WORKING CONDITIONS Working conditions are of the very poorest possible and the most hazardous. HOURS OF WORK Only the old master above can answer this one-but the general pattern is to be in the woods at daybreak, and try to be home by bedtime, 5 days a week. This business about part time and highly seasonal, is simply not true. CONCLUSION If we expect ever to achieve a "Great Society" we will doubtless need to have a wage and hour law that will treat all citizens as citizens, all human beings in this whole country of ours, as if they were really humans, and as if they were civilized and one of us. I can show you whole towns without a single bath and without any drinking water piped to any house, right here in our land of plenty. So I ask you, and each of you, what can you do with 13 (a) (15) and section 14(b) and the political judges over the various States? Respectfully I urge you-relief is imperative. The remuneration of all workers must be consumate with the effort expended and not escalated according to race, creed, or present servitude. There is absolutely not justice in 13 (a) (15) and section 14(b)-we therefore ask you to give us justice or give us death. The southern woodland workers need equality and justice, for all men before the law and without the necessity of a lawsuit. The constitutional guarantee of our right and without another expensive lawsuit, caused by Federal exemptions, that foster the elimination of due process before an impartial jury. A right to vote with the same fidelity instilled into the results of our voteequaled to the security and value that has already been built into our worldhonored monetary system, which we call the almighty dollar. What about an omnipotent vote? To replace the gimcrack that we now have, erroneously calling it a vote. Only with relief by the destruction of 13(a) (15) and then, by destruction of section 14 (b), can we ever expect to have "A Fair Labor Standards Act in 1965." Only with an absolute fidelity, security, and value, instilled in our vote, can we remove ourselves from poverty, to achieve a Great Society. This can only be accomplished by your help. Will you help us? God almighty will bless you, and each of you, if you will. Respectfully submitted by the International Pulpwood Union. CALLAHAN, FLA. Hon. GEORGE H. FALLON, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C'. JOHN G. BArrow, President. BALTIMORE, Md., April 29, 1965. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE FALLON: I am one of a group of Christian believers, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, walking in the path of separation from evil (II Timothy 2: 19), known by the U.S. Government as Plymouth Brethren No. 4 (Census of Religious Bodies, 1926). This group of Christians desire to follow the Bible and are not only thankful to God for this Government, but pray for this Government. We are thankful that amendment 1. Bill of Rights of the Constitution, states "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." As the Bible states that a believer cannot be yoked with an unbeliever (II Corinthians 6: 14), this group of believers, because of conscience before God, cannot belong to or support a union. As an osteopathic physician, I do not belong to any professional associations. With the increasing number of jobs requiring union membership, these believers on Christ will find it increasingly difficult if not impossible to obtain work, for no provision is made at present for believers who have a conscience before God as to union membership. Would you not think, that in order for Congress to be consistent with the first amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the passing of any law which prevents the free exercising of religion, it is imperative that a conscience clause be included in the Taft-Hartley law? I respectfully ask you that you use your position in every possible way to have the following conscience clause included in the Taft-Hartley law, which will be up shortly for revision: "No person who, by reason of religious training and belief, is a conscientious objector to joining or supporting a labor organization, shall be required to do so as a condition to his employment or continuance thereof with any employer. "Any person with an objection based on conscience both to join and support such an organization shall pay the equivalent of the pertinent dues to the Treasurer of