~he Journal of ==
RECORDING· THE' ELECTRICAL' ERA
VOL: XXIX WASHINGTON, D . C. , JUNE, 1930 NO. 6 l I
UNIONS 4D.d the PUBLIC Izaier6st Also Resu.lt. if Referendufll 'kte All Sizes and Styles of life Insurance and Policyholders
First, because smollest, comes the baby .. Sisler and brother, large enough to go Even the littlest one can have a savings to school. can also ha\'C Mvings policies. policy, and it may be c\"cn as small as or can be slarted young for regular $100 or vcry much larger. insurance at low cost.
Another father is thinking of a home Father and mother would like a joint Hafcguard policy. as well as protection life policy for husband and wife. as well for his loved ones, and his policies can as the separate policies they carry. be issued for almost any amount he is able to carry.
The business woman, or "poor working Then the group oC men, working to girl," of today carries almost as much gether or belonging to the same trade insurance as the men, and in some cases organization, may obtain the low-cost carries much larger policies than men group life insurance which is so desir earning similar salaries. able to supplement their other policies . • • In other words, Union Cooperative issues policies for anyone who qualifies as a good insurance risk, and for almost any amount that is desired, beginning with $100 for the babies, but not ending there even for the babies.
Think it over, and then write for information and rates.
Union Cooperative Insurance A ssociation 1200 Fifteenth Street N. W . Washington, D. C. O FFI C IAL O RG AN OF TH E Magazine Chal
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J . lIoYl ..:. 5821 S. Ada St., Chicago, W;"";...,,, Can, well in stressing their import nnce. And in presenting the Ill. T EU : j'IIONE OI'ERATon s' D. W. TRACY, 2505 Yupon Street, subject from vnrious nnglea it OEl'AltTMENT Hou,ton. Tuu. is certain to caleh the nUention T. C. VICJl:EIUI, 92-1 Pacific Bldg., San President JUUA O'CoNNOR Franci«o. Calif. 1110 Tremont Hldg., Balto n, M.... of all who are interested in C. J . MCCLOCAlf. "amm Bldg., St. ge,;,n!tar, M .... T BaAoT such subjects. No other labor Paul, Minn. 1110 Tl't!mont Bldg., BOlton, Ma .., journal has so ably brought to the attention of Its membership the dangers of high powered Contents mass production and the conll('· Po •• .',onllllplf'<'e :l2Z queot unemployment for so many thousands." l·lIlon .... 8 NOT AX AHT I ST'S CO~CEPTiOS 0.' .... UI1AUTI I"UL BUlLDll'O Au aelual photograph of the Uott'-l I"ew Yorker, Ne ...· York CIt,.. Ultra-modern ,truchlre, union-bunt. THE JOURNAL OF' ELECTRICAL WORKERS &OPERATORS tion of the Internaliona l Vol. XXI X WAS H I NGTON, D. C., J UNE, 1930 No. 6 Unions As Social Necessities Now Hold Stage ADIES and rentlemen 01 the United Senator William E. Borlh opened and Statel, a new national policy alfet:tinc Issue as between old individ dolled the IO·day debate on the nonlinaUon L YOll, and you and you, il in the pr()Cen of Judge Parker, upon an unmlltaklble note of (ormlltion. It began dramat ically buck In ualism, and ne w g ro up-spirit of of clarity. In opening hll attack, he de the en rly weeki ot the yenr when the U. S. co-ope ration for the first time teri!)... tho yellow dog contract: Senate ditcu ••ed un,pllringl, the public -rec· ord ot II great corporaUon lawyer. Char les clearly define d on a national '" ..·. lI t to IIY. 1110. Mr. " re.ldelll. Ib't tbla II not a cootrovertly t,et"'ec!D t be K lIughu. now Chief Justice II UlChu. It scale. Sta ge se t to put skids un e'oplo)'er I"d employee I l oo~. It I, not continued in thoN dilY' 01 ellrly May, in the II eO lllr o v ~r.y Ioetw/!(!n tho enl,lloycr and moat acute, aWHping, and tcnae debate of II de r a nti-social ye llow dog con unlou Ilbor 110111.'. ~' ... "ery far h oUi II. lt II I tOntN)ferey wbleb Invo]vCtl vreater decade, when the public record or • minor tract. Ne w national policy about aDd more uleodcd ptio<,iple •. Juri.t w.. dlKuued unsparingly. Judge " I uodertlla"d petfeclly Itle \lnemt John J. "arker, then lilting. and Itlll sitting to be d e fined affecting entire "'hleb tbe em l)loyfr mil' blye In thl. !rInd on the bench of lhe U. S. Circuit Court of of a contrul. It 'I 10 ImPOrlant tnterut. unde rlying population. but It I. III 11I1 ...... t ",lIkb can ~ mea· Appeal•. It continued in the .ubJequenl dis lured It III lime- b,. doU.n and cent.. cuuton of the ao-called Ship.tead anti '" aI'11recl"e. too. the 10lereu wblch injunction bill, prepared with the ...I.tanee tbe emp OYl... lin In tbll kind of a eon· Ized, controlled by absentee ownen, and I .... el. It I. a ,llat Inle ..... t In" It II In of organi~ed labor, reported out of eorn Inle.eat wblch ~In not be nlCl.IlUed It III mince very recently, lind involving the ume mllnaged by technlclanl. 11 and when lin timcR In dolin, Illd ct'nu. It 'GmetllUl't vit.1 iuue. Thl, iuue ao dramaUully de· Indivldl,lll worker acek .. employment with IIlCln. home Ind flmU,. Ind economic II ~o r poralion, which OWIll the toob whleh freedol1l. I 111Il r"<'I'le , lao tbe Illtereit lined in tbe 10 day. of debate In the Senate wblch orj;'.nluo. 1,loor hll III Ihtl con_ ~ont r ld on Judge Parker, I. likely to go on deeorat the workman usel, mutuility of Iract. beelUIIe If It ... ~re uDlfCflllty .p. Ing the pagel or contemporary hl atory for dlallppc.ra il the workman \1 coereed by II!!ed Ind CRr rled to It, 10¥lcll ~on~h l llo " . cconomk preSftl,lre, and 18 I,Inproteeted by lin unlo" I$bor wOIIll1 he at III) .. nd In the /I dceade to como. In it. Is met, nil tho United I:ItIIH. .haping foren ot Ame.iean eivlllution a. orglnlzatlon of apprOK lmately the lamo "Uut o"er Ind Ibo"e 'nd heyOnd thele it now i •. .trenrth. It il thi. Inequality th.t the yel· IDle ...... 1.... lICf!ndiDg Ihem In IIn l)or. low do&, contrad aee.ka to perpetullte. to laoce. II the IUlereu ot the public. of tile Lobo, Itlle.• ntl of Ihe natlonll t:o '·ernmeul. eapltaliu, and to fa.ten on Indu.t.y In be· CID Ihe.e be '!I)·tblng of DIO", ('oncera 10 Capital half of the employer, which, .. Ju.tlee the III Ie. to Ihe 1I0~ernmenl. 10 th~ Ill,lbll c Ma ~hlne production Hrandel. lIyS, brin,. t he worker n .. r to eeIIHIIIJ'. Ihla Ibat ,,·),Ieb 18 cllelll'l~ d 10 UndermIne. ((Hlro,., or build up. 10 rtllder Co rporation ore.niaalion Involl,lntary .ervitude. fit or unfit for cltbeDlblp. men aD(( women Wace. Il It only when the worker It org4ni.. d who loll? II not the public. Ihe Uale. Ibe In • union, with hll right of eollective bar· IIltlonal I'OyernmeDI. Il)(e ...... "(\ III 'Irlk. AI theN vital raell Iro relBtl.'d to the gnlnlng protected by law. and by organbed Ing down ... eontur,. 10 public polle,. ... grnt, fundamental, and tradltlon.1 princi ,t Wit ",Itb tbe I)ubllc ",rlfare. all tbole , trenrth, that the unbalanced II redreued. o~c r ",arblng <'onlneta ",bleb rob tho... pin or American eovernment wbo work. of Ihe dl scl'I'llon. of Ihe Ube rlJ'. Simple I.. ue of cholee .. to bow thc), Ihali conduct Freedom of .peeeh tbemaelY(>I In long .. Ibf,. conduct Ibem· Frel.'dom of contract This I, the !imple luue which lie. behind H~IV('. ]lwfl,ll1J' In their l"tereUI? Property rights the yellow dog co ntract, the light on and " Tbe question of whet he' wl)rklnJ:;mrn mBy Ulocllto IIo ~ mHelveti ",lth thel rfrlendB rejection of Parkl.'r, and labor'l antl-inJl,lne or "'llb tbrl r fellow Ilb01"1' r, ...'II~ lb ~ . And 1& thue prindples In turn are tlon blJl. Sl,Ich employer, ' organlz.ationl al workh'It'II1(' '' ru.y ,1I~uu wit" rh ~ lr f~ l · Il'IlBrded and Inter pretl.'d by the U. S. Senllte the Lugue fo r Indl,lltrlal Righta and the tow men or I'O-ollenle with Ih~lr fellow ond U. S. Supreme Court. workmen a. to lOW tlory ,b,1t conduct Nlltionll Manufacture,.' Auocilltion contend their bUllnMI. I~ 1I0t II onltter "f Cl)ncer" that tho eorporation l ball havo the right 10 ulII"n lAbor ,lone. It I, " rURtte r ()t ~I)n Fire E nkindled ct'rn to Ih ~ II .... Ind 10 thc !fOye rnment of orl'anization, and the Individl,lal workman whlcb I. Inlerl'llM In malnlllning ud It i. no wondl.'r that lire i. kindled In Sen· no lueh risht. They wlah to keep the indi bulldlnll up Ib~ <,hln~le r and Ihe pbYlleal ate debate by thl. luue. Thll i. no dummy vidual worke r operating under the lime con· a ..d mo.al well-beln.: of lIa clll...... llu dltiolll of contrae! al obtnlned a eentl,l ry rna,. eonlraci. but tbe,. ...-111 r.ot eOlltr,et luue. It b no ml.' .e polltica! iuuo. It in IWly IhMe rlll'''ll ...'blc h "n.IHmlne or volvea the fundamentall of indultrlal dvil_ ait', and to Illow the eorporatlon the adv.n· deltrO,. Ihelr pby.ICI! Iud monl "·e\l· iution, and hal wrapJ)l.'d up in it all related t.,.e. of modern conditionl, modern aelence belD ..... que.tlon. and IIml. What action II taken Ind modern enlightenment. Ina.mueh IS the by Congrea., and .uhequently by the Su Ilw came Ol,lt of the realm of lhe old indl It il thla pl,lbll~ policy that I, destined to preme Court upon Cong.l.'ulonll netlon, il vld l,laUtm. It natl,lrally II In itaelf Individual· undergo chang.. dl,lring the next deeade. eolng 10 determine the rOlld down which I.tle. It tends to find legnl precedent. for Senator Borah IIIld In ending the Parker America i. to travel for yea .. 10 come. the old form of eonlraet, and .tnee theae deb.te: The luue la .Imple. thol,lgh coneellied. At precwenu are there, the legall,tie. the "In I II thl' dfOb .. e no &onltnr .... lolled one time, In the carly Itagn of Amerielln am.lI·mlnded juri.t, ~an render decillonl hll lip, b,. .lefen,lIn(l' Ihe Junlee of Ih.. lite, the individual workmlln bargaln~d wIth within the IlIw ravorlnil' the IIntiql,lllted eonlrnrt (yellow ,log). which II Inyo]ved the Individual employ~r. (the ycllow dog) eon t raet. It Wal thll thllt In Ihl, ~on lr ovenJ'. No Scr'Klor hPi un · J udre Parker did. II I, . In Wal the lin of denllren 10 III,. tioU It II Inund nr lou · J ohn Jonel OWn by thue amendment., and It can personnel director that the contract in· not be taken away. Libert)' of eon terreru with what he regard. .. an tract, Mr. Prnident, I. cUfLalled inalirnable rich! freely to a ..oel.te with and drcumacribed, .. everyone rul whomever he pleuu7 And if h ••hould iua, by the question of whether or rail by per,ullion, ean he poulbly hope not It i. in .reordanc. with lound to change hi. employer's attitude by public policy, whether It I, In tho holdin, out! EYery oJ"y it co~b IUII"OlY t ... Intern! of the public weUllire. or live Ind every daY'1 l.bor lost i. gone for whether it i. again., It. A railroad ever beyond recovery. There I. the Job, comllany can not conlrllct to oxempt together with III term.. TAke I t or leave Ihl'lf from liability beClluu, of Ih It lind go hungry. Of eour~o. ho take. it. negligence. Nobody would contend "To joble .. John Smith it don Hot oeeur that .. white-sl • .,,, contract would nt the time that he il con.enting to an ar· be .. "lid. There arc many contract. u.ngement whIch .... iLl render him Ilowerlen which havo been declared Invillid '" flv~r 1.0 in~l~t on better terms of employ· being against public policy. ngalnat ment. And If It doel occur to him, there. I. good morall, againlt the welfare of nothing he can do about it. the public. If the fl,ht of work "All thl. I. but another WI)' of .aylng Ingmen to be upon equality with that bdween the laflrl'i .. mplny.. r ~n'l Ih~ their employerll, 10 that they may unorganized worker, there i. such a iii •• cont rad in accordance with their p.rity and Inequality of bargilining power Interntl be not or publie concern that the talk of a contrac~ bet... en them I ean leareely Iml,ine anything sriling out of the free a ..ent of the two In tile Old D a ys, No W' G o ne, Indj"idual W orker that I .. 'I he .... orklnCmen of the re panica i. a. IIctitioul but not a. h.rmle .. Bar, a ine d W ith Individua l Employer . Ilublie hold the ballot; upon their II the old Mother Goole rhymes. inlelH,ence and tltne .. to exerdle "Smith'. reJec:ting the job mean. noth· Anti-Iodll eharacter of the Yellow Doll' Ihe franchi,e dependl in large menure the Ing to the X. Y. Z. Company. If Smith will Contraet; .ucceU ur uur .,;ov.,rnm.,nl, Ind anything not have it Brown will. To Smith, It mean • Abullfl or the injunction; .... hieh protects the dl;1.en and maintaina rent, food. dothing and Ichooling for hi. Publie stake in labor union •. hi, IItne.... a dti~en hi. phYllclI1 lind children. The employer can IItrorfl to walt or lueh deep ~iil'n[tlcance ...... thia debate, moral .... elr.re-can nol be olher th.n of until hi' terml are met. Smith can not '"' broad ...... it In applkatlon, ao widely great coneern to the entire public and to wall. 111 , employer knows ('ondltion.; participated in by eOnlervative and lib know. whether emplOl'ment I. plentiful eral Senaton. 10 fundamental that we or lurce; know .....hllt he wanu and are quoting seclion" bearing on these know. ho.... to get It. Important topics. " It i, extrllordinarll>' ~Imple lind eas), to inlert yellow dog contraell Into term. of employment. H employera Ihould be Yellow Dog Contract foolish enough to use them. rlnfl the eourh ~heuld enforce them by Injunc. tion. th~n the well·organized. reapon.l. Senator Borah, Idaho: ble trade unionism we h.ve known 1. "I have been dilculiing what We might doomed. Only underground. rebellious, call the technical validity of the con revolutionary, ...cre t Iluoelation w!ll trlct. or rather I hllve been clllllng lit· flourilh in Its piace. The injunction will lention to it. But the important part .i1ence th. voice or every responlible of thne calU II that In addition to the union oril'aniter. But the undfrttround contract they in.oke the Injunctive pro revolution II! wbo pa)'. littl ••ttentlon Celles of the court to IUltaln and pro· to law and lell to injunction. 1'1'11\ flour· tect and cnforee the contract. and that Ish like a IIreen bay tree." II the real inue In the controvenlY. Senator Norril, Nebr.~k.: They take thil contract, .Irned under th" condition, undcr which It .. signed. "AI I latd a .hlle .go. that the tourt. and invoke the equity power or the tourt Amerlc.o.- Inc.. hav. not befn f_ir to labor; that the to iuue an injunction thllt no human 'yellow dog' contrllct. in my judrment, I, In M odern Day" Ye llow Do, Con t ract Fore ... being may di~cu .. with him whether Or void. It b void for three rell.llonl: In.di.idua l W orle e r to Ba r , a in Wit h Or.anind not it is wrong for him to break it. I ""int, it II without any con.idHati ... ", 'repeat, we .re Iivin, In the 20th century! Corporation. Ifl(ond, it i. ligned under coercion: "Mr. Pre.ident. 1 eontend th1l1 thiB tOn· third, It vlolatn public polity. I admit, tract iB void. That m.y Beem preaumptu Mr. Prellden!. thllt thf court hal decided nll~ in view of the t~ct that a majority of other-wi!e. I am going to hav•• omethlng the Supreme Court have held otherwi!e. Senator Feu. Ohio: to lIy a little further on in recard to the But II a ju.tilleation for what T am .bout "The Senator Irom Idaho referre\1 It to uy and the .... ay 1 am going to Bay It to thl. contr&.et 111 being IOn uncon llIust ba borne in mlnfl thnl no u nllnimous .~lvlIl 'ye11ow dog' contrllct. but I have given it in many instances, and were starved out Senator Jones, Washington: as m)' conclusion, and it "eems to me it is because of this injunction. No lawyer dared the only conclusion that can be reached, to give them advice; no father or mother "Mr. President, let the Senator from that it i$ void. Even the able Senator from could advise a son or daughter. No grocery Idllho, a member of the Committee on the Rhode bland ( Mr. Uebert). while he advo_ man eould cany food to satisfythechildren's Judiciary of the Senate, prepare a bill tha t cated the confirmation ot Judge Parker in IIppetites. In Buch • hovel, Mr. President, will meet the Bit uation by changing the law a "ery able speech, was Cair enough and the broken-hearted mother clasps her moan as laid down by the Supreme Court, and honest enough to say to the Senate after ing, starving bnbe to her trembling bosom, have that committee report it to the Senate. he read the 'yellow dog' contract, that he where it BeiOks in vain to get food and No one will more cheerfully vote for it than would not sign BlOCh a contract, even it his sustenance from the shriveled and unfed 1. At any rate, let us not put the blame tamily were suffering (rom the want of breasu." upon Judge Pllrker. Let us not place upon food." Judge P arker the judicial blame, if there be any, which re~ts upon the Supreme Court Senator ShipBtead, Minnesota: Senator Ashurst, Arizona: aud which really rests upon Congren. "We heur constant statemenh and reiter "We have paned legislation prohibiting "In thb morning of the twentieth cen ation ot ~tatement8 that we must confine the iuuance of injunctions in certain casl!!I. tury, when mankind is asking fot a larger ouneh'l!!! to IlIw and we must confine If thllt is good. why can we not extend that degree of liberty, the yellow dog decision is ourselves tll ",hat the courts of law tell us. limitation? Why can we not emphasite that a rank injustice; it is an angry scar upon restriction? Wby can we not lay down the American jurisprudence. A capable judge, On the other hand, we seem to have lost Bight of the fact that when these injunctions I.w ourselve ~, the real, Icgisllllive body. aa a mall of great intellectual capacity, would to what the action shall Le with reference have said, 'Precedent or no precedent, I are issued they are not iuued in courh of la"·. They are issued by judges sitting in to thcse injunctions! The eourts construe shall be a milker of precedents and I shall couru of equity; and I have not the time and declare the law. We, at any rate, are never follow a precedent that would tend or duite this afternoon to go into the his supposed to make it. If the law should be to enslave men who are unable to help tory of the development of equity rourts in ehanged, we should do it and not depend themselves.' I thought we lought that out the United Statea. I hope before this de upon the rourt" to do it. a dec.de ago. I did not think th.t in this bate is through that some one else, better "Mr. Pre~ident, it i" claimed that there time. we would have to stand in the Senate qualified than I, will 40 .50; but, in view of should be more humanity in the courts. True and fight with stubborn courage to keep the statement", that have been made this enough! We can not have really too much s uch decision" from being galvanized into of it there. But what about humanizing existing I..... " afternoon, and with the indulgence of the Senlltor from Ohio, J should like to resd Congress, the legislative body, the law the definition of equity given by Lord making body or this Government? If hu Selden. manizing is ne.:essary, it should begin here Injunction Abuse "'Equity is a r oguish tbing. For law we in this body which helps to make the laws have a measure; we know what to trust to. and to legislate for the people of the country." Senator Norri$, NebrllBka: Equity is ac~ording to the conscience of him tbat is chancellor, snd as that is lnrger or Senator John ~o n, Califor nia: "Mr. President, mOst of the judge! who narrower, 80 is equity. 'Tis all one as if issue injunction~ IIgainst labor say, 'We are they should make the stllndard for the meas· "Mr . P resident, there ia in English prac in favor of union labor. We are in favor of ure a chancellor'a foot. W hat a n uncertain tice and jurisprudence little Or no use of or ganization of the workmen. We want them meaSUre would this be! One chancellor has the injunct ion in labor disputes. We ape to organite. They have a lawful right to a long foot, and another a short loot, a the E nglish in Borne things. We follow them organize.' But if you will follow their in third an indifferent loot: 'tis the same thing in others. They have bhued the trail in junctions you will find thnt lifter they are in a chancellor's conscience.' jurisprudence for us. Why not follow them organized they will not permit them, under "Ot course, one chan~ello r , Or a judge in this that they do in behalf of humanity those injunction., to do anything." sitting in equity, has one conscience; and in behalf or human association and hu· another judge haa another conscience; a man activitie~? "I do not believe it is possible, •• I look third one h .. an indilferent conscience. A "Tbrough the ages, sir , haa gone On the .t it, for any unbiased mind to see that court of equity is • court ot conscience; long contest for human rights. with ever a there is a possibility of rightfully is!luing auch lind when a judge has sat in cou rta of equity little pr ogress. Retrogreuion alone has an injllndion. nere is a man living in a for several years his conscience has been come in this country with thtl injundion's house and paying rent for it. The state law put to the test. I think the Senate must Ulil!. A few have e ver .5Ought control of the providea how you shall get him out. But decide whether Judge Parker acted in 'good many for the few', profit. I reecho the that law wu not expeditious enough to auit ~onscienee' when he iuued an injunction to words which Rumbold spoke upon the Kaf the coal company. They wa"t him to get Bust.in the ye\low dog contract." fold as he paid with his life his NlbelLion out today. but the law governing those eases against James Stuart. The drums were provided fo r a trial before a justice of the beaten to drown from the populace his voice, pellce, and eit'her side could appeal to the but rolling down the centuries has corne thi~ next higher court. This judge on the Fed_ sentence: eral bench iSllued an injunction reatraining "'I never will believe that Providence has flnybody from lurnishing an appeal bond. He sent a few men into the world ready, booted bsued an injunction rcstraining anybody and spurred to ride, and millions r eady, from supplying any money to pay tlttorney'a saddled and bridled, to be ridden.' fees or other legal expenses. He IIbsolutely "I never will believe that and neither deprived the de Cend3nts of the right to go directly nor indirectly to such a philosophy into the state court8, or to remain in the can I give my consent. Because of the atti atate "oura and defend what they claimed tude of Judge Parker in the Red Ja~ket to be their rights in the state courh, given "a~e, beca.use, among many other things, for to them by the IItate law. the reasons I have given, I could not vote "You would not have been allowed under on this occasion or any other for his con thllt injunction to take any food to those firmation as a Supreme Court judge." mineu' houses. A physician would have had no right to go there to wllit On the sick. I am not sure .. hether it was in this caSB, Public Stake In Labor but in a case of similar natun! if not thb one, a woman was confined in one of those houses, and there was no ~oal, there ,,'aa nO Senator Borah, Idaho: food. and people were enjoined from furni"h. ing food and coal. In a maHer entirely out "And. finally, we must weigh his concep side his jurisdiction, what right had a tion of human rights, for we an know that Federal judge to say that a citi~en of Penn the la ... takes on something of the heart "ylvania "hould not defend his rights to the and soul. as well as the intellect of those possession ot property in the courts of Pcnn who construe it." syl"ania! That i~ what "'all done. though. "Think of these families. in the dead of Senator Gillett, Massaehusetts : winter. living in hovels, where their friends ~The whole question of union contracts n,FF~,ltSON'S Tll t;O ltY OF lltJMAN could not come to see them. They could not RIGHTS STILL flEDEV I LS AL L CON and union labor deeply interesis certain get a scuttle of coal. They were starving S E I!VAT IVES (Continued on page 31 ~ ) 326 The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators June, 1930 COMMENT By PRESIDENT BROACH au simpl), must let people think: and fed as they The super-pure sicken me. \\,110 can live in a glass Y will. You can't stop them. Behind my desk: case? \Vho wants to? Enn the sun has its black hang these \\"ords: "They say---50 they S.lr. \Vell, let spots. \Vhat human hasn't? It's well to remember them say I" It's too cosily to spend hours tTying to this when you begin to judge anyone. argue men out of their ' moods, fancies an(1 whims. " 'hen I can't reasoll with men-when they insist on indulging in mental scraps-I refuse to argue. I would JUSt why are some local unions so weak, while others wear myself out and accomplish nothing. Reasoning are strong? In\"ariabl) I\'e found this: is the key to accomplishment. But to get Tt'SUitS, one 1. Too m3ny meetings--too long-which .. huYI must go through. Plan a mo\-e carefully, stud}ing and mean wungles and chewing matches. chttk.ing in advance en~rr detail. Then go ahead. But 2. Too many comminee--aoo m3ny "Cooks spoiling actually leave nothing to chance. Don't argue. Try the brOlh." Some unions are commilleed 10 de3th. to reason if you can. But go through. 1\ checl< hows thli.e 1.)(:al. which have no com· mittees ~t all, but do their uusine .. through their officers and agellts make the greatut headway. 3. Too many general_too many admirals want to "run thing~·'_too many tIOUU, grandstanders, C:\S)' to It's so for a man scatter his efforts. It's so and coachers on the sidelines. easy to undertake certain tasks-to make certain plan~ 4. Brol The old secretary who first saw need for the adding tht average man than to admit it. He'll admit it's machine is back in office. The one opposed to "scien possible to be wrong. Hut get him to admit he's actu tific bookkeeping" is no longer a member. ally wrong. T hat's the job. lie hates it_ i\ Jen have been shot rather than admit they were wrong. The easiest thing I know is to be \\Tong. The next The most difficult habit to form is acruracy. Try tn:.iest is to criticize or find fauh without knowing the it. It means labor, thought, inquiry, self-denial. It facts. The hardest thing is to be right. Outside of means keeping the mind ahead of the tongue. That's recognizing one is \\ rong, I know nothing harder for quite difficult. TO INSIDE LOCAL UNIONS OUR members are being boltled up. Their field But what arc you to do about it? You know it's Y for work is being narrowed. They are rapidly IIsdess to demand your top wage for this t}pe of work being re.tricted to new building work only. After -and then get little or none of it to do. Jt's like a they finish, then comes the c:lrpet-bagger, the ham fellow ill the middle of the ocean demanding his stringer and the paper "eleclrician." These are rapidly "Iights." 1I's harmful to ~tand by while )our members increasing. walk the .,treets-and while lion-union competitors are being created by the wholesale. This condition is Each time the construction wage scale ad\'ances steadil}' growing worse. jusd\ it is likely to mean less work for lOur members on operating, maintenance, shop and repair work in Face the facts. Get down to actualities. Show finished buildings, plants, ete. Not onlr do lOU lose: sense. Rid yourself of false pride. l\leet the condi this work-work that means steady jobs-but YOll get tion. Keep apace with the times. little of the alteration and conslruction work that fol I. Furnish competent men for this work at w~ge low~. This is Ihe resuit, because this work is harder ratu to lit the conditiont-not your duires. to COlli rol. 2. If you h!lve !I luge local-or birly so-then do as others h:n'e and form a cllus, or da~!es, com posed of competent men for this work with a The installation is about finished. The owner takes wage scale below the Clau "A" man. possession. He looks ove.r the electrical work. He 3. Show YO ll r members thcir activities sl/ould nM be confined strictly to new construction work. knows nothing about it. lie sees he must have mell 4. Don't adopt rules that will d.i,·e you OUi of the to operate, maintain and repair-:IIHI to do additional building or plant. T he mos t important thing is work he plans. He would like to hire one or more to get men on the work !lnd keep them Ihfr!!. 5. If you have a few lIIen in ~uch jobs at lOp wages of the lllen who made the installation-or other COIl1- -and you cannot get anywhere wi thoot offend Ilctelll men. ing or affecting them-then go ahead. It's better thaI these few complain selfishly to the hea"cns thall to let thousands of jobs go non-union. But the owner is shocked. H e is told he must pay 6. Hne a rep.ese n t~tive visit Ihe owner the minule the regular (:onstruction wage-not only fo r additional he takes possessiou or even before, aud offer thc wor1.::, but fo r his maintenance and repairs. He refuses servicu of men fully Inilled and 'Iualilied 10 operate, maintain and repair. Show the owner to do it. He feels such wages wQu ld cause discontent that $uch men CDn always go to those who made among his other employees. lie advertises-and rou the installation, for advice and help, if necessary. know the results. Show him that in the end it', cheaper and beller \0 h3\'e his revisions or additions done through a reputable contractor, with men and materials \0 The owner doesn't know. It costs him more in the keep his outlay up to par wilh the original job. end. E\'er}' experienced landlord knows it. The man Union Representatives must now possess the sales or men hired know little or- nothing about tht original Illanship to sell the services of their men on the basis installation. It takes them twice as long as our men of economr, Quality and service-the same as an)' other to do alterations or additions. They are not trained business institution that expects to be successful. mechanics. Cheap, inferior m,lIerials and workman ship are installed-and in a few years a highly efficient installation is ruined or has depreciated materially. 