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VOL. XXXIII WASHINGTON. D . C. SEPTEMBER. 1934 NO.9 Schooldays, S chooldays, Dear old Golden Rule Days, Readin' and writin' and 'rithmetic, Taught to the tune of a hickory stick. . . . • • Furt her on than the days of the Three R'8 a nd the hickory stick arc the duys for the "higher education" of the children. when they may be ex pected to discover their talents and develop them.
To gel beyond the fundamentals of the grade schools, children need help, and the natural source of such help is "Dad."
Dad often needs help, too, to prepar..:! for the educational requirements of t he children, and often uses life insurance as hi~ aid.
The rather of our policy-holders in the picture is depending on fifteen year endowment policies to help with the education of his children.
One fifteen yelll' endowment policy for $500.00 taken each year for four years, nl a cost of about $30.00 a ycar fo r each po licy, provides payments from the insur~ ance company to the child of $500.00 yearly in time to use for the four~yea r coll ege expenses.
Think it over, Dad and Mother. for your children. The earlier you start their educational policies. the surer you are that when the time comes. the money will be ready.
Let Union Cooperative help toward Higher Education.
Union Cooperative Insurance Association
1200 Fifteenth Street, N. W. W aah ington, D. C. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE Magazine Chat The Electrical Worken Jour· INTERNATIONAL nnl i~ gratified to be the f1r~~ t(l publish the slol'y of the de AND ELECTRICAL WORKERS OPERATORS ve\ollment or Inbor relatiOIl ~ in PUBLISHED MONTIILY the T. V. A. projects. No on(' hilS d~ited this section without C. M. BUCN IAZET. Editor, 1200 15 th Street N. W., Wubinaton, D. C. a firm illlju·I.'!lSion that a remn"k able experiment, not only in Thi. J ournal will nol be he ld relpon ,ible re r view. expreued by power development but in hu corresponden ... The fint of ea ch month i. the clolin( dale; .11 copy mUl t be in our mnn relntions is goin~ forwnrd. hand, on O r before.
Henry M. Monahan, bU9in(';;~ RailrOfldl C. J. MCCI.ooJoN mannger of L. U. No. GGG, of Sremer Artadc. St. Paul, Minn. Internat;Qllnl l're~idenl. D, W. TRACY, Richmond. Va., is contributing 12(10 16th St .. N. 1'1., \\'lIshingUln, IN n:II NA TIONA," wCl'kly nn article on locnl labo!" D. C. EU:CUTI VE COU!"CII. in the "Richmond News Leader." International Secretary, G. M. iluc· CIlo\.II. M. l'A\lIJI!:N, Clt(linl1lnt slAu:r, 1200 If>th 51 .• N. W, W •• h 491ll Cuyler Ave., ChicRgO, III. inglon, I), ('. FirH l)I~trir~ C. W. WIIIT"OIiU Internat ional TreAsurer, W. A.itO(;AN, 1517 1'hlrll Ave., New York, N. Y. No groull or al·tidC9 11P11('111' 647 Soulh Sixth Ave., 1\11. Vernon, ing in this Journal nttracted N. Y. SHand DbtrlH F. L. K!:LI,I:Y 95 Hncon St., Hyde Park, M.... more wide-sllread attention VICE I'ltESIOE'NTS Third Di"trlcl M. P . GOltnAI'o' than those Cl'ntering in burt' 607 Bil(elow Blvd., Pittsburgh, I'll. neutrnl and standard clegm Flnt Dlatrlct t:, INGI.F.fI Fourth DIstrict EflWo\.IUl NOTItNo\.CU It n. 3, Loudon, Ont., e"n. ]717 G St., N. W., Wuhington, O. C. dation. These were r ead wid('l~' Socond KF-.\.I'I:NI:Y I)I ~ trl\'t (',,"~. Fifth J)j~trlct Jo\.)lEIj F. Co\.Sr.Y all over the United States. lJox 648, Lynn, M.... SO"I Mllffitl Ave., St. Lou;s, Mo. Third OInrld Etlw. F. KLon:n Sixth DI ~t riet G. C. CAnRol1I 266 Wut l
,',1 ..(001 II,- N.!lOGaI Publltblq Co. ~7 un II III If w, Wublnct 1'101111 18 DAM AS CONCE1V!ilO UY A ltCl lIT KCTS A nam II .. VuloUI Uftea: II AN~" IrLO I . VOL XXXIII WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER, 1934 NO. 9 Basis Laid for New Standard of Living By EYE-WITNESS I. conservatives, modorntell Dnd rlldicills Hurly-burly over T ennessee ca n unite upon thia goal of our economic UDDENLY you rench t he brow ot an life. S overhanging clifT nnd look down upon Valley deve lopment IS revealed The Tennessee Valley covers about the animated scene before you. It as age-old struggle to improve 9,200 square miles. Hitherto it has al impresses with its immcn!Jity. On the human living standards. Already ways been looked upon as an agriculturlll clifT opposite two huge steel towers have community until t.he Uniled States Gov been erected nnd these cnr ry cable-ways living conditions are e levated. ernment, under the 8tress of war, in HilS, to the tower~ looming above your head. Great masses loyal to federal erected the WilHon Dam and located in Below the Clinch River runs muddily, project. Civilization is nothing du strial nitrnle plllnts at that Ri te in narrowed by the restraining embank order to supply certain needed war ma ments of the colTer dam. Alongside the more nor less than improved liv terials to aid the farmers in tlli ll great cofrer darn, perhaps 30 fect below the bed ing standards. valley. Now the surprising abillty of ot the river, lies the deep excavation out the Tennessee River to return cheap of limestone into which even now six-ton power hfts brought the plant forward by buckets are emptying concrete for two elevating the living standardll of this spillways. Job. One cnn stllnd at the now develOII· grcat seetion of the population, by fur The Norris Dam which you nre survey ing Norris Dam, 32 miles from Knoxville, ni shing electrical power for domeatic as ing is not wide, but high, nnd dcstin (AI Ufl) Tbll SIm_ ple llouae U.. III 0 ... " IJeaut)' Int! Comfort. (At Rlgbt) Thl, Ja I be T,.pe of Ne" lIou~ Belnlt Ereeted In the TennNMO Valley Area. and rigidly adhered to. The construction from hostile sources, declaring that the intense Intellectual acti\'ity going for camp is no more like a camp of the old old line of cleavage between the classes wsrd in the clssses suggests a more private industrial type than are the haa been undoubtedly emphasized at appropriate term such as "Camp slums of an industrial cil)' lik~ nllw P~IlII' Norris. However, when these cinder Technology." sylvania Avenue. Some consideration block houses are stuccoed, the essential IV. to esthetic values haa been given in the dilrerence between the two types will not erection of dormitories, community halls be 811parent and the low waged ..... orker "How do you like working Cor Uncle and cafeteria. These are pleasing to the will be gh'en a house such as he has never Sam?" one worker was asked. "1 like it. eye, comfortable and inviting. The old been accustomed to live in before. betwr in 1034 than I did in 1018," he re terms "mess hall" and "bunk house" have plied. "This work is constructive, not ooen abandoned lor the more eivilb:f"fl Full Community Lire destructive," he added. Then with sim terms of dormitory and cafeteria. Great ple seriousness he went on to say "[ an] a Norris is to become a permanent vil believer enough in a supreme being to space is set aside in the dormilories for luge {or workers at the Dam and inci shower baths. hold that the rivers and the land and the dentally a monument to Senator George good from them should be shared by ev Food II Excellent Norris, who fought so valiantly in order erybody." This is typical of the attitude that the power in the Tennessee River of the native workers who Ilave come to The cafeteria is a model of its kind. It might be conserved for the whole people. join the project. in the Tennessce Vfllley. operates 24 bours a dny. On entering the ff one Jlnfl~1'!1 from tht> hOllflllR t.o t.he r.om worker is met by a line of friendly wait They lire on the whole a deeply religious munity hall he will find activity night and people with quick intelligence and ability resses who select t.he food and distribute dllY because t.he rou~ shift system finds to think out problems for themselves. it. A worker payll, at the gale, 25 cents II some of the workers at leisure 811 the meal and there is no limitnlion except A strong workers' education move time. All excellent library, II. theatre, ment has developed in the valley. This his own capacity upon the amount of food conference rooms, pla~' rooms and a good he may consume. Excellent cuts of meat movement is directed toward securing the commissary make the community hall a holding of general courses dealing with and fowl, fresh vegetables from the gar real center of workers' life. At night all dens nearby, milk from the camp's own Lhe social lIim s of the TVA. A gl'OUp of the halls flre occupied either by meetmgs worken at Muscle Shoals requested. in dairy unite to produce a meal which ordi of unions or by classes in vocational edu addition to certain technical courses narily might COllt 75 or 80 cenbl. One is calion. These classes hfl\'e bc!en formed allowed to penetrate to the completely which they are anxious to have, 11 gen at the inshmce of the workers themselves eral eourae in the hilltory of public own elect.rified kitehen behind the main din lind \'ary in conwnt from mechsnical ership in America lind labor problems. ing room. Here the giant ovens and the drawing flnd radio construction to gar great ranges are all electrically operated, dening and bee culture. Intenli ... e Study Gou Forward with little heat. to worry the ('ooks linll Some wng reporter visiting the com with a great deal of cleanliness. munity hall and viewing its quiet but in A group of about. 60 college men who sre employed at Norris have met twice a H o ulu Are Electrifie d tense activity dubbed the camp at Norris "Camp Fauntleroy." Ping pong is the week and heard such topics as these dis One nat.urallv. following his meal, most. exciting physical activit.y, lout lht' t':us!!ed: Place of the Tenn SE CTION AffECTED BY T ~ TENNESSEE VALLEY Olti.o KY. --- - IG A. , \ 2, of frame construction, set in a forest, and that the market (or these WIIS very This question has been asked by some of and renting for only $1.50 a room, at small. They said they saw the houses the workers of the Tennessee Valley tests to the rights of the general stand being erected were largely ot brick, management. The worken ask, "Is the ard of living [n the TVA project. frame and cinder block construction. government going to permit sweatshops The workefll have been in~trumental in They could see very little future for their and other low grade industrial enter holding labor conferences dealing with trade. The labor relations section took prises to come to Knoxville, Florence, modern labor I)roblems. In Knoxville, under consideration this problem. They Sheffield and the other towns, keep down in July, the Central Labor Union, in co found that in a brick house $17.00.of unit the construction costs by buying low-cost operation with TVA, held a ~uccess(ul construction was divided ~ between ma_ government power and be pemlitted to conference. Similar conferences are terial $9.00 and labor, $8.00. The labor exploit worker!! so lhllt the cost of pro planned by the workefll in the Muscle relations section determined that all of duction can go still lower? H the sweat Shoals region. the $17.00 per unit construction could go shop type is not allowed to conle, how can for labor if houses were built of the beau the government forbid their coming, and Carpenten Suglre.t PI.n tirul native limestone of which there was how maya more social type of private a great abundance on a government res enterprise be stimulated?" The carpentefll' Local No. 50. Knox_ Director David E. Lilienthal has pub ville, recently addressed a letter to the ervation ncar Norris Dam. As a result. the Norris Stone Masons' Co-operative licly made the statement that he will op directors of the Tennessee Valley proj pose any kind of labor or community ex ects in which this paragraph was Association was formed and given a con tract to erect 10 stone houses in that ploitation by industries attracted to the conl.ained: valley. Whatever the future may be in "We ha\'e spent most of our lives learn \'icinity, thus employing nearly all of the members of the masons', stonecutters' this respect, it is evident to any visitor ing the art of furniture making and now to this federal enterprise that a new type are unable to find employment. Few of and quarry workers' local unions. of life is being stimulated, that II great Us have sufficient furniture in our homes What Kh.d o f Indultriu1 lIuccess has already been achieved, that because the tools of production nre owned the Tennessce Valley is worthy of the at by individualistic busineu men. • • •. This is but an exnmple of the kind of tent.ion of the entire American peOI}le. "We have followed the development of thing that is being worked out in the the Tennessee Valley Authority nnd look Tennessee Valley. A co-operative type upon it as the most important single of production is quite naturally showing sectm- in the entire New Deal (ront." If I had my life to live over again, itself and a number of co-operatives have I would have made a rule to read some v. been formed. Whether this form of pro poetry and listen to some music at least ductive enterprise will deveiol) in nUlner once a week; for perhaps the parts of A group of workers representing three ous instances remains to be seen as the my brain now atrophied would thus have unions recently came to t he labor rela management ot the Tennessee Valley been kept active through use. tions section of TVA. They were memo rates the ruture. It is an open s(!Cre t that The loss of these tastes is D loss of bers of the stonecutters', masons' and it is troubled most by one problem, name happiness, and may possibly be injurious quarry workers' local unions. They stated ly, what control can be exercised over the to the intellect, and more probllbly to that stone waH largely the material used industries that are destined to come into the moral character, by enfeebling the in houses in the $10,000 and $16,000 class the Valley ath'acted by Cheal) power. emotional part of our nature.- Darwin. 370 The Jour'l1al of Electrical Workers and Opcmtors September, 1931, La bor Is No Outsider At TVA N the history or Am(,Ticnn industry and ing and seJr.liquidating. It considers I government there nre four stages of Labor Relations Section occu the workers, their families and their evolution in worker relations. The~e friends are to be the chief beneficiaries- stages 8Te: pies central position in P ersonnel first, as active producCl1l, and secondly. 1. Disorganization or simple gang Division. H as confide nce of both as consumers. The labor relations sec form of orgll.ni7.ation. m a nagem ent and m e n. tion believes that tha houses that the 2. Existence of worker unions in sub workers build will be occupied by the rosa or subterranean Corm. workers, that the soil that they salvage 8. Recognition of the union but with will be tilled by the workers, and t hat non-cD-operative results. Here the func of workers education, and union repre the power tllut is I!;<::n<::rlll<::J will he con tion of the union is largely defensive. sentation. His office is called upon to sumed largely by the workers them 4. Recognition of the union on II co. handle many types of problelll!i such as selves. It considers its field of activity operative and affirmative basis. lire ramiliar to international labor repre broad in dealing with wages and hours, In the Tennessee Valley experiment sentatives or business managers uC lucal adjustment and promotion, transfer and unions. In addition he is discharge, child labor , safety and health, called upon to aid in t.he for employees' right to organize, with the mulation of new labor poli full execution of the TenneSllee Valley cies incident to tho ongoing Authority labor policy and the achieve life of the Tennessee Valley ment and complete BUccess of the Ten· projects. neS!!ee Valley experiment. Director Killen has outlined the follow Foreman Condemn. Self ing policy: Not long ago the labor re "This whole TVA project has certain lations offi('e rec('iven r.om SQCilll purpu>;1!$ Jir<::t;lly ,;"ir;u... ,j to benefit plaints against a certain the worker. Not profits, but a larger " foreman on the job. The life, freedom from economic fear and in workers asserted that he was security. and wider opportunities for the inclined to be irudble, quick men's co-operative capacities are the to anger, and abusive. The ends sought. director took up this matter "Workers themselves can do much to of proper conduct. of the make this labor policy effective. As in foreman wit.h the superin dividuals and organized groups they are tendent on the job. The su expected to study the values to be gained perintendent called the fore by relating themse1ves and their plans to man in with the director and the whole program and by striving for CLA.1It C. KILLfJoS started to talk about the the success of the project and the welfare Dlt@oCtor of Labor Relation, TVA. Se h.. had trifLed allegation. The foreman lost elrperlellet! .. engtneer. eontrletor Ind International I'f!PI"O!' of all tho workers, rather than of just. aentatl..-e for International Brotherhood of f:lllCule.1 his temper at once and began their own craft. or group. Decent living Wnrk .. t~. to abuse the director of la_ wages and working conditions above the bor r elations. Mr. Killen now going forward on a wide seale the average prevailing in this region will be quietly said to the superintendent. " I provided, and it is expected that the in· first three stages have been passed over was only dealing with complaints of cer and ignored, and t.htl Cuurth tYptl of creased efficiency of workers, producing Utili wurken! ulU]tlr 1I1e foreman. I had for their own consumption, will make up worker relations fully embraced. no complete evidence that the charges Built into the intricate str ucture of for the increased costs. wero true, but his conduct at this con· " Increased efficiency will reduce the organization of the Tennessee Valley ference is evidence enough that the Authority's complex interests and activ. cost of production finn the pr ice to the charges are true." This simple incident consumer. Inefficiency, j urisdictional ities is a labor relations section. To our indicates the type of adjustment which knowledge no other government depart disputes and needless conflicts will in goes on daily on a job that employs crease costs and pr ices and will retard a ment of activity here in the United lIcveral thou$l1nds of workers of skilled, project which holds g rtlat potential good State~ and its pOllessions has a similar un~ki1led and semi-skilled rating. agency. The labor relations section is (Continued On page ~1:!) an integral part of the personnel division Full Co-opera tion Ci*on of the Tennellee Valley Authority. It Tho co-operating arm ot is on a par with the employment section the workers organization in a nd the training section of the per so nnel the Tennessee Valley proj division. It has status and is a function ects, namely, the Tennel- ing, going agency receiving the full co see Valley Workers Council, operation of the many other departments composed oC representatives that go to make up the complex work of of job committees of unions, the TenneS!!ee Valley Authority. Clair C. co-operates fully with the Killen, a member of the International labor relations section. The Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and labor relations section is at one time an International Representa operating upon the idea that tive for that Orgll.ni1.1lt.ion, ill director of the function of unionism in labor relations. E. G. Schultz is assist-. the Tennessee Valley proj ant director. Mr. Killen has been on the ects is different from the job since the inception of the work in function of unionism in the lIle Tennessee Valley. H is office acts us privnte industrial field. It a clearing house Cor all labor questions, considers the T ennessee VA.I including research questions, engineer ley project as a non·protlt ing practices, producers' co-operatives, enter prise but ono, however, Thll llulldlnlf UOUIIe. the I,ftbor 111'1&110118 S 'f Norri s, Tenn .. where the third telligence. Its spirit is cO-iJperative. It g rent dam 011 the Tennessee River Council buildin g itself into wants to prove that labor can actually A is being erected, 1,544 hourly work· take part in the problems of management ers a re employed, 1,000 reservoir clear· g rea t government e nte rpri&e. and administration in an affirrnath'e, ance men, and 100 annunl workers. The Stresses union co~perative man· l)ositive way. Secondly, it wants to aid craCts involved are: age m en t. the workers to solve some of their com munity problems in the construction Electrical workers, camps. To date this central committee Carpenters, has made suggestions to the management OIl'Cm t.ing engineers, relative to-- Plumbers, hllve been formally set up by the central Iron workers, co mmittee as follows: The proper placing of latrines; Painters, "1. To more effectively help carry out The I)roper placi ng of lockers; Brick masons, the aims and purposes of the TVA Act J<'air reclassification of workers so that Machinists, of Co ngress than is possible without la wage scales will be more equitably Welders, bor organization. adjusted; Boiler makers. "2. To adal)t labor organization to The performing of special health changing relationships between Jlroduc services; These men are formed into the unions ers, management and consumers. Greater safely; of their craCt affiliated with the American "3. To do a better job of familiarizing The elimination of worn tools ; Federation of Labor. T he American TVA workers with the absolute nece!lsity Standardization of materials on differ- Federation of Government Employee", of insuring the success of the general ent sections of the job; a lso has local unions in this project. The purposes of the TVA enterprise. Safer parking practices; workers are divided as follows : Skilled, "4, To carryon genuine collective rep Better lighting of streets; 45 Iler cent; unskilled and semi-skilled, resentation with more overall efliciem:y The fixing of responsibility for acci 55 per cent. J ob co mmittees have been than is pouible without organization. dents with management as well as appointed from groups co ncerned. These "5. To prepare and encourage organ with men. in turn have sent representatives to the i7.ed groups of workers to take on more Tennessee Valley Workers Council over social and economic responsibility." In addition, the Tennessee Valley which Bradford Wignot, an electrical The cenLrai committee, known as the Workers Council has interested itself in worker. is chairman. The purposes of Tennessee Vslley Wor kers Counc,l, is the fou nding o( credit unions. in the or the Tennessee Valley Workers Council facing its task with enthusiasm and in- (Colltlnufd 011 I ).g~ +tJl") MASSED 1IIGDT Tbele WOfk~1I Vie.,.. the Oreat TVA I'raioct •• l'artlcIUlnt •. Thoy Kl.l u.,.. Wh at It " All About. 