Cedar Rapids Tribune (Newspaper) - August 14, 1947, Cedar Rapids, Iowa of tko Co Jar of Labor A NEWSPAPER WITHOUT A MUZZLE Vol CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA THURSDAY AUGUST 14 1047 No 44 Ball Hartley Summon NLRB Men to Concert To Be Given by land at Bever The American Federation of 137 in cooperation with he city parks department will a free concert Sunday at 3 n Bever park The concert band under the of Roy T Swab will a varied program consisting of overtures marches and novelty lumbers Assisting Mr Schwab as director will lie Frank 1 rector of the Eagles band He also the first chair position In the section of the N Tlie Spanish March March Liberty Light Cavalry Von March Joyce's N Y Li Sorella Rhapsody Cypress Silhouette Washington Grays Trombone Blues O vc i lure Poet and Von Suppe Uic Double Ohio Division Smith Pleads Body on Liability Two Date Factor in AFL Parley Change Meeting Will Be Aug 26 Officials of Machinists local 831 announced Wednesday that a meeting between the organization committee and all garage mechanics in Cedar Rapids will be in the Machinists hall at the Temple 00 First avenue NEj nt 7 p.m Aug 26 the organization committee already has held one meeting with the mechanics Every mechanic in the city is invited to the Aug 28 meeting Members of local 631 are urged to get behind the organization Truman Attacks Secret x Meeting Washington Lawyers Iowa Traffic Law Goes Into Effect On Oct Session Is Only Two Weeks Before Primary Vote WASHINGTON D C of a secret meeting to which members of tlie expanded were summoned by Senator Joseph H Ball R Minn and Rep Fred A Hartley R N iJ to receive guidance In setting rules for their organization to light last week Board Members James J Reynolds and John N Houston went to the office building on Monday July 28 along with general counsel N Denham Sitting with Ball and Hartley was Gerard D former NLRB member and of the slave labor act Ball's 10 Questions When the meeting began Bali had a list of 10 typed questions on administration and practice facing the hoard The list had been prepared within the NLRB and leaked to j After this private session had been under way for some lime Sen Claude Pepper D Ha entered the room and declared yas by the Iowa department of safety that Sheriff Jim Smith Cedar Rapids has been appointed hairman of the safely education committee for Linn The committee will wide meeting at which the provisions of tbe new loiva safely responsibility law will be outlined Two Meetings A speaking lenm from the state safety department will be in Cedar Rapids Aug 18 at the Roosevelt hotel to the committee Two meetings will be held for aw enforcement agents and the other for representatives of all civic and social groups the county The safety responsibility act newest motor vehicle law takes effect Oct 1 It may take a direct or Indirect effect on every or owner of a motor vehicle in the state according to Smith Law The purpose of meeting ts to Inform public and officials in advance of the operation of the law which requires evidence of reason behind the Iowa Slate Federation ot Labor's decision to lold its annual convention In May rather in August is the fact hat tlie May date the second of that month is only twa weeks head of the primary With the Federation pledged to the punitive laws passed by Iowa general as and the national congress he delegates felt no stone should be eft unturned In their efforts to get out the labor vote In A resolution also was passe at the convention last week suggesting that both tbe primary and general election days bo set aside as holidays so that atl members of labor can vote factor In changing the convention date of was the teat Cedar Rapids reported that It was so hot in hat nobody gnt The only contest for office in the State Federation WAS in the fifth 1 strict where TTR DCS James Sou tier DCS Group Joins Building hades Council At the meeting of the State Trades council in ast week the body voted to affiliate the Missouri Valley pnt Trades and Labor council John Evans business agent for the Jedar Rapids Building Trades reported Thn Volley with headquarters in Omaha covers 0 states South and North Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Kansas Missouri Mon tana Wyoming and Chuckle Over Snipe Hunting New Post Created In spite of the hot weather there is still some humorous activity to report The latest concerns Mrs amaTcmcnt at the responsibility In the event Lewis Burlington polled they meant with a board appointed by the President and asked Low they had power to tell an executive agency what fo do during the hearing on his before Uio committee liad said It would be a rare to confer with the Joint labor-management committee of congress Truman Denounced Affair Although Pepper did not himsel inform tlie White House President Truman learned of the private meeting arid on July 31 when he called in J Copeland Gray and Abe to receive interim appointments as general counsel and NLRB members respectively loudly denounced the affair Truman spoke directly to and raid you owe only to the executive If you are work for me yon have pot to ihai responsibility You don't owe It to the Joint committee The revelation of