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I I v I r I IL I I L rl· I've 4 z/ Up4 OL. #HHUII WIfsHInGTOn, I. £. FEBRU#RY,1938 no. 2 Electricity- Carrier of light and power, devourer of time and space. bhearer of human speech over land and sea,. greatest servant of man. itsell unknown. -CHARLES W. ELIOT. Inscription at the Impressive Union Station Facing the Capitol, Washington, D. C. As our thoughts turn to this remarkable force-Electricity-we feel akin to the Electrical Workers, because the Union Cooperative Insurance Association has made particular study, has done research-has specialized in Group Life Insurance and Individual Life Insurance for those connected with the Electrical Industries. And this includes the Families of Electrical Workers. The insurance issued by the "Union Cooperative" is held by individuals in almost every state of the United States; also in Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, Panama, and Alaska. These folks represent many trades and businesses,. Life insurance is an institution of proven reliability, both in the darkness of depression and in the sunlight of prosperity. bewe canof service, please communicate0If with If we ca,, be of service, please communicate with . ·-eoolhev0. NI.BUGNtrident G. Mi. BuGNLAZE, President 1200 Fifteenth Street, N, W. Washington, D. C. An Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance Company Incorporated 1924 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE InTERnAlTIOn nAL ELECTRI[CAL WORKERS and OPERATORS Published Monthly--G. M. Bugniazet, Editor, 1200 Fifteenth St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Ibis Journal will not be held responsible The first of each month is the closing datr: foL siews expressed by correspondents. .all copy must be in our hands on or before, ExEtI IVTYE OFFICERS. INTERNATIONALI tlagazin Chut... EXECITIVE COXNCII hlLt-rhti aiiZ l 'res iCTitL I. W, ltsc¥, I20I 151h SI N W , Wmshimii~t. W, imhv always thought that about Ilee ii. I { A't{9! l yle,i.tieAl AveTr , Chicago.,W. Wrllftii Ill 11p there was something Intellrnatio nal Scretry, (l, M. 1i trieity thint ,,cited Ltu inmginas- 7 SZEI, SIitl5th ,st.,N. W rWnLr- 1517 Third Ave., New Yolku N Y. tions If men whii worked with k l V lt. 1 , Itra i/n]Tesrr W, A. t*l~ SpwOriTlIdIbirit Lt. Kt:rIr' it. Thi qtua.lity of iJmaination 617 .nllll ,h A:]xh Aye. *iML.%(r111oH lii Beacn St., Hyde Park. Mas., is sseniitil ilis, ni poetry, andi N Y. Ihrd D)[tlict M.. P;.(nmtN nllllny of oIIur .lel..n ,I f, VICE I'IPESIIDENIS 21504 Iaw an Fii..n..e Bldg., 42! >... li Al.., Pittburgh, Pah nIe break into verse Is tdlitillis lf 'hi. .. intnl] h . ir t iF:il:l riet Im Iourth District EiRIvmtl N\TITiAt;i,: J It 3 * Llldol, OIL, (:ail, 1717 G S , N W.. Washingtol, .C.1 Sentl,,d Tikiret ('n. KF"," Fiflth pihtLct 3,AiE F. (t·sfy 0 1hr- fi[,1 11% Ma~/1 I05 Mafiit Ave., St. Lou.. Mo. 'hii-rd Dlistrict flw. V.i KrIlOu Phue ,le appeals to hold go,,d 1215, lath Sti., N. Wil,Was.higinI, . I :xt1h Dis trict f C. GCAIs, I132 N. Boston St., Tulsa. Okl, also for Wives of electricians. Ipij.1lh Iistrt A1H;ti IFENNKrrC tLe, 211, 1 ltL,4l/ 't,11td v h.T , S4,vtl Bin triet C.F. OLIER We hailve publihed ood verse Fifth IDiintir . X. lklKtm 1 Maditison.St., l)enver Co, by Mrs. Cira Kellney, Mrs. R 16 North 211th St., ]lliilwgh.tmn Ala, I,:[nhl h Dliticlt J.I. MMrliIi E OI ,le1, Mitchtll. and now Inc, Sixth Distlict M . m, Ianaes St.. Lahr, Tenple, : Lank, Sl,1 rt Thiv., (hiciai , Itl. wVJni iiimg, (rn. (Cutlver (ri presses the SeYOJITIL h itt W ._ TINlCAM noo.d of ...illin s of. AIAerieans OPERATORIS' 36 nn witu St, FIort W r.th, Tx" TEIEI'PIIONE in regard to war in her prayer Eighth District II. W Inii. IDEPARTMENT for peace ppri[lg this ..ii th 1, I I. 'lt"Ivlr ('.lo. ourl11}frontispiece. NiInth District J. StqinT MiLn,}t 740 [aitIti Blidsg., So.n FIl . CIlif Boyiston Place. Boston, Mas. Ilt;itrr'a, '. J .; McCr"sn<, Sic 'eta ry MXA¥YiltlA lprenmr Arnade, SL Panih, 'hial 5 [{oytnion plate. Boston, .ln'. i*e rietiyid HniVy cougratu- lutory Plettersflotl re.lers fo our new cover. Our long-time riend, Shuppie, write,: "Con CBNTEfT S rtnl.ation.s on the D)eiebher ,,[,,I number ,r ur.hurila] , riot only Vlsrontirpi'e-Fronr lnesohxllltlhn (II War Deliver Ifs 'igr58 for its ebi.'rials hbt for its il- " hios Ilith Ar, *'lligh Bllilng Wage.? . 59 ttlligent and .p.ofounlid grasp of Will ige. Culs Spur Illuse (i rllrlt'riniuji 61 lhbor'is tulbhlun s as a wvhole, all WVhat's What· Who's Who J. Imsinjg 62 (h'l ntpd in ew ad artistic Americalns (L-oleraing in 1util din Ameriann . 