the United States Government. “Furthermore, the National Labor Relations Board shall present regulations to carry out these provisions." Not only do we feel that this clause would be in accord with the first amendment to the Constitution but also with the attitude of Congress since then. For instance, the provision for conscience for bearing arms in the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, section 622.12, class 1-A-0, makes provision for conscience. We are not antilabor, neither is the State's right-to-work law our concern, but our earnest plea is to see included in the labor laws a clause that deals purely with the matter of conscience. Be assured of our gratitude in regard to anything you can do in this matter. Sincerely yours, BERTRAM H. WASKEY, D.O. STATEMENT OF GEORGE P. BYRNE, JR., LEGAL COUNSEL, SERVICE TOOLS INSTITUTE, ET AL. As legal counsel for the Service Tools Institute, Socket Screw Products Bureau, Tapping Screw Service Bureau, United States Cap Screw Service Bureau, United States Machine Screw Service Bureau, United States Wood Screw Bureau, Tubular & Split Rivet Council, Alumina Ceramic Manufacturers Association, Steatite Manufacturers Association, and the Dry Process Ceramic Manufacturers Association, I herewith respectfully enter a vigorous protest against the enactment of H.R. 77 and any and all other legislation designed to repeal or weaken section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. The manufacturers whom I represent are convinced that retention of section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act is in the best interest of their employees and all American labor for the following specific reasons: (1) Section 14(b) gives the right to every American employee to join or not join a labor union. Should section 14 (b) be repealed, our employees not already members of unions by their own free will would be forced to join locals of national labor unions at their particular plants regardless of whether they wished to or not. Dislocations and hardships will be placed on persons who have elected to remain outside of unions under laws permitting them to do so. Employees have a right to decide where they want to work. Repeal of 14 (b) would abridge this freedom. (2) The repeal of section 14 (b) would require our American plant employees to either pay compulsory union dues, including any additional dues assessed by the union to be used for political purposes, or be prohibited from working in their particular plants. (3) The repeal of section 14(b) would weaken the Taft-Hartley Act to a point where it would be virtually worthless as a law to protect the freedom to work now enjoyed by our American plant employees. (4) The repeal of section 14 (b) of the Taft-Hartley Act would give our American labor unions unprecedented power over plant labor which would result in a flood of suits being brought in U.S. courts by employees who had been injured by actions of unions. (5) The repeal of section 14(b) would run counter to the aims and objectives of the Constitution of the United States and create unnecessary crises in the labor situation which will be detrimental to the national interest. This statement is respectfully submitted in behalf of the manufacturers whose names appear on the attached lists, their employees and stockholders. GEORGE P. BYRNE, Jr. MANUFACTURERS OF SERVICE TOOLS Advertising Metal Display Co., 4620 West 19th Street, Chicago, Ill. Apco Mossberg Co., 35 Lamb Street, Attleboro, Mass. Apex Machine & Tool Co., 1025 South Patterson Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio. Baltimore Tool Works, 1110 Race Street, Baltimore, Md. Barcalo Tool Division of Crescent Niagara Corp., 225 Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Bergman Tool Manufacturing Co., Inc., 1573 Niagara Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Billings & Spencer Tool Division, Crescent Niagara Corp., 200 Harrison Street, Jamestown, N.Y. Boker Manufacturing Co., 101 Duane Street, New York, N.Y. The Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Corp. (Crescent Niagara Corp.), Scofield Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. C. & G. Wheel Puller Co., Inc., Scio, N.Y. Channellock, Inc., 1306-16 South Main Street, Meadville, Pa. Crescent Tool Division, Crescent Niagara Corp., 200 Harrison Street, Jamestown, N.Y. Diamond Tool Co., 4602-04 Grand Avenue, West, Duluth, Minn. Dowley