328 The J()JWllu.l nl Rlectrical Workers and Operators June, 1930 THE RESULTS Here ill the tabulated Rnd official vote on the propow.1 to amend the constitution, empowering the Inter national President to appoint a special Constitution Committee of Eleven to meet with him and the Secretary in Washington_ for the purpose oC amending, altering Rod r evising our ~on!\tit u tion to meet Il rclIcnt-duy necdlt- the revised constitution to go into full force and effect-after the committee has finished its work-upon notice to the local unionll. The proposal was adopted by a vote of the members of 39,581 to 5,405, counting locals, as slIch, the vote was 269 to 148. Even, 2. We have 648 locals. Only 419 tent in retur.... In some loeals, all the votes were unanimously for at o.gninst. In most o( the local. only a (ew-or a small percentage-of the members voted. For instance, locals sent in returns showing only 50 per cent of their members voting. In only two cases did the members vote evenly-or a tie vote. Below is 8 wble of locals, showing how the branches in the Brotherhood voted. When a majority of the members in a local voted "yes" on the proposal, this local is listed in the "yes" co lumn. If a majority of the members voted "no," then this local is listed in the "no" column : Yo. No Even Inside Locals ______100 41 Outside Locals ______2. 22 Railroad Loca ls ______35 8 Mixed Locals ______108 77 2 DETAILED VOTE Vot e VOle I" u. Location Clln ltlcltlon Yu NO I.. U. 1,<)Callo n CII ..ln catlon N, Dallu. 1'uu ______I "'lde ______51. Loul ~. JIIo.______I" ~ M I! ______6.'\0 ro , 2 St. LOlli. Mo.______O!l! ' lole l AO l;'OtlD"6tO"'n, Ohlo_. ______l n ~ hl~ ______9~ .. Iluttl!, ~ l o nl . ______Out ~ ld e ______:I Kew Yo.1< Clt,. ______ln lltll! ______1.222 4 New Orl ~a " •. I,a ,______M IlL"I"Okl ne. W IlIl . __• _____ I nlll1e ______, .," !l Chl('"ftll"o. 1II. ______0,,1 ' l June, 1930 The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators 329 \ '011" " ole I•. l'. Location CI... Uleatlon Yl'tI:o;'o YK 117 EIIIIII, 1II. ______~\HJ;e(\ ______~ "' AIl,.:u~ t~ . • 1::1 GQ. ______MlxN\ ______Il , ", 12:! (lrellt Ilalll, MOll t . ______MlxNl 3 1 8 ", I ~I Kllllua City, l\.Io. ______l n.hle ______308 !.!4 l:!:i P"rtl"ull. f)N'&'. ______()ut'lde ______M1 8 IZT Keno.h. WI •. ______lo$l 330 The Jow'Ilal of Electrical 1Vorkers and Operators June,1930 Vote L. U. l.(leltlon C".IIIUtion Yet No I •• U. I.o('ltlon ClaQlllelllon on S.n lll'rnltdino uUr. ___lllxed _____ ,I(I !lo"'ton. TeJ"u In ~l<1.. _•••• • _. 79 DeI)u mont, TenL____ ._~ IIJll'd • ______.. u.o~ton. M.... _. ______l llxt'd ____ .._ 00 21 2 ,17 JaekllOn, MI ... ______I ',.ldl' ______" "".so n, MauchHtl'"t. oS 1I. _____ ln.llI.. __ ~._... ~I I ndlana\,olll, Ind. ______111 11<11' WI, "8 Co~(laRiI. N. y .____ ~_.llb ed _. ____••• '" 'l'aeoma, Wuh. ______Out'lde ____ _ '" n . \\'1I)·Ul'". I n". _~ ______Onlsld .. _ • __ ~~ ., l lrtd):~ll'lrl. Mh: ~ d " '" Conn. ______'" T~.r~ IIK!lt ~. I nd. ____ ~_. ___ ln.ld" 21 III .h l ~ '" '00 ('I'lltulfa, 111. _. ______, '" Ft. I.llndnd.le. FI •• __._ .. Mh:ed ._•• ___ 4 , '" MOnlN'ftl. THE CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE IIere are the t I mcmbus of the special Constitution Committee. T hey will com'ene in \ Vashinglon shortly. An honest droT! has been made 10 draw them from all territory covered by the Brotherhood. a5 nearly as could be done-in the selection of II men-:lnd considering all other matlcr~. Each district-willI Canada-is represented. The}, are imdligent----e'\:perienttd. competent. acti\'e-and come from local unions getting rc ('o n ~idu them birlr-kllow the f:tc ls.-and then throw your rocks-if you feci you should: I. CECIL l\ 1. SHAW. Finanei;.! Secretary, I n~ide Local No. 353, Toronto, O nt., Canada. 2. C"ARLES AI. F EII)HR, Recording Secretary and Business Agent, Outside Local No. 18, Cos Angelcs, Calif. 3. II ARRY BRIOAF-RTS, nu~iness Agent, Inside Local No. 6, San Francisco, Calif. 4. B. E. SnsTHR, Businc. Agent. I nliide Local No. 347, Dc on the Chica~o, l\ l ilwauktt. SI. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Railroad Local 1'0. 886, l\ lin· neapolis, l\ linn. 6, IRWI~ K:-OTT. B usil1e~) Agent, Outside Local No, 9, Chicago, ilL 7, FRAX": \VH,SOl\', Preloidt"nt, Inside Local No. 3, New York Cit}'. 8. T . L. EI.I}/llt, B u~int·~~ Aj!;c ll t ann Financial Sccre· la ry, l\l ixen Local No, 84, Atlanta, G a. 9. JOIlN BRAO/,fY, Prhident, In~ide Local No.5, Pittsburgh, I)a. 10. JO I-l S' j. REGAN. Financial St'Cretar}" Inside Loc;il No. 103, Iloston, i\ lass. 11. LoUIS J"I'GRA'I, QUhide Local No. 156, Fort \Vorth, Texas. 332 The Journal of Elect1'icaL Workers and Operators June, 1930 Senators Felicitated By Secretary Bugniazet HOUGH there hll\'c been attempts ihe new, lie hud recorded in glowing colors among certllin newspapeu to disguise Clear-cut Inue of huma n va. the diHcovcriu Bnd progrcS$ of thl! age T the iuue in the defcl1t of Judge how n BtruggJing inh.n~ had grown to be Parker, during the weeks intervening, most property rights, a nd a victory for B giant Ilud given it~ name to the century j ...... rr".J 1I {rllnkly concede thllt It waa II. traditional Americanism mean a the age of oleetrie;t)'. "labor [uue" that dolcated the North Caro "With the introduction of thi, new and linian, The "[abor luue" proved to be, increased morale for progresaive Bubtle force-hllrmlcu when handled prop however, no lllien luue, but the old str ug a nd l ~ bor forces. erly, but mOTe terrible than the thunder gle as between property and human righh. bolh of Jove in the hnnds of unBkil10d men Secretllry Bugnia.et oent u lott\lr of con_ --one would natuTally suppuse that the men gratulation t o each one o! the 41 Senators who have to deal with i t would til! well who voted against Judge Pllrker . A speci Norris, Ncbraska. Schnll, Minnesota. paid for their work. But alII'! the men men letter follows: Nyc, N. Dakota. Ste[wer, Oregon. who hnve carried the t olograph lines {rom PIne, Oklahoma. Vandenberg, ocoan to ocean, who wove the web of tele " Dear ~lr, Senator : Robinson, Indiana. Michigan. phono wire~ in every city and town, who " I have followed with Cl HE !-i.tioul City a.nk, larReot ill the .I,llh7 \0 "lIquld.te labor" hlU bog til .. hu.ln.· ... I .... d~n. Iud pO.iuon that conotruttion wa. 110'" In ril tradesmen by National City Bank 11",1. ("r"",II,loo* r ..,,, ..,,, 111 ","""'01, 111. .-" .....k~ h • ..,J"n~.... ,,'('11 U In l,raNleal IIfr, ing t.."au.", of "the .elath-el)· hleh ~o t of i. found to be based on doubtful h.H' "r"'l1 bo~'11 mad" tI'''" loy 011",· ...101;' Ib .. lobor." It ~ald; """""1'" u... ·• "r •• hwlrh·.1 ,·rr",,:" reasoning.. Building cosb have "\\'h7 Iiii' ".Il""al ('117 U."k .hoult! ".nI In j"lr. Ib,' .,,1,' ,,( ''''"n"",I(' 1IL11 ..... '~~ 111 •• 1 ")I{'lIl1on I, f"·Qul'1ltl,. nlatle of "n~ ntll(·r fallen, not risen, a s bank implies. ",,·•• lIu!:, Ih" Ol'i' .. ~lt .. II IIIUn: Ihnll w" "lIn UN ...... ,.,t to Il full n-,,,iRI •• lon cor liulhU"1t ~.",. R(·,t ..ltr, ".mO'I)·. Ih" .t'lnlt,-,·Ir hll:b ""~I "t lahu.. 'The F,·o,lt·,al 1I""':""e 1J~lIk "f :-; ..... \'u.k·, In.IO'% "r "-.I;~' III Ihe hult.lln); tr•• Io,. LAying uide for a mornellt the ar",ument tn. F "b.,,~ry 010(111 nt ~+::. un Ih., hule IIf Tllat In •• tift. 1..... 11 tQk~n In Ilrolnll.l{,·d II"em that hi"h wigu Arl! ust'ntinl to pro~perit}', 1\113 a, tOU. whlrll rllllll'"r.·~ wllh :!33 In ~','h ployment_ Ir JII!.lre wert' ,1",)1' 1"1,,, •• wage' let UI narnine the p"silion of the bunk on ru~.)·. I!I~~~. MIIII I, Ih" hl!l'I,,·~t HH ,,·n"'... 01 w"lIhl I>{' In"r'''H~,I, "01 1,,".· ..',1 \Irdnwhl!\" a "'1'0" ",1""11 out till ~IQ"'II ~.:; "In Ibe ~N· ... nd I.hle~. 'Hnl".·.. \\'ollid J.,e lite 'IU".tioh of building co.U. If waKU lIy IiiI' Anwrlenu ~','dCflllloll of 1."lIu. In,ll hurt b)' 1\ "·oIu.'cl,,n In """,". Ih'II' WhAI nre e~orbHnnl, it i~ rNlMOnab!e 10 belicI'e raIn IhM ~:! 1'1" "1'111 of hB 1IWrIIl",.M "TlI;AII,',1 l'reHhh'lIt 1I'1"¥"". ~'onllllln('\' \11' 1(",','111 I';,·,,· total t.ullding eo~ t s wo,,!d mount. Two in_ I" • Ii,' hullill"", I.uti'·. ""'re IIl1elt'I.loJ,·,1 I" nomic el<''''II''' H8ya IltJUUI Ih~ ""I",'~"loli of ~Ir'fl'h Ip. <'lllllhlliry 11';II'U). 4:/ 1','r rNH III BI';I : tlcxCl, lupplied loy Ihe rC8cIITch depnrtment. ~·,·h.'I/I.,\' OI,ul ;11 1'''. (·,·"t III ~IHr,'h ',f l\I~~I "'1"0' a ti!Jl(, It wKil hu,d 10 1:"1 111\'11 ",,(JUII'II, AmcriCliu Federation uf L .. loo • • Indicnte Ihl" A t.~'111I1!' p •• ·.·RIt~ Ihal III "lew or Iii" jlN"·,,,1 ,·'·I'n 11\ dH11I1I .a"'.. Wil en 1,,1"1'1 f .. 11 pre· 1'·lId~.H'.'· (If t".IM IIl1d 1,.lr,·•• ,aoll' 11,,110111111' ri " lwu.ly 111 W~'O 111'; 1 RII.I 111"'"1 111"),111<'1>1 WI,. bll!Jdlng cOBta hnve {nlien, hnve continuell tull)' 1101 tl~ " n.~I-fla~. 11l"~.!UJ('''t fl! the rl(~, III,> ""JIliN" I" IIIMI., "" WUII'l' .~,IIH'tlon8 10 fail In the ver}' months of which the ,.r<"~111 Illlw." ~"""'I'ol tu hR'-" (',mH'. niH Ih\.' Irl"l~ uulUIi. "CI'Hl'd .1 ...·11""11_ f<·~I~I .. urc, . 1 ,,~tJll<' IIII' IIUIII r-;III;onll City Bank 5llClIka. AL that time Ihi. JOI'RSAL repU"d to the her of th.· ','11>I ... rl.I1)· Itll.·. ,'11,'1. r"_I~IUlJce wu II,ure .,fI'('('II,'(' III~n II w"ultl 11ft .... "t~'n banl.: eeonomlltl sa follo ..·,: ha.1 nut Iht' It'u''lh ur 1'0IH.Llt'"n h'''-'II re 1I1lildi ng: Co.o l ~ lard.", f"r ~""'~ p'Rr.. "Juo 1•• Ir, .. .., I~bo, wt' .... cut. \0 I".. ~Il"'. bllt U"I ('UI .. 11I1I('h 'IS • lI ~r(' , •• IIU ....I<- .. hu. dlr('o('l ~I'I .... I ror a Compiled by the AJllerican _~pprai~ll r,~hH'II"n In .... ,:< .• , It ,,·m ,,... u ...• .. 10)' c"'r1 Iht' 1,.Ir,," flf (',,"alltlll"" l:utHI" Ih·"'... •• wh .. " ~1II11J IIIlnd",1 "" ... In th.. ",muir" II~ ~tI """n"'-' t'IIII) O,'oH'''' I".... rn~ toll' •• I>I,· rull 1I:'IIn ('ompln),. ba~ed upon msteri.l And IAhor rb. oucll • rf'.hu·II,,", And Ih'·r,· 1M no ,~.". I""-"'~ tlw <'I"",' "t 1tC.!. "".11'" ,·.rll<'rl fOlllld cUlli llrevailing in th(' l!lIiled ~:IIt' •. ,".. w,,<,lr ... In 1,,,,,,,,·,,,,I(ln tor rt'lIIl""lr 1"1:" """,i(' ,·",·u .... fur tlw I'"IUI "f ,·1",,· II I. 1Ii-ei.:hled .crordio!: \0 (o.t II, reeutage. ,It' I. w,lr" """~III"nlll I. nl l.nr"·".~ln,, II-'.,,-,'r "b~n the .'<'<",,,ml(' ItI ... n_ IU:... of • 1I ...... d ,,,'u~urnH.· UII.!;'·' I~'I:'III It, "'11 till' ft ... 1,1.".. IIIIK" 11.1 .I ..... "!) tIL"1I .(',.",Inu,~' "n • ~;';" 3;:!1 • 1111~" I."" 1 ... ,,11 ,.t.Io .1"1'" 1"11, 11'I,pa •. 1:"'1"") ..... tll_.. ~rt'd Ih.t chi. III - 1928 1929 ~ ,,,. 1'15 1916 1917 19 18 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 19'2~ 1926 1927 • ". 250 m '" 20. h 100 ~ '-F'-t--.. / 17. '" II l., 150 "0 / II )25 / V - ABERTHAW INDEX - - 01"- - COST OF BUILDING - ABERTHAW COMPANV - ,.0 1/ SASE - - BOSTOH ASS. - TIn: "III:X ,toS~: "11 .!r! I' .11.'1·AI(\·. IWE t·IIIIWt.Y '1'0 A~ 1:'>(,ln~.\);I': ,"" an ('E,\1'); ,\ 1I_\llIn:1. I'\' Tln~ 1'IU"~: (\F ,'EIIE:'>T H\' 1.1'111 1. 1 I'" JI\I) Ill·:('t.I:'>L>11 TO 'NI. AS 1:'>11,(',\1',-:[J 11\' TIIl-; I:'>IH;I) I. I.' \', (I:'>' Tllt: ~' I I \11'1' TIn; .\1l~;lt1'I I.\W IX!>.::': III t'(J~lI ' IISUI 1'11011 IUX'lIltl)!! {IF ,\('TLI!. J:l'll.IJI:-;U l'Pi!TS U:' \\'(JILI, 1'11:'1:: In' T IL E _IlH:ltTII.\W t:O:-;Sl'ltn'1'II):-; I·"~II'.\:'\ 331 The JOllrl1al of Electrical Jl!ol'kel·.~ (lnd Operators Junc, 1930 Dial Telephones Cause Furore Washington HE B.,ll Telcl)hone ConWllny has justly if they do not, that Coagreu will ennct II won the roputation of using nstut.. neu Long pre paration of Bell to lnw to k(!.:op the diltl system out of the Di$ T in itl relation to the publlc. Of all the triet (If (.;olumb,a . big utili~y eompnnio!s. it ilion!! hu escaped install automatic system fails to "The Vite I're$ldent. The question i ~ on IIny kind o{ public rCl:"ulntion. It prefers. head-off bitter publi ~ proteat. ngrecing to the resolution. indirerlly. to go through the federal courts. "The resolution was "Il"rced to. wh.... e It ~eek~ rate ,I(ljustlllcnt, nnd it haB Subscribers a re privy to sche me "Tl .., I""c"",lolu "u~ "l>n.:"t1 (u." bc~n ~ ucee sR ful, hietory shows, in Mendily to increase profits at the ir ex At once the j,rcu of Wll$hingtoll came to pushinR: Tlilet upwnrd. It now hilS begun a pense. The Senate and House the aid of the telophone compnlly. They I'nmllllign to mecl\ll.ni~e telephone eKchnnge~. henped ritlieull' upon tha heads of the Senatl'. j"",l..HJj"1> l),~ "tiUonal ""pitl\!. For 0"". oust dials. 11retelldinll' that th~ Sen,.tou did not have two years preparations have been mnde enough intellh;ence to opcrHtc. the dill!. They in Wnshington to CU t OVer to the automatic contended that the Sennte WIIS ob&tructlnl: fiyM em. The ch,ulge Came in MIlY. At Ihllt progress. et~., etc. Deepile this. protest con of the enlplo)'c~·~ of the telephone COm l'''ny timr th~ Cju~tion nro~e, whllt will We do "~ii' h tinued. Hotels c!lIimed dials hurt bu~ine'$. without ~ompenSlltion. the Whiti:' IiOllSe! The Btory of the solution Even Mellon tound tllals A I\UiRnncl'!. ",\Ir. Ashurst. Mr. Prollidcnt. I congratu· of this problem WIU cu rried in the Eu:c late the Senator on the moderation of TIlle,,!, WOII"EII~' Joun"'''I, for May: the IBngunge he employs in I penkinl( of the "We hnv~ Mill rflpt~lI t (!dly that in~ll'Iliution Finds Noises Make Stomachs OT ~h(' I",.. t inte.ellinR a,peu-and plo)'ee~ to make ever)' re ...onlllie errort to to regulate commHfe in reapect to In· pl'rhUpR of more far-reaching impor enter into and maintaIn IIgrl!ernenli con· du~trial relations: N lllnc\' of lht' r('cent deci.ion of the cerninJ!" rates of I,a)" rulea and working '·We entertain no doubt of the eonnitu· C. S. Sup'l'me Court In the ramous Clerks' condition., and to .e\tle 4b~I'ull'. with all tionlll lIuthority or ('onl(rl''' to en.ct the CIISI' (Tell" an,l New Orl('Rnt Railroad "~So f'1I:pf'dition in conferfnce bl't"een author· r!Tohibition, The 1'0"l'r to reguilite com· Brotherhood of Railway lind Steamship merce i. IhO'! power to enlct 'all 'ppropriate i~ed tepre"entll;"e., but lidded thi. di.t;nft (lrrk., dt'chied \Iay 2111 II thtl de('r~'1 bear· legillaHon' ror III 'protection and advance. prohibition II/"aln_t coprch·c ml''''Ute~. Thi~ llll!; on tht' vital quco.tion of the .... llItion ment' (The Dlniel 8all, 10 Willi. 657, 56-H: addition can not be Irut... ' a ,ul... rnuou~ of Ihl' SupTt'me Court to Congn"" It has to Idopt ml'uurea 'to promote ill jl.'ro,,·th and bt>en '('IIf-RUllly cha1"gl'd In ('ongl't'u ami or in~ilrllilicant, or III Intend",,1 to he ... ith in.ure ita .. fety· (County of :'Ioblle v. K.n._ out. th"t thl' hh:hut tribunal hn repeated (lui elfe('t." ball, 10'1 U', S, 691. (,97): to ·r.,.,.ler. pmt""t. ly nullified the 1" •• of Congreu. thereb)' The eourt 11'01" further. It rule' that control and reatr.in' (Seeond t:mployefl'l.Il1- l"klnle oy(". \l'gisiAlivt' IlOwen neVfr intended ('on(l:tess hal the eon~tltut!onal nuthorit)· bilit)" Caaes. 223, t'. S. I. Hl. Exerci,!nj( tn be IC"Tant('d by the ('onltltu- thia luthoril)', Conlrreu may fl lion. rOT In,tnllre, It hall bl'''" cilltate the Imieabl/:' aettlena'nh pointed nut thllt the Clnyton A,'! of di~ l .utes which thrt-Ilten the definitely exempted lnbor Un;(l1I1 servke oC the " t'ceuafY n,,~nd(l~ f rom the npplkntiol1 or nnU- Skeleton of Decision Undermining Gr Inteutnte l rnnsportntion, In trust JnwI, nnd yl't the plair, shnplng iu lell'lalntilln to thh lnnKUIII/;" of th ... Rct hn rH'V(" Company Unionism end. C'onj(reRs wn. clltltled to deterred the iuunnce or lnjun~· take ",oKnizance of actual condi_ tions agalnll lllber on th~ Jl:round " Freedo m of c hoice In th,' "election o r r.IIT nt'nl ll lh·..,. tiona and to addren Itaelf to of reltraint of trade, on each s ide of the dl ~ IIul e I. Ihl' en.. nr l.1 fo undilion practicable mellluru. Thf 11'j(_I. Now It came about that Con of t he atatutory ~.., h e m ., All t h .. proc.. .. dlng:. looidn ll it)" of collectl\·p a('tlon on the to Imlcabl" ad J u ~ lm e nt l a nd 10 ."reeme nll fo r arhltrl. jl;ru. pa~ud the Railway Labor part of emplo)'ee~ In order to tion of diaput ... , the enUre pol le) of th• ..,1. mUli t Act, on llay 20. 1921'1. Th.t a..,1 lafeguard their proper Intere~tl delMnd for I U C~. on Ihe unc:oe rced .ction of elch upre.. ly and dlrutly Itated il not to be di.puted, It h'l pari)' Ihrou, h It a o"'n re pruenlal;" •• to Ih. end t hai "Rl!'prelentatlvu, for the pur Inng been recoKnlud lhat em . , reeme nta saUl facto ry to bolh ml} bf' reached I nd Ihe POltli of thll .ct, Ihllt be duiJ ploy"" are entith,d to olltlnize peace U5enU. l t o the unlnle rtllpl .. d ~e n'lce of Ihe In n.tl!'I11 of Ity o( Con J rUII 10 enlCI Ihl' prn hlhlt l ..n , T he po"·er 10 on le"illlllive Ind ... onat itutlonal ehoiee. Thua the prohihltlon by rego ill te w mmetfe la t h ~ po... e r to . n.cl 'III al.pro pri ground_. It loul/:ht to II't UI' a ("onll'tnl of Interferenee with Ole l e gi ~ lalion ' fo r It l 'protectlon . "d I dv.nceme nt' company union, It Wlt8 deterred Ihe Iflection of repre'entJltlves (The Dllnlel RIIII , 16 Will, 557, 56 ~ ): 10 I dopl mellA o r .... throuj('h court Injunction ~ecure41 for the purpose of negotilltilln 'to promo te Itlll',o... lh Ind In l ure II I MII fet )' (Cnulll)' or by the ral1 ... ay clerk. from doinj(' and ... onferen ... 1' between emnlo),_ Mo bile ,'. Klmha ll , 102 11, S. 69 1. 696, 697): to 'f o ~ t~ r , 10. Two lowu courtl ,ultllined eu lind empIGy<,u, in,tf'ad of protect, contro l and re_lrlll,,' (S .. fond };mlllo}'eu ' Un the derlu. Wh~n uked to rule beim: an invulon of th~ conatl. hillty Cues. 223 U, S, 1, 47). t:tu dHl ng Ihls l utho rll ). in Ihue decillonl, the U. S_ tutionnl riRht of eithpr. u hn_.d CongreBl m"y rlcilltn te Ihe . mlcabl. Mltle me ntl o r Supreme Court laM: on the r«OJ;nltion of the rl ..ht~ d l~ pul e. "' hic h threlte n I he II! rvlct Ihe nf'C('l8.r) I, thul IIpparl'nt that Con or of both." "It IgenTies of int .... tale Irlnl!'IKl rtltlon. In li ha plng il8 Kren. In the 1I'I(IIIIItion of 1926, The def'islon hl~ broul{ht II leglsl.tion t o thie end, C"nl' r ~tII ..... e nt itled 10 take while I'l.boratlnp: I plln for I:"re/lt dul or enCOUfllr~m{'nt 10 OOlfll i1.anCe of act u. l conditlo na and 10 .ddreu it.elf amicable adjultmenu and "01· or~nited lal\or. Thll I_ th. flr>!1 10 prll'IIl'.ble mell.llurt1l.. M untary arbitr.tlon of dilpute~ fII~e that directlv Involved rom· bet"el'n eommon e.rrlerl Ind -- P.nl' unlon~, The Ne.... York "Th. l~plit}' o f collN:l h·e action On the part of .m their employeel, thoultht it ne... · World on the mornlnlr (ollo"inll: plo}-ees In o rde r to .a f ~ u a rd th.l .. proper Int.rftlu Is n~.ry to imp.,..e. and did im· the dffilion laid, "Thll r.,Ii .... not to be di!l puted, It h .. lo nl( b .... n r.coltn h,ed thlt poae, ... eruln d~lInite oblil(1ltlonl virtullh' lound. the dl'"h knl'lI .. mploy_s .~ . ntltlt'CI 10 o r p nl ~e fo r Ihe pur '-~ of enforcubl. by Judicial proceed· I",!urlng t he redre .. of ... I('v." ...... nd 10 I,rllmole of rompany unionl 10 rar "" thl' Inp. The quutlon before ua is rail roldl arl' ... on('ern~d, .nd it ag r e~ m f' n t" ... ith e mploye"1 ref. llnl' to rat ... of pay whether a le\:"ll obllll'lItlon of will undoubtedly IIIffft Ihp;r a nd conditio nl of work, America n S le .. 1 ~' oundrln ' .. thi, 80rt 18 alao to ho found In 'tlltU~ Ind;r~lly .. Ise ... her('. Th~ Tri-Clt y Centrft l"r. dt Council, 251 ll. S, lSI, 209, Con the provldona of lubdivblon right of labor. in 411'1111"11: with g-r f'1Io! ".1lI! nOI rcqulr.. d 10 Il'nore Ihlft Tl lr hl of Ih .. third oC Rectlon 2 of the /l"t e mllloy .... 11 but ... nuld MII fel'ulrd it lind M., .. k to milk .. II~ emplll)'ers, to b~ repr"~entl' d h)' IIlrentR of ill oWn frfP rhoo,. providing thAt 'Rel'resentntivu, th.,;r a lllITOpriale coll"'!tl 'f adlun a n In li lromf' nl of ro r the purposel of thla /lCI, In\l: hu heen Ilrenll'thenl'd 1111_ peace ratite r Ihl n o r III rife, Such w ll .. ct l",o action "'ould 8hll1l be dull(nllied hy the r/! be a moc ke r), If re pre8cnillt ion ... ere ml de fUllle b)' m~n~urably." ~Pf!ctiv. partlea • 0 • with. Inte rfe r .. ncl!t' " 'lth fre«lom or ... holce. ThO R the I.rohl· The deeis;on of the fourt ... o ut Interferenfe. Influence. or bit ion b}' ConlO" e1!41 of Intt' rft'r.. n c~ ... llh the .elecHon unanimoue. Chi~r JUl t !~~ lIuR:he. coercion e1l:erclnd h)' either of re prellentlt h·"1 for the I)UfpU lM! of n"lUlllllon . nd rendered the dfci~ion_ The un· party over the 11!1r_Orl."1Inblltlon oonf~ ..... nce bel"'l!fl n e mplo }~f111 li nd e mlllo)'I'I''', l" II I.ld equivoelll bllcklng of ('onl::rl"~ o r dnignaUon of reprnenilltl\'el o r ""1"1f a n In ...~ lon of Ih .. ro n ~ tltu tlo n a l rlghl o r by the ('ourt mlY hav. ('on_M by the oth.r.· ell her, ...." bued on the reeo&'nlt1on the rla: hte of erable be.rinK on ('on4l:reoa' " It \a at onc. to b. observ"d or bolh." power 10 limit the Injunction In that Congn .. Will not ... ontent with the IJcn .... al decllratlon of labor disput .... - the comin, t he dut)' of carrie,. and em· Itrunle nO,.. fo reellt. 336 The JounUJl of Electrical lI'orkeJ's and Operatal's June, 1930 Meditation on Perp e t uatio n of D ivine Ri g ht By CHAS. P. FORD. Chairman. I nlernational ExecutiL'e Council HE I hl"P ..d C'}'nk who Rid, "We learn not ('On sider s uch cont rol 10 be by Di.·;ne b iBto rically performed, with new and added from histor)' thl mankind learn. noth Right; there is not complet e e"idenre Iha t ohj«tive.l. T Ing {rom hi story" mUAt have bad the they do not look eaeh morning to He if EJ:perience show. UI that there are men plight of the laboring people in mind. For it wing! have s prouted, Their ('Onduet and t we AU ume the)' clau them!eh'ea a. Chri. II PlM'ars that all the mistakes of the put, auitude t The abo"e i. quoted Irom a letter Hnt nearly three dK'adel _RO by Geo~e Baer. _ foal ba ron and rai1rotlld maltnate, to a person who appealed to Mr. Baer in the name of human justice .nd reliRion to UR hi. gnat ihnuene'e and flnandal pOwer to bring about a setllement of the gnat a nthradte <'OAI ~ trike thllt had the' nation in ('haos at the time, It il not dilt\('ult to picture the ('1)ndition of the great man o( people in \hi. ('1)untry today h.d the wo.kinR people literally fol. lo .... ed the view. expre... ed by Divine·Right Bier. namely that their "rights and inter e!!t~" would be protected and <"a.ed for "by the Chriltian men to whom God in Hi l infin ite wisdom hu given ('iIntrol of the prop erly interest. of lhe ('Ountry," If God in hi. infinite wi8dom hu tu rned the control of property interuU of th~ coun try over ta eert sin outstanding Christiau it il obvioul that thele out~tanding Chri.'ians have an entirely different conception of the tenchlng. of Chrin from whAt the lowly, common man of people hll,'e, Conceded by Coneen 'atl .. ", There were a lullleient number of workinll:' men who did not show "ny great faith in The "Chrini.n men" who e)aimed "God in His infinite .... isdom hsd given eontroi of the properly intel'tlu of the ('Ountry" to them. rather the poor misguided worken appeared to plare more tonlldence and faith in the "labor Itl:itaton," and in place of disesrlline th.,ir trade union, they continued to build and .trengthen It; and by this p~ they not only improved their own economic 5latU. and ('re.ted better living lI.ndard•. but im pro"ed the general et'onomic . ituation of the entire commercial and induurial life of the nation, This is admitted e,'en by COh$trva ti"e men and women, rn Iheir mOTe lucid moment.. It i~ evident thllt the lllboring men and women u&ed good judgment, for I( there ex il ll Itny evlden(e that theoe to_ealled "Christian men" of more than a quarter of " ~entury ago Illid down any fundlln,enlal principles 10 pro~t the righ~ nnd interest.s of the real wealth producer. of this nlltion, ~ uch rules have ~n overlooked or forgotten b)' those to whom, lIecording to Mr. Ba ~ r. God had entrusted the worken' bread aod buner. Tho.e eontrolllng the properly in O.\'Cf; A UOl·I(I.IO.\' ALWAYS A 110[' 11110:-', ,\ ~('E:- F. OL'T 0.' A.\' 01.0 BOOK \lE['[\,T_ terestl of the cOllntry today lUay Or may 1;>;(; ,\II IW(:A;>;(.'E 01,' 1.I0l' \(tW.\' {,ASTE June. 1990 The JouI'nal of Electrical Workers (lnd Operators 337 Arithme ti c Turn e d Into Bullets and Bread By F. C BANDEL, Blllincu Rcprcscntofit.'t: of L. U. No. 28 OR quitt' a numher of )' .... r. Lonl tion. The forego:ng Se"lion :':0. 66. how_ L'nion No. ~. I. B. t: \\ , continued to How one local uruon keeps an .,I·er, pro"ed to be Ih" fOllnd.llon for le F do bu .• ine... alon!!, till' umt' lIal,haunl curIng our statistics. Wilh this OJ a line~ tllat were tllllr.ctl'ri~ti(' Olf tile Iver' accurate statistical record of its ~tlrtintr point. wt' imml'dilll'ly alarted to Ige lllbor orKlnl:uHion. WI' knew nothin!! operations and makes it pay is .... rch Iruund for other information that or thl' urnlnw- of our mt'mb('T.llip. les~ here told with clarity. This is a n when u.ed In c()njunNion with tht' Ih::uru Ibout thf' Hn~"n .. 1 c,nployment, the permIt wp cuuld Ifet from the time ... rdl would vlIluea uf building', 1'0It of livinf,t. I'lIlue of article of transcendent impor t keep 1,11 IJTeU)' wt'll posted on lhe pro"rell the doilir. rompcn~"ted WIlf,tf' rnt<'. ex ance to e lec trical workers, thnt ... e wnll enj())·ing. We fountl tll"t for IlrC~"~d In huyln\: power, lInd l~.t hut by th l' IIsking.... hicll is refill)' cheap. we could 110 mentll I~ ... t WI' ,lid not knuw. \'~c"lll b.1 leeure {rom the United Statu ])ep"rtmellt ,ud,we in d ir"tlon8. whethrr WI' II I an or of Lu bur th e index figurcs on th~ cost or g/ll1l~ntinu w .. re mnklng lin)' "r"gr,"s or ~~. I. lI. of E. W .• ft hall ,,~ furniMlWII with livin.c in ()II' l()cality. fr()m ()ur cit)' lIov h"IHliull' in thl' olher d irection. The war (',ud. addrc~sed I .. th" local. nnd 10 prJnl!"! ernment the tOlu l amount ()f mono'), ex hnd cume IIIHI fConl' without thc orll'lInizn ". tu makc it euy fur the mel"bl'r to sub pe"ded for building in IIny Olle yenr. and lio., lurninj:' II Il'rcllt IImount In the diret'· mit a weekly limll .e/lort to the orllllni".. frurn t h l'~e ~Cflllin combined figures could tion of mt' .. tinK rundition, broullht IIbout li"n, Ihowing th .. number of huu .. wOlked lot' obtained thlt were helpful In determin_ 10)' thf' Wllf, or rorrerling Iho_e wllil'h wt'rl' during the ",e.. k snd name Olf firm. ).'/liling inK wht'ther wt' wt're lecuring I'ontrol uf len in il~ wlke. Memberl .houtt'd from to rurnj~h the OrKlniutlon with lueh II I largl'r or Imllllt'r percl'ntl,e 01 Ihl' 10111 the hoU_HO,,1 thlll we had 100 mlny ml'm' report ,hln con~t[tute lin olfl'n'e calling work that WI. being done and allO in com lIt'r, Ind it mu_t be Illid in their behalf for an I~_.e,;~mt'nl of $(i. unit .. excu_t,1 b)' bating argumenll of the contrldon who Ihat they were right, bu t no onp knpw how the 10('11. Each week for ... hieh re/J()rt I, were unllir!)' Indinl'd. While III of thil mlny would hI' np~u."ry 10 1nt'l't Iht' dt' not ubmitted within 1\) d.YI h.1I ron.li. hili ."quired conlidl'rable labor, WI' rl't'l OJ mand und,'r IIvt'ralrt eonditiul" in our cit)· lUt .. a separate offcII~f'." thoufth WI' have bet'n amply rellllid b)' the and furlhe, no Onl' kne..... lit lenll Iht'y did conditionl we hove secured Ihrough thil nmzt'$ E ~'- nnll' Agencl ... n()t BURR",t, how we c()uld Itl't thi~ in_ Ilroct'dure. formati()n. could Jl:l) on lind probllbl)' write indefln· Wh enevl'r we requested an ine.ene in Then. in 8"ptl'mbn, 19 19. an Inr;'!l'nt, to ilel)' about the prOKre~.ivt' .tep~ thn tuok ..·.ges be fo re the inaull'uration of a Italil_ which few atlachl'd much "gntrlunct, hap pllr.. atter thil whl~h re>ulled flnt In I tiral del'artmt'nt, .... e were IlwlY. met wltb pl'ned. Wr ehangt'd bUlint' •• rcpre'"nta t ..·o and ont'-half ct'nl IOn hour a~>f'~'ment Ihe 11IItement thlt while living had only th'l'S .•nd did it b)' a 1111'):1' mljorily of ant' Ind liter l)n a 10 cent an hour "~ullml'nt ine r t'8~ed ;q pl'r Cl'nt ol'er 191.1 wlce~ hid vole. Thi. in iuelf provtd to bt I nt'p fo. journt')'mt'n and a five cent an hour Increaud well O\'er 100 per cenl, Thil wu in the rilthl dlrHlion a. Ihe new bUlines~ a lIu.n.Pnt for helptn. tht' utablioh,nP"t Irue. but III of us unconsciou,ly ftlt that rt'pre~enllltlvp ...... all Ihllt the namt im· of I ch.rt Iyut'm of plot un.. th""e fllure • Ihert' mUlt be I netTo in Ihe woodpile IOme plitd, lit' Immtdlately Itl out to put our Ind Ihl' Itarting of a lI.m known I, the ... hut', Not until we took the Department 101'111 on a bURinI''' blai •. AI flut, there Enle.prole Electric ('omIJa.,y. which i or Labor'l 1'081 of lil'ing figures and com· wa~ "on~idI'TRhie uppoaition Ind it wu real u~ed to .moot ll 01,11 tht' l'ellh in our em puted Ihe vllut' of the dollar in rderence rCBistanee prl'ditnted un lind prompted by IJI"yment curl·e,. bUI a. WI' a.e internl .. d, to 19U did we find the an ~wer, and then in fear ()f nrceptlng aomething thai had not fur the time being nt I .. nt, in ItatiR t ic~. order to rdute this t iml'·w()rn nllrument heen tried .nd proven. This had to be over· how they are tiecurt'd, nnd their elfect. I WI' hnd I() secure figures that represented e()m~ n",1 proy.'!1 10 bt (Iulte 1111 Ulldcrl"king. shull stick uriclly 10 th"t IJUrt of th~ qu .... - cOlnl'c"."ted wlllo:'''.rnte buying power al Slowly nnd "r.dun!l~·. but lur.. ly. h~ he_ r()l\Iplired to t he base )'e~ r (I f IOU, One ,' " n 10 lei I hi. Ideal to II ff'w who hlld of our b!ggUI.urprises WIS II,at dl'spite Ihe Intereal of thll organhali()n ot heart our lo-called hill'h inc.e ... e In wngU, our Ind fought al,,1 defented thne who lI,bi. compenul('d wage rate buying power did trnril~' .10011 In Ihl' wn)' of progrt'l., nOI ml'et Ihe cost of living until 19:H, OM of Ih" thlnKI which hI' Idvocated Ihe year lifter .... e hsd insliluted our Ita_ lind f"ut:hl Ibl' hnrd ...t lor WI •• Iylttm t illinl dl'll.rtm .. nt. h)' "'hich thl' bUllnt'lli omt't' rl)uid get Put Tftth inlo Law informal ion that would bt' helpful in It nqulrl'd timf' to educate the mem_ knowing thl' r"ndltion of the local. and bfl"Shlp to the I'alue of Itllt lltiel Ind so nllll;'ulilllioR Il(rpemenh Ihnt would It'ive in Jul)', 1926. the following amendment our membf'ra e()ndltil)nl 10 whIch they > ..... added to Section 66 of uu r by_lswl werl't'nlitled. Aftl'f.1l thl. ",tllminllT)' •" ( Thil glVI' the office mo re lIuthority to work hlld bt"n done .nd our pruent • ~ enforcl' the collection of Infor mation Fourlh Inlernatlonal Vice Prlliidenl. • ~c and luurl' receil'inK it quickly): th .. n our bUlinel1 reprut'nt.tlvt'. ,• ~:; thought tht' oppurlune time had arrived. < ?:~ "ehlnKe SeC'tion 66 to read II f"lI"wI; , 'All mtmbl'rJ, applil:Rnt~ for mt'mbt'r. a apeeill mt't't!nll' wu C'Rlled on SundlY. c April 3. 