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30 Thousand A.F.ofL. Members Depend On The Dallas Craftsman for Labor News
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Meany-Reuther Start Merger Ball Rolling
Director for Texas - ■ - Cites “Piglift” As Fine Project
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A possible meeting between the fed-
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“Commgnder" Pugmire who headed
at Mr. Lange, then just entering his
Dispatch; Sam Romer, labor reporter,
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SALVATION ARMY LEADERS RENEW FRIENDSHIP
WITH MR. AND MRS. FRED LANGE OF COMMUNITY CHEST
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Iron Workers Local
Union No. 481
By L. E. DILLEY
heard about NLRB, WSB, OPS, and the T-H law.
to him.
PAINTERS No. 53
P. O. (HAPPY) MARR
THE DALLAS CRAFTSMAN
Co-operation Between the Employer and Employee for Their Mutual Benefit and Proyreas and Development of Pollen
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Salvation Army and Community Chest leaders renew a friendship that dates back almost twenty years,
when Commissioner and Mrs. Ernest L Pugmire, left, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Lange visit together at
the recent annual meeting of the Dallas Salvation Army, a Community Chest agency. Commissioner Pug-
mire is not national commander of the Salvation Arm y and Mr. Lange is vice-president and executive di-
rector of the Dallas Community Chests but twenty years ago it was ____* “ -
up the Salvation Army’s southern territory, during the seven years that Mr. Lange,
lifework of public service, was public relations secretary for the Salvation Army in Texas.
DALLAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1953
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Thinkers Council
To Hear Curtis 0. Meade
Curtis A. Meade, secretary-treasurer
of Biscuit, Cracker and Candy Local
No. 324, will address the "Thinkers
Council,” Sunday, February 8, at 2:30
p. m., in Central Jury Room.
The "Thinkers Council” is under, the
direction of E. M. Edwards, president.
An ordained Baptist minister for the
past 12 years, Mr. Meade’s subject- .
will be, "Bible Teaches Union Labor.”
His topic will include the Old Testa-
ment from Genesis to Revelations,
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“Fishing Fever”
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The Labor Department has ordered
a new minimum wage of 75 cents an
hour for sugar manufacturing em-
ployes in Puerto Rico.
The 20-cent increase is effective
March 2.
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Presidents George Meany of the AFL, left, and Walter Reuther of the CIO got together at the lunch-
eon table to discuss a date for the resumption of labor unity negotiations. They agreed to try to get
the meetings started late in February.
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to an offer that will settle this prob-
lem.
We are well aware of the difficulties
placed upon the traveling public dur-
ing the strike. The members and of-
ficers of the local are most willing
for our labor troubles to end, if man-
agement will only meet us half way.
C. W. Thompson and the union local
officers, M. F. Rushing, president and
C. W. Hunter, secretary and business
representative of the local, will take
place later this week.
Mr. John Connally, international
vice president of the Amalgamated
Street Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employes of America, is also in
McAllen with president Rushing, keep-
ing an eye on the situation. McAllen
as most of you know, is located in the
heart of the Rio Grande valley.
He's sore as hell because his union has to operate under wage stabilization
which, he suspects, is a device invented by his union to keep him from
getting his increase. It also makes him mad when the union has to spend
money for legal, statistical and other expenses, connected with trying to
get his case approved by the WSB. But he’s 30 days delinquent in his dues.
He yells and screams for the union to do something about high prices,
rent controls, knuckle-headed congressmen and a dumb traffic cop who
gave him a ticket. Uh, huh. You guessed it. He ain't even a registered
voter!
What can you do about a guy like that? Cuss him or pray for him?
Who knows? But it does seem that those who ask their union to do more
and more for them are the ones who usually give their union less and less.
And the member who does the least for his union often turns out to be the
member who needs it the most.—The Oregon Teamster.
One in Every Union
We hat e lifted the following editorial bodily from the "Oregon Teamster"
because it is downright true, so straight to the point, and so well stated
that no one can possibly miss the point. Yes, there is one in every union.
Do you know him?
There's a certain kind of "union member” that most of us know about.
We'll describe a few things about him just to see if he doesn't sound like
someone you know.
He thinks that the few dollars he spends in dues each month entitle him
to the full-time, personal services of a union representative. He wants
action from his union—more, better, faster, oftener than anybody else.