the meeting 150 years of practice and the constitutional of functions into the legislative executive and Judicial departments amazed capital lawyers Federated Press learned that one executive promised a- better job was called In by Reynolds this unusual conference and told you can't have the Job Reilly doesn't want you Work Jeopardized linger the law the NLRB ts em powered and directed to fix Its rules and as n quasi- Judicial agency does its own administrative job But with Reilly who represents industrial corporations and has a distinct bias vetoing appointees and joining Ball and Hartley In firing NLRB rules and procedure the work is seriously Jeopardized Labor lawyers declared that v with this background tbe new rales will be subject to sharp attack on the theory that were under guidance of an arm of government barred from so doing by the Constitution Itself Among the Issues on which the three NLRB men sought advice was whether the board should take over building and construction industry cases Ball declared positively that the NLRB should take them Union Raids point was whether a union being subjected to a raid by another union could get on a representation ballot as an Ball replied In the negative FP was told unless that union files all the necessary including finances dues and the various other most of the larger organizations are Ignoring Af another point Ball advised that if an employer files for an NLRB election and the union the NLRB will In effect Rire the employer a certificate felling him he does not have lo with the onion 1 This apparently Is In the hope that It will force American labor U ideal with the the other evening when thn subject of snipe hunting came up Alter being told by their husbands that snipe meat was very choice they wanted to see if they could catch some so tlie husbands very willingly supplied the girls with the proper sacks and sticks and took the girls snipe hunting Still at I some time later after the husbands returned to the park the women could still be heard In the far distance beating on the ground with the to get the attention of the birds Aiter quite a lapse of time the women came walking back to the park both very much scared and without any of the said birds Mrs Hattle GItt 55 of 417 B avenue NW early this week In a Cedar Rapids following a Mrs GItt was the wife of the iate Clarence GItt of the Cedar Rapids fire t Mrs GUt was also past president of the Indies auxiliary of the T A P F Her death will be mourned by her many friends and associates Mueller Baek Earl Mueller who n few weeks ago was la up with an Injured back ts now back to work but aUU is not tack to normal as far as doing heavy work Is concerned A new rank of lieutenant Is created for firemen by the city council This will be he next rank below that of a captain with a salary of A similar rack ma maintained In the early days of the department Trat was rater dropped Most ot the fellows welcome another in salary on the Job Full details have not been released as yet con cem ing the new The newest of the single men on Job to become captivated U 1 nave been will soon be taking on more responsibilities as a result of a recent Jewelry store purchase Congratulations property damage amounting to more than Smith said Other members of the Linn county committee D D Bureau Jam Cohen American Legion on rivers und dams lie Missouri valley The body was organized about a year m three mouths the next stated fcr Sept 5 in Minneapolis Ernie St Germain of Cedar chairman of the Iowa State Trades council will represent the Elate body at that meeting The state council also approved a resolution requesting that largest number of votes for the executive board and was named vice-president of the state body He succeeds Floyd T Smith Sioux who retained his j position on the board however Other officers reelected were Jack Aplen Meeting of Machi Report of Something Burning Interrupts Social Highlights Show Is Feature of Final Nights at Fair The fair which has been attendance records all week at Downs has only two more days to run closing Saturday Includes biff cnr automobile races in the afternoon and a horse show at night Midgets Saturday Saturday's attractions are midget car racing In the afternoon with the second performance of the horse show at night Campbell fair manager is convinced that many people are going to be sorry they missed the I a folks figure a horse stow Isn't fo Campbell admitted the trouble of U is never seen a really good one like ire have aul here Campbell explained that the snow will be a colorful affair with horses valued at thousands of dollars competing They'll be buggies as much and wearing harness worth he to emphasize lib point that the show would be colorful Collins TS White with Speedways which handles the car race program said both CoHins and Deb Snyder would be on the track Danny Kladis will race in th midget event Saturday but Hobel Cedar Rapirts has been push Ing Kladis all year and might edg him out Saturday Campbell point ed P K Ray Allen Iowa director of the National Automobile Dealers association Glen Fletcher of the Iowa Automobile association and John Kadlec president of the Cedar Rapids Automobile operators and