a I a ha TV I S A mu:I a rI . f LL'\'7!97,% %vu\ VOL. XLI WESHIUIGTOU, O. C. JUnE,1lB42 10.6 I 0/jic&1 t/4.& InTER DUIIOHAL ELECTRICAL WORKERS and OPERATORS PUBLISHED MONTHLY 1q.M. Aay 4.&~~ ddtg taoo 74/kndh St, v. qc, *uah~y~, .. e. Page Frontispiece-Al-e Unafraid 274 Manpower Triumphs in War of Machines 275 Meshing of Unions With U. S. Employment Service CHAT Broadening 277 One ehlth/iaŽlie Ieader of fth, JOUR- Labor Relations on TVA Project 278 History A,'Al.now glowingly ciaims 1,000,000 Moves on Winged Feet in War Time 281 Slattery Instructs readeis a month for our official publi All REA Managers on Labor - 282 Collective Bargaining Restored to AVA Bill cation. He arrives at this figure by - 283 maintaining Capital Demands Its "Living Wage" that every JOURNAL jS in War Time 284 read Simple Pleasures Invite War-Time Vacationists by at least five persons, includ- 285 ilar memebrs Open Shop Makes Worker Pay the Freight of the family, workers 286 on the job who nay News: Member Likes Business Agent not be mnembers, 287 resides ill libraries. Saws Sang, Hammers Rang, Ilickeys Gripped Pipe student, etc. In 288 view of the fact that the Brown and Masterton Address Letter to Nelson ciculation 289 of JoURNAL, Savage Lives Beside a Turbulent River the i, now about 220.000 a 290 month, he ,,ay not hb far wrongf. Greater Service .... 291 Editorials - 292 What Woman's Work 294 we know here in this office is that we ge Women's Auxiliary -- - 295 constantt remlnlders that Bread, Beauty the JOURNAL si the lifeblood of the or- and Brotherhood 296 Correspondence ganization. Perhaps not .- - 297 every men In Memoriam 311 her reads all of the JOURNAL every Death (Clains Paid 314 month, but he often finds it the oniy Cooperating Manufacturers 815 way to keep in touch with the impor- Local Union Official Receipts 322 tant business of a gieat union. * This Journal will not Ie held responsibre for views expressed by crrespondents. The first of each month is the closing date; all copy must be in ourha]ids on or befor,. This mth wehavehal had three lot- tels indicating Lhat lines of coniuni- EXECUTIVE OFFICERS cation are holding and that our International President, UWA... 4. BROWN, tenational Secretary. G. M.-T. BNAF. members a. e made aware of develop- 1200 l5th St.. N. W.. Washingtui, > (Ith 1200 St.N .. 1.Wngt on.D . ( nments only by leading the JOURNAL, I nternational Treaure. W. A. HOGAN, 647 One letter was from the Panama Cared, South Sixth A,,e.. Nit,eno n ' N.y . inc from the Pacific Coast. and one VICE PRESIDENTS INTERNATIONAL from New England. Ihp.otant ifor First District E. I NGES EXECUTIVE COUNCIL mnarton wa culled from the pages .f R. ]R. 3, Li..do., Ot., Canada C(HARLEs M. PAULSEN, ('htdanI... the JOURNAL,, and this prompted Scrond D[strict JO O I,. I/E{AN 4937 W. ( uyler Ae., Chieago, IlL the Rn,: 424, Pnrk Square Bldg.. Bston, M.as. mem.berst to write. making further First District I A.RIy VAN ARSALE, J[ Third l)iHrict WIAIAbi i) WALKitR 130I;. 25th St., New York, N Y iIquiries, asking for further servie 2225 Rfhaw St., Philadelphia. Pa. *ecodOl District F. L. K:ttry or further direetion. Fr .th Pistrkct ARTH[ BIN'ETT 95 ]etht> St-. N (Fe ParkH 1aT . Room 1517. N. Bt I( Bldg.. (leyeand, hhio rhird Ti.,trie, WI[,,A G0 *S aJti Fifth District . X. Brn,: 2104 5law & Finance Bldg.. Pithurghh Pa. It Ioldbe wen if every menbe 3101 WoodwarId Bld. , irmiiinghaha. Ala. Fourth Dstrid . FV E...L! R read all the JOURNAL, every moIth, es- Sixth Distrkit MNT-J- BO... Ž025 2nd St. N, E Wshingrton. I. CI 3920 Lake Shore pecilly in these times of tremendIOu Drive. Chitago. Ill Fifth District DaN MVANNiNG s Seventh Dist r ict W.L.LNGRAM J30 No. Wells St., Chicago, I/I flux and change. The International 3641 Laug'hton St., Fort Worth, -lexju Sixth District D- W, TRAC Office is force.f to des] daily in ques- Eighth District U T W. flELL Edfdytone Apartments, Washituon, I) C. Hox 471, Dener. (:,h, ionsnf change of pOr<)efiure. It is Sevcnth District I'tIJAaBl J. FnEN Ninth District J. SrOTT MIiNE 200(;uarero SO._ San Francisco(alir lot-eed to meet new corndition s. and 901 (tI etr Tower. San Fmair6it.. Calif thesechanges are reflected in the Enhigh Distret .1 I_ clriR Rfairouls J, J. l)I F 16, Jtames St.. Labor Fernple, JOURNAL, and our membership should 330 South Wells St.. Ruom 6(}1, C nlIhiag. Winnipegan., Canad a bO awar of h s that they ean cmnnuet themselves acordingly. 