But don’t ever make the mistake of suggesting that maybe his dues ought
to be raised so he can get it. Brother, that’s murder!
It doesn't matter to him that the contract under which he works was
hammered out only after long, burdensome, exhausting and complicated
negotiations and represents the very finest possible. To him it stinks.
Or, of he thinks it's pretty good, it should have been better. Never did get
time to attend the meeting, though, when his union was drafting contract
proposals.
He wao>< te konw how come the union can't get him a nensien plonie
triple pay for holidays and a 36-hour week starting day after tomorrow.
The fault, he’s convinced, is the union's. "Them guys ain’t on the ball,"
There’s a young man in the post
office annex, a member of the National
Federation of Post Office Clerks Local
union No. 732, who has the eye of an
eagle. Handing him a $1 bill in pay-
ment of some postage, he reminded
me that I almost won a hundred dol-
lars. It seems there is a local radio
program doing a retake on the num-
bers racket. If the last three digits on
your one dollar bills agree with the
station's number for the day, you win.
He spotted my bill and reminded me
that I almost won. Guess he didn't
know folks in the newspaper business
or their advertising agencies are dis-
qualified from accepting "gifts or
gratitudes.”
Speaking of the various and sundry
numbers games. It is incredible how
they get on the air with it.
Charles Hunter of the Motor Coach
Employes thinks January should be
designated by someone in authority
as PAPER MONTH. Most of January
is consumed with the "paper work”
in connection with the various forms,
making anti-communistic affidavits,
financial statements and fulfilling all
the other requirements that are part
of the headaches of the Taft-Hartley
Act.
The incredible Mr. Taft and the new
Secretary of Labor were seen shaking
hands in last week’s issue of The
Dallas Craftsman. Could it be a truce
has been called long enough to keep
the potographer happy?
Last week on my two trips to Fort
Worth, I noticed all the steel is up on
the new General Motors assembly
plant. And this is only the beginning.
Couldn’t see the progress at Midway,
since my mind was a little too occu-
pied with the Love Field and Red
Bird Airports at Dallas.
Most of the gossip for the column
this week, died on the vine.
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eral mediation and conciliation officer, extreme restlessness in the patient,
especially if this day should fall dur-
W. J. (Bill) Harris, president of the
State Federation of Labor will attend
the valley meeting of the organization,
Saturday and Sunday, February 7
and 8.
He leaves February 9, by plane, for
Los Angeles, for the American Fed-
eration of Musicians’ meeting. This
is one of his assignments following
the New York meeting of the mu-
sicians. Mr. Harris will conclude the
amalgamation of the white musicians
and the colored musicians into one
group. Previously, these two groups,
representing several thousand mem-
bers belonging to the American Fed-
eration of Labor, had voted last De-
cember, by a large majority, to come
under one local.
Mr. Harris expects to be in Los
Angeles several days, returning to
Dallas in time to attend the State
he growls. "They don't know how to get things done.”
tinuing wage controls for six months, muffin pans. Line each muffin cup
' with a paper cup; fill with gelatine
mixture. One trip to your gas re-
frigerator slides all six in to chill.
Federation of Labor meeting in Austin, Minneapolis Tribute; Edward Shaefer,
Texas, February 18.
The time for paying poll tax has
now passed, and the number who did
pay their poll tax was somewhat dis-
appointing.
The number who are out because of
the flu or colds has decreased to
some extent, but even so there are
still. large numbers suffering from
one or the other ailments.
Mrs. Mary Moore, mother of our
member, Bro. Roy Jones, passed away
last Friday. Funeral services were
held at the Worth Street Baptist
Church Saturday afternoon, with in-
terment in Enuxiand Cemecer y —
Bro. O. E. Wood was in the hospital
at Waxahachie for an appendectomy.
We are informed that he was under
surgery Jan 24.
Bro. I. M. v Blakely, a member of
the Executive Board of our Local,
has one or more broken ribs due to a
fall on the ice during our cold spell
of some weeks ago.
Bro. W. W. Jenks, who was injured
several months ago in a fall and was
pretty badly broken up, is still con-
fined to his home and not recovering
as rapidly as it was hoped he would.
Won’t some of you brothers go out
to see him. He lives at 3307 Merri-
field.
