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Co-operation Between the Employer and Employe for Their Mutual Benefit and Progress and Development of Dallas
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 12.00 PER YEAR.
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR, No. 1
A Trip to Fort Knox Richardson Urges
The Spotlight
By “COKE"
Washington.
Cost Of Total War
Jobs For All Of Us
Or Stamps Legal
First Heavy Tank
medium (30-tons) tanks.
tons) and
Production of the new
will begin
quantity
Start the New Year Right. Re-
That you will attend the
man.
That you will take an active
affairs of
part in the
will
union and that you
*
May Bill Passage
For Fire Protection
your
put
even
prep-
All Dispates To Be Settled By War
Labor Board Named by President.
Citrine Pledges
Solidarity of
Workers In War
Wm. T. E. Kerr, Business Rep-
resentative of Bricklayers’ Lo-
cal Union No. 5, is all smiles.
The reason: On last Saturday,
he was returned to office by a
huge majority.
• • •
Love really has nothing to do with
wisdom, experience or logic. It is the
prevailing breeze in the land tt love.
Bruno Lessing.
Painters No. 53
To Collect Funds
For Defense U. S.
said the meeting was the first of its
kind to.be held anywhere in the na-
tion.
Discovery of new sources of reve-
nue has always been the politician's
way of lightening the tax burden.-
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.
r heavy tank
production in
Roosevelt Sends
Letter to Labor
Confernce Board
Workers Rush to
Jobs in War Zone
Eager to Help Win
Collective Bargain-
ing
Kathryn Jones
Visits Home
Overtime in
Defense Bonds
No Strikes For
Duration of War
Man-Power and
Woman Labor
In England
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed)
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
the Army and with all the services for
the duration—until victory."
THE DALLAS CRAFTSMAN
DALLAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1942
At last the United States has pro-
duced a heavy tank. In fact, a 60-ton
land battleship. Previous to the pro-
duction of this tank, U. S. production
lines were turning out only small (13-
cal Union No. 745, has a fine
bird dog. She wants to give it
away. The reason is a dark se-
will prove beyond all doubt that in
the places of production behind the
lines, they are as steadfast as those
Thousands Swarm Employment Of-
fices Volunteering Their Services to
Build Fortifications.
Sir Walter Citrine, secretary of the
British Trades Union Congress, pledg-
ed solidarity of British and American
labor in the common cause of defeat-
ng the Axis powers in a cablegram
to President Wiliam Green of the Am-
erican Federation of Labor.
In an earlier cablegram. Mr. Green
bad informed Sir Walter Citrine that
American workers were prepared to
“work together, fight together and
suffer together" with British workers
for a triumph of democracy over total-
itarlanism. Citrine replied:
"Yor message will give deep satis-
faction and encouragement to Brit-
ish trade unionists. General council
cordially reciprocate its expression of
solidarity in the common cause.
“We share your confidence that by
untied and sustained effort our allied
nations will with their immense re-
sources, organizing ability and tenac-
ity of purpose prevail over the enemy
whose treachery and barbarity have
brought immeasurable evils on all
mankind.”
solve you will be a better union
........ Miss Lena Napper, Secretary
meetings of your organization, to Bob Rogers, business repre-
sentative of Truck Drivers’ Lo-
cret. Anyway, if you want a
splendid pooch, see Miss Lena.
Chicago and state federations of labor, not typical.
—Officers and men displayed an en-
prevented by the wjthdrawal of their
rights and libertT, the workers of
decidedly friendly toward labor. Of
course, this might prove a great deal
and then again it might prove very
little, for our contacts were with only
a small number, who may have been
War brings many a menace to the
people at home, no less than to the
fighting forces on the battlefront One
of those menaces is fire.
We must expect efforts to destroy
American producing facilities through
sabotage. That happened in the last
war and it will undoubtedly happen
again. The torch and the bomb are
the saboteur's principal weapons. The
civil defense organizations which are
being established in all sections of
the country should be trained to com-
bat this danger. The regular police
and fire forces cannot do it all.
The chance of air attack is another
definite possibility. The Army Com-
mond on the Pacific Coast has said
defnitely that enemy planes appeared
over San Francisco, and no one knows
when an actual bombing attack may
be made somewhere. London and
other European cities were saved by
the superb work done by volunteer fire
fighters, trained and equipped to deal
with incendaries.
