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Miners and Smelter Workers’ UnionIn Movement Against Ore Tariff CutTony McTeer, district No. 4 executive board member of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workere, returned yester* day from an executive board meeting at Denver, Colo., called primarily for the purpose of considering the effect of the tariff reductions. ron zinc and lead upon industry inthis district by reason of the recent reciprocal trade agreement.Ho said the International Unionprotests the reductions because ofthe extremely detrimental effect upon employes engaged in the mining and smelting of lead and zincnot only in this district but throughout the United States/*McTeer issued the following statement: \Steps have been taken by the International U n I o n nationally through its own organization and locals throughput the nation, in conjunction with the C. L O., to organize a protest on a national basis against the tariff reductions. Early this week a committee of the International Union called upon the state department in Washington to present data and statistics upon the effect of these reductions upon employes engaged in the lead and zinc industry and to make protest Other steps are being planned in conformity with this program.Meetings will be held in all of the locals of the International Union to organize protest on the part of employes in this district and to co-operate with other-Our skinfrequently reflects how we feel. In busi-ness and. social contacts we like our friends to tell us how well we look*The laity now recognizes—as physicians and scientists have for years—the vital importance of rich, red blood, as the foundation of strength, energy, and a dear healthy skin.for that tired -let-down feelingIt Is well known how worry, overwork and undue strain take their toll of the precious red cells of the blood.S.S.S. Tonic brings you new strength arid vitality by restoring your blood to a healthy state, and its benefits are cumulative and enduring in the absenceagencies in the district to use the influence of the International Union In this district and nationally in protest to those reductions.In conformity with this program of protest, Sylvan Bruner of Pittsburg and Louis N. Wolf of Joplin, attorneys for the International Union, will be in Washington next week, at my request, in connection with this matter/*Richer Local Protests.The following resolutions wereadopted by Tri-State Miners Union No. * 15, the Picher local of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, protesting the reduction In the zinc tariff:To the honorable president of the United States, tp the secretary of state In Washington, to the United States senators and representatives of Oklahoma:Whereas, the American organized labor, although it believesin freedom* progress, and in cooperating with the workers of the rest of the world, It refuses to en-courage' the Importation Into the United States the prdqets of low paid and oppressed workers from other lands, andWhereas, by permitting the increased importation of products manufactured in other lands by oppressed workers, who are underpaid, while American workers are without jobs, looking to the government for help and to the different institutions for charity, we do not only discourage our own brothers but also encourage to perpetuate the despotically and criminal systems of dictatorships, andWhereas, the daily dumpingupon our shores of foreign products constitutes a menace to the American standard of living and to our labor organizations, and•Whereas, the lowering of the tariff on foreign manufactured products means less work for American labor, less business for the American market, more insecurity for our institutions, chaos and economic confusions for our people, andWhereas, the trade agreement negotiated with Canada and the United States, reducing the current duties on zinc, has seriously threatened the jobs of thousands of miners and smelter workers, andWhereas, zinc is one of the most important ejembnts in any scheme of national defense, and•Whereas, the imports of zinc (pigs, slabs, etc.) in 193T exceeded the exports by 39,149 tons, therefore be itResolved, that the Tri-State Miners Union No. 15 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter workers, in behalf of the American class, go on record opposring the reciprocal trade pacts signed by the state department, and be it furtherResolved, that a copy of the resolution be sent tp the press for publication. .TRI-STATE MINERS UNIONNO. 15,Hugh Arnold,Financial Secretary.**dot a dv mnicrrnn a c
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Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Fri, Dec 09, 1938
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