We see by the papers that city
politics are beginning to "boil” and it
■ seems that there may be quite an In-
, tensive campaign waged between now
and election day in April.
All of Labor in Dallas are very
happy about the results of the Love
' Field Bond election.
Business for the members of Local
' 53 is slowly picking un and with
Motor Coach Employes
Local Union No. 1142
By CHARLES HUNTER
The regular meetings were held in
Amarillo, Wichita Falls and Fort
Worth this past week. Attendance was
good in all points except Fort Worth,
where we are sorry to say, it was very
disappointing. The large division
points over the system unfortunate
distinction of having less attendance
than some of the small division points.
■ Word reaches us that the Edinburg
and Alice Chambers of Commerce have
filed a petition to the governor and
railroad commission about the bus
service being suspended in their area.
We are hoping that this will help
some in bringing management around
Last week the readers of
Craftsman were promised a tip
"fish fever." Since fishing is my fa-
vorite hobby, let me share with you
a quotation from-The Fisherman, by
John T. Bickmore.
A woman is explaining to a neighbor
what is wrong with her husband, with'
the rejoinder that fish fever is incur-
able.
The two women get into a cozy con-
versation about their husbands.
Now just what is fish fever?
Fish fever is a sort of chronic in-
fectious disease, utterly incurable,
that is characterized by a progressive-
ly severe course, and by periods of
remission, with violently explosive
exacerbations that are apt to occur
at certain times of the year. Such
times generally are the spring and
the fall. The midwinter lulls are
often accompanied by depression and
melancholia. A bright warm, sunny
day in early spring can bring about
The Dallas Craft man la the Official Newepapor of the DaUae Control Labor Council and le^abecribed for by H and Ita Affiliated UMone in a Body and le Fighting for the Righte of Organized Labor
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Walter Parr Heads CROP As Regional
More Americans held jobs last year
than ever before, the Census Bureau
reported. The monthly average of
working civilians was 61.3 million,
the bureau said, with 97.3 percent of
the labor force gainfully employed.
ing favorable signs of the Zodiak.
(Just what these signs are, no one
has ever clearly ascertained.) Ap-
parently the moon is important, too.
During a typical period of restless-
ness, the patient is apt to leave his
home abruptly, after loading his car
with all sorts of fantastic gear such
as fishing poles, pails, cans of worms,
nets, rubber boots, sacks oof mouldy
dough, and even utterly ridiculous
items such as chicken entrails and
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Minneapolis. — The University of
Minnesota through its Industrial Re-
lations Center and the Center for Con-
tinuous Study will conduct the 5th
annual Industrial Relations Center
Labor Conference Feb. 4 and 5.
Cooperating are the Minneapolis
Central Labor Union, Minnesota State
Federation of Labor, the St. Paul
Trades and Labor Assembly, and other
organizations.
Among the speakers will be Gordon
H. Cole, director of public relations
for the Machinists; James P. Walsh,
assistant seeretary. Union Label
Trades Department; Earl Almquist,
labor reporter, St. Paul Pioneer Press-
favorable weather, our business
should be good.
According to the ground hog we are
in for some more winter weather.
Bro. G. N. McFarland has been down
with the flu for two weeks, but is
up and around.
There are others of our members,
whom I’m sure, have been ill with
colds and flu but we have no knowl-
edge of them. So, here is hoping
that if you have been ill you are now
recovered, and if you haven't been ill,
here is hoping you won’t be.
The Women’s Auxiliary to Stereo-
typers Local No. 87, entertained their
husbands at a buffet supper, Sunday,
Feb. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. Kagamaster,
1217 No. Tyler, were host and hostess
to the members of the Auxiliary and
their husbands.
Due to illness of-the entertainment
chairman, Mrs. Eloise Bratcher, and
most of her committee, the supper
was planned and arranged by Mrs.
Blanche G. Wilson, president.
The table was beautifully planned
and decorated. Tall pink tapers in
star crystal holders flanked the cen-
ter piece of pink rose buds and green-
ery. on snowy white linen.
The supper followed the regular
monthly business meeting of the Wo-
men’s Auxiliary which is held the first
Sunday in each month, at the Jeffer-
son Hotel.
A breakfast is being planned some-
time in April to be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Wilson, 6211
Hollis. The breakfast is to be a fund-
raising affair for the benefit of the
Costello Home Fund.
