The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1962 Page: 3 of 6
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The Dallas Craftsman is Subscribed for By Dallas AFL-CIO Unions and the AFL-CiO Council
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Filing Form Issued
By Labor Dept.
mmittee on Political Educa-
in its drive to get out the
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tion,
President Hays, Maurice Honey-
1962 I cutt, secretary-treasurer; and Lee
could well be as a man who doesn’t
care if he has to work for scab
wages to have a job in 1963 or
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activity,* but also provides
summer employment to some
votes in the 1962 elections.
Secretary Allan L. Maley and
Arrangements Chairman George
Miner said they were gratified
with the response from the various
ugions and their friends.
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Dallas county will have
nine members of the House
of Representatives next year.
Labor and liberals can only
look forward to two more
votes against liberal legis-
lation. The cure: We sug-
gest strong opponents for
these reactionaries.
Payment of Poll Taxes
is Urged by Sec. Evans
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tends
Senior Citizens
Back Health Care
Through Soc. See
Miami Beach.—More than 5,000
senior citizens, jamming the civic
auditorium here for a rally, roared
their approval of a resolution sup-
porting medical care for the aged
through social security.
The rally, attended by members
of 42 local senior citizen groups,
heard talks by top union leaders
that the information was false and
apparently was submitted to make
it appear to the contracting offi-
cer that Licata was complying
with Federal’ contractural labor
standards.
In reality, investigations reveal-
ed that Licata had underpaid his
employees over $8,000 during the
period his firm performed on con-
tracts at Kelly Air Force Base.
He asked that more people take
part in our citizenship rights. "Ac-
tually,” he said, "working in these
political campaigns can be fun
when you put a lot of enthusiasm
into it. And in so doing you could
change the history of Dallas coun-
ty.” A
COPE Dance Response
Pleases Miner, Maley
A crowd of more than 800 peo-
ple were in attendance at the
COPE dance held Jan. 19, at the
Hi-Ho Club in Grand Prairie.
Don Thomas’ dance orchestra
of Fort Worth, contributed the
music for this affair which was
to raise funds for the Dallas Coun-
worker without a poll tax
vote in Dallas
veters only two million pepple
voted. And that was just 47 per
cess of $300,000 to the eco-
nomic stability .of the com-
munity during what is nor-
' mally a slow period in spend*
ing in our city. State Fair
Musicals is deserving of the
support of each and every
citizen of our community,
both for entertainment and
economic reasons. Dallas, a
your wife. A Texas construction
ics during the first three months
of 1962 to help adWae union orri.
cidls and will also* a^iswer ques-
tions at any of the 25 area offices
in the states and Puerto Rico.
Roy Evans, secretary-treasurer
of the Texas state AFL-CIO made
a report on the political situation
and talked of the various races
which will come up in 1962.
He was quite interested ih seeing
that everyone secure a poll tax
during these last two weeks before
the January 31 deadline.
Secretary Evans pointed out
State Fair Musicals, the
Southwest’s most important
entertainment media operat-
ing successfully for 20 years,
is now in danger of being
closed. The organization
suffered a large loss in 1960,
and although this loss was
cut by some 30 per cent in
1961, the Musicals will not
open their doors on June 1,
unless $100,000 in public un-
derwriting is secured. This
underwriting must be in
hand by February 1.
Federal Court Sentences
San Antonio Contractor
On December 12, 1961, Alex T.
Licata, Jr., owner of Parker Roof-
ing Co. was indicted by a grand
jury in San Antonio alleging vio-
lations of the False Information
Act. On January 2, 1962, Licata
pleaded guilty to three counts of
this indictment and was sentenced
by Federal Judge Ben Rice in the
U S. District Court for the West-
ern District of Texas on January
9, 1962.
On each of the three counts Li-
cata was fined $2,500 and senten-
ced to three years imprisonment.
The prison terms are to rim con-
currently and will be suspended
for three years provided Licata
pays the $7,500 fine within 30
days. g
The violations of the False In-
formation Act occurred when Li-
cata submitted payrolls to the Air
Force contracting officer at Kelly
Air Force Base which contained
false and incorrect information.