The public also must co-operate to
prevent fires which are not a direct
result of war. We must keep our in-
dustries producing without cessation.
A single great fire, in a key factory,
could delay the completion of needed
weapons for weeks and perhaps
months. Any fire destroys materials
and supplies which are vitally needed.
And to rebuild after a fire, takes labor
which should be used for defense pro-
duction.
The civil population has many im-
portant jobs in war-time. And fire
protection is one of the most impor-
tant.
Collective bargaining means that
the organized employes of a trade or
industry, through representatives of
their own choosing, shall deal with
the employer or employers in the mak-
ing of wage scales and working con-
ditions. Collective bargaining is the
only practical proposal for adjusting
relations between the management
and the workers in a business way.
assuring a fair deal to both. Each
individual joins with his fellow work-
man to ask collectively for better
wages and conditions of employment
that he could not secure through his
own efforts alone. An employer of,
say, 500 men, has an unfair advantage
if he deals with them as individuals.
To make the employes equal in power
and Influence to the employer they
must be organized, and through reg-
ularly chosen representatives, meet
the employer on a common footing.
By conceding points on each side an
agreement can be finally reached that
will maintain better relations and
therefore greater industrial peace. In
no other walk of life does the idea
exist that a man must arbitrarily ac-
cept any offer that may be made by
another. There are two sides always
to an agreement. Each side ought to
have equal chances to propose and in-
sist upon what it considers a fair
agreement. Industrial peace can be
secured only by the righting of wrongs
suffered by the workers. If a body
of workers has a grievance it can be
adjusted only through conferences
with the employer or his representa-
tive. As all cannot meet the employer
at one time It is necessary for them
to select representatives to carry out
their will as expressed collectively.
This right is identical with that al-
ways held by the employer and never
challenged by the law or the public.
—The Journal of Labor.
your shoulder squarely to the
wheel. Resolve also to go get
yourself a Poll Tax receipt.
binding arbitration.
The War Labor Conference Board
took only five days to reach agree-
ment. Almost at the very beginning,
the AFL and CIO representatives
reached an accord on a proposed plan
which in its essentials was the one fi-
nally adopted.
As a result of the no-strike agree-
ment, it was considered a foregone
conclusion that all anti-strike legisla-
tion now pending in Congress will be
consigned to the ash can.
to present yourselves through your lo-
cal unions, so that plants and indus-
tries which are calling for skilled
personnel will know of the availabil-
ity of mechanics."'
"Following this thought, we believe
that it is the duty of all government
agencies and also private industries
which have highly skilled men who
have been retired due to legislation
and to the advances made in our so-
cial standards, to recall for duty all
skilled mechanics who are physically
able to perform the work of their
crafts, irrespective of age.”
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Thousands of American Federation of
Labor workers in all parts of the
country are railing to the nation’s
call for service in the Pacific Islands
which are now bearing the brunt of
the Japanese attack.
Men with steady jobs in defense in-
dustries. men too old to expect a draft
call, heads of families and eager
youngsters swarmed employment of
flees along both the East and West
Coasts anxious for a chance to go to
work building new fortifications for
the gallant soldiers, sailors and ma-
rines defending Uncle Sam's territor-
ial possessions.
Inspired by the heroic example of
the workers on Guam, Wake and Mid-
way Islands who picked up whatever
weapons were at hand when the Japa-
nese attacked and help the U. S.
armed forces fight off the invaders,
these American workers did not hesi-
tate an instant to give up safe jobs
here to take their chahces on the fir-
ing line. -
One notable example reported to
AFI. headquarters concerned several
hundred laborers and tunnel workers
who were offered the choice of de-
fense jobs in Bermuda or the Ha-
waiian Islands. Without exception,
each man volunteered to go to Ha-
waii which is exposed to enemy bomb-
ings.
Within two days, more than three
thousand registered for shipyard jobs
in the Pacific war zone at the State
employment office in New York City.
Similar reports came from San Fran-
cisco and other ports along both
coasts.
The fact that loved ones would have
to be left behind was no deterrent.