Manufacturing, Inc., Spring Harbor, Mich. Duro Metal Products Co., 2646-59 North Kildare Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Duplex Manufacturing Corp., Box 418, Fort Smith, Ark. Fairmount Tool & Forging, Inc., 10611 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Forsberg Manufacturing Co., 125 Seaview Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. Mathias Klein & Sons, 7200 McCormick Road, Skokie, Chicago, Ill. Lectrolite Corp., Box 157, Defiance, Ohio. Metal Box & Cabinet Corp., 4716 West Lake Street, Chicago, Ill. Millers Falls Co., Greenfield, Mass. Moore Drop Forging Co., 35 Walter Street, Springfield, Mass. New Britain Machine Co., Post Office Box 1320, New Britain, Conn. Nupla Manufacturing Co., 1026 North Sycamore Street, Los Angeles, Calif. P. & C. Tool Co., Box 5926, Milwaukie Post Office, Portland, Oreg. Park Manufacturing Co., Main and Mosier Streets, Grant Park, Ill. Petersen Manufacturing Co., Inc., DeWitt, Nebr. H. K. Porter, Inc., 74 Foley Street, Somerville, Mass. Proto Tool Co., Box 3519, Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, Calif. The Quality Tools Corp., New Wilmington, Pa. Reed & Prince Manufacturing Co., 1 Duncan Avenue, Worcester, Mass. Ryan Tool Co., Southington, Conn. The Sherman-Klove Co., 3535 West 47th Street, Chicago, Ill. Snap-On Tools Corp., Kenosha, Wis. Stanley Tools Division, the Stanley Works, 600 Myrtle Street, New Britain, Conn. Stevens-Walden, Inc., 475 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, Mass. Stream Line Tools, Inc., Conover, N.C. P. A. Sturtevant Co., Addison, Ill. Superior Tool Co., Division of Superior Workshop Tool Co., 6609 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Thorsen Tool Co., 5325 Horton Street, Oakland, Calif. Union Steel Chest Corp., 54 Church Street, LeRoy, N.Y. Upson Bros., Inc., 65 Broad Street, Rochester, N.Y. Vaco Products Co., 317 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Ill. Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Co., 135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill. Vichek Tool Co., 3001 East 87th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Waterloo Valve Spring Compressor Co., Waterloo, Iowa. Wilde Tool Co., Inc., 13th and Pottawatomie Streets, Hiawatha, Kans. J. H. Williams & Co., 400 Vulcan Street, Buffalo, N.Y. J. Wiss & Sons Co., 33 Littleton Avenue, Newark, N.J. The Wright Tool & Forge Co., 42 East State Street, Barberton, Ohio. MANUFACTURERS OF SOCKET SCREW PRODUCTS Allen Mfg. Co., Post Office Drawer 570, Hartford, Conn. The Bristol Co., Post Office Box 1790, Waterbury, Conn. The Cleveland Cap Screw Co., 4444 Lee Road, Cleveland, Ohio. Holo-Krome Co., Post Office Box 98, Elmwood Branch, Hartford, Conn. Mac-it Parts Co., Lancaster, Pa. George W. Moore, Inc., 100 Beaver Street, Waltham, Mass. Parker-Kalon, Division of General American Transportation Corp., Clifton, N.J. Safety Socket Screw Corp., 6501 North Avondale Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Set Screw & Manufacturing Co., Bartlett, Ill. Standard Pressed Steel Co., Jenkintown, Pa. The Standard Screw Co., 2701 Washington Boulevard, Bellwood, Ill. MANUFACTURERS OF SELF-TAPPING SCREWS American Screw Co., Wytheville, Va. Anchor Fasteners, Inc., Post Office Box 2029, Waterbury, Conn. Atlantic Screw Works, Inc., 85 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Camcar Division, Textron Industries, Inc., 600 18th Avenue, Rockford, Ill. Continental Screw Co., 459 Mount Pleasant Street, New Bedford, Mass. Elco Tool & Screw Corp., 1111 Samuelson Road, Rockford, Ill. Great Lakes Screw Corp., 13631-51 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Midland Screw Corp., 3129 West 36th Street, Chicago, Ill. National Lock Co., 1902 7th Street, Rockford, Ill. The National Screw & Manufacturing Co., 2440 East 75th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Parker-Kalon, Division of General American Transportation Corp., Clifton, N.J. Pheoll Mfg. Co., 5700 Roosevelt Road, Chicago, Ill. Pioneer Screw & Nut Co., 2010 North Ruby Street, Melrose Park, Ill. Reed & Prince Manufacturing Co., 1 Duncan Avenue, Worcester, Mass. Southern Screw Co., Box 68, Statesville, N.C. Screw & Bolt Corp. of America, Southington Plant, Drawer 271, Southington, Conn. United Screw & Bolt Corp., 2513 West Cullerton Street, Chicago, Ill. MANUFACTURERS OF CAP SCREWS Allied Products Corp., 12677 