The Houston Labor Journal (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1958 Page: 3 of 8
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members who buy and
work shoes.
Another Stinger
He Distrusted Capitalists
Mark Twain Was A Friend
Of Labor, Says Old Document
Miss Union Secretary of 1958
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Secretaries — Stenographers — Bookkeepers —
Records Clerks...every female employe# of a
labor union in the U.S.A, is eligible to win tis
contest — provided only that you will have
worked in your present organisation for one
year by August 1, 1958.
Official entry blanks, together with complete
contest rules, are now being distributed to
unions throughout the country. Additional
forms can be obtained by writing to "Miss
Union Secretary Contest,’ c/o Union Adver-
tising Service, 302 Fifth Ave, New York 1, N.Y.
Deadline for entries is September 15th-but
: A eheck for $1,000 and a week’s
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20 Honorable Mention Awards
A $25 U. S. Savings Bond.
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the following two rules be ob-
served by the millions of union
members who buy and wear
work shoes:
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doublesawbuck to Texas COPE Pork Choppers Club, 1011
San Jacinto, and your membership card will be sent l/
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Union (AFL-CIO),
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prise to
most labor
sold in the U. S. each year. An
estimated 92 per cent of all
these shoes are bought and
worn by members of labor
unions in a wide variety of
trades and occupations.
Yet — and here's the stinger
— only 20 per cent of these
shoes are made by union labor
in union factories.
These facts and figures,
gathered by the Boot and Shoe
A newly discovered document has re-
vealed Mark Twain to be not only one of
Americas greatest humorists but also an
early and staunch friend of organized labor.
The document was r_cently discovered
among the Mark Twain papers at the Uni-
versity of California and is published for
the first time in the September 1957 issue
of the New England Quarterly, an histon-
eal review of New England life and letters.
Previously the article, entitled “The New
Dynasty, had been mentioned only through
a brief reference in a biography of Mark
i wain.
Distrusted Capitalists
. Mark Twain read his paper to the Mon-
day Evening Club of Hartford, Conn., on
Mar. 2, 1886. The club consisited of Hart-
ord business and professional men.
In "The New Dynasty." Mark Twain
expresses sharply his distrust for the power-
ful.capitalists of the post-Civil War period
and of the exploitation of man by man
through the centuries.
DETROIT, June 13—The “little darling*' 'In Detroit schools
will still be supervised while they wolf down their lunches__
but not by teachers. At the same time, the long-suffering
teachers will get relief from their baby-sitting chores and a
chance to eat in peace and the blessinga of silence.
School Superintendent Samuel Brownell, after hearing
pleas by representatives of the Detroit Federation of Teagb-
ers, has agreed to provide in the current budget for hiring
others to supervise the kiddies’ lunch period.
Freeman Flynn, vice president of the Detroit AFT local,
told Brownell and the school board, “There is no problem
which bothers teachers more or ha* a greater tendency to
lower morale" than the constant supervisory chore.
"Teacher* who have 40-45 youngsters around all day
have a fatiguing job," Mid William Merrifield, board mem-
ber. "They could do better work if they had time for re-
laxation.”
Brownell agreed "teachers should be saved for profee
sional duties.” Thus, clerical employes or part-time assist-
ante hereafter will ride herd on the hungry horde.
And from the teachers of Detroit, cornea a long nigh at
relief.
. In the paper, lie expresses optimistic be-
lief that the rise of American labor will
bring about new conditions to improve the
lot of the average working man.
Twain was tremendously moved by an
incident at a Senate Committee hearing on
copyright legislature which had been held
in January 1886. At that hearing, in addi-
tion to prominent authors of the day, ap-
peared Pres James Welsh, of the Philadel-
phia Typographical Union.
Faith in Labor
Welsh supported this legislation and
claimed the support of the "four to five
million" members of the Knights of Labor
a considerable exaggeration over the
Knights' actual membership of about 750 -
000 members.
Twain, although a rich man, had always
voiced faith in his writings in the underdog;
and in the Knights of Labor, he saw a move-
ment that he felt would bring salvation to
humanity and the brotherhood of working
people everywhere.
About 25 million pairs of Trades Department
men’s work shoes are made and
, 1958
THS HOUSTON LABOR
About half of all the work
shoes today are sold through
regular shoe stores, and the
other half through comissaries
or shops in industrial plants.
And here's another stinger:
a large share of these indus-
trial plants are union shops
operating with union shop con-
tracts. Yet, in the company
stores or comissaries of these
union shops are being sold
non-union-made work shoes
I bought by union members.
‘Really Shocking'
According to John J. Mara,
President of the Union Label
and Service Trades Depart-
ment (AFL-CIO). “It's really
I shocking to realize that mil-
lions of members of organized
labor are innocently helping
to support the non-union and
anti-union shoe factories by
wearing the work shoes pro-
duced in these plants.
"I‘s the natural duty of
every union man to help
those who help Mm. This
means, for one thing, making
sure that the work shoes he
buys and wears are made in
union shops by union mem-
bers."
The Union Label and Service
1. Before you buy the
shorn, look inside and see it
if beam a union stamp or
label. Don't buy it unless it
does. Do nel take for grant-
ed shoes are union made be-
cause they are marked
“union made.” And tell the
shoe store or plant commis-
sary why, you’re not buying
2. If the oommissary store
in your plant is oarrying and
selling non - union - made
■ hoes, urge it to switoh to
union brands.
Here is a list at companies
and their work shoe brands
made with union labor and
bearing the union stamp of
the Boot and Shoe Workers’
Union:
Chippewa Shoe Mfg. Co.,
Inc, Chippewa Falls, Wiscon-
sin; "Gardtoe" Safety Shoe;
"Original Chippewa.”
F & F Shoe Co, Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin; "Hunkidori,"
"Chippewa."
Safety First Shoe Co, Hol-
liston, Mass.; "Molders Shoes,"
“Safety First.”
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Milwaukee Shoe Co, Stur-
geon Bay, Wisconsin; "Mil-
waukee King."
Red Wing Shoe Co, Red
Wing, Minnesota; "Red Wing."
Union Shoe Mfg. Co, She-
boygan, Wisconsin; "Steel Toe
Safety Shoe," "Columbia.”
A. H. Weinbrenner She Co,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; "Thor-
ogood."
Remember, when you buy
these brands you’re helping
those who help you.
Only 20 Percent Are
Your Shoes Made
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