The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, October 25, 1963 Page: 1 of 4
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Sen. Yarborough Urges
Repeal of Poll Tax Law
Dallas AFL-CIO
Council Seeking
Natl Boat Races
Gov. Connally Appoints
Labor Member to Texas
Industrial Commission
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The Dallas AFL-CIO Council ap-
pointed a committee of three at
the regular meeting held Oct. 17 to
investigate the feasibility of get-
ting the National Championship
outboard motorboat races for the
Dallas area next Labor Day.
The committee, appointed by
President C. H. King, Jr., was com-
posed of James Holbrook, Billy
Owens and A. J. Christian.
by Governor John Connally after
two Dallas County representatives
resigned to take other positions.
It is a special election and not
a part of the statewide election
for four amendments to the con-
stitution of Texas but the voting
will take place at the same time.
Members of COPE were urged
to help get out the vote for the
election even though they empha-
sized they woud take no part in
the special races.
The executive board’s official
statement follows in part:
“Dallas County COPE has tra-
contributions coming in progres-
sively slower, it was pointed out.
Mrs. Stathakos Condos, chair-
man of the residential division, was
the speaker at the luncheon.
"It is our civic duty to serve
Dallas, and Dallas is all of us. We
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At the first general report meet-
ing Wednesday, October 16, forvthe
Dallas County United Fund’s 1961
drive, volunteers reported a total
of 13,409,209 collected thus far in
the five week-old campaign. This
is 72.8 per cent of the >4,685,729
goal.
Officials had hoped for a higher
total at this point in the campaign.
The final two Weeks of the drive
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CWA Pres. Beirne
To Speak in Dallas
A rally of Communications
Workers of America in the North
Texas Area will be held in the
Grand Ball oom of the Baker
Hotel, Friday night, Oct. 25 at
7:30 P.M.
General President Joseph Beirne
of the Union will be principal
speaker.
President Beirne is well known
in the labor movement, holding of-
fice not only as top officer in the
Communications Workers but is a
vice president of the AFL-CIO and
is chairman of the AFL-CIO Com-
munity Services Committee.
T. E. Webb is director of the
North Texas area, which will be
host at the rally.
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Dallas ^OPE Fails To Endorse
Candiaates in Nov. 9 Election
The Dallas Craftsman is Subscribed for by Dallas AFL-CIO Unions and the AFL-CIO Council
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The Senator maintained that
this law is a financial “padlock to
the voting booth” and he asked
Texans to join the 45 other states
who have abolished the poll tax.
Only two more states need to
ratify a national amendment which
will make it illegal to require a
poll tax in federal elections.
Tarborough said the state could
be left with “the most confusing,
complicated, contradicting and ex-
pensive election laws and election
of any state in the union.
“If Texans fail to abolish the
poll tax on Nov. 9," said the sen-
ator, “it could mean there would
be one set of qualifications for the
voters in the federal elections and
a separate set of qualifications
for voters in state and local elec-
tions.
“The poll tax should go the way
of the ducking stool and whipping
post," he added.
“They were thought to be ap-
propriate in their time but their
time is past," he declared.
Subscribe for The Dallas Crafts-
man and send it to a friend. The
Dallas Craftsman has been serving
organized labor for 50 years. It is
the only publication in Dallas that
consistently supports the position
of the AFL-CIO. Your support is
needed.
BURNETT APPOINTED TO TEXAS INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION—
Pictured from left to righ, Leslie O. Burnett, Executive Becre
tary, Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council, of
Austin, Employee member; J. B. McDuss, Vice President Houston
County Telephone Company of Crockett, Public member; Bay
Horton, Vice President Humble Oil and Refning Company of
Houston, Employer member; C. W. Brown, President Brown and
Thorp Oil Company of McCaney, Public member. Looking on is
Governor John Connally as Associate. Justice Ruel O. Walker
administers oath of office.
First General Reports Are
Made on United Fund Drive
Wall St. Journal
Typos Sign Pact
A delegation from Dallas Typo-
graphical Union, No. 173 has re-
turned from Colorado Springs,
Colo, and report that a satisfactory
contract has been negotiated with
the Wall Street Journal.
Robert L (Bob) Campbell, presi-
dent Local 173, and J. B. Pannell,
chairman Wall Street Journal ne-
gotiating committee, said they met
with representatives of the Dow
Jones Company from the various
cities where it publishes the Wall
Street Journal and a new contract
was drawn up.
They added that the new agree-
ment is “satisfactory to the mem-
bers involved in the negotiations.”
Dallas District 3
Demos To Meet
Thursday, Oct. 24
Loyal Democratic Chairman Bill
Hickey, president of the Dallas
District 3 Democrats, announced
today that the next regular club
meeting to be held Thursday, Oc-
tober 24, will feature Councilwom-
an Elizabeth Blessing and all the
Democratic candidates for places
6 and 7 of the State Legislature.
Mrs. Blessing will speak on the
topic “City Problems and Some
Solutions.”
Following Mrs. Blessing on the
program, a brief question-answer
period will be granted each Demo-
cratic candidate who has filed for
either Place 6 or 7 of the Legis-
lature.
