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State AFL Hits Beck, Backs Boeing Strikers According to the M arquis of Beck Rules $75 an Hour Paid to 150 Executives The Machinist this week presents the new Treasury Department list of business­ men who Ret paid more than $75,000 a year. This year’s list of blue-rib­ bon businessmen contains 826 names, 44 more than last year’s list. The Treasury usually publishes a supple­ mental list later in the year when final tax returns are in. Highest paid of all American businessmen was Charles I*. Skour- as, owner of a chain of motion picture houses. From his two firms, Mr. Skouras reported in sal­ ary, commissions and bonus, a total earnings of $888,300—$855.- 300 from National Theater Amuse­ ment Co.. and an additional $130,­ 000 from the Fox .West Coast Agency. The Skourss salary rep­ resented a $430,000 raise over his salary reported last year. Charles H. Strub. o f the Los Angeles Turf Club, who was high­ est paid last year with $314,412, has dropped into second place with a salary of $306,901. In third place is a newcomer, Harry W. Bracy of the Kroger Co., grocery store chain, with $380,733. Bracy wasn't in­ cluded on last year’s Treasury list. ® h r httttBi General Motors led the industrial PU BUSHED WEEKLY BY THE IATION OF MACHINISTS corporations in the number of blue- ribbon executives. Thirty-seven of that corporation’s top executives were paid $150,000 or better. Top VOLUME III WASHINGTON I, D. C. JULY 29, 1948 NO. 18 executive on the G.M. payroll is Charles E. Wilson, who received $337,193 for his services. Paramount pictures listed 37 per­ sons with salaries of $75,000 or bet­ ter, 13 of whom received $150,000 State AFL Hits Beck, or more. Twentieth Century Fox paid more than $75,000 to 52 of its personnel. Altogether there are 105 men on Backs Boeing Strikers the new list who were paid $150,0* . (Special to The Machinist) argument that the I.A.M. had failed to file a 60-day .strike notice and, or more. Their average take fig­ SEATTLE, WASH.— In an action unprecedented in labor hence, could be tricked out of bargaining rights. ures out at bs$cr than $75 an hour history in the Northwest, the Washington State Federation This action was taken despite the fact that Beck knew the Boeing —or $600 for In eight-hour day. negotiations pre-dated the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, and that of Labor has adopted a resolution condemning the action of not 60 days, but 12 months notice of termination had been given. The list, as released by the the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, an A. F. L. The I.A.M. action at Boeing has received the complete support of Treasury Department and re­ union, for attempting "to organize behind a picket line." most unions in the northwest, including a substantial majority of th‘e printed on pages 4 and 5 does not The resolution was aimed at the action of Dave Beck, North­ 46th annua] convention of the Washington State Federation of Labor purport to represent the total in­ west leader of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v.hich met this month at Bellingham, Wash. come for any of the businessmen The resolution censoring Beck’s action was offered from the floor of (A F L ), who ordered the Teamsters Union members to crash the convention by Ed Coester, Seattle port agent of the Sailors Union. listed. The aums shown represent the I.A.M. picket line around the Boeing plants at Seattle and It was adopted by a vote of 276 to 162. The resolution states: salary, commissions and bonuses sent organizers in to give scabs A F L membership cards. "W HEREAS, A strike exists at the plant of the Boeing Aircraft Co.; only. They do not include dividends At the same time, the State Federation convention deplored the and from stockholdings. Most top rank­ action of the Boeing company for using "every featu re of the Taft- “WHEREAS, Said Company has used every feature of the T a ft- ing business executives own n sub­ Hartley Act in an attempt to defeat the Machinists U n ion ." Hartley Act in an attempt to defeat the objectives o f this trade-union; stantial block of stock in their own Harold J. Gibson, president of I.A.M. Aeronautical D istrict 751, and and other corporations which, in ^aid in addition to aiding the company recruit scabs, Beck sent Team­ "WHEREAS, Papers, not only in the State of Washington, but in this year, has paid them handsome sters attorneys into Federal Court at Seattle to support the company’s other states have carried ads soliciting workers to