Neither was the fact that some were
earning more than they could hope
to make at the Hawaiian base. Each
one wanted to do his bit at the front
The men who pass all the tests will
have their Pullman fare paid to Cali-
fornia. along with a dally allowance
for meals, and their wages will start
as soon as they board ship. The gov-
ernment guarantees employment for
six months.
A constructive suggestion was made
to the Government by Secretary-
Treasurer Joseph S. McDonagh, of the
AFL Metal Trades Department. He
urged that skilled mechanics who
have been retired but are still in good
physical condition and able to per-
form their day's work be recalled to
active service.
Writing in the Department’s month-
ly bulletin, Mr. McDonagh declared:
“We say to our skilled mechanics
throughout the country during this
war emergency, “There is no need
for anyone to be idle. In fact, we be-
lieve that you as American citizens
owe it to your Government, and also
owe it to the American labor move-
America, east, west, north and south, th® average officer we met at Fort
Knox and later in Washington seemed
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
This writer has just returned from
Fort Knox, Ky., headquarters of the
Armored Forte of the United States
Army. The trip was made by a dozen
labor editors and publicity men—A. F.
of L., C, I. 0. and unaffiliated—to
whom the War Department was eager
to impart some Idea of what is being
done as America buckles down to the
job of repelling powerful enemies in
both the East and West.
The trip to Fort Knox and subse-
ouent meetings in Washington with
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Pat-
terson and high-ranking Army officers
were part of an enlightened and un-
precedented campaign which the War
Department has been conducting for
more than a year in an effort to breed
mutual respect and understanding be-
tween labor and Army and to give de-
fense workers a realization of the im-
portance of their tasks, no matter how
minute. .
The War Department's campaign,
which is bearing fruit, has embraced
visits by America's fighting men to
the factories where the equipment
which they use is produced. Thus,
Army fliers have been taken to air-
craft plants, where they have seen
the ships which they and their buddies
will operate being built. These and
similar activities on the part of the
War Department have done much to
make the men in uniform realize that
they need the nation's workers, and
vice versa.
At Fort Knox the labor journalists
saw as much as could possibly be
seen in 24 hours. We observed the
routine of the soldiers. We ate with
them and we rode in tanks, “half-
tracks,” "jeepe” and “peeps" with
them. We put questions to them and
to officers ranking all the way up to
Major-General Jacob L. Devers, suc-
cessor to the late Adna R. Chaffee as
chief of the Armored Force.
We witnessed a sham battle with
the real thing. We went through the
Armored Force School. We were
shown anything and everything that
Interested us. We learned a great
deal at Fort Knox—and later in our
conversations with Army leaders in
Washington.
Of course, it would be ridiculous to
pretend to be an expert on the basis
of what we saw and heard, and this
writer has no intention of attempting
to pose as one. However, there were
certain significant things which did
stand out-—things that can be told.
They are:
1—Despite a lot of anti-labor propa-
ganda in the press and on the radio
in the months prior to Pearl Harbor,
who risk ther lives in the front
ranks.”
Daniel D. Carmell, counsel for the
=-----
Not Only a New Year But a
new registration day for all
men between the ages of 20 and
65 dawns in this country. The
country is at war and all of the
resources of our Nation is be-
ing pooled as quickly as possi-
ble. Many members of organ-
ized labor are representatives
on local draft boards and are
making arrangements to hold
the registration. Each chair-
man of each particular board’s
area or district has the task of
getting volunteer workers for
that day and also will have to
make arrangements for suit-
able locations. Each registra-
' tion booth will use approxi-
mately 40 workers and every
registrar will be requested to
bring a table of some sort, two
chairs and a fountain pen full
of ink. It is estimated Dallas
will have to register about 120,-
000 people on this day. It is a
big job. But it will be done. If
you feel you can serve on that
day, report your name and wil-
lingness to work to the chair-
man of the draft board in your
particular locality. Your serv-
ices will be needed and highly
appreciated.
Winston Churchill, Prime Min-
ister of England, after visiting
this country went to Canada
and the other day made a
speech to Parliament and in his
talk, both in English and
French, he paid high tribute to
the United States and especial-
ly to President Roosevelt. He
said he was a man—yes, a great
man. Thanks, Mr. Churchill.