The law expires in three months. I
Bro. R. M. Gamble, former financial
secretary-treasurer of Local 163,
Houston, Texas, formally took the
office of vice president of the Eleventh
District on the 2nd of February. Vice
President Gamble is a man of proven
ability and it is manifested in the fine
organization which is in Houston. He
is a Texan through and through. We
congratulate him and wish him the
same success in future undertakings
as he has experienced in the past.
Appeasement may not always be the
best policy. It was not with Hitler,
Mussilini, nor is it with Stalin. Even
with individuals there is sometimes
no end to the things which they will
demand once this policy is in effect
Nevertheless, it behooves us to try to
live with all men in peace, if possible.
It must stop sometime though. When
concession after concession has been
made and these have failed, then per-
haps it is time to realize that further
concessions and courtesy will not
solve the problem. This then leaves
only one course open, that is, if they
will not be our friends, then let them
be our enemies and treat them as
such.
BRIEFS: Edward Gregory is doing
well following his operation in Bay-
lor hospital.
Our sympathy is extended to the
family of Mansel and Gladys Evans
in their hour of bereavment. Maj
the Lord bless and comfort their
hearts.
husband’s side of the story follows:
“Since my wife recognizes my dis-
ease as incurable, she once thought
of institutionalization. The superin-
tendent of the State Institution de-
murred on my case, however, because
of the contagion involved; he was
afraid that the rest of his male pa-
tients would all want to go fishing.
One result has been a constant
scheming by the family to keep me
diverted from all thought of fish and
and fishing. For instance, an early
move was to get rid of the aquarium
in the living room. On the first of
each month, when the bills and sport-
ing magazines arrive in the mail, I
must rush .home, actually, from work
—not for the bills, of course, but to
rescue the sporting journals before
my wife burns them.”
Later on this month the Mrs. will
accompany me on a fishing trip. Will
give you the low-down on the outcome.
Today we had our first goose egg
The geese are beginning to lay and
Mrs. Miller sure is proud of her flock.
This morning I was asked a very
pertinent question. How about it, Sid,
is it true the ground hog stories you
hear? Well, we raised ground hogs
once upon, a time and watched ’em
real close. You know folks, some-"
times the ground hogs fail to read
signs too! According to the little
creatures we should be having a right
smart hit of winter. This year, let’3
hope predict what the ground-hog
reports form smoggy Los Angeles.
AUSTIN—(TLPA)—The affiliation
drive of the Texas State Federation of
Labor was moving into high gear this
week. --
To date, the Federation has received
22 new affiliations since the last con-
vention. and Secretary Paul C. Sparks
is confident that the goal of 100 will
be reached before the El Paso con-
vention in June.
The affiliation campaign is being
carried on by members of the TSFL
executive board, local TSFL vice
presidents and by the Federation of-
fice through direct mail to unaffiliated
locals.
Five affiliations were completed
during January. They were:
Gas Workers 24865, Galveston, J. E.
Rogers, president.
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers 407,
Austin, Russell Lemaire, president.
Texas State Building Trades Coun-
cil, Harry Johnson, San Antonio, sec-
retary;
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers 140,
Dallas, G. A. Hawkins, president;
. International Molders and Foundry
Workers 429, Lufkin, Roy V. Chappell,
president
Earlier affiliations this fiscal year
included: Roofers Local, Waco;
United Garment Workers Local 298,
El Paso; Office Employes Interntion-
al Union .Local 298, Austin; Amarillo
Fire Fighters Ladies Auxiliary; Paint-
ers Local 358, Kingsville; Plumbers
Ladies Auxiliary 72, Amarillo; Stage
Employes Ladies Auxiliary 1, Ama-
rillo; Typographical Ladies Auxiliary
79, Amarillo; City Workers 484, Beau-
mont; Operating Engineers 351 Ladies X
Auxiliary, Borger; Government Em-
ployes 1175, Dallas; Bakery and Con-
fectionery Workers 356, El Paso; Re-
tail Clerks 663, El Paso; Grain Mil-
lers 45, Fort Worth; Office Employes
271, Fort Worth, and Sheet Metal
Workers 479. Lubbock.
leeches. Nothing can deter him—he
leaves, come hell, high water, or furl- NA 27 Emarainar Fah
ous chastisement from his wife. The Hvi Of EIIEI IdileM lUUi l
The Christian Relief Overseas Pro-
gram was organized in Chicago, Illi-
nois, in 1947, with John Mtezler as
National CROP Director.