61 jitehet.J' 61 MuniMfl ieil d s l I I ,r, Way. 41 L F T I' Flatly Turn. IRussl IlotI . t;5 ElehIctrial ,ommltl, Misl :IA,,. or how]F.,,. in hinmpiing the Mind of Johi I., ILeis 67 Tl (reat d;l.trui...urti Films. 65 ']'h ;titiele (itt [{edhux exeitcd Ill* ERalandt preservs' Industrial D)msocracy 70 n gre-al ktI of eotnnuent atilmong, p l i>st.i ...i I71 our niendBlwqs,. X e helrd from ala).R nht', Art %,orks: SIri k. Nil 72 Otur r'm;ldt rs frO)1m j oions as farl (id lIothI n Turnr.ILtract Ip-Elioquently· *73 as San, franisco alnd William ?i frien.net. Asks Question 74 apart Lal.rl i GreatL. Newis. sler in Itea(h In All. 75 New York, On()t iedarl declares: Elitorarls. i 76 It was with kei interest that Woman's Wi.n.rk ... 7S I readl Nyoi. litjely aritcle. If Wonllns Auxiliary ... I79 the lilrsil fliciency expert that I)isro're, in (ooklry, by Sally I.unn... stepped intO celystulce had been Cnrre;ponln ce .. SOso (a-op(raIlin. Manuagtu.er..... 98 chased uilt Ihe Atlantic, thoe, hI' M 4iniria u ..... 102 possiily olghtL ,(t halve been so 110 ...i'.h if II. dple'snion, Tflmnt'iI '2`1, -i r·nnIh1 n to'·I. b 7Al= iI 11 I W-"W ¥ n D 58 The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operatorry Febr*a*'y, 1938 Desolation ao WAR DELiVER US by INEZ CULVER CORBIN Dear God, we pray for peace time, Dear God, we play for peace time, Dear God, we pray for peace time The wholesome and the free, The neighborly, the wise- To blot out war's distress, For days of hope and progress To settle our dissensions To gild our paths with honor And deep security; And problems ihat arise And world-wide righteousness; For lads of every nation, Without the aid of armies, With faith that is enduring The eagerhearted-gay- The soldier's raucous call, That clings and loves and lifts- The kind of peace to dream for But heal our hurts with kindness For Brotherhood of mankind, To build-now-today! And charity for all! The greatest of Thy gifts! THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICALWORKERS &OPERAiORS Official Publication of Me Inlermaional Brotherhood oF lecrical Workers qEnted at x ashington D 2 a. tnd Clssreadling Matr Act~ lor t Ipeal c ol tstag pro- vided Cor ;n Srction II03, A~t ol(tQkkI[ i~ 191 aitkoriled 1uc h, 28 192Ž 6 ½I SINGLE COPIES. 20 CENTS $200 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXvII WASHINGTON. D. C., FEBRUARY, 1938 NO. 2 How High Are "High" Building Wages? tit-id to get the enploy(tr to do this and trical worker livinlg in lityc of 100,- John Electrician and his brother ftiled .. iserably. In th mreantibno it is J000. ELETi abot I ie a tpold, ,iec- his intention to stan.d by his hourly scale rind has two ehildlen. tie and his workers are supposed to form fay- is the only proteeti... hi has for his fellow building trad-sinen hav learneId ired group, but facts are industrial weekly ard annual il.cole. to take the changes in the .uiligcon- workers do better. The Burcau of Census listed annual struetion industry quie phi iosoph ically earnilgs of wage .lll.rs in 1935 in ciP- The seasonal lay-offs, the lad days, the talin industries as follows: waits between jobs, the.neessity of trav- tion irdustry with a asa. e, recalls that Aer~rn/egA... lps eling fro.i one end of the city to another. the organized building employers with the quick response to changes in busi- whom his unImion was dealing requested Industry per capita All manufacturing. U2. $1022 ness these ordinary conditions have been that his union take a 25 etnts an hour accepted by him as a natural part of his Automobile production 1,476 dicerease to get buildiig started in Ihis iron and steel (rolling milsi) 1,223 job environment. town,. The union d deciitut make the ex- Electrical machinery 1,102 WYhen he comes to add up the earnings, perinren t ind thet- was no noticeable in- Men's lothing 936 week by week andii year by year, he is erease in business and he and his family Rubber tires and tubes 1,370 just a little puzzled why he is considered had considerably less in their pay en- Dread and bakery products 1,138 an aristocrat of labor Ils earmings cer- velopes at the end of th- week. He is Petroleum refining 1,411 tainly do not show it. lie often eyes with perplexed by all these facts and he has Newspaper and periodical printing envy the brother worker in the factory recently written inl to the International and publishing 1,615 or at the public utility who goes on work- Office asking why, why, why and he is Me.at packing 1,170 ing evenif snow falls heavily or there is to be given soen of the following facts.