19:!I, for thf' purpolt' of putlinC , .hlp. or an)'cone working u()de. the jur_ < isdiction uf thia local, ,hili lubmit I into effect lin unf'n'ployment inlurlnet'. > p"rt of whil'h ..... Ihe filing with tht weeki,. time report, conI lining tbe ful- hu,ine" ()mrt • wt't'kly t imt' Clrd by , 10winC cGrret't and legibl .. information; • M ~mber'. nlmt'. employer'l n.me. num_ ,,"('h m .. mbt'. of our organisation Ii mi. , IIlr to tbe onP printed herewith. The ber of houn worked on each da.. i6ell_ mPNing brukO!. up without any dt'llnite ,~ ' tion of work, t()tal number of hour. work~d. numbl'r ()f hOUri worked at a\·tlon brinlt' IlIkl'n but Indlntion~ , pointed to the fut that the organlutlon strlight o r overtime rate Ind total wllges •<, received, wn, not yel r~nlly f()T il. T o a nyone ~ with leu 1'0UTIIIl'C and d .. tcrminntion , "'Failing 10 furnish the orgnnhation Ihan wll& pou cned by th h man, thi. with" report . h,,11 cconstitute "" ()fft',ue, calling f(). the pr~venti()n of the mem woulrl have bee II II I()UI crushl"K e x" eri ence, bul It ()nly Icrved to increMlt' hi~ ber fr()", working unde r thl! jurisdictiun of L()(,1I 1 No, 28. determinatlun 10 mllke them Iccept the medicine Ihlll ht' Ienew would rf'lult In "'Each wt'l'k l o r whic h a report I, not partill rutor. lion uf thl'lr hl'lIlth. Sol • 8ubmilted within 10 days I hall co n ~t i _ wilh the a ..I,lIInce 01 I h.ndful 01 Ihe E tut.. II up. ute offense ulling fo r th. faithful the 10110winK ndion, known I. i penalty. Sertion 66, wa•• dded 10 our b)··law. to "'Report. tl) be mlde on flrd~ fur_ !i:I'E(,IlIt:.\' O~' f·.Utll r;lE:\T OtT In nilhed by the loral.''' 1:'0 into effeN J.nuary 1. 1923; L . r ;"1) 2>i S.l murh for th" m"'h01 by ,.. hl~h IV~ "Section 66. Members uf L, U. No, \('''"I!IIII·,1 un 1'3):" ~::lr 338 Tho Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators June, 1990 St. Louis Business Men Back Group Social Insurance ilE May 19 numb.r of the St. Loui. Inllttut.. All of these 100.000 individuIIs, ('hamber of Commen:e Ne.. II a 1pe Wbe n is life insu rance a bless the Itlti!tieilns of the Fund report, were T dal lile In.un-nce number. Ordinarii,. onT 2S yea" old, ... hiu, nalive-born Amer!· this would not attract aUention. But down In in g a nd w he n is it a crime? Down unl. Many Ottupationl were rep~nted, St. Louis, the community hal been trtated to in 5t_ Loui. wher e t he attorne y mOltly from the belter-paid and morehirhly the IPfftacl, of the attorn.y ceneral of the placed daSU':!.. Among individuall betwefn ltate atartlng an In\'utiratlon of the /P'oup general of M issou r i casta refl ec 2t> Ind 40 yean old, tbe ltatlstln Indieate, life [nluranee, penllon and diubilily Inlur t ion on e lectrical w orkers g ro up eye defect.t were found in from 19 to 24 ane. of Local Union Ko. I, Internltional per eent of the pel'8Ons examined. A year Brothl'rhood of Eleetrical Worken. Thi. pla n s, w ith the tacit con sent of or t ... o beyond forty the pereentag' or lueh l",,"li~tic l'iodll 1111)' ['"11 w.,,, ,,,,.11,, .,,' "'-"'" bUainess me n, the 5t. Loui. Cha m d"leo.:b j""rt'a""'B ~harplr, 10 th"t oyer half lion for ~rimlnationl and recriminations. of Ihe men or SO are found to have ddec GOU; I)I lind defamen have run wild. In be r of Commerce la ud. gr ou p live eye.. A curiOU! point II that the per Hedlble chargcs of price-fixing, collusion and insurance to the skies, eentage of eye defect! in very old men actu monopoly havo b<.len bandied about a, freely Itlly df!oCreateB, pr obably mlllning th.t per U . lIuerkrltut lit II Du tch picnic. The ene Ion. with good eyes aTe a Ilttlo moro iikely ml .. of erganlted Iltbor hltve put them,elvlli to livo beyond 60 or 70 t han arll men with In the Impo"lble pOl itlon of dec1l1Ting group hil 10y!\lt~, tire vitally Rffeeted by it. If eye defech. Some eye defecl. probably reo thllt I)BY ~heek can bll gURfllnteed al/:I\nlt llCe Inutllnce I, a blcuin&' whcn big, brainy ~ nlt frnm general bad hellith 11180 apt to bUline.. men do it, but it I, II crime when irregularity and discontinuance it will rll el\u.e earlier death. T hll .tatlslici of de "'lI'llnlud labor Inltitutn it. An oft'lclll of lieve the employee of the weight that the fectIve hearing Iho.... a limilar sudden rile drud uncertainty layt upon him. Ill, effi the Unit." Statel Chamber of Commerce in men of 40 or 4S hut no dllena,e at 60 cieney increnel aa his menetary worrin de j:0f'1 on ret'ord thus: or 70. Among men between 25 and 40 dl treBle. Grou., im,uranee lenen. thl. dre/ld .. Anothu form of lervice doniy nl.ted to fective hea ring is found in Ie.. than 10 by anur ing the continullnce of the em thOle dl.ecullf!d above and growing out of ~r cent of the penonl uamined. Betwefn th. vuy fundi mental purpose. of the bllli ployee'l pay en.-elope when he II unable to 40 and 60 thll percentage of ear defect. In n ... II 1T0up inlurance, which hal been th. work because of sickne.. or acdd.nt, old agl or JMlrmanlnt di.ability, Ind thl con_ c"".. es rapidly, sO thst about a third of the lubJect of mlra~uloul development dUring men of 60 have something WTOng with th.lr tinuanet of the pay check to th. work.r'l the put 14 yean. The beneficent fuulu un. At greater agea, Inltead of d~uealing de~ndenta for one year In eall! of hil of II'fOUP Insun-nce in harmoniain" relationa In pcon:entage IS eye defectl do, the ur de death." of employer and .mplo)'H h.ve been Htab. fectl increale ,till ITIOr~ sharply, !4 that In all thi, inlc,."ing numb.r of th. li,h.d Ind are accept.d among enJ!ghtcnoo nearl,. ball of tl,,, "'''" .. f 70 Ife r,.artl,. Chamber of Comm.n:. ~ews nothinc i ••ald emplo,.ul of labor 1(1 that it II now eltl duf. mated that mo~ thin 7.soo,000 of our Indul about the cost.t of group Inlun-nce to thl Irial emploYHI are group-inlured for over publk. This point i' only raised to ~top, $9.500.000.000 Morl!'(lvl'r, I'!mnp InRullnee If and when po5!!ibl~, the apr.ad of union Young Men Have More Colds in man), ca ..1 h .. bHn found t o constitute Insurance. Than Old Ones th. only Inlurllnce protection on In .m pIOYH'1 life. From IVlillble records it h ... Old Men H ave Better Eyes But The dilleas. which phy.iclans call tho been dot.rmlned that at le... t 30 per c.rot of "common cold" is rightly named for men of tht "I\'orkus In Indultry ha\'e no protection Worse Ears twenty, not quite so jUl tJy 10 for m.n of other than the cov.rage afforded under the Forty-li\'e is the dangeroul age for mfn'l _btl'. So discover the medical atlltistldan. group life iuurllnct poliey. Group )lfe in eye. and ean if not for the reat or their of the Milbank Memorial Fund of New York lun-nce de~er\'U no amall part in Ihe 'Ier bodily .quipment, aecording til Iludl •• City, whole studin of tOO,OOO penona\ "ice' which II being rendered by the life made re«ntly by the nuearch Divilion or medieal histories of Amer Ican men l ) tlw~en inlur"nee Instltution." the Milbllnk Memorial Fund, of New York 20 and 70 yeaTS old, aeeumulllted by lh~ Ufe A president of a ure"t Insurance comp"ny City, on 109,000 record! of IlhYlkaJ eX llm E:ttenaion Institute, reeently have been re ~ontinuu In thi. veIn: inationl accumulated by the LIfe Ext~n,ion Icued. A mong young men of 20 01' 21i, the "Life InIUTII''':.., "It.y. mllny fund'. expel·tl rep6rt, &h"ut "ne parts in penOMI relationlhip• . person in five .uffers frequently The pllrt it play. In indul trlal from ~old!. Middle-age,1 mn relatIon. i. none the lUI impor nre more nearly Immune, only tllnt. The pruent-dny manif.. _ YOU KNOW ME WELLI about 13 par ~ent of tho men of tatlon. of the great j[ood in!ur 40 being f requent cold luffercn. IlIIce hll brought to Industr), In T am the friend of mankind, Men of 60 and 70 hll\'e .till the matter of fOl tering B mOTe I am the conserver of t he world's wenlth. fewer cold!, for only about one undantanding rellllinn~hip be person in t o In thul! ag!! c:la"ae~ tween employer and employee II I nm employed by the wise, a nd di:niuilleu reports that he l utren fr.- dlrutly tracuble to group in only by the thoughtless. quently. JUIl why there ahould lu ran~e. Group inlurance in the I offer protection, I ward off care, be lhi! tendenc)' for peuons who lilt anllYlil, i. merely the ap I bring comfort in catastrophe, s"ffer from frequent eo[d, to be plication of fondamental inlur mOBlly in the yotlngn a!te ance prineiplu in .uch a wily r am a ll that is good. cla!!es the fund', uperts do that they meet the twin inlllr_ I am the purveyor of helpful thoughts not deeid •. The different. ml,ht ance n ••ds of butine.. ; ma .. even to the bereaved ; be I.!Icribed to cradual actumu_ roveTl,. at a con,.qu.ntly re_ I ease sorrow in its course and business on lation of immunity to cold, In duted cotto its way. the older memb." 01 the popu- ":'<0 mor. convincing evidence lation were it not that the Ita that /troup inlurlln,e il \'irtually Rich and lowly bow to my graciousness, ti~tics a1so ,how I manu .,.r an Indultrial perlonnel necullty Storms I baffle in their pur pose, untages of old people who ha". cOllld be proffered than thil-ih Thieves steal and fire burns in vain, enllrged tonl ill, a defteet.d lep growth and pr•• ent volum •. The For I am the nemesis supreme of earthly tllm in the noae or .Imllar d._ flTlt group eontract Will effective feds of nOli! or thr08t. PO RRi "" June I, HUt, and in I... than loss, bly person5 whit JlOliell sueh de H) yearl the volu,M of this cov Y am the foe of destruction. the builder fect. in Ilarl)' lIrll and .... ho luffer erage In force h .. grown to IIP of profits, the essence of terrestrial for thil Tellon from many ('old. proximately $9,500,000,000 - an assurance, tend to die at reilltively ~arly nmount IsrltlT thin the total ages from pneumonll or oth.r volnme of old line Inlurance in I am particular, yet :.tVa il able to a11- diselBllS agg-ravated by their force In the United Sllltu lit the I am INSURA NCE-get me ! nose Or throat condition, thu. b.ginnlng of the preaent century. lell'ing people with healthi., "The life of the employee rt --St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, throats and fewer cold. to ('on \'olvel around hi. PI}' check. nitute larger f ractiona of the lIi, happlneu, hil elllciency, long_lived iToupl. June, 1990 The Jour1Ial of Elect)'ical iVorkel's ami Opetalors 339 Does it Pay to Train Our Men for Big Jobs? HICAGO b outatandlna: of Amtr ican fide. In In tlt(triul ap C prentict ~cho.ol.. Apprtntlct cland. with plaborlltt. thorough, ttlted and luceuwful electrical COllf'U: electrical apprentice club.; electrk .. 1 npprentkll life "ilh ncw. paper, !ocial affain. tradilion. Blld atand.rda give Chieal(o leader.hip. I'ractlcalol), markl .11 thi. work. Rt eentl~' B job Will eomilleled under Ihe lupervi"ion or StanLe)' PBeuK(1r, a WII~hburn AI)prf'nlice School Jrradu ale. which won a lelle' of commenda tion from J. Living~lon and Com!'lany. t:lrel,lcnL COntrllctOr!, on Ihe job. The job W"8 Ihe Michi!!"n SC]lIl1re LluLlding. 'The letter WaS morf' !'Iri;tl'd, no doubt. b)' :'Ilr. Waahburn thlln 1\ di plo""1 granted by a Stllte Univer aity. It Will abo priKl'd b)' 'lurt C. t:nrighl. dirt'ctor of ehieago a"prtn tkt' training, and by the ("hIUKO local union •. It munt that the ]ocal. hlld dt'mollltratt'd Ihat the apprentice training wu sound and ell'f'ctive. Thi. Inl'idl'nt i1h"lratf'l bf')'ond cueu work' tht' value of Bound technical traininK for ]oc~1 union men. It be come. a aymbol of the wholf' move_ ment within Ihf' (lTg.ninlion competl'nl')·. (Rifllltl N"t~ tll~ I">1>,;',g 0/ .trvire raMr. r",H' ,,,,,I I/.'ork. All .. p"r~ <"on,/l(il. on .<""Irll (Ab{J"~J I<'il~ I('IP;"g "0,11, 0.. tA~ ,1/'<"Iuga" ,uti III •• ,,,ict Sq"a r. O"ild/ltg, 'lI'ilt~u flit G {J"d Clticago, ...ptn-iud. )I' /JIJtllclUl l"fI~' btl 0 gmduo./II 01 a.ppr.nti.e. dana, ...·ork 01 MgII ,,~ar act.r it (~Jt) -"nIl HU' 01 '" le";or wiri"" iN e(Jbi~d' ,,,,Ii 01 cOllduit •• "- errinll c"/>;,,tt •. 340 The JOiU'nal oj Electl ieal lI'oJ'kcl's and Operaior.'t J UlIe, 19JO World Radio Combine Tested By u. S. Law ilE:>; is II trust no~ n trust ! Sha\l ha"e acquired aud now eontrol more than anti·tru~t laws 8ppl)' to combin,. A me rica n labor w atches with 01,000 paleuh or alleged patenU on radio W lionl of lnbor, and not to combina II.Jlparatus. It is alleged allo that "lAid lions of capital? In effect, these questlonl kee n inte re st the su it bro ug ht by patent pool hal enabled the defendants to are to be an$wered by federlll cour". On the U , S. De pa rtmen t of Jud ice dicute by agreement among themselves the Mn)' 13, the U. S. Government !lied II bill in terms upon which an~' competitor mnl' use the United States District Court, Wi!min/t a ga inst ra dio ma nufacture rs. !h~ rll\l~nu owtlrtl or ~ontrnllrd hy any of ton. De] .. destined to tcst the combinntion Ta lkies invo lve d , H uge corpora uid t1efendant•. " in restr.. int or t(;lde exercised by certn;n Further, the bill ,ays, "the agreements radio gToups. The caBe has attracted world tiona implica te d. World ramifi- between the primnrl' dC£endallts mnke pro. wide attention inasmuch liS the Inrgest com ca tions seen, vision fo t extending the combination in re munication corp(/Tntions in the world IIrc stra;nt !If Intcutate comml!rce in radio ap direetly or indirectly involved. pnrlltu~ fnr beyond the life of any patents owned by Bnid primMy dC£endllnts when the An Important talkIng picturc concern. CeMra\ Electric. IIgreements were matle. The primary de A",,,,-i~ .. ,, Td"j'I,,,,,c .. no.! Tl!l~Kf .. "II. An Important tube m~nufacturer. fendant~ have, b)' their agreemenu provid_ The largest phonognph coml)an~·. Westinghouse. inK for licensing each other under 811 exist Radio Corporation of America. The most powerful automobile compan),. In~ .nd future patents. prevent~od all litii!'a WUlern Electric. It i. alleged ·'the dcfendanu hll"e con· tion between themseh·u." RCA Photophone. tlnuously refused except on terml pre The bill 5tate~ that "the number of re !teA Radiotone CorporatiO'1l. scribed b~' them, to grant lIeenlel untler tei.-ing Bets sold in intenta.le con'me~e RCA Vietor Company. l aid )I.lenn and patent rights to many in during the ~'ear 1929 ",'a! in eXl'ess of ~,5{l0,- General Motou. di\'iduab, firm" or eorporlltlon, for the pur 000. The primar)' defendants and their Here is involved: I'U,"" ... r ""aLii"" tl, .. lI.u". t ... ""11:"11:" ill Ij""'''8'''''~ no.. mnnuh.cture approxin,ately 95 tlldio communic.tion, radio broldcasttng or pet eent in "lIlue of all radio apparatu~ The two largest electrical manuf~turerl interstate commeree in radio apparlltul, in manufaHured. used and sold in interstatf' in the world. dependent])' of, or in connection with, the tommerce." The Illrge~t telephone eompllny. defendantt." The most influential radio complln)'. It i. alated in the bill that "through the I never make the mistake of arguing with The largut telephone manufacturing licensing, crou·Beens;n, or pooling of people for whOM! opinions I ha"c no respeet. gr!lUp. t"dio patents of all of them," the defendllnh -GWI10N. R.A 010 - Au DIO PAT E NT A GR.EEM E N T SOl I C;()ltU~ t~tCTRle CO. \\'nTI)lGUOUt [LtC-Ute" ",ra. CO ~I PMt Y I I . I R.A. DIO CO R.POR.ATION OF AMERICA J ~ c- A. ,'ICTOl eOk~ ~ ,. ... t..rI>ooI T"-1. T"- I...... ,...... ko .1.•• 1 ...... I ~~AD!O- "' ... RII« COI'/ '-...... :- LT.l RAO!O .UlL '1' / UtAtI. UIIol~""Y ...... "... h.' Ttl ••• ~f~(... ':rl.!.. I r-~ "'CO''''\tUNK'''T!O~ 1 I ,.or-f- To CUNI'III'IC;U"'M..... 0.-.1 $00 .. Ttl L c. .... UOtOTlON COl' l .. tooI_,~_ J C_.b .. r-TtL I..... T ... "' _I ...... I s-..", ..U T.t ~-.tITtL UUtO-~EITU O.~Uf.CM .- ' ..... TtO' ....L '.OAOCA!TtIl(; co , , ....""- ...... ,_ 01 C_" s-.~ ..n Ttl '1"""J" IOtII Ttl 1_-. t .... _ Jolt Ttl ..- .... _61-.-.... "'-_Tel. ;r::: ..... -"" 01 ~".. 11'- loll Tel. UOtO Io! UII~~ " ..",_" .. IIdl T LICJ;NSU.1 ro p.nmlCTtOS •mtJNtl r tCTU.1;lt ...... :;-.,1 ... r.c-. ..., .... C_ """In r .. c-e_ I!~~s._ !-1 ~P;, ...... h._·r_Looi,)1.. - ""-I _ ... s-..."r_ t:.b..... n .... C.... t:"n..tr-.. \-_T.!trioo M_ w· ...... _(y~ ...... 1 .ri ... .. o--r.... J1OIC,1990 Tlte Journal of Electricol JlforkcI's and 01lcI'Cttors 341 Radio Vital Issue With Organized L a b or By HON. FRANK R. RE ID. M. C. III;no;3 N May 9. 1930, I Introduud lIou",," (·ong .... u .houlll naluatoe un-fully thoe Joint Re$Olutlon No. 33.&, to amend Congressman Reid project. la· powu and limitleu po.lniilitiel of radio; it O the radio act of 11121 by providing thlll .hould look far ahelld. and it should enact the Federal Radio {'on"nl"lon shall usi!:n bor's battle for a free channel le,d.llllion that will pruerve the full and three cleared chllnnel broadc",ting tuquen against a backg round of Wile trt"e UB .. of radio lIS • heritnge to posterity. del to the Depllrtnlentl of Agrkulture. Orll'anllf'd I.ahor 0i5nlmlnlltoed A gal n ~t Hy Labor. Ind Interior. "'hlch shllll lieenled public policy. bo.> lI ad lo Commlllllion to the radio .tation. recommended by th~ helld. ot thOle government depllrtmenll U Orillniztd labor. with $Omf 4.000.000 n,oem· bein .. mon n-ptelenlltive of the labor. 11:';' nl'w ml'ans of eommunltallon. 1>1-1'11 .nd compri.inc with their families al I'ultural. and edu~atlonal Interests of the Never in the history o( Ihe ~ation h .. mon a fourth of the entire population of the lInited Statu, there been such a bold lind bruen attempt ('ountry, lind I'l'pn-Ienting not only its IIdual I 11'118 imlJelied to introduce this n-~olution to &ei~e control of the means of communira' mfmbcr,hip but the many other millions o( on account of the IIrbitrary lind biased netiOn t:on and to dominnte public opinion ". i, Illfn lind "'omen who toil. h .. uked the of the Feder"1 111,,110 Commiuion in d~n)'inR now going on in tho tidd of rlldlo F('(ierlll Radio Commission for just one chlln n dellted ehunnc\ to tho stlltion of orguni!ed broadcuting. nI'l of thl' fll) ltv,tilable in this count ry. to \r,bor. radio ,tuUon W{,FI" while It hu Never in ou r history lulW an agency of thl' "ether with omple power und odequate time grJwted six or seven ('Ielt rfd chAnnels to the Federal Governnlent shown .uch favoritltm of operation. Illldio Trust. or such a crall dlarella,d for the inlerl'lli The commiuion, however. hal dpnied thi. Since the resolution was introduced the of the workingmen .nd "'omen of the n.ti(ln. petition, and h .. granted to WCFt, labor'. Iltpartmfnt o( Ju.tlcoe throullh the Attornfy I, it in the public Interut. nl'<'e .. ily, snd st.tion. thoe rillht to bro.dca.t on only 1.[,(10 Gl'ne.1I1 of the United States h .. brought convenience th.t .11 of the 90 ch.nnel. for ..·.tt. po"'er during the dllytime onl}·, whilp ~ult in thf namoe of the Vnited Shtes of rlldio broadtlUltlnr be ,Iven 10 c.pitsl and it has guntoed to the Rsdio Trust .ix or Amerka IIgain~t thf corporations compo~inc it. friends and not even onoe channel to th~ ,eVfn doeared ch.nnel., with unlin,ited time thl' R.dio Tru"t-namely, the Radio Corpo millioni who toll! Will the public Intel'l'.t of operation, be~idu numoerou. othu broad, .II'ion of Am .. rira. General EIl'<'trlc: ('0 .. be aerved by Opfninll' .11 channels of com' castinl': Ilationi with part-time operation, Americlln Telephone .t Tel~,raph ('0_. Wut munication to thofte who emilloy Ind denying ~Ietropolitan newspnper •• which a lrelldy frn Electrie {'o., B. C. A, Photophone (Inc.), nn)' chann~1 of ~ommunlc:ation to the v.. t h.ve a powerful means of communielltion, RCA Iladiotron ('O, One.) neA-Victor ('0. ,roup of the employed! but which are neverthele.. local institutiou. l ine.). Generlll 'Iotor. Radio Corporation. hllvoe been given the choieUI wa\'e lenlth~ • • nd Gl'noeral Moton Corporation. CongrP!lft MUI I 'r~vf'nt Mo nopollll\c with ample power lind unlimited time of In this .uit thl' Attorney Gener.1 charcl'S Conlrol uf lI.dlo opfralion. that the~e j[rut corporation. constitute • Hundroeds of private Individuals and cor l(ij[.ntie monopoly of the radio busin x pracl;('Iily .very atat. In the Union man)' trUII fund" are alao inyested in the I:reat numben of pri..ateblnbhavec!oHd Unique bank ing itutitution bureau. On January 1. 1930. depoaita I their doo.... With but a very fe ... Itatel ope ra ted by city desc ribe d by totalod 111.173.960. It i. interestlnc to rnio)'inl!: the ao-called lIank Guaranm La.... note that durinc the yean of bank fallurel the dePQIitora In molt inltanCH Were only forme r membe r o f c ity govern delJOliU incTeued more rapidly thin In n!turnlPd a Iman aharo or their ..vinp b)' olher )·ear•. the8e c!oo.ed flnaneial institution.. We find m e nt. Is a pe ople's ba nk in fa ct. ~ha;n or merged banking Inltitutions con W age-e a.rne ra can now beco me Grand JUT) In\'esti,atell trolling the finaneial stability of tho o eulolti,e the I'anama Can II by re m ••ht be filled b)' American citizens, but thi.s It mealll the "'lthdrawing from the pockets cordine only the manell of I" ol'erll il not of much value in that nO mention of of the citit.enl who furnhh the 1II0ney to T tion fenturel, the belauliu of III ~cen. the grllde of ~mplo)'ment i. mllde. Thi~ IlIw the army and navy wages the)' are entitled ery, an,l the economical commercial achIeve· a llplie, to Ihe Panama Canal onl~·. to. and the placing of this money into the menta it rcnderl to ~hi l )plnlt' would make So far the efforts of loul labor leaden, Ilocket. of negro dti~enl (It a European Intere.tlnle reading. I{ a book were 10 be Ihrough the ) Ie\al Trade! (ouneil, aeelll! to world power. Thl. lenin&" out of all new written with the above al the lubject ita hal'e hllen on barren .oil. The)' are not work on contract would be of liule conle circulation would be of profit to ill author, diuol.raged, thollgh. and will eontinlle the qllence and not objectionable to Ihe Plnama There ia another phue In the O"erAllOn of fight IInlil lomething happen., eith~r to eanal lletal Tradu Council if a,~uranee the Panama Canal that pertain' neither to th~lU~elves or to the law. As one prominent were had that on I)' citilena of Ihe United ill m.rvel. nor to itll beauUes, .lthough labor leader "ated, "that if It had not been Statu would be employed. At lea.t In the an inte1li,ent person mhtht lIIarl'el th.t ror the labor mo\·eluent. the Canal today tudn daued •• ".kllied tflulu." It il sueh a condition could ext". It i. II .ub would be operated b>' the uniformed 101- ullder"ood that no l.sw exilll Ihat compels jecl that would pro.. e unproflillble for an dl ... r~ in the army. The Engineer CO.l11 eontrllcton on United States government aUlhor to write on, and it mllfht c~uu.. em· wOllld be the operlltora lind there wOllld he work to em"lo>' none other thlln citilens. barraNftment or dislIB ter to him. The theme nothing but foreign negro labor to do the The excule or reuon for not hllving luch would be "the relation of the United Sliitu heav)' manual work. I do I'IOt t hink there II clllu'e Inlerled in all contrllctl II thut ('itizen workingman on Ihe I'anllma Canal would be a white AmeriCln civilian in the It borden on "clan Itl:'i.latlon" lind there_ in competition with the non·cluxcn negro employ of thl;' gOl'ernment in the Canal." fore eontra!"}' to the "principle" of the Con. alien." • The patb of lea .. resistance ia too e\'ident Itltutlon of the United Stat... s. A Itrange !'rel'iouR mention has been mad" to the i!l arm)' lind na .. ), life, and 10 ha .. e Ameri-' Idea, )'et expreued by patriotic locietles JOt__ S,,1. by correspondenll relau\'~ hi Ihe can citizens in all pOlitions on th~ Panama and leel.laton. ~othina: ",ema to Itand in .. a.t auml of American dol1'r<, amountine Canal might compllcate matter~ . the .I~· to "re"ent the COI'ernor or the to 10llle $60.000.000. to be .pent in ,trength_ J'anlma Canal, our army, a!ld our navy Allen ~"I' r o Wor"': ... enin, the de(enle worka .nd enlarKing the from U)lnl' alien negroel. devout citiun. fortification orcas. Thl. work i. belnl car· Th(' Governor of the Panama Conal i.s of II European world power, In competition ried on by the United Statel Army and the cOIII~U\plating the lelling out by contract wit h bonll fide dtLlen. (devout) of the United Stlltea Nll vy. This III [l AC If carries 1111 new work, !urh al d welling houses. new United Stltel, At t his moment of writing no ~eelllillll'l)' IUlrticulur luler... t to the "hops und bnllding~ of oth~r chu racter not le.. eflll, perha". 10, 20 o r .!Yen more. of workillll'mlill in the State.. lI{)wcI'er, If he clllSled unde r operation lind IIIlIintenance. these allen. are employed lit Ihe Coco ~ulo were to look into the nmt- Nlval lind Air n Ul'. And at ter a hit Inquilitively, won- Ihe IIrmy lir .lltion at df'rinll' III.R to how much of a I"ranc~ .'ield .. rarpenten. laborinlt' force I. emplo>,ed, ~Ifftricianl, plumbera, pAint· aad under what sort of con· en, ete .. under the ,uidanre ditions ther are workinll', and supervision of a dvU and Ir Ihey are all dtlunl len'ice ~mplo)'ee or enlilted of the United Statn. he man Or omcer. The rale of milfht open hi. eyes n bit \ '\ pny for the Irade. on the lind .it up and take notice. Canal IIvera".... about $1.20 per hou r (maintenllnee rate) 1, ,, trI Q tL ~m B ~lfl n B Wh ~ r~1 lind about $1.69 p('r hour for The flnt n"lurlll thoulChl the conllruction tat~. The "'ould be thllt every p('rton allen. average llbout 25 eenta employed b)' our army lind per hour. Can you N!lIIon our navy would be a eitil~n for youfMI .. es whyalien,.,e of the United Statu, the uud! ('ountry they are aworn to protfft. Jlo would .ay, Cheap. I'lenllful, Ihlna:ry "Well, tho amount of work Here II I -,atcment made repre~ented by that huge b)' Mr. W. C. lIu.hing before lum of money will help the the Immigration and nalur· unemployeii. Not much. ot aliution committee In th, ('ourH, but IIOme. and e\'ery lIou" of Repreaenutlvu In little bit help~." Doe. It February, 1930. Brother thou,u:h! ~o, my fellow titl HUlhing reprt'lented the "en. It doe, not. not eVf:Jl a Amerl~an Federation of liUle bit. Ream.s of IllIper Labor, and here refe,. to hn"e been u!('d, thou,"nda or Mexican immigration over word~ hllve b«n wr itten. th~ bo rder: much time lind monoy h'lYe "They want lin overaul'ply b..en expended in the effort of this chellp Illbor lit hand to insure th~ employment of In order to be auured thllt Amerlclln dtlzen. to perform It will be chelp. lind it will all the work (lihove the be If plentiful and hunllr)'_ gr.d(' of laborer lind me. It might be jU_1 U ,,·ell to HnfCt'r, at lea'l) on projfftl obler"e rij::ht here and now Jpontor('d by the llnited that the)' are jll_t tlkinK I States Army and the Unite.1 tip from Un~le ~am by State. :-;Ivy in the Panlma IIdoptlng auch taetkl, .. he f'lInnl Zone and vieinity. Re. - doci the IlIm~ thing with the membH, alao, that the I'an· Weat Indian on the Iithmus .unn ('nnal Itlelf l.s In the of l'anllll1l1, lind by e~ecutive hlu\(l~ of the nl my, being di order of the P residCll t .ny~ reI'll), undH the Secrctllry of they muat nO t be I' ald more Wllr. Ind the 811me employ Ihlln ~O centl IH!r hour. or m~nt I'Ondltionl exist lher~. 1900 ller annum. Th ... ba~ic thoulCh not to such a pro· rate, however, b 20 rent. per nouneed degrl't'. A ruhng S(>I·Tl l nOl·~f) hour and the Rrea! majority (I.... ) d~ u:ilt that all of thue alien. re.re;l'e bill 2. l/It ,I" ",""d"llI .1"''''I'~hI". In '''''''r 1,·.·.·1 or \;,Un" 1.<0..1•• pOlition. parine $76 or more ba. h .. r"'uln.·.. ~,,,I d,ar,,, (I·""thIUI·.1 ..,n I,al:" 3:'1 344 The Jounial of Electtical Workers and Operators June, }9JO Ilere the situation stands t''lcept for the fact that public JOURNAL OF opinion far outruns the COUrlS, and fo r that matter Congre~~. .<\ fa\-orable \ote on l;toor's anti-injunction bill should brinil ELECTRICAL WORKERS lel!:i~lalion and court procedure in line with the 1ll0~t enlight· Official Publicoli", In/"",Iiooal IlroII-.rIrof c/ flecful Workers enrd opinion. Fa r Too How mall\ men are jobless in tht United Statrsl of Many T his di~turbing Question has been asked repeat· edl} for the 1\\"0 years. T he census of to t he Or .. a nized Ia:.t 1930 it i" hoped. is going to throw lighl on this qucslion. We hope, Labor unque.:;tioned light. The first unemplo~ melll returns were fOT a di~lriCI of .:\e,,· York- Cit~ containing 7-1-,96+ person~. 01 Ihis number, 3,5-B were enumerated as jobless, nearly fi'·e pel Yllll1"'~ XXIX ~". tl !;"rnt (+.7(,). If this (listrict is typical of the industrial ctn· lers of the United Slat("S-t~pical that is fo r the whole )..'ation -then between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 persons arc without (saues in Owen R o~rts has ber:n confirmed to the C. S. J. jobs in prosperous .A,merica. Conflict Supreme Coun. The commotion in the public pr~ over the defta! of Judge Parker has sub. ~i(led. The issue so pou:nt at the time has again bKome Lig ht There is ~mething that sei7..e5 the imagination aoou! obscured-at least to the ;l\-erage citiztn, and for the !'nomen!. the plans of en(!:ineers 10 light the highwa\-s of tilt Ytt Ihe i$.~ue which defeated Parkt'( remains. a snarl!!'