International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

Two The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER September, 1929 CTSWStnfHBWSW51?13CTSlSW5BSWnBWSBCTKBSW!BiWiWiBBHHBiBiBr ■•■•■•WST SIM J\ibor ^ay zJXCessage -BY JOHN J. MANNING, Secretary-Treasurer Union Label Trades Department September second is the day this year which is set aside by legislative enactment, as well as accepted custom, to honor those who render service to society through manual labor. It is also the day upon which the organized workers of our country assemble to pay tribute and homage to the activities and memories of those who gave of themselves freely, in order that you and I, who have succeeded them might enjoy many of the blessings of life that were denied them. The heroism and loyalty displayed by the pioneers of our great movement for the uplift of humankind are indelibly stamped upon the social, economic and moral progress of our country. Indeed, when the historian of the future writes of the past fifty years, one of the brightest pages will be that of the activities of our movement for human betterment. But great as this service has been and deeply as it is appreciated, we cannot rest content with past achievement, but we should give the best that is in us so that the many pressing problems with which we are now confronted may be satisfactorily solved. Abuse of the writ of injunction, unemployment, the shorter work day and work week, exploitation of child labor, improved and more humane compensation laws are a few of the problems that must be solved. And while they are great problems, they are no more difficult of solution in our day than were the ones which