372 The Journal 0/ Electrical Workers and Operalo/'s September, 1994 TVA Safety Work Gets Under Way By PAUL F. STRICKER. Director of Safety, TVA TIE clearing oC the reservoir areas still containing about two feet ot water. T constitutell one of the moat impor Reservoir clearance offers pe During the Crequent "oods along the tant operations in the Norris and Tennessee. large deposits of silt are left Wheeler power projectll now under eon culia r ha z a rds. Safety ord ers pro along the river bank. As a consequence. struction by the Tt'nnessee Valley Auth mulgate d. Instr uctions to w orkers the hottom land. along the river are at ority. For it depends upon the thor o f one general ty pe, a nd can well a lower level than the immediate river oughness of the men on this job whether bank. After floods or the frequent tor the power plants will operate efficiently be a dopte d on a ll phases of the rential rains, thelle tracts remain under IlClllr lieu rl'lItl ...... ir bKllius an, fill".!. It job. walt'r. ellauncl" 10 1I"" lII"ill ~lrt'aJJl is a long job and a tedious job, this busi have to be dynamited through the inter ness of "grubbing" mile after mile of vening dyke and the ~Iough drained be shoreline, but it has to be done. fore the men can work in such a Illace. There are two main reasons (or reser The Wheeler district oH'ers entirely Another difficulty faces the clearance voir clearance. The fi rst is the necessity different problems. Whereas the Norris squads as a result or this sedimentation for removing all free-floating timber or a rea presents a constant front ot cliffs from flood s. The sleep banks. of the debris that might lalcr clog the penstocks and steep hillsides, the men on the south river and tributary creeks offer an ideal of the power plants when in operation. er n project must contend always with place for the growth of tupelo. When The second is the necessity for displac water and low·lying bogs. Orten the felled. these trees filII toward the Tiver. ing all )lollSible obstacles to future navi men work up to their knees in water. Consequently, a special motorized skid gation. To achieve these two benefits NlIml'TOu8 islanris hnve to be ('le",. .. d, der has to be used to "snake" the tree in the instances of Norris and Whecler with the ever-present problem of water out of the wnter and up the bank the Dams, approximately 134,000 acres will transportation. On one occasion a small moment it [ails. Mr. Allen estimates have to be cleared of timber and bru ~h. suspension bridge was thrown across the that there are 754 miles of such heavily Mr. L. N. Allen, Administrator of the narrow intervening channel. wooded river and creek shoreline that Authority Reservoir Clearance Division. V • • t La k., Planned will have to be cleared-an endless task states that the work in both areas must were horses or mules used to haul out be completed by JanUllry 1, 1 nG. As the water in Lake Wheeler will be the trees. The two regions chllllenge the skill of but 50 feet deep, any tree of reasonable The Wheeler reservoir will have an the workers in entirely different ways, height would be an impediment to navi area of about J 00 square miles. As much gation. Consequently t he entire ,·eser· of this land is under cultivation, it is E nviro nm.,n t h H a"ard oul voir lrnd will havp. to hp. dr.ar{'rI. Aholl t estimated that about 100,000 acres re The terrain above Norris Dll m is ex 3,500 men are at work in the Wheeler main to be cleared by the Authority's tremely rugged. Tn places along the area on clearance wor k. forces. Clinch and the Powell, and several of Unlike the Clinch and P owell water the tributary creeks as well. t he hills sheds, the terrain in the Wheeler region Sa fety S tandard 8 _1 Reilln o;. Cle ..r a nclI come down to the water in sheer rock is low and level. In spots it is thickly A . A dminiltration a nd Su pervilion walls. Often the men have to be let wooded; in others, it is entir ely deared down by ropes from above to e1ear tim and under agriculture. Paralleling the Foreword: ber and sporadic outgrowth from these river are numerous sloughs, some full of cliffs. ThUll the work of t he day is onen clear water, others thickly wooded, yet Clearance work is considered gener spiced with the thrills of Alpine e1imbing. ally to bo one of the most hazardous in About 1.100 men are e1earing the Norris dustrial activities_ This is due rmrtilllly area. The work is in two stages. Thc to tho fact that the work must be per fluctuating shoreline of the proposed formed in rough and pioneering sur lake, so causcd by the draw-down of the roundings; because it has to do with water when lhc J)uwcr lJlliuL i" in ulH,ru "andlinct heavv unwi('ldy mnter;als not tion, will fall between the contour lines easily controlled; with handling sharp of 1,020 and 940 feet above sea level. tools; and because many workers still re Therefore. all the land falling between tain an old-time spirit of carelessness these two levels is being deared along and indlfrerence because familiarity the 800 miles that mark the futur e shore breeds contempt. line of Norris Lnke. Every tree and The frequency of accidents on clear· every brush is being- cut down, stacked ance work has been high. in piles, and burned. There are three prinu&ry reasons for The al'1!n below the 940 line is treated assigning to accident prevention a differently. Those trees that are tall part of major importance in l'eservoir enougb to r each above the surface, im clenrance. peding navigation while the lake is at (a) The nature of the work is inher its loweat ebb, are felled. The tract is ently hazardous. then completely burned over. Afterward (b) Accident prevention constitutes a the large debris i9 wired down to prevent practical and immediate IlroLiem, the so ita: risi ng to the surface and lIoating down lution of which is directly Ii part of the to the penstoeks. Eventually it becomcs social and economic aims of TVA. It is waterlogged and remaina fixed by its eSllentially and entirely social and eco own weight. The timber left standing nomic in purpose, and will, of course, be entir ely under water, (c) Because compensation for serious and will not disintegrate so long as there llermanent disability is much higher than is wat('r in thl' rl'~ .. rvoir pool. Mr. Allen that establi~hed by moat atatC8, partie eatimated that his men would have to ularly ihe Southern States, the high eost clear approximately 34,000 acrea in the BR ADFORD WIONOT of accidents demand9 constant attention Norris region. The lake itself will be ~ I ember (It Internatl(l"Rl Ilr(lther h/)(ld /If to thia element. for the establishment o[ I-:Iet:nleal Workers. C'hllrnlllD. 't'enne~~ 831J.. square miles in area. "oll.. y Workel'll Councl1. rcnsonnblc actual eosts of ollcration. September, ] 984 The Journal of Electrical 1I'Q1'kcI's aml Operators 373 Any Ilrogram of IIccident prevention will be effective only to the extcnt of the interest of the adminilltrRlive offi cial!<, and to the extent of their ability to impart this interest to the sUlle r \ isors and foremen in a IIIlInner which will ennble the latter to obtain safe action from the workmen. Thia ir'ltereat and ability ia eyider'lt .. hundantly. The responsibility of Il(lministralive and lIu llervisory onicinls ('onaiatll of: (a) Providing sde tool~, ! HJ::~ President Koosevelt landed Another interesting angle upon this on the northwest coast of the Prelident Rooseve lt'. mome n very probable development waa the an W United States after his sojourn in tous gesture in Northwest, Lilien nouncement that David E. Lilienthal. di the Pacific. the eyes of the entire nation reetor in charge of the ehdrical program were directed toward the great luper thal's trip to Eng land, and othe r of the Tennessee Valley Authority, had power regions in Washington and ad sign. point to ne w d a y of . upe r lett on August 15, to study the Grid Sys jacent atates. It I. true, allO, that con tem in England. The Grid System of Ilcrvuth'c busin(!f\8 interest.. W(lre walch powe r . England is a method by which elcetric ing with morc than ordinary interest the course of the President'l thinking. power generated in private stations is One business man who watches Wash there _Ilpeared in conlervative pllpers of pooled with electric power generated in ington liCe Intimately said to the writer: the East a series o( nrticlca reJaliv6 to I)ublic ~ tatioll8. The trip is the result of " I mU ll confess thllt 1 was greatly aur the use of the woler Ilower or t.ho United the Authority's effort to formulate the prised Ilt the President's swtement on States. T his serieft Will surprising be best procedure nnd policy for the alloca power. I expected him on his return to cause it took a forward po fti tion and be tion and distribution of future large move to the right but it looks 8S If he has eause it dellieted a nationnl, giant power blocks of power to be available. Purchnso embraced a very remol.e lelt position." hook-up that included all of the potential of the Knoxville system alld distribution This statement of the business man is and actual water power in the United or TVA power in East Tennessee will ex rather lurpri.. ing ina .. mueh a .. President State!. In Wuhington, it is believed haust the capacity of Wilson Dam until Roosevelt ml'rl'ly reiterated a policy that that thiR Aeries of arUdeR re)lresented a completion of Norris Dam. Mr. Lilien he has taken from the beginning of his ncw note or strategy on the part of thal has been studying the problem from publie lire, namely, that there must be private eledrieal utilities. It meant that the point of view of reeommending a public developnlent of public water power privKli:: t:lectric utililie$ had given up course of action snd polic)" but Wore the and this publiC de"elopment must be used hope that President Rooaevelt would rt' board made any decision regarding the for inerealing the comfort and happiness trea~ from hil public power policy and allocation of future blocks of power to of the muses of the people. that therefore they had decided to c0- municipal and other applicants. it desired AlmOllL immediately following Presi operate with the U. S. Government in to study at tlrst hand important world dent Roose"elt'l important statement. setting up a national power program. IContln .... d on p.ce ~) When U. S. Is Spal/ned by Hi gh.TellSion Electrical Network -"'''''-T--, ..... _-- I I ...... ,----- • . - .. .,.- .. -~I ...... _~...... __ .P.:~~~u.:~~~c~~~rl 'S---... I 1 "'-...... -.. .. - .• M I/-, -;;;-'~':Pi5ti;" ... ~---. .. -.. .. · · lit~~~:J.; ~ SHADEO AQEAS, INOICATE. PQINCIPAl f)ITUMINOUS...... - COAL FIELDS • OOTTt.C LINES INDICAT[ PRIMAQY TRANSMISSION tour. "'00111_ 8 ... Ih"re b. l)nftra)"11 nr OUf rUlldlIUNIt.1 nlllolla' high tl'n_I'ln t'lt>('trItRI nNwnrk. hullt or I'OI'I",r )ll/'Inl:. II 11 m.,. ••• peaf In 19I}t Sotl' hn ..• II toul'hjO •• 1I hOI'''rlant l'I"nl~rl or l'Opul.tlnn .nl"ndU~lf)'" h" ... II ""Irh,... Ollt Inl" 'rr!rultu.~' II 'lrlr!~: If""" It I Editor's, Note: Tennessee l'nlley AII miles apartr-one a t Bonneville, Oreg., 42 Ihodly h(18 btcome a by-word /01' cheap Columbia is just one of the miles east of Portland, and the other a\. 7>owtr, Bul thc Tenntuf's is j!lst o"e 0/ Grand Co ul ee, Wnsh., over 100 miles west Am.ericfL', mighty Tiver,. The Columbia great torrents which pour latent of Spokane. Eventually six: other dams lUI' jil'l' timl" as 11welt. 1>Oll'er a8 tlU} e lectricity in Roods across the are to be ereeted between these two, but. Tem!l'uet. TI!e Mi.sri.BBi/)pi is 8ti11 tm land. Great future e nvisione d. work on them is not to be started until df't'e(oped. Thl' JIi'BOuri has gTellt 'Po' they are needed. H is estimated that it ,ibilitie,. Tilers ors !Stu BtI'UIIIIB in the will take 50 years to complete the entire U,!iled StoJfB wllieh do not oJ/er OPI)or projeet. When all eight dams have been flmjty /01' IHU"lll'8Ilillg. A gi(UlI powsr Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon· fi nished, 93 per cent of the total aVlliiable program. i,l beillg prepaTed for tho C"ited tana and extending into Nevada, Utah, power or the Columbia River between the Stale,. I/erl' 1S a. story about '"s Wyoming and British Columbia, is Canadion border and tidewater will be Columbia Hit·cr. 4,000,000. de\·eloped. Engineers are now cOnlsi der · The government plans to sell the en ing building dams at the mouths of the H E development of the Colu mbia ergy produced at the Bonneville and Deschutes, t he John Dag and the Uma T Rh'er i!5 the largest of all the PWA Grand Coulee dams at prices scaling from tilla Rivers. P'l'l?jectll. The survey oC the terri two and one-fourth down to one_hal f mills 1. BonmlVilIe. At Bonneville the river tory and the plans for the dams were per kilowatt hour. These two dams are rushes through a 3,OOO-Coot gorge. A made by U. S. Army engineers. The ex peeted to produce about 5,000,000,000 65-Coot dam costing $31,000,000 will be work itself is being co nducwd under the kilowatt hours n year. Some idea oC the built here. At present only two units of supervi !5 ion oC the Denver omce of t he size of the projed may be obtained by 43,000 kilowatt hours each are to be in Rt.'ciamalion Se..... ice-. noting that only 85.500,000,000 kilowatt stalled. bU l eventually there are to be 10 The Columbia Ri\'er with its tribu· hours of energy were Ilroduced by all the 5uch units. It will take three years to taries i!5 the greatest potential source of public utility pJsntll in the United State] complete the danl. Fifteen hundred men water power anywhere on the North in \933, according to figures published in are engaged on the preliminary work. American continent. With its 21.000,000 the Electrical World. Between 21,000 Navigation is one of the primary Jlur· potential horsepower it is capable o[ pro and 34.000 men will be engaged in the poses oC developing the Columbia at ducing over fh'e times as much power as construction activities. Bonneville. The treacherous Cascade the Tennessee River (TVA) and 17 1" Fifty Ye.n to Complete P!'n. Rapids above this point have hitherto times all much al! the Colorado River made this river practically uselells (or (Boulder Dam) . The present IIOpulation Present plans provide Cor the immedi· shipping, although it is said that 75 Iler of the Columbia watershed, centering in ate construction of two dama, about 300 ('"ntlnued on page.f08J T[RRITORY TO Dr:: Af f ['CTr.D 8Y TH~ COLUMJlIA RIVER DLVELOrMLNT k » ~o T. ,!w, H,t ... ------ ------,---.~, CALIfORNIA I ,---- .IALT L"' K~ CITY 376 The Journal of Electrical Workers alld Operators September, 193-4 High Line Marks Engineering Advances By j. E. HORNE, L. U. No. / 8, Los Ansc /u s T promised thl! readers 01 the were used. The laboratory work led to J OURNAL that I would write an Municipa l project from Los adoption of a conductor diameter or 1.4 A article on the engin«'ring features inches. connected with the construction of the Angele& to Colora do River a t· A wind tunnel built at the laboratory transmission line from Lo" A ngeles to tra cts world-wide a ttention. All was operated to carry dust a nd fog alter the Boulder Dam, I herewith submit my union job. nately past insulaton. simulating actual offering. The data were fumi8hed me by conditions encountered in Southern Cllli the officials oi the power bureau, Rnd rornia. Experilllenting with 3,000.000- we re also taken from arUdes published in volt electrical charges, design engineers t.he " Intake," a publication for the em erators and oil circuit breakers a.nd were of the powcr bureau recently completed ployees of t he B UfllRU of Water and to be opernted at. 220 kv, it would prob_ another of the lIeriel'! of Sileclll.cul ll. r engi Power, in the cily of Loll Angeles, and ably transmit with equal reliability only neering feats. So gt'cat was the magni last. but. not lea!lt. from my own observa 20 or 25 per cent as much power. tude of the latest eltperiment that none tions. Readers will note that this is a of the tamed electrical laboratories in $22,800,000 project, to brill" c1t Lirhtninr Ab,of'ption Creat While Ihe line is designed to take care of lightning strokes up to 16,000,000 volts through the elaborate grounding Tbl, U"J<@ I'low w •• 1ll'!'1j:.,,·,t, ~." I I ~ npl nlr I '~"'I hy Ihp I',)\,·@r H" ...~u III 1.a)·lnS Ihp (lrouII,1 WI~, Kno.. n .. Ibe Counler!loh.l'. Pulled b1' "litre Tr.etors, III 0111' Olll'utiou H '''1'1 the system consisting of more than a thous· Wire 30 I ncb/!"8 UIIller the Surrn('f!. By LOOking Cto.oely \'on Call $1'(' 110 .. IIM'I or W I", on tbe and miles of overhead and underground "'roll' ):nd or the I'low )·uml.'. \'0" Will ,",ote AI~o Thl.! Ihe lIal811111" .nd I,owerlnl( or the lII.de or Ule .. I...... I ~ II ntl€' by ,~lr 1·"'~8U"". Th.· \\"1 ... b Th ..... a'I~.11·hr"'u:h III" II"I."~ II)· l'ull eJ"~. wires, disturbances of RTeater inten.. ity might flash over the insulators with dam· aging resulu. The simulated lightning entire transmission line distance of 270 ing a large saving over the copper coated strokes at Pittsfield represent this pos miles. steel wire required on account of atmos sible excess voltage. As a result of the Power bureau engineers point out that pheriC conditions for the c1ose·in 40·miJe experiments there, drawings and speci the underground or "counterpoise" wires remaining portion of the line. fications for an arcing ring which will are vitally important in shunting along Engineering studies disclosing the meet the rigid requirements set for every the powerful lightning forces. They ex· practicability of using steel for the phase of the transmission line ha\'e been plain that lightning exerts il.s Corce in a longer distance were verified completely by a trip made to Saline Valley by design submitted to H. C, Gardetl" engineer of manner ~imil8r to ocean waves, Without design, and E. F. Scattergood. chief elec the copper underground wires it would and construction engineers to inspect trical engineer of the power bureau, bids be possible for the lightning energy to an installation made 20 yean ago. will be caUed for promptly. travel down the towers, meet the high The steel cable was found in perfect The solution of this problem is another resistance of the ground and roll back like condition. of the many important contributions to waves receding Crom a sea wall, If that On certain transmission lines using the science of high voltage electrical were to occur, arc·overs of the electrical relativel}' light weight conductors of transmission that have been worked out transmission conductors could take place large diameter pull ed to high tensions, by power bureau engineers. Exhaustive with resultant damages to insulators or high (requency vibrations caused by low experiments and investigations along tonductol'l'l. steady wind velocities have subjected uncharted lines have been necessary. By equalilling the resistance along the the conductors to failures. Experiments Much theoretical knowledge of the prob. whole line it is anticipated that even the with the large diameter hollow copper lems involved had previously been most severe lightning storms will have conductor selected by the bureau indi worked out by fallled scientists, but the little effect. Experiments with counter cated the desirabilit)· of stringing to practical 811plication of those theories is poise wires in other localities ahow re lower tensions. It was found also that the cun'ature and other features of sus· now being made for the fir~t time. markable imllrovement in continuity of By plneing the ground wires, or "light. transmission line operation. The largest pensions clamps had an important bear ning rods," Ilt the very top of the towers. inatallation of this nature to date is some ing upon conductor failure. As a result, they will attract a lightning bolt before four miles. By installing 270 miles of a ne,w clamp was developed and patented. it can strike the conductors, carry the this systelll the power bureau is making Borrow Id .... for Motion Pictur... charge through the steel towers into the every precaution to assure continuous ground. then dissipate its terrific force flow of power to Los Angeles, One of the latest pieces of equipment over a network of cOPller wires buried As the Boulder Canyon transmission produced through the combined etrorts underground. line will constitute the "backbone" of the of the testing laboratories, is a finely These underground wires are an im power bureau's sUPllly system, interrup· executed special motion picture camera portant PMt of the lightning protection tions to this I)rincipai carrier of elec recording device. ~yste lll Illso. Two copper rods will run tricity would be costly. The grounding The equipment was designed to deter underneath eaeh tower line at a distance system, by virtually guaranteeing free mine how gentle or vicious Mother Nature 65 feet on either side of the tower cen dom from this source of trouble, is a would be in vibl'atil\g the many miles of terlines, Along the 230-lIIile section can· sound investment. copper conductor that will be stretched sisting or double lines of towerll, cross For the underground co unterpoise between Boulder Dam power plant. and connections will be made between each wire, 1,25G,000 pounds of one·fourth. Receiving Station " 8 " at 96th Street and line of towers at intervals of approxi. inch hot rolled black copper rod, totalling Central Avenue. mately 1,000 feet. 1,000 miles in length, will be used. Steel Two recording cameras oC similar con The result will be one co ntinuous light. cable wi!! be used Cor the 230.mile desert struction were made, One, located six ning rod overhead a nd undergrpund the a nd mountain section of t he line, effect- (Continued on page ~OO) 378 The JOllrnal 0/ Electrical Workers and Operators September, 1994 Utopialess America Can Consume More o the managers of American eco AI1I1r1!l1llte T nomic life, investigaton at th" Again this na tion is treated to NIII,",~r CO"'''/nptiv, Brookings Instit ution, Washington, 0/ Fllm- EZ~lIditl!r" , D. C., in effect say: "Utilite all labor sav· momentous eve nt in the form 111('0"''' CUln iliu ( h . (t1l. ",illio", ing machinery, crowd American equip (tit dl)/Il)r.) 'II.oU ' dlllh) 01 dl)lIor.) of a publication of Brookings In 3.000 to .1.000_ 2,440 7,069 ment to the full, adopt n univcl'f!al 40- stitution's second volume" Amer- MOO to 5,000_ 1,232 4.480 hour week and raise the income of every ica's Capacity t o Conswne." 