<1. fumla· L"nite Vacancies One of the largest owners of real esTate in " Phrased in percentages this means that from 1868 to a large eastern city, in ~ sudden burst of frank 1912 the Court held against the legislation in a I·err little ness, tOld the Electrical \Vorkers Journal an earful. "\\'e more than 6 per cent of the cases j from 1913 to 1920 in a hal'e just sold a piece of property for SI.500.000. Ordinarily liTtle more than 7 per cent of the cases; while since 1920 lIe would put this mone}' back into real t'State. But it i~ the Court has held again~t the legislation in 28 per cent of going into bonds. Real estale doesn't pa)·." (' \Vhy?" we the cases." asked. "\Vell , I() tell you the truth it i~ ol'ercapitalized. There is mnch, much water in real estate. ' rhat is what Meeting In time of dis.1~ter. t"\·er) man for hiTl1~If. makes rent so high. Rents should come down. Empry hOlL"CS the Slump That seems to be Ihe law of the pack. Some al1\l offices ~hould be filled. \Yater should he wrung out of such law must apply to economic organizations Il ropert)." Here. then, is a real obstruction to the resumption in time of business depressions. EI·ery local must look :tfrer 01 buil{iing. Propert) owners want rcturn on inflated values. its OWIl-as best it can. And this we are hoping our locals The consumer GIIl't go 011 pa~ ing P.I ramidell profits. and as are doing with foresight in the present stringency. J[ appears (I re~\llt. there is 110 market for houses and offices. The market certain now that the busincss depression has not broken. It precludes building. Building. sluggish. slo\\";; UI) ereT) other is prellr clear th:H there has been more lalk than action. and acril'it~ . more pro~perit) propaganda than results. As much as we dislike to spread bad news, it is our duty to point out that Sta tistical T his office wishes to congratulate and thank after a slight summer spurt in building we may look to see Se nse those locals who h:1I e prompdr returne{\ a :1 bad fall and I\-il1ler, with more breadlines, ami more cries questionnaire receml) circulated. The return of protest from the jobless. Thc latest unemployment figures was nearly 100 per ccnt. This means ;\ real growth in 5t;\ released by the American Federation of Labor show that the li~lical sen~e. It is the first step in making the \lIIion con~cious seasonal improvemellt in April and 1'la)' did not materialize. of rhe I'alue of accurate data and information. Somc day e\·ery This is serious. \Ve advise our members not to fall for glow lclC;!1 I:nion will hal'e a r{':;earch mall charged with responsi ing business stories, Let el'er) man be watchful, prOl'ident, bility of keeping accurate books on the eo:onomics of the wise, and intelligent in his work and expenditures. Then we org-anization. will come through. "Supreme Court Probably the simplest yet mo~t funda and the Public" mentallr brilliant and exhaustil·e trea Who Brings on Probably the most intcresting phase tise on the U, S. Supreme Court Public Ownership? of the nation-wide batrle of COIll- aPl.car~ in the Forum magazine for June. It is calle.1 munity I'S . rebel utilities is going "Supreme Court and the Public'· and is b} Felix Frankfurter, forward in New York state. It is likely that the slogan once \\"ho~e outstanding book, "The Labor Injunction,'· was re applied to \Visconsin will now be: applied to the Empire viewed by liS in February. Two ~hort paragraphs frOIll that state. As New York goes, so goes the nation. Colonel \\'il article 11'11 all there is 10 tell about the trend of judio:ial dL'Ci- liam J DOI1O\·an, former assistallt attorney general of the sions in this cou ntry. United States (surely no radical), has recently completed a re First : port on utility regulation, which may well mark the beginning " In 1825 the COllrt n:ndered 26 opHllons, and of the,;c of a new movement for state C()ntrol. Colonel Donovan's report almost half inl·olved applications of recognized principles of makes it plain that the only aiternatil'e to public ownership thi' common lal\'. Fifty years later the COlirt wrote 193 is far-reaching reform of the regulating system. He s,1.ys: opllllon~. But Ihese still predominantly {Iealt with common " Further confusion is found in the right of the utilitieo, law topics or technical legal qUl'stions of not wide public which they 110t infrequently exercise upon receiving an adverse concern. whIle only 17 cases, less than 10 pcr cellt, inl'oh'ed decision br the commission, 10 proceed at once in the Federal questions of consti tutionality, taxaTion. and like i"Sues nf pun Court_ lie import. At the end of another 50 rears. for 1925, the "Strangely enough, the very utilities that urge that state business (Iisposed of is about the S;1.1l1e, but the meaning of regulation is eliectil"e and that it is not necess.1Ty 10 hal'e Fed the litigation has drastically change.1. Common law COntro eral control of their activities, are among those who refuse to I ersie~ hardly appear. The opinions rel'eal a steady absorption pursue their relief in the State CouTts. tn elieC!, such a prac of the COlirt's time with qlll'Stions of control ol'er economic tice makt'S the presentation before the commission a mere for ellTerprise and kindred public contro\·ersil's." malit)" which nevertheless involl"CS great expenditure of time Second: and money_ "A study of all its decisions up [0 1927 has been made by "The real lest comes in the Federal COlirt and that court. Prof. Ray A. Brown, of the l lnilersit) of \\-isconsin Law with its congested dockcts, with the necl::SSiry of a new record School. From his :Hl:llrsis it appears that up to 1912 the before a master, possibl) unfamiliar with the technical ques Court had decided. under the "due process" clause, 98 cases tions of rate cases, presents the seemingly anomalO\Ls situation involving social and economic legislation. In onl}' six of these of bringing the commission before it as a defendant, forced 10 did the Court hold the legislation unconstitutional. From justify in a protracted trial the ratcs that it was created by 1913 to 1920 the Court decided 97 cases of this type and the state itself to administer." held selell laws inl"alid. But since 1920, out of 53 cases the If public ownership comes in this country. the corporations Court has held against the legislation in 15. themselves will be to blame, 346 The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators June, 1990 WOMAN 'S WORK WOMEN WAGE EARNERS SHOULDER RES PONS IBILITY TO HOME AND FAMILY By MARY ANDERSON, Director, Woman'lI Bureau, U. S. Dept. of Labor ll".wlt figv.rea [rom fAe m!1C> C~IUI a .." a~'enUeS of employment that have opened up. :'I:\>w, however, it seems woman's place is tabtdat.,d Ihev trill gil'" lUI II .. .:,,81111;01'1 of This, in a nut shell, is why there are so everywhe...... The 1920 census ahowed that ..11.(,/ /lUI _ehl"" aVII U MinD to AmcrU:all many million! of "·omen working today for of the 572 listed occupations women wer e remuneration of some kind. found in all but 35. The new census may tcomaltlwod. WMIe -"1' j(}reig'lter. and II. re"eal that women have invaded even these 111,mb~ of A ....m<:<1M lUll.""" that tile wo- Mus l Keep Pare With In'-enlion 1M3 01 thu counlry are fke world'jt mad last str ongholds. pam.peo'ed pet/I, 10 lIear. ago a /"rtls propor "The gradual t ransformation of women's ;'When women answered the questions ot tion. of them we .. e /orUid "II UOllomo'c unpaid sen'ices into paid employment brought census enumerators a few weeks ago prob Mrcul1l.tllncu 1'11'/ only to work ollbide tltll in its train many social and e-conomic prob_ ably t.hey did not realize that they were 1I0'~ but to M."l/ 0... II.oma duti"l! "t helpi ng- the Federal Women's IJ ureau to help women. But the census iE a tha 801n<) ti"'c_ dOllble 8wvery: it !KIrt of dictionary Cor this bureau U'/U from. een..... figures of Ihllt .lto..,·" throwing light on the number of time. women worken, their age, marital .,,,al? Are IIwl ,,,.roe... of all .. 100men status, and occupational progress. growing Ugh/llr or ite",,;tr? "The variety oC elements composing The Fed~rol Jroman'w B" .. e(>f( of the thi~ vast army of working women adds Depjlrtml!nt of lAbor, headed by .11 ie. greatly to the complexity of the prob Mary And"rttm ia "'aitilttl with itch lems confronting the bu~au. In the ing fi"g~, ..eady to dig inlo tke fflOU Tllnks oC the wage-earners are found young girls, middle-aged and even of loc/$ and fi(1uTU fl~ ~OO/l. all they elderly women ; mllrried, widowed a lld can. get at them. IVilh. a rar$ "ymP<' " divorced womell; negro and fo reign thy lind undeTstanding W6 "loy expect born workers. each type with its own thm to inlC'rpl"et the call6 of Ihe WPTk set of problems requiring attention ;ng WOllla'l. alla he-r flew problelll". and solutio,,". There are women who ." in An,ur.o .... ~hief 0/ thfl b"reau support not only themselves b ut de lor more lha'll 10 years. is ever 11 pendenu 118 well, those who must champio,", of the dowfI,-troddfln: enact the double role of homemaker altho"(1h. hampo!red by adminiotration" and wage earner, Or even carry a mOTfl interc.ted ill big b".ille,. lhen triple burden with the addition oC ill !hfl wage earn ..... hall e<>med on motherhood. ' rarl' maki'llg with tact aM wi8dom, Vasl Army o f Yo ulh eo/d tabldation" come to Iffe ill terml of paver/y, toil. and fUfldaltl6l1tfll "There were nearly 2,000,000 girls ..ted.. Incidl/1ltally, "hI' '" thorougltly under 20 working for pay in the sgmpathl'lio to tradl' "l'IiO'lli ..lI . alld United Stliles in 1920. Doubtless belinn it ;8 IhI! Oft/If "olutfo.!'l. to thfl there are even more. today. The great problem of low wagn, /ollg hOlt"' a"d majority of these young worken seek poor c01,ditio"," amollg "'/1.(1. earneN a job in order to earn a living. Many of ejilln- JlCZ. of them most contribute also to the MI SS ~IAIl\, AXDlcRSOS I II a Tecnt talk ov6" 1M Columbia suppOrt of others, and in some in eMill !IIi .. A"lld.tr"ol'l made Ih. /0/10',," Ill~to. of the W OUlan'~ Uureau. at he. dl'"llk In the U. S. ~tances .w.TVe as the family mainstay. ;11(1 hell aWIfN of thfl m,,/aveme>lt Department of Labor. Washington. D. C. Therefore, the theory that girls who of '<'07116,. b" tA ...... ckilll': Ii"e at home can get along on very "The many marvelous ;nvent;on~ oC the lem! wilh far· reaching results. llany di/fi low wages is not only wrong but vicious. past de-cades ha,-e completely re.. olutioniud cultie~ arose for the women. Certain of When the employed girl is spending her women'lI wo rk. Job$, such u ~pinning, these hardshipl that mar the lot of so many time and energy in work that fails to give weaving, knitting, baking, canning, the women ,,·age earnen today, however, could her a livelihood. IIh e becomes a liability to making of garment!, shoes, candle!, soap, be readily ironed out if we had modern the family instead of financial asset which and eountiesl other things hllve been drawn methods of thought commensurate with our is 110 often needed. One of the challeng from the home to the factory. Witb the up-to.d(lte eleetriclIl laundr~' facilities, for ing questiol1$ of the day is: Why should de"elopment oC the modern industrial sys instance. If progren in ideas could be the family oC a working girl be eJCpected tem these tasks ceased to be woman made to Jceep pace with our material prog+ to s ubsidize the indus tTY or business in monopoliea. lind women we~ thus stripped ress, much oC the injustiee and diserimina+ ",·hich she is employed? not only oC thei r work but of e-conomic lion against women workers would disa.ppf'ar ".4.t the otber end of the scale atl! the wealtb. Articles which formerly had been all though by magic:. older women worken whose problems have made in the home at ver y low east had then "The W nmen's Bureau of the U. S. De become ext~mely acute in this machine to be purchllSed lit much greater outlay oC partment of Labor Wat c realI'd by CongrNlI civilization. when more and more emphasis monel'. With the resultant new ""ale of 10 yean ago as a permanent federal agency is being laid on youth and s p(led. The age living cOBh many men be-come unable under to collect facta about women worken and at which workers are being serapped is the existing wage standards to meet the to use the"" facts II" ammunition to explode gradually c~ep ing lower and lower, and family needs. Many women began to real· false theories working to the disadvantage many women of 45 or even younger are i:te that they, too, must join the wage-earning of ...·omen. Tbis federal bureau i. charged finding themselves stripped of their job and ranks to earn a livelibood and to help hold also with the task of investigating and lh~ir independence. In such cases women home and family together. At the same time studying the problem of wage-earning wo ~till active Dnd capable a re faced with the from the upanding factories came the de m~n in order to make their services most humiliation and distres ~ of becoming bur mllnd Cor women workers to help produce the cff~eli"e for their own good and most con dens on thl!ir families or on society. This Nation's goods. Women responded, forced ducive 10 national welfare. iB through no fault of their Own but through from within and from without. Naturally "A score of years ago we used to have wage standards too low to permit 8Bvings they have not beoen ~stricled to the tran! dinned constantly intu our ears the Victor for old IIge and through lack of pension BYS- planted industries but have entered any ian slogan, ''''oman's place is in the home.' (ContInued on p8ge 3i2) 347 hme, 1990 Tlte JOltr1wl 0/ Electrical lVo rkcJ"s and Qpcrlttors Smart s!)lles ci Catton • 348 Tile Journal 0/ Electrical Workers and Operators June, 1980 A LITTLE GUY MAKES HIMSELF HEARD /i' - ~# ~~ .-IIII:/; \ l J~. , • bOle, 1990 The Jom"ltal of Elect1'ical Workers and OperatOl's 349 CONSTRUCTIVE HINTS II II Care o r Fb h Whl". A number of elee. 30000() ('. M. 1.50 1.7~ 6.tI~ , .lflID.1 11)0 529 trinl work~u UI! cnrtle .. about tbe hlln 3lioooO ('. M. 1./;0 4.7~ 7.!Hl , .H;Z(12 4111 dling of fi$b wi re betwen joh. Fint: The 400000 C. \I. 1M 6.011 7.39 , .1~12'1 " 3:11 wir. II kinked by bavinj( beavy tools 450000 ('. ". 2./)1 6.(l~ 7 ;lll , .IZII 19 " ZG;! Ihrown UI)On it In tbe tool box. Tbue kinks 500000 ('. M. 2.0 1 11.0~ U!I o .111l3 "39 'OS cnuu ('xlra effort on the wnrkl"r'. pnrt to 600000 ('. )1. 3..311 7:1f1 lUI\! .101kO 161j above the flIb line alon". Ruond: The fi~h G500f10 (' \1. 3.~1I IUH IHIt! " .00074 " 132 11n(' II allowed to get rUlty. Tbl~ rUlt in 12" .0f!M I " 105 ct('u('~ the amount of friction to bl! over Numl'l"r o( WitI" 13 .07196 1;'.7 come In pushing the 11.10 Hne through a Wire Sizl" , , , .064(111 "12.1 II Il & R .• .120 .(,:\3 .6111 " t"'Hrh run of condull. Tblrd: The IIlh line " .06706 ,.. 5~ 12 n. &: S. .·If,O .tli l " ],"rom('« Inn ked in cutting 011 which. when .":\3 " .050R~ mill"NI with too! box d Ult, lelun. the wire 10R.&S. .611 .fl ll .IIM 17" .0If,25 0".1 " Ilnd inerell~u it, friction. Th e un of II 811.&5. 1.1i0 1.17 1.0~ OR .OJO:1O 2(>.11" 60.1.5. SI111111 (IUllntlt)' of 'Ollt) alone or flllked 2.01 .O:lfiR!l •••3.' "20.7 G1I.1<5. !.riO 2./"11 I)prnmn wll! pro~rl)' lubrlule the 11$10 wire 2.n " .0:1196 3.1 16. 1 lind ellmlnnte the t rouble. menlioned. ·1 1.1. " S. 2.01 2.:17 2.70 " .0284G 2.5 I.... . d ut Urau I'luml) Ii nba. Tb(' use of 3 B. &. S. 2.01 2.111 2112 22" .(I25:1J 10.2 plumh hohJ ha"e their \·.Iul! In old house 2 U. I:. S. 2.0~ 2.70 3.!1I1 .1122.57 I.'1.5 "82 I R. .t S. 2.70 407 wirinll'. Thl!~e plumh bobl un hI! uud as ". " .112010 6, lI'd in hooking th, hh Ifne or .. lounding o B. 1:. R. 3.311 4.07 ".7~ "25 .0\7f1O ".97 10011 to locnte the uact point of an flO II. " S. 4.07 4.7~ 1>.r.5 26 .01594 .77 , 000 B. I S. 4.7t! Ii.rol) 6.52 " ob~truction. 27 .01 .. 19 .GO '.2 OOflO O. I S. I.ilt 6.011 W .flI264 ,. --- 200000 ('. )1. Ii.n;, 1i.1i2 7.S9 ." It ll(ld Condull "29 .01125 ., 2 221)000 ('. )1. 6.M 739 .... ("onv('rtiblc tablc for varioul conlbinationl 2;.0000 C. ". 6.0>1 7~'9 fI.G\ Il()('blinar, A S. and W. ('0. of witI' .iul: 300000 C. :'1. 7~'9 II.G4 0" or Wuhbum snd Moen 3!i(1()OO C. M II.IJ I 9.1<9 12.73 :\"0. Weight Pound• ('ondu;t Conduit ('lInduil ('onduit .. 00000 ('. ". 9>, II 31 12.n \\'; r" Dillm. ".., ,0< Sizl'" FMto,.. Rit-ea "'acton 450000 (". \I ." Iz.n 1".3t Gauj{t' I n~hl"l 1000 Ft_ :'llIe ...... , ,., 500000 ('. 'I 1273 150G 0·, .. " 641.20 33115.5 .533 "~I 5SOOOO ('. M '" 17.97 '·0 .430 560..29 295>'-3 " >G. 1 12.73." fiOOOOO C. M. 12.73 15.0f! 19.9'J ,., ,,, -I68.W- 2HI.1 1', UO H,S6 6.:i0000 ('. M 12.;3 15.011 19.99 ,., .31;2 39";".09 2096.6 1', 2.01 ," 19.99 2-0 ~'31 "2 1753 , 3.36 , 211.89 Numlll~r of Wlru , .301 285.60 1507.9 ,,' , 4.711 Wire Siu , o 1 .2113 212.69 12111.1 . 14 &: S. .700 .711S. JlOr. n. , .2G.1 ZOO.GO 1100.7 Thl" "bo\'e fllcton (or {"onduit are to be 12 n ... S. .755 .11611 1.00 , .2H IIIOA I OC>2.ft u~"d in cOlljunclion wllh wire fll{"to,", and 101l.&S. 1.(12 1 111 U·l , ..225 15U9 1\09.9 IIrt' to be u"l"d to dctermlne the required con 811.&S. 1.1!! 1.:11 I~O , .2Q7 129.8t 6/1&.6 duit ~ize for vllrious comblnalion. of con ft n. & S. 2.37 2.70 3.03 o .192 111.71 /i1l9.11 du~t ... n. 51l.&S. 2.71\ UI3 3.:16 , . 171 9~.9:l 601.2 Where {"onductora all or on~ lin a re to b0.4 umn lind 011 ume horilont.1 line of flll"UreB 2 n. &. S. 3.113 1.30 1.7f1 .135 55..22 291.6 ulld"r beading ~ulnber of Wire. flnd wire I II . &: S. ".711 /i.Il:; " .120 43.63 230.t fllcton. 011."5. 5.6f, 6.52 '"7..19 "12 .105 33.41 176.1 Wh"re conductor. o( dlfT.'renl ~ile~ art' to 00 II . " S. f).52 7.39 II.G I 13 ",., 2fi.65 136.·1 be UM'd. procet'd ,,~ abo"" (or e~ch ,i~ and 000 II. &. S. 7.:\9 8.1ll 0" .08' 19.:19 102.1 lid,] the wire fac1ou. ('omllllring the ~um 0000 8. A. S. IUH 9.80 11.31 " .072 1:'.71 lI2.S!; o( Ih~M! facton with the conduit fa<"ton will 200000 ('. /II. R.1l4 0.110 lUI " .ow" 1203 53.!>2 d"tprmine the lin conduit rl! , .232 10' 86O Kilowatt::: Bests Population In Race For 5 .212 >3. no 1.000 wath . , .1!l2 II!! 1.34 h. p. Food 7 . 176 '" 2.(;54.200 n.-lbs. per hour. 1I0w the progreu 'bf mechanical inven 8 .160 "77 '" ..&4.240 nAbs. per minute. tion hal multiplied lhe Il0wer of man to o . 144 , 737.3 fl.-Ibs. J)('r second. . '" e~traet food rrOIll soil and sunlight Wa! 8.412 heBt_unit~ J)('r hour 10 .1~ '"262 empha!lled by Dr. William Crocker, direc_ 56.9 hent-uni~s J)('r minute. II .116 215 t{lr of the Boy('e Thomp!on lnstilute for .104 "33 .948 heat-units per second. " Plan~ Rueareh of "'onke,.. N ...... in a re .092 25.6 "'>3, .2275 lb. carbon oJ:idized J)('r hour. >3 een~ talk at the New York Botani(al Gar_ " 3.53 Ibs. "'ater e"aporaled per hour from .0" 19 .. 1 102 den. In the old days of hand work .... ith and at 212~ F • "15 •Oj2 15.7 83 the sidle, Dr. Crocker said. sb meo could 16 12.4 Walt per !q. in.: reap and billd one IL('re of grain In a day. II ."".056 ,., " The Invention of the ('radiI'. multiplied lhis 36.R 8.9 heat-units per sq. ft. per minute. .O~" 7 " human pro(iudil'ily by three. for with thal .0<0 25.6 6,371 It.-lb~. per sq. fl, I"" """ule. " .. .193 h.p. per sq. ft. implement. familiar lO every man who grew .036 ,., 20.7 " ] 6.4 7.233 ft-lbs. up on a rarm a generation ago, only two .032 ,., men inst('ad of !iJ[ were needed to reap " 2.4 12.5 " .(12" Kilogram )Ieter= and bind one acre of grain In a day. The 9.2 .," .O~~ U .000ll0365 h.p. hour. in"ention of the mechanical r ... per brought ,. .022 7.7 '-, .00000272 k.w. hour. another multlpllca~ion by four, enabling a .020 ,~ 6.1 .0093 heat-unih. single man to reap lind bind ~wo aerl)! of .98 5.2 "26 .01S grnin n day. NowadaYI. wilh the modern .0164 ., 4.3 1.h. Wlltf'r F:vaporatl'd from nnd ilL 212 ~",lf_bindfr. Dr. Crocker ! tated. il i! possi .0148 .fiG 3.5 F.= "28 ble ror one mon to reap and bind from 10 .0136 .M , .:!S3 k.w. hour. .3i9 h.p. hour. to Ifi acres of g rain a tloy; nearly 100 times " Birminl:hllm S~ubbl 965.7 heat-units. 81 mueh a, one man could aecompllsh in the old dn~' . of hand reaping with ! iekles No. " Weight Pounds 103.900 k.g.m . and a still larger rll~ io nbove what ('ould Wire Dlum. 1.019.000 joule5. P" P" 751,300 ft.,lb •. be ac('omplished with the IItone tools of Gauge Inches 1000 Ft. Mile f,24 3294 .OO(;~ lb. of .. a rbon oxidized. prehistoric agricul~urillh. It III not prob '·0 .~ 5" nble, Dr. Crocker believe., that mankind 3.0 .425 M7 21187 Heat-Unit= wHi run .hort of food .. R result of in 2-0 ~180 ,137 230A 1.055 Wlltt seconds. .340 Isn t'relllling l'opulntion, as fo reca!l by the "0 778 ft.-lbs. fjln)Ou5 theory of Mlll lhu!. "I believe we , .300 272 ,4:IA 107.(; kilogram meteu. ° lIa justified in ~Ryin.t." he stated, "thllt .284 240\ 1280 .000293 k.w. hour. 2 l'i\'ilizatlon'l daugor in the nCar aud per , .269 203 1072 .000393 h.p. hour. haps rather remote future do... not lie in , .238 905 .0000GS8 lb. cnrbon oxidiled. the inability to prod uce foodll but nther 5 .220 1-IG 773 .00103(; lb. wllte r eVApo rAted from And At '" in tho inabiUly of the lIoeinl and eeonomie n .203 I~r, t;b~ 212 0 F. organizallon to readjulIl Itself rapidly 7 .11;0 Hent-Unit per SQ. Flo per Min.::: ('no\!g. to keep poce with mechoniell.l and 8 .1115 '"4~5 " .122 walt pl'r sq. in. o .1411 "' ~r;o .dentifie ntlvllncCl in production." .134 M 2A7 0!7!i k.w. pf'T ~'l. fl .. '0 " .0236 h.p. per sq. ft. II .120 ." 230 Forecasts Hurricanes From .109 10O Drop In Power of Sunlight ">3 .095 "27.3 1.14 Find Sunset-Colored Glass .OB3 20.J1 110 Keeps Flies Out of Rooms The ponibillty of forecasting tropical " .072 Jr.. 7 83 hurrit'an('l. like tholle which occasionally "10 .065 12.S An aversion of house fliu to red or yellow nrik". Florida or Cuba, by watching for s ud .05S 10.2 "54 light. di~overed by expl'rts of the ("rown den tlecrelllel in the intensity of lIunlight, " I'l L. U. NO. I , ST. LOUIS, MO. I am aending under lerarllte cover a pho· of .ny WI' ha"e bad so far. ThOle prell'nt }:;'lIlor: t(.ll'rlph of two Brothe,. of Locil No. 22 e~j)rl''''fd tht'mse!ves as bein!( In favo. of I,utting UI) ob~tacle li!(hll on tbe 200.foot Till' monUl'r 1I0\'ering over the multItude Ihe I' IIrt·!Ultcther meeting and perhaps radio towen of Fort Omaha. ~u stain Ell'c' at pruent I, lupply and demand. The n,"Xl tim .. I "'rile r may be able to report manufacluren have tllrown a lu.plu, of tric Company had the con tract. Ihat Lonl No. 22 hu II woman'l /lux[l1ary. The min "anding on tht' ground il HrOiller IU I)I)ly upun an undemanding market and " O'!\eil, Inte rnational RrprC'l('nlativt', i. with us nOW trying to ht'lp u. with our tile r('~ult II the laboring man Is tile one to .uJfl"r thl" consequences. Th!."n along prf'Sl'nt problem. UUIIS. ~oml" tile bank!.". witll hil swan aonll'. "Save JOt: for a rlliny day," when we can't I~e tile IUn fo. the raindrop•. L. U. NO. 28, 8ALTlMORE, MD. Labor I!."ta the mark!."t value nn a com· Editor: modity nnd when an ovu.production b After a lome"'hat di sappOintinK' C'lI'pe rlenee wrougllt labo. like the commodity lIecornea with the Editor, in which ye aeribe 10lt out, rh!."lIp It ia this that is und!.".mininlt our by having hill lette. left oul ot the Ap.il moral lind sOfinl lIystl'm and pllupt'Tit.inlt blUt', he i. back again, "'e tru,I, fo. better our go\·ernm('nl. Labor is the only thing lurk Ihl. time. that inlUrn man's hal,pint''' lind man Uill Baltimore can nOw bout of a rul bonnt. haa that hl'rit.ngt'. For tht' "punuil Q( hap. lo·goodne.. ba",ball leegue in which Loc:al plneu" I. one of the ouutandinlt prinfiples No. 28 pill'S no meaD part in Ihe Ilaltlmore of our (·onsUtution. Ft'dcration of Labor Dalt'ball l.coa,u... At SUl,ply and demand mllSt be Itllbili~ed pre.ent the league I, comprised of the and it il up to the working mlln to ace that , h«t metal workers, plumbe,., ,teamfillerll, it h. Fiut, b)' ~hllr t eninll: the worklnll' " Ibetto, workers, painlen lind IlI l t, but not hour.: lerond, by pUUing a I lop 10 tht' leul, the e!ectrit'al workl'ta. The writer I, rllw·hldlnlt whkh i, being praetked to luch unc('ftaln whether thb Includea all membera exc.... In 1111 channels of IlIbo., of thl' leagu ... but hIlS no mfOlln l 01 verifying ROIII".RT Il. ~11L t . CIt, thlw at pre.enl. Tht' "Cabin Boy." The oft]cial opening of the ball l ellllon took place )Iay 3, at Bugle Field, 2 p. 10, Standard L U. NO. 22, OMAHA, NEBR. Time. The prt'Sident of the Blltimore Fed· Ednor: ------I'ration of Labor, Uenry BrOt'nlnll', th.l'w out Thl' l'nion Pacific Rlilroad ('ompan)', with Iht' flnt ball and you ('an U.$C' Ihat lamoul .hop. and hndquarten locatl'd in Omaha. old i'XpTt't.!ion "they'.e off. " The opl'nln, KimI' wu between Loc:al No. 2il, I. B. E. W., claim. it II building up Ihi. It'Nion (If the ruuntry. WI' rannot be pll'RI('d with whit Ind the .heet melal ..o rken. It wa, a Ifamt' It hili aerompliahed, for it hili bet'n I tCII(l. all rill'ht, t .. lephone numbe,. were uled for thn leort, 28 to 15 for the "mrt IlUl"n." AI il)' trarlng down that which it hnl helped to bulld. for the nlibi. we Clln uy, the boy. WfO . 1! a hit off colo., lis 011 good a rti, t, In every li ne Not conlent with wrecking Ihe ~ hop of ende.vor Ore temperamentlll, lind wire . raft'. unton it ba.! been tryinlt to 10WH jerktrs a . 1! no exception. l'lomt ('ven had the living standard of olhl'r wage workers, thtir femininl' admirt'n with Ihl'm Ind took f't'ntcring itl elfortl at preunt on the build· ad"antaltl! of lhill fac:t in pulling lOme extra ing trad ... or Ihis dty. perlo.mlncH on that. werl' not IKhtdultod, It l.,t thf' fontract on tbe Jeff'ntly fom· ht'n('t the ~me sulfered. No jokin,;, tht' boy. "trlrd addition to ill hl'adqusrtl'n to a un play if you let them alont', ('ontnlctor .... ho.!t' poliry has bun 10 pt The boYI have di!playrd lII1'eat aplnt of h[a lallor where it could be had Iht' t'ht'llp, (o·operation in all pradiet' gamea .nd Krf'al ut. Thl' IBmI' practicl' h .. b(,l'n u~l'd in Intt.l',t wa~ displllyrd III tI1'ldt'nccd by the let l ing the ~ontnlC" for the nfW Union lint' auendance lind great competitlOIl fo. Rtalilln, with the r e.!ult that any bidder p o~jtionl on the team. We have lome exrd· who did not bellev~ in working hi, mcn 10 I.,ut mnterial for the positlonl. 10 12 hours n dny for least wngca dl,1 not T he team il now !int'd up on a permaucnt hllvl' a chance in hllving tht' enntraet h a~il. Next. lime "'1' will endeavor to nam" HwaTlI('d to him. An ('Ieetrieal rontraelor the ttam .. now composed, but at p.e ~e n t who hu a lwaya been paying fllr ,,·age. to .... ill name a ff'w Ihat come 10 min d. TheR hi. "It'('triclanl, took Ihl' job of in.talIIng Irt: Elmu Bl),c, fiut ba",,: J ohn Ben ~o n, IIII' 1'11'1'1rl('sl .... ork dlu makin,; a pfopo_l· Rl'd. lIit'kt, Lealie German and Allen lion to hi. m",n wblrh no 11'1f'J"pccting ~roKIr". ~ot intt'nding to sliRht anyont' WI' ('mplo)"t'r would have don",. ....m make tht' list more compll'tt' nexl timt'. MillTator, itinerants Il ockinll: hut' in r"· Pat a.ndel, buinesll all'ent. Ilk" Ie take lpon"t' to advt'rtilemt'nt.l of "Workl'ri illyI' OUI on sidelinca to warm him UI' for Wanted" are olfert'd ,,'agea on which a aame. l\IacCormick and Gettman like to plllY ('olllie or peon track !aborer mil)" he nble on IJdelinu in order to nitrllet Hart Fort'· to I'XIRt but whi~h nre wholly inadequate mlln·. eye !O 116 to make the t"nm . HllTt in· in providing n liv~lihood in n city of tid. Ed, Younll'ren, who did the climbi!)g, K, F:. forms th~ Rc ribe lIA'e is 1I1l"ln ~ t UI~ IIt' twO, Jlt('. lIiley, hetter known lorally " . Kiwi IUlI'y, They ~Ialm though they'll be willin" to aerve 1'h[. 1,Item of bnltering down of wal/U wa~ IIt'r.unded to get In the ,win; nnd i. UI ~u b N in ease of emergcncy. and eondltion. hal made prolt'lyte. among .h,,"'n holding tightly to tht' la~t It'~ ~ion of This writing would not be complete with. oth"r IntereslS, who are taklnjl" the oppor· c"ndult. IIrnther 1I0ehrir not In th~ pic· Out ml'ntioning our worthy baHball playt'r tunity to further ~duce the bU)'ln;: power turl'," till w(>ndt'rinr;: nbout wllu (,lIml' who fure!y knows balebsll, attnrdln&, to him. of tht' lal'nr population of Omahl. proven frum an, 'n~ulat~d guy "'in: and "undurfd Yu lir, Ed. Garmatz manoged to get in tht' I,)" Ih" numbu of homn rt'\'erl[nll' back to his flnl/er. JS""'. {'an IO}" Ed. /lurely looka Kood )(I I,uildin&, and loan a""eiationa and faHurn Local !\o. !!:? 1(I\'t' a hard t;ml'~ parly umform, but bis mind is t'l!ewhut' than on of loral banh and wholuale hou",•. A,'ril 30, whirh was about Iht' bl'ot attendt',! tht' "arne: .. Ed, Itarts playinK ball with -0 3.- The Journal of Electrical Workers and O]Je"atol',~ June. 19.JO umpir~ flg\lring on him being in game would The As.ociation at fin! ealled their scheme lIuggest t:d. get" job pO.lng in ball uni READ "oluntary and noting that people weren't forma, it might pay better. falling for ii, used all kinds of underhanded We lire proud to bout 01 one of the best Anl i,urlion b .. llle irl O m l h", by meal1,ll 10 urn it down our throou. The bowling learns in the ~it}'. Our pride is par. L. U. No. 22. cily, officially, hili not IIdopted dnyllght "V· donable if you would on~e eh~k up on our ing. The 1(I(:IIIa sll operate On standllrd tunding In the Building Trades League. The we ll. known do uble .e ro ll in 51. J oaeph, by L. U. No. 545. time, maybe one or two don't. The stO"'1 The Kames that were the 'C~I ot them aU on daylight time which inelude bnnka lind were UIOIIC that took pi aN! bHween ~ala Orll"n i"l t ;on Progre.. in the some busi ne.. housea. Result is grcat con· "oa. 26 and 28, Washington lind Ballimore. Soulh, by L. U . No. 329. fusion and one mUll spC(:ify when mnking On April 26, Local NQ. 28'8 lenm went oyer Lice nl irlll I'! lectriu.l w orke r. of fl.JJ!,ui"l"'"nla III to what time he mellna. to IVnshington in a bUll lind the boya or 26 L. U. No. 3 92. The school" and city departments nre on lIu r(' cen put thing! o"cr big >lnd in n big More o . machin"l. , f • • ,. ~t.andard time. Yes air, we are re.. 1 genuine way. .. two time,.. Some uf the boys 11ke the Idell inte ll ige nt Once we we.1' 01'1'. in I,h" trrriln.