state or federal conciliation agen-
cies should be used, as best suited
to the circumstances. It is desirable
to secure close coordination be-
tween the activities of the federal,
state, and local conciliation serv-
“How do you grow old so grace-. ------ .. . ___
fully?” an admirer asked Alexan- very carefully to make it grow,
der Dumas
SAY, LISTEN!
For the rest of this year, the AFL presents each Satur-
THE MORE IMPORTANT
1 An old Scotsman and a youth
had spent the whole day on the
I Aberdeen golf links, and had some
remarkably close and exciting
games. As they left for home the
(d) Before specific bargaining
on individual items is undertaken, cuauon service wa •UM — —-
each party should present to the policy, procedures, organization and
other a general statement of it. " "—"-----‘ ** “tand
position and the parties should then
explore them jointly. Areas of
agreement should be carefully
sought. Precise definition of the
issues also should precede specific -------- _ -
bargaining. In consummating their knowledge of labor - management
first agreement, the parties should
carefully define its scope and
terms.
Service requirements.
(b) The salaries of commission-
ers and officers in the service —.
ifications.
(c) Provision should be made for lump
practical training for newly-ap-
pointed conciliators. During such
training, the newly-appointed con-
ciliators should be assigned as ob-
ing agreement
4. The parties should provide by
mutual agreement for the final de-
termination of any unsettled griev-
ances or disputes involving the in-
terpretation or application of the
agreement by an impartial chair-
man, arbitrator, or board. In this
connection the agreement should
provide:
| A. A definite and mutually
unable to get together on the prop-
er method for eliminating jurisdic- -I-----— ma nro
tional strikes and on a clarifica- settlement as the parties may Pro-
tion of management’s right to i vide. . .
ly agreed to, arbitration.
7. Nothing in this report is in-
tended in any way to recommend
compulsory arbitration, that is, ar-
bitration not voluntarily agreed to
by the parties.
Initial Collective
Agreements
1. Collective bargaining under-
taken promptly and in good faith,
following recognition of a properly
established bargaining agent either
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ler and Wharton.
Additional information regarding
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
can be secured, by request, from
Social Security Board, 813 Fed-
1 widely utilized for the settle
and management represented
THE LABOR MESSENGER—ORGANIZED LABOR’S ONLY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER IN HOUSTON
state?" replied:
We know-
how you reer-
important increases were Schenec-
MI; SEK s- interpratation
Huntington. Hempstead and Rock- delegate sufficient
ice or Lneir -ne-E® , 1.1 , , , > ,1
the handling of around 10,000 pa- mittee considering this subject fal
tient calls in the league’s out ed to bring in a unanimous report,
patient clinic at 702 Gillette; the AFL President William Green sub-
distribution of probably 200,000 mitted the following resolution to
pieces of health literature and the I the final plenary session of the
operation of a vast-sole health conference:
education program that will reach "Resolved, that if our national
into all brackets of community life; economy is to be preserved, our war
gainful employment once he is re- debts liquidated and the purchasing
stored to health; and constant re- power of the American public main-
search for improvement of human tained at high levels in order to
health. avoid disastrous unemployment and
“With such obviously vital and I deflation, it is of first and utmost
necesary work to be provided by importance that xeneral.wagg.ina
Christmas Seals, many have as- creases be granted immediately and
sumed that their aid would not be adequately.”
needed—that “the other fellow" Mr. Green told the conference
would provide for the need. Each ------
person can help somewhat, by giv- strength in support of the wage
ing according to his means, ah “rm- — — —----
must help if the $100,000 need is--
sidered by the parties; however. [service.
before voluntary arbitration is 6. Conciliation must, under all
' agreed upon as a means of settling ' conditions, be maintained as dis-
unsettled issues, the parties them : tinct and separate from erbitra-
selves should agere on the pre cise tion. A commissioner of conliation
issues, the terms of submission, must never be assigned to a case
and the principles or factors by:., an arbitrator, except where a th. Sytal
which the arbitrator shall be j written request for his service, as eral Office Building,
governed arbitrator has been made by both Texas.
parties to a dispute All services ’ —
Conciliation Services provided by the U S Conciliation
1. A Federal Conciliation Serv- Service should continue to be vol-
ice. which by its impartiality and untary.
ices. a
4. The committee unanimously
recommends thst every effort be
made toward the reorganization of
the United States Conciliation
Service to the end that it be estab-
I were., .......— — lishwi as an effective and complete-
tribute to orderly and peaceful pro- ly impartial agency within the De
cedure in making the first con- partment of Labor.
In order to obtain the advice, as-
sistance, support, and confidence of
dations. f Thales- Where the rich are
"He waa on strike,” Mr. Green neither too rich, nor the poor too "h1
charged, “and he maintained his' poor. From England comes this one:
strike during the entire confer- Anacharsis Where vi rtue is Eazins
The United Mine Workers and °Pitta<m!>—Where dignities are al- \ comi^*"^r
the Railroad Brotherhoods support- ways conferred on the good, never ' ™ . 0 whether you have
ed the AFL resolution on wages, on the bad. been “stning’fem me, why should
a man lay down his life for his king
and country?”