We have known that for a long
time. We, too, think you are a
man—a great man. You have
intelligently directed the af-
fairs of your country to the
point where now you can see
ahead and visualize victory in
your grasp. This was a job,
a tremendous task. You have
risen nobly to your work. With
such men as you and Franklin
Roosevelt directing the desti-
nies of the two greatest coun-
tries on the face of the earth,
right will prevail.
• » •
Miss Kathryn Jones, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Jones. of
1321 Denley Drive, has been home for
the holidays visiting her mother and
father.
Miss Jones has been in Washington
since February 10. of last year and
has been connected with the Navy
Department, priorities division, with
a rating of C. A. F. No. 3. She was
formerly connected with Local Draft
Board No. 2. in Oak Cliff and after
passing a civil service examination
was called to Washington on this
very important job. .
She will leave Dallas January 2, on
her return and will stop in Chicago,
where she will pay her brother a short
visit. He is stationed at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station. Miss
Jones will report back to her desk the
morning of January 5th.
about three or four months.
The test of this monster tank was
very impressive. It climbed a 30-
degree incline without any apparent
loss of speed;| It withstood land
mines, a collision with an armored
car, and levelled off three sets of
heavy pilings.
This big tank is faster than the
smaller tanks and is very streamline.
The fact that this 60-ton job is weld-
ed together gives it additional resist-
ance qualities. Another feature is
that the wheels and caterpillar tread
are shielded by a protective steel
skirt.
aration with all their vigor,
they are now rudely aroused as
to this country’s responsibili-
ties.
thusiastic spirit and an eagerness to
come to grips with the enemy at the
earliest time. Gone was the lacka-
daisical attitude which we are told
many of the men had manifested prior
to Pearl Harbor.
3—American tanks are good—very
good. In fact, according to our in-
formants, our juggernauts are far bet-
ter than the best tanks the Axis has.
Naturally, the particulars of the su-
periority of our armored equipment
cannot be printed. We were given the
data, but “off the record.”
4—While what we have in tanks is
of excellent quality, we don't have
anything like enough—not yet. The
Army is confident that we will if com-
placency disappears and the Ameri-
can people realize that we are up
against a tqagh proposition and sim-
ply have go to turn out the tools of
battle seven days a week, 24 hours a
day, starting now.
In welcoming the visiting labor edi-
tors and publicity men General Devers
said:
“You have all heard about Guam,
where the marines and the working-
men fought shoulder to shoulder.
That's the kind of war this is. When
a bomb falls out of the sky it doesn’t
care whether it kills a man is uniform
or a man in overalls. We’re all the
same people, all the same kind of
people, whether we’re in the Army or
in the factory producing the equip-
ment that the Army uses. We’re all
in this thing now—the whole Am-
erican people. We have got to realize
that and act accordingly.”
To whch we believe American la-
bor, as represented by the American
Federation of Labor, will make reply
thus:
“Count on us! We're in this with
No one can visualize a hundred bil-
lion dollars. Such a sum of money
does not exist in cash. Yet that is
what we are to spend in the next two
years on a gigantic Victory Program!
The Saturday Evening Post recently
told what this will mean. The most
money ever raised in a single year
by the government, through both tax-
ation and borrowing, was $17,000,000,-
000. That is but one-third of the
amount that must be raised in each
of the next two years. And no one
knows what new demands the future
will bring.
That does not mean the job cannot
be done. It can be done. But, to quote
the Post. "Let us not be deceived. It
will hurt. We cannot give one half
of our total income to it and keep our
present standards of living. Taxes
will have to be increased until the
beet is white, and borrowing may have
to be carried to the point of compul-
sory lending, as in Great Britain; but
when the money that can be raised
by these means is not enough—and
it will not be enough—then it will be
necessary for the government to com-
mand labor and materials by further
means, and the test of further means
will not be whether they are sound
according to the rules of money, but
only whether they are effective.”
We are in a total war now, and
everything we have must be given to
winning a total victory. The job of
the American people is to think
straight—td understand what must
happen. And the job of the American
government must be to establish a
war economy that will prune non-de-
tense spending to the very limit and
will do away completely with pork
barrels and logrolling and all the oth-
er costly techniques of politics. Not
even a start has yet been made in that
direction. Not one solitary tax nickel
should be spent now for any non-de-
fense activity that can be eliminated
or deterred. We must accept unpre-
cedented taxation—and at the same
time we must know that the tax mon-
ey is spent for purposes which are
vitally necessary. Only if that is done
can we win the war and avoid the
bankruptcy that always comes to the
profligate.