Bill Hickey further stated, “that
the Dallas District 3 Democrats
would be glad to provide speakers
on the subject of repeal of the
poll tax to any organization desir-
ing such a program.” Requests for
speakers will be taken at FR4-7067
or FR1-3796.
The Dallas District 3 Demo-
crats’ October 24 meeting will begin
at 7:30 p.m. in the Community
Room on the Mall of the South
Oak Cliff Shopping Center, Lan-
caster at Kiest, and is open to
the public. Coffee will be served
following the program.
Ing the residential division is ahead,
reporting 82.9 per cent of its quota.
Members of the news medial will
be honored at the second report
meeting Wednesday, October 23,
in Hotel Adolphus. R. L. Thorn-
ton, Jr., will be the speaker.
should give not because our em-
ployer asks us to, but because we
want to help.
"Years ago we could have helped
the poor individually, but now
their problems are complex. Now
we have agencies that know how
to help them,’ she said.
She stressed the importance of
giving to the drive now instead
of putting it off until later.
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Bus Drivers To Nominate
Officers November 19
Nomination of officers for a
three-year term will be held Tues-
day, November 19, in the Dallas
Labor Temple for Street Car and
Bus Men’s Local Division 1338.
The members will meet at 10
a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Election will be held Monday,
December 2, with voting boxes at
the East Dallas Bam and at the
Oak Cliff Barn, reported G. W.
Adkins, president and E. R. Thomp-
son, secretary. They said voting
would take place between the
hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The Dallas County Committee on Political Education in
regular meeting, Thursday, October 17, voted not to en-
dorse any candidate in the special election of November 9.
The election is for places six and seven in the Dallas
County Representative delegation. The election was called
Label Council To Meet
Friday in Baker Hotel
The Union Label and Service
Trades Council of Dallas will meet
at 8 p.m. in the Baker Hotel, Fri-
day night. All unions and dele-
gates are invited to have repre-
sentatives present, Secretary Mau-
rice Honeycutt, said.
Charles Henderson was ap-
pointed chairman of a committee
to make any amendments to the
council’s constitution and by-laws,
which may be needed.
M. J. Baker of the UAW was
elected to the executive board.
Lengthy discussion and reports
were made of the councils’ position
in giving to the United Fund.
It was reported that labor is
working to get a liason member
on the United Fund executive com-
mittee next year.
H. A. Moon, Grady Adkins, John
W. Hays, Frank Garcia, George
Miner, Mrs. Martha Dobbs, Gene
Freeland, James Holbrook, Secre-
tary Allan Maley and others made
reports and gave important con-
tributions to the discussions which
took place during the hour and one-
half long meeting.
E. H. Ford, member of Local
1477, Public Employees Union, gave
thanks to the council for its as-
sistance to his local during the
demonstrations of the garbage men
several weeks ago.
ditionally interviewed and sup-
ported candidates for political of-
fice in Dallas County. In the two
legislative races to be decided on
November 9, however, we face an
unusual situation. Some 34 candi-
dates have filed in the two places.
Even though there are apparently
three other candidates who call
themselves Republicans, that party
has selected their two nominees.
“In our opinion, the Democratic
party had a splendid opportunity
to set a precedent and set a pat-
tern for the future by also getting
broad agreement on two candidates
who could be supported by all
county Democrats. For weeks
prior to the deadline for filing we
urged County Democratic leaders
to do so. At one point it ap-
peared that this had been accom-
plished. Democrats of all sorts
of persuasion had tentatiwet
agreed to get behind two candi-
dates.
“This was apparently scuttled by
one man. It is all the more tragic
that this one man was the County
Chairman of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, the very man
who should have been working the
hardest to bring about an agree-
ment. It appears that there are
still those who call themselves
Democrats who would rather see a
Republican elected than have a
Democrat who did not agree com-
pletely with their extremely con-
servative philosophy.
“In view of the inability of the
Demos to agree on broad support
for two candidates it is our opin-
ion that the election of the two
endorsed Republicans is assured in
this 'high man win’ election. There-
fore, we see nothing to be accom-
plished by trying to support any of,
the candidates. We plan to take
no position on these races.”
Les Burnett, executive secretary
of the Texas State Building and
Construction Trades Council, was
appointed to the four-member Tex-
as Industrial Commission, Oct. 15,
1963.
The commission met shortly
after being sworn in at the Com-
modore Perry Hotel in Austin
where action and plans for the
future were discussed.
Highest praise for the past work
of the commission was given by
the new members to those retir-
ing from the commission.
Tn Common Brotherhood'
Film Available to Unions
Washington. — "In Common
Brotherhood,” a new film pro-
duced by the AFL-CIO to tell the
story of labor’s contribution to-
ward building a free world, has
just been released for use by un-
ions and in the community.
Ralph Yarborough, senior sen-
ator from Texas has asked all his
fellow Texans to turn out and
vote for the repeal of the Texas
Poll Tax law.
He made this appeal in Wash-
ington, D.C. recently and prior to
that had urged it before Texas
audiences, one of them being at
the Texas AFL-CIO convention
held in Houston in August
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