McGinty scratched his head for a
moment. Then his face lit up: "Be-
gorra, captain,” he cried, “you’re
right—why should be?”
y ,
iating provisions of the agreement perhaps far more persons during mu. cconvraion
appixthem_tothe l Be year to achieve a nation tionuseonesdiwputdetntedoynvhesop
position of management.
amount of the payments to a re-
tired worker after age 65 or to his
dependents in case of death is based
on the individual worker’s average
monthly wage,” Rogers said.
“Under this government insur-
ance system, employes and employ-
ers pay the premium in the form of
payroll taxes,” he explained. "The
benefits are paid as a matter of
right to those who meet the re-
quirementa set out in the law.
At present only workers in com-
merce and industry ate included
under the old-age and survivors in-
surance sections of the Social Se-
curity Act. The Board has this
(di The number of conciliators year recommended that.coverage
should be adequate to permit thebe extended to about 20.mion
— ’ workers as farmers, farm workers,
self-employed, domestics, etc., who
—By John Boyle O’Reilly. " _____ _______
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comments on the Labor-Manage-
meat Conference:
By CHARLES J. MacGOWAN
President of th. International
Brotherhood of Boilermakers
I regret to report that the Labor-
Management Conference failed to
accomplish all it set out to do.
But I cannot emphasize too
strongly that the conference was
not a complete failure. It did reach
unanimous agreement on certain
measures which, as time goes on,
will serve to reduce industrial
strife Let us summarize th. most
significant agreements before dis-
cussing the conference’s failures:
First, the representatives of la-
bor and management voted in
favor of resorting to voluntary ar-
bitration when disputes arise re-
garding interpretations of provi-
sions of collective bargaining con-
tracts. At the time, both sides
rejected the imposition of compul-
sory arbitration. This policy, I am
certain, will avert many unneces-
sary strikes and lockouts.
Second, the conference outlined
clear and constructive procedures
to be followed by employers snd
unions in negotiating their first
contracts. If these methods are ap-
plied in a sensible end businesslike
way, many neediest disputes may
be avoided.
Third, the conference celled for
the strengthening end improvement
of the United States Conciliation
Service so that this agency can be
which The Seven Wise Men of Greece, old man remarked .
Condi- attending a greet dinner in Athens, "Hey, mon, but it a been e gran
and being asked, “What is the ideal day •
m • “It hasthe youth assented.
Washington, D. C.—The twenty-
second edition of the AFL s weekly --- - . .
rdio program broadcast over the at the conference agreed to ■«» up
T02 - coast network of the a statnding committee which will
American Broadcasting Company meet informally from time to time
DOKUSA. fee- in an effort to reach further friend-
ly understandings in the public
ers. Likewise the conferees were
ficiary are as follows:
No. Type
No, no, from the street’s rude
bustle,
From trophies of mart and
stage, ।
I would fly to the wood’s low rustle
And the meadow’s kindly page.
Let me dream as of old by the
river,
And be loved for the dream al-
way;
For a dreamer lives forever,
And a toiler dies in a day.
j Chilo—Where the laws are more
I regarded and have more authority,
than the orators.
agreed upon method of selecting ( hrist mas Seals- AFLWage Hike Demand
the impartial chairman umpire, ar (Continued from Page 1) Killed By Employer Vote
sityof EoustonaMathodntoctudent washington, D. c.the Ameri- He decfared that the AFLwill wage THE IDEAL STATE
nur Harner Woodrow Wilson enn Federation of Labor’s attempts an unrelenting and uncompromis: —
banK‛EumBeFandAlmeda S to obtain from the Labor-Manage- ing fight for higher wages —
. .. —in ment Conference a declaration in are justified by economic
Christmas Seal contributionswill which would
help to diagnose probably 50,000 or » determina-
perhaps far more persons during -e115 “ ’
and L, . me year aneau • ---- w —
facte of the grievance or dispute, ally outstanding performanei
C. That reference of a grievance tracking down TB, Doctor Wright ....
or dispute to an impartial ehair- snid. Other local services that The first objective of 018 A
man, umpire, arbitrator or board Christmas Seals are needed to en- delegates waa to get agreement
should be reserved as the final step dow will include I... -e". -iL.
in the procedure and should not be 10 000 calls by visiting nurses to ods which would make it possible
resorted to unless the settlement administer healing and instruction for employer* and union* in each
procedure* at the earlier steps have in homes at tuberculous sick—folks plant — " " ""
been exhausted; who depend upon this human* sen wage
D That the decision of the im- ice for their chance* at recovery: merits of each care When the com-
i t+z.t a__---a 4 A AAA —- I -++an ~nnaidering this gubiect fall-
partial chairman, umpire, arbitral-
or or board should be accepted by
both parties as final and binding;
E. That the cost of such impar-
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