5,000 tl) 10,000._ 1,625 8,271 . American family $1,000, and 80mething In 10,000 to 20,000._ 412 3,519 like prosperity will hn hnre," escapable social findings which 20,000 to 100,000_ 195 4,30~ To the technocrats these investigatol"ll throw se arching light on ve xed 100,006 and over~_ 24 3,631 in effect say: "You are all wrong. Amer jea hal! not the capacity to produce, to problems. All clau el 27,474 61.911 supply all or America's consumptive Then theRe investigators throw white needs, and American families can light of intelligence upon the eco not have on the average of 10 to nomic status ol these various fam· 15 thousand dollars a year 88 tech i1y groups in their relationship to nocrats assert they may have." JulJur income. For in1!hI.l1CC, the To American labor these inves investigators show that 75 per cent tigators in effect say: "You are of the population Ih'e in only mini· milltllken. It is impossible to go on mum comfort, at subsistence level, progressively reducing hours and or in actual poverty. increasing consumption. America's (>I ' ~ tfthl.. (On Ill,,· !I;1l) productive equipment will not Another pertinent Iloint made stand this." by this study " America's Capacity These generalizations and these to Consume" was relative to the implied assertions are contained amount of savings made by the in the second volume of the great vnrious income groups. four·volume study on America's "16.2 milion families with in· economic liCe. The second volume comes from zero to $2,000 (59 per is entitled "'America's CilllUcity to cent) show aggregate savings of Consume." The first volume, nhout 2FiO million dol1f1r~ . "America's Capacity to Produce," "8.9 million families (32 Iler was reviewed extensively in the cent) with income! from $2,000 to June issue of the EI.ECTR ICAL $5,000 saved approximately 3.8 WORKERS JOURNAL. Two mort': billion dollars. volumes are expected soon. "The "2 million families (7 Iler cent) Formation of Capital" and "In with incomes from $5,000 to $20,- come of Economic Progre!!s." Dr. 000 contributed about 4.5 billion Edwin G. Nourse directed the first dollars of the aggregate savings. study and Dr. Harold G. Moulton "219,000 families with. incomes directed the second. This work is above $20,000 S8\'ed over 8 billion monumental in degree and epochal dollars. in effect. The studies are realistic, "About 2.3 per cent of all fam· and as accurately as possible they ilies-those 'with incomes in ex· undertake to measure American cess of $10.000---c:ontributed two. industrial capacity as it is and not thirds ol the entire iaving, of all as it could be under certain ideal I)tt. II .U tl)!, 1) O. l.l1,)l:LTO:-> (amilie!, At the bottom of the conditions. scale 59 per cent of the families The present study, "America's contributed only about I.G per Capacity to Consume," is a Iludy of in "About 12 million fnmilies, or more cent ... r the tolal savings. Approxl. come. It fixes the income of the Ameri· than 42 per cent, had incomes less than mately 60,000 families at the top of the can people at between !)1 and 93 billion $1,500. dollars. It traces income to its sources. "Nearly 20 million families, or 71 per income scale, with incomes of more lhan n lhruwlI light On vllriOUIJ a~llecb; of thi~ cent, had inC ... ule,. I,,~~ than $2,500. $50,000 per year, snved almost as much great aggregate of human goods by "Only a little over two million fam. as the 25 million families (91 lIef cent showing the functional division of the ilies, or 8 Iler cent, had incomes in of the total) having incomes from zero national income, that is, the claim that excess of $5,000, to 5,000." wage earners, bu.sine!lS enterprisers, in· "About. GOO,OOO families, or 2.3 per Never once posing as social philoso· vestors and others have upon that in. cent, had incomes in excess of $10,000." phers, but merely as disinterested inves come. It shows, for instance, that in How these families, with their unequal tigators the Brookings Institution askl 11)2~ there were about. 2,000.000 income share in the total national income, ex· recipients who were not reported as be· pend their cas.h for goods is also graphic_ 1101100: impurLHIlt. questionll bl!nr ing UpOIl ing gainfully employed, and later it ally shown. the whole course of American economic fixes the share of this group at about. life. One of these questions is: S 14,000,000,000. AIl' Il' II'. Il'.te Conaumpti". E"pe nciitulI''' of "What would be the result upon con_ One of tbe most important 8ections of F a miliu, By Incom e G lI' a upa, 1929 lumer demand if, by lIome means, pov· the study deals with the incomes 01 !am· erty could be completely eliminated, and i1ie!!!. That these calm·eyed physicians Al1l1r"l1 .. t~ ,\'''",lIer CO~II"'pti,,~ if there were very moderate increases of the social order do not lack vltai llocial 0/ ,.·a ... • E,.~lId;t ... ru upon the income of families in the mid· senile is indicated by this analysill of 11Icome CIon ilit, {III ( h . ..wlio". die c!88/I'!" income with respect to family lire. ( h . dolla ... ) t/to ...... Nd.) 0/ dollor.) "Nearly six million fam ilies, or more Under 1,000 5,899 5,038 A table is prepared Ihowing the pro than 21 per cent of the total, had in 1,000 to 2,000 10,455 14.563 posed increases lor the \'arlous family comes less than $1,000. 2,000 to 3.000 5,192 11,096 II;' roups. September, 1934 The Journal 01 Electrical Workers and Opemtor8 379 PRODU CTION SOURCES OF NATIONAL INCOME, 1929" r .11'''' ,1m...... • ('0 It I ,. -._" XIIInl1tr """'lntd " l·trn"e necessities and cornfOI'tll as are ordinar "2. There has been a tendency, lit of Fill ..... 11J("01n' /',rc."Ia". /Ilcom, ily all80ciated with a 'liberal diet.' To least during the last decade or so, for iliu (I. /919 hlertl'" Afltr reach these standards would require an tho inequality in the distribution of in l/toual'd.) (/""" ,iol/a .. ) i~ hco,"" hlrrtuu increase in the production of all kinds come to be accentuated, 6,779 0" 1.000 51.139 or consumers' good!! and lIe"vices by "3. Vast J}Qtential demands alike for 1'),75.1 1,0011 to 1,/;00 " 1.994 something like 70 (lr 80 Jler cent. bllsic commodities and for con"entionlll 4.701 1,500 to 2.000 2.60R 5,102 2,000 to :1.000 " 3.3M) "The fulfillment of lh iB gonl neees 11I!ces~lt ie s exist in the unfulfilled wants " or the mllsses of the people, both \,urlll 2,0140 8,000 to 1.000 30 ' 1,16~ sarily lies in the fu ture. Evcn if no \,232 4,000 to 5.000 "20 6,331) fnmily with nn income or $ri,O OO in 1929 lind u rbnn. 2,370 Over (,,000 0 were to receive mort' tha n it then had, it "4. The United Stntes hnll not reached would be necessary to inel'(,lIse the value n , tnge or economic d('veloplncnt in The!!1;' invc~thralo l" M then fhl/l that thie of food production, ilt 1!l2!) prices, by which It is possible to pro(luce more than modernte stellping UII of (!lll'Iily incomes a round 40 pcr eCllt. This wou\ll involve, the American people as II whole would would result in un increu!!e of consump of course, a considerable shifting in the like to consume. tive cXllenditures nmounting to between character of food produced; for exalllille, "5. We cannot materially shorten the 15 and 19 billio n dollA rs, or if thc~e cerenls would be reduced, and meat, wo rk ing day and still produee the quant moderate increAses in the income for dairy products, a nd Cruits and vegetables ity ot goods and services which the family groups were replaced by givinj.'( would be increased. The value of ~he l - American people aspire to consume. $1,000 to each fomily now reeeiving le ~8 ter and horne fllaintenallt'e provided for "G. In emphasizing the need of in than $ 10,000, the consumptive capacity Mle to American families would have to creasing consumption, we IIlust not for would inerease 27 billion dolla,... Then be very nearly doubled, and that of !ret the necessity of simultaneously ex the progressive investigators strike a attire and adornment and of other con panding produdion." pe88imistie note. They declare: lIumers' goods and services morc than " It wo ul d seem a reasonable minimum doubled. Such an increase in productive The first volume of the study, "Amer, ainl of our national economy to provide output i8 far beyond the ca pacity of our ica's Capacity to Produce" brought out the entire population with a 'liberal diet' economic system today. " lhe~e snlient facu: which would rurnish adequate nutrition, The study eoncludes with six basic Nineteen per cent of added production a substantial margin ot ~afety in respeet generalizationa all followlI: would mean: to vitamins and minerals, and a satisfy. " I . During the so-called 'new era' of Fifteen billion dollars more income. Ing variety of foods; lind at the Bame tho gay twenties the United States was One thousand dollars to each of 15,- time to permit the purehase of ~uc h not living beyond itll means. 000,000 families. Seven hundred and fifty-six dollars' worth ot goods to every family having Cla .. ification or FamiH •• a nd Unattached Individual. Into Broad Economic Cr oup. an Income of $2,500. Six hundred und eight dollars add i />leo"," R(l>lU~ N" .... be .. i'd. ~ional well-being for ever y family up to U'"tt/ac/t~d U,,"C("cll.ed Totlll Pllm.illl lnd,·1Iiduali Fa ,"iJf~. /I,Jlvill,,"l. P op. the $5,000 limit. Gro .. " Sixteen and four-tenths million fam Wuithy - 125,000 lind ove r 515.000 and over 160,000 66,000 0.0 Well-to-do 10.000 to 526.000 6,000 to 116,000 471 ,000 241,000 1.8 iliu below $2.000 income would have Comfortable 6,000 to 10.000 2,500 to 6,000 1,625,000 632,000 that income brought up to $2,000. Moderllte d reumltllnCei 3.000 to '.000 1,600 to 2,500 3,672,000 1.900,000 1•••3.7 One hundred and twenty-five dollars Minim um comfo .. t 1,[;00 to 3,000 750 to 1.600 9.893,000 3,649,000 35.7 to every man, woman and ehild in the Sub.illenee .. , poverty Under 1,500 Under 760 11,663,000 2,500,000 40.6 country, 380 Tlt~ J uurltal uf Elt'Clrical ll'urh,',s' alld Opcrutonf September. 1931, Shipping Interests Forced to Nod to Labor YEAR is a lonr time to wait. It is mitlet! in\'e~tigating labor Il.bu~es , of a longer time to fight-for obedi Bitte r controversy o f year's which I am chairman, represcntativIM of A enee to law. But waiting and organized labor appeared, and requested dura tio n ends w ith NRA setting fighting have been the experience of to be heard in regard to ~rtain labor labor mil" in \V.Jlhing-ton centering in up ne w " ,ba r rela tio n s board, que!tionll arising out of contracts alread)' the A. F. of L. llel.al Trades Department G o ve rnmen t, n o t s h ippers co n let and to be let by the Navy Departnlent ever lince the code for the ship building for the building of naval vessels, funds tro is. Shippen bene ficiary of and ahip repairing industry was promul for which had been allotted to the Navy gated in the sumnler of 1933. The build gove rnme nt funds. by the Public Works Admlllislration and ing interests are beneficiaries of the Fed also appropriated in the Deficiency Bill eral government. They reech'c huge for Public Work!, and heretofore speci the IIlI.id Cc.1l1Illittee, from the time of lI ubsidics every yenf in payment (or the fically !\Ct aside by the President for departul'e to the time vr n:lul·"; 1" ·.. erection of wal'craft. The story of the IV:dt:d , nllval construction. however, that any flnnncio.l commitment! refusal or ship build(m~ to Ilroperiy rec While it was my view 8.11 chairman of mude by the committee shall be subje~t ognize lnbor uniOIlS in this important this Senate committee that the matters to the flllClI.l reguln~ions of the National He ld is too intricate and lengthy to rc sought to be referred to our attention by Recovery Administration; and provided heaue in this article. It is a story of the labor representativel ae aforesaid further, thll.t before any expenses in maneuvering and subterfuge in efforts were not in all respects within the pur to pla~e ~ompany uniOnB in the picture curred h)l the committee or any of its view of the jurisdiction of the committee, and an effort to refu$e to reeOll:'nize prop members are paid by the National Recov yet, elnce It was pointed out that a chain erly the legal definition of famous Sec ery Administration \'oucheu therefor of labor abuscs would result from failure tion 7A of the National Recovery Act. shall be duly authenticated by the secre· to pay prevailing rates on thi! work, and, The executive order i!lSued August 16 lnry of the rommittce and shall be sub· since it was emphasited that the code for goes a long way to correct the abulles ject to re\·i(!w and disapproval by the the industry of shipbuilding and ship made by the shipbuilders and chiefty has National Reeo\·ery Administration." repairing was not functioning satisfa~ to do ·with setting up an industrial reta Th(!!\C conc(>uions were not won with orily to labor, it was dedded to permit tions committee comllosed of six mem out II struggle-II atrugg!e culminating b statements to be made by these Iflbor rep bers, three of which represent labor snd a request by Senator David t. Walsh, resentatives, representath'e from your three, the employers. This industrial re Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate a Department, the Deputy Administrator lations committee is to be free from the committee in\'estigating labor abuse. in charge or the shipbuilding and ship domination of the Code Authority or the This letter TC'luested the Labor Depart r~l)airing code, lilld if th<;1)' Je"ir..,d to bot: employen and will be entIrely under the ment not to let contJ"aets until labor ques· heard, the represcntatives of the Ihipping jurisdktion of the National Recovery tions wert' rt'soh'ed by some definite and interest!.. The latter did not appear. The Administration. This conlmittee is to be tractua! undeMltanding with the con testimony of the others was taken and financed properly by the Adminislnltion tractors. A C'Omplete ropy of this letter is submitted in its entirety herewith for so that it will be entirely an independent follows inasmuch al it reveals something your attention. board. The order of the National Ad of the history of the struggle: ministrator stated: The Honorable Claude A. SWanAOn, "Now, therefore I, Hugh S. J ohnson, August 2, 1934 Secretary of the Navy. by virtue of authority vested in me, do The Honorable In brief, the testimony Bell fOI'th Bub- hereby order that my prcvious orders of Claude A. Swanson, stantially the following nllegntions: Mnrch 26, H134, and April 4, 1!)34, Secretary ot the Navy, (1) That bids will be received for the wlll-'l"\lLy I uppuinled the industry and W8!lh ington, D. C, building of nayal veuels on August 15th employee membe"" respectively, of the My dear Mr. Secretary: invoh'ing about $50,000,000. Industrial Relations Committee for the At a recent hearing of the Senate eom- IConl1nuetl On I).K~ ~10) ehipbuilding and shiprepairing industry, be amended by omitting the provision r e quiring the selection by the Industrial Relations Committee of n IC\'e nth (7th) member, " It is further ordered that the Indus trial Relations Committee be and is here by made independent or and not Bubject to the jurisdiction of the Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Industry Committee hereinabove referred to. " It is further ordered that the Na tional Recovery Administration shall set RlIide a reasonable portion of the fundi a!lolled to it to cover the committee's of fice expenses, travellina- and subsistence expenses of each of iu members when on official busineu in eonne~tion with the performance of hia duties as a member of the Baid committee, and funda (or the payment of such secretarial, clerical and technical assistance as the committee may require in the performance of its duties. In addition to the above, each IIU!mber of the committee shall be en· tilled to a per diem of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each day of actual atten· dance at any and all meetinjts of the eom D.tth'dllll~ Ar.' 1'1I"11~ I'roperty. When l 'tI ... t .. ')" lin lit. The)· Art' ~·.b.k'l .. d Through mittee nnd when on offidnl business for Gover,,",e"' g"b8hllN 10 1'.1.-.1& !-".ml September, 1994 The Journal of Electricnl lVorkets and Opemtors 381 • A . F. of L. Conve n es In Strike City "W HEN private business is notable of the family. Even where other mem to resume its functions, then G reen times impo rta nt a n· bers still had work, as they did in about society ie forced to takc over a qUllrter of the CIl5e~ , and even in the no unce m ent with 54th m ee tin g of the means of production. It is essential to smaller number of households thnt l'C get the unemployed back to work pro_ ateadily g ro wing la bo r a uembly. ceived income from miscellnneous in ducing wealth." With t his incisive and vestments, from property renlll, or from widely quoted stntement before millions boarder!! and lodgers, the sums added of unionists, the American Federation of received leu than $1,500, three-eighths were usunlty very small. When alt these Labor will convene at San li'ranciaco had received less lhan $1.000, nnd one SOUrce! al'c reckoned in, cxcellt the Ill st early in October. This statement is con tenth had received less than $500. On ly two, which co uld not be reduced to net tained in the Monthly Survey of Bu ~i 18 per cent had received as much as figures. hardly more ihan n quarter of ness, published by the Amencan Federa $1,750. Totll! family incomes were not the family incomes were as high ae tion of Labor and was relellsed for pub· much higher. In the majority of cases $1.750, and nearly GO Iler cent fai led Iication early in AUJlullt. It !l8ks the the eal'ninitll of the chief breudwinncr, to rench $1,600. question, how eRn the unemployed be OCCflsionnJly Ilieced out by odd jobs out "The investigation mlldc particulll1' put to work! And it Kives-the anllwer all side the industry, were the sole support follows: "Our present effort to control industry can not ~ ucceed unless we make the constant increnlle of workerll' income the foun.lation slone in 1111 our plpn!!." The Amerkan Federation of Labor !!,oes on to assert that "husineu men still show no si~n of using the huge reeervell or blink credit in the nor mal way to ex aaml their activities. Banks 1111 well a ~ the unemployed are IItili being main tained on relief funds." With this piece of economic analysis in behalr of the unemployed before union labor throuJlhout the Unitpd Statp~. another ~tartling piece of evidence rela tive to the awful devastation worked by the depression on the workers is also be ing scanned. Thi ~ study 11180 appeared in August. Ra ilway Labor Co.operateo The study was mnde throu!!h the e:o II",,,.· ,,( n ~''''''''H' l ... hur'·r 1\1'" .... operation of the 20 standard railway ,It,> ' '''l,r''"l"" T II!~ ('''llnll~ 11'1(1 'i,, ~. 1·:!,·, 'l. ld, .". 1\,,110 8".1 /I unions and the United StRtes Depart I:" .AJ;:I'. ment of Labor. It iM entitled "Jo:arninll.'s and 81anoard of Livin,lr of 1.000 Rail WRV Emplove.. ~ DUrin\! the Df'nreyion:" 1 ,000 typical fllilrolld workers werp taken a~ were their rltmilie~. and their lllannPr of life c10Melv studied. H ill more than an economic treatise. it i~ a humRn document. Twenty eledrical workers w('r(> included in 1hf' 1.000 fnm iliell studied. A summary of the fin(Hnlr~ in this imoortltnt ~ tudv rends like It d('uth toll for the established order. "To the~e men the dCDrPlIllion had brought a much InrJle r reduction in in come thnn ill genefllll)l rpalized. In this reduction the 10 Iler cent cut in wllJCe rates played a smaller part than the 101!~es due to n IIhrinknge in the amount of employment. Short time had been IIlmost universal and a n unusually larll.'C proportion of the men-more than a third-had I!uffered (Iemotions resulting from elimination of many of the better_ I· ..· .. '·nl u""'.... r tit .. ''It''~ SN·tlt,,, paid )lositions. In comparing earningll l .Jth".t.. 'fill_ St.. ,,·k. Wit"''' 11,· reported in July. 11)29. and in April. 1""It'" I .. llt~ (,,,""t." Wn~ \'4"4,,1 n \'.·n. ". \I(Ir~ 11"''''0> Tltl. FA'" 1933, therefore. wilnt was found was not H) 1t.·",,·,1 11 It I. .. ,'k. All ('"" a 10 per cent decrease but the tollow ""1I1 ... ,,·~~. 