The purpose of CROP is to secure
commodities, such as wheat, milo,
rice, medical supplies, clothing, and
other necessities for shipment to war
devastated areas of Korea, India,
Southeast Asia, the Holy Land, Aus-
tria, Germany, Italy, Greece and Yugo-
slavia.
CROP headquarters has been re-
located in Elkhardt, Indiana, at 117
W. Lexington.
Through the churches, civic groups
and other public spirited organiza-
tions, CROP is sponsored for the bene-
fit of suffering humanity in all needy
areas of the world.
On January 16, 1953, a shipload of
medical supplies, farming tools, soap,
vitamins for undernourished children
and adults, was dedicated and sent to
Korea, on the S. S. Norman Lykes,
consigned to Colonel Whang-Chong-
Yul, director of the Salvation Army
headquarters at Seoul, Korea.
Included in this shipment was 200
pounds ot candy given by the Houston
Salvation Army, together with a check
for $100 to be used for rice for the
hungry refugees at Seoul. The ship
also contained books and toys and
canned goods.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Roby, Texas, donated the vitamins and
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Orange, Texas, sent powdered milk.
In addition to the above, 9 cars of
rice were donated from the Gulf Coast
section, 150 bales of cotton from the
Lubbock section, 400 bags of flour
from the Panhandle section of Texas,
and one carload of wheat (equivalent
to 700 bags of flour.) Free freight
for the wheat was donated by a rail-
road company from Amarillo to the
port of embarkation.
Walter O. Parr is regional director,
for the state of Texas, for the Chris-
tian Rural Overseas Relief Program,
Box 8007, Fort Worth, Texas.
Last fall, through the efforts of
CROP and the Interfaith Committee,
200 pigs were loaded into a weary,
overburdened C-47 at Lubbock, Texas,
and delivered safely to San Salvador,
Central America.
Piglift suffered the usual last min-
ute preparations, by threatening to
remain permanently grounded. At the
dedication ceremonies the three GI’s
operating a cargo freight service to
Central America, were forced to re-
build their engine before the pig could
take to the air. Mr. Parr, personally
accompanied the flying pigs, helping
to build the pens and load the precious
cargo. Crouching in the tail of the
ship, he flew with the pigs to their
destination.
Piglift proved to be a mission of
mercy. Such was the royal welcome
from the San Salvador citizens.
The pigs, high-grade Berkshire, Du-
roc, Poland and Hampshire stock,
were distributed for rehabilitating
native stock.
Mr. Parr, an active minister of the
gospel; serving Collinsville, Texas, in
Grayson county, a distance of 140
miles every other Sunday, is a human-
itarian, indeed. Refusing a larger
ministry in a nearby church, Mr. Parr
serves this small community, who
otherwise would have no spiritual
guidance.
American Bridge Company has a
contract to erect three small bridges
between Wylie and Lavon. Two of
them are completed. The longest of
the three is a seven girder span
bridge.
This one is directly below the spill-
way of Lavon Dam. They use a
railroad crane capable of lifting one
hundred and fifty tons. After one
span is completed, the Iron Workers
pick up the cross ties and rails and
lay them in place. A crew of rail-
road section workers bolt down the
cross ties and align up the rails. It
will not take very long to complete
this job.
The Texcrete job on Chalk Hill
Road is completed and turned over to
the owners. This has been a good
job for a few members. This project
had one of the best superintendents
that we have ever worked for. Wilder
Construction Company of Fort Worth
had the contract.
The structural steel for the Veterans
Hospital is under way again. I hope
this job can be finished without
further interruptions because of a
shortage of steel.
D. O. Smith had only about one day
more work on the Hamptoon-Inwood
Road bridge to complete it when
Bro. Harlan Williams broke his arm.
Bro. Roy Ritchie is back in the
Veterans Hospital at Lisbon. I have
not had time to go to see him.
Two big jobs for Rockwall are to
start soon. Churchill and Barry have
a contract to erect the aluminum
plant. The total cost of this project
is supposed to be about seven and a
half million dollars.
As soon as plans are out, a con-
tract for the Dallas County Court
House and jail will be let. This is
a two million dollar job.