}, nf Nil. policy, L. U. No. 125. of ~tarting in at stnndard nnd quilting nt 2(;, the)' assumed ChllTKC lind took us over daylight timl'!. Some also "'lInt to luke ad· to Snyders, lin clIcellcnt rood palace, and H olly wood progre ... "b, L. U. No. 40. vllnlRgt! of the two dinner hours. Ain't we Rnl'c u, II great feed whid\ will long b~ re got fun! member~d. From there we later Itarted the 8 e l1 regr e ll , b y L. U. No. 151, A f~w r"enr.l~ tn ~nR\ (, of the- h(\ys who game. The lineup wu a. follow.: Electric ball t ouer l, by L. u. were working in our jurisdlction; LOCAL NO. 28 No. 28. Wendell Blair, of Wllrren, Ohio. The S pri n g in A tlanl;c C ily, by L. U. handsome boy with the musical voiee and IlitUI 96 No.211 . newly·wed. 1(12 Walker, of Flint, Mir.-h .. the fighting kid. !-->oonan " .08 97 Progre .. in Phila de lp hia, b y L. U. Kll'!in 98 10' 131 112 107 No. 98. R. J. Ilenn, of I..oul No. 308, friend of Fref'man '01 10. 11. I Hi the \\'(lodchoPI)Cr. the uribe. '06 90 '01 108 .'"110 Vir g inia looka f orwa rd. by L. U. Abo"e all thllt little friend of mine. Eddy .",,'ulgarb 120 118 123 '66 110 No. 734 . \'oRlnstek, the "mocky bo)'," of Trenton. ------And all the o the r punch f ul, .., n.e. liermlln Steinel, of I..oo::nl No. 16-1. North 507 5i7 ,OJ BeTlen, ~. J ., who lives at 830 S~nd St .. '"~ ful, inte r elt f ul epialle. of '" powe r . :\orth Bergen. LOCAl- NO. 26 Oh, ~'es, our engineer friend of Loclll No. 3. Sam Pollock. Booth 112 11. U('nry Ford. of No.3, ,,'ho fe~ide~ at 2721 Grady "'.00 102 "'.01 "8 .2< "' eSI and onee /Igain we can !8)' the boyl of Kingslllnd Ave. Let', hear from you. llalarnttn 87 87 00 26 ,,,.~ "lo ... "t .. ~ lIoud Ii l"u,,~h \If apurts liS Edwurd V. Snrhtleben. of 7&6 S. 16th St., Boroughs 10' .1< )'ou'1\ Ilnd anywhere. The gamu and spirit Nl'walk. N. J .. Laclll No. 1j2. Trege 110 102 '28 di$played were full of real IpOrlBmllnlhip Oh ye~, Bill lIarUl11g, of Local No. 86. W c!('e " 113 90 nnd grent enjoyment. At t he end of the Last, but not leut, Herb R. Bullen, of Mnhon 106 81 1'(1lnlO the boy~ (Ill retired to (I pineo not yet 17!J n('~mnn.t Sl.. nn~hest('r, N Y. n~mcm ' Greag)' 02 .15 famililOT to the writer and topped Satur(lay oer that pile, Herb l ------night oil" with a real old-time round of Keariy for!:,ot Sunny Jim, of Hackensack, 667 523 "8 51. 50' plclI$ure. K. J., Local No . 578, otherwise James V~n Ben~~hoten. The louy~ uf 26 ~ur~ly "H~k e grut ho~ts, WI' look forwar.1 to mnr.. vi~;t~ IInrl mnrh they kno'" how to make one f~'i!1 at home and fun from Local No. 26. The writer', opinion. Jack Wilson, of No. 98, Philadelphia. hlv" lin e~cellent time buidn. (I{ an Ilrtivc I)artieipation in ~p<) rl s. by loc .. ls, The$e are just lome or the namn in poa· We can aasure the boya of 26 we hlld .. is (If ",",at benefit t(l all, ~eeml to be horne session of ye II.!ribe who sends best regards roylll good time lind found thorn to be Il great uut in this instance. We would like to It!Ol and wishes to be rl'!membered to you all. bunch or lporh who know how to put on a more of this !ort of activity partaken by all, YOU". relll lime snd Kaml'! that makes One feel a. il ha, II tendency to get the boYI' mind! ROILElIT S. nOSE)tA:-r. I)roud to be a member of the grest I. B. off of the Idea of a local being merely. job huntin!:, snd creating agen~y, where the E. W. I.. 11. NO. 4 0 , H01.l.YWOOO, C A1.IF. Thl'! return game took place on May 10. officer. are in ollice to be hindcn!d, "panned:' We tried to return the "'vor, or rather thl'! and c ritici ~ed. It will have s tendency to Editor; good lime, shown UI by Local No. 26. The bener ev ... ryone m .. ntall)·, nlorally. and Loul :-'-0. 40 hili nut had a letter in the boys were taken over and entertained by ph)·sicall)·. So, "'hat do you U)', boy.! WORKER fer two montha. uwing to the fact the team to Millera ne.taurant. l lust ~ay td' ~ gd l"u~y. U,t"3 ", .. I." UUt un~ .. "j~ .. · that the prcG/I ~I'!erl'! tllry has been aojourn though, this was preceded by It t rip to Bugle lion~ II 1Iort or social a1lo well a. an economic ing in Ihe northern plITt of the ~ta te. The Fil'!ld where the bowling lellml watched the center. "cry strennou, job ot loding got the but ball team of Locill No. 28 get deCested by \Val grutly interested in Ihe account of me. ao I had to \.I1ke a vacation to relt up. tile steamntters. T hen the r"ed. I...... ,r iu g:\"'n by Local No. 68, of Danver, about the I Tf'II.t thai th~ ~:(Iilnr wnultl like to havl\ the dn>' thl'! gnml'!l took pla~e at the Re<; r ..a. formation of Il bllsket bRII league by the the letter! lImited to 600 wo"h. I am lion Alleys. Here are the IlnCUI) and Kames: building trllde8 of that city. f:lated to note going to try to do just that. the lCood (('cling and fcllow~hip cre.. ted by I" my flut letter to the WORIO;II .•oml'! LOCAL NO. 28 ~hc friendly rivlliry and spirit displnyed by month~ ago, I told my ~ad stor)' or the these contc!U. More suece8B to you In your condilioM toenl No. 10 wag working under Noonan new Held of endell\"or. Grcat bUllch on thnt in the studlo~. The que ~ t;on of jurlMdie. Klein .29 10' '34 110 riaure of your tellm. More power to ~'ou. tion of the electrical work. I read with Fr('eman 120" 11." lOt) 93 '01 "' Now on our J')('r~onlll affnin or 28, want znuch pleasure II letter dllted Mar 11, 19:10, 93 n~. ." to say ~ince we've inaugurated the two meet· from International Sccretary !:Iugllia1:et, de· Vulgaris 10'" 137 143" \27" inKS per month idea our meeting'! are "'ell fininK jut what work belongs to the l. II. Ilgenfriu; .10 "98 attended. In fil et better thlln In any lime E. W., as evcl1'one knows that. the I. A. ------" in our hiltory. As we mentioned In our T. S. E. IJ now, lind hu in the pe~t, lo«n fi23 643 '" 632 "'0 earlier letten. our former bUllnc .. repre encroaching upon our work to what I term LOCAL NO. 26 sentat"·c now having been promoted to the a "ery !erioua exteM. We of Local No. 40 po.ition of International Vice Preaident, we ha"e been trying to remedy this . ituAtion. Booth 10. 133 125 120 80 are now being ~erved by OUr new bu.inen with very little lucceu. After month I of l-Ie:,!fahon 10' 10. tepruent:\ti... e, Pat Bandel. We ate hon_ feeble. lukc_worm tMlies by thc oflleCrD of Borough. 113 116" .00 9:! " ored occlI.!ionaU)· by visits from OUr own Local No. 40, the International OlTlee lent Grady 96 93 '03 12. 100" Ed. 8ierNl, who It ill is loyal to 28. Brother ~Ial. lJarris, lin International Rep· ('rl'ftger .04 The lIitudion in Baltimore at present i. resentllt;"e, here to take complete charge of Weill'! " 106 04 one of I'(t(,lIt confusion liS to th~ limf The ~trA;C"hll'niny' th;nl! ~ nut. N ... el1l .. ~~ In ~a}", Preager 96 87 city is working under a "two time" .ynem. Brother IIlIni, went right tu work to lind ------We are s to"'n of two timers. The Auocla. out the "'hy .. nd wherefore of the situation. '09 <>38 '37 tion of Commerce got an idea thst they with the result that leveral ofllcers resigned. ,,, '" '" would like to hllve daylight lavrng dme Now cornu the long, hllrd task of rebuild A. ". ." )'ounelf but by all inrlintionl it lookl .. though job but will Il"lIve lonl~ for next month, find thl"m ... h"u down and out and not Local :-':0. 10 il going to gel the work that when I hope to hllve lOUIe pieture. ot the want('d. rightfully b~lonlCl to It. plant and will ~Ive a more com iliell" Younger members, who lire Itrong and in Our bi. bllttll" now il jurl,diction of in_ wrlll"up. the prime of life, nlay think Ihllt old 1111'1" ~tallin(l: and mainll"nance oJ found I"quip_ _\lUll .ay hello to Johnnil" Johnlon and ..·ill not ellteh Ihem down lind OUI. bUI don't nlcnl, al YIlU know lound .. quipml"nt Is .ome hi, brothers, AI and ~'rank. lI ow Will Ihe bl" too lure, fatl" i! fickle, fortune Imilu to Ihi"g new, and of course the I. A, T. S, E. i. trip back east, Johnnie! 111"110, l)oc and day and rhu )'ou th .. ml"rry ha-ha tomor cllliminl' il. "11 me, .egardleu of whether I\orman l lore]lInd; how'. the Graha", row, And rl"member lime i. inl"xorable and it il nl"W Or nlll, it il I"ll"ClriUJ I"quipml"nt I'aice! I)oc 1010.1 all hi. tool. 10 Tnd fllr old age II jun around the corner for sll of and, bl"lnlt' aurh, Ihould rome under the 75 nnll when he left thl" job. Braft 1.111. UI . We mu.t takl" csre of ourHh·e~_ :-':0 jurildi~lion of thl" I. H. Jo:. W. Doc. B"l )'ou g ... t hunchbacbd lurl'mll' that one ... he wllnl. us. hpeeially whl"n we are I ... i11 quotl" l oml" of the ~onU'ntl of the t(l(ll box around, Norman. "0. K." old and elln no 10nICer produce. St!lf_pr... _ tener mentIoned previoualy, to Wit.: "Our Work here ia Itil1 vl"r)' quiet With a larl:''' en-lition il thl" first law, and it app1ie~ it>eU local union. are adviled thu lht in.l"lIa number of the bO)'1 OUI IIf work and hopinr forcibly on UI all through life. We like tion of .11 I"lectricnl sound cqulpml"nt and that laid ,-,'ork loon openl up. to ear.), on to the end. but WI" like to rany thl" rl"palu thereto. are the work of the ,\Irs. L. uthe r Thomllt had" numb.... of the on with honor, not throuJ:h charity lind electriClI1 worker and Ihat the opcrntion of women of the Sodal ('Iub (lV(" to her homr begging, all ~ou!1(1 IIp]lnrlltu8 other thllu thllt necu " few weeks 1111'0 fur ten, etc. Th ... y "II While we tire yo'-'ng lind strollg we .houl,1 la.y to th .. p.odUNiun of II show il the work enjo)'ed themselves, ell'"dally ;0.1 .., Be"k bl" willing to contribute ,.. small lum 10 of the electrical worker," an(1 rurther it Bon, who played Ihe part of Dor. Mkl1 un Whl"ll we lire old, or adverlity hitl ue, w ... I tlltes, "Our 10Nd unionl I ••e Advi,ed that the return trip. Mn. LUlher T. forgot ~Rn ret ire to the home thn~ we have hel l ,~d membeu of the I. A. T. S. E. hllve no right thAt I likl" cake. 'San ri~hL build and live it ou~ with a feeling of con_ to do any .. ll"rt.iral conltructlon, perma Piek-upa of the d.y: Just like Il"aving ten t ment and honor. n .. nt in.tallatlon or re-inltallation, or mak .. home, lIIIying 11"000 bye to Johnnie lI.rr and l'nioniam must be up .nd doing. We have any p .. nnllnl"nt repaira," etc. Thu in it ;\Iorril at thl" Shuffelton I']ant 11111 ilow ... n an inlurllnce now. which Will a ,rl"8t stride Il"lf Ihould II"Ule for a\l time sn~' (IUl"stign And hi' little "'ife and Camll)' Dodglnll' their for .... rd, lind hI! bl"en inltrumental In .. to who II>I" wgrk rightfully bl"lgngs 10. way to California-Louie BertlCh and the holdine membership. The old agl" honll" Thill bl"inK Ihl" ellSl" aa there Are no &howa Mrs. back home altain -Gl'Orge Johnlun idel i, jUit a. important and would be jut! within th~ ~onllne. of the Itudio ~ , whllll lportine II ne",' .i]k Ihirt-Char]e, Knallp III instrumental in building UJl snd holdin~ right has thl" [, A. T. S. E. doing any elee· ellal lng- caterpillafl. snd )'oura truly wII.h_ memberahip, trical work In the studios! Au,wer me ing his hands and rafe olT, combing hi, hlllr We mUlt ha~1" g No. 6:i lind '0 aft to not burden the render belong or }·ou do not belong; )·ou are either time se"eral more non-union 'hop! will be wi~h any lelll;th)' review o( our trO\lbles wi th us or Kj(ainst us; that you are carr)'_ dOM!d by u ~. will state the case as brieft)· as possible. i n!!" your Ihnre of the load or someone is Our agents have aho been auceeu(ul in The Montans State Council of Electrical doing it for )"ou; tbnt civilizlltion has heen hllving jobs. thlll hAd beO'ln prllctically closed Worken Sl1hmi !,tr(1 .. I"rolH'IMl tion to all built upon eo-operation inRtend of indi,·id, with non-union Ihops, tarned over to union loeal uniol1S In J'.iQntana. A committee (rom unl action; ~Imt alonc one I, one, but united , hop, lind our men employ~d. Thi, h ... hap Local \Jnion No. 65 went to ,\nacontln and one is mllny; that if an indivitluul chooses pened in several instllnce9. the lllst OTlll! a requested Loenl Union No. 200 to \·ote on t o ,,·ulk along on the job, then lct him fol_ building being erected for the Grinnell the proposition. Arrivilll{ .. t the meetinw: low that cruel journ!!,' of life, ~he path of Sprinkler Com pliny. the committee found our Illternational Hell life alone. l.al t October our officers Illunched II pro_ resentative, IInrry Bell, ~1'Nlking on the Brother Bob Wheeler puil] t he lo('al a gram of orgllni~ution that 1$ just beginning same proposition. That is the truth o( how vb it after being laid up for nearly a year. to produce resulh. • ome visitor. tried to llip 10mething over The bo)'l were glad to $ee Bob out again . At that time it "·as realized thllt for sev, on the membership o{ Local Union No. 200. FR,\SK TusTls. ersl reasons our locnl was not progressi ng E\·ery local in Montana \'oted e)lcept Locsl Press Secretar), Pro Tem. II! it should, and that "ister locltls surround Union No. 200. InK ul "·ere lea\'lng us at the post. And the The pre .. lecrelllry of Loul Union No. L. U. NO. 8 0, NORFOL K, VA. principal reuon was \'eT)' pillin. numel)". 200 seem. to look wilh suspicion on e\'er)' internal politic. and internal club. , lind they Editor: thing .uggeated and viliton are beginninjl: appeued to be more important to .lOme mem to think !hat the press .ecretary o{ LoclII We (ailed to appellr in the correlpOndenco ben than membership in the loca\. columna of Msy iuu\! b\lcauia ..... e had Union No. 200 i.s even ,u'piciou! of him nothing worth writing about. This required II cleaning or ou r hou~". ""d ,elf. He should confine himself to winninR la~ were enacted for the purPOM! of stump Tonight, at the meeting I asked the boys imaginary arguments with M. D.'s u per ing these things out. to suggest II topic for tile June letter. AU his unfinished epi!!'tle of April. Inumuch Application "-81 (hO'ln made to the Inter I got WIIS "Tell 'em to stay IIway from Nor_ as wagn hllve been cut in Mill' and another nlltional Pre.sident for the Blsignment of our fnlk if thf'Y rlnn'l. want tn Mflrv~. ." To tell Internntional Vi ~e Preai Mnt to PhlJadelphia cut is due June 1, perhllllS our neighbor the truth, that is jut about three-thirdl .... ill thing ~ for the purpole of bringing our conditions devote his lime to equalhing correct. UI) to tho~e employed by other cities. and by figu r ing out ju~t how much thc Inter We held our lost raffle for a month's duel nat ionni Offieeu ought to hnve sliced from I am very glad to state thnt Pruident and the winner lost by being absent, but tho their so la rio!. Brollch entered illto the plnn in II whole winner wa~ presellt at the last tl\"O meetinfr.', hearted manner, (lnd our requegt \\"a~ Our International Prcsldent luggests th(lt "Jimmie" Tolson, both nightl. Can you beat a time limit be placed 01> meetings. That granted. that? Some or the bo)'~ (Ire atill trying to mil}' meet with the approval of friend wifc, As a relu!t International Vice President figure how it happened. He wouldn't attend JOoter was nllig:ned here, and I'm pleased but. (IS for me. I had to obey n curfe.... In\1' the meeting tonight. Said he wllnted to give in my younger days hut lee no necenity to stste thllt he hili tnken hold of tile situ othen II ell.nce to ,,-in. for any l uch inuitution In my Iet"ond chlld_ ation in a bu,ineSl-like mannH, lind rp ~ ult.o. At tile present time "'1' are all gue!ll!ing. hood. And in this I think ] hne plenty obtained to dllte indieate that he has the an except one and that one Is the traitor confidence of both the membership and of company. ...ho il paulng InCormation Crom the meet· Beginning June I, WllgIl l ...·ill be $&.50 contractors. ings to outsiders, Vice President Kloter hal been visiting per day in the mining and smelting indus IC such practice i.s continued, we could try and thla wage will be whllt the ", .. juri!) here for the PlUt three months. and it i$ OUr nve hall ren t by holding our meeting! on hope that he can Ihortly apt'nd the major membeu o( I,oeal Union I Nos. ZOO. lZZ and the Btreet. as the Sall'lItion Army does. 65 will rt'ceive. For the benefit of trnvel_ lKlrtion of hi. time witll us. but, of course, Some YUt'3 ago we had that lame condi "'e kno"· he is a very busy man I\nd coven ing membu·, let it be understood there il tion exist. One of the contractors would tell a scarcity o( work at the T1!duced wage nnd n very large and busy territory. However. u ~ next morning that he knew everything we I' lcnly uf "",n "uw idle willing to take on he lIu imprened our contfflctotl to such 'aid or did at the meeting the previous extent that 12 o{ t he leaders have \'olun work. night. "Judn! IBcariot" still !i\·ea, it seeml. tarily inereased our rute by 12 % cents per With prelent conditions poor nnd guo We ... ill now ling our closing ode "How tha line 28 cents per fl"nllon. Montana looks hour, effecti\'e Ma)' 1. and we have great L can we work when there's no wnrk to do? hopes of this being further increaecd ut the llke a poor bet thh summer. ALB!;RT SrAI.O!NG. Hope w~ will hnve hetter news in the expiration of our IIgreement August 31. ---- A commIttee hu been selected to meet near future. It will be up to lomeone ehe L. U. NO. 98, PHILADE LPHIA, PA. to see if thi, effort will keep within the with the contractors to draw up a new 500-word lim it and get there by June 1. Editor: IIRrecment to be effecth'e September I. C U)I BtllIK,\RU. One way In which a succeuful forward There is nothing that provea II member's --~ movement i. made possible. I, by 1\ careful lo~'slt), to hi" o rgllni~ation and officers, t haI' L. U_ NO. 77, SEATTLE. WAS H. review of put per(ormancel, and checkin\: II general willingness to contribute to a fund up to determine if proper .UCC"' has been to bring about better conditiollS. Thi5, ] Editor: made at the moment, and this I, wbat I 11m happy to .tate. is 98'1 present position. Lo.,.1 Union No. 77 has not been off the ]Impose to do at thil lime. We have agreed unanimou.sly to IIIBen our n.ap but h .. quietly been making plans (or Immediate]y on taking offiee la.t July, the ul\·es ,GO each, apread o\'er a lll!riod of .six a better organization. officen found them.seh·es confronting a .situ months. or lit thl! ~utl! .. r $10 a mUllth. Wor k h ...Iowed up hue Ilil the rest of ation causr.d by our men having been with, Brothe .., that is the spirit thst win~. the country but we of the west IIlwa)"$ be drawn from the United Enltineen on all FRr.D DEXTER. ]ie"e that tomorrow we will Itrike Kol d. their ... ork in this city, duo to their reducing The 10CBI. of the nOrthwe5t-OreKOn. wag1:'s. L. U. NO. 102, PATERSON, N. J . Brltlsh Columbln nnd WII~hiHl:tun -.. rc Thi! developed into n buildinK tru,J ~. mlkinK planl nnd will hn\ hue ~en lettlttd. Brother :'tluse hu the Famou, lalt words, "'h he dead 1" "No, L. U_ NO, 105, HAM ILTON, ONT,. beneflt of 17 yun experience In the fleld Sere, he II," CAN_ Ind Brother Br~n I, wille to ~t the bene- The)' lay Steve BOld hi, Curtill-Wright Editor: lit of that uperience. Brothtr Mu~e wu sha",1 and bought "Fertile preferred." Another month hu pUled and anoth.r fir;ven a vote of thanb by the lotal for hia Frank Shlemp and Neil Simonton ha.,. year rollttd around for Loeal No, 106, and we lervke on the jurlldiction committe, and you got a Webner'. dictionary! are 'till progr.uing. At our lut meeting I'll sa)' no vote of thankl wu ever more Well now that I"'e got Ih. habit, you'lI we. ele.:ted Brother McN.mara a. Cull time deserving. hear from me more often. bUlinI''' agent, For a long time lI'e have Brothen, by the time you read this artkle BCNJAMIN B. COliN. tried to get along without one but at lalt It will be artcr el!"Ction, but bur In mind. it hit become a necenity, We abo had weigh eAch candidde carefully and don't three of the loeal conlraeton: Mr. Culley. vote for a undldate ~lI.use he'. ])Opular, L. U, NO. 103, BOSTON, MASS. Mr. A\'is and Mr. Jack. The.y paid us a vi.lt but consider his m~rit., b@ar in mind the Editor: with a proposed b)··law 10 b ••ubmitted to locil union i. a buslnUI organization. Unemplo)'ment I. Itill with UI up h.re in our city for a lict'nling 'y.tem. Thia mo\'o I wilh to Itate rilCht here tb.! No. 102 Greater BOlton. It b reported that about hu bl'en .tarted by the contractor>! and" I, BOlidt)· btohlnd Brother Broaeh. We voted 38 per cent of the union building trade! looked upon with favor 11)' Ihi. lo~al and unanimou~ly tor the revilion of the consti. me.:hanici In thi. eommunit)· are .... lthout while we had a ape.:ial meeting to discuSi tutlon nnd we lurl! appro\'e of ht, remuka job~. It i. u.ld that some tradea hll\'e more this nlauer a full report cannot be given in the March numbtor of TilE. WORKER, than half ot Iheir membenhip out of work. II yet, Ilrothen, It I, Itr.nll'e to nOle that memo Local N"o. 103 has not witl!uaed .ueh ... de· We Wf!re abo fa"ored b)' a timely \·;,It ben of trade unloni flnd lou of tim. 10 1'0 pression for a greAt numbllr of yeara, I trom Mr. :'leLeilh, t'lectrical Instructor at 10 the moviea, attend lodge mC!i!tinll'l, and have beel! Informed by sllvllral conlraelon Ihl' nam Technieal School. Whlll' we had II other IIOCla l functions, but have not the time that they are now IIguring more work at bad turnout (II uluan. thOle who were or Inchnation to atund a union meetlnll', this wrilinlC than the)' were II year ago at there I'I\'e the $peaker their IIttention and I '11)' the local union I, a. much to blame this period. Well. that i. at least encourag we." ~warded by an eduelliona! talk on al the indivldunl. I'rovide a luitable meet· in.,:: neWI to .ome of us. technical Ichool training and lome timely in" place, not an old ill kept. unlnniury, The celebration of the terrentenary of advice to those working at the trade. fire trllp to hold meetinp, Allo conduct the the founding of :'Iaslachusetu lIay Colon)' Work I, still very quiet but leems to be ''leeting' in a bUllneu-like manner. Elim will be in full forcli in another month. In ,Iowl)' picking up and prospects look fair inate Ihe gu and red tape. .~ll'et a cap· Boston, tentative plAna are for the illumi for the lummer. abll', fearlen, pre.ldtnl; a good eo-operath'e nation along th" Charles Ri\'er nuin. Th. Next meeting we shall hold eleetion of ue<:'util'e board. See that ,II committC!i!s state has appropriated $10,000 for thil officell for the eoming ~·ear. I)"hl, will prob lind officers do th!':ir duli!':! in a bUllneu,lIke work and the cIty hal aet up a .um of abl,- be my last letter to the WOIlKI:R AI I manner, then will you ha"e not only IIttend $25,000. The cenual eommittee I, trying npect to be eleded president-if I can get IInce. hut you wllt find many existing prob to gel the property ownf!rI on both lidu enough of my gang to put It over. If not lem! no probleml at all. of the r;\"f'r to lI,ht up their build In .. for J rna)' be in a!:ain nut month to t.ll you Anothfr thing onll linds the large.t e-or the .ummer months, Up 10 date. no con all about It, riO until then and if I don't porltiona paying fabulout luml in ..Iarlel tra~t:I for elfftrie work ba"e been let out. write any more I'll SAy lI'ood,b),e to all the 10 th!':ir huds. I lI.y In order 10 aUran and Our genial and unallumlnr tre.. urer, Urolhera who read our artidel. retain lhl' hlghlll type of men in our loul Theodor. Gould, i. onc. a,ain auendinr the Yours truly, union, .. bu.in_ a,enU and aecretarif'll, meetings after a slight iIlne.. of leveral TIIM, H . RI: \D. PI}' them. Don't b. dingy. Rl'member. months. B,othf!r COUld I, the onl)' trf!lI· r. S. Brother Dave Armllrontr is run Brothers, you are now the emplo)'el"ll, Don't urer that thil local hal ever had. ono of the ninll' for pre-ident so I gue.. I'll not h .... underpay your officen. pioneer! ot th" movement, who with other a chanee. (,onditions In our territory h .... e been older member! ,av. their time and energy rather Ilow, but t notice thnt that condition that has made pouible the aood wagu and t , U, NO, 125, PORTLAND, OREG, exi.U! in moat tcrrltorlu. Brother Droen ('onditionl thllt UI young·tim.rs now enjoy. Editor: has worked like a trojan visiting th" I!)CIII With tho able a ..llt uncll or Flna.,dlll Sec I lint lurpri$ed! t 11m mildly ,uTllriBCdl I c(ln t ruetots lind orulCllvoring to llillee lomc retary John Regan and Trultee Edwnrd lind. Mr. Editor. thnt you hll\'e appended a men. lind hll luu been succelsrul in Ul8ny Cnrrall, m~' dear friend. TheQ, will be in note to my communication in t ~ e April In81uncll8, good compnny from now on. JOl!IINAL In whieh you ~D.y, "l.Iutitmustbene_ $U)', boys, !lob Kennedy hal the Ilreltie.t In reading i'resident Broach', ~ommenu lit the whole communit)·. lind the whole peo little baby girl, blul! eyel, chubby, oh boy, in the lut iuue he certainl)' did walk daht ple, AI thing. are now, the JOUeR in time Tnkes after til" old man, wllal. down II few memberl' .treeh. 110 ha' the And monel'. which you )'ouTlelf realize, are To Bob Shaw, they lIy Morril D"ortz right .llInt, "De a b005ler, not a knocker." plld ftJr by labor. by thOle lean able to pay likes eream pull'l. BARRIC S. Gooll .... '1\'. for thl'm, Should not the wholl! community lab the IOlles, as ,,'ell II the beneflts. and thould not labor be ",munerated wh!':n ma ehlne. replace men!" Now please con&irier the clollng psragr&ph of my humble elfort, 10,wlt: "We must not permit the I'mployer to reap un.hand the prolitll of the maehine'!!I labor to the exclu lion of the men whom it dilpla«s. We mUBt not permit unnl!l';eMary hard,hip to acel'1Je to any 1'I'0up of workers who are being di. placed b,- tho machine, Careful. IOffiesl think. inll' ~an and will !IOlve these problem_nd mankind will be the better for It"-to which , added, "Think it o\'er, :.tr. Editor." Out ),ou didn't-now did you? If you had I 11m sure that you would have realized that T was endt'avorlng, In my fCt!ble way, to put over the ..me Identical thought to which you g.ve luch forceful ,xprenion, A trine more con ler\'ath'ely. or diplomatically expretIB.d pt'r hlpI--lf you pl.ase.-but. nevtrtheleu. the lame Idea. Howe"er. it il doubtlell my fault In not being more lucidly explicit, and con ceding thi. to be the case, , will hereafter endeavor to .Ilpedile mattera by restricting mylCU to eategorieal "atementl of fact. unencumbered by obstl'1Jcting aceumulations 1'.\Tlm~o:\ III)\S 11110 \\,IIU,I) TlU: \'Xl 1'EIl I'H:IU'}, IlY}: II'tlItK!!. of metaphor and allt'gory. [Editor'l note: 1t,IWTItQIO';.:. :\, J. We wer" no doubt milled by earlier para graph.. Clad we agree.] IIn"k r,," Wal'lr"", l·u.I,I<· 11' ·"r.. "~. J<1"~· ..'r. lIall''''. 'Inlll~' !Ioln!n);. \'uajl'. lIu1l."". W.lty. 1I(·nnen. GeTh"r Now thllt "'e undeutand each other let u. 366 The Journal of Electl'ic(!l il'ol"kas all(l OpCI'atOI'R "pTffeed with Ihe f('('uliion" as Andy would and th.t f.ct should bo reHeeted in better there would be good business inltead of lay. I nOLI' that IJrOlheT W. A. Labbe),. condition. here b"fore long. re.djustmO!nU. of 1.,0(: .. 1 No. 113, i, ,1100 thinking along the Hoping you are the urnI'. Or((aniud labor cannot afford to mllko DA.LE B. StCt.£II. noble experimena. We must make noble ~ame line, :I. Indicatl'(l by hi, leiter in the .ccomplishments and gain practical reluln. April JOI:IINAL. The aentiment is crowing. If our le.de .. were guilelell and lome With ~'OU and me and him, together with the L. U. NO. lSI , SAN FRANCISCO, body rot Ihem • ut of re!trietion~ clew'rly prnident of the Wenlnahoule Company and CALIF. dl'ligned to handicap our power and him. the uoistan! to hi. vkl! prflident Cal C(lm· Editor: "ring our progreu, we would ~oon g"t rid ment~ upon in my April leUtrl, there ue I am not lure, but from ..... hat J hur I of them. Why then tolerate guilele .. men to live of UI lint('n to see It as Slarted the battl" in the lIay District for .ay, '·ote. Yeu all know wh.t m.~hin", the incre.sO! in rat"'; with !O man)' out of "'e do, the non-thinkers will foUow auto have done to indultr)" but for God', like work they could not pa)' the old rate. When don't let pOliti~al m.chines lurrender our rnatieally, perbflpa I should lay mechanically it came to an increa e phonet haye come -snd the problem of the m .... hllniZJItifin ot country', illdependence. influatry will be lolved! Simple, iln't it! out by the hundreds .nd th" wout of It for I undentand L. U. No. 81 h .. a party on the ~ompany b th.t their 101lI,C di"ance or When you put your mind to it. the pan up there. They WOUld, but lome of Serioully ,pukin!:'. ;\Ir. Editor, t he •• ti, toll business haa drOPI!ed off about 25 or 80 their mO!n e.me down here and worked on per cent. That il whue their big I'rollt factory tol1,ltion i, up to "'1. The employcr I job and It.yed on that Job after our men will not, In mOlt Ulel, voluntarily surrender ~Y"'~~ [,um. While they promised all of left ,.011' to get eond ilion. and not a thIng thc Bavingl whleh the mllehinc makn poui. th., faithful who stayed wltll tllem in theIr was laid or done about it. Hollen, Illy, llrlke. and all who weill to work {or them ble to the men whom it diaplace•. We ean not when Il fellow trin to shollt squan lind rt"main plISliyt", Ylewlng whh alarm. II aitu· at the time that under their alSoeilltlon petty je.loullCl and personal differencl'l pl:.n there would b, no 11~' · offl on .ccount atlon which II rapidly fl'rowing worH. It II Intl'rlere. R many tlmn b made by one spHch and lhat ing all locals as far a. poulble, but of coune The "Strlta" was firu in with 30,000 may be for or against, juu as the part}· one must remember Ihe different conditions pounds of 6ah, c1o~ely {ollowed by the f"eb, not as he studied: the chancu are have a lot to do III duwing up by·laws, but "Colonel I.indbergh" with 22,500 pound. and that the talhr ia no thinker: but geta the a Be t of Btandnrd law. handNI down by our "The Sisters" with \8,700 pound9, The vote ju~t the snme. Internalional Ollie!''' would 6ure helll n "6kippers" reporl the mackercl nre running I approve le~8 meetings per month. One great d~al toward II beuer organization I'm heav~' IIbout 80 miles ~outhcast of Wildwood . I ~ all that is of any use if held regularl}'; Sure. N, J, O l\(' hour', time "hould be long enuullh; the Relative to Brother Irvine. of Loca! No. Due tn an OVH auppl~' being landed here unn eee~. nr}' talk is the fault of the preai 10:\7. of Winnipeg, rnn,; far be it from me at the " Inlet" whar,'U lhe old law of supply dent. lie haa the power to control. ~loH to feel like you unde ...Und me to want to and demand went into elTeet bringin!!" the CI\'~~ lire Itarted b}' $ome Brother gelling lower any Brother', livIllg wage. I merely price down to t,,·o ccnts a pound in barrel up lit any time, and he 9ta rt ~ talking on uk for help in any way po $8ihle whereb)' Iota. whale"er enters his mind without 1:~lIinlr "'1' can IHn,'e to the employen here our need \'I ~iton from I.. U. No. 21, I'hiladelphla, the riKhL to talk. Our pruidenl Illouid of Inore money. Pa" wIll lind Brother "Shorl)'" Bernard at aee tn it that no one talkl unle~.