Licata submitted with these pay-
rolls a statement certifying that
the payrolls were correct and com-
plete and that the construction
employees shown on such payrolls
had been paid the amounts listed.
The investigation of this con-
pr
( and cheered a message from Pres.
• Kennedy saying, in prtt:
The Spot light I
By WALLACE REILLY
Many Dallas business men
are getting "sick” of Bruce
Alger. Why? President Ken-
nedy’s budget omitted the
proposed $26,000,000 federal
center for Dallas. These bus-
iness men are realizing that
Dallas is paying the price for
■electing such a man as Alger
to congress. They know Al-
ger’s constant opposition to
the Democratic - controlled
congress has not helped the
county’s chances for such an
expenditure. The President’s
budget called it "deferrable.”
For those who know, this ex-
penditure has been delayed
for seven long years. Is it
co-incidental that this aver-
ages the length of time Alger
has been in congress? We do
not believe the Kennedy ad-
ministration will ever in-
clude this project in its bud- ,
get as long as Dallas coun- 1
ty insists in sending Alger or
any other reactionary to con-
gress. President ' Kennedy
also must remember the 60,-
000 vote defeat he suffered
in Dallas county in the last 1
presidential election. Moral
to this: Get rid of Bruce
Alger and elect a good solid
Democrat to the congress.
Dallas AlliedDinner
Set for February 5
The Dallas Allied Printing
Trades will hold its annual dinner
Monday night, Feb. 5, in the Eng-
lish Room at the Baker Hotel.
Time is 8 o’clock.
The president and secretary of
all affiliated locals will be honored
guests.
George Schatzki to Speak
John W. Hays, president of the
Allied Council, said that Attorney
[George Schatzki of the law firm
of Mullinax, Wells, Morris and
Mauzy, will be principal speaker,
using as a subject, "What the
Printing Trades Must Do About
Getting a Citizens’ Job Protection
Law on the Books.”
President Bill Petri and Secre-
tary Bob Campbell of the Texas
Allied Printing Trades Council
will be special guests. Also mem-
bers of the state legislature and
officials of Dallas county, have
been invited.
Glen Floyd, president of the Dal-
las Typographical Union, Local
173, has secured a detailed report
from lawyers on the legality of a
Citizens’ Job Protection Act.
city of' growth, prosperity .
and vast leadership in the that only a small per cent of the
Southwest, would be greatly working people
jeopardized by the loss of county, while practically all of the
one of the four largest sum- conservative GOP-supporting pre-
mer theatre operations still .cincts turn out 90-95 per cet with
existing in the United States, i their votes.
State Fair Musicals,.
which brings to Dallas not that in. the. pres idential ^^5
only a tremendous summer
of the senator. They think i tractor by the Air Force
he should be retired, along
with Bruce Alger.
cent of the number who could have
qualified
175 local people, who are
members of some seven dif- ,
f erent unions, while at the1' In Dallas county, alone, he said,
some time contributing in ex- out of 102,000 who could have qual-
itied to vote free, only 43000 had
exemptions;
Chaffin, vice president, of the
Allied Council, took the matter be-
for the city council, with Presi-
dent Hys giving a thorough ac-
count on the need for this citizens’
protection law.
The council made a study of it
and their attorney, Henry P. Ku-
cera, made a ruling that it was
illegal.
"We will hear about this law
at our dinner meeting,” said Mr.
Hays. “We hope it will be clearer
and that we can get some action
on this needed legislation.
"We will also hear Maurice
Honeycutt’s secretary’s report at
our meeting.”
Charles King, Jr., nt / elected
secretary-treasurer of the Dallas
Building_and Construction Trades
Coupci, has asked each affiliated
lool union to mail out a special
letter urging the various members
to purchase 1962 poll taxes.
"Texas labor is at the cross-
roads in 1962,” Mr. King said.
"What we do or fail to do, this
year, will decide our future for
years to come.
"Building trades members have
more to lose than any others. We
have seen the number of cheap,
non-union contractors grow in re-
cent years, until they threaten the
jobs of every skilled union man
in North Texas.
"Our future will be decided by
our influence in city, county and
state governments. Our votes de-
pend on the number of us and our [
wives who have poll taxes.”