Burt Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Chandler Products Corp., 1491 Chardon Road, Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Cap Screw Co., 4444 Lee Road, Cleveland, Ohio. E. W. Ferry Screw Products Co., Inc., 5240 Smith Road, Cleveland, Ohio. Ferry Cap & Screw Co., 2151 Scranton Road, Cleveland, Ohio. Kerr-Lakeside Industries, Inc., 21850 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Lake Erie Screw Corp., 13001 Athens Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. National Lock Co., 1902 Seventh Street, Rockford, Ill. The Wm. H. Ottemiller Co., Pattison St. & M. & P.R.R., York, Pa. Pheoll Manufacturing Co., 5700 Roosevelt Road, Chicago, Ill. Reed & Prince Manufacturing Co., 1 Duncan Avenue, Worcester, Mass. Rockford Screw Products Co., Rockford, Ill. Standard Screw Co., 2701 Washington Boulevard, Bellwood, Ill. Chicago Screw Division, 2701 Washington Boulevard, Bellwood, Ill. Western Automatic Machine Screw Division, Post Office Box 280, Elyria, Towne-Robinson Fastener Co., 4401 Wyoming Avenue, Dearborn, Mich. United Screw & Bolt Corp., 5800 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINE SCREWS American Screw Co., Wytheville, Va. Anchor Fasteners, Division of Buell Industries, Inc.. Box 2029, Waterbury, Conn. The Blake & Johnson Co., 459 Thomaston Avenue, Waterville, Conn. Camcar Screw & Manufacturing Co., Division of Textron Industries, Inc., 600 18th Avenue, Rockford, Ill. Central Screw Co., 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Great Lakes Screw Corp., 13631-13651 South Halstead Street, Chicago, Ill. The National Screw & Manufacturing Co., 2440 East 75th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Pawtucket Screw Co., 133-143 Hughes Avenue, Pawtucket, R.I. Pheoll Manufacturing Co. Division, Allied Products Corp., 5700 Roosevelt Road, Chicago, Ill. Pioneer Screw & Nut Co., 2010 North Ruby Street, Melrose Park, Ill. Reed & Prince Manufacturing Co., 1 Duncan Avenue, Worcester, Mass. Screw & Bolt Corp. of America, Southington Plant, Drawer 271, Southington, Conn. Southern Screw Co., Statesville, N.C. Thompson-Bremer Co., 228 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill. United Screw & Bolt Corp., 2513 West Cullerton Street, Chicago, Ill. MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD SCREWS American Screw Co., Wytheville Pa. Atlantic Screw Works, Inc., 85 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Elco Tool & Screw Corp., 1111 Samuelson Road, Rockford, Ill. National Lock Co., 1902 Seventh Street, Rockford, Ill. The National Screw & Manufacturing Co., 2240 East 75th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Reed & Prince Manufacturing Co., 1 Duncan Avenue, Worcester, Mass. Southern Screw Co., Box 68, Statesville, N.C. Whitney Screw Corp., Nashua, N.H. MANUFACTURERS OF TUBULAR AND SPLIT RIVETS Aluminum Co. of America, Fruitville Pike, Lancaster, Pa. American Rivet Co., Inc., 11330 West Melrose Street, Franklin Park, Ill. Chicago Rivet & Machine Co., 950 South 25th Avenue, Bellwood, Ill. (plants at Bellwood, Ill., and Tyrone, Pa.). Miami Rivet Co., 5667 Northwest 35th Court, Miami Fla. Milford Rivet & Machine Co., 857 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, Conn. (plants at Milford, Conn.; Elyria, Ohio; Hatboro, Pa.; and Aurora, Ill.). Judson L. Thomson Manufacturing Co., Post Office Drawer 149, Waltham, Mass. Townsend Co., Box 370, Beaver Falls, Pa. Tubular Rivet & Stud, Division of Townsend Co., 530 West Street, Braintree, Mass. MANUFACTURERS OF ALUMINA CERAMICS American Lava Corp., Cherokee Boulevard and Manufacturers Road, Chattanooga, Tenn. The Carborundum Co., Latrobe, Pa. Coors Porcelain Co., Golden Colo. Diamonite Products Manufacturing Co., Shreve Ohio. Frenchtown Porcelain Co., Frenchtown N.J. Globe-Union, Inc., Centralab Division, 900 East Keefe Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. U.S. Stoneware Co., Orrville Plant, Box 350, Akron, Ohio. Western Gold & Platinum Co., 525 Harbor Boulevard, Belmont, Calif. MANUFACTURERS OF DRY PROCESS CERAMICS Akron Porcelain Co., Cory Avenue, Akron 14, Ohio. Louthan Division, Ferro Corp., 2000 Harvey Avenue, East Liverpool, Ohio. Metsch Refractories, Inc., Post Office Box 193, Chester, W. Va. New Jersey Porcelain Co., Post Office Box 908, Trenton, N.J. Star Porcelain Co., Muirhead Avenue, Trenton 9, N.J. Universal Clay Products Co., Post Office Box 1631, Sandusky, Ohio. |