A ten story automatic automobile
parking building is supposed to be
built here in the near future. This is
a million dollar project.
A pumping station by the Trinity
river is to be built soon by the Army
engineers. The cost will be about
one hundred thousand dollars.
With the twenty-four million dollar
school building program to soon get
under way and the airfield, expansion
work, there should be no shortage of
building work in Dallas for the next
two years.
The Dallas Chamber of Commerce
in conjunction with the City of Pallas,
are constantly working toward build-
ing a bigger and better city. Or-
ganized labor is doing the very same
thing. Since the three .groups are
working together, and work and plan
to attain the same goal, there is no
reason that we three cannot get to-
gether, and work and plan to attain
the same goal.
There are thousands of union men
and women in the City of Dallas. We
all want to see the city grow. More
improvements that the city makes,,
the more desirable for people to live
here. The more the city grows the
more employment there will be for its
citizens.
I believe that the Chamber of Com-
merce and the city officials are be-
ginning to awaken to the fact that
they should work with organized
labor instead of against it. Organized
labor has never taken a backward
stand on civic improvements. To
prove this point, I would like to point
out that when the Dallas Building
Trades Council approves such projects
as streets and sewers, air strips and
paving, that they are aware of the
fact that this work is about one hun-
dred percent open shop. We approve
these projects because they are nec-
essary for a city to grow. When the
itv grows, organized labor grow?
with it. We should get together for
our mutual benefit.
The newspaper stories about wage
and price controls are a little mislead-
ing. One story is that the president
is going to instruct the Wage Stabili-
zation Board to issue an order con-
Our next meeting, Monday, February
9, will be Brotherhood Night and will
be followed with light refreshments.
Make your plans to be present and
enjoy this evening of fellowship.
Bro. Joe Verbert has been accepted
for admittance to our Home for Aged
Carnenters "at Lakeland, Fla., and
will leave some time next week. We
regret to have him leave Dallas, but
are happy to know that he will have
the advantage of a wonderful home.
We are proud through the efforts of
the membership and our general of-
ficers is one of the most modern and
best managed of any in the world.
Many of our members are on the
sick list and we are sorry that we are
not able to make a report on their con-
dition, but am glad to say, as far as
we know, we do not have any that is
in a serious condition at this time.
Considering the large number of them,
this is something for us to be very
thankful.
The business agents reported that
work let the past week was very good
and fewer men were around the of-
fice than the week before. Among
the new jobs reported were: Buckner
Orphans Home Building, to Beck Con
struction Co. Three jobs to Peterson
Const. Co. The two jobs at Chance-
Vought and one at the Ruberoid Plant
Alterations to the Interurban Build-
ing to Buckner and Pittman Co.; a
warehouse to Henger Const. Co. on
Singleton Boulevard and several resi-
dence jobs.
Bro. and Mrs. F. I. (Pat) Parkinson
are celebrating their Golden Wedding
Anniversary next Friday, February
6. The celebration will be held from
8 p. m. to 10 p. m. at the Bethany-
Christian Church, 6282 Oram Street.
All of their many friends are urged to
drop in and rejoice with them on this
happy occasion. Bro. Parkinson was
one of the members that was honored
at our 50-year Member Celebration,
held last May. Bro. Parkinson has
been a continuous member since Jan.
15, 1901, and has never been in arrears
with his dues. For many years, he
has held various offices in the local
union. Bro. Parkinson and Mrs.
Parkinson have been active in masonic
and Eastern Star work and their
friends are legiondary.
Remember the Brotherhood Meeting
next Monday night.
can not see how an order could ex-
tend the present formula on wages
beyond the expiration date of the law.
Another story is that the United
States Department of Labor is com-
ing out this month with the new cost
of living index. In a previous article,
this new type index was discussed.
We are not interested in what we
have paid for what’ we bought last
year. Most of us spent all we made
and are now Interested in how much
more we can make and how far we can
make it go.
Utilities and taxes have went sky
high. If we do not get a raise soon,
we will do well to pay, taxes, water,
gas, light, telephone bills and street
car and bus fare.
Oh well, if we lose our cars, we can
all buy a bicycle apiece. At least
that will expand the bicycle industry.
It might even help the parking situa-
tion. I would get a kick out of
watching the highland parkers riding
down town with a bicycle chauffer.
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