owners of motor vehicles will net be under the ot the law until Involved in an accident Iowa Safety Alfred W says the penalties under the law arc drastic enough that every should take warning and see that he Is In a favorable position if he does become involved in an accident Kanl says It Is hoped that more careful driving nnd fewer accidents will he result Commissioner Kohl tlint tlie law requires a report to be nude 24 hours when an accident Involves death or property damage of or more and that failure to report such accident may result In suspension of driving privileges All drivers or owners of motor vehicles involved In an accident must prove to the department of public safety within 60 days after nn accident that they ore financially able to pay for the damages and injuries caused as provided under the aw During the period after the accident operator or owner can teep his driver's license and registration if he does any one of the 1 proper proof of an liability policy that will adequately cover the accident 2 Post a proper bond cf a company or by two private sureties In an amount that will adequately cover the accident 3 Place with tbe department ol To Page there is a fire here or nil bat it not hurt to send 2 couple of your men over to make a check In a matter of seconds the corner siren was going full blast augmented by sirens on flee rigs rame dashing up First street It was a general alarm with all available Tigs converging on the Temple found an overheated motor in the Standard Tice store on tbe first floor of the building The reliability of their noses confirmed the Machinists returned to enjoy the social hour Hut now they're musing about the possibility of Standard lire store lo meet the cost of the hour They figure this The regular meeting was over and we would have been gone True the fire didn't prove too serious but that's because we smell ed something It could have been But regardless who meets the cost the en committee of local 831 Cs tin lit her social tour for the Sept 3 Gordon Beck Council Bluffs board member and George Des Moines and Wade Reynolds Ottumwa auditors The de legates also passed endorsing the bond drives and supporting Community Chest and Foreign campaigns the state A resolution every executive board member to visit all in bis district at least once a jear also was passed The state highway maintenance employes submitted ft resolution seeking support for their wage raise request Tlie resolution was passed whan the learned present rate is 71 cents an hour and tbe are working hours at straight time Compensation Report Trie on com- submitted a report shoeing that payments are too small in view of the increased cost of living A resolution also was passed requesting tlie Stale Federation to do everything possible to place a member of organized labor on the committee Is now being set up to revise the state building codes It was pointed out that several contractors have been named to the committee but as yet no from labor uas toeu appointed 5 Principal speakers at tlon were Samuel FOT tional representative of the ing Pressmen Irvin national representative of the of Teachers Mr Lund director of social ad- ministration and John Federation legal adviser e Connolly Speaks 1 Cedar Rapids delegates address cne of the most outstanding of tlie convention In all B Be members of 631 had last week In the first place was a because the entertainment committee sponsored a social IOUT following the business session the social hour a cf he fellows wandered into the office I smell one of them remarked They looked around and found to confirm the however A few moments later someone else said fBy there is burning J Call Department A further search failed la er anything but the lads decided a telephone call to the might not be out of place One of them telephoned the ng We Reiterates Strong Federation Stand on Law SACRAMENTO Sec George Meany de c vigorously that labor is no going back to the conditions existed prior to 1933 despite the law and the vicious intentions of all its proponents In fine out of congress In an address before trie convention of the California State Federation of labor Meany said the American Federation of Labor Intends to continue to maintain iU organization as an effective in of the nation's workers In tight for a better While iDdieatint a desire to bargain In good faith with any employer Meany warned the reactionary business He To those employers feel the law Is lo enable them to dictate at wi the terms anil conditions of employ ment without regard lo the welfar and of their employes w if you want industrial war fore we accept the challenge Still On The API leader reiterated th position taken by the To Page Car Holds Up for Vacation Trip was the report at the Machinists office Wednesday They were referring to G K Jaunt into the West with his automobile a venture the success of which had some doubts Understand he got clear to the Yellowstone and back with only two one Machinist remarked I also had lo push the car the last five miles Into Cedar Rapids Enjoy Annual Stag at Park Approximately 100 painters members of local 441 enjoyed tlie organization's annual stag last Saturday at the Z O B J park Proof