~ a mnlion I ha"e IH-en ruding where a number of hi~ privllte .pot on Brigllntine Bridge wuk i~ heinlr made or has been made anti then our locals ha"e .u~eer-ded in e~t"bli~hing a fi~hing, and he gelS 'em. nnl)' on the question. and only once at that: fi,·e·day working ~ondition and I would like The many {riends of Brother "Cutie" Imd ruin out all motions thlll ar!' IIlready to write that we have also II five·day week, Clnrk in I .. U, No. 98, Philadelphia, P/I., wIll tuken rarc nf b)' the laws: Thl' l'ruidentll but ["Ill afraid I have no rh:ht to even enter· be inlerested to know that he haH put the ~houhl I Iud)' the laws and rule~ of order: lain the Rubject here R~ , feel I would sure lool bng in CAmphor to take over the Anehor· if they eunnot do that they are no 1I'00d fnr I!'et II real panning by l om(l of the Brothen, age lIotel in Somers Point. N. ,I. Shnre the orl:nnizntion and should not !.Ie In til\' II~ some are not in favor yet. Tho)' just dinners with grnvy is his Bpecinlty. rnn the chnir. Onf "'")' henT the c!u,ir1l1ltl\ sny have to be edutated to it, that'l all. Old 1'imcn Club depend On a v"it from f"eryone will be tr~ated alike. The f"ct of n. J. Monnow. Brother "Hill" Delnney, L. U, No, 3, New the 'IInn"r is that veT)' "eldo", arc tlll're York City, th;' "ummerl i!rntl\t'r ~:Imer Downey, the Hotel CI"ridge two ~a'e' nlike, ne may think them nlike l. U, NO. 2 11, ATLANTIC C ITY, N. J, l) ut yet the)' may be out of or,ler at the job "fnt boy," is on a diet. Just an old time. or not within the rulu of order, If Editor: Spanish CURtom, he Is not up with the Inw" of oTller hf i "All aboard" for the world', largest radio Blue Note: Fred'k Rogers hila his shop v(Or)" apt to be to blame. which i ~ g"{'nerally ahow to be held in the Atlantic City Con.en· up tor .alf and will join his wife who i. the Ual' in prolonged arl/:umenb. tion Hall, Why not greue up the old Hi," on the west coast !reeking health, We're Most of tbe memben tr}' to do the rij::ht Ve r and make i~ a family party (we're 10ling a square ahooting employer, one of thinR' but you will lind" few who dn not tempted to use that old wise crack about the old rellRbles, and a bnng up shop to think with the union, in fact, dnn't think bringing along the "loud apeaker"), and roll work in. at 11.11 but do the most talkinj::, The ehalr_ down to the shore fo r a stroll Or ~hair rid~ At the meeting of Ihe l"ew J ersey Stille nllln can handle lIuch, and do it now It hi , on the boardwalk. ~oaklnll' UI) lOme of the ElcetrIca! Workera Association at the Hotel job. A"d to do it right he must be up in o~one in the eiean. hellithful ~ ea air! The Denni. here, a molion was mnde to have rules which will save much time for the c"er prc.ent style parade will pro.e inter locnl unionl cen60r the preu Bccretnty'" let_ 10cIII to do the work, or course some hurd esting to "Mr~. ElectrlrkilY" while the "old ter, We have an iden Brother William 11. feeling~ will be made, but if the tule~ al'll man" hal a looksee at the last word in rndio McDonough's letter, L. U. No, 358, Perth followed these feelin!,,,,, will snon leuen ns design and equipment wilh an opportunity to Amboy, N, J., in the May JOURN Al. caused the membership will realize thnt the ch"ir. compare the reception of the varioU! instr\l' us &cri be. to get an awful pushing Mound. n'nn i. trying tn carry out the ruleH and menh in the sound proof booths that arc Some people ha\'en't any sense of humor. thnt will bring support to the president, but being installed on the auditorium Hoor, While "Wanted"- Iha anybod}' seen L. U. No. the rul(O •• houlE! be applied Itlike under like at the hail be sure to lnok up Brother E, 314, Camden. N. J., press secretary around ('ases. I think if our presidents of our t:ger in ehnrge of the electrical staff (all any,,'herl!!! lo cal~ would atud)' the ruin and appl)' them ml'mbers of L. U_ No. 211) and you can be Brother "Fllrmer John" Armbright'. cow thHe wlluld be very linh. complaint rtj,"JIrd' lure of their helpful eo-operation, has a calt, a boy cow; "hey, hey." InR' the condit inns of our meetinR"'" If on the tril' down the el~trical in$talla· G. :\1. ~_ or cou r~e we need ehanges in our constl. tion$ Oil the bridgel .hould no~ be to your liking ju~t call il to the attention o{ Brother tution 10 that our chairmen can lake care L. U. NO. 212, CINCINNATI. OHIO of cue. in short order and give them more F.ger, who we hear hu been appointed in· power to enforce the rulu; n local wi\! 51Jector of bridgea for Atlantic Co unty. Editor: huild up where then) is order: belter con We're wondering ju.t what that "hombre" Webster', dictionary delines the word "CO· ditions IIII Ilround will be in line fOT its docs with his spline lime considering t hat opecalion" In Ihis manner: "The act of nH'm],erK, disorder will ruil! u lo(ul'$ cundi. Brother W. E, Cameron, our busineu repre· working Jointly together." t iona, !tnd even friendghip, and ~rente dla· sentative. i. hopeful of temporarily placing NoW rend that last line over. Brothers, like among the members anr! may disrupt 30 men getting the ahow In ,hnpe, That do you reallze the vast IImoun t of impor· the local. The president of II locul I hould ought to r emove some of the O\'ertlow from tance that Is attached to that defonition ! If be the be~t posted Brolher on rules of the day Toom. you don't, thil is the opportune time to order. or lU good ~u any in the 10<:111. other· Storm clouds were hovering o,'er the beach give It some lerious con6iderstion. wi se he h handicapped and, of course. can front reecntly due 10 the reprclcntati"c of Co-operation i. absolutely neees ~a ry ror not conLrol and hold order. which rna)' turn the mO"ing picture operators insisting that the succns of any organization, regardlnl a meeting Into a rag·eating contest. ther install the new machlnu on the piers. of what kInd it may he, if it wi!he, to t .. C. HUSE. Brother ('an,eron tried diplomacy, that not progress. ---- being effective iuued the ultimatum "That Co·operation between the n'embers in reo if they had to have trouble we wO\lld 'let 'em gard to the trade i. going to belp make bet. l- U. NO. 200, ANACONDA. MONT. and run 'em," P.verything'. In the clur now. ter me~haniu: cn.operation ot the mem _ Editor: Thia is a good time to call the attention bers and the officers i~ sure to mllke a W~ll fishing "",a$on is now open and most ot our members to the fact that it ia part of atroll.ll'er local; co·operation of all the local. of the Brothers are getting out their fly their responBibility to check up on the equip. with the Internutional Office i$ ! ur~ to '>lAke hook~, poles lind line and cleanIng up a bit. ment on the job and let the Ilogan be-"If II stronger Brotherhood. Il"cttinl: all Bet {or n wonderful trip up tu the it's electrical, it', ourl." Co· operation of the various locals with Ink~~ or streams which nrc just full of real The annual race or the Gloucester, Mass., their cnntrllcton is goinlt to give both sport. Met n few Brothers today und they fishing tleet to C",pe Muy to meet the mack· group. a better understand in/!" of each oth were wearing their welcnme ~mile and the erel is an un{orgetable light. Under rllcing er'. needa. tor whatever Ilffcch one usually reuon wu they had been out and had had rigs of canvu and hIgh apeed motou alTect! the other, Therefore, we .hould a ,{(>od catch of trout and ,till fee ling fine. over 100 converted lubmarlne ehasers and work t.ogether for the beat intere.h or We won't hlwe much to worry u~ now lIS :!Choonen are now following the a.chools elleh other. Iouit' a:l we ~a n fish as we don't have to 11"0 northward until next August when they Wherever co·operRlion hal been prAC fIIr to get some real li~hinJt in the mountain mysterio\lsly ,ani"h 01T' the coast of No.a ticed the be.t resulta are being obtained, .tream~ and lake... $cotia, lind In tbl, da)' and age that is ho'" we Prellidcnt Uroach':I article ",gBrding the To the boat landing the first cargo goes measure l uceeu. machInery or our locals IH-inJt so or(1:anIJed the honor of tackinK a mackerel'" fins to the Co·operKtinn pal'S big dividends, Broth_ lind our lawl 10 arrnnged tor the betterment bow$prit, a lure sign o{ good lu~k for the en, in the way ot more work and hetter of nur organization is a very important remainder of thl!! Malon. not to mention re· work. and more congenial condition! and, I question in the revision of our conatitution. eeiving top market price for the load at the believe that you'll ugree ",ith me when I I believe in a stp,ndllrd set o( laws !lovern. dock, say that our conditions could be improved, 358 Tlu: .TnU/"llal 01 F:I('("/'i(,fllll'()I'~'ers and Operators June, 1930 By the time you get thia luue of Ihe for ""ares? h·, a poor place to venl one'. aloppy work all over the .tale harder to get JOURNAL you will jU$t about be ready to Ipite. aw.y with, enfor cinG" but not interfering go to the polls .nd select you r otllcen to The I. D. E. W. hI!> IIIwIIYI fought for the with or lupersedlng any city o rdinaneu, guide L. U. No. 212 through its trial. for hiehelt Itandard, of workmllnlhip and the we were he.rtily in favor of it and feel Itricten lort of ;n.pe~Uon of nil electriclI! a term of two yean. that other union men In the state will join inatal1ationl. Our motto il "When it'a POI- Regardlen of whom the members lelect. with ua in puttin(/." it over. Help! Help! 6ible to do better eleetricnl work It will be let n get behind them lind encourage them done by members of the I. D. E. W." Thil il anolher measure that organized and practice 80nle o( Ihil eo-operation you While the member. of L. U. ~o, 226 have I.bor il putting over for all tbe cilizens, h.'-e been reading about and I II.m .ure not alWa)'1 been ple8led with tht: kind of thOle in the electrical game and thOle own that they will re~pond by pulling (orth their inllpN'\inn givl'n U3 in Tnpekll. we have ai_ in~ IU'tlllPrty, and against the Ih~·ner elet best efforts. lind L. U. :\0. 212 will benefit waya Itri\'en to keep our inspection de trid.na e'·erywhe re. The sooner Ihey thereby, partment out of politic. and on the job. perish the better for everyone coneerned. Gi"e your executive board lome power So when the Contractor,' Anoeiatlon lu(l." Oh, Noah! didn·t it rain! and finanCe!I to work wilh Inri IHI ,Iouht they Fl"eated a atate IlIw intending to make J . R. WOOOllVLL. will get results. Don't question ever)' mO"1) the)' mllke nor e"ery dollar tile), spend as I feel ure they will practice economy lind un jun as ~ood FIFTH IN THE SER IES judgment in c arr ~'ing on Ihe businCII of the local as if it were their own pril'~ltc afh.in. This will be all for this time, bO~'5, as I am taking the hint thnt the Editor hlUl on the first psge of the May inue of the JOURNAl.., entitled "The Editor's Song," 10 I have boiled thi, down to ucape the blue pencil. w. F. l'ollrn:SllOltF. Alex Trician, Says: L. U. NO. 226, TOPEKA, KANS. "A ten-cent·store watch won't give you the service Editor: of a 2 I-jewel timepiece, neither will a 'Handy-Man ' Frank ilarrill. who had an operation " give you the effic ient while oeo at the S. B. A. hospital is doing nicely. service of a The unemployment litu.tion il !till going strong. E,·ery \Inion man in Kan &lI~ Ihould re member thllt H enry Allen, Sen.tor by ap_ Trade Union pointment only, not on l)· a llPosed restrk_ tion of Mexican immigration when mil lions ot .4.merican citiunl ...·ere out of Electrical ..... url., III.t "'"l\,11 f"r ""nfin" .. tiUII uf Jutll;lI Parker-the judge of yellow dog hme. Senator Capper, on the other hand voted just the opposite from Allen. Do your Craftsmen duty, men, (I'·en if it hUrlS. Organized lllbor will ne'·er make an)· per manent progrUft by sirong arm methads. The " Handy-m an" Brains lind more brains. not brawn, Itet the is wort h less, as he big money nowada)·, and win the importA nt battles. It's II whole lot eaaier to ule your undercuts the stand· fist than your head, but onl)· by h.rd think ing and outwitting the enemy can wc have ard price for stand· s ubstantial rcsults. We can havc al much ard workmansh rp. inHucnce politically 'I! .IIIY other "rOUI) If we will stand back of the politicians who votc for what we want and work for them That is why leading instead of working and \·otinll" for whocver we choose. MASTER ELECTRI In many locals election of omcers will be CIA NS employ none in order about the time this JOUII!>'AL reaches you and you will probably be in the but licensed mlJ~~ uf ( .. "li"" .. 1 fil;hta. Nothing hurts II. loeal Ilke factional Ill;"hta that can not be forgotten after Ihe battle i. UNION ELECTRICIANS o"er. Eyer), union man ough~ to put per EOnsl feelings anide, forgt't what Ihop an The new additio n to (he WENDELL HOTEL otll~er or II c.ndid.te fo r office works In W':lS wired by TRADE U ION electrical craftsmen. and think only of whether that mon is the beM fined for that particullr omce .nd For real economy and efficiency see th at your con whether hp. wlll hI' 1I[lt to attend .11 the (r" clor'employs UNION ELECTRICIANS. mcetjn~ to do the work placed on him. E"ery local h .. men who buck the of ficeu who lire devoting their t ime lind beat This is the Fifth of 'a Series of Advertisements efforlS, often limu without pa}·, f or the organization. Thcy IIceUle indh·idual. of Sponsored by Local Union 284 ulurping all authority and of running the local. They nevcr atop to think of .... h.t would happen to the local it lome one didn't INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF run II. !)uppoae your loeal didn·t have these ELECTRICAL WORKERS fellowl who lire enthuud wilh the local'. bUlinen. Do you think the local could stand on your effora Illone~ And it you hnd no loell!, whnt do you think either you or ttle rats would receive June, 1990 The Jourlwl 0/ Elect,.ical Workers and Operators 35D L. U. NO_ 245, TOLEDO, O HIO blinding rain under a nllihing gasoline toreh winning peMonality. Norm.n Oberdorf, of lind being relieved (rom your last dollar for Bowling Green, Ohio, and I'rentke Pangratz, Editor: a bottle of plltent corn remover, lind you of Maumee, hllve finally, through their own June, the month of brides and bridegrooms nevcr had a corn in your life, remember! mllnipulation, succeeded in gelling together hu rolled Mound flgain. lhrriage, a~ r :'IJIybe if we got ono of thosl! glls \ighh and a5 parc!nen again and arll doing their bit understand it, I, a union and the way the got out III front ot II lnbor temple with an to hold up the morale of a big gung with divorce courtl au working day lind night argument like thllt we could lell them our little contributing. it looks like lome of us are working open PUR' medicine guarnnteed to eu re "II labor ~:DWAnn E . 1)1lKF:.~III!~E. 6hop und~r II ~igne d IIl!reement. The same lIilment~. Maybe these rat ~ would stllnd (or thing "pplle6 to the electrical fleld, through hours in a blinding rnin listl'ning to a out the universe, there are too many work ~mooth tongued oral0r with an Ilrgument L, U. NO. 284, PITTSFIELD, MASS, ing on an op('n shop basis, that should be something like this: Editor: under a ~igned agreement. The electriclll "Now, gentlemen, if )·ou will kindly step The month of May finds electrical netiv field has got to the atllge where it is one up close ...... r wHl bite thla three-ton .hip nn· ities here in Pittsfield. not I«l brisk u in the of the larl/est if not the biggest yielding chor in two with my teeth. No'" before I bite last 10 montha; but OU r boys hllve Cortu enter priael lilted under the head of public the anehor allow mil to show you lomething nately not been under the neceuity of utility. Thousand. upon thOU~lInds of indio thnt every man here needs for thllt tired, "pounding the brieks," and WII haYe every vidual Inve!llOrt are in"Clting Iheir savin!!,s di~guated, feeling. If I had time I would rell~on to believe that condition! will Im each year, realizing that the product which read )·ou somll of my thou$lnd, of leUers prove within the next few weella. Tn reply Ihe electric company producCll i. such that of praise reeeived from all over the world. to certain inquiries, we would ,tate, that 8S per cent of the homes in North America Some from the wilds of Borneo, and others while "'ork appears sufficlen t to keep our find it neceuary to use several of these from lhe wilds ot lIollywood, l ome from own mcmben bU$y, lhat tha demand il not products each day .. a atandllrd commodity crowned helld, of Europe and others from great enough to warrant you fellowa (rom of life and practically all of the manU baldhead, of Brolldwny. Gentlemen, if you outside coming to I'iltslleld, il'l apite of the facturera al well al the office bui!tlings and are luffering from falling prestige or both rumor that hili been circulated, relative to other commercial bui\(ling, auch as churches, ('red with jobitil, If your father or grand_ the big high ~ hool job ncedin!; men. The theRtrn and even raUroadl and u~amship father suffered with unorganization, then Berkshire Electrie Co. hu the situation well line~ d~pend to a cerlain cxtent upon some all you need is one application of thi .. in hand, and for the prescn t have all the men product. of the l'leetriclll field. This "list remedy prescribed b~' J)r. Inter National they are IIble to ute. So Brothers, do not give ~ombine can only promise their investors one IOEW. One application If properly applied up something you already have for ~ome thinl.( lind lhat i, II lure dividen". And the will IO Bt a IiCIl time. Your ~on lind his thing that you Rre not Bure of, Otherwise va~t Ilrmy of worken are investoT! to cer son will be benellted by it. Don't go way, We would be glad to see you. tlin utl'nt al~o, but their in\'estment i~ in I'm going to bite thll anchor in a few Retently our Building Trades Council. with the form of union duu to inlure our divi minutes now. Gentlemen, the IO('al8 ha.-king representllth'es from cvery craft instituted dl'nds, the hourly Wlll(e. Ihil remedy" lin advertilinjl: feature have IInother braneh of the council in our aister Dut the avetllge worker thllt rl!eei"eI his authoriud me to offer you IIb!olutely free city of ~orth Adami: also ha\'e the way dividends w('('kl), docs not realiu IhaL this for this evening only to each man working "'ell pa"ed to institute a counci l iJl our invutment of a .mall amount of hi. wages ~s lin electrician lhllt ltCI" up here and bu~'s Southern Berkshire town of Creat Barring hIlI made pouibl6 these di\'idends in the lin application of this remedy at the initiat ton very ~ho rtl y. AI Ullual, the electrician form of increased WllgCl, but accept it aa ing price and who promises to follow direc_ was right th~re with the majority of an act of providence. They do not stop to tion, printed on the back. I'm going to representatives, consider that the amount paid on organized reach rijl:ht over here and put in the en An event that will long be remembered hy jobs and that lCi:eived on jobs thnt are not velope one perfedly good inlurllnce policy those of rou who were present, Ind one that orgllnh:('d is limply the differ('nce between for yourself lind right over here is the back will (;0 down in history of "Old 28·1" a, a one group receivinK their dividend bl!eause ing of one labor orll'.ni~ation, Including "Red Hot Number," was the r~cent banquet they hlwe made till investment and the oth('r one bod)' of fellow men "'hOIIl smile alone and entertainment which proved 10 great a group .~eing their dividends being distrib is worth tha price of Ihh entire remedy. suceess. Our gunh were t he inl pl!etor of uted IImong the invntors of their company "Along with nil thl, we fu rnish II ehlln wire!: the eontrRctou and a few Invited to tho~c thllt have made an Invntment (the nel through whleh )'our grievaneea can be friends, who enjoy~d un evenlnj\" of hurn\onr, stockholdeu). We hRve n lot of men here thruhed out in a bu. ineu_likl way. And hilarity. and good fellowahip. ~'or the bene. thllt lire dipping interest couponl that O\'er here in thb bottle h the right of an fit of you boys who wcre unable to be with should not receive them, for they have made ."merlcan eitizcn to voice your opinion that us. we would ~totc that you certuinly milled nO invCltmenl. Why! Simply because we will be heard RS II col1eetive body, bringing a time of your livel. have let ounclvl" become divorced from our with it peace and contentment on the job Following II splendid banquet of roa6t tur originnl \'OWI and hnve not pllid enough at upon ,,'hich you work. No'" 1 hn\'e only a key pnd the neceullry fixinga, the evening tention to that .igned contract, like that few more left at this small price and if Rny WII de'·oted to a program of entertainmcnt, marriage agreement, . We are ...a tilfied to body else wilhes one kindly nep up close. with Albany's one ring circua. imported from let the job go open .hop. You fellows that Thank you, lind you'lI th~nk me," nnd at acro~s the mountain, with novelty acta and have no signed agreement then lind your this point jUlt II the last application is burlesquers. lel\'el in no ))Osition to usure y(lUuelves passed Ol'cr the tail of the wagon and just :'Iusie Wal furnished by PouUn'. Sym thllt these Interest eoupons ..... iII not faU into before th(' man "ttempta to bite the anchor phony Orchestra, under the personal direc hnnds not entitled to same, hnve it artanged with the weather man for tion of Brother "Dynamite" George Poulin , Why can't the I. B. E. W. ahow our pros· a doud bunt, putting out thll galOllne light, who also furnished incidentlll aceompaniment pect, the mlln without .. tid::et, where the nnd everyone runs for cover, happy over for the interpretive dancing of the beauty organiZed 'ide or electrical field has alwa~'" their investment, knowing Ihllt it will brin(; choruB from Albnny. Brother "AI" Nicol, paid a bigger dividend thlln the million dol them in a life-long dividend and everyone noted for hi s orlltorical pOwen. nnd lux uri lar corporations! It'. trUl!, considering the hRPP)' a. the man moves down to the next an~ heRd of hair, wa. master of eeremonles. ~ mal1 amount of money invuted, an invest corner. Notlcc--lhi. has not been copy Much credit is du~ him for the extremely ment of !IIy $-i0 a yenr with the I. B. E. W., righted. capable mnnner in which he officiated na will yield the differences between the wages lIarry 110ov('r, after riding a motorcycle toastmasler at the banquet, and ringma,ter pnid on thl' job now that is not organi~ed all winter, bought II cloaell cor lI a aoon a~ during that la.t wrestling event In the cen and the one that il organi~ed nnd you ~'lrnn1cr aot in. Jeu Peck, of Sylvania, ter of the !loor. don't have to ba II. muter mathematician Ohio, has bcen rewarded for hiB hithful ..... r Brother Sitzman, chain nnn of the commit to figure out where your profit hIlS been vice oC several years with the company in tee, ha, learned a whole lot about ataglng far In ('xeell of the uO('kholder where that city and threll year. In Toledo, by being banquets that he never knew before. HII six per c('nt per annum plu! purchasing made a foreman, llrat-clllsi. Congrlltulations doun't mind pRying exorbitant tran.ports right! lit Intervnls, il lha best thllt can be arc in order, I wonder if some of you haven't lion eharge" but when the refrcahment.. expected while you are receiving. Well, n ... glected this. Let', give 111m a big hand were hid from him, ha wanled to fight. But )"ou arll lCi:e\vinK, In lOme case" 106 per for the realon alone if )'OU can't think of ('very thing is rosy again now. "'or a lillie cent upon ),our investment over the IIIlme nothing else for congratulating him, don't girl haa come to cnll him "papa." Ws all period of time, yet we are not smooth forget that he replaced a bitter enemy to congratulate you, J ohn. tongued enough to sell stock to the man your orgllnlzation,1 light handy at these "smokers;' It throw. &0 brought up on and educated in the doctrines much light on things that otherwise would of eeonomy and efficienc)' until to quution remain unexplainN, although he does wur either i. looked upon almOIl as a saeril~g", Early c opy in July gJusu. So lake it all in all, Brothers, Old by mOllt people. The)' seem unable to re 28~ ccrtaini)' did 6111ge ftome celebration. Illite thllt economy and efficieney were made w ould be gr eatly ". C. SrosE. f L. U. NO. 392, T RO Y, N. Y. L. U. NO. 409, WINN IPEG, MAN., the \lre ~ ent eonstitution IhM i~ not bclng CAN. teletoted in any other organiulion or civil Edilor: go'·ernment. The front cover pnge of our May iuue Editor: Our International Vice Presillenu .ere was in line with my thoulthta when I urged I.o.:al No. 41Y.l i. Il"klng It II initial bow elected at larlt"e and that dlle! not seem lieenfiing the eJectrieai \\·orkers. We are in the JOUaNAL. quite fair. Who should know better thsn nOW conlronted with 8n eeonomy period. as l.nftt May our local ~ame Into beinlf with we of this diltriet wbo we wRnt for our Mr. Hoover ~tated in hi! addrl'1I before 12 member!. it htling the con~ensu. of reprnentative! The lime appliu to the the United States Chamber Qf Commerce ollinion of thc ~'ort Rouge and TrllnllConn other districts. We know thot at present over the radio a few weeks back. The ,hope, thnt M rAiill'u), electrical worken we under the present system there arc two or Uniled States Chamber of Conllneree are would bCl1efit by gcllin/\, togclh('r sepllflltely three loellis runnlnlC" t he COl1l'entiol1 Rnd waging a vigorous (':lIlll.rmign and thl ~ 10- from thl' OUI~idc ernft!, to whleh we for· doing our electing (or us. called " conom)' plnn i. renching the people merly hehmged, whose cenditions, wPge~, etc .. In our civil government the citics ore a,·e on II totally diffe rent leA le llnd form (I of the country. Mlliiolls who lire not ;n di-·ided into districl$ or wnr d ~ nnd eRch terested In their oraton nnd not educllted locnl of our own. divisiol1 elech ita own auemblyman or in the language o( theae phlloBollhers lu" .. Thnt our oplnien WII~ correct i~ Jln,v~n by representatiVe. Then ngain the stnte is them of!'. But it resches find I~ henrd by the fact that In one yeRr we are now nearly divided into seelions and each section elech the people for whom it 18 intended. It !l!l per cent stron!:. The balllnct' of I per • Ita rellr esentativ~. t hen the nation is di. cent represenU the few sitting on the fence comes o\'er the air on their hour every vided into states and eRch atate ~Ieeh ih week. And it we d",,'l LiJ" time with them lOoJkh))!:: on, and shllring thl' benefih of OUr own ,overnor, but [or lome un(orcaeen we will be 26 milu behind the procenion. unity. CAUSe they hnve seen fit in our own organ_ 0" June 2, the Eutern nh'ision of the We must protect ounelves againU the com I~ations to let a few locals do our electing bined efl'orl!! o( those master minds. It A. F. of L. eonvl'ntion will be held in Winni· (or us. will be only a mllU('r of time when tho peg. The delQg;ltel will ba hen approxi· ThLs is a mnller of vltsl in'llOrtanre lind mlltely eight day., and we lire ,II looking countr)" will be flooded with IYltemllti:refi we would like to see a letter In the WORKER doing the weeding out procenes. We mult forward to heor whRt the boys will have to from our worthy president. Mr. Srollch, ex be protected by laws lI'hich can be ennNed U)'. preuing his opinion of this matter. in our Ibte legislatures. It Ollr ml'n lire In my next Io!'ucc T ,,·iIl be able to !rive licensed we will have thnt much protection. ;In outllne of what trllnSI.i!'Cd. _____C~n~AA~c=u=- S . PRAKJ:II.. The stale law would not allow an unlicensed We u:tl'nd a cordial invitation to the vi,. L. U. NO. 456, NEW BRUNSWICK, man, a handy men or II botch to do nny iton lind hope the weathl'r will II!Ule down N. J. kind of work that WII protected br luch for their benefit. Ynterdnr Ino"· W(la f,lI· alliw. ing. And todll)' one ~nn go around minus a Uoll C II II of I.ocal Union No. 4!i fi of the Hope that Borne of our locals in the state coat . With the briA"ht w~ather ROC! "bright I. B. E. W. here will see to it to have it lanced among" and cheerful" thoughts and this blended into lIere il the roll call of l..oclll 456: the membeu and abo to get a~quainted the work of the corlVention will produce, we Pre.ident Meyer, known as Dick. with the Slate Eleelrical A s~ociation . J oin hope, ··bril:hter fi nd more cheerful" prospl!CiI GeM Reill)y fills the vice'. leot: the auociation, ae'nd a delegate to the for the futu re. As fln"nce rnan Kampf is hard to beat. meetings. R. J. (:.l.NT. Art","n on the old t~·pewriter pecks; In our Iut month'!! iuuc of the WOllKt:R ---- Newman is the man who sign!! the checks. I noticed that my letter to t he WOItK£n L . U. NO. 429, NASH VILLt::, TENN. At meetings JuronitB and .schwartt. take up the good word. II"U the only one from New York Mnte. We Editor : lire blind to the situ"tion as it i, and the While from the door ("anzonier's soft treble With aLi member. attending our now nlay be heard. sooner our eye. are opened thl! better. Am hnwlinK nlley in the Labor Temple we find For B. A. w~ I",,·~ Mild,,, Flyuu- not tlilking as one down In the mouth. but that II number of the Brothers arc high clnu lie hand ~ out lhe jobs when they do come in. do considerable reading as to the conditions bowleu. In the Ilist week's work out Brolh as they ere. 