come to Seattle and dividends in addition to their sal­ attempt to use the Taft-Hartley Act against the I.A.M. strikers. take jobs which are proferred by the company which constitutes the aries. commissions and bonuses. Beck’s attorneys filed a motion seeking to disqualify District 751 solicitation of strike-breakers; and The total incomes are not dis­ as bargaining agent under the language of the Management-Labor "W HEREAS, This action of the company points a warning finger to closed by the Treasury Department. Law. Beck’s attorneys charged that the I.A.M. violated the Taft- the rest of the Labor Movement as to what may be expected from power­ The law requires that the Treas­ Hartley Act because the District did not file a 60-day strike notice. ful corporations who will use this repressive national legislation to ury make public the names of all The facts, as outlined to The Machinist by Mr. Gibson, are these: defeat the purpose of organized labor; therefore, be it persons who receive from corpora­ • Employees of the Boeing company have received no wage increase "RESOLVED, That the Forty-Sixth Annual Convention o f the Wash­ tions more than $75,006 a year for since the fall of 1946. For 18 months, the I.A.M. sought peaceable ington State Federation of Labor in convention assembled at Belling, personal services. settlement of this dispute. The contract, which expired in April, 1947, ham, Washington, July 12, 1948, deplore this action on the part of the So far as we know, no other pub was continued an a day to day basis. Oar union offered to submit Boeing Aircraft Company, and be it further location has seen lit to publish thi.<- every issue to an arbitrator. This offer, the company refused. "RESOLVED, That the Washington State Federation of Labor re­ list, which I.A.M. members can e When finally on April 22, our members were forced to use their quest the Boeing Company Management to adjust these differences rend on pages 4 and 5 o f this issue economic strength and withhold their labor from Boeing, Dave Beck in the interest of Labor and Industrial harmony in the Great North­ first promised hia support. Certainly, maral support is the least the west; and be it still further members o f one nnion expeet of a brother union in a fight. “ RESOLVED, That by the adoption of this resolution, we serve a M achinist Subscription o Instead, Beck raised an entirely new question of jurisdiction, lie warning to all affiliated organizations as to what may be expected Now $2 for Non-Members advanced clnlms to membership that never had been raised during when the full impact of the Taft-Hartley Act is exercised against any the 18 months of negotiations. He sent scabs through I.A.M. picket organization by a powerful corporation. The subscription price or TIIK linen into the plant. He sent organisers through I.A.M. picket linen "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Forty-Sixth Annual Con­ M ACHINIST for non-members to present Teamsters membership cards to strike-breakers, vention of the Washington State Federations of Labor g o on record hn« been increased to $2 a year o In fact, Heck came to the aid ^ — — — _ to condemn any person, persons or by action of the I.A.M. Executive organizations that attempt to or­ Council. The price was increased of the company In this strike. ganize workers behind a picket to cover higher printing costs and Without his set ion, the company In This Issue line, who are on strike for wages, the constantly growing number would not have held out for three Price» Hit a Now High fi­ of readers outside the I.A.M. who months and this strike would have hours or working conditions, are subscribing lo TH E MA­ been nettled favorably weeks ago. Jobless Benefit» Foil Needy Familie* f i * "AND BE IT FINALLY RE­ CHINIST. Members o f the Ma­ Beck’s final effirt to break the Tho* * A u 9**rt Fur P­ SOLVED. That we reaffirm the po­ chinists Union pay for this paper Boeing strike was his resort to the Box Camera* Are Ju*t A » Good P­ sition of The American Federation as part of their regular dues. The of Labor, condemning all strike- égal, anti-union provisions of the Dish*» for Economy P* subscription price applies to non­ Taft-Hartley Act in which his at* u , « . , - ____ . bieaking tactics aimed at the de­ members only. torneya supported the company’s **"• *" Co""* ëné lné,an* P struction of Trade Unions. The M a c h in is t Is Read by Two Million in the United States• Canada, Newfoundland, Canal Zone, Alaska and Hawaii.
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