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I • .- I I I ~ THE JO.URNAL OF ~ I ~~tt't\\lCAL WOR/{£IIS . AND OPERATORS - OFFICIAL PUBLICATION INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD Of ELECTRICAL WORKERS \ Ju~-rJct U.i'Jff¥ ;;lJ.tt t:;lJUfYI '- ~ ;',; : A , .....: .. .,. , ":"';\:"~ ,,~".. ~ , .. •.. '0.... ~:: l": .\'-~.I.:~\ ·'h ..; ~ ., .. :~.. 'I!! .. ~~/.... !:== II Yo!;r A. II : :; .. -;/~.. .':. Il APlP!;l! II . '.~" . r:;~ .\" -;.-·V-'" ~ .:::- ;~ F.?::' //1\' ',- ~~,,' ~If";:C?- III GAL'I.AN JJI II OTll"l II June, 1925 1111 ;J;\J'JHLWI! 11I;.MiAovll AFFILIATED WITH THE II ~DJ5)oJ\JII AMERICAN FEDERATION .11 J"lO;I~! II OF LABOR IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS 111:w~i'm:mJII D£4£j] DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF ( ORGANIZED LABOR ( ) • • II -n:S1A II II HMlCfHllJ1 II ~!:> U O\-:f 101'j II I Ir ~ I I PITCH YOUR TENT ON PUGET SOUND August 17th, 1925 . .' .; " " . ',' ~ '. IGGEST EST B ROTHERHOOD CONVENTION The Locals on the Coast will play the host and guarantee you a wonder ful time, a wonderful climate, and every wish anticipated. In the July Worker will be full railroad and hotel information. Any suggestions will be gladly received by the Convention Committee. INFORMATION BUREAU, P. O. BOX 434, SEATTLE, WASH. WORKERS AND OPERATORS 465 In an isolated region. almost inaccessible in winter. this auto matic hydro-electric plant of the . New England Power Company on the Deerfield River starts, protects and stops itself. These power plants almost think Each Saturday afternoon, the demand for electric current diminishes. Immediately this plant, at the head of the Whether electri.c power is generated stream, shuts down, and a from• water. coal or oil, there is automatic storage reservoir begins to equipment that wi1l fill with water. On Monday do everything but think. General Elec morning, the plant starts tric Company has led in the development of itself and sends water down this equipment and the experience of its to all the others. engineers is at the service of everybody No human touch. Just G-E who wants to develop electric power. automatic control. GENERAL ELECTRIC 3-1 tr== ___"EtG ___ -. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND OPERATORS PUBLISHED MONTHLY G. M. BUGNIAZET, Editor, Machinists' Building, Washington, D. C. This Journal will not be held responsible for views expressed by corre spondents. The first of each month i. the closing date; all copy muat be in our hand on or before. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS INTERNATIONAL International President, J. P. NOONAN EXECUTIVE BOARD 50'1 Machinists' Bldg.,Washlngton, D. C. FRANK J. McNcLTY Chairman IntHnatlonal Secretary, G. :\1. BUGNIA· M'achinists' Bldg., Washington, D. c. ZF)T, G06 Machinists' Bldg., Washing· First District _ _ G. \Y. WHITFORD hill, 1). C. 1517 ThIrd Ave., New York, N. Y. International Treasurer, W. A. HOGAN, Second District _ _ _ F. L. KELLY tH7 South Sixth St., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. U5 Beacon St., Hyde Park, l\Ia~s. INTERNATIONAL Third District _ _ _ M. P. GORDON VICE PRESIDENTS 607 BIgelow Blvd., PIttsburgh, Pa. Fourth District _ EDWARD :'\OTH:'<AGEL E. INGLES, 559 St. James St., LondoD, 110 R St., N. E., Washington, D. C. Ont., CaD. Fifth District _ _ _ M. J. BOYLE .lOHN J. S~lITH, 63 Paul Gore St., 4923 Grand Blvd., Chicago, III. Jamaica Plains, Mass. Sixth District _ _ _ FRANK Swon E. F. KLOTER, Machinists' Bldg., Wash· 2822 Forest Ave., DRllRS, Texas ington, D. C. Sevpnth District _ _ C. F. OLIVER A. 1'1. HULL, P. O. Box 1196, New Or 258 So. Marlon St., Denver, Colo. leans, La. EIghth District _ _ J. L. McBRIDE H. H. BROACH, Machinists' Bldg., Wash 165 James St., Labor Temple, ington, D. C. WinnIpeg, Can. D. W. TRACY, 2505 Yupon Street, TELEPHONE OPERATORS' Houston, Tex. DEPARTMENT 'r. c. VICKERS, 537 Pacific Bldg., San President _ _ JULIA O'CO:<NOIt Francisco Calif. 1108 Tremont Bldg~, Boston, Mass. E. J. 'EVANS, 127 N. Dearborn St., Room Se'cretary _ _ MABLE LESLIE 1505, Chicago, III. 1108 Tremont Bidg.~ Boston, Mass. Contents Pa,. Mentioninsr That Rainy Day ....................................................................•... 467 Secretary Bugniazet's Special Plans for Delegates ............................ 471 Open S~op Leader Would Accept Union Shop Prin~iples Without UnIOns ..................................................................................................... 472 Wheeler Defense Committee Hits Back Hard. ....................................... 473 Power Fight Shifts Scene to Maryland..... ................................ 474 Listening In ................................................................................................. 475 Right of Worl,ers to Select Own Representatives ............................... 476 Where Young Labor Lays New Plans............................. 477 Answers Attacks on Congress...... .................... 