In an interview Mr. King
pointed out the fair contractors
need more ’ work. The so-called
right-to-work law should be re-
pealed. Higher unemployment
benefits for longer periods are
needed. We need more money un-
der the Compensation Law for our
injured workmen. There should
be a state prevailing wage law
for public work, to eliminate
wage cutting competition. And
we need an industrial safety law
to protect workmen on the job,”
Mr. King stated. 1
l" January 31, is your last chance
tJ get a poll tax for yourself and
. Dallas liberals, ^including
members of organized labor,
are looking for a "good man”
to oppose George Parkhouse,
who is up for re-election. It
. is our opinion, such a man
wik. be found and that
George will find he has a real
fight on his hands. Many
Dallas people are also tired
Reilly Printing Company,. 1710
South Harwood, HA 8-8385.
Washington.—The Labor De-
partment has mailed a "simplified,
streamlined” one-part report form
to almost 40,000 unions required
to file financial reports under the
Landrum-Griffin Act the depart-
ment has announced.
Commissioner Jonn L. Holcombe
of the Bureau of Labor-Manage-
ment Reports said the new revised
form, LM-3, may be filed by labor
organizations whose total receipts
were less than $30,000 in the 12-
month period covered by the re-
port provided the organizations
were not under trusteeship at the
end of their fiscal year. Formerly
the limit was $20,000.
For about 80 per cent of the
unions affected by the law, the
new form replaces a two-page
form and also, Holcombe said,
eliminates the need to file a sep-
arate form reporting amendments
to the, labor organization informa-
tion report.
In addition, carbon papers are
provided so that six copies of the
new short form may be made—
two for the bureau, one for the
Internal Revenue Service, one for
the union file and two "extras” ,
for state agencies or internal tonal
unions, ,
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Cope Meeting
There will be a county-wide
meeting of the Dallas Committee
on Political Education at a down-
town hotel, Saturday, February
10, Allan L. .Maley, secretary-
treasurer, reported at a meeting
of the Dallas AFL-CIO Council,
last week.
He said arrangement would be
made shortly and the exact time
and place will be made known to
the delegates through the mall.
Educational Seminar
. Secretary Maley announced-
there will be an Educational Sem-
inar for all Dallas County Unions
to, be held in the Fincher Build-
ing, Saturday, February 3, at
SMU. He urged all unions to have
representatives there. /’ ]
He also urged that more people
get out and work to sell poll taxes |
in this crucial 1962 election ytu.
Vice President David Keeler of
the council was asked by Presi-
dent Charles King to read a letter
of commendation to Sec. Malay for
exceptional works an executive
board member obthe United Fund
for Dallas.
Sec. Maley was elevated to the
executive committee for 1962 in
this letter. There are two members
to the committee.
Kennedy saying, in part:
"You have found capable leader-
ship” in the person of former Rep.
Aime Forand (D-R. I.) "and you
are to be complimented for your
untiring efforts” to relate to the
American people “the simple facts
involved” in pending health in-
surance legislation.
Three months ago Forand helped
form the National Council of Sen-
ior Citizens for Health Care
Through Social Security with an
office at 200 C Stret S. E., Wash-
ington 3, D. C.
The resolution on the medicare
program called it “the only logical
extension of the existing time-
tested social security system which
can meet the needs of our senior
citizens.” r
Pres. David Dubinsky of the
Ladies,Garment Workers said that
despite the extensive ILGWU
health clinic program now serving
workers,, “much remains to be
done and no single union can do it.”
Dir. Nelson Cruikshank of the
AFL-CIO Dept. of Social Security
told the rally that the Anderson-
King Bill, now awaiting congres-
sional action is urgently needed
and the the Kerr-Mills Act passed
by the 86th Congress in 1960 is
not a satisfactory substitute.
Other speakers included Pres.
David Sullivan of the Building
Service Employees, Roy Reuther of
the Auto Workers and Pres. Harry
Van Aredale of the New York City
Central Labor Council.
Fofty-IIgkrt Year, No. 36 DALLAS, TEXAS. JANUAtY Sabecriptioa $2 For Year
King Says L4 at Crossroads,
Urges Pr/ie of Poll Taxes
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