1';""" "\I,' I\',d"'. ing: Two·thirds had Buffered reductions of at least 20 per e:ent. and one-half had lI uffered reductions of at tCllst SO per cent. "Resulting elll'nings stood Itt a low level. For the year] 1)32 two-thirds had 382 The Journal of Electrical 1Vorke,'s and Operators September, 198,4 Post Mortem: Milwaukee Utility Strike By UNION SPECTATOR LTHOUGH the Milwllukee utility such a point that success l!eemed assured A strike 18 now ancient Malory. be· H ere is a 6nt-hand review of by torce of numbers alone. cause of the rapidly moving events the stirring events and major Public opinion wall pohaping itself and in the organi%e AC1 1 year thousands of dollars are on Line No.2 or Line No.3. the current spent rewinding three-phase motOr!!. Here is formula that will obvi supply for the magnetic relay is cut off', ENot only is the lou great in repairing thus opening the hold ing coil circuit and these motors. but included in this item a te freque nt replacement of disconnecting the motor. must be added. loss of time while the ma motora, by one who knows. chines lire idle. and the cost of replacing WHAT UNIONS HAVE DONE the motor that failed with a good motor. By HEYWOOD BROUN After careful ~tudy and analysis of the Much hal! been said about the Ameri causes or thi!! trouble, the writer ha!ll ciency. Any lI uch method or apparatus can . tandard of living and the necelSity come to the conclusion that in most must be simple in design and operation. of Its preservation. That standard has cases the windings in three-pha!!e motors and reasonable in price to manufacture. been rather rudely battered about in the burn out because the voltage fflils on one By placing n small relay in the hold- la.t few years. but where it still exists inlt' coil circuit, we believe the credit must go to the uniOn!ll, which that we have found a solu have kept wages up a nd hours down. tion. Drawing~o.l-Ashowsa The non-union nlan is a person who reaps , , LI L 2 standard across-the-line mag where he has not sown. He comes at the netic starter. Note that when eleventh hour and receives his penny. the voltage fail ~ on Line lie Is willing to profit by the aggressive No.2, the holding coil cur efforts of others to whom he has given no rent lIupply is not shut off; support. He stands ready to stab in the the coil still holds the switch back those who have made it possible for , I in a closed position, and the him to command a competence. I I~~ 0 motor is lI upplied with single And so I say that he is an anti-social fy ~ I)hase current. I r the proller for~ who decidl'dly does not deserve pro heater coil is installed in tection at public apense. I would not thermal relay, the closed ha\'e him torn limb from limb b}' angry circuit drs.ws more current, mobs. r think both the police and the causing the thermal relay guard have a proper function in strikes. to release. This opens the I feel that they should in enlergencies be ~ holding coil circuit. allowing called out by mayors or go\'ernors under '> the connector arm to drop the order, "It III your job to see that not > 2. out, disconnecting all three a lingle strike breaker entel'l this plant ~ motor lines. However . if the or SO much as one wheel tUrns until the " T' thermal relay f8i1s to oper emilloyers have made a fair settlement ate. the usual result is a f'fCSrT with their men." -Coortc• ., 0/ 'lit World_ damaged motor. TrlcllNlm aM L'ni/tll Ftalilft S.,ndicatt. -W Drawing No.2 shows the same circuit with the T-;l T";I~ addition of a sma II magnetic ~OTO~ relay. The hold ( 0 ing coil operating ~ t h e starting switch is con p""'t'lllNt III .. /'A. nected between Line No. ) and Line No.2, while the holding coil ))hase. This leaves a three-phase motor o l leratin~ the small magnetic trying to operate on a si ngle phase, the relay is connected between result being a "burnt-out" motor. Line No.2 and Line No.3. The man)" [actol'l contributing to this and is in the control circuit. condition are too various to discuss in In order to operate the this small article. In all fairness to the starter. the "lIturt" button ill manufacturers of starting C N the June, 1934. iuue or this JOURNAL electorate, they disregard the ..... iIl of the the introductory article of lhill eeries people as expressed at the polls. and 80 I pointJi out many reafJons why all de Electrical worke r. belie ve anti qua te d sy. tem need . r enovlzlng. following the line of le.!lt re!li!ltance they partments pertaining to electricity under find it easier to adapt themselve. to the the jurisdiction or the dty government Great e fficie ncy to be achieve d. routine of exi.sting governmental.ystems of Los Angeles should be combined, than it would be to launch out on any and placed under one head. It Itatfi!1 reform that might tend to lighten the that. "The City Electrical Division should ineJude: show a substantial dccrease in the cost financial burden of the taxptl)'er. "1. The Inspection Bureau. through of operation in comparison with the ex The Bureau of Budget and Efficiency whicl. all electrical installations either !).,Ildil.ur.,ij f" .. tJ.\l "aUI., IIf11UUllt uf wO"k is the fflct-linrting fl gf'n!'y of t.hf' Los new, reconstruction, or alteration are done in previous years. and after all the Angeles city government. It investigates inspected. "ital point Is increased efficiency at a the administration to the various de "2. The fire and police signal. and the lower cost in the administration of civic IJarlments for the purpose of recom traffic signal systems in their entirety. atrairs. mending to the mayor and council con "s. The city electrical department Who i. responsible for our present cerning duties of pOlitions, method., and shops. system or lack of lystem. which allows economy measures. For the liseal year " ... Street lighting." men engagt'd in elec::trical work (or the 1934-35 thil bureau will eost the tax In conjunction with thia second arLide city of Los A ngelca to be placed under payers over $40,000 in salaries and • tentative plan il lubmitted which the supervision of commissions made up wages. Alide from the preparation of should be considered only 8S a lkeleton of men and women who in most cues the next budget which i. monly routine outline on which to build lin efficient dty have little or no knowledge of the manu work, electrical division. Il is true that the!!e facturing cost, Ilroper installation, main Will they find us $40,000 worth o( depsrtments already exil!t, but being tenance, care or value of electrical facts' I!e parated, as they now Ilre--duc to the equipment. Will they recommend to the mayor several IhtYerent bureaus, boards and HeCore nn election all camhdateH for and council $40,000 worth of economy commissions whose jurisdiction they hall public office never fail to insert that alCe measures? pen to come under-they lack the necet; old plank in their platform of lowering Will they investigate the administra sary coordination that would enable them the C08t of J.,"Overnmenl by the consolida tion o( the various department.e with a to function as a unit in the interest of the tion of reliltive departments, and the view to ascertaining the feasibility of taxpayers. elimination of IIupcrflUOUIi high !alaried combining all electrical unilll under one Under the proposed plan, responsibil_ jobs created by their predecessors, but competent head! This department to be ity would rest on the chicf electrical newly elected officials Beem to lose their known lUI the City F,l~ctr ical Oivision, engineer, and no doubt with the aid of pre_election courage, they forgel the and as the name implies to have jurisdic- his assistaflrS he would soon be able to supreme power vested in them by the (Colllloued on ".if ~fl.I) CHIEF Elect rioal Eng . A.s st. Drafting ABst . n ect. Eng . Elect . Eng. City Inside fA=counting, OUtside Fi r e ,Po11ce , Elect. Constr. • Budgetary Constr. , !'ratf1c Signl • I nspect lIa1nt. control St r. Ltg. Systems Garage s tore Room Elect. Shop September, 1994 'rite Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators 386 Renovising Plan Moves on Super Scale HE federal government. last month, consumption goods or the payment of launched its latest effort to create Government seek. to galvan debt!; and will furnish a far-reaching T employment under the Federal Hous-. stimulus to other industries. ing Administration, with a vigorous cam Ize dormant building industry 2, The owner of real prollerty. paign to ~ell the modernization idea to into life. Labor is co-operating. Because money has not been available American home. slore and factory own· (or maintenance and im provement of ers. Building trades workers, of course, property, a wideBpread deterioration has are vitally interested in this drive and resulted. HOmes and commercial proper. though the electrical worker's llercentage tidpated in the Co-operatil'e Work Plan ty must be Illaintained in good condition of the home building dollar is smaller campaign, a saIl'll drive carried on in to preserve uaefulnt\S!li must be kept up than that o( almost any trade, the use or 1931-1932 by locals lind the Electrical to-date or values shrink, By making electricity nlOkes such constant progress Guild contractors to induce electrical financing available the government in· that new wiring is a necessary Ilart of modernization, will notice many el!laential tenda to make it possible for owners to almost any Illodernizing job. The elec· similarities between this plan and the recondition their property before d8mage trical trade is in a ravorable position. federal program, although the latter is bec m ,0, • I I II I I , l I II I • , ~ I II I • , 'i:> • / .'lto!';:; ~H:<'·TlO.\; In' ,\ I IAI'I'\ 110111·; A WEI,I. W lllElJ IIOllE nHnl:(,T T.llrk~ lu FftuUy WI.I"I(. n"", e~'1c Ar"'(I"n'~ Ari' '\Io;HlIIII"1( Ill'" to ('beHIl ~:I L""lrlt- "1 M(H,.rlal~. II h "" '\Iere Tnl k II) ON'lnre '1'1 •• , 11"[!j)IIIt·~". ('"",r"rL C""'·I'"tellt·,. "",I ~nr'·l'· 1"'1,·",,1 (III Wlrln~ or AI'IJrO\'l'd Workman,IoII' "n,1 )1"II'.li,l~ , 386 The Journal of Electrical ll'ol'kel's alld Operuiurs September, 1934 JOURNAL OF interests, placed where it belongs, in the hands of people guard ing tilt: public inU·reM. The American Standuds Association, dis!!uised as a quasi-public body, is in th~ control of the utility, ELECTRICAL WORKERS electrical manufacturinl; and telephone groups. It has tried Wkio! Pub/i<.llion Iniemllmol8rolt.rirolo' £iedric.1 Work." ~urrepti ti ously to scrap t he sal utary work: of the U. S. Bureau of Standards in the making of safet)' codes. It wishes to arrogate to itself and irs commercial backers the role of of ... tandard maker. President Greenlaw demands that public bodi~ interested to tlao Orllaniaed in standards and Mlfrty will not be relegated to an inferior 1.& ... , positiOfl, but will have full recognition commensurate with th~ir function in the making of codes of safety. l"Qlum\l XXXIII Wublnll'ton, I). C .• ik- llC('mber. 11134 No. \I Challenging Old Those critics of Amuican labor union- Faacism, It can be confidently reported that the Labor Re lations ism who take the position that unions American-Brand flight of the American Liberty League have high nuisance value and c:m not into the tfJ.tOiphere of American poli contribute anything constructive 10 industry should go with tics was a failure. ~\t r. Jouett Shouse. with his backers, from open minds to the Tennessee Valley and vicw the labor rda the hanks, steel indU"IT}" and other busi ness interests, has b«n tions set up by the Tennesset: Valley Authorit)·. Here on the unmasked and placed prett), fim1ll in hi ~ plOl~r ba..:kl;TOullll, surface is the usual SCt-up of employer and workers engaged namely 'Vall S tr~ e t. Despite the high soundinj.! !lallle upon the complex project of erecting a huge dam and develop " Liberty," the American Liberty League is nothing more than ing the dectrical energy as an appurtenance thereto. Such an our old fri end Fascism, we,lring a dress suit in place of a enterprise demands many types of sk illed, and unskilled Jnbor brown shirt. \Ve predict it will ha\'e little influence, except and a coordination and L'S llrit which nnly a grl'ar cOIl~rrllrrion in so far as money may have influence on political trends in job can achieve. On the surface then this job appears no the United States. This does not mean that the deep-seated different from many of other pri\'ate enterprises, but if one hold which prol>trty has upon our government is not s)rmbol ~rs beneath the surface, one is RWRre of thc spirit of co iud by the American Liberty Leag:ue. Th~ American Liberty operation and of aggressive enlightenment 011 the part of League is symptomatic of the long standing malady of Ameri thousands of worker'l that, we venture to say, characterizes can politics, namely the rule of wealth and big business. other jobs of this mn l!nitude in the United States. The workers Big business men are very restive at the ri~e of President of the Tennesstt Valley have forever quashed the indictmcll t Roosevelt's star, and they are utilizing all the high-powered that American unionism can not co-operate with management publicity known to skilled publicit}' men to try to break: down and make a positive cO ll lribution to the job. the new philosophy of government, namely that a gOH: Ullucnt The Tenncs"(:e Vnlley 'Vorkers Council is labor's ge neral exists to protect the weak against the strong. The American stnff composed of job stewards and union representatin:s Liberty League and other fascistic organizations like it may engaged in the Hr}' practical business of erttting dams and well be restive considering the tremendous swing of the mas5CS distributing power. These men aTe daily offering sUJ!gestiolls them~h.. es loward the whole new conception of liberty as the not onlr for the improvement of working conditions but for liberty of the common man to li,'e, eat, and wear O\'eralk creating new teclllli(lues of getting the job well done. The Tennessee ' -aile)' Authorit), has wisdr proceeded and has adopted the e:(perience learned in the Panama Canal Zone and on other governmelll enterprises and in the most succt"SSful Improvement of The Tennessee Valley Authority is har instances of private industry to a policy that permits labor to Human Life nessing somethin!?: more than water act affirmati\eh lath!:1 than IIc:gati\dy_ The Tennesstt power in rhe Tennessee Valier. It is har '-aile}, Authorit)· i~ to be conj.!ratulated for ushering in a new nts!>ing ~ngin«ring science, management <;eience. the science deal in indw.trial relation~. of mechanics. and electric science. toward one gnat aim the impro\'ement of human life. This is ~uch a ~imple, funda mental formula it is a wonder that all Americans. conserva ti\'es, mbden.tes. and radicals, could not unite behind this Preaide nt For courage, ComIl101l"(:1l<.e, and assumption of slogan. the impro\ement of humnn life. God knows there is Greenlaw'1 social responsibility th~ address of W. II . need enough for improvement. \Ve merel) ha\'e [0 enumerate Addrels Grern1:tw be fore the national convcntion of the millions of families on relief, the millions of able-bodied i\lunicipal E l ectric ian ~ desenes attention. The men unemplo}'ed, the millions of homes which 3re below ~lIIire electrical indu~try ~ho uld recognize that President standard equipment. the miles of roads yet un built, the $Cores Grttnlaw has clear!) drawn an important i"$III". He drmand\ of rivc:rs ret unharnrt:itd. [0 realize there i~ plent~' of net'd that ... tandard making I~ tak.:n out of thr hands of commercial and plenty of work 10 do in the United States. September, 1994 Tlte Journal of Electrical lVorke"8 and Operators 387 1f W~ could :lddress our~~h·,-", to th~ t:lsk of impro"inJ! humnn Colliding There come<; a time, sa}' senSlll\·e states men, li f~ rath~r than th~ task of making hu~e profits for :I f~\\ Ciant. when humanity goes on the march. Such a time ai!~r~i\~ and \\dl .nd\"a nt :lJ!~d indi\"iduals, w~ could produc~ appears to ha\e arrived in these United Stales. a civilization !>uch as th~ world has nr\~r s«n. The American people collccthely and indi\·idually appear to ha\"e a vi~io n of a ,, ~w Itav which exceed~ in grasp that of the m:tnagcr~ of industrr or the elder statesnlen. This vision might be l>ummed up as by the slogan "Comfort in every }\meric:ln hom~." T o thi,. \·i~ion great groups are respon,.i"e. 2S0-Foot Th~r~ is poetic ju~tic~ in th~ fact that the \Ve §ce it in the way hitherto un or~anj7..td m~n are flocking Monument statesmanship of Senator GeorJ!e ~orri~ is b~- into unions ltnd we "Ce it in the way thnt voters are c:tSti n ~ ing recogniud fully in the living present. Th~ their hallots for mdical programs and economic rehabilitation. town of ;\'orri~ :lnd :'\'orri~ Dam ar~ J!:r~:lt monuments to the HUnl:ln it} is on the move a ~a in and at this time we behold all devotion of :I simple and illustrious personalit}" to the public the ifl~titution$ which buttress property and all the stodgy cause. Geor~e Norris fought in Congress for the T ennessee il1dividll al~ wllo make their living by protecting bank d~posit~ Valle} enterpri~ when he was:lS a voic~ crying in the wilder girding themselves to turn back the hordl!" of marchi,,~ men ness :lnd received onl}" ridicule for his pains. \Ve belien~ that toward the new day. It is a spectacle of dramatic significance. organized labor in the T ennes,ee ValIer i~ conscious of George One wonders what will happen when the irrcsi~tihle force :\,orris's ~eT\"ices. Labor O\\"~ him a double debt of gratitude. coll ide-; with an immo,·ablc body. \Ve forecast that the march ing line<; respollsi\'e 10 the n~w vision will not be completely lie nOt onh· made the Tcnn ~5« \ 'alle\" project a possibility turned hack and in thi~ trying hour of colliding titans. we he but as chairman of the Senate judiciarr cOllllllitt~ fought for speak a continued attitude of good sport)man~hip on both ~ides. labor's ril!ht§ for many ,ears. It was his skill, pariiamcnt:lrv abilitr and 'iOCi:t1 \·i~ion that halted the dri,e of gr~dl bu~in~ int~rests which !'Ought to n~gate labor's rights by m~ans of court injunctions. The i'orris Dam will tower 250 fet"t Last Dece'mber the ELECTRICAL \\'ORKERS jOl.' R high, and ih elllin~JKe will be ~nnbotic of the work of a true The Struggle I\"AL spoke ~\\'~pi n i!t}' of Ihe "coming .:;ttuggle." :otatesman. This j Ol"l''''AI. said Ihat the ·'dans are g:lIhering; long kni\"es are bcin~ ~harpened: j",i:tibl~ bri,,>-ailes arc man~u\"trinlo: for positiolls behind lines." At that time this Tragic Monument \\ ' ~ request our re:lder~ to consid~r jOl.'RIo.'AL predicted that the tlU5-incss interests were out to To Ma n's Stupidity Ihe drougln for a moment. Here i~ d{'Stror nOI only ~RA, hut -e\'ery aspec.t of pl:tnn~d econOlll}" :1 cal:lmit\" that appears to be trace and controlled indu5-t r)' which the Ne\\' Deal had ,..el UI). As ahle to natur~\ door. In le~al terllls it appears to be an act the months redcd off, it appeared that our prediction \\,:tS pre of God. There are those political propa~andiqs who dec.lare mature'. 'Jow we di!>CO\·er that we are in the mid,t of what that the drouj::11t i~ but :1 cur~~ from on high sent to pu ni ~h appeare'd III one time as the coming slrugl-:k. Bu,iness interests the people that have embarked upon a program of crop curtail are out to destro\· thc control of American economic life in the il\t~re<;, of th~ common man. They arc a~ain't evcry form of Illent. It i~ !lillie of th(-oo.(' thinl-'S, ilccordin~ to science. It IS socinl bettermcnt and the~ are u~ing ~nakr word~ to conceal a tragic monunll"nt to a nalion's stupidin· :lnd bJindne~. It th~ir silli~ler aim~. Ther ~peak of "freedom and libcrt~· " and re..empha.~il.t"'> for the American people the costliness of d:lY to pia,· upon the traditional ~logaT1s of Arne'ricaT1lif~. da\ livinJ!. For \("an. \\ e h;l\·e allowed the land to be ~horn L a~1 Dt(:~mber I'rr<-ident R!».-C\·elt quoted John Stuart of tr~s for quick profit and we hale nc,·er replaced thtllt ~Iill effccti,·ch· al!ain~l this Torr Io:roup. It i~ well to recall tr~ for order('d rcco\eq'. \\fhat has happtned then is that the these words again: denuded phlin ha~ been a prt'}" of sun and wind to that utent th:lt there has been 110 folia!:(' to hold the nloi&ture from which '·lI i.totr .hO\\1 Ihl «real economic and JOCial forttJ jlow ~ho\\"er,.. could he precipitatell and no ruots to hold the t,()il li~e I lidt o.·er commuoilir:, onl.v half con.oou5 of ,hal from \\hidl new crops could be grown. The drought \UIS which ;1 bthllioJl: thtm. \";It 'Ulr: men forr:~ee "ha, lime ine,itable. i. Ihul hrinJl:ing and In· to , hape iOllitUlioM aod mold lIIen', It is trut tlMt the "umm~r of 1934 \l"a, a ~\Immer of incle' Ihoul:hh and purpo~to in aa:ordanct with {he chanJ1:t that i~ .ilemly coming on. ment heat and it is also trut' that if the dt'nud~d region had '·The \JIlwi~e are Ih O,t who hring nothing con~tru ... th·t neen propI:rly rrforeqated 20 rcars ago thc drought could not 10 the J>roce~I, and who /itrully imperil Ihe future of man possibly 11II\e rt';lched the proportions it has reached, and there kind by leaving grut IJuUlion5 to be foughl OUI he lwetu would he much !c!oS soil erosion and more local showers. \Vhat i/itn<>rD\l1 ("han/ite nil ont hand and il:lllltalit OPI'0_ili.m \(! \I~uall} i~ e() n~idered hr people nil act of God is a C()Jl'i!~ chllllKe on tht ollter." quencc uf man's own stupidity and collective hlindness. The plnn of the ll. S. Covernment 10 rcfore~t nrea, now delluded The "comin~ Mrul!gle"-now, the "re~ent ~trug~lc-is of of trce~ is in linc with good sense, social \"i,ion and national historic (ibre. It is nbove conventional politics and cha ll e n ~es planning, :lnd ~hould within 20 \ear,.. pr~vem nnr $uch trltgic everr citi"cn 10 rally round the nge-(lld cause of man vers us result a~ thi~ COll l1! rr llll~ nm\" endured. property. a88 The Journal of Electrical Workers and Upemtors 8e1}ternber, 1.1)34 WOMAN'S WORK WHEW! IT'S WARM NOW, BUT -- NY family that operates its own french doors which have large glau ators IIhut off, and keep the doors closed heating plant i. interested in ways area •. as much .. possible. And if you ha\'e a A or reducing fuel costs, and the work. If olle -room in your house has large guest rooOI that is used but seldom. you er's family is particularly concerned glallN area! and partieularly if it is in a can keell it ciOled off most of the time, about it because the coal bill has such a Ilosition exposed fb north winds. equip taking pre-caution~, of course, that the way of overloading the family budget. It ping this one room with ltorm door and radiator pipes do not freeze in the coldest i, • bleak prospect when the bin is down storm windows will inerea~e the oomfort weather. It is casy to let the heat How tq its lasl few scoopsfui. the rooms are of your whole house and lighten the OOlt in from the rest of the house when it i , chilly. and the money has to be found of fuel somewhat. needed. somehow Cor the next ton of coal. Right Of eoune, every outside door should Heating cng;nCC!ru claim that 00 per now is the time to prepare )'our house for have itl threshold so that there will not cent ot heating complnints nre d :rectly winter and cheek over your heating plant. be an air leak under the door and it is trnceable to improper drafts, which may There are many way. in which you may senaible to put thresholdll under bedroom be c.u.sed (I) by • poorly built chimney be able to cut down the amvuul 1)( Cud UuUf" ." y,~Il, ':Su Ullot whIm you have the which allows air to leak In between the nec:ellUry and yet keep )'our house quite windowl open at night the cold air will bricks and Hue lining; (2) chimney too as comfortable--perhapll more &0. not go through the whole hOUM!. low or buill adjacent to neighboring There are three main causes of fuel An Op eotine. and mil' we.11 with her prlly tha lame nlde for our me n in all labor organbati WOMEN'S AUXILIARY L. U. NOS. 84, 613 AND 632, ATLANTA, GA. Editor: A~ our pr(" ,ecret.. r~' I .... acatloning in ~'!oridll. al her requelt I will attempt to writ~ " short elli.th· tllnt you "',,)' hear from our lIuxilill r), Ihl, mouth. Aftt'r nndltllt' ttIP oth~r letteu, e"l'('tilll1y our J ack~on\"llIf' me~.Rl(e, I ((oel the place II too largc fnr me to fill. Would that e ... ery j(roul' could b,' ble.! with memhen IIl1td witll juu Ihe .'lIm(o rnthu should re~uh in II saving of fuel becau'e you no doubt have been crowding your boiler lind keel)ing th .... I'elt of your hou Ie too warm. just so thllt this one room will be usnble. SUPPER ON THE PORCH A fUfnllce i~ like an lIulomobile, which consumu mOI'e g:n~oli n e per mile when IIr ~,\I, I ,\' IXN:- operated al Cltcl's~i ... e Bllced s. W hen rou Autumn! The mosquitoeB lind trated combines cottage cheese nnd crowd YOU I' boiler beyond its enlcient op gnat!! are gone, lind there wlll be sa rdi ne~ ror the hearty part or the e rllting capndty lhe ... alue of II g reat deal OHIIlY glor ious warm e ... e nings when menu, s li ced toma toes fol' a ... ege- of your fuel il [o~t thl'ough maintain dining out or door!! ill "'er y plellsnnt. table, a buttered roll, and n fruit ing unnece ~sul'i ly high s lack tem H CI'e is u suggestion fOI' u whole- salad desser t, Slron~ color COn- I) erllture~. some, ai ll1 ]ll~ culd Inenl thllt wl1! be t rnst s nmke this plate a delightful MnkinK IldJu~ttnentR in the hou~" it easy to p l'epare und yet sullsfy the Iliclure, with red tomutoes, green !!elf, through insulntlng, Htl'lppin~ lenka, all"etite. By usinl(' 1III Iler pinteR 11.11 I lettuce, while cheese. yellow Rnd pi nk ch!lIl~eR in I'Udiation and in t he othel' serving u cool f!'uit drink in II waxcd fruil, lind the dUI'k nceent Bulletin of the I. B. E. W. Radio Division • • Prepflr(J d (mil Circulated by New York City Ill/dla Unioll s J or lhe Entire ludusf.ry • • MAJORITY RULE UPHELD NDER date of September 1. the no arguments at all because of a lllck of others are too obviously IIhallow and U Nfltionai Labor Relations Board understanding of his rights under the untrue to warrant an anllwer. Suffice it rendered a decision which c1llriftcs New Deal. The reaso ns He not entirely to SIIY thllt most of these arguments can one of the bitterest point.ll of conf1iet in with the technicians themselves. Often be charged with equal fo rce, if any, interpreting Section 7A. The board the Jll ck of interest clln be traced to against the anti-union employer's own ruled : " We have concluded that the only the II mokescreen of misi nformation and trade aSllociation, in our ease, the N. A. interpretation of Section 7A which can twisted propaganda which fills the air B, Do these arguments .top the employ give cITed to ill! purposcs iii that till;! about the studios. er!! from joining their trade associa representatives ot the majority t haI! M08l employers are financially able tions! Not 10 anyone could notice it, constitute the exclu ~ ive agency for col and morally unrestrained from laying Elmer! lective bargaining with the employer." down this barrage o( He8 and half truthll, When such empty tnlk by the em or equul importance was the board's For instance, on the eve of an impor· ployers and their yes-men tails to lull clarification of the meaning of " collce tant. meeting in New York r ecently t.ha the technician into the trance of bliss live bargllining." It "implica a duty on Columbia System bombarded their tech ful ignorance and do-nothingness f rom the part of the employer to bargain wilh nicians with telegrams and long distance which he has recently Ihaken himself, their representatives. Without this duty phone calls from out of town technicians other meanll are tried. Now that threatll to bargain, the right to bargain ""ould purporting to IIhow that Columbia radio of dismiual for union activity can no be sterile; and CongreslI did not intend men in Minneapolis, Chicago and At longer be ope nly Haunted (though that the r ight to be sterile. Important callell lantic City were predominantly in favor practice atill persists nnd is effective, have establillhed the incontestably sound of the company union recently (oisted too, on the leS8 stalwart members of the principle that the employer is obligated on them by the company. The wording cralt) , the a nt i-union em ployer then by the Itatute to negotiate with the em of mnny of the telcgmms was almost proceeds on the assumption that "every ployees' representativell; to match their identical. Though signed by Individuals, mnn has his price." At this stage many proposnll, if acceptable. with counter the company touch was .0 obvious that an attenlpt to unionize hAS collapsed. proposals and make every reasonable ef nobody was fooled. The idea, of course, Here the importance of renl dependable fort to reach an agreement." was to prejudice the New York tech and honeat representatives is empha Section 7 A "was enacted to promote nicians again.t the I. B. E. W. because sized. The men who cnn ignore the em the making ot collective agreementll cov many had recently seen the folly and ployer's offers of bribes to sell out his ering terms of emilloyment (or definite the utter useles9neSll of their company fellow employee~ nrc few, indeed. periods" and "not to promote diacus union as nn agency of collective bargain_ Choose your representlilives carefully. sions." 1t was meant to "estabH All by ing II lld had turned to the I. S, E. W, as n mutual agreement the IItandards ot the more Ile rmanent and etTective way of ef W hat About the 40-Hour W eek? fecting collective bargaining. The cost maximum houns of labor. minimum ot Whatever the anesthetic used on the of thill high preSllure counter E. 1\1. F. rates of pay and such other conditionl of recovery administration hy the N. A. B. employment as may be n@c@Slulry." In might easily have run into h\mdredll of dollars and none need even a second and the radio code authority happens the future the board is expected to ex to be, nobody rises to disagree that it tend little leniency to enlployens who re gueS8 to know where the money came fuse to bargain collectively with recog from. hasn't worked to ]Ierfection. In these It is ni llo well known that II leading mnny weeks since the hectic hearings in nized groups of employees. Under the J Im .... wr hnvr hl'ard only Of'f'nlj.lonnl hnlf law, such firms may be prosecuted by the light of the N. B. C. company union has Department of Justice, and cut ofr trom been setting a merry pace bustling about heRrted excuses for this long delay in the cou ntry trying desperately to inter getting the opposing factiona together. the NRA. The majority rule, the board The gi9t of these seems to be that the claims, hall been upheld by the Supreme est broadcast technicians in a scheme of uniting all company unions into a deputy administrator cannot get the Court of the United Statcs. employer. together In Washington be national organization in order to offset cause many are away on vacations a nd Anti_Union Propaland .. "the menace of the 1. U. F.. W." Anti-union enlploy<'rs hllve a lengthy Ilressing busineslI mlltlers. We lire It seemll to me that there is II sur set of stock nrguments. lI ere nrc II few wont to associate laissez (aire with the old administration in Washini;"ton , prising lack ot knowledge about the;" which radio stll tion OWIIl"·' II rt! font! uf; but from the radio technician's view economic problemll existing IImong radio They charge that union~ nre unethical, men, Many ha\'e not even tllken lhe that unionB reek with favoritism, that point, it perfectly describes the recovery trouble to read the broadcast indUlitry the J. B. E. W. is not the right union for administration'lI attitude to our urgently code. Such lack of interest is reflected radio men, that chain station technicians needed 40-hour week. T h(> ndministra in the present day working standards or should not condescend to a!lllociate with tor'~ trouble in getting clnilloyer s to these men. The daily pre" carriell a "the riffraff of small alations," that radio Washington seems 89 nothing to us com wealth ot informa lion which. although men are too high a type to think of asso Ilared to the struggle the Unemployed often highly biased. should keep radio ciating themselves with lnbor unions, technicinna lire facing in eking out a precarioull existence. 1\len must eat. m~u ;ururlll ed of necisions affecting their thllt unions keep a man (rom advancing own particulllr problems, Even the air himself, that the union can 9hift a man Many arc not eating all regulal'ly as they arc entitled to. Don't lhel(' men's priva_ facilities have been frequently utilized about on Job~ ngain~t his will, that union for talks. pro and con, on many labor dues nre exorbitant. thRt assessments tions nlean ~omething as compared with the vacationll of the station owners? The issuell whi~h directly concern brolHlcast arc frequent and heavy. technicians, Yet one encounters daily Some of these argumenlll have al 40-hour week Ilhould have been settled the ~Ilme old IIrl(uments alld very often ready been refuted in earlier bulletins; September, 1934 The Journal of Electrical. Worke1·8 and Operator8 391 BUILDING A NATION CJl Yes. we haue helped build a narion this year. CJl/n our humble way, each month we haue done our bit to make the United States a reality. CJl For, be it understood, a nation is neuer finished. It is a constant becoming-a rebuilding. CJl Deuastation of the last four years has made rebuilding necessary. busy hands had to be employed, millions had to work together. CJ It has been our job to prepare the minds and hearts of millions of labor men to march forward with the President of the United States. CJl Yes. we haue helped--{1nd we are going on helping to build a greater, firmer, more humane civilization. ELECTRICAL WORKERS JOURNAL 1- 392 The Journal of t:tect1'ical Workers and Operators September, 1934 CORRESPONDENCE L. U. NO. I, ST . LOU IS, MO. tiekets for re{re~hments. dancinj{ Or what READ ha,'1l' we. Additional tiekeu will be $Old In (No. e fJ/ the .~riu 0/ orridu ",ritl .." b¥ loti of rlve. I'hose who are reali)- up aj{ainll the preu ""'flltl'll of Lor,,/ No. I, St. L(lM;'.) L.bor', ,Ire n l th, by L . U. No. 595 It wlll be t.ken care of just the "me. We've a nd L U . No. 151. !lot to tnke earl' or our own faml[y. D O YOU K NO W ? T o m a ke li fe more bea utiful, by "Sllm," " novel by Willial11 Wister It alnu L. U. No. 77. ( L jLll~, !l.u"'" &: Cu .. Bu ~lo,,), ;~ 11 1~III(Lh)l By M. A. N. account of the life of the men who work on Progre .. in Ft. W a yne , by L . U. bllCh -power tran ~ mi ssio n I lne~. Do you know that Samuel Comper, laid: No. 723. "The problem of the labor move,nent I ~ to Labor Da y, 1934, by L. U. No. 508. In C:on rl usion protect those who work IIgllin~l tho!\! who de· Goinr .tro n r in Toledo, by L . U . lire to exploit lind HI give them eon-tantly I.. abo r'. criticism of NRA will likely hasten No. 24 5 . rcorgllnhation or N UA into a pern.anent {{o\' better oppOrtunitic! for life and wo rk"! Action and m o re aetion , by L. U. DQ you know that the French tnm "la;ne% ernn'entlll body, to be administered by Il No. 892. board of flv~ men, instead or one adminis_ h.l re," olten used in dl~ullion. of labor Bu b Value o f publici ty, by L . U . No. trator u .. t present. l..abor'. complaint that jecUJ. mean~ " let us alone"? It expreuu the principle of allowing thinlrl to look dter 2 12. the recovery administration hu !ailed to cor reet unemployment or to re$tore buying th('nlM'iv@" e~I)eeillny the polity of non·inter L . U. No. 1 a.k_ ~r ;~ ju~ljr."d f ..cl~ ference by the government In ~ommel"Ce lind Th"." a nd m a ny othe r atronl I'u ... loy ",ul r."un,•. Sine" induUry, ..p id le. fa ce tlr" turbulent the fundamental pur pose of NRA wu to re atore buying power to labor. and beuus~ labor 1)0 you know that the United Mine Worhu a ulumn with eourare represents an important seetion. iU attack on of Ameriell r~enth" moved their headquarten and ,ente, to Washington, D. C.? NRA Cllnnot be ignored. Do you know that the S.n Frand.-co strike M. A. (Rco) NI;1I'MAS, A Lo'-er of "Light" Work. W.I the u<:ond general ~trike in the United Statel! The first wu in Seattle, W ..h., in electrical worken on their last visit to St. 1919. Loui.! LOCAL NO. 7, SPRINCFIELD, MASS. Do you kno.... thllt the Nation.l 8 alt .nd Tbis is t he onl)' circus or carnival that doe. Fly C.. ting Tou rnament was held in St. not have Loc.I No. I men to lilY Qut their Editor; Louil, Mo., AU!rU sl :!3 to :!6, 193~! cable~ in 51. Loui., nnd it I. t he first time our Here I 11m baek ao;-ain to let you know Do )"U" kln)W th.. l U.. , Lv. A ult~l"" Ti",~.. local has ever uu!d a "$Ound truck" to broad LocIII No.7 i, _till doinJ: buainen. Work UYI, " It we e ... er h .... e .nother one let'l call ~n!t their Wares. Such expressions as, "C'mon, here Ilatill just around the ("orner. altho~llh it a war to end soldier.. and cut out the St. Loui.!, Ringling Brothers' Circus is unfair some of the Brothers havc worked more this ho~y"! to organiJed labor in your fair city. Don't )'ear than any time ,inee the depreulon .et Do you know thnt " Young Bob" La ~'olletle, " .. trU";4" Lhi, dr~ ... e. rulk~:' "l<:. 1'h;8 ",.. thud in. But we are ,till hoping bu,lnl'~. will the political storm center, who until thil year of ad"ertise",ent seemed to prove quite valu pl~k up ~oon. had listed himself as ·'Repul.lliclln ( Progres able. It ~ertainly reached the multitudes. It I would like to inrorm the Brothers thnt ,ive)" hll! met the new .ituatlon by dropping • howed St. Louis thnt we were progreuive, our busineu mRnal!:er. Brother Charle~ f. . Ihn word " Rl'puhlirnn"? In Mn y, hi~ f"l_ thlll 1l1eetrlcnl workcrs U8U eleetrlcal Ill~th ..d$. CAtTrey, haa just been elected by n ununi- lowers walked out 01 the Republicnn party People In general were greatly .urpri!l('d by 1110U~ vote. to the office or vice pruldent of lind formed II new one, known u the Progres the unknown ... oice $Ilcllking to thenl with the Mnu,,~husetts S tnte FedeTatlon of (,Jlbor sive part}'. co n sidera ~i QU and courtesy. Let's hope thnt ror wutern Mn u achusetts. !I~ III the nTllt Do you know that if you don't read this offi Local No.1 hu let n 1Jrr.cr.dent, {OT "The e'eetricnl worker to hold this office. He i. tlnl eleetrienl maga~ine every mon t h you IIru tongue i. Illi"hticr than t he sword." a[,o fiut viee president or the Sprinll'lleld going to miss mllny worthwhile tO lllea? C L. U. NO. 108, T A MPA, FLA. ren,ember .... hen Brother Secretary lent )'ou of the beach front hotell , ,..hi~h i. none other the eard to be .t the hili for I four mile than the nit:r; Carlton. And do tholt hotel. Editor: march with band. Ind badrel on our brent, believe In org.ni~alion! YeI, they .11 belong Election of officorG hero l'l l~arnMl of the d.lth of 5Om. of linet they .ft tryinr 10 e.rr,. water en both TampA, Ir.«p up the good work lind .utces! ollr loy.l memben of Loe.1 No. 161. Ihouldel'll, the hre.k that org.niled I.bor ceu will lur.i,. nown your efl'orU. Write your On June 7, Brother Charln Riley died In. I. d-n small. Oh, well, after .11 m.ybe • lecretary often ao we will know how you are hospital In Sin M.teo County; hil body ••1 labor conv",ntion b just the proper thing to getting .lonK. shipped ellt for buri.1. Brother Riley hid Ie.,.e on Ihe pl.te-if properly lellloned. the In renewing th electriul field here. I work..d lit ~ltriuu. "II","" thrUllk'.out tl, .. aroma Ihould do some good In tile pl.e",. find th workerl, both union and non_union. ea.tern .t.tu before coming to thil cOlat. The rennsylvania R.llroad h.d I !lttle job 100 per cent back of the NRA code and willlnK" Brother Din Chl.llolm died July 16, Crom hpre in the Yllrdl whleh wu mlnned by II to do their p.rt. But on the ~ontr.cton' lunltrob. He w.. worklnJr for the POltal couple of linemen and II hou of "sbU'rbllJ.," lide, I lind I houle divided 1K"llnlt itatlf-75 Telegr.ph Company, nnr T'hocmlx, Aria., at but .Ince tbe introduetlon of the trUvernment'. per tent Bre workin, h.rd to hetter ~ondi the time. D.n ...... ell known to worken rompubory penaion bill. that job and. lot of tiona .nd 25 p that extra ftoor plug ln~ ta lled at a reduced L. U. NO. 2.5, TOLEDO, OHIO one of our hiJrh lines and !tartinlt down the price, or thAt dark part of the bllHment pole, auddenly lost hil hold and fell IcrOIl Editor: brightened by the IIddition of an ntTII outlet. one of our 8.900 distribution line. ond atter Hello, world. Toledo I, on the air sgaln ,,1110, there lin:' thous.. nd. of outd.t~d electric and wlahu to tell you that we here in receiving nvere burns fell to the ground. Ih,tu~, which could be r eplaced at .. nominal Toledo are stil! among the living lind wan l Firat a id wu Immedi ately adminillered by roat. Tn other wordl con~tuntly get the Idea to leave this mellage with you. We are hi, comradea, Brothers H. H. Shinier, Ra lph before the public that we have ,oml'thlng for Stevens. Carson Ha rris ami Serl Travis, but .ale which they need. still organiz,ing here and have built our local from 60 member. to one that II now Dm wa. uea!! upon the arrival of the doctor Thb should lit In with the gO\'ernm~nt plan boa.ting of 400 memben and . till going a Vety few minutes IlIIer. The temperature for lending home own~n mon~y to r~hllbi1i tate their home. stronlt. The Acme I'ower lIoule under tht on this da, .as hovering around the 100 esgle eye of Brothers lI artlelb, lIolland and Perhaps most of this work at the pre~nt mark and from al1 .ppearancet played its time is bfinlt done by the hand)' man around Caldwell hat relponded wonderfully to our part In dutroylng this father of ,Ix small the house, but I don't think it would lake appeal for new memlH!n. These boys are children. leavinll' only the mother to do much "Juing to ronvince him, he will hire it hard 1I'0rken Ind a re an a ..et to .ny organ. what .he can 10 keep her family torether. done cheaper and u fer thlln he ('An do it illtion. There are .everll other real union. The oldut lon, on ly 10 l'ean old, expreued hirneel!. iata in thlt power houle but I will tell you hi, dealre to .~u re mOre piper cUltome,. o( thf'nl In some later edition. About 21 of the lonl boys recutly w~re to help. Thit lad of this tender like r!'AlIled con"inc~d thllt the depreuion wa. over, for at Brother Carl Leek, of the garage depart_ hi. responsibility. Is that a line Iplrit! The lent a few day•• when they wl'nt to work at meM, had the midortune o( ralling .nd aympathy of all the members gou to the the lI arri~on dog track. located at Harrhlon. Bt raining himself .everely a few ",eeks ale'o widow of our deceued member /lnd we wi~h Ohio, thank. to our capable bUlinen nl.nllger, lind .t this writinlt la una bit! to return to her the auccell thlll is assured her through Brother (,hart!'y ,,'olter. who eonvinced the hi, dUliet as night mana"er of the gar.ge. the aplrlt of that 'on, Bill Ouenbaugh. Brother Delbert ('oopl'r I. very low at one owners of th~ d(>g track that It'll''' to their Junior. adVantage to employ our men. of our local hospitalK, due to .n .bdominal One Tue"'a}' morning recently the entire ~everal I ...... pre_enl when the job .... eompl~ted C'Omplaint; blood transfusion. have penon nI'l of Foreman Gail 8rown'I rang bllt .nd overhe.rd the C'Omplimenl p.ld to .ll tht been .dminillered to dUe but Dell is quite one "''' U the atockroom with xreal w.ds bo)-a by the m.n.ger of the tr.ck. th.t he w •• low at thi, writing. of cotton stuWed in tbeir earll. Now there well pleased with the work .nd entlffly ..ti •• Brother William Ollenba1lgh. on the ninth Is a reason for everything. II. W. Schom ned. Brother H~rm.n Boade superintended day of August, left thl. world of man)' berg, the one without cotton. had JUlt come the .ctivltie. and did. good job of it. friend. \'~r)' .uddenly due to an unuBual ac baek to work after spending I. week'. vaca_ Brother "Chick" :,faley. of Local So. 212, eident. After IS yea,. of ~Umbe" in day. tion at "ineyard'. Lake in Michlean. The and 8rOlher R H. Colvin, of IACal No. 349. night, lun.hine. or Itorm. on thi~ day after Ihhinlr atorin thst he told l)rOmpted the Miami. Fla., ha\'e charge of operallnle' the compl~ting hi~ job of chllnltinr insulators on othera to Innrt the cotton. Ihrt', a few f'lectrk rabbit lor the ~non. Poor old "Chick" hIlA gonf' to the dogs lall'ly. And Bschil'. !>I Local r-;o. 211. you have r,othing on u~ With you r dog trsck: we all r_h'ed leuon p• ..- and if thl' dOIl'R I'Un thl' way we IH!t them we can aU retire. WhaL do Thumb·Nail History of a Municipal Plant you think! Er...wDl J , Snusl:. By n . DEaOI.l'H. L. U. r\o. 39, Cleveland, OhIO. L. U. NO. 231, S IOUX CITY, IOWA Chanute, Kanl., .0 ye.rs of utlHtiu development, 10,277 population. Munlcl· Editor: pal oWllenhip of utllltlt. began In Chl,"ute. with the 1",I.lll11ion of a wlter plant It h .. probably been lome time .Ince there In 189... In 1899 the ,a. IYltem wal purchaaed from a private complny. lIa"inr hat been a leiter In the WORXDI from Htoux found the earlier "enturu profltablt the city installBd the origin.l equipment for City. 10 T now t.ke the time to write Ihe an electric generatlnr and distributlnlr system In 1903 u,ln, $32,000. from the gal progrell of Local No. 231. department for Ihl, tr.naaC Li on. Thul was a .tart mad. In building a munlclplIl I might Itart with eight monlh, ago when utmti" sy'tem which today represenll a total investment of $1.304.929. The WI' had about 111 membell. We uarted • electric and g .. plant. are fr~e of all debt. furnlshlnr earning. annu.lly to oper ne1l' member camplllll1l Ind the re.ulh .1'0 ate the city departments. Bond, of $120,000.00 oulttandlng against the water 43 members. I might lay that part of the1e plant a re being retired at the rate of $16.000 per year from plant income. The were due to NRA. but I believe the I..... ut w.ur department furnl.het free senice to the city for public buildin .... seWf'r majority of new members joined ~cau.e flushingl, and 182 ftre hydrant.. The plant repruenl. an invutment of they thollght It the right thin" to do. $668,-123.00. Inc\udlnlt bonded debt. The C" plant repruenll an invellment Further we have not lO lL • member, of $198,320.00. Natural C" is pur~h. s ed b,. the tlty near ita border. The g .. whereaa r note a lot oC tbue olher organ_ fund in 1933 eontrlbuled $60,<119('1 to the governmental departments of city. Thl. lution. that "arted out with a large mem amOlln t repruentt approximately one-half of tbe operltin" npeues of the city be ...hlp through .plrit of NRA, 10.t rnembell. annually, including retirement of lenf'ral Improvement bonds. The electric de· Allo eight monthl ago our agreement had partment contributed $76,850 to governmental department. In 1933 bl'lidu fur_ four ,ignen. The ne .... agreement h .. nine nishing 488.7116 kllowatta free to citl' for public bul1dlngt, street lighu, pllrkll. slgnen. Iwimming pool Ihrhta and municipal ai'l110rt. The Ill aM allo supplied 10.500,000 Our new IIgrl'ement calls for $1 per hour poundl of .team frfOe to hellt the municipal building. and $1,500 in ~!ectrlc light for Journ~ymen and 75 cenll for helpeu bulb. for city depllrtmenll. Natural gn cOlting 16 eenla per 1000 It Uled to for 40 houn a week. SlIid IIln'ecment to heat boilen. Coal can be used if dulred. Steam turbine type generating equip run for one yUr from Auguat Hi, 1934, and ment uwed total clIl>aclty 3,000 kilowattl. Electric department. IlkI' gal And thf'n upon written notice from either party water department., replacet a part of It I equipment each year along with nf'eet_ a changl' can be made. sal')' improvemenll Ilnd extensions and payl roan out of operating income. The AI.o throulI'h lummer the PWA hili kept f'lectrlc plant, although income has remained practleally the IIIme the lall tWO our memberl working preUl' I teady, but yean, has made a Ileady inereale In kllowaUt generated. Thi. is due to aleady now .ince tht work on achoob II coming to increase in load reduction of ratu for ele-.:trltlty. an end and will tnd September I. J am The elly h •• contracted to in.tali a new 2.500 kilowatt .team turbine II publie wondering what will come along now to ab works project. With '26.000 furnished by the government. a ush grant, an addi lorb the mtn (lUt of work. We have aome tion of this unit by Augun I, will brink capacity of Illant to 5,000 kllowatta. work but how long it will lall I do not know. Total coat in.tllled nearly UOO,OOO. Clly'. COil approximate!)' $76.000 wlll be I do hope thllt our President wtll wor k paid In calh. Invellment in plant at pretent amountl to $5ot8.186. No Icn'ice out ways and IIleanl thllt will take CAre ot charlf1! b Imposed upon cUl to mers of any munlclplll planll, a minimum btll of unemployment in the building induury. 