479 Editorial ........................................................................................................ 480 Will Proposed Merger in New York State Affect Wage Scale?..... 485 Constructive Hints ...................................................................................... 487 Notices ............................................................................................................ 488 The Transmitter """"""""""'" .................................................................. 489 Organization Campaign Begun by A. F. of L •.................................. 490 Inj~n~tion .Judge Exposed in East St. Louis ....................................... 491 DeCISIOns .......................................................................................................... 492 In Memoriam .................................................................................................. 493 Correspondence .............................................................................................. 495 Official Receipts ............................................................................................ 527 Local Union Directory ............................................................................... 533 Classified Directory .................................................................................... 543 N.\TIO~A" PUBJ.IBllI'iO CO!.lrANY, PRINTEas, WASBINOTOlf, D C THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND OPERATORS Official Publication of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker$ Entered at Washin~ton. D. C .. 88 Second Class matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage pro" vided for in Section 1103. Act of October 3. 1917. authorized March 28. 1922 SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS ~7 50 CENTS PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE VOL. XXIV WASHINGTON, D. c., JUNE, 1925 NO.7 MENTIONING THAT RAINY DAY Optimism is one of the crowning virtues ganized labor's claims that prosperity rests as weB as one of the most damning habits solidly on high wage levels. of human beings-workers not excepted. We are muddling. along, not wholly re We just somehow could not get along with covered from the great war orgy, not yet out the stamina to keep on going in the back where we were in 1920. face of disappointment, hardship and de Now those workers who live only for to feat, but we could get along so much faster day, will not welcome our proposal to I'o'ok and better if we would be a little less vis ahead a bit. Here we are concerned with ionary, a little less enthusiastic, a little questions, less rei uctant about calling a spade a spade, 1. "When is the big break in this mild and a little more eager to face loathsome prosperity going to come?" truths and stubborn facts. 2. "Just when is the mercury of industry Here it is early summer. Though that going to start ooscending to the cold levels gorgeous mirage of prosperity painted so of depression or even to the zero hour of extravagantly by politicians and bankers, has panic?" not materialized into reality as they prom Panics Are Inevitable ised, still business is not so bad. Building construction, especially outside of New York It will descend again, and soon. This is City, exceeds tha t of 1924. Just look over not a guess, but a prediction based on past this score: experience. YALUATION OF PERlIIITH IN TWENTY In the last 110 years of the nation's his l'fTmS tory, business has experienced 15 major ht 4 months, 1st 4 month", ('rises. On the opposite page, we have City 1ll:!;; 19:;4 l'oughly charted these eras of depression. \Ve Xew York ________ $:11:;,:l:l.:{,42G $-!21.725,9:)s want you to notice (1) their frequency; (2) Chkago __________ 12Z.!!76.701 !l3.018.0Z;' their regular rhythm after 1903, and the Los Angele;; _____ fi1,:!67,43!l W,746.2C>-l short intervals between them, Would there S::'n FruD('i"~o_ ___ 18.;;08,801J 16.780,1S:; Atlanta __________ 4,636.193 5.256.286 have been another panic in 1916 or 1917, if Inuianapolis _____ !l,B1,933 8,431.869 war had not absorbed our surplus produc New Orleaus ____ 4,:.00,321 5.272,575 tion? Baltimore ________ 19,935,820 17.6;;9.200 Boston ___________ 18,438,885 19,[;70,592 At any rate, in spite of old Professional Detroit __________ ;'fi,361,3.)1 56,213,47:; Optimist Gary, and Doctor Herbert Hoover, Minneapolis ______ !l,3G2,415 7.458.30-:; we are h~aded straight for another panic. Kansas City _____ 13,342,410 7,314,900 St. Louis ________ :!O,984,750 !1.191,9-!2 And workers do not have to be told what Buffalo __________ 8,4:H.1G4 8,863.000 that means. They pay the blood price. Then (!}pvelant..l ________ 2!1,mm,tt!.; 19,485.8Gfi comes unemployment; then poverty, sickness, Philauelphit· _____ 00,42!l.76:; r.o,;;19.2:~U breadlines, and despondency. Pittsburgh _______ lG,019,598 11,376,478 Dallas ___________ 10,4:;~,74:;