'The Bummer i. niKh "nd wlll There's I.e~ 1I0liday and Murray, William J.: en Lampley, Ibnlom lind Timoth~' had an Ther've guided the Ioc.-al (or mllnr n dar. pau quick. then the winter will let in Iwerllge of 230, while Brothel"! Travil, IIgain and we will look bue!.. .. "ail; on th~ From the wilds of Milltown cornea Jim Englca and llinsom !l{'rved In the bull pen ApplegRle, daya we can recall but not brlnl: back. with an aversge of 100. There mud be something in the air now AI~o Orlich and Conover-they're alwoy5 We 1111 hAI'e whot il known as " danlteroua late. about cuttin!:" wag.el 111 I see from a head. friend: ket'p the hl10w who ."'eetly acqui Ii ..., In the p"!"Ier quoting lI enr)' Ford: !'tl',·1' ror.,..h 11",1 Rud}'. Rrnthl'H two: e!ICeI In all your Ollinlon, at s safe dlau.nce. A terrible mlln il Ed. Buckale.... "Thi!! is no time to lower wages, declares When you need hia aupport mOlt you will Ford." We must COnle to our senlles and Srhulu. often calted Blue Print Joe; find him on the other .Ide of the fence IIIY ('ontier. I'm told, docs hove the dough. do 1I0mething (or our.eivell; nobody will inl:: ··yel. yea!" to someone whOle .ide it la help UI. Gnlsp every lIituRlion and profit Tommy Do,'c and Arthur i'tfagll.w, adl) to Lu "". The ll\i.&<:bi~f wrought by b~' it. So I hope to hear some of our other From South River. famed for no ta" law. thetie ~weet·lil)ped ehicken·lIvered apoloRles Schroder. Weis, Wilhelm, Mike: loealt. I.et us know through the medium for men cannot euily be meuured. With of our official J ournal how they re~l towRrd, Ma",hilto, Tobin llnd W. White. honeyed elldor.ement, pretended .incerity Kenneth Brown, a man who chews: Ii~enses for electrical worken. nnd implied ~upporl thGy provoke eonntct~ Since my la"t letler to the WoaKEn we Harvey W~t~on with his flit to 108c. fr"m which the)' run lind hide I!ke II chlld Benni, C'heke, nnd 11180 Roy Nunn; were grieved'to'lesrn of the death of one from nn incendinry eonflnlC rntion. of nu r lovAI members, Brother John Holian. l .oui! Mark, who$e lIrgumenUl arc never tr you have II convietlon M big .. a pin· done. A man ot quiet disposit ion "nd always rendy hrlll\ Rtn".1 hy it. Don't be one ot those Jib· to lend a wllling hand. lie wn~ greath' W,, ~~~r"'''II, NI\ !l:"Y, Tibor 0'-'01:, bering idiots who lend their voice to every Gyrllmllti "nri Morris, William G. admired by his friends nnd co·workeu nnd tool or knll'"c who ~mi te a silence into ""e min him. A large dell!gnt\on paid their fiol"nd Van Pelt, better known as Slim: blntaney. One work of honest convlttion is Me Seaman Rnd Wines, full of pep and vim. respeeh to our late Brother Rnd memheu worth" whole Iih·time or Ilgte('lllent with ncted a!! benren. Wo hnve with us tho Gi1lis dan- ~ om~thing you do IIOt comprehend or to Art. IIAlph and Jack. and also Dlln. This monthly meeting was largeh' at_ which you lire druid to give ~'our whole tended and we hRd our nomination of om· Leffert. and Enl:lehllrdt, men so tough; souled support. Thompson and Hendenlon with voices gruff. cerB. Our election is held in June and ______T~OM H .... N~Oll. In my n~"t I~llcr wll\ lend the roll of Glll'rtnl'r, .1. Martin, Miller, Lou: Ryeraon, Hurnmel. and Freeman Rue. our .uecenful candidalu. L U. NO. 440, R IVERS IDE, CALIF. Conditionl here are not up to the Ita nll Jack Mooney, the an"lI·er to 0 maiden's ard. JUlit amall jobll but nothin!,:" big. All Editor: prayer: eondition!! sre throughout the country It It h .. been some time s ince lin article has \'an Thun and Fe~ler are surel~· there. aeems to keep the bl"llku on conatruction. appeared in the WORKI:R from this Io<:al. MUrllh}'; I.ally. Sllviul. Ken; My letter this month may seem kind of We hll"e been reuding our WORKER ~gu Robinson, Ed. J.lartin-all gOOd men. dreary but we all hope for better times and lorly and would l ure mill it If for Iny nei~ert and KovaC! from the sticks: ".f' Tlln help some ou"eivu, 10 A"O to it. reuon it were to be discontinued. We I nzelti, Itoy Baker. lind other hicks. Thal will be the day when we can All Illy: hll'·e hopcd we would Il'e mo re letteu in Freddie Eicke "'Ith his school gIrl com- " H app~' days nre here agnin," and nobody It from other locnl. regarding change. they ple"ion; Joe t'rank and lIeilberA"er ,,~ no exception. wishel more for that da~' than we do here would like to see in the ~outitution. in Troy. We have heeen giving tlds matter a great lIarrison, Mearing, Chelly, Fred- So Rood luck, bOYII. UI hear from deld of thought and at the p r ~u"'t have lJe'd pull" wise crack no matter how dc~d. some of the Brt)then. JNO."" J. S IIr.r.IIAN. dilcovered one condition thAt ed'h under Wehrle, Page, and young Charlel Hardy; June, 1930 The JOllT1lal of Electrical irol'kerB and Opera to,.,'! 363 Keller, a feller who', l1ever tardy. The lame outfit built th ... euc.de Tunnel That', aU there I., there I. no more; for the Great Northern .nd it ""al a ltab Bu t might .dd .ome werd. you','e heard Early copy in July job from st.rt to IInlsh. We were in hopei beforo; of turning thla job fair. but our hopei are Baek up the man you"'e put [n the chair. would be greatly ver)' vague .t present of ever being .ble to Attend Ihe m<'etinll'S, do your ahar... do '0. . _.".,....,.,-:A..,.':'.':':.'::-E. AliT)! AN. appreciated. At pre~ent the town h O\'errun with idl ... men. Electritianl .re not working Iteady L. U. NO. 492, MONTREAL, CAN. and th .... e lire more ~ll1'penteu Ihan there Editor; i. work to do. It ia publicity that I. over_ Confirm in. our letter 1•• 1 month in the L U. NO. 497, WENATCHEE, WASH. runnin~ Ih .. town with idle m('n .nd It il WORKDt we ue pleaaed to r('pon we h.,'e Editor; the lime ..h .... e ther.. is IIny large Job going lign('d an al(re('m('nt with Ih(' 'Iontr('al I was pr('si ...crel.ry for Local N'o. 530. on. You un't atop them. Light, lleat and I'o""er Conlolldltt'd for a Ro("he!ler. :'>Ilnn .• until recently. r luppose W .. c.n·t hanl' • qUllrantine ai,lI on our· ,b·day we.. k for ,witchboud op.. ralora ami th.t lome of )'ou old buddil'l will wond"", ... Ivu her.... For in realit)- we are not con· aui5tllnta. ('ommenclng Sellttmber I, with ju,;! what kind of II J:'rudge Leeal N'o. 497 fronted with II contagious dise ...... but the a gradinK of .tation~ ns reg"Tds rntes per ha$ .ltainst the Ilrotherhood. ~'or )'01,1 wlll turbRtoning f ...... r hilS sprunll' up here hour IU followa: no doubt IIrrive III thllt concJulion when you .eemlngly from nowhere. and the)' have in· Hourly Rnt(' flni.h readinK thl, IIrticle. futl'd the town just like a bunch of ral~ Stlltion OpeTlitora Ani.tnnh At our [list TClI'ulllt meeting I wilt mther did our old bllTn back home. Now a penon Atwiller •.77 $ .G.~ curious in r""Mds to the reRlon why the ellu gd II poilon that will help you lIet rid Central .n .r,.~ llrothcrs didn't have a loenl IJrc u sel'retary. of n rnt. For instnnce. "Rough 'lIl R'lh." .r,r, " ... lIee . .n Now I procced~d to t ... 11 thom why wo Maybe that rough part would work pretty Cote SI. rRul . ir, .63 shouldn't neglect Ilvlliling ounelv". of l ueh good on curb5tonen. 100 . Beftumont .75 . 63 lin imporlant omdl1. I rllther oventr... ~"ed According to reports they h.ve IlUt a Mentlln. .70 .r,~1 th ... import.nee of the good that ('ould be bounty on ratl down in old Mexico (oC uulle .75 .6:1 done by one. I I:'u ..... for I got th .. job. eoune they are a different kind of a r8t ShawiniJ:'an .7r. .63 Wenateh ..... ia. al lome of you IIroth('ra from those that .re polluting our neigh_ Termin.1 .75 .63 know. lituaud [n the foothill. of the Cal borhood). But If they "".. r put a OOunl)' Cartierville .70 ('ade Mountalnt. 10c&1f'd In lh .. btauliful on rat. h ... n J--. Well, I am .fraid Ihat Cote de Neil{u .70 .58 Wenatchee \,.Ue)· and ov ... looklng the I might .('cidentally bring in th(' wrong Workman .711 milrhty Columhia Rh'''r. It i •• thriving kind of .... ra. ~'or filn.lrul'tion men. 76 ('('ntl for fint young cit,. of .pprOlimal ... I)· 11.000 popula It II not. very pl .... sant f ...... lin .. 10 h.ve diU and 70 ('('nta for Il'tond daS!. tion and ia famt'd for in dl'licioUl IIppl('s. an oul.of.to .... n con(' ... rn com ... in .nd "eop" Any operalon reading thl. I.. tter who It il a haven to any on ...... ho cr.Ve, the th ... cream of the jobl lu('h .a jUlt hap' are nOW work inK on a aix·d.y buil. are tang of the mountain air. which II 10 in· pened here thll Ipring. We have leen two invited to wrlle 10 UI here in \lontreal and vigoratinll'. as it com .... to )'01,1 from the of Ihe hugest jobl in town go to out·of. 11'1 u! know how they work their sehedule. higher mounlain peak. which are atill town contraetorl. Addr..... eommunicationa to the writer at cloaked in winter'. Inow .nd la~len with Theil' two jobs are both Inrge apartment a ('[anran,,[d A..... nue. Montreat. u we want the Ic... nt of .. irll'ln lIine. housel. Tho ... Ie<:trical ligures On Ihese ran to have • Ichl~ lu[ ... which will bo fair to The seonery II of aueh a wide variety up Into thous.nd. of dollars lind from what .11 employe('l and not be too hllrd on th ... thftt it affordl! one lin InuhaulUble diver I <:In get in the wily of information one of mlln who II retievinll' the othen. The plan. aity when he I..... eking outdoor r .. crelltion. theu! jobl .... ent to II contra('tor (rom Bel_ we ha .. e looked at are Unal)pHcllbl .. to our IIn)'thing from mountllin IlIk .... where there IinChlm by the name of Martin: the other condition •. i, trout in abundanco. 10 dueTt ..nds, one went to N' .. plge Mae·kinney. Seattle We hav.. 12 atationl with two m ... n on where it i! 10 dr), thaI thf Jaek rllbbits m.nufacturers and contr.ctOnl. ... ach eill'ht-houf ahift. the operlltolll chanl(. IIU ('lIrty t'ftntcenl. Thll N",plge ;\I.~·klnney job ,,'11' hundr... dl Ing shifts one Saturday n[lfht and ani stanis The Columbia River I! f«J from Okona. of dollara under the 10c.1 contr.cIO ..' bids. the next Saturday nlltht. Ihe shift I rotatinl:' Iran Lake and iu m.n)' Irlbulnri"l. It hili A l(K'al eone... rn eftn not buy mater[.la and (or\\'lIrds. th ... ~IIIY ahift thl. 1\\'0 w("('k~. run for countll'll IIJl:es unobltruct .. d. it! III.tall them on a job .t any Ins thlln thil taking the IIfternoon Ihift the following ener4"Y never beinK u ...d for anything other job w.. let for. A eontrador who cannot l ..'o we("k8. Il 18 upeded there will h(" than II. mean. of transportation for the realise a lell'ilimllte profit lrllm a con t rllct aix Ipare IIr relief operllto,. lind ,ix spare steamboats which piled their courie In b)" i. far better of( by putting h[, "loney in or relief lI .. tltanU. or. [n other words. one gone days. And with the ('omlng of the Ihe bank. He e.n a t I..... t derive II c('rtain relief operator ror cllch two .tation~ and railrolld this milCbt)· ri .. or haa remained amount of internt from it. They ean not one relief aul'tllnt for e,,('h twO wtatiOnl. dormant ever sine... bid .galnst II coneern that manufnclUru The probl("m r('ftolvu itself to thia: Wh"t And now. lifter . 11 of th ...... y("ars. its lind installs their own product•. i. Ihe but plnn for thia rolicf opcratof- enerlP' is to be harncued. The PUIt"t Sound "he above gt .. ea you a fair·~i .... d Idea of 10 reliu... th" oth .. r ,h: opentora in Ih(" Po ...... r and Light Complln), let a eontrftft Ihe eonditions in our lo('alit)'. It II e.pe· two ulltion~, who are each working a dif~ last rear for Ih .. development of a huge c[.n,. for those who ha"e been writing UI ferent shift ('arh d.y, and who chal1l:'(" h)'dro_('I ...... trie pow('r dam. Th .. Stone '" for information of thla kind .•nd to tho~e tho ... Ihifta ev .. ry two "'''1'1111 .nd yt't g("t Webster EngineerlnJl: Company, Inc .• "re the who .re contempl.ting eoming here that h[1 own day olf .... ch .... eek! contr.ctors. I am writing thi •. Th .. plan muot b ... fair to each m.n and Wllrk on the pr.. liminary ~O"'truction We .re not inviting you here, neith .. r 11_ I ha,'(" _aid ""for.. , be a. ron\'enient u atarl ... d lUI winl('r. 1I0w",v('r. work ...., .re .... e lelling you to stay a,,'a)'. You at'<.' po."iMe to th ... r .. Ii.. '. auspt'nd ... d r ...... nll)· until nexl fall on ac to u ... )'our own ,oed judgment al to .hat In an onranl~.lion 10 will .. ly ~pr"lld O"fOr count of high water and the «r... tu part you do. and if you aee fit to vialt our fair ,h(" contin... nl a. oun It I. qu[le possible of th ..ir ct'<.'''' waa I.id off o .... lnc to Inad ... city drop .round and pa)' UI a tall. I tan a similar condition exiats .nd • aolution qu.t ... con~tru("tlon to "'lIrrlnt retaining .lIure )'01,1 • heart)' "'... Icom.... Our m .. etinlt been found. Ie 10. be good rnough 10 lei th ... m throuKhoul th .. aummer. nllfhll at'<.' on th.. s ... cond and fourth ul hav(" Il ('opy of it. And for th .. b('n ... llt of Ilrolheu who have Wednndays of e.eh month. lit the Labor We have de .. I... d .ev("fnl 1)lanli of our been writing for Information In rCJ(ard to Temple on North Wenlltchee Avenue. o ..'n. each hllvlng advantagu and dlsadvan. work and the eon d[UolII in g~n .. rnl In We Now for. hit of local color. and the tllge~ 1111(1 before cominll' to a flnnl fuult nlltchee nnd vicln[ty I will lay Ih[ 8: present topie of the day-Wenatchee'. clev. we feel we I hould n.k the other local! if It is tho same thil year u it hu been ellth IInnuel apple blossom felt[v,,[. which they hllve • Ilmlillr cale nnd how they hllH in tbe pnst. There are II /tood man)' !lroth. w .. held here M.y 8. 9 lind 10. SlIturday'a met it. erl on the move nnd I be1iev ~ ' I w!JJ be IIMlllie WIIS viewed by approximately 25.000 This appeal [n Ihe JOtTIINAt, Iho"'s the IlIfl' in !a)'ing that we hllve rH.. [ved our p"0l'le. They canle from 1111 the surround· lIouibilitiu tha orgllni1l1t1on ha. In h .. lp. ahllre of travelerl. [t i, virtu.lly lin Im InK' townl to view one of the mOlt <:o lorful ing lolve Ihe problema whEeh arise ill dif poulbility to k .. ep II job like Ihe Ro('k par"dn that the v"Uey e\'er h ... ld. ferent loeal. which m.y b ••Itu.ted 1.000 illand Dam from bt'l'oming natlonlllly ad· The pllr.d.... from Itart to finish. would mil ... IIp.rt. One 1(1(:.1 11 ...lng on through ..... rtised. And It liOn III'COUIII of Ihll dam fonlume too mu~h Ip.C'" to pietu", here. the JOIJII/..... L the bt'neflll of It. expt'r ien..e 'hat Ih" lar"rer number of thull Brothers I will ... nd .... vor to !ri .. e )"ou an Idn. th(lugb, to othn lonl. who m.y JUit .t that mo· have come here. of It I .I~ ... lind what it was compOl.. d of. ment lI"nd In nud of th.t particular Th ... contractOrtl are nbaolut.. ly unfaIr to There wer... 16 banda and drum co~ •. information. orilinixed I.bor on thl~ job and they hav... 85 fio.ta. two troupi of 80)' Scouts. the II. M. N'I:\'ISON. CX llr ... ued their Intontiona of r ... malnlng ao. Camp Fire Girl., ciOWIIK lind merry mahn. 364 The Journal of Elccil'iclIl il'orkers and OpCI-atofs June, 1990 The little ton with their doll carriagu nlU and if by ~h>lnce they .. re getting the the Republican ticket, but was elected hy were, I believe, (lne o f the most colorful WOII"I:II. plense 5tOP ~endlng it to them. II large o r rather fair majority, showin¥ lections of the parade. It took the parade Well. Brothers. I guuI conditions over the thlll labor sUPJl'Orted bim, 55 minutel to pan a ttiven point. country arf about like 1hl'Y are hue. Dllmn You will notice that I referred to him l1li A large earnivlll with itl mllnr different Jt(IOd. but no work_ WI' wi~h to notify any a urd man. I h01Hi I am never guilty of here Brother who is think in!:: of coming down to concessions wal to offer ita amuse ca!linll: him a union man. ments to those who eater to such meana at this n.,..k of tile wOI"I. for 11 few days work Afler he was dul)' elected and ~eated one rer.eation. A large unt theatre with .. lhlll "'c cannot help )'OU IIn~·. But we will I'IN la r¥e troup of tl.ll'nt('d aetors, o:fered II ... ekoml' IIn~' I1rothrr with a good nrd, to of hi. ti rst acts wal to ou.t our union niN' numbl!. of diversified pro):rama to pny u~ a vi!it nt nn~· time. trical inspe<:>tor , who had beld the po~ition Iho~e who eared to allend. Then there "'''. ~Ir, Editor WI' nrf' ,endinl': )'QU .. l'iduTf for 51lC )'eatIJ, II m~n whl'! hlld fillrtl thft the pagellnt whi"h WAll s ponsored by the of one 01 ou r ne ... skY-lICrllpers in Evanfi,·il1e. office with honor to hlmaelf and credit to the llilt Fireworks Complln)·. And the Fan. and n group picture of t he piP<' benders that cIty. dlOo &. ~Iareo rel'lIe, Aul.ted by nearly SOO installed the in~ulntlDn of the lighting nnd In his place he rlppoinled a fellow whQ ha~ 1,,('0] p"rf.:.rmcn, in 1\ pIli},. "The Fir~ COrl." power System in thi ~ IImoll town ~kY-Berllp~ r . Ilc" ~r «'od'ed at the e L ectrl~al trude "ilh the "'hieh W>l~ conBidered the m08t o utMnnd ing The Swanson-l'unn f:1~trie Compllny have toob, to my knowll'dge or anyone thal I II~ well 4$ colorful of th e entertainn,,~nl~. the CDntrMt for lhl' el~t r ic work, We would cll n lind. lie is not e,'cn a cn r d ma n nor We hllve tllken u)'l our work again with app reciate ver)' murh if you would run them 118~ he th~ interest of organixed I"bor nt mOre l'im. viRO. and vi tali ty than tha t which in one of thl' i~~l W ~ or lllp WORK£II it you h~nr T. \\'&0 dis)'Ilay<,d before. [t )'Illy" t o stOp and ran fin, ; room for them. The men on the When our committee called upon the pla y once in a while. It is in relliity tlikinK I'roup are liS (ollow,: mayor to pr otc~t t hi l ou tr"ge he politely in· a new lease on life. [f ILn~' one ~hould ask No, I is ou r worth)' president. Brothe r formed them thnt ho would resi gn as maY(lf n\l' whn t. my ronr.c)'Ition or a real job Is I /tov C, Ju,ld; No, 2. our ullworth)' buainl'Sft bdore he would willulr"w thiB man's nnm< would tell 'em thi,: to hire out to ~ome mn'llllger. Brother 11, L. Messl'''; No, 3 il from his list of appoilltment!!, rich mll n at the rnle of $50 per dill' an(i ou r Worthy treasurer. Brother Ch ri ~ Klu s Mllyor Schuder. your nllme and acts have all expenseft pai d. with nothing to rlo except meier; ~o, 4. Brother Buck Pllge, the inven $u nk deep in the hearh of every membcr "f dQ'ng hi~ huntinK and tbhing for him. tor. Drother Page IIIYS he has somethinK L, U. No. 5~6, and will be remembered "ery I 11m for the I. Il. E. W, until gra~~ho p- "1'1 h i~ ~ Ieeve in rell'nrds to a patent for" well two yenrlS hence, peu start wearing .tiIU. ~eon s'gn. W e wi sh h!m luck. No.1'.. the As the schooL ma'ams sa}'. that's that, II. J, WELCU. little !hort fenow. better known 118 "halt Our contract committee hns s uc c~ d ed in " Int" is Bro'her Robert Drown, onf of our ~ ij(ninll" u two-year contract with the Ihol'l. hilt'h c1a$5 helpers; Nu, C il one of ou r The be~t of harmony hilS alw"y. "xi~ t "t1 be worthy trustee~, Brother RU~jiell ~Ied ealf. L. U. NO. 535, EVANS V ILLE, IND. lween thc cont ractOrll nnd L, U. No. 545, and Brother -'Ied~alf doC! not l!ay mu~h, but al no time ha"e they I hown a deaire to di,_ Editor: mean" what h e lays; No.7 ifi Brother ('lny lH'n M' with thl' ser"!ce of thia organization, '/''''el\-e elf'Ctrlcnl contractors have allt'ned lIarris. al!ll) a high clan helper An,1 I ~ I a)- th~~ friendly "Ialion'l eontinue in KUI'~~ hE' is, .. t that he hM ! a ne'" bab)' !tiTL ou r working a(tTeement for 1930 for $1.37 ' '10 d~linitely. for that is the reward of long rind 1111 hour. and liv" days a week, We have only li t hi~ housl>. No. 8 Ls our worthy vice con.inued faithful lle. rvic .... one big eleetrical shop ! )lOltHlS ['I.A~ HA~I\:, t~\· A:\S\'II,I,K ; · O ~· I ' ltA CTO J(. S WA I"~ON·~IUl"~, U:-; IO~ [1l' ILT TiltS Cltl:\\' \)In 11' June, 1990 The Joumal o[ Electrical Workers and Operators 365 fair time, and If the rumor or coming indua • fine little town and we were aure t reated L. U, NO. 602, AMARIl.LO, TEX. tries maleri.Ii,.." we will be allt1nl;" on the fine while there, both by the boy. in Carmel Editor; moon, .0 to llpeak. and those In Monterey und~r who!e jnrl! L. U. NO. 595, OAKLAND, CALIF, Editor: Since my lut articles, working conditio", hllve not improved in the leau. A I hort time batk the Chamber of Commerce gllve what they called a 44 million dollar lunch l1li a booster fo r the grelll building program in the E ut BIlY region. Thu program i, just a lot of paper talk. The only part at the pret",nt time that il off of paper li re the building, at U. C. and ucept fo r a very • few workmen still on the job they Mre llbout eomplel.f;d .... ith one tlCception wbich Is the new power houlC. I don't kno.... whether it will be let by con trllct or will be done by our boya under F . O. Lee, who haa charj[t ef th'" electriu l depl rtment It the Univeraity of CaIUo[ni•. F . O. Lee lind 1111 of hla men are member. of Lo(al No. 695. Some of OUr boys are tnking lillie Hyers out of town for short atayll when the rhance preaente itself. I took on", the InUcr part of April mYlelf .nd lllnded in ('armel, the home of IIrtiltl, lind It l ure I. IIOllle place, about 9/10 of the residents arc artistl, or if you I tll y there long enoult'h t hey will mllke One of you. Du l for 1111 of thllt it is aure HANDSOME NEW S A1Io'TE ~'~~ nU Il. D I NG IN AMAn]l,l.O. UN ION WillED 366 The Jom'nal 0/ Electrical Workers and Ope-ratol's June, 1930 L U. NO. 640, PHOENIX, ARIZ. to gain that we had to elln upon the I n_ J. Fred Cherry, was u nanimously eleete!\ Editor: ternationlll Office for assistance. Their co president. operation was prompt and efficient in the This month finds U~ with Inter national The convention was welcomed by Dan S. form of Brother Hugh S. O'NenJ, Interna, Representative L. C. Gras~er out of our Hollenga, business manager of the Peters tional Representative. Local No. 704 is loud midst. llrother Grau er was pen~ioned for burg Chamber of Commerce, who also acted in its praise for Ilrother O'Neill, a man life lit half pay. Brother Grasser's hard as toutmaster at the banquet tendered the who knows his duties and is not afrftid work lind his determination to boo~t the delegates and thei r ladies that night. to do them. A man who does not sit in r. B. of E. W. to the front will not be On Monday ..tternoon we wer e t aken On II forgotten. his hotel room and direct the work of the sight-seeing trip to points of interest in the Local No. 640 boys have just completed committee. hut one who goes with them vicinity and wer e conducted through the the electrical work 011 the power unit here. and fights their Jights wi th them, an orator plant of the Hopewell China Company tn Our hard-wo/king business agent, F. W. and a gentleman, an untiring, unselfish Hopewell, by Brother J AmeS M. Gilgallon, worker for labor's interests, He wu pres • " !reabe, is keeping the majority of the boys president of the Pottery Workers' Union off the bricks. ent at a meeting of our Trlldes and Labor there. Congreu called for the purpose of organ_ The union labor committee Qf the Cen This company makes a good grade of seml izing II Building Trades Council and it wu t rsl Labor Council is doing its stuff. It porcelain table ~ h ina under the trade-mark Jargely due to his efforts, hi$ full lind com seems that a lot of our good union men "Ostrow," every operation is handwork and plete knowledge of labor problems, and his ha'-o to be urged doily to demand the with the exception of the helpeu, every em union label. con"incing lind forceful speaking that this was finally accomplished. and every local ployee belongs to the union. It seems queer to me-there sre all kinds of all the building trades in the city extends At the banquet Monday night we heard of endurance conle~h in our country. We their thanks to him. speakers who have proven themselves to be have flagpole sitters, channel swimmeu, friends of labor. Among them were Gov colfee drinkeu and numerous others and a We further wish to thank the Interna tional Office and asaure them that we are ernor John Garland Pollard; United States great many of us admire these strong Congre!lsman P. H. Drewry; State Senator hearted people. It seems that we should satisfied with their co-operation. We also wish to express our good will to Brother T. H. Gillam. and J. Sindair Br own, speaker be able to have a union label contest lind Broach, and lire glad of his recent promo_ of the Virginia House of Delegates. lay olf of ~c.b-made products for a while. tions. Years alto Brother Broach settled II E"erybody had a good time. I think we O! Cour£e not an)' of us would get into accomplished $ome good and it was brought the movies over it Or anythiog like that wage dispute for us, and we know just what kind of material he is made of. He horne to us more forcihly than e"er that one but it would help to relieve mental and certainly has the hearly endorsement of of the most urgent needs of organized labor body strains for thousands of us. is fewer and better oraton. Another thing If anyone askll you whether. or not )'ou Local No, 704 to a man. In conclusion Lo<:al 7~ rand especially the writer) wishel to we need i~ a miracle. lire a union man first thinloj .'of your hat. send its regllrds to Brother Bill Sloan. of The Jones-Gibown bill whkh provides that shoes and the N'!st or you, wearing apparel Local No. 134. four houn work shall constitute a full day and if it is what it should-be say "yes." Gus ZOLl.at. for civil service emplo)'ces on Saturdays ______L. R. POP!"!. -:------:-:-:-::-= throughout the year, has passed the Senate, J..-- u, NO. 134, NORFOLK, V A. but is meeting with serious opposition in the L. U. DUBUQUE, NO. '104, IOWA Ed:tor: House of ltepTesentatives. Editor: The thirty-filth annual convention of the The Representative from this didrict is Alter almost four months of arguing hsck Virginia Federation of Labor opened lit doing e,·erything JIOssible for us, but tie"eral and forth Local No. iO-l hIlS finally received PeteNburg. on Monday, May 19, ",ilh 154 with whom we are not in contact, are milking its s igned agreement from the contractors. delegates present, 10 of whom are memben the p assage of the bill ,·ery doubtful. In Cact this accomplished feat was so hard of L. U. No. 734. Our financial secretary, Thi. bill directly aifl'Cu only eivil service • BO'LS O ~' J... U. NO. 640. WRO I)J D TilE D.tI'OttT'ANT WOIlK O~ !>T~:JA"' I ~: L ECTIt I C PLANT. 1'1I01,:NI X Stnnrlfug, tro~ lett. to rl,.ht: C. C. U".ktson, material <;Ierk; F rank lIus ld~on, foreman, Eleetrleal Depa rtment; F. W. ~lcCal><:!. bu~fneu all'cnt I,. U. ~o. 610; O. E. York. material room : Ilrother E. D. Wlhon, cable 81,lleer; Brother C. u. McAIl$ter, b', .T. Welborn, L. n . P Ol)e, n . S. Smtth. Geo rge Urad.\', ~'. 8 . Schultz. ~', Eo John~on. Charles Ern8t. George ROber60n, Hobert .Johnson. i'. .J. 'rlerney. I·'. C. SChneldijr, JOBe I,h M. Itetelllln and lnternntlonsl itcpreBentattve Brother L. C. Grasser. Kneellng. f rom lett 10 rIght: J. W. Kindred, llobcn O' Urlen E. R. 'rurley, \( . O. Ll·nn, George Canady, C. W. Holmes. L. It. llubbard. D. G. GrC('n. M. L. Cllfr, Thomas WlIkhlB, C. It. I'; early Arthur llolh nau, W . O. I'euman and Carl McLnughlln. ' June, 1990 The Journal 0/ Electrical Workers and Operators 367 employeel, but not much Imagination i, reo and maintained by membe ... of Loul No. Ihowe .. for dilferent members. Two ra. quired to see that IndirecUy it vitally con· 9<10. At the present time there a re 19 men eent onel were thOlle at the homel of Mra. cerns every working min Ind woman In the employed at Our varlou. c1lssllicationl of T. Langley and Mrs. E. Boone. country. work, 14 of them beine lIIembera of Local We are very glad to have several of Were th e civil service employees in a po No. 940. our membera back who accompanied thei r fti tlon of reciprocity with nil the reprlllcntn. The old Ihop I~ 100 per cen t orgllni!ed In husbands ou t of town to work. tive. or Ihould workerl throughout the coun· our Cilluillcatloni with 16 member •. At present we are conducting a member· try recogniU) the importanee of, and dellre The following office .. were installed at ship drive. We Ire having luceell and th~ pa. ...ge of this bill Ind 10 intorm their our meeting Ma, i: R. R. Calloway, prell· much t un. rt'speo:tive Rt'p",,,,ntlth't'l. then the opposl· dent; C. C. Kearney. vice prelident; Shlr. In my lut contribution which a"h'ed too tion to this bill would be CrelUy lesRned, Ie, Neal, recording Ie('rellty; C. C. Roby, Ille I told "A Worker', Wife" thl. Art' you with u,? financial lecretary; J. E. Adami, tre"'uren auxiliary Is ('omposed of wivu, mothers Let', go! E. G. Martin, foreman; .:. L. Killin and and li.ten of memberl of Local. No •. 8~ S,WVoI.N. Charles 1I0ss. Inlpectora: W. P. Jones, U. and 613. We of Local No. 613 don't want C. J ones and W. P. Will, Jr.