50 eenh eaeh mon th. Gal, water and light len" rural areu. Light plnnt hn We hAve .ome I mall cont rllelo" here I!! mile. of linet out.ldll ci ty. G... nd eleetric depllrt",ent hllve rnerVI! funds whom we hOlle to do something with In the . et 1I1ide for Inajor Improvemena thnt become nece ..ary. Gas dopnttment near future. reserve 110.000, I1ght plllnt reserve now I. $~(;.24e.8 ~. Electtle rates per kilowatt.: The contracto,. and union nre working llret &0. Il cents: IKond 60, (; cen ls; over 100 kllowaUI, 4 ce nts. Power ratu. 3'" eloler together than for lome time but to \I milt.. Water: to 1..200 cubic feet, 25 centl: to 12,000 cubic feet. 17 .... cen t.; can ret no co-opf'ratlon from Ihe electrical 120,000 cubic leet, t2" cenn, and down to 8 cenU. Inspector. Thl, WI' hope to aecompli.h in the near future. J AIl. E. WOt.- L. U. NO. 288. WATERLOO, IOWA Editor: Atter a rather l .. nll"lhy ..LaO/"e .. e..... ", thue pagu it will be Quite a lurpril e to Local ~o. 77 and Lotlll No. 246 to aee lomeone fill the sp.cr in between, but )·ou Clln upect it regularl)' from now on na it i. not onl)' my appointed Job but also a duty which I feel Is worth)'. Local No. 288, whi~h il a mixed organlza. lion of ins ll\e mrn and llntm/ln. can bOllt of quite regular emplo)' ment at pre. cnt with mOst all linemen bu.y and only one or two inside men not Itradlly employed. Our otllceTl and eommiueemen are to f,e compliment" on beins lueeeadul in g.in. ing • new working agreement with . b; Waterloo electrical ('ontr.CLOrs (100 per cent of thon hirln .. men) .t I wIse .eale of 90 centa per hour and other f.vorable conditlonl effective June I. Hl34. No waw: .. l<:ale or work in, conditiona h.d ~en reo .igned lince the one expired April 1. 1931. On June 29 our omce1'l and lhe com ",in"" 'Pllointed, eneuted the moat Importllnt combined meelink of our membeu with their employen. l ix electrical contractor._ W. II. Brandel, Hub Elcctric Company; C. P. Stone. Black nawk Electric Com pan)'; Joe :'>I),era, Myer. Electric Comp.ny; W. It. Th_ O~ l,b\JlOo of II", 1'"lIed Ji:lal" I·o.t UftlN' Ind ('"urI Ih,ulII' 10111"111111: al Jlrkao"dlle. Fla,. Mevil, Mevil .nd Kolhe Electric Comp.n)·; wLI(h hi. tJ('l! II " '("'>11)' <,omplell't! .t I 1'0.1 or IU·.oo.(l(lI). 1'",. wlrl" ... I,ll 111 1. JOI> wu hl.ull'·" I>y III/' lIlII('r .:I('<' lr!(o ( '"n'I)lnl'. 1,,1' .. were pllid tho lowcsL WAICC S of Bny mon Ihoes? Ha l lIa l (S~t yo ur own price.) I fix tomlng to a close, and IU one member aug doing t hlll .. 11l1l of work in the di l lrict yet JUBt li ke you PIlY." or course, n lillie argu gtlted lit our IlIIt meeting we wHI have the)' never complained about the 90-cent me nt started. lie atops li nd aayl tQ me: to get down to buslneu short l)" and put on insurance fee end today the mainlta}' of a d rive to atlmulate and build UI) our Local No. 303 I, l omo 01 these men. All "Did you ever know orglln lu tlon. honor to them. They have not all worked 1I0w much . m.n la like his Ihon! Our picnic, held on July 21. went off wilh for the Ilreet railwa), all theu }' eAr s be· Now, for Inl t.nct'. both a sole mu~t 101e. a "bani" and I am aure it WIl5 the opinion CAun we dId not hav;, the l ucen. wc ex· They both havc heen taoned, of all who atten,led that it Will a huge I UC' l)t,eted with thllL outfit. They lire both mllde light ceu. We sincerely hope it " ... a I)recedent Anyway whnt I'm trying to get at i ~ the Hy cobblers, lind they bo t h Kot It left nnd • .,t for many l ueh occnsion . tQ come in vul u!;! of thll pan of our l1leml.oeuhil), And right, f uture years. I.I rother W. OtWll )', nl Jlen· once an)' prosile etive member haa bel'l) con· They both need mntes to be complete. cral chairman of t he varioul comml tt ee~, vinced that th ia fealure 18 important. th nt And t he}' were both mllde t o go on feet . tarried out hil man), du t ies to I nicety. to be anythinll" at all it hu to have th·· They both need heeling: the)' oft art! .cled, Brot her R. Hurnl , ehairman of I POrtS, ga"e whole backing you'll flnd he won't object. And they both in time will turn to mold. all I Kood time. e ~ pecially lhe kiddie• • who There are many who sre not so enthusiastic With shoes t he laat comes tlnt, thought he ..... a real Santa ('Iaul when he abQut this qU eltion u I am, maybe because With men the fint t Omes lut. handed out prise. to them all. Brother J . they don't atop to think. But t here are And when Ihon wear out they'r~ mended Wall h. ehalrn,an of refreshmenla, l eemed to mAny schemel to trick you. Just think Qf new: be n great center of attraction. lie hnd a the g roup InRuran ce of t he large corporll When men we"r out, t hc}" re mcn dcad. too. well-Uocked booth of good t hln"l to cal t lon~. Some or our l1lemben mAy be In. They both huve their ties ond n r~ bot h in_ lind drink for the children, lind If~rnhhed dined to think thAt becnul e the compn'l), clined with kerR of becr ((lr Qtherl who wi l hed In surea them for $1 to $2 Iler month they When poli shed In t ha w(l rld to Ihlne. to pllrtllke. [mlgbl "}' Ihut Ihe beer came are ailting J)relt}·. If you cver quit or get And yet the)' bQth peg out . in "kel;l" but wenl home on "Iell:s," a little bounced after 10 or more or lell }'earl) of So I uk }'ou would you choolll! I hak}·. but neverthelClI good enough. Then ue how t ome. where la your in ~ urancc T To hi! the man. or be hi s shQe. !" there wu Brother J. La Chante, that senti· So the union idea I! t he best whir hever THE SII"IlOW. mental Ion of Quebec, ... it h hll bill: smile. WU}' you look "t it. Only look II~ it lind lie wu in charge of transportation. He t hin k. Thl're ' I 10 much ona could wrlto L. U. 339, FORT W ILLIAM, ONT. I nw to It that everyone was made ~o",fort· IIbo ut this. I believe I could talk moro li nd, II ble t o a nd from t his pa rk. Th~u men. AI sta ted above. we wil! 11 11 hll ve l ome lime Edi tor: together "'I t h thei r help. a re to be eonJ:ratu' to think before any lIe tion II ever taken. The dutiet ot a I) ress seeratllry in our lated for t hei r hard work in maklnK this There mill' comt' a time when the state will orll"llni"tlltion are limited, but at t ime~ It picnle luch a de~ided Bueee... take cllre of Insurance problem.. Until requires murh thought a nd energy to u,-· Our distrkt fair and exhibition, In con that day tllke care of them youraetf, preu thoughh in writinll", in order to junction with thf itoyal American Shows , TH O)I" !! W. DuI,Y. eVllde undue er[tlel, m, I hllve been presl hal jut tome to a l ucceu fu] cnnclul lon. secretory f(l r over one year now, lind in Thla is an annual alTair and is quite In at· that time have been con'plimcnted for m}' trll('tlon he re lit the Ilikehead. _ - .... L. U. NO. 306, AKRON. OHIO elforts, have received const ructive t r lt ldsm. Brother Bu r", reported that he uw Qur Editor : whleh [ a pprecillte, lind on th e Qther hll nd recQ rdl ng lecr etnr}' , Cha rlCI McEwen (one i he "blue bird" for electrlc.. 1 tontractlnll" hove r e ceiv~d much de~t r uc ti ve and discour. Scotchn,an I quell iing on a nother), with a Reem$ to be twin to the onc being uscd by Ilging crit k["", but 1 take the IlItter in gQod wicked look in hll eyes takinK In the fan t he shoe repllir men In ou r cit~·. Ahout all it part. havinlC th., nRtUte or the hIckory- II. dancers' Ihow. We might uk, what was ha. done so far II to caul e a prlu war . The hard nut to cratk or diBCOU rIlK e-IO here Brot her Burns doing there! 11 0. hal Bobby, other day I went 10 have a pair or shoe. re gou. don't let ~'our wife read thia leUer. paired and Ihe Ihoe repair n'an ](loked 'ne Union activities h"'e been rllther I low I am pleated to note in latt manth's (lver, then l aid. "lIow much you pay to fix. the dUring the hollda}' l eoson. which I, rapidly J OUIIN"L the IIrticle, "('Inada's Labor MQve men t il Fifty Yean Old." abo the contr i_ bution b), Rrcther E. InKlel , our vice p~ , i. dent . It 18 Inl lllrlnJl, tQ aay t he le •• t. to note t hnl ('lIn ada. t hrou gh th e columns of "ur J OllRNM .. IIaY8 t ribute to t hose who halt I centur), IKQ ]lIid the (oundatlons or orll"an illllions In our vut counlr)·. The benetl" we enjoy t"day th rough organ [zation clln be JUB t l~' attributed to thoae valiant men who 50 yelln IIJlO wo rked lind Buffered that we mll;ht live to enjoy the frulu of their ],I.bo,.. We might uk lit this stage. hnye we built up thoae fQu l\ l11otlons so well In ld T To a tertain extent we mil}' IllY, " Yn," but to II grelter utent we have to be ho nest with oUTIelves lind anl wer no. 1 remember well 21 yean ago. when I wu first uhtred into unionism Loeal No. 339 had three times lhe membenhlp It hae today, and how "'1' .. )'ounK la ... looked forwa rd t o Lnhor Dil l' when we would mn.ch on parnlle with our blue 1I11 1) ta, wh ite shirts li nd bl"e]c fedorn hatl, badgeR on our breoat s, and lit the head a flont, which Will a t redit to the men who had [l ut forth l uch elfartl in order to eom· pele for the prh.es offered. Those were tll}'1 when men realhed that in union there is I t renKth. They were a lBo da)'s when the fountle .. of Canad.'. tabor n"H'enlent would hllve been I)routl of us. Then carne the war ( li nother a"nh'eTSar), we a re celebrlttlnJl thia year) t hat WftB to rock the ve ry fo undllt[ons of union Jam. Then ume boy~ who had mn rched In mllly n I.abo r DII }' parllde led b)' a blind that lounded t he Itmln. (If unlon' ~ "r the men .. lin 'H,rtl',l 0)) till' J"" ". ....I' II h""lIt will'" th ~ l ' tNur ~ "'"" t.lten. T'w Ol l,..r IlIUlU' strenglh. ma rched to the strains of another I. I .. Ie,,· or thl' ," onh ~ h l c tOu,·,1 !'It.] or lilt' 1",11,11))1:. ,..hld, """"r ~ a" eutlr(· rill' 1Ji (l('i< 11,,<1 bind, that led nllny to dellth and dutr\lction i, bounltl'd h.' W, ~ t )fu"r O<' . W ,· ~! 1I",·ftl . Julin ftlld 1'f'8rl I':tr.... I~ . Th., (·nhbac.. I'Rin,..!!o tT<.'e1 (In the battlellelda of France. "God reat {('nlled to) lourl. ' . "I,alm tr,... ·~· · , 0:: ...... " 1(1 Ihla ~ bt' In 00"''' Il(lmll".... k IItHI "'crl' tu"al,l.ntcd. .... hl ... , .'"f"OUIl' " fur th "ir I .~k or lea'·(,8. them." Let u. no t fo rget tht.e bOYI. They worked ha rd In thOle pre-wa r days for our 398 The Journal 0/ Electrical Workers and Operators Septc))lber, 193.4 ore.nilation, striving for bdter ".gel and mittee, whieh II the outltandin/!: labor group the big thin, todlY i. to teuh all tradee ~onditionB, th.t we might enjoy thit "mo In :\Iiami. Political and ci.·le betterment b unloni.U tht lint principles of trlde union_ ment." between two eternities, which we their ehler objecth-e. Rnd the,. have won the ilm, or in other word., Just plain he lp onf ull life. And apln In .. ar lhey fought and relped Ind Rdmlration of the Keneral public another. gave their lives thllt w i.bllr lind capital -thereby winning valuable frlendl for or' , hope thl, thing clllled the deprUllon hu btl alike-might enjoy Hr. through the ~ae· ganiled labor. 1101 alTetted the trade union movement In rincel they made. I mllCh t. Uk again, have Brother Ueorg:e flow n 11 the newly-elected other dtiel to the lame utent thllt It hal in we kept faith with the prilleedent theBe bOYB pruident of the Buildina: Trade. Cou ncil And Ihls one. I 11m abo gl11d that It wa. my prjvl. left u.! The auwer I. emphatically "No." hi. past experitncu And tervieel for labor What have we today !-JUlt. remnant of the . hould be of great benefit tl'l RII. Je,e to be in thee trade union movement In thlR dty whrn it WII~ worlhy of th~ namp, uld ...,huIII of 20 yean a,o, working and Brvther Fred Henning, who I, paat-prell· Itriving with an optimlltic .. lew to the deenl of the Buildinr Tradta Cound\, is in the ... heen thue were men who would fI.,ht for tuture in rebuilding our orll:8nlutlon. In ho.pitll lu/ferlng from Injurlea reuiwed in conditionl reeglrdlell of the co.t: men who con.lder.d the troublu of one or"lobltion ..lew of thue few remark. I h."e made a fall from a step ladder. He il ~o"erlng abo\'e I would ..k non_memben, or any nleel, but .. 11\ be conllned to his bed In Jlek· the trouble. of all; but e\'ideently the majority member ..hose union ambltlo"l are ahek, .on Memorill HOlpitl1 for .e"eral mont~. of thue meen ha"t paued on and In their plaCH have come a typt! of min whOle Irade to take heed of my continual pleading for FreiJ I, In ouutandinc Ind tlreles, worker a biglrt!r and better ora-anlution, or be for libor heere and hli IbHnc ee from acti"e union education h .. been udly ne,leeted. prepared to aeeept Ihe Iitn part of thil duty is very notieeable. W. all hop. for a Aftu yean of work by the trade union Ilorln, helldlining In article In our J()URN .. r., 5perdy reeovery. movtnlent 10 get beer by the gl.. , the new libecralgovernmeent enacted Ihi. pieu of legl. " .... bor Alun Ol'ftRnl", or I'edt h." Brother ''"rand8 LaVlgnt II al!lO in Ja~kson In doting might we tender our t,.mplthy HOJpital In a beed next to 8rothu Iitnning. lltion and we looked forward to eonsldeerable to Brothen Olive Ind Willon who hive Francl. Is reeovtrinr trom In aPptndicltl' amount of nnovation of the holl'l., but. ud been on the liek lilt, Ind with them rrood optera tlon and doing nittiI'. to relate. thll bl, mlJority of Ihll work h .. health. The women'. lIuxiliary of L. U. No. lUg gone to non.unlon men. Thee Elliott Hotee l. F. KELLV. continutl to do Irood work and their _ial which I. Iituiteed next door to tht l.abor Tem a"al,. Ire elKeeriy lookeed forward 10. ple. dtdded thlt the tr.de union moveemenl "'" 10 weak th.t the}' did not bve to hire Cl.AII£."CE GRlilUl. L. U. NO. 349, MI AMI, FLA. union men to do their job. After di!l<:ulalnK the mltter for three or lour daYI Illty CO II Editor: deSC'ended to hire I few men from lome of the WI' lire might,. proud of our local in thi, L. U_ NO. 353, T ORONTO, ONT_ tr.dts_ A non_union min whom the eonlrlC city betlUse we are well reprtlented in III .:dilor: tor called hll ,uperintendent wired the tap Lrlnehu of organio;ed labor IHivity Ind have What II wronlt ...-ith the trRdee union move room and then hee wlnted thil union to give bt(ln for leveral yean. We feel that Wt are ment In Toronto, Canida! At I reeent meet him 1\ mlln to hllng • hAlf doun tlxluru and rlJII:ht (In t(lP of the htap when it eome, to ing of our loul union conllderable time wu then CIIIJ Iht lob fair. Thil Wt refusecd to do. working c:o nditionl, wage Kale and ltadership. tlken up rtrlN,linlr dUlLe. for teaeblnc ap Wee Informtd the Tr.du Ind Labor ("oundl Brother Franke ROC'he 11 doing a Iplendid prtntitu the line point. of the eelectrical thlll .... 11 considered thia Job unfair bUl they - - JOb .. ehairman of Ilbor'. dtbenlhip c:om· trade. Thi. II lin uceJlent Idea but I think IIled our letter with no action. W. lltoO In- Wish Is Father of the Thought C> ENTLEMEN ,"THIS COUNTRY WILL HAVE A DICTATOR , THE DEMOCRAS; Y IS DOOMED September, 1994 The Journal 0/ Electrical 1V0rkers and OperlLtors 399 formed the IJullding Tr.de. C.uncll. Shortly duet from the Colorado River to Los Angela. Whe the r It be a .ingle man. min and wife li fte r thl, t he Elliott Hotel manlllCement de All the vlryin, condition. to be found or man. will! and children of any number. cided to light up lin out, ide garden, .itullted throughout the dlltrlctt tuvened are ~pro· they IIppl), lit thi. oftlce, In, ... e. th, n«:e.. ary between our Labor Temple and their hotel duced here, that there mlly be no failure, In question., 11 \1 out .11 blanks they an told to. a nd let the eledrieal con trRct to a non·unlon operation. Tela include 10 nK-time lathe-ue ( In tlllinll' out thue blanks and aUI\I'ering tlrm Rnd thil nrm wu allowed to tie the wire. up to 12,500 pounds pull .... Ith high voltage Ihell! question. it II not neceuary to tcll the on to the Labor Temple, which ""a, adding applied lit inteTYait. The e trec:h of fog lind truth Ind nothing but the truth, h('('ltult the Inlult to injury. While thi. man ...... orking alkaline dust (one ot thl! wont condition. official. know nothing different.) This nppJi· on tllil lighting leveral bUline" a,enll, these inlulators mUlt opffate under) can for ClItion tak" III regular courle .. far aa the Hfretflriu, membf!u .nd even -orne interna. many special ttlh. ouuide know. and in abollt one and a hllif to donal otrken .... ere leen drinking bHr in thi. The lilfht and power depa rtment'. rubhilh four hour, )'OU are ca]Jed into an office where I::arden. burner, now being operated thrl'!! days a week, you are ""In"n a (11111 number. then without I could 11:0 on and cite leVend Inlt.nen of burned 1)87.9 ton, for the month of J une .t a any hesitation whatsoever )·ou are ah'en a thil kind, but wh.t i, the UM! Thank God, con of &7.9 cenU a ton ..."Ing one·third of voucher for room ~nt ranginll' from $1.511 10 there II IlwaYI • bright 'POt on .n dirk hori. a barrel of fuel oil per ton. The steam gen· $&.00, acrordinl' to thl" size of the flmil)' lof ~n.. Brother Jamel Mllnh, International erllled i. used in the light plant.. course the lin,le men are IIInt to the ba"he· orgllniur for the carpenUn, hal bfton ap· All public achool buildlngl In Pa5llden. not lor'a qu.rters. of which there are. I believe, pointed deputy minilter of IlIbor for Ontario. up to lIate requirementl for tire and quake four here). a gr I:ut manared to obtain. polition of amall g1,·e them a big h.nd Ind help them Iiong. Ierne of our wanderlnx members may be n.t\l~ to have ont! thing pedormtd. "es. MI No, we are not try;n, to loft loOap or ret on interuted the ~h~k.off IhoWI u followl: the lovernment would ply to ha"" hil eyea t he I'Ood lide of any official, but the time I. S. E. Roekwell. pruldent; J. R. Johnlton, &tr.ilrhuned, ... hieh they did. Hi. t)'U have hel'\!! when we need them, Ind they need III. .. ice pre.ident; J. J. Young, te<:ordine atC'· !wen in tht. condition aince birth. It you You know the rest. See you next month, retlry; M. T. Stallworth, flnancial lecre· rememh..r. I !laid befo re one did not have to l'fI,.,;ss SECIlt:'TAflY. tary; E. B. Eshleman, treasurer; W. N. tell the truth. That ,oes in thb e.... Thi. S"hnohr, M. T. Hotehkl.. , J. R. IsIIC'lon, J, mlln listed hi. home a. N ••h.iI\e, Tenn. Yeti, L. U. NO. 508, S A VANNAH, CA. O. L)'le, P. Abreu, .nd V. A. Le Tiuier, uec he hu lived here th" moat of hI. hfe In .'olero utin board; J . F. Ul rleh, II. K, Short, E, B. phil, but due to the tau of the IIII' about Editor: Eshleman, J. B. BenJ.mln Ind C. A. Gordon, Nuh\'jI]e, he obtainl a \'ou(her for .... and In the Pllt few weeka • number of OfJl'ln. uamlnlng board, Ind Gene G.mIlC, bUI" c..iJ, ao he may rdurn home. Hi, wife h .. iut lonl hIve been formed or reor&,anised ne .. m.nager. been op~r.tin R' a roomini house and need. a ror the a .. owed DllrpO" of tombaltinlr Com We mnn sincercly reltret the necenlty rell or vuation, a. one may term it. 10 Ihe munllm, Thil would be .muling if it Will of reC'ordlng the pI.. lnll of one of our old_ say.. They n. planning on returning in not I potentill louree of dlnger to the nt Ind most un;"e",11y loved Ind relpened 50me two or thrH weeki, aher • rell on the I.bor mo"ement. Thne orllanilationa Ire memben, Brother "'r.nk 0, Lee, on July 2. N ••h .. il1e Bun.u. Thi. i. line bualne.. , I 'll either being; formed for the Anan~ial benefit llil wonderful record II a union man mlY ~,. the aponlO" will r~ei .. e from the dun of I. .. "'luIII.. d but cannot be e:o:celled. We will Thul! a", numeroul other ~ __ of a differ the memberahlp, or tile they are being en· mill him personl lly and the Brotherhood ent nalur. thal all people do not know of. couraged hy indultri.1 .lIod.lIon. t o will long feel the lou of one of It. most (To be cOllti"wed ." Odober) har... the workera who are trying to better ardent defenders, R. B. O""n, their eondltion through the C'hlnnel. of or JUIl In case the mpmbellhip of thl I. B. ~Memphia·on.the-ltl ..lnippi." glnlsed I.bor. The IttltUde of the Ameri. E. W .•t dilt.nt point. mlY hIve been reld c.n Federation of Labor and ill Imllated ing the d.i1y plpert Ind ml)" have reC'elved nllional Ind international unions ill well .n erroneous Impreilion therefrom reglrd L U. NO. 500, SAN ANTONIO, TEX. known to the public. The experience the)' Ing the Plcific Coast maritime Itrike, I t:ditnr; havp hll(1 In ~pplI,,"Un£, thp r.nllu (rnm Lhp would \ike to give you I brief pietura of t hl Well, it hn been quite I long time Iince , heep .hould, with the po .. lble exception 01 .it uution. Local No. 600 hat been heard from, but we the Uni ted Stalu Oeplrtment of Labo r, eon Slne~ l lay 9 the maritime unionl hlv~ ue It ill here and glining atrength each stitute them as the lole Judge .. to what been ltaging I wonderful Aght for. dOIe-d month. At the prnent time we are geUing: il I leltitimlte Ilbor orrln\",t ;on, We Ire Ihop, control of the hlrine h.lI s .nd collpC'_ rested liP afteT a urenuoull election. The forcH to look ",klnc!! upun .. ny urg.nial tive blrkllnlng on working condit ion, The new offieen, alllO, are getting aettled down tion th.t In this lIte day II orglnized onl)· whole Ilbor movement h .. been with them to blillne... The following il • lin of new for the purpo.e of letting themn!vu liP II 1111 th~ wlY. Finall y t he .Ituation developpd officers elected: Prnident, Newlll n Robe r. j udge. of what is Comnl unl l t i~. T here II to t he point that on J uly 16 li nd 17 all crafts son; vice pre.ldent, n. K. Bl air; rec:ording le rllv e danger in thillit untion Ind the mem· In the San Francisco \J ay district were called aeeret.r)', F.. B. Rowan ; flnBn~i.1 aeerelar y, benhl!! of Oll r union ••ho uld be on gUll rd out on Itrike. T he reportl in the dally B. C. Radke; treullrer, E. H. J onn, The IIglllnJl It. prell were deliberately misleading. So, It e:w:tcutlve eommittee il .11 followl: Newton The tlme il rast a llpro.ching when we would be well for t he memhera to skip Ihout Robenon, W. F . Pryor, M. E. Davia, Roy elect one·third of national Sen.te and the 9(J per cent of what you h.ve seen pr in ted. Whitlllkl'r, .