214 The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operalors MEN UNAFRAID THE JOURnAL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS nno OPERATORS OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WOR"R- lntl- I Wb11 .11l,&n.' I L111 , II~,AIIal l T~IJI,.,,t ~r4I~ prlhd1 iii~~~lA I u~~~~~, .192 VOL. XLI WASHINGTON, D. C.. JUNE. 1942 NO. 6 No. 6 2. To influffus employers so that they refrain PrtinIIraiding or piratlng the MANPOWER TRIUMPHS Wknlkigbforce o£f ioIlleting lmployers by paying a sligthly higher' wae, 3, To inlhlInee xirkers to, oupelate PlIperly with plhfli, e,,ltliypnent geen_ CIs and with thelil unioiIns so, that they in ak 4/M ach n " will not waste PIeioils tite see.kig johs with premium ages rather than peI form the Jilb ""Iet aeedldI ill the Vicinity where WO majov {:e:R, ill A,,,ela id hlstryu. they ire, havl! b,'ej ali'l',t'd durling th last Men, skilled men, 4. To ilurvase the mobility of :aber T year. b iopt labl.: now are rated as of more im- without sacrifice tl the human pIsoga- L. Machine.. are I) I...gErPill the as fivs of lhe worker such as losses in cenldalt. Skilld . .orkers 1i ill die. t... h.. portance than material. Nation wages, absence fr.n. his faniily, losseS in and are being rapidly trim]cd and re- is combed homes alrady partly paid fIo. trained. 10[ BIRl. ANI) R El)DOUBLE 2. I ,ne.l.plo nmet. of all ultjior k..nds efliciuncy This is indicated by the eria- has beenl,tiitailh(] ai.. Ilinust eliminated. At the ,egi....hig o[ 1912 there were then by extecutlve oider of1the War Aan - The 8000.000 huniulhiuyed as of the lits- rehabbly only about 5,000,000 p.isoi.s ower' CGI...ission under Paul V. Me- at "It bare Clow beilg t..Iiishtq...I 'I a l/IIIllIltI work in war illdustrlesw ith Nutt. As the War Production Board has about 2,000,- residue of ill-adjusteti meni. 000 iln the Army alId Navy. By next been to materia the Wur Manpower Jani- Tliititig ]ulrgyii lS e bsing rIIt into ana, that is JnInu;iry I, 1948. iV i hoped C(om.n ,is l, is to function for labor pratti ai inl lants . n I i all )Iojtj tts Il that the 5,000.000 ir spply. ]n one of his first utterances, wonkres will have order to keep I steady (ow of smilled ...en since he bocame chairmlan of the War helln increased to 11,500,010 antI that m1oving libt industry s..id il ..wa Iranks. the arnmed folrers "ill have .. ore than Manpowerp Cornmmission, MI, MeNtt The Army aitI Navy have XIt{ded train- doubled, that is, reach a figure f about rig progl'amlls Ulstl. ,4200.000. In 19418 there must be a new RIGHlT MAN TO RIGHT JOB 'alloliptirIl a-id "eIl alloCation Of wI..k- MANPOWER'S IMPORTANCEI: vrs so that by January I. 1941, war in- REV EALEI) "Properly matched men and jlbh and dlutris will }lave aboutI17,00,000 w.rk- th, IUtltt of Acrica's war production LrIh ...nId t e i. fOr.sItlaout 7,0110.000. Philosojphicially these falt ..p t to the biln 'ill be inc'eased mniny flid. A mis.- A .e. reser. voir. fomll) vhkih to draw elevation of nIan..ower.ve r naIuhilleS placed wo ker replesents a serious I ast,. these vast uggtcghIfs. I an[}OWCf iS and tIo the prqeiplaeilg of skilhld en.. A workeI who nUt travel from Job toI ('oiLstirled t(1 he wonellml for ee(¥1airn types in, the tota l ph)uil.... TOO freqt ntlly thl job epresents waste waste of his own of wink, a.I tile $ocatlled .i.i.]'ity Second World War has bee, ieferred to tine ill traveling waste of the time gioiiS..,such as Negt'los a..d eIl Irefugee as the war of mIahliits. This is. un- takeln to break In a flew worker ealh workeis, doubtedly trite. but machines areiai- dull heIeaves his piace. This sitution quite... turally h,, de- mate ohjects ca pa bgh .gf laetiriag on thi "If the man onl the farm can run a veloped certain eoniicts. Tle first Cl- war frontL Ioaly a little whil, if they are lathe. if he is a tool maker, a die cuttei fliet atlti Lh, oi e ilo, >t eas t soI ve is nt'1 i) oiel]y [laiiiluii uhttid ulld ....I,.ied. It a e;lrptriter, it is a waste if he stays ol tilt, flihlgtweL jet ithi atilie.d f£OleS appeals that tIhe L ti fact, of industry the farm. On. the other hand. America 111d ijidusti y, Ip II.I .ow the arlutll foIces has he.en. ohscured Iou lhng .