WEEKLY NEWS :.'-imit s.i CMJFIIRNIA STATEC FE:DERATION OF I 8 1 0 David Howes Building San Francisco 995 Market Street CeIfomI SUtter 1-2838 em *Mat31, 1957 MUENY ]-- COMMITTEE; NEW 1 101 SUM.29-30 (CFLNL) SAN FRANCISIR.~ 4fl-GcIO ft-esi4t George f*&ny expressed satisfaction wlth. torna neotations last Saturday following a d in San Francisco with a 20-member Joint mergergefite of the state Al and CIO organizations. A Joint statement issued by the committee thanked Meany for his interest in "our California merger progress'. The statement said that the AFL and-CIO committeemen-." particularly appreciated Meany's trip here "at a time when national affairs are requiring so much of his attention." C. J. Haggerty, secretary-treasurer of the California State Federation of Lbor, said the next meetings of the Joint coumittee would be held June 29-30 in San francisco. In a brief istat t to -the press following the merger session, Meany saldt, .:"I am here to meet with the state grpups and see if I can helps There are some problems, but w .i to be solving them. > As Meany emerged from the conference room in the Clift Hotel he was notified by newspapermen that Dave Beck had an- nounced he would not seek reelection as president of the' Teamsters International.. Meny made no co nt on Beck's decision.. *..* * California State Federation of Labor WIEEKLY NEWS LETTER, May 31, 1957 Page 2 * * ** * ** * * * * * * +**** * * ** ** * * *** ** * * * * * * PRESIDENT MEANY'S STATEMENT ON REMOVAL OF BECK * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* * Dave Beck, president of the Teamsters Internation- * * al, was last week removed from his posts as vice presi- * * dent of the AFL-CIO and member of the AFL-CIO Executive * * Council. President George Meany's statement on Beckfs * * removal follows: * ** * "The Executive Council finds that Vice President * * * * Beck has been guilty of gross misuse of union funds * ** * entrusted to his care. * * * * "Whether he has violated any laws, state or fed- * * * * eral, dealing with theft, misappropriation or embez- * ** * zlement, is not for us to consider or determine. * ** * t"There is not the faintest question in our minds, * * * * however, that he is completely guilty of violating the * * * * basic trade union law that union funds are a sacred * * * * trust, belonging to the members and to be protected * * * * and safeguarded for the interests of the members. * * * * "Whether Beck stole the funds or borrowed them, * * * * the record shows he took advantage of his position * ** * as a trade union official to use money belonging to * ** * dues-paying members for his own personal gain and * * profit. * ** * "A full record of these charges was presented * * * * to Vice President Beck prior to this hearing. Ie * * * * does not choose to answer. * * * * "On the basis of these facts and conclusions * * the Executive Council finds Dave Beck guilty as * * charged and removes him as a vice president of the * * * * AFL-CIO and as a member of the Executive Council. " * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* * * * * * * * ** *** * ******** * ****XX*+* * * ** ** ** * California State Federation of Labor WEEKLY NEWS LETTER, ma 31, 1957 KOHLER OPENS NEW ATTACK ON LABOR; UAW CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF PLUMBING CORPORATION (CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--The Kohler Plumbing Company last week issued a violent attack on organized labor in a pamphlet featuring an address by Herbert V. Kohler, corporation president. Published as part of the Kohler plan to destroy unionism at its Wisconsin plant, the pamphlet includes a preface by Charles B. Sligh, Jr. of the National Association of Manufacturers, which warns that America must choose between "two classes of citizens, the aver- age citizen and the labor boss." The Kohler address wias delivered in February of this year to the Economic Club of Detroit. Kohler drew applause from the busi- ness moguls when he not only refused to answer a UAW charge that the corporation had "purchased weapons to use on strikers," but added that "anybody who tries to invade our plant is looking for trouble."