~ B 1I owlln, A C. Hl prln,r and entire 1I 0u,. or Representatives, It b the Sp.ee don no t per mit t elllnlt a story of thl. Frank Manheck. And, belleve me, those conviction of the writer IhM we Ihou!d for_ event in a proper man ner, S ufficient t o 18Y men know what they are dlli ng li nd dll it get 11 11 pll rt y a ffi liationa, lin d vote for the t hlt labor hi ltor y of wh ich no one need feel properl)·! All In Ill, a good _quan bun~h of candidlltu who li re I UPllortlnK Pruident allhnmed was mllde he re f rom July 18 to 20, men. Rooaevelt. We III know thlt the new dell The .trlke wII called oft' on J u ly 20 .nd Ollr new contract il lbout til be put lin the will prob.bly hIve to be ch.nged to meet everyene went blck on the job. T he polntl table, and we hllpe It will gil over in a big cert.ln C'onditions: however, we 1110 know It Illue . re no .... in the hIndi of the Prui_ way. Of COline, while we may not get every that t he prineipll'll Ire aound Ind thlt the dent'l Irbitration bOlrd with a mueh better thing uked for, we are certain to obtain a only hope of orga nind Ilibor il to lee that C'hlnee of being I8thfactorily adjusted thIn little hudll'ay .nd .. lo ng as we a1\ pull to· leglilltorl a re elected who will be f riendly, hfOfor!'. fhp ~ t rik p , gether that'a somethln&, big in It..elf, You By t he t ime Ihi. I, published Inother Org.nised labor in thll strike mlde the know wh.t I me.n, no blck.bitlnll, And, Lahor Day will have pa.. ed Into hi,tory. In mo.t wonderful demonltratlon of lolldarlty .bo.'e .\1 thlng~ , Brothers, let'. take up Ollr hundredl of communitiu throughout the it hll ever been my plellure to wltntl. petty .rlev.nees with the proper 01!\e1.1. Ind United Statu our people will glther Ind and ~ • part of. The brief tieup w .. ablO not on th. plltform or elsewhen. ('fl.brall thia ont day In the yur let ..Id. lut.. l)" complete I nd painfully effective. In Brother Ingram, viu prftident of the I. B. for I,bor. Mlny speeches will be m.de and view of the lI ck ot I well·deflned prot:rlm F., W" 1"11 .n invited fIle.t It our refllllr mueh will be IBid Ihollt the prognll l.bor .t the time the . trike w.. ~all ed , Ihe rtlultl meet in&, just recently, and. believe me, bt.. h .. m.de a nd 10 forth .nd 10 on. T hen on were ..t ounding. It took .n event lu~h as talk 1"11 excellent, though the memben prps. TIlUdlY mor ning the mljorlty of thue thl, to make labor know Itl ow n .treneth. enl at that meeting weI'\!! sm.1I In numbe.. Ipe\1blnden will no doubt Iwaken with a The net elfed on t he eenerll public, .. well too Iml11. It t.. our meetin" and for our hlr head Ind a thiuty throlt Ind will hIve II Ilbor Itaelf, I, that our clluse haa bte'n benefit, 100 why c.n't we.1I .ttend elC'.h meet· put ..Ide .11 thoughta of labor until next m.terlally advan«d, l1:u~h as we deplo re in,! Of eQurae, lidmen il .n ucellent Labor O.y. I don't w.nt to infer th.t all the neC'eliity of I t rlk ..., .nd cognizant .. relson, but the theatra .nd cluo. Itay open thlt II IBid on Labor Day will he "bololln),," WI I re of the trl,nlndolll lC'onomle lOll 111 week long And Ire no eX~UIM!, we think. but after many yeln Ultenlnr to politie\lnl entailed thereby, neverthele.. , there b lueh Maybe you don't hl.·e the gal for the c.r, Ind other "Invited .pelken" &,ivu one more • thing II takin&, it on the chin too long Ind but thAt, .1110, \1 a poor eseUIM!, II )'OU hive or Ie ... cynical outlook regarding their having to like it. Eventu.\I)', the worm free tran.portltlon. Perh.pI you will ltop Iincerity. A 5QOd luneillon would be that turnl, In proof of whleh we have merely to rea.dlna- rla-ht hu., Will, WI c.n't ehln .. we make e .. er)' dlY I Labor Oa)' and dil. Cl.nee at history. Thl. WIS ene of thOle )OU, but let UI Impreu thi. on your mind be tribute our enthll.ium over the entire )·ear. timtl. And in .11 b.llnced lincer it)' Wt he· fore you do: To attend each meetin, reg-u llrly A. W , T HIOT. lieve the demontrl t ion JUlt Ani_hed wae no meanl Ihllt you It.nd leu chance of being --- mi.uke. miainfor med by IIOme membe r who mlaht ha"e L. U, NO. 595, OAKLAND, CALIF, GENE GAILLAC, "only heud It" hlmKU. BUllness Mlnl,er. Tbil leiter will leave III wliting and won_ Editor : denn&, how mlny .re ~ing to mlreh In the Mlny thinlll h .... hlppened .ince thi. parlde on Labor Day. Well, it will be I bot 10cIl union lilt reported in through the L. U, NO. 723, FO RT WAYNE, IND, old mlreh, but t hlt much more exerdH will «llumnl of the JOCIINAL, On Junp 10 help .11 eon«rned in two ,,'.ya-It will pro"e t he BlY Countiu joint exeeutlve board Editor: )011 believe In the loul or union Ind thlt you held t hei r lecond annUli picnic for mem_ Our loenl dOl'll not bOllt of a Bl ue EIKle Itre 100 per cen t , lbo, t hat you un .till befl, lamllin .nd friendl. From.11 reporU in.lenla hanging on t he WIlls of ill meetlnr t.ke It. the picnic wu • hUlle Ind unqullified .uc· hIll, but with g rut pride we e.n Illrvey On. morl Idea before WI Ind thil Illtar, ('fll, T hl writer WII tOO bUI)' to get 111\ the Jplendid progre .. m.dl dur ing thl pllt Ind perhlpi the item of mOlt Importan~e. the detlll •. atven or ei&,ht monthl .nd lay to III eon· Stand behind your offidall, and, lbove III. On J une 30 L. U. No, 695 held their bl terned Ind in tertlted thlt we are doing our the executh'e bolr d. They are, .. you know, an nunl election of office,. for the enluing psrt, men who wor k bulde ua. and If they advise term with the ruult thlt therl are leverpl "We" h a Imall word bul it certainly ..... ,,,~tbi,,1' ~h,,)' thi"k "uu,[ tu,· uu ,· lucili. 1 t!L'~ U~" ul""~. in th" umei ... 1 Ilullul). In e ... se ~UYllfi .. lui " r ~ rr urL und ~"·,, p e r lltion t hat September, 1994 Tlte Journal of Electrical IVorkel's and Operators 401 w~. our m~mh~rlhlp, have put forwud to which meant IUtce.. aL the It•• party held Strikes, Ilrike~, IIrikes! The pallen are help bettu our fondltlonl. ree-ently up the St. Jot! Jtlver. Everyone In rull of Itrlke.1 Employed ,.orken are d.... The right to orlfanl~e and partldpat ~ in IIttendllnce. numberintr 76. lit lellt, had a manding (yes, demanding) Ind organi~ing eJ: eoll~ctive baTlI'alnlnll; wilh our emplo)-eu. grand time, e,'en the 1~1f'IPJllllnted puce ( yee, organi:w.iog) and, well. to be more through orkanlud labor. hal lure proven committee. '!\uI led. plielt, labor il .aking up. becoming contc'iou. W. H. LEw IS. Aa If a magl~ ... nd were psased o,'er tbe IUI('if in our Imall tity. head. of a certain Itratified group. the NRA The new Italute of Sution i-A of th~ haa Imbued thla particullr Itratlflntion with NRA providlnk for toll('('tive bau:alnlnK Ind L. U. NO. 773, WINDSOR, ONT. thought Ind .ction and couragf, to he moHO orglnb,atlon. ia mllund~ntood by ~mplo)'eu, Editor: "\lttlnct. COR«IOUI. Lllbor )'awnl and al well a. emplo}'I'oI". hence .0 man)' . trikts. The ('itisenry of Onl.rlo b... just tOm~ Ilretches. It i. not eas)' to awaken from cen dedarel !)e(,r('tary of Labor Frante" I'erkin •. through '1"1 i\1uminatinll' f'Xpe rlence in the UM turies of alfep. PH ring about him he be W~ wilh 10 be an uception to that .co~, of tbllt great instrument 01 demotracy. a tome. indignllnt, grasps the ,I!tnlfleanee of and bere i. our I('Kitlmate renon (not for l'ro"lncial general el~tion. A«ordin, to the thinI"', th(' impt'nding dinger, autolug~ltive· Kettin£, and allpr~thltinK of tour.e, th., 1'0- general opinion in that reca rd, the wrlt~r 10lt Iy IIe-Ui in an ell'ort to Ivett complete Inll.,·.... op('ration Ihown h)' emllloy~r eI('tutlve com bis ,·ote. But, inalmuch aa he h .. Ix!en on ment or dntruetion. His mind il hazy, his mittee). common unu applied In a husi the ]ollng lide flO often In th~ years gone by, Ictionl sluggllh. but every moment find. him nu.·like fa.blon. by a hard.worklng per_ his Ilitest "perienct' hudly ateOUnll for hi, mort! adept. It i, but. matler of tlnle. The II.tent wage committee, bal won a very pre!ent lowness of 'pirf" ov('r the result. awakening of l.bor will mean unique cbangeR lubltantial Ine ...... e In wagn lor III our To the man in the 8treel it would apllear In our aot'ial order. Let us hope It contrasts telepbone COm,IIln)' memben. with general that nothing haft lliken Illace. One "'ould that of the Palt. working conditlona vutly e-hanked to the have thought tlJ,at the esJH!rience 11111 ned Let UII hopt! thllt the laboring man will or nmfort and pleuure of an eonterned, and through the 1111 dominion gentrsl eledlon Kanile completely and e!fective!)·. That all in tbe ahort 11I'riod of a balf yelr or would have tllught the ~Iec:torllte the futility thil .... m ",I ult in creating mllnbood (lie) therl'8bout. of I!Xp('('ting II mere chMngol of lIovernmenl IImongn t he IlIboring groups. L.bor. througb lIavinlf been a keen observer. the Itrlbe 10 ... ork fundamental changel in ('('onomic 1'01"1- Intercourse with employer. contraCIJ complex knowl tbat murh h .. beelt ace-omplhhed in ditionl. Without JIIlling a. a prophet Ihe Ill.. th.t lend toward twisting .nd diltoning a very bu.inl'lI.llke metbod. '0 )·ou rellli~e prediction il hereb)' Bet fortb tbllt ~Ir. IIep the mind. I..bor nrries I load of eonl('iouB our joy in the IlrOkrUt al«-ady .Ualnl'lIby hoy. )'1'1. II IIr~latlon -"'any lin the bitter verb,,1 Imd Ou r local is Ilivlded inlO four I:roul, •. car n{'WromfT Inu. tbe Johnlon hmll)'_ ("nn_ 11'11111 IIttllck~. vllried lire tl ... I'rlll ' e ~ . Indlf_ llkbtlng. motive I>ower 8ho,,~. union depot. II'rltullltion ~ \ir. lind Mrs. John.on. What r("renel'. 111'0. hold ~ benelr out In the li!;ht of "nd rOAd eledridnnl. The fint three Kr(lUpS ever )·ou do. " lied." please don't tl'ach hin. inteUiIl"nce. lire working thf three sbiftl in Toronto. the to IIrgue. Whllt liltnitlcane-e .lIIn d ~ out aft being hn jourth group la lelttered o,'er Ontllrio. The Jim SlIundeTi and hll loyal eommitlee are I're •• ive of tbe NRA. "nd "hilt inleTl.ret"tlon lint t hree IIroU1l1 hiVe every opportunity to de..,";nll' of praln for their hllrd work, lire WI' to Itive it! ottend meeting. at lel!t once every three 402 The Journal of ElectriccU Workers alld Operators September, 19!4 month.. Our meetin,. are held on the HCOnd challenge the N. A. B. might well give DEATH CLA IM S-AUGUST T O 3 1, Tutada)' of ...... h mnnth. At lim~ w .. h!llvf'n·t. eonlideT11tion. 1934 had luffldent number of membi'u of the local Toward. this end the union could be L. U. Nam!! Amount to have a quorum. On luch occa.ionl no bUll. a ltabilizing influence in the radio in '08 F. S. Nichol, '''76.00 n!!ll ean be tranlllcted. Such bUllneu at dually, The I. B. E. W, has already 98 A. S. C:lllesple 1,000.00 election of omeen, d~lcKate., pllyment of bill., A. M. TelTY 300.00 and grievllnee. lire of Importanee to each proven to be that In the electrical in· dustry. ~:. Robinson 1,000.00 member. Some membtl'l believe that I. long '"9 H . Selvan 1,000.00 I. they keep up plyment of tbeir dun that "9 H . R. Lind 1,000.00 they are under no further obligation. They W e A . k Your Co.operalion 471 n. F. Uan 1,000.00 III'1! miltaken, their duel are o( seconda ry Send UI the namel and addre~es of 151 D. A. Chl,holrn 1.000.00 Importance conlpared to their Inendance. I Ii. E. Bennett hope. when memben of our loclil read lhil, radio technicians or your acquaintance 1.000.00 13< J. ~:. Hilli.rd 1,000.00 that it hal the dulred etfect. LI they only 110 thnt we may send them the Bulletin. " 21 J. M. I.Inrl~IIY 1,000,00 attend once every three month. I believe It Write to Mr. William Farnsworth, Nil.· 13< D. Harton 1,000.00 won't be nece~ ..ry to po.tpon. any mol'1! tional Recovery Adminiltration, Wallh· '81 C. E. i.ao,bein 1,000.00 _tin I" ington, D. C., and demand an immediate 13. Wm. Connor 1.000.00 R. I'. ClETSEY. openin, of discussion. on the 40·hour 124 G. W. Slade 1,000.00 week. 12. F, J, Hay. 1,000.00 I. O. 1,000.00 BULLET IN O F T H E I. B. E. W. RADIO Send your inquiries about organiza· .'. A. Thiele tion to the Internationt.1 Brotherhood n. C. L. Dyram 1.000.00 DIV IS ION .,. S. E. lIarvieli 1,000.00 of Electrical Workera, 1200 15th St~et, fCootlou .. d from 1)IIIle 300) I. O. H. Mil!!y 1.000.00 N. W., Washington, D. C. 862 J. J. Seaward 1,000.00 ahordy aCter lut March. It ill high time 1 Wm. T. Garv!!y 1.000.00 that it is settled immediately. 10. I>. J, Conn ~l)' 1,000.00 A . F. O F L CONVEN ES IN STRIKE , A. E. Dougl .. 1,000.00 Rale;ah Siant A,reeme nl 13< I'a~rlck ltoRch 1,000.00 C ITY I. O. J. J . Oriel 1.000.00 The technicianl at WPTF, Raleigh, N. W. J. Jon!!, 1.000.00 t("oulloued rrom 1'.'1' 3.111) C., recently affiliated with the I. B. E. W., '"870 I .. J. Nehring 1.000.00 forming Radio Local No. 621. They have efTorts to determine how the railway 21. J. P. lIogan 1.000.00 negotiated an agreement with their em· men and their familiel managed to live 134 C, lIrandau 1.000.00 ployenJ which coils [or a torty.hour , W. 1... Burblge 1,000.00 on the~e .shrunken incomes. Two tach , W II CrRwtonl 1,000.00 week, $40 a week minimum, elimination were at once apparent. They certainly W. A. Ma~on 1,000.00 of apprentices, transportation allowance had not done it by eutting down their and two weeks' vacation with pay. '"103 J. McCullagh 1.000.00 oblib.. tiona. Instead many gave cuh or Ceorce H. Beckwith 1,000.00 HOUle Clean;n, h in Order grocerie.s to needier families, Bnd more 1021I" William Sloan 1.000.00 lhan a firth took into their hornell rela· 1.0. E. J. Crave 1,000.00 Organi:(l:8tion hal made remarkable tivel or friends who had lost their regu· 211 0. S. Cox 1125.00 headway in the smaller centers through. lar means of support. Nor had they S. ~~. Howarth 1,000.00 out the country. In the larger cities there '" done it by inereased dependence on o ut Total U7,600.00 have been B number of obstacles to slow side help. Only 72 had received relief Ull progress. Not the least of these has from public or private agencies, and been the unscrupuioul tactiu used by .s uch lodal sen'ices aa they had been in R E NOVIS ING PLAN MOVES ON SUPE R SCALE an UllprillCiJllcu mimll'ily such It~ wormll the habit ot using were more orten cur· itself in and tends to demoralize every tailed than expanded. (C'on!IrIlU,'t,l trum L,ngo ;Is:i) large group of techniclan~. There is no "The expedients to which they did re· safe but expedient for them to make trick too low for thelle "men" to stoop sort tire recorded In detail in the sched loan8. to. They light with every barred hold ules and case historiel on which the reo Although this Is written only a few in the book of rules. They lack every port ill based. The stories they tell are daYI arter the llrogram was announced. a moral quality ..... hich ill admired in a real of edueational oPJlortunitiell abandoned promi!ling response hal already been man. But they jUlt fit the bill for cer· and hl'aith need, neglected and of JiVI!5I shown. Thou.and. of banks have indi· tain types of emllloyer8 by whom they Itrillped bare of even the mOlt inexpen· cated their wiltingness to make fo' liA are nobly aided and abetted. live forms of recreation and social life. loans: thousands of applications for The radio profeS!!ion will never reach Frequently lhey describe the crowding of loans have betn received from home and the level of r('ropcetability it de8('r\'c8 famlliH into inferior aCCl,IlIlllloKl.tiolili. \.v llllllerdltl pru)Jt'rly owners. And it ia until this pack of woh'e. are driven from and few fail to record the use of Ihabby planned to continue the campaign with our ranks. Every means, fair or foul, is clothing or to nole the item~ of II rough advertising and IlIles effortl; from mllter. legitimate to achieve this end. Use fire and nluger diet. Even these economies, ial dealers Bnd contractors. State and to fight fire. Ule every trick that these moreover, were not enough to maintain regionlll administrators have he1 whu rellorted the sacrifice of Insurance poli· ers to lIupport the IlfOgTam and advls~d exploit inexperienced technicians. They cil"K. Yet in spite of all these efTorts, particularly that building iradel councils specialize in hiring raw recruits from the GO pl'r cent of the 730 families (or in every city join in the local campaign radio schools at the most miserable whic:h information could be obtained had and make a canvasa for jobs. Thl~ tol· wages. The elimination of this t~'lIe o( goOl' I Stuule or the unulull dtslen employed POST MORTEM: MILWAUKEE "All the can carried from one to four in the bureau'a towers and the additional UTILITY STRIKE private company guards who rode on fact that they are the largeu of that type (Conllnu('d from I'."f 3!;!!1 rront and rear platforms and werf' on ever built, a group of dllllnKuilhed eUKi "Utility Prepares to Maint.in Service the lookout for trouble." nttfl, rtl'rtlentinj( largt ealtern utiJItiu, Iteel manuf.cturers and the metropolit.n Intact. • • • wlIL.:r t!illrid. ,.."r" j"l"rul"d _i'"daluh uC " Wire Nettin~ to Protect Trolley Glan .. ' The trouble with the electric com the .eriu of tulS which Slarted Odober 27, in Case or Strike. pany,' he !aYS surprisingly. 'is that it 1933. "Union labor demands are: I. An elec docs not sec. the handwriting on the wnll.' In luting the tower, partfeul.r .ttention tion by the workers in the following One man says to anuther that what thll wal pllid to the twi81inlr ot tho cron arm crafts: Trainmen. and bUllnlen, ell.'clrical dty needs is a munieipal electric plant. lind ",ound ,,'ire peak, cauled by the ClIMe workers and operating engineers. 'But that.' says hi'S companion. 'would allachment detan. Another point of inter "2. The unionl d('mand that Employe!'s be aoeialism: 'What's this!' ash the first tU Wat the twbtlng of the tower under load Mutual Benefit Association bulletin No. spenker gesticulating at the barred win IIhnnl Ih (~n-r..lh~d) ".alnllne," which ;1 the pl.ne where the upper p.n of the tower S be rescinded. That bulletin threatens dow. 'This is war: ' 1 am going to tJrn I, rot. ted 90 degreu .... ith rupert to the that any E. M. B. A. member who joins my pall in and make them give me my !\.Xi, of the lower pan of the tower. an outside labor or~anization will be e~ money back.' Readingl of the tower deHettlonl wert ob pelled from E. M. B. A. mcmbership, re "The ear rumbles heavily along. Thf' tained b)' the u.e of three luiI'I and two sulting in loss of his job. Labor claims paSqe nlOl'efS peer through the barred win· trlnllta. The tower ...... under I. Uau.rd. GoI n, tn . nd from Wnrk. 3. CleA r .WI,. brulh .round tree 10 there 2. Clothine h •• been known to ret.ln the The Fedenl Compenl.tlon Act .tatea: il plenty of room to Iwinl' a:l:e or IIW. polaon for m.n, montha. Dry d ean. 4. Prep.re a path, or have pl.ce of .... It Ing will remove it. SOIP and w.ter II "A penon.1 Injury .ult.lned by • In mind, 10 yOll c.n m.ke • qlliek ,.t not .0 effective. ci ... i1 emplo,ee of the United St.tea .way when tr.e .t.rtl to f.\I. S. See the medlc.1 office, .t once, If t here .. hlle on the premlles of employment 6. AI .. lY. look for 11mb. or .,In .. o ... n· il Iny lien of Irritation . for the purpo.e of going to or "turn head or in re.ch before. Itrlkin, obJec Sn.ke Bite. ing from I'll ...ork or performing tiv(. If ,m.1I tr.e or br.nch II b.nt 1. Every II.flt .Id kit contains. In.ke dutie. connected .. ith or Incident.1 to over by I.'lrer tree cut 11mb from bite kit. Render emergency tre.tment I'll ...ork, .nd not on .ueh premlltll under lid. to pre ... ent ,n.p-back. as outlined on inside cover of kit. merely for purpOI" nf I'll. n .. n. may 2. See that the patient il placed in the be conlldered .n injury IUltalned 6. Si~e up tree for de.d timber or 1'1.1'1, hands of a competent physlci.n Imme. 'while In the perlormance of duty.''' inl' limbs, removing .ny th.t look. diat.ly. earry p.tient, .t .n tim", dlngeroll., if pOlilble. to TVA medic.1 unit, when Iv.li.ble. Thl. ree-ul.tlon Impoltll direct reapon 7. Lin. up trea for direction of fall. If there b danger of it Itrlking .nd d.m· albillty for the pre... entlon of ... ehlcullr aging property ule tIckle to Illiit In T E NNESSEE WORKERS COUNCIL .ccident. to employeea. fe11ing. 8. Uefore tree fall., .ufficient wllrnlnr PLANS AND GUIDES Saret, Standard Ihall be gi ... en. Ind In plenty of time, (Continued from pille Vt, whether or not .nyone I. around. The B. The W o rlcme n ,lgn.1 "He.ds up" 11'1.11 be uled, reo ganization of a co.()perative laundry peatedly if neeell.ry. Anyone fall. agency, has carried on exclusive recol; n .urd. Gnln, to and Fron. Work in, to oblerve thl, rule will ba dll Workmen .re ,,"t1oned of the danger of nition of recreational features, and h as ~h.rged immedi.tely. generally taken the responsibility of the . IItomobile .ccldenta on the hl,h ... , ••nd 9. Look up when tree I. f.lling. Larl'e -ro.d •. community Ii!e of the wnrkers in the limb. and tOPI oft.n bre.k off. falllns: valley. • good distance from the tree. Be I. Workmen ahould cheek on the type of e.pedlll,. on the lookout In I hleh driver .. 1'10 ,. telpouibl. for their ..ind. View. Function Broadl,. aare Ir.nlportaUon. He hal. V .... e 10. When tre.. are f.llln, look out for reapouiblllt, when c.rrylng • lo.d klek-b.ek. Soma treea .. ill kick back The Tennell8Ce Valley Workers Council of "human freight." 10 to 15 feet. Employeea muat lland hopes to become the agency for carrying Z. M.ke lure th.t the vehicle II ..fa cle.r of .nd .lep back from treea al on the g1!neral educatinnal courses that (brakea, .teerlnr .pp.ntu.. hud· they fall. are being demanded by the workers. The lights. etc.), 11. Any tree Itlrted to b, felled mUlt be a. The vehicle .hould not ba overcrowded. electrical workers will be especially inter· ..rely On tbe eround before leavln, ested in the memnrandum sent the Labor 4. Speed Ihould be moderate at .11 time•. the job. 6. Atml .nd I~. Ihould nev.r project Relations Section by the chainnan of the from the bod, of lbe car. U ftin, and Roillna: Lop. Tennee.ssee Valley Wnrkers Coundl rela 6. "Honepl.," ,bould not be Indul,ed In 1. On hillside., Ilide lop end-..., •. tive to the preservation of proper stan Don't roll them ,lde ..I,I . .. hcn rid In, In .1'1 .utomoblle, memo 2. Btfote lifting lor. "h.ck up on ,our dards of electrical wiring. This Carrylnll: Tool •. randum aaid: 1. Doubled-ed~d uea .nd bUlh hooks footing. M.ke .Url your footin, la 11'1.