While workers cannot waive their
rights to time and a half for overtime
after 40 hours, they may voluntarily
accept straight time tn cash and the
balance in defense securities. Baird
Snyder, Acting Administrator of the
Wage and Hour Division, U. 8. De-
partment of Labor, sai dtoday.
“The Division has received several
inquiries lately as to whether em-
ployees may work more than 40 hours
in one work week at straight time,”
Snyder said.
“Under the Fair Labor Standards
Act, they cannot change the law by
waiving the overtime proposition.
However, if workers voluntarily wish
to make a contribution to the Victory
Program, they may agree with their
employers to accept their overtime
compensation in defense bonds or
similar Government Securites. In
that way, they would be aiding the
prosecution of the war and building
up for themselves a safe type of sav-
ings.”
We Wonder What Has Hap-
pened to all the Isolationists?
Even Charles Lindbergh, now
evidently realizes his mistake
and wants to serve his country.
Wheeler has said we must stop
the enemy at all costs. Even
the congressmen that voted
against the allocation of money
to Guam, the Philippines and
other outlying posts are now
apparently fully conscious of
our danger.. It took an attack
on this country to wake these
The Defense Rally Staged at
Fair Park last Tuesday night
was a huge success. Many
thousands gathered to hear
Civilian Defense Director Bob
Storey relate his experiences in
England from which he has
just returned. His word pic-
ture of the blackouts, the full
co-operation of all the people’s
of Great Britain and the har-
rowing experiences they are
forced to undergo as the result
of steady bombings was a reve-
lation to many. Bob Storey is
certainly the man to make Dal-
las conscious of the fact we are
at war. He has first-hand
knowledge of what we are fac-
ing. Dallas had better heed his
advice and get prepared. War,
at first hand, is not so remotely
removed from Texas or Dallas.
• • •
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
President Roosevelt's letter outlining
the basis of the no-strike agreement
arrived at by the War Labor Confer-
ence Board for the duration of the
war follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D. C.
December 23, 1941.
Gentlemen of the Conference:
Moderator Davis and Senator
Thomas have reported to me the re-
sults of your deliberations. They have
given me each proposition which you
have discussed. I am happy to accept
your general points of agreement as
follows:
1. There shall be no strikes or
lockouts.
2. All disputes shall be settled by
peaceful means.
3. The President shall set up a
proper War Labor Board to handle
these disputes.
I accept without reservation your
covenants that there shall be no
strikes or lockouts and all disputes
shall be settled by peaceful means. I
shall proceed at once to act on your
third point.
Government must act in general.
The three points agreed npon cover
of necessity all disputes that may
arise between labor and management.
The particular disputes must be left
to the consideration of those who can
study the particular differences and
who are thereby prepared by knowl-
edge to pass judgment in the parti-
cular case. I have full faith that no
group in our national life will take
undue advantage while we are faced
by common enemies.
I congratulate you—I thank you,
and our people will join me in appre-
ciation of your great contribution.
Your achievement is a response to
common desire of all men of good will
that strikes and lockouts cease and
that disputes be settled by peaceful
means.
ment with which you are affiliated, to submit the dispute to final and
S. J. Cole, Norman Cauthorn and
Thomas R. Jones were appointed by
the Painters’ Local Union No. 53, at
its last regular meeting, held Decem-
ber 29, to call on all affiliated local
unions of the Building Trades Council
and present to them the following
plan endorsed and approved by the
painters:
That the contractors of the various
crafts be contacted with the thought
in mind of setting aside January 31—
which is Saturday—to permit every
union man in their employ to work
and the salaries or wages to be col-
lected by the contractors and in turn
paid to the local union of the re-
spective crafts. This money would
then be lumped together and sent as
a unit collection to the President of
the United States to be used for de-
fense purposes only and would be in
the form of a donation.