of the enjoyment Is found In the fact that the men consumed 40 pounds of beef two hams 20 loaves of bread and large-sized portions of beans and potato salad Out-of-town contractors and local paint stores made contributions to help make the picnic a meeting of cal auxiliary will be held day Aug 20 nt 8 o'clock at hall 833 First avenue HE be Mrs George Klumpar on Mrs Alv n Wins Election At Plant Machinists local 831 won an NLRB ejection at the Manufacturing company last week making the eighteenth Cedar Rapids plant in which IAM is bargaining agent Negotiations on a working agreement ot arc now under 4 Nuthin Bat that the labor vote must turn for election From Throughput World Gather for MRA Picking up the report from Joh T Wurster cooperative observe for the U S department of com merce this week Is like pick Ing up the well-known hot potato You begin to perspire just took ng at that report Nothing but t string of under the column Some can be found Ir the minimum section where lovely readings aa 66 62 and C7 at recorded But groan with us again over th Reading from Aug 6 12 this is what it 93 W 92 92 M and But Just think another few week and your neighbor will be saying Hey come over and giv me a hand my radiator's frozen and snow Is my driveway Anybody want to borrow report to show his neighbor abou that Wednesday's high mark wag 9 degree and the low was 74 A traa of precipitation was Wednesday night and the tempera i ture Thursday morning was Jaws can be removed the r statale books Is by labor lug itself on election Connolly asserted Burlington was selected as the next convention city Declare Th at Moral Is I fa the model everyone fs talking about bat no one flu built Here Is produced most needed export to the of teamwork Material aid to a morally nnd spiritually bankrupt continent Is not Morris Here and In Europe Moral Is supplying the spirit and strategy necessary to implement the Plan Ts Answer Caux Is the answer to he said referring to the World Assembly for MRA now hi progress at Caux Switzerland must be the answer to materialism that says dollars can do It America must create for the world the moral equivalent of the bomb The state of Michigan can become the arsenal of democracy in the war of as she was in the war of arms Principal speakers at the William P Wood of Richmond Va president of one of the largest seed companies on this continent and William O Wake Canadian farmer who left after hfs speech for Europe where he will represent agriculture at the Caux assembly Wood firm has supplied millions of pounds of Held to Europe since day for of the ravaged nations said Seed is essential to a nation's economic recovery but It Is not as Important as the seed of a new spirit Is planting the idea of an Inspired democracy In the minds of millions I wish It could be sown in every nation to produce a harvest of mutual trust co-operation It Is late In the summer to plant We must move cr reap another kind of Wake told of how MRA had swered farm strikes In western and Inspired the farm movement of Hogs for weapon in the war of he said It will set neighbor agains neighbor and nation against nation or it can forge lasting links o caring and We must an swer the hunger for bread but we must also answer he hunger for to mate democracy work Spokesmen for management am labor both AFL and CTO told o the results of MRA In bringing teamwork in Industry Five Years Old the first MRA training center held at the Island House five years ago at the invitation of the state of Michigan these sessions have been attended each summer by some 2.000 representatives from every of this country and Canada The first European delegates who were sent by their governments to Mackinac after the end of war arc now conducting the second post-war assembly In Johnson Dies From Heat Stroke Raymond O Johnson 34 member of Machinists local 831 at Eddy Paper company died of a heat stroke last week He was a veteran of World war n served In England arid France services were Saturday and burial was In linwood cemetery Daley Now Has A Baby Brother Mich More 600 delegates from 30 states eight provinces of Canada and 5 foreign countries took part In the opening sessions of the Korth American Assembly Moral Rearmament here The feathering continue through September aha other delegations are expected In the next few days from China Burma India and Switzerland This Is not n conference -but a working demonstration with a mission to give an Ideology through this state to the nation and the said Morris Jr of Washington D C in a keynote Li an and demonstrated expression of the Inspired democracy every baby was th chant of three-year-old Stephen Daley last And he was absolutely right Mr and Mrs Eugene Daley are tho par ents of a son Michael John bom a St Luke's hospital last Friday Daley is financial secretary of Ma local YORK FP coast longshoremen opened their demands for a 25 cents hourly pay raise and other improvements when the al Association started negotiations vith the New York Shipping Association here IN HOSPITAL Howard Madden employed a 1 Iowa Steel and Iron Works is a pa at Mercy hospital He is 1 member of Machinists local Freight during the half of totaled cars the highest since