\1 be ".rrled ..Ith handle on .houl· lOUd .nd th.t t.n,Ung vin .., old "While the terminals .nd current der, .nd .... e clo.e to Ihoulder. stumps or brush do not trip 'ou whll. carrying parls of the beaters are quite 2. When picking up ..... or puttlnc It h.ndllng he.", 10,1. If doubtful. well protected against mechanical in down ••I ... y. keep teeth .Imlng ....y c1e.r out ,our pl.ee of foot lnl. juries, this opening " ·x24;· approximat~ from you. 8. U.. your lop In.tead of your b.ck Iy, seems to me to be a ser inus huar d. 3. C.rry I." on your Ihoulder with the when lifting. Bend knees In,w.d of Small children crawling on the fl oor b.ek, wh.never pouible. It II eaaler teeth .imlnll' .w.y from you .nd as could very easily put one or both their you w.lk with It, keep .1'1 eye Ollt ro r on the m.n Ind pre ... enla her nl •. h ands into this .pening, thereby coming • nyone who might be elo.e .t h.nd. 4.. Uae teamwor k in carrying logl . in d irect contact with the hot surfaces of Remember It II pretty dOle to the RollinI' St on ~ &nd Wood. height of the other fellow'l f.ce. 1. Adequlte c.re and thoughtfulne.. fo r the heater, a. well as the current carry 4. . Keep ann Itr.ight from .houlder to the ••fety of fellow workmen ..III en· ing ter minals. U the child h appened to keep .... In line of ... Ik 10 you will courage alertne... nd c.utlon In pre· have a ring on its fing1!r or a p iece of know ..here the whole .... II. venting: the loonnln, of rocka and metal in its hand a shnrt circuit m ight 6. Kecp cle.r of bu.hel, IIpUng. or othn the releaaing of lop, on • hillside, result in the palm of the child's hand. object. thlt ml,ht catch the a:l:e or ..here movement ..1\1 aUle Injury to "As these heate~ are protected by ..... cau.lnC It to give you • blo .. on .noth.r. about a 85 ampere circuit b reaker, a very the neck or knock it out of YOllr control. 2. When working on cliff or Iteep I lopu, serious flash could result, burning a nd 8. Do not turn eOl'Tler. fa.t. Clv'Olhe ... "Iter c.rriera Ind .11 othe .....hOle a ch.nce to ret out of the way of the dut, it i. to clreul.te .mongat the pennanently Injuring the child's hands. ...11'11' of the .a... ere.. ahlll w.lk hi".", not .bove, the T he corda and tendons in the finge~ a nd u e C. nd or Daah lIook)-lIo ... 10 lI.ndl •. erew, to deere... d.ncer of accidents wrists could be easily so seriously burned 1. Keep feat well .p.rt. In.pect the from rolling Itonea. t h at the child could be crippled for life. ground. H .... e firm footing. SlJpplnl'. I n case no ftaah resulted a nd the eh ild 2. M.ke aure you have plent, ot room to One of the qu.liflCltlonl 01 .n uperi• had one hand on the metal housing and ... Ing. Clear .... y it nee.... ry. enced woodlm.n II thlt of lure-footed the nther h.nd touched the live ter minal, 3. T.ke. 101'111' I'rip on ue when ...inging. nen. There are mlny Ind v.ried .Up· 4.. Al w.y. cut •••y from you. a serious shoek cnuld tesulL Twn hun· ping: huardl for ..hleh the prlm.ry rem· d red twenty volts and 110 volta have 6. In p ...ing .:l:e to .nother peraon, pin edy I. the old preclutlon of "Wateh Jour the hInd Ie nut keeping a linn grip on ItI'P". Thia b n(Ce"lry partleul.rly caused many fatal .ccidenla. the head until .ure the other penon .. hen aharp tool •• re beln, c.rried. " I suggest that ynu have this looked 1'1.1 ••teure hold on It. into at nnce before anyone mnves intn 6. Do not run with lI:I.e. St epplnc on Tooll. Altholl,h workmen . ro required to l.y these hnuses. A one-fourth inch scr een 7. Do not to.. ed,ed tooll from one man me&h placed acrnss this 4"x2" · opening to another. ,hllrp toola tlat and Ollt of the WilY aome accidenta have oeellrred from .tepplng would, believe, eliminate this hazard 8. When .:l:e I. not In Ule lay It down I nat and in pl.ce whero it wlll not be on lI:l:e, law lind 101 hook. Be eareflll and would not interfere with the neces· ateppod on. Do not loa ... e uo In log:, where you put you r tool. and " Watch sary flow nf cold air up t h rough the your step". atllmp or .ny other object. heater. Tr"" FellinI!'. Pol" n 'v,. " Please h andle this in s uch a ma nner 1. Do not work too close togother. I. Practic.lly overy man I, thoroughly thnt t he people responsible for this h eater 2. Cut .djlconl tree, If ponlble, Ind fell familiar .nd 1'1 .. lcarried to r .. pect pollon Ivy and poilon olk. Many denign do not reaent having t heir atten· In direction to knock out de.d timber tion called to thla h a zar d. My rea son t or .nd loo.e IImbl. Added CAre la nee.. • Clllel have been r eported. E ... ery min •• ry here to .vold Oylnl' IImbl. should know thele pl. nt •. calling your attention to t his I. that if 408 The Journal 01 Electrical Workers and Operators September, 193-4 electric accidents re5u!t in electrically Mr. Lilienthal will prepare a report of Xow that actual construction has been heated houses it will cause the public to his findinga both for the TVA directors started the dillsension seems to have in be afraid of electric heat. We must en· and tor the National Power Policy crea~ed rather than IIlackened. courage the wider use of. electricity in Co mm ittee. 1. Bon-mUjI. The territory around order that a market can be found for the PorU"nd is already grently ovenullillied kilowatts TVA is gOing to l)rO Ihl! minul .... or 11111100:.1 union .nd IlieneuU ..e """'rd. Ind Ihlt Ollr eh•• Ie. be d'I]Ifl1 for I ""rlod of 30 dil'l • A J ~"':\VTO~. • • W If(lltltl:<:-;t:TTt:• •••• MEMORIAM ••• It Itor SlUTH. • IN • It. 1). O·SEIL. • • Committee. J o hn M. L i ..d •• y. L. U. N o. 21 F. B . HiIIi.o... L. U . No. 12. J oh .. R . lloyd, L. U . No. 1086 AI II hAl 1.lult'li 1I.f' Almlghly Goll 10 like rroul u. "fie "f Ollr "Idelt ,neml... rl I" I.oc.] Wh.. ~u 1.0001' '·n!!.n ~o. ICl"II r n ~: w. '1'"morro ... In o"r "r':IIII ... llon .. III I.... 11 tf"fl r<-rordA th .. \.I .. inl: of our worlh,. IIrOlht:r. ..lIhoUI Ih'l dynlmk !M· ...o"l]iI,. Ih.1 Wr h.d n,I,," SII. 21. J"hn M t,IIId~IY. ,..... Iht memo Iflrnf'<1 10 ""'11('('1 .",1 .dn.I,.... Urook. 111111· II.... "t I,oc'] ~". ZI. If"fI very mnrh g.I~ .... d Joho It. 1.loyd. 0" JuP .. tri. I!):U; Ih,·,..,rol"l' he " 11 hi, "binI< .nd nlI'II" Ollr d""'ll('"t I,.IIIPI· nl'W SHIPPING INTERESTS FORCED TO isfadory working eonditiona, then it i. (4) That, in no event, should the Navy NOD TO LABOR clear that in the public interest either the Department proceed with the letting of code should be revillCd before the letting (Continued from pap 380) these contracts until the labor questions of the contracts or provisions ought to now pending are resolved by IIOme definite (2) That the shipbuilding code signed be written into the contract compelling contractual understanding with the lalt. year provides (or an Indu.e:tri.:ll Re eompliance with PWA regulations or contractors. lationa Committee to be set up as agreed with some other governmental regula. I know you will understand, my dear by the members of the industry on Octo tions which sct adcquate standards of Mr. Secretary, that in forwarding you ber 7. 1933, bul that luch a n Industrial wages and eonditions o( work. the testimony adduced at the hearings, Relationa Committee hili not yet been so Hill, therefure, UIY ullinion, Mnd J together with a summary of the more let up. strongly urge upon you as recommenda important faets presented, and suggested (3) That the provisions relating to tions for your consideration, recommcndalions, that I am acting In the labor in the shipbuilding industry code (1) That your Department urge and public intercst with an eye solely to the were len beneficial to labor than the try to arrange fOr a revision of the code performance of my duty and with no Davia-Bacon Law or the Public Works satisfactory to labo r bdore recelvmg desire to appear to be in~rfering in mat Administration regulations, nnd that the bids on or Ictting the August 15th con· ters concerning whieh the Navy Depart. 7.t'N1f! rRt(!~ tor labor dn not Rpply t.herein. tracts, mrnt has original and ult.imatp. Jllrill· (4) That there haa been b.i1ure to (2) That in such revision the Navy diction. make satisfactory progress on the con Department insist uJlon the inclu8ion of Trusting that you may be able to give struction of naval veasels, which haa re a provision IICtting forth the power and this matter your immediate nttenUon, 110 Bulted in the Cailure to I!.mpJoy the num authority of tho Industrial Relations that the conditions complained of here ber of worken estimated with resultant Board already created by the code (but inabove indic:ated may be rectified before injury to labor. This is due, it was testi not now functioning) with a budget ap· the letting of the August 16th contracts, fied, to failure to provide engineering proved by the Administrator, providing a nd with kindest personal regards, plans and deaigna for conatruction; fur for financlng by the Code Authority of Smeerely yours, ther, that no satisfadory progress has the acti\'itiea of this board. (Signed) DAVID J. W.U.sIf, been made, and thousands of men have (3) That if the above notion be impos· Chairman. been left out of employment both in pri· sible or (or any £'CalIOn not feasible, then vate and in navy yards on this new ship the Navy Departnlent with the co-opera· construction program unlil the private tion of the Public Works Administration DlAMOND-SHAPED BtnTONS yards submit plana to the Navy Depart ought to promulgate rule8 and regula. wear in your coat lapel, ment, and the Navy Department ap· tions by whic:h wages and working condi. the emhlem And in· proves these plans. lions may be maintained at prevailing of lhe I. B, E. W. (6) That the naval progress sheets in scales and high standards and incorllo. hoed and hand. $2 50 dicate that the 8hipbuilding program is rate the same into the contracts. somely enameled....- • considerably behind schedule on all 20 ship contracts heretofore awarded. (6) That in the existing contracts the rules and rcgulations of the Public Works Administration are conditionally appli· PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES Appll""U"" 1I1""k• . per 1110 __ _ •• _ ...... 100 ..... 1... , ru""'eh. 11,,,, .. ,11 ,, .. '"b. 111.00 cable, but that there is 1\ special ruling by Ar."" ••• Oflld.. 1 l'I ... lo:-e ot...... 100 _._ ."... Leol"e •• It~ .. t ... • 00'-" 110' 100 .___ 1..110 the Public Works Administrator to the ' ~ """ .... I I_I<, T.e","~r ·. ___•• _ •• __ .... , ...... 1., Md• •. P'" 100______I.n rfTl'f't, thl\t thfl IIhiphnilrling rontrada l boll". u .. ~ ... , ..... h _. .... 1.. 1",1•• I· ...... 1(1). _____ ----_. ___ ... lI .. tl<.. , ,,, M. O. ( II,~.I" .. ,,) 1.'0 I .....lOlld~, * _ I_ ...... ___1&" _ _'"r___ I,,, ...... ___ " ·Id,, *___ ... "".. ... shall follow the code and not Bulletin 61 lIalion. 8. O. (0 ..... 11 ) . _ .... ""11 ...... It. o. _. __ . _~ •. Ollll •• U .... C1or LOCAL UNION OFFICIAL RECEIPTS FROM JULY 11 TO a AUGUST 10, 1934 9 L. !\'UoIlIlI:lUI U, L. U, !Ii'M"I:Il" :"i', Mu~llIl L. e, ;\'n""EHII ,. :"\1 MilE"" 31; _____ , <111 _____ 41 7:IIlZ IIL ____ ", IHG I IH8~ 417476 ~1I:!1I11 ,''''' " (\''l07~7 :118 ___ ~.o _____ !!:!2:!38 lIL_ _ .:!3!i:!OI :!J:i:!O:=.. 2~7r,18 111030 11(1 ____ 3 18 _____ U:=:=171) ML ____ 271 131 271200 116 _____ ~GII IO bGlUr; 17H32 1l!!~:=OO lj l _____ 2 I /126:i 37:!~ 1 872lj ~ 10117111 3111 _____ 9111100 1 ril ___00031'2 1 16 _____ t;tltlIHI!: 86ilbtl:! 3!!1 _____ 1134 122 1131133 88H 7S 322 __ ri2 ____ 29M40 2953S3 117 ____ 238;:;27 23&SOS 0006:';9 _ 2:\1;:;1'>9 :::;U~1I3 -'" tn.~S2~ !'i2 _____ 2962:il 208406 t:.'O ____SI(lI!'i:i 3 19110 3110933 3:::L ____ 1l:i~~1 62 _____ S4~.20 ~ 3-1r;734 121 _____ :!4:i331 :1::3 III:!:! 11128 lj2 ____ 34 L. :-; ~ I ... I ". .., ... Nt'MI.£II.& IA t.:. .'lMII.l:1III I ... U. (.. t· \'loIBI:UM 124 _____ 212,41 212&01 ~)!I' ____ 2(17i51 lltloo'8 t 22&330 ~'i;;,!;" I\.t--I:I'I161. 1ti", 7{):: :!:; 1731 :IIWO:;:: , :! I ___ .1I:!.,.'lIl 1I:!~II"i i/;I':! _____1I53(106 O.:l311.:1a 00-17.;214. 2;;0. aIri. 7:!~ ____ 1It10W:; IIt/IOOi IO:!L ____ ;tr.ll~ 243192 ;9923 au4. ~~:!. 2:;6:; ~ ;-;. o:r01I'3 36\1120 i:''IL 622U:I" 6:.1::636 Hl21 ____ UQ038 IS:;o,.)5 {)9:\. 3::1310. ::~ .. ::tH u:m ..., 731 .OJ.... 2'" 1/3:W:.u 102.,. __ 6~0:.!.t7 6I1--HI>;II, 732 ____ .112:) •• 36 1I:::;O!03 !II!l2 _____ 032,1I.:1 64(j;;~'1 2:\4020 0:;3:;07 D32~dt 77-2GGf".GII. 61!)~Sg 012110 73<1_____ ~::~6.. ~2~6i 10:11; _____ 1:;722:; 83---GH'''11 ':'0.00. ' ~ HO . MH(j9 t:;":.tlli ,3"_____ 81::::32 3723~O 10:16 _____ 23I1ill1l 73;; _____ 61;3115 1l63H!! ~O;23 318-310 H:!O::;S 111.1'-___ 2t:'~ 1 2Ho."'i 91_231-11 0,2n, .. \. 1r,7:100 8~::;009 7311 ____ .1H1720 1 1l6'l21.1;; 1il37 _____ 1 ::!l~5 1041 _____ 608000 98--3"'S47.311H9tl. "G5!«'l:\ 932630 743_____ 1S114 1560 r,0"/j~:1 Wi-8Il8HI. 301:13":; 93OG3:! 7U____ .60U1:.1 14!)'j)~ IM6 _____ 2(142 1 1 i!iO----S;;40'S3."" 194734 1GO ____ • 213110, 21"'1~'\i 9SHOI J{1~7. ____ 196112 111083 1 6+--:!iHItI~ 12111M 941.71> 2728C 162 _____ 1!-tI'<101 1hlS,11:1 1(101 _____ 941864 94(1OOf1 763 _____ 11:.1. 166 115112111 !.I418S1 Orlel ... I, 732169 I OO3 _____ 53:!13.1 1132 11'18 1111-18,41. 1 87~:j. 225164 2S~ 7 UO 76~ ____ 2~'1"3 22776:1 1000 _____ 6411-131 (H!H:U G5:!622. OliOH :!2!l220 700 _____ Il(ll2:!O 001231 1101 _____ 1140000 170_____ 811135 (81636) !HOO17 184-957C; 9, 682. 795411 IHlll . ___ 2~1051 2410:;2 1!l6-34738. 841111. .U "'r,I\OO .. 95tH2'l' tOrlr!lIal) 110.:1 _____ 002157 00211111 11l3--i30066·0i3 . 11V_____ 31U~ijij 37~ij38 Il1M81 921843 II OB _____ 81832 SI SiO ltl4-J736l)6. 772 _____ 702~ij3 702464 2072:119 1';84130 1 1 ~ 1 _____ 1l_I1l859 011)860 193- 1678/10. 312117 713 ____ 1101601 1I010~6 86890:1 1111:1 _____ 6'17635 6H6:>7 ~OS-8$-14:;9 . 94U02 2S9:18 1 174 ____ . 77718 777~O IIH_____ 8 14911 8HilO 213--471I:i. 890410 17~ _____ U2G021 1I25U73 IIH _____ 80<10 948080 711"-____ 4611001 4811010 81171 7 214-317000. 8110748 11t7 _____ 2~2601 2!j211011 .'."2&-(12,,27. 20UOI 904700 78~ _____ U:l62~6 03~100 1147 _____ 0 .. 4071 6260~ 9HtOO :!3s-3i-WS'. 7S7 _____ 621000 11 1'; 1 _____ ~!l 1I 80 925287 1I11:;3lt 2~.:i--383310. 31l! al.t~. 00"""2:1G2&1 240012 787 ____. 064::UI IHH208 111';1 _____ 0:1711411"1 2811UO 71l2 . ____ IlIIl:lbO 11111811:\ 6.:1 700~ 411 1. ~Ill . 95S546 IIM _____ ~6:;0 46;-;1 2C~263G25. 6~1I. 7114 _____ a1lO~7 3b648 01>8100 800HO II t 711~ _____ l~ I)O~O 11 01\:111:12 flII3fW 8 269--8H7S·8H 8<1. "'OOS 212894 11:16 _____ 32008 278--28828. 211832 70~ _____ 17:11103 32140 894824 11l'>.:IN 292- I S200H)\):5. 4t3~6 8· 87H37'''''''''' lAA496 7I1L ____ 43.. "32 -UUIl7 396535 708 _____ 11;;:10;;:: lllSS l : LABOR IS NO OUTSIDER AT TVA believe that all dlft'erences ('an be ration ('ontlnued from l,a jl'1" 3';0) ally approachl!d and justly solved. In THIS BUTTON IN YOUR LAPEL the TVA we do not have conRicUng inter proudl,. announcetl n' t' m l ~ t l bll' 10 (or worken. Dirrerences of opinion nre ests and a divillion of spoils to be fouJ(ht lbe I. II . lIl. W. A bandlorne hI! or Jewel,!. tn Il'old aDd inevitablo among thinking men, but in ena.ne. Solld 1I'01d, Iwan $I 50 (or. but rather a ('ommon pur pose and a Ilae. • this project it il entirely reRsonable to common good to be achieved." =::: ==-,: :: ".... , Bo"" all, bo"t! lYe an eertoill/" luli1tfJ knd hn'. a fJood pieelt 01 "obnrution" A 'IltW cO'lllriblitor, "rid we lhirlk It. krlo"",, good lhi. "","th o. w" .ort CHI.r til. material Irom "ltoth.r Local No.3 Brotilltr. iii. 11'116. lor lhi. eolwm1t. IV" MV' r'tlfral protl\i.i1tfJ new eontribwto" and manll good Itori .. of Abbreviation Bull ade uf p I' lI ln In t he Neck t~. IItlllUino and om.a:infJ Ihing, that happen I went down t(l the shan of the tea, The ehpp who tnlkealoud in movie ahow -on eveTi' ;ob. And we eertllilll"lIn pleated Where dimpled damselB, fair alld .lIm, Is fint of my pet hatel to tnke tbe TIlp. at th. prompl ruponn from Olt" of O\l.r radio Giggle merrily with gayety 'n' glee, And next the ladl who won't pay what they Brother. to 1M! IiItl. lIint dropped 1".1 w. Exblbltlng a &,raceful swim. .W< moltllll To me who lent them mOlley. What a lap. • And I .... rutini~ed with critical eyes And tbere'l the friend who ~rcelll you with Here. II cO\l.p1", of true .torlu of the Job. The abbreviated apparel on display:· II. .Iap that happened in St. 1.0\1.11. Neptuna'a dau(thters. in disgui.e, On sunburned back. that leavu you With the true Iplrit of NRAl Boy, Page II1r. Web.ter paralyzed. AB!: CLICK, And lleWlpaperl, th,t at the New Deal yap A tlnner .nd hb helper were workIng on L . U. No.3. Give me a p.ln, dlltlnctly locall1ed. the cellini of II local theater. Doth we,.., on The guy next d(l(lr who bloop" his radio the 1C'./!'oldlng while a rehean.l was in -"I'll fortunatv, indeed, thllt my wirl' can't On Sunda}'R when I like to take a nap. progress down on the Itage. read Englbhl Tinner: Bay. the acoultic. of thl' theater The ~oof who drivel on nirrow to.d, 10 • • slow- . re lure fine. Uelper: Aw, gwan! What do you mun Altd "Duk•. " ".1' nr, 'ON'" Iki. arri",d 10<; Around his bean a wrench I'd like to wrap. 101. lor lo'l "'0711". 07ld "op. BroLher Moi· The smothered hook Ihat lllnds my drive in .cou~tlCI , trap. Tinner: Say, don't you know .... hlt leOUI' berg", ia ~lIjo"i7lg t"~ I~it. 01 vido .... wit" tic. mean,? I", rut 01 t.oeal No. ~'5. The IO·ounce Iteln with collar oversized. Helper; Sure, them'l the sUckt you use to And Blicky kids th.t climb Into my lap 1'0 Our Vice I'ru ld t' nt. Geor ge Mllibe rgcr, (;ive me " Ilain. difttlnetiy !ocalit~d. knQ('k the baU •• round down at the pool hill. of L. U. No. 2'-5 • • • En'·... ) Some l'llno Mover! On June the fiut at the br~ak of dllwn Yonra WIl8 onlO of the happy lot. And r consider it a great mishap Way ba~k In "2.1" in the blllmy dOl'I o( But as time ehllngcd dawn to afternoon To hear "The ~'Iylnlt Trapeze" vocllli!ed. brood~uting, the telephone company WIIS You were on II apolle$' hospital cot. And nit the radio HIIOnPtft on the m"!) maklnl' a pickup for one of the 51. toui! Give me II pain. di~tinctl)' loclllized. slAtloll. tr(lm one or Ihe 10clil theat"r,. The Just one .mull moment ehnnged all thi, Ice n~ "SI.I:I:f'Y 8T1>I'I:." plano wu t(l(l loud, $0 the operator dropped From one of merriment to , ... rrow. L. U. No. O. the level by addillK the equlvlliellt of an For one may Imlle and laugh todllY . • • • II mile line lou to the drcult. In bt, report Yet hll triend. be Bad tomorrow. J> rovld.mce I~ a Virtue foll(lwlng the broadcast, he wrote: This i. a true story, and the incident hap· "The mu~ic wa~ t(l(l loud 80 I moved the But fate played a hand in your ~aM', "Red," I,iano ba~k II milesl" A rood min will never stay dowll. ~::~:~:~ ~:~~: ••. malt lown of Three Rivers, W. F. LUOCAn:, It was a blow to your frienda liS lhe neWI was Cbalrman, Radio Dlvlaion, I.. U. No. 1. _pread. A telephone I'.n~. working for the Manl. Your frlf'nds, "Red." fr... m all aver lown. tobll government telephone, were under can· • • • vas d\l.ring the fall of 1921. A Scotchmnn, U~ofk.~ Arllold F071 ia Olll 01 tM mott pro· :'lIn. Malber,er. I know, was not JlI'I'I)ared right from the old country, whom we natut· ficient ..arll·rp;IlIl"~' G~ow"d 11Ii. colwlltll, Gild For th. blow that news had <;,auaed. lilly called "ScOtty". was alwaYI bumming /l.en·, Gnotller proal 01 it: AI your car pulled into the driveway. tobacco, eirArettf'l, And pvcn chewing to· And the driver (not you) then plused. baeeo. His penlltency kept him welt ll,lp_ "he TimId Sou l plied at all t imu, until the boys thought it Urother Jellybean hn, henrd thai In New Then houn or luspense. buth at J,honf' Ind 'Ill", time to eall a .howdo"'·n. One of the York IIny traffle cop who aervu leu than live ward, man taekled "Scotty" lind aaked him why . ummonses a day is presumed 10 be neglect Then tidings lh!t you would lurvlve, he was always bumming tobacco and never Ing hI. duty. while those who hand out the Brought bsck again thollC smiles at yore, bougbt his own Imokel. Perfectly n(lncha most ticket. get the new m(ltorc),clu when· Unch,mged now thlt you sre IIlive. lant. he replied: ever motorcycles are available. "Why, man. dlnnll ),e ken 1 am trying to ~avl' up II good Rinke for the winterr?" HllVlng to drive to the city about th~ end The Mr•. , too. has found herselt; of the .pell at weather we had la.t February She wean that smile al of old. W. II. LtWI9, (remember?), he brushed up on the traffic And whistles and sini/:' at her w(lrk once L. U. No. 723, Fort Wayne. regulallolll (obtainable lit any police station more, • • • free of ~hArge) put chailla on all four tires As my "ilitilit your home hAve told. Inc... mplete I'rett'ned lind drove into the city and down ,"'ourlh Ave· nue .nently chanting. "Who'. atrald of the The weekI at your bed.ide had told on her. Recently, down on Fulton Strett. I bum big bad cop, the big bed cop, lhe big bad cop 1" ner own pBin l were hidden while It your 8tepp~d up to me and uked me for the price Stopping at 2iHh Street tor the red light in side: of a cup of rolFC('. lie didn't look as it coffee perfect order, u he thought. and pond"ring But now thlt you liTe home with hn. "Rl'd". wu his favorite drink, 110 1 c.lled bi, blu/!' how be.t to get to headquarters, olle blQ('k 'Til hl,tory now, lbo!e houra thallhe eried. and walked him down In tront at II rutaurant ellit on a west·bound street, he luddenly window whieh bore thl, li~n; caught the eye of the poker-laced cop, who Thou burna we thought would cripple you "Complete FI,h DInner. 25 Centli." lurveyed him critically, walked over to him, Are healing up just line, "No money," 1 uld. " But I'll take you In and tllrned hll back. And before m,ny days arc Il.'one we hop. there and b\l.Y you a dinner." When tbl IIgbt changed to gretn, the "op You'll be with u. on th. line. He looked at the algn In disgust. whl.tled, , ignaled to everyone aile to 1'0 "Pardner," he ... Id. "I nllver cO\l.ld eat a ahead, lind turning aglln to tbe .hlverlng The vacanl chair at tbe meetin!: b.1I complete fish. The hud, an' tails alwa)" IIrotber. he •• ked, "What do thf'Y ~h.rge yO\l. Nee.b you It much .. we. bothered me. JUlt I'lmme a dIme and call It ror them .kid·chllin. for a Jo'ord 1" The condlt!on, for which you foul'ht 110 hard aquare." AIII'IOUI Io'ox. Are now In pllrt a rcality. M. J. BuTLEIt, L. U. No.3. T ilE "DUKE·' or TOL"oo. L. U. No. S, T IS JUST AS HARD TO ACHIEVE I HARMONIOUS AND CO-OPERATIVE ACTION AMONG HUMAN BEINGS AS IT IS TO CONQUER THE FORCES OF NATURE. ONLY THROUGH THE SUB MERGING OF INDIVIDUAL DESIRES INTO UNSELFISH AND PRACTICAL CO OPERATION CAN CIVILIZATION GROW. - FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, President of the United States.