Many plans were suggested—even
that of buying additional defense
bonds, but the thought prevailed that
the purchase of such bonds was an in-
vestment and not a donation to the
government. The entire plan is make
such funds collected a donation, with
no strings attached.
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Shocking shortages of fire-fighting
equipment and other facilities with
which to protect life and property
from air raid bombings exist in many
American cities now in the danger
zone, George Richardson, secretary-
treasurer of the International Asso-
ciation of Fire Fighters, charged.
Mr. Richardson demanded immediate
passage of the May Bill, authorizing
expenditure of 100 million dollars for
civilian defense against bombing at-
tacks as the initial move in a vitally
necessary program to strengthen air
raid protection in this country and its
possessions.
The May Bill, sponsored by the
chairman of the House Military Af-
fairs Committee and reported favor-
ably by that committee, gives the Sec-
retary of War power to use the funds
for purchase of gas masks, fire-fight-
tag equipment and other supplies and
materials for the protection of civil-
ians.
In its report the committee empha-
sized that such supplies will be fur-
nished only to such committees as are
unable to provide for themselves.
“Our union has made a nation-wide
survey of fire-fighting facilities which
shows that more than 50 per cent of
the existing apparatus is fifteen years
old or older and hopelessly outmoded”
Mr. Richardson declared.
“We started making studies of this
grave problem as soon as the Nazis
began their mass raids on England.
In September, 1940, after having ob-
tained from the British fire-fighting
authorities the latest information on
new methods of civilian air-raid de-
fense, we wrote to President Roosevelt
and urged the appointment of a fire-
defense committee here to survey Am-
erican needs. The President appointed
such a committee and it is now oper-
ating under the Office of Civilian De-
fense.”
Mr. Richardson, who is serving as
an advisory member of the OCD Fire
Defense Committee, declared that in
addition to shortages of equipment
there is also a serious lack of per-
sonnel.
We have forty million people in
these islands. The Germans have
eighty millions, plus all the strength
of Rumania, Hungary, Italy, and the
forced labor of the conquered Europe.
We must man the greatest Navy in
the world scattered over the seven
seas. We are building up an Air
Force greater than the Germans. We
have a great Army. But without the
men to make the ships, the planes
and the guns, all is of no avail. How
can we use man-power to swell the
three Services and at the same time
keep the factories turning out the
essentials of war? One answer is ob-
vious. More and more women must
leave their shops, their offices and
even their homes to replace the men
on the machines. Is there any plan
by which the best use can be made of
our available resources? Parliament
had a disappointing debate on the
matter. Every member who spoke
could cite cases of waste manpower
in the factory or in the Army. It’s
not enough to call men and women
to National Service. They must be
used to real advantage. Members
would like to be sure that the Army
brass-hats had really learned some-
thing, and had forgotten still more,
since the last war. Parliament would
like to believe that in the factories
private gain and profit was all put
on one side and that the country came
first. Sooner or later it will become
clear that a total war requires a total
effort. A war of this kind cannot be
fought or won by the methods of pre-
war days. Parliament gave this Gov-
ernment almost unlimited powers over
life, property and industry. We are
fighting for our very lives, and only
victory can secure the safety of any
one of us. The country demands ac-
tion. The Government must stop
making faces and get on with the job.
It is pleasing io know that works
canteens continue to grow and ex-
pand and that restaurants and feed-
ing centers are opened in most towns.
All this is to the good, but more re-
mains. The basic rations must be al-
tered so that the men who do the
heavy manual work get more cheese,
fat. meat. eggs. Men at the forge, in
the foundry, pits, the heavy munitions,
must be well fed. Otherwise they
cannot work. It is all very well to
talk about men absent from work, but
how far does the food question play
a part. Hundreds of thousands of
men and women work under conditions
which make canteens impossible. and
the restaurants of little use. The dif-
ficulty is in the small establishments.
Bakers, for instance, on continual
night work get neither canteens or
feeding centres. Yet the baker is
vital to the community.
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Labor and industiy, at the request of
President Roosevelt, reached a mo-
mentous agreement barring strikes
and lockouts for the duration of the
war and providing that all disputes
shall be settled by a War Labor Board
to be created by Executive Order.
The President voiced the feelings of
the entire country when he said to the
conferees:
"I congratulate you—I thank you
and our people will join me in appre-
ciation,of your great contribution.”