? The UAW has called upon all U. S. labor members to boycott Kohler Company plumbing products. The Kobler boycott was given a unanimous vote of approval at the 1956 convention of the California State Federation of Labor held in Long Beach. The boycott has de- veloped from a strike against the corporation called in April of 1954 when the corporation broke off relationship with the union. NEW FILM SHOWS ILGWU FIGHT AGAINST INDUSTRY CROOKS (CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--"The Garment Jungle", Columbia Pictures' new feature length motion picture dramatizing the fight of the Inter- national Ladies Garment Workers Union in battling crooked employers and racketeers in New York's clothing industry, has just been re- leased to motion picture houses throughout the nation. The ILGWU's official publication, JUSTICE, hails the production as a "film for all to see!" The ILGWU publication says the film is "an honest, exciting, realistic movie about unions, showing. the hero-- ismn of an TIT-ft-lt ovra i7"¢t' i1 t>1¢ figbt ,i.pr8s; (}(J i1tptiOn." California State Federation of Labor IWEEKLY NEWS LETTER,I May- -31, 1957 Page 4, STATE AFL "WE DON'T PATRONIZE" LIST The following is the official "We Don't Patronize list of the California State Federation of Labor as revised by the executive council at its quarterly meeting held in March, 1957: BAKERIES Helms Bakery Pomona Van de KampIs Holland Dutch Bakeries and all Lawry products Sanitary Laundry Sanitary Cleaners COSMETICS, ETC. RI versideye Andrew Jergens Products Riverside Laundry DAIRY PRODUCTS San Bernardino Cache Valley Dairymen's Associ- ation, Smithfield, Utah, "Rocky San Bernardino Laundry Mountain Dairy Products" Valley Towel and Linen Supply LAUNDRIES San Diego Southern Service Company, Ltd., Electric Laundry owning and operating the follow- Munger's Laundry ing: Nu-Way Laundry Peerless Laundry Anaheim Bay City Linen Supply Benbough and Duggan Anaheim Laundry Orange County Linen Supply San Pedro Colton Pacific Laundry Hub City Santa Ana Long Beach Santa Ana Laundry Crescent Cleaners Ideal Laundry Long Beach Laundry Wilmington Pacific Cleaners Long Beach Linen Supply Marine Laundry Los Angeles LUMBER AND LUMBER PRODUCTS Blue Seal Laundry Blue Seal Linen Supply Alpine Lumber Company Blue Bird Laundry Dorris Lumber and Moulding Blue Bird Cleaners Company, Sacramento El Dorado County Forest Monrovia Products,, El Dorado Pres-to-Logs Distributors of Monrovia Laundry California, Sacramento Monrovia Cleaners E. F. Quiran and Sons, Blue Seal Linen Suppl y Porterville Rembac's Blockyard, Visalia Ontario State Box Company, S aorairento Ontario Laundry California State Federation of Labor WEEKLY NEWS LETTER, May --31-. 1957 P-a e 5. MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTORS PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS Davinroy News Company, Stockton Curtis Company, Philadelphia Nichols News Company, Modesto (includes Saturday Evening Post, Spangler's News Agency, Ladies' Home Journal, Country Sacramento Gentleman, and Holiday) MANUFACTURING RESTAULRANTS AND COFFEE SHOPS Glendale Sheet Metal and Lawry's Prime Rib Manufacturing Company, Glendale Stears Restaurant Richlor' s Cafe (The three restaurants listed NEWSPAPERS above are in the Los Angeles area) Los Angeles Times Country Maid, Sacramento Los Angeles Mirror-Daily News ROOFING COMPANIES PAINT Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Company, E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company San Leandro (Duco-Dulux enamels, paints, varnishes, lacquers, and marine fini she s) PLUMBING WARE The Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin SALINAS FIREMEN ORGANIZE (CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--City firemen in Salinas last week formed a union and applied for an official charter from the Inter- national Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO. Leland T. Condon, president of the new union, said the or- ganization has the usual no-strike restriction which applies to workers in most public safety positions. Condon said the purpose of the union is to present a united front in dealings with the city government on wages, working con- ditions and employment benefits, * * * )'R-113-3-PLFL-CIO(31).