• truteel. to be lett out when she pu.ea around such Regular meeting. of Loc:al No. 9JO .iII be lo .. ely complimenu aa .h. did in the April held at the \'. M. C. A. Annex, Runell. on JO"-'SAL. the second and fourth Thundays of eaeh During the lummer if any of the au][iI· Early copy in July month. We appreciated the v"it of Urotherl lary memberl of other cities pan through Frank Smallwood. prelident, and W. J . Atlanta we would be very glad to meet would be gr eatly Bond, flnandal secretary Ilf Local No. /)-19. them. allo hllve them vi, it our lIIeeti nlfll. at both of our meetin,,' alld hope they will Our memberl hllve read President appreciated. come back. Broaeh's talke in th" JOUIISAL nnd heartily If all of our member. would follow thl' agree with him in all we undentand. ~'or e .... mple ot Brother White we could give nllny of UI a bellt'r underatlnding of or· our linaneill I .... reillry II furlough for t I ganixed labor, Ita alms and rights I. L. U. NO. 912, COLLINWOOD, OHIO month~. Yea! He paid a year in advance. one of the thinga acquired linee joining .;ditor: lie i. Ichedult'd for a lecture at one of our the auxiliary. It it creating a desire for This i. Locil No. 912. second largest loul future meetings on the lubject of "lIow to information along Jlnea women. heretofore, In the Juri.diction of Sy.tem Council No. get that much money Il one time working were all too ready to h'ave to the men. 7. Nt'w York Centrll Ind lilied lines. for a railroad." C. C. KE.U.SJ:Y. Another thing we all did-we registered, Brother Fee. of L. U. No. 817, Kew York, and l or many it will be the lint time the,. take notiet'. My local sends its beu to L U. 1144, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. ever '·oted. YOUrK. Editor: Well. J acl SINGA SONG OF BLACKBIRDS Four little blackbirds Two little black Sitting in a tree; birds One bought a roadster, Looking for Then there were three. some fun; One grabbed a live wire, Three little blackbirds Then there was one. Going thru the Zoo; One "sassed" a One little blackbird lion, Trying to loop-the-Ioop; Th en there were Too bad he missed insw'ing two, In the FAMILY GROUP. DON'T FOLLOW THE BLA CKBIRD. WATCH FOR THE BLUEBIRD, THE BIRD OF COOD OMEN, AND P UT A LITTLE SALT ON HIS TAIL BY SENDING IN THE COMPLETED APPLICATION ON THE NEXT PAGE. 370 The Jounu;z.l of ElectJ'ical Workers and Opera tar.<; June, 1990 APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE , =• ELECTRICAL WORKERS' FAMILY POLICY umON COOPERA'I'I VI:: INSU ltANCI:: ASSOCI AT IO:-I, Washington, D. C. T r'f'rtify that I Rrn the ...... •.•..•...•.. _.... of ...... , tOl .. e relalloRship) or the International Brotherhood of Electrica ~ Workers, Local Union No ...... , and 1 hereby apply lOf •...•• " units or $ ...... •.•...... •...... •... 1ire insurance, and will pay $ ...... cach .. for same. O'ear, liaU -y,'ar, 'l"U !l-' or '''(lIl1b) I certify that I have no impairme nt in m y health or physi" .. l '::Olldition, and ha" e no deformity, except Date of Birth ...... Occupation Haec Dirthplace ...... _.. 8ex Benefi ciar y ...... RelatioJ\ship \!{U" (: rull UHU", ,,,,,I .~I"t\ ... n~h\1' ()f I ""~"" (0 wll,,", ItI~U'HII"(' I. h' !" , 1111 1,1 lit )'''". ,I"luh) Address of Beneficilll'Y My n ame i9...... 11'.hll l'"'' nam" la filII Uoll lnltl3ls. I t ma.th·" ,,"e OWII "aIlW. MU('II ,,~ "11,'1,," l;mllh" lind nolt II" M h~II( I '~ "n,",·, 11$ ,,)!.~. JIIlIl e~ l;mUh'" My IId d rell3 i~ , 1St ...... ' lInd Il\,ml)(o. CIt)' "'U] ~tRt~' Date .. , ...... QUESTIONS BELOW TO BE ANSWERED IF APPLICANT IS A MINOR L F ather of Child. Full Nume Birthpluco Birth Date Occupation 2. Mother of Child. F ull Name HirthpJace B irth Date OCCUllation 3. Prem iums will be paid by: Name • Address (Tbn t' "lo" ('oop("ulh'''' ]DI"'''''~~ A 810('!atloll ' fee." f'!! the ' \l':b l t o r ej{O<'t Anf al'I,Il('a'" f o r 0'\8 11l 8U .... II~ .. for a ll )' (,a"lIe ... bat<· .. cr and In caM: or ""J,'('I IOII will . NU.n 10 Ihe A\'lIlIun, 110", fu ll amouII' or Ihe lIa,.II,ell' forwa.d~tl " '1,11 'hl8 a"llllen'loII, The !t.lur.llCiO ,,' 111 b..,('ome dfec'h'e ou <.\ a'lI lil811<' <.\ Il)' 'he Union COOIH!ralln' Inllllralle<:! '\ 8~(W.'lation II 118 Il o"'~ Ollle~ 10 W ..llln \l'IOo. I). C.) NOTE, Ale limih, I to 50 ye au. Iu ued in unih of $250_00. Limit of inlura nce for a nyone pe rlon , Aiel 1-5, indui ive--$250.00. Ale. 6-50, indul ive--$500.00. Co.t per unit : If paid a nnuaUy, $3.60; Semi.annually, $1.80; Quarterly, 90 cenh; Monthly, 30 cenla Or "Penny a Day." Receipt. iu u ed for pre mium payments will . how date nuct pay me nl i. d ue. No additional premium notice. will be .ent. Make Chec .... Payable to INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD of ELECTRICAL WORKERS G. M. BUlnia&et • and Send with Application to International Brotherhood of E lectrical Workeu, W ..hinllto n, D. C. • ( Famll,r GI"OIIP l' oU"7-A ~pU Cl.tlon Coo,n.IU. It'-, l. H. HI",) ~ June. 1990 The Journal of Elect/'ical Workers and Operators 371 Ed. McHenr),. L U. No. 39 Wb,'.r•• AlmE"lIly God, In m . Infinite 11"1, . • • d",... I,...... " II, 10 ... 11 '0 'he G ..... t U{')'ond • • 011 ...... 'h)' IIrll'be •• Ed. l ldll'ur)'; .ntl ... IN MEMORIAM ... II I,,· ..... I" lbe d,'.'b ... f It'OlbH l ' ~ II .. n.)' • • "1' b.", ".n ." old .nd loy.l IIIl'mb,·.: I.oe II • • ,1\. ,.·f"'e. 11 ....01\-.·. 1. That ".t'. Ihl' ..,,·mb'·01 tot 1...... 1 lui.". " .... ~, t'XI' .... 1I ou ••II)CI' .... ~J "'I.RI",. In tI", .. 101o ..... ho Ti"II,.lna h' Ill,,,,.,, 1It~ I".. .."I~· It runht·. ,'lrtNl lI.ntb,·r In 11,,·1. Ilm{' .,f Ier"1 Joh ... p , Je ... . e ... , L U. No.9 till,."", II'· ... .. , Tb.t 10 1.lbule to hIe "ur 1",1 I~· It furllo .. . I'·~ "''''''0')' Whf!rMlR It h .. 1.I"ftot'tl Aln.h:hl)' G,.d III "1"'10" I .. · tlTlj"''' fu. I l",rI,," "f 3Q .IIY. 11o..... I.'.d. 1'10., ••01')' "t III ..... ""olt'II"" .u,1 ,10" I ""I')' "f Ih ...... n·~ .. llItlon. "'UI Til, Infllllle ... 1.. IODl h' 'Ikr frOIll In.o"I:' ". I... I " ..."" Ull I .... ",1""1,·. ,.r "". ' .... ·.1 , 'lIl"n ''I' Ollr .... " ... ·m.-.] .",1 "'''rill), Uro'b"r, J"I", I' In 111. "1.1",, ..... d II ""1')' '0 "u. "lI'Id.' J,,'lr ... ". (I .".1 • '~II'" , ...... 01' I.' lIu- ,,In .... 1 J"u, "~I f". I"lbll~n,""" .Jen"",,; Inti ".1 "f .11 •• it."II"·.I..... ,1 t". 1".1011""1'<0" Wb('r,'u I~>\".I 1"1I1"n ~O. D. or 'h" tn'!'r' 1' .\'" ) .\ ... " ..-n. (·.''''mlll ..... nillonal IIrnlhrlu."" ot .:II'("I.lral W .. r~ .... . I"" ~ 1.,\""'''':' b" 10'" I" Ih .. ,h'a,h Qt IJrulhPr J('nM'n "",. "f 1I ,\ III1Y SI..\1'I; " , It. ,rut' ."d K" .. d "".",I... r.; 'I"· ..·f" .... I ... It ,·"",,,,It,,.,-., WilIi.m Owen •• L. U. No. 79 R I'~ Charles H. MilleT, Jr., L. U. No. 208 W O MAN'S WORK Whereu ;"hurghty (J od hll~ ...,a ~ hetl f o rlh (Continued from page 3-46) Into our midst a m! ta ken «(1m amoll!: us ollr Ilr(>lher. ( 'barlu II. ;\1111" •. Jr. • " ' ho. after II tem ~ . Another question challenging our 10DI!' ll!rU' K'. l'~ ~ iled a"'a)" M8~' ~. 1930; an,\ N O T IC E S present !!<'Onomic order is: How can we \\' h e r ('~~ In the ,[ealh or Brother ~lill e r I ., U. 1'0. 2(,~ . I. II. E. W .. h"~ lost O" e of 11K prevent Huch .... aste of able·bodied, willing ",o ~ t d en ) !"" /lud 10,val Dl e ml>~rB; therefore workers ~ be It 1I"80h-,·,]. That II COPY of !lola T('~olll!I"', he Women Make Saerlfi ee 8~nl 10 the (8 11111\' or 0'" lafe !lrother. ft eOllY A"y el '~ lrl r l"" r" l11;" ~ In! o Grand itlll>hls "Many of these women in their younger SllTell,l on (h" ",inutes or the loca! nnlon ~I"I t hll ~UIIIl""r {o work "" (' o n ~ \\"'Qr~ Power a copy be Bf'ut 10 the J ournal fl)T publicatlon: l:oml'!lII" , 'U{O\"H jtN I " t o ,, ~ h with ,.. (/Cal days have drawn heavily on their earnings an,1 IJ.e II rurther Ko. 107 llll ~I " e ~ ~ '\jtpn t Ioe(ore ~ o l"~ (0 work. to provide for dependents. The family re l!ellQlved. Thllt We drlllle our for a chn.!e. (·IIAS. A~I'~;I(i;O~. ~ pon8ibilitie ~ or single women wage earners [)erlod of 30 dan In ~~;'ui:jfAt·HMA~. &><:- rrlltry and \lu slneu Agent. are in general much heavier than soelety has RecrlrtUnl: Se.,rctary. l.eon!l~d (;",I~ " "' formerly member ot L(lCal been accustomed to n.'(!ogni:e. Sam.. do not :':0. 134. d !~ ql ' l l{' ared aboll l e l~hl yt>ar@ ago. forego mariage and careers to anything like D E A T H C CL~A~'M=S-P~A-:-C'O;:-:F=R:':OM MAY 1, "~!OlhH "' nrr l e~ about It eon!inually and any the extent that daughters remain at home lnto~m a !l o n 8~ to hi" ,,-hereaboula would re INCL UDING MAY 3 1, 193 0 lieve her mlntl "little." lIer 8(ld M!llll I ~ l i ra. beeau,", of the needs of parents or younger L. U. E11ell Go d~on. :.>951 A...,her Annue. Cbh;:ago. bro'hers and sisters. Studies by the WOo No. Name Amount III. men'lI Bureau show that eo.hributions from daughteu or the parental homes are greater P. Brody $1,000.00 Thle Is 10 atl.-IU' the membersblp that K G. than those of S<'InS. The dependents of nien '"3 James Cimino..... , 1.000.00 Germa LII. I tormer member of l.oca ' UnIon 3 Martin Costello __ __. 1.000.0D ~o . ~37 . Wft8 ft8_~d $1.000 b)' thl. loeal unIon are more orten tho,", acquired thn.ugh ehoi~ e C. P. Horne.. __ 1,000.00 au R~Otlnt at .. Iolatlon of prQ.. lsluna of tbe and marri'1-ge and are largely members of eo.l8tltUI!UII and Ihe l(lCal by . la"'~. the younger generation. The dependen!! of "9 C. E. Lindquist.. ... l,DOO .OO (SIgned) J . F' . ;\"OO~A~. 3 J ames Volk...... _ .. _ 825.00 Flnanelol Secretary. single women are in most eases acquired ,.. O. R. Wallis ... _ .... 300.00 L(lCal Union Ko. 26. through neceuity li nd heritage---and belong 677 A. Woolnough 1,000.00 - --- to the olde r generation. Anyone knowlll~ tile wherclIl)outa of Andrew I. O. E. S. Thurston ...... 1,000.00 "The home lind family responsibilities of $ . ~· r ale.\·. Card No. r';:;28i7. who ellllm~ mem· widowed , deserted, and divorced women are I. O. J . T. Kelly. 1,000.00 bershlp In lilly lo~a l Ih"t 6"lt8 his (nile)', will I. O. C. J . King.... 650.00 pl~R!Ie IIot lfr Ihe UnderSigned. frequently heavier than those or other types. His "rllck~t" I@ to get a smflll eheek cashed 865 J. F. Wilkinson ...... 300.00 These wOmen must be bot h fathera and or to get someone to Identity hlm. aO be mothers to their ehildren, but the public i. 17 G. R. Siler ...... 1,000.00 ""reful. Laat heartl tram WlU In Oklshornll James Addueei_.. 1,000.00 Clt.v clmlmlng ml'.mbeubll' til I.ocal No . 12.;). understanding of their breadwinninr; activ The offictat ~ .. rd8 ShO"' he paId dues lut ities and leu chary of opening up oppor. 702'" Ora Brewer...... 650.00 In Oecenlbcr. 1{I28, III Local No. 84. 3 J. C. Milligan .... . 1,000.00 FUle.n.Uy youn, tunitin for them. I. O. Hugh Heasley..... _ ..... _ ...... 1,000.00 P. I. CI.A YTON. "On the other hand, the problems of mar ~'lnanelal Secreta.,.. 208 C. H. Mille r ...... _ ...... _ .. _ 650.00 ried women wage earners nre particularly 39 Ed. McH enr y ...... __...... 1,000.00 ---- ante because of the prejudiee existing in P.. McDonald ...... _ ..... ____ .. To all 1000ai unions J;rei'tlnJ;8: so many quarters against their employment. 1,000.00 !'Iease aOllty all )'our m.. mben to ata), W. A. Sullivan ...... _ ...... _.. 1,000.00 a,,-ay from l.I'.xlllglUII. K:r .. IS Ihe work here Protestll are mad", on the basis that marriJ!d '" "'omen ...· h ... have huaband$ to support them I.'" O. L. H. Dounan .. 1,000.00 II not N'ldr. ~·urlh(>rmo""'. nO HOllers ..-Ill be put to work. Wilen we need men we wilt take jobs from men and single women. The 276 L. Johnson ...... 1,000.00 eall fur tbem throllgl!. :rour local offieera. Martin Kol1ath ...... _ ...... _. 1,000.00 Women's Bureau investigations in this field ,.. We lIu'e har,1 e o,,,'hlon ~ here 10 tlJ'111.t and A. Crawley ...... 1,000.00 men Wmlnl' here ftre nOI helping olle blt reveal, however. that the great majority of these married women have sought paid jobs 1002 Charles S. Clemons ...... _. 650.00 j,,"t mak~~ Ihtnl's "·OU\.". Any m~mh\."r iO:"lnl>: to work here tn ..lola · because of financial needs and not from de I. O." G. W. Dier dorl.... 1,000.00 !Ion or II> \." rules \l'tII he Hue.\ Ihe fuJI amollnt sire for a career or to escape household 3 John Nolan .. 1,000,00 tn "t~o r dft" ,,'Ith the coastlt"tlon. J . G. Smith ... . 475.00 With the IIld of Onr worl h." International drudgery. They have become breadwi nners 68' ()fflt'CtB we lire ",ell aI/Ie to tllke cnre of eon_ M. J . Joyee...... 1.000.00 because or the husband's insufficient or irreg '00 (Iltlona here ~nd at hen onl.v hln'le. Ihe work ular ear ni ngs or beca use of his unemploy· 13' J . D. Foley ... .. \,000.00 of progrC1!~. "0 pleB$e atay away until c~lled . J . A. WOO D. ment, illneu, or inability to pr ovide for the 111l8Inc"" Agent. Locsl Nu. 1s:!. family. The wife therefore must help sup $28,SDO,OD l.I'.xlnglon, Ky. Total claims paid from May I. port the home and children. or often shoulder the full responsihllity. In other including May 31. 1930 $28.500.00 Total claims previously paid .. 1.9.13,295.10 ST. PAUL' S MUN ICIPAL INV EST instances married women have beeome ws ge earnen to help buy a home. to give their ME NT BANK SUCCEEDS chi ldren greater opportunities, or to raise $1,971 ,795.10 (Continued from page S~2) th'" family above the poverty level. TheaI' women do not e$Cape household drudgery as BUILDING COSTS FALL WHILE prior to January I, of that }'ear, 10 ex Ihe publi<: is prone to believe. Horne duties WAG ES RISE change them for registered. non·transfer· must be. performed and the children cared (Continued f!'(lm page 333) IIble certifieates. A duplieate certith-ate is for before and after the hours of employ kept by the city. At the same time a card ment. A WOman who does her own house termined from buildings aetually con index system was installed in which the work and looks after children makes an structed. s ignature o( the holder and the amount of eeonomie eontribution to the family equal in Briek, Brick, Rein- the eertificate i, recorded. By ealling in money value to the earnings of the averag-e Monthly Wood. Sleel, forced certificat ... ror exchange. the deposits of wnge·eaming husband. The woman who is Average Frame Frame Frame Concrete the bureau were increased. The holders both home maker and wage earner il enact· 1923 209 '19 210 of old certificatea purchased IIdditionalones int! a douhle economic role. 11)24 205 218 '" in $pite bf the ract that money WRa eom "The average woman wage earner despite 1925.. 202 '"'02 200'" manding a higher rate on the outside her economie responsibilitles and contribu 1926. 204 '"'13 201 ma rket. tions to home and family does not receive 1927.. 205 214. '" '00 The benefits to the elty from this plan equal pay for work equal in quant ity and 1928 20' 213 197'" 200 are mnnifold: (I) It tends to incren"" the quality to that of men. Moreover, women 1929 . 2J.1 201 price of city bonds hecause of Ihe competi. as a group are not !O well orgllnizJ!d all. are 1930 ". '" tion it fur nish ... investment houses. (2) men and have a daily wur k $Chedule in exeess January .. 204 214 ,., It enables the city to finanee without delay or eight hours to a much greater extent February 204 215 '" improvements that wuld not otherwise be than do men. Sinee women are producers not :'Iarch ... 202 213 '"'96 '"201 undertaken. (3) It enables the small in only of eeonomi<: goo.b but of future eitilens, "e ~ tor to invest his mane)' with ab. olute since they render all(h valuable serviee to This index probabl)' cove rs a larger ter security and to receive a reasonable rate or indultr}', to the home, to the community and ritory than that of the Aberthaw ConstTuc return. (4) It serves to keep money in the to the nation, it is imperative that their po_ tion Company. The appraisal company in wmmunity that would otherwise be sent sition as wage earners be alleviated through dex covers several sections or the United to money eenters in the form of interest Cair pay, the ahort work day, and employ States. pa)·ments. (5) It tends to make better and ment <:onditions making for health, comfort, mOre intelligent citizens. for it brings a and efficiency. Whatever eonserves the Truth is aueh a precious artiele let uS all closer eonnection between the municipality energy and vitality of women promotes the economite in its use.-:'>IARI( T WAIN. lind its eitizens. welfare and advancement of the raee." hme, 1990 'l'he Journal of Electrical lVol'kc1'S and Operato)'s 373 ARITHMETIC TURNED INTO tiniea m.y be gathered .nd how tbey mly what motion picture .Hend.nee ....1 leu BULLETS AND BREAD be uaed to further t he aim, .nd objects of a than a decide ago. Thi. r.pld Increate mult I.bor o~.niutlon, mean. it Is belieyed, • aubllanti.lly grelter (Contloued trom pal'e 337) In conelulion, it c.n be truthfully a r,ued public Interelt in lOund Illma than in Iilent aeeured from our membenhip informa th.t witbout our It.tlltlcal dep.rtment we onel. tion th.t could be m.de Ute of for the com· would not bave known our real condition put.tlon of other v"luu. No ... thue tlma and thereroro would not have been In a c.rdl .re tumed int(l the omce. filed away pOlition to secure the condition. we now New Words Invented under the name (If the man unding them in enjoy. Membeu from v.rlou. partl of the .nd at the end (If the year hia t(ltal houn country that bnve been In our jurildiction For Talkie Slang and wlges .te added giving the number of during the I•• t 10 monthl h .... e openly u houu he h .. worked .nd hll yearly earn· preued themael ... es al env)'in&, thue con Ne... ,lang invented by workc!n in th~ Ingl. Tllen th", lIoun nlll UNIONS AS SOCIAL NECESSITIES Is better organl~ed than fire the Ohio mine to me, II the broad. 1I0cial and illdultrlal NOW HOLD STAGE worken. They have organ;ZI\Uou of mllny quu tlon that s houl!! eonrl!r n us in eon nee· year!' Itanding. The momben of the union. t;on with this confirmat ion, and quite Allde (Continued f rom 1)1111" 8::!:i) own their homn; they have their school,; from It." .ectiona of our people, but it II one, of they are, in fnet, the beat citi!ens of our JerBey~ ~ouroc. lIlI to which there are twn ~idcl. I 5tnte, UnIonized labor north of the Ohio Senator lIaatings, New imagine that everybody aympathi1:ClII with River receives about $2.60 a day more than "I know the laboring man. 1 have lived whllt the unions have aceompli,hed; (lvery does labor louth 01 the Ohio Rivet, whith with him. I have slept with him. I have body recogni~e8 that their growth haa been ill not organized, The reault is that from eaten with him. I know hi. thoughtl. I IH'l'ompnninri by an improvement in the territory aouth of my I tate coal may be hn\'" workrfi for him. I have ,reat sym_ conditlons of the workingman: and 10 we sbipped a grellter diatanee acrosa my state pathy for hi, ideals and what he Is at· life nil glad thnt the unlonl have u lsted and delivered to the lake mar kets much tempting to accomplish, but I lay that I and thllt they have accomplished the re theaper than the coal which Is mined in my reaent hi' efforts to come here and under_ .nlta which have followed their aetivitie1. own Rtate. the difference being occasioned take to control the only independent body Our in.tinctive sympathy In every contut by the increased coat of mining in my IItate thllt there i. ill this land. I resent IIny goel to organized labor, partly beellUie we due to the higher union wage 88 contrasted ell'ort to make out of that body a party nl.a,. IImypathize with the 'under dog,' with the lower non-union wage in the achemf--. scheme which will unquestion although In some C8ses, particuLarly In tho atates to the louth. So Interest would na· ably In the end bring ehllOS to lhi. country ease of the United Mine Workers, the~' turally be to seek to hllve labor louth of us and to 1111 the people living in It. have not always been the 'under dog,' and put on the same plnne as is the labor of "1'hat ia what I object to. I am In favor there have been acts eommitted by labor Ohio; if I had no other interest thin a of giving the laboring mlln what help we unIon. which have excited our abhorrenee mere .elfiah Interest, it would be that. can by luch legislation as i8 neceuary, but a. much aa the graspIng and "'V"rl'uwerlng "On the other hand, I beliel'e it is the I am oppoaed to giving him legi.l"li"n ll,at conduct of the employera. 1I 0we'ler, as a judgment of modern economilta that it Ia 11 not In conformity with the Constitution." rule the labor unions have accompliBhed 1I0 und economy to pay the higher wage. grut good for the country, 1'he measure alwaya III purchlLSing power. Senator Hebert, Rhode hland: and 80 per cent of the purchasing power of "O"e thing they have accompllt;hed i. "&tr. Preaident, with the aim. of labor that today there probably exlats a better our country is labor, Tn the degree that we organlsatlonll to ameliorate the working relationship between capiul and labor than increase the wage of labor we inerea!le the and living conditions of their membera I ever bdore, How that Ia going to be purehlLSing power. So I think It is sound 11m in hearty accord, 1'he American work. worked out in the futur, no man rlln lell: " .. nnomy to favor II hlghllr Reale or wage. mlLn "~""viu a plaee in our nation.1 life whether it is going to be worked out 81 For that realon my aympathy would natur_ auperior to that of the workman of any the Senator from Idaho hopu, by declaring ally be with thOle who duire to unionbe other country on earth. I know lomething nch contracta as in the Jiitchman eue labor in We.t Virginia. of hi. aapirations and of hi, effortl t o im Illegal lind IIfllin!t public policy, or wheth "I mention this because I do not want prove hi, ~ondition. I would b. tha last t o er It ... iII be worked out by the gradual anyone to take it that my position in thil interpOle any dillcouragement to hi. dulre recognition by both employer and employee particular Inatance or In any other would to better himself. Rather do I want to join that a .tate of warfare ought to end and be unfriendly to union labor, for nobody in every lawful endeavor which will benefit that there should be recognition of each cnn gainsay the tremendous aeeomplilh_ hi~ rnndltlon." other'a right. and a mutuality of Interest menta, the wonderful achievements of which many great corporationl are now unioni~ed labor, Everybody must recog PANAMA CANAL FOR UNITED trying to bring about, or whether it will be nize them." worked out on aome new plan. which we all STATES CITIZENS ONLY duire, h in the future. 1'he Supreme Senator Bratton, New MClL;ce~ (continued from pBi'e 343) Court, however, I.II~·S down the law for the "I go II Itep further and ..y, tbat In my centl per hour on the Canal Zone. and tbere judgu of inferior courtll. It III not for opinion, Bueh a contr'ct, executed undcr are approximately 12,400 alicna employed .. those judge. to try to affect the relations the prenure lind force of circumstances oppoud to 3,225 Americans. These alieni between capital and labor III"ort i" cuntra which concededly att.end the eJ;ecution of are employed in building trades, 118 foremen, vention of the decillion a of the Suprema this sort of an agreement. il unconscion clerkll, brakemen, firen'en, timekeepera, etc., Court." able in the unle that it h completely at and lite praeticlll1y III West Indians," S&nator G1au, Virgin;,.: Wilt with sound public policy, 1'he Senlltor In the unIon principle we are atrong, lIB from Ohio may be unwilling to go that far real true and tried citizen. we a re , honger, "AI n plain man, 1 should like to ,..k a in his condemnation of a eontract of thla but In the union world at large we are queation in order that we mllY apportion character. I have no he,itancy in doing 110. Imall. hola ted from contact with the the respective culpability of the Judicinry I think it I. unconscionable. beeause it II mother country we feel lost. The condition Ind ot Cungr"ss. entirely out of harmony with sound pubtJe of the Ik ilh~ d trllo1'" h"r" ~uulo1 ""t ~xi.t "Does a deei&ion of the Supreme Court of poliey oC the twentieth century. Conse· in the United States and therefore the the United States that II contrnct I, lawful qucntly, it leems to me that a eourt of union employees of the Plnema Canal a p ncecnarily preclude Congren from dce\ar· equity Ihould be loath to extend its arm of peal to or&"aniled labor In the Slatu to Ing II. contrBet of that nature contrllTY tn protection t.o thoBe who aeek the enjoyment allli,t in the prescrvotion of tho Canol for public policy and making it unla"'f",11" of the fruitage oC a eontract. 1'hat, it seems United Statea citilens only. Mr, Gillett: "Oh, no1 Wa cnn declare It contrary to public policy and that makeR it unlawful, unleu our declnratLon 11 in con filet with the Con.tltution." "JIFFY" SOLDER DIPPER solders Mr. Glan: "Tben, why have we nol done 50 to 75 joints with one heat. Does that long "11'0, if thia contract. u decided under the Hitchman eBBe, la ao wicked! not smoke t he ceiling, spill or burn And it we eould do it and did not do it, are the insul ation. wa not culpable in the matted" Senator Fe~s, Ohio: "JIFFY" JUNIOR CUTIER "Tn the first place, T am thoroughly in aymplllhy with the right of labor to organ_ Cutl bole. 1- to 3- 10 Ilinmeter in ahct!l metal, eutlet bo;rel. ite, and certainly I ahould maintain the bakelite, etc. I~h s . ",. ataoll"rll brllCi!. It InB,. allo be ulcll "'hll right of lllbor to orgnnh.e in WOBt Virginia drIlL prC1!I. 8 1".d,d thL. m ... .. lh o nl,., 8uhl". I)t " L '~ r . ' I : .IIunh,. In lhe coal Industry, for I, with othcra, Cu tte • • ,e.111 1""",01 (1: If accomllanled by thla ad .,," r~ m l llfln «>. ha\'e BIlt wilh the Inte"late Commerce ------~I nl l 'I""""J' ------Committee and have URtened from dny to dny and from weel.: to week and from month to month to the heerlngs In the coal N~'tLC •• __ ._ •• __ •• ___•• _ •• _._ •• _ ••• • _._. controveuy growing out of a dillpute be· o Send "'a .. 1>l1.,."r ., ' 1.00. SI reel __ ••___ • __ •• ______._ •• __ •••••• _•••• __ • tween the atntes of north of the Ohio River o Sand ...... Junio r () ILU ~ r ., 12.' 5. ~e nd c<>n'LOl ete .11 111",. bulleLLD, Cit)' ••• _._ •••_ •• _•• __ • ____ • ____ •••••_ •• _. __ Ilnd the states Houth ",f th" Ohio River. o "The milieu in Ohio aTe strongly orgall 11 ·30 "' I u n ~,. bllll k I t nut ..,U . tact" ry. "O.I.- lnM",. 0' .I ll',. LlDe ot la b" r ... ~ a .." 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Te-928916. /1-49-11-1 02 11 2118. 14 11 0 11131-11"0. g~~~&ijg~. 830, 1{1O-6S7022. 102-2111896·027 ( T ripI!, Dl II---fI03 .. 60.... 711 nll e). 1072 S:lfjl411 .... n. 211f1--t31l34 1-:'I50. 300- 0'«'19111-083. OSG ODO (Trlpllnlle). 42 I-f1IDOIII -103. 446--1121234·240. MO--2.11!HD7·WO. 1072-81:\8442. 0180;;2, 11111. UIA-"K 11:13. 11 7 ~ MEDITATION ON PERP ETUATION Blld wi11 be t he dny rer every man when • mere (oun.d 'If perreetlon t o individliAlt OF D IV INE R IC HT he beeomn Ilbaellitely (ontcn ted with t he life but it I, the Inw te which we must cOnrenn thll! he II living, with Ihe thoughll Ihnt he ~oei al !natitutlens nn d nntien.1 policy, If we (ContInued f.tlm pl"e 3-'lG) il thlnkl n!!', with the deed. that he II delnlt. weuld .ecure the bleasingl Rnd II blindance of when there [I not ferever b('&tinll' .t th~ pI'II«,.-HCNIIY GCORGI.. tion {or lho~ Buffer;"!!:, from o«upatlonal doors of hi, 1lO1I[ lOme II'reat duire to do injur il'S il opposed. InluTa"t'e and penalon somJ!thlng larsrer. which he knowl th.t he The power of • man increue:tl Iteadily by prote<:tion (or human bein~ c::ompolinK' the Will mellnt and m.de to de becllu.e he I. ~entlnllance In one direction. He become:tl Wtfl:knll'e of industrial lode!y I. oppoud. still, In Ipite of a ll , the child of God. ncquainted wIth the r-cat.ncu nnd with hil EfI'ortJI by l.bor orjl;llnltatlons to obtain rea" PIilt.LIPII B ROOKS. own tooll; IncrellSu hll ,kill and Itrenji!th 50nable protection fo r their mem~" in the Ind Inrnl the f..,orable momenta and f.vor. manu of life inauranee or old age JH!cnlionl able a«'ident~. Ho is hil o .. n apprentice. are .Iso fanatially oppoaed by those Indl That we Ihould do unto othera al ..e would and mOl? time rivet a Ifteat addition of viduab. Rroupa and .Hod.tlons, who IM!1'm hllve them do unto u_thll we Iheuld ", power, juat 11!1 a fa11inl' body Icquirea to dl"light in w fllpping themlM!!lvel In com· spect t he r lll'hta of othe.. 11!1 ... rllpulelilly a. momentum with every foot of the f.ll. placency lind luxury by (eulinK upon the "'e would have our r lll'hil rupected-II not E)lf;IISON. poverty, mbery lind grid of the manti. We hear much today of ueketecor. lind ~lnl: ltf'U who .hoot down and bomb their opponents. CO'lll'l rdIY.1 their method. may be. they at lent upote lhemtelve. to lome PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES phYliul dnnger. Not 80 with the nekele!'. ing 1f1ln¥'ten orgnnlzed Into muler em A"plleoollon IIl1u,kl, nu 100 • __ •• __ ••• _ ' .U T .e d ~ ... . "'nllnrh.1 ~ec. e l ... ,.·~, 100 .. a lf" J.OO ployrn' lIuocilltion. and other 80-e1l1led Ar . .... r~ , onkli.1 Nnllco at. "e. 100 __ •• __ .110 I .... r .-~ •. Flom""II.1 gecr dnr,.· ~ . 200 ' )"'- "~ . 4. JI.O ",.·.. ""nr lI.. ok. 'I' . .... o" .e.'o ,______. ___ '.1lfI I . t."'-~., ,"In,,n .. I,,1 g.,.,ret ... ,.'., ~OO 1'''.-.11. 8.'~ industrial lellgues WllO levy tribute on induI n "UOI I'-'''e-. ~h ______.______1./10 (E ..... IlHOV,. IIIn,lInl<) Iry on a ba.i, of volume or pRy roll lip., ,,,,,, ill . n. (mfl If time be of all thingl mOlt pr-eC'ioul, .....tin .. time must be the greateat prodigal ity, linee Ion time il never fOllnd again; and ~OTF_Th ... lObo .....1 .. , 1.,_ will be ... p""...... hen th.. . eqal.Il... mo ...1 of eath ~mp... ot ... what ..e can time enough a1 .. ay. provel Ih. o.lIe.. 0110 ...... 1. .. Ih ..... d t ....111 . 01 be .~0".1.~ All .....pll.,. K "I b,. a. 10 ..... po.t.a ... little enOllah. Lot II. then be up and dolnp;, 0 . ""p."'11 C...... II ... p.e,,-.Id. and doing to a pur-pOle; 80 by diligen(e , hill! we do more with leu perple,xit)'.- FIIAtfKL11'f . ADDRESS, G. M. BUGNIAZET, I. S. j , I JELL :,>mVICE My 5110>'0 111 industry is Indeed IOI'ge end impol'tonL I am competont efflciel1t and re50urceful. my work is w(?11 done and ask only just return.:> for my skill. Why Fight with me? I con, wi II and do coo~ey"Qte with you and your business. I help, train ond teach my fellow workers, this collQctive cooperation ~ which is essenilal to efficient o~erQtion of industry, el1tails Q smaller loos on the 1urnover of labor. QUITY IS A ROGUISH THING. FOR LAW WE HAVE A MEASURE ; WE KNOW E WHAT TO TRUST TO. EQUITY IS ACCORDING TO THE CONSCIENCE OF HIM THAT IS CHANCELLOR, AND AS THAT IS LARGER OR NARROWER. SO IS EQUITY. 'TIS ALL ONE AS IF THEY SHOULD MAKE THE STANDARD FOR THE MEASURE A CHANCEL LOR'S FOOT. WHAT AN UNCERTAIN MEA SURE WOULD THIS BE ! ONE CHANCELLOR HAS A LONG FOOT, AND ANOTHER A SHORT FOOT, A THIRD AN INDIFFERENT FOOT; 'TIS THE SAME THING IN A CHANCELLOR'S CON SC IENCE.-Lord Selden. /