President William Green, who
headed the AFL delegation at the con-
ference said:
“Labor and industry have responded
to the nation’s needs. We are over-
joyed at the glorious outcome of these
vital deliberations. Both sides have
pledged that theer shall be no stop-
pages of production for the duration
of the war for any cause and that all
disputes shall be settled by peaceful
means.
“There is America’s answer to the
enemies of democracy who trusted to
division and discord to weaken our
defenses. We now face the foe a unit-
ed nation, determined that nothing
shall stop our onward march to vic-
tory.”
The agreement, couched in the sim-
plest language, represents complete
victory for the representatives of la-
bor. Both the AFL and the CIO ac-
cepted the plan the moment it was
presented by Senator Elbert Thomas
of Utah without reservations. The rep-
resentatives of industry attempted to
make the reservation that the War
Labot Board to be named by the
President would not be permitted to
consider disputes over the union shop,
thereby hoping to block extension of
the union shop. f
The President served notice, how-
ever, that the Government could not
accept any reservations and that each
dispute that arises will have to be con-
sidered on the facts and the merits
by the War Labor Board.
When this word from the Presi-
dent was received, the industry repre-
sentatives capitulated and agreed to
abide by the peace proposal without
any reservations.
It is believed that the new War La-
bor Board will consist of an equal
number of representatives of industry
and labor—the latter group to be di-
vided equally between the AFL and
the CIO—with an impartial chairman
to be chosen by the President. The
understanding is that the President
will consult the AFL, the CIO and
industry before appointing their rep-
resentatives.
When any dispute arises, local rep-
resentatives of the War Labor Board
will take jurisdiction immediately
and attempt to bring about a settle-
ment by conciliation. If that falls,
the Board Itself will attempt to me-
diate matters. Finally, if the Board
cannot bring dbout an agreement, it
may call upon the contending parties
/ i n £ ARCH ' "
The Craftsman Is the Official Organ of the Farm^abor "Union"of Dallas County and ^Subscribed for by t£ Dallas Central Labor Council and Affiliated Unions in a Body and Is Fighting for the Rights of Organised Laha^
20,000 AFL Workers
Lead in (hicago
Civilian Defenses
■ -jr
"Chicago. Hl. (AFLWNS). — “Re-
member Pearl Hrbor! Expect the
unexpected and be prepared for any
emergency!”
With those words, 20,000 AFL work-
ers began the task of organizing the
defense system that will protect the
lives and properties of Chicagoans in
America’s war crisis.
These key figures in Chicago’s de-
fense were the men and women sworn
in by Mayor Edward J. Kelly, civilian
defense co-ordinator, in thrilling cere-
monies in the Chiago Stadium.
They were the' janitors, the jani-
tresses, the elevator operators, the
school engineers, the apartment build-
ing workers, members ofNhe Build-
ing Service Employes’ International
Union, called together by their pres-
dent, William L. McFetridge, for a
huge civilian defense rally.
Before they werecertified as assist-
an organizers for civil ian defense by
Mayor Kelly, the building workers
heard a dramatic speech by the city's
chief executive in which he declared:
“America is at war. We’re all sol-
diers now!
“There are no more Italians, no
more Germans, no more Lithuanians,
no more Rumanam, no more anything
except Americans. We are all united
for one cause andithat unity will be
the foundation of si greater democracy
after this war is over.”
Following the mayor’s speech the
audience arose and repeated after him
the pledge of allegiance for civilian
defense workers. Afterward they
were given certificates designating
their roles in the civilian defense pro-
gram.
McFetridge, in a brief address, told
his union:
“It is highly essential that we, who
have in our hands the lives, protection
and comfort of the people in Chicago’s
homes and buildings, do everything we
can to guard the nation in every re-
spect. <
“We must be alert for possible sabo-
tage. we must supvly the needs of our
workers, soldiers and sailors, and we
must protect their wives and children,
and we must do all we can to aid the
government in conserving metals, pa-
pers and all other materials needed
for national defense.”
Victor A. Olander, secretary-treas-
urer of the Illnois Federation of La-
bor, declared:
"In this great emergency, unless
D. C. (AFLWNS)
mossbacks up. Now,
though they obstructed
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