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...comply with the collective bargaining requirement of the law and at the same time to keep their plants non-union the motor makers got this provision into their approved code: ''Employers in the industry may exercise their right to select, retain or advance employes on the basis of individual merit, without regard to their membership or nonmembership in any organization." Wrathfully organized labor pointed out that "merit" would be made a cloak behind which manufacturers would discharge union workers. NRA's Labor Advisory Board reluctantly accepted the stipulation, warned that it was no precedent. But other...
Weighmen. But mining had scarcely been resumed in Fayette County before new truce troubles bobbed up to plague the industry. A prime item in the armistice allowed miners to select and pay their own weighmen to check the company's weighmen at the tipple scales. United Mine Wrorkers promptly proceeded to elect their own members as check weighmen. These the mine superintendents of the non-union Frick and Pittsburgh companies refused to recognize, on the ground that their non-union employes were unrepresented. Thus a new deadlock was created and NRA's special coal arbitration board headed...
...snarling factions. Unless the non-union coal operators voluntarily withdrew their restrictions on collective bargaining, as the steelmasters had already done, General Johnson was ready to kick the company union clause out of their code. Said he: "They'll meet with the devil himself if their workers select him to act for them...
...bear to chase industries from behind, General Johnson engaged Charles F. Horner of Kansas City to work up enthusiasm for co-operation with the Recovery Administration. During the War Mr. Horner helped organize the "Four-Minute" men for selling Liberty Bonds. Like his old, his new job is to select a Recovery Act symbol for display in store windows and on factory chimneys, to make propaganda for public support...
...counsel table sat U. S. Attorney George Zerdin Medalie who recently prosecuted Banker Charles E. Mitchell. At the other sat Defender "Wild Bill" Donovan. With his dignified wife beside him, Banker Harriman sat apart, gazing rather vacantly into space, playing with his panama. Instead of proceeding to select a jury, Col. Donovan rose and told Federal Judge Caffey that Mr. Harriman was unable to give him any coherent or rational help in preparing the defense. Col. Donovan asked that the court determine Banker Harriman's mental competence before the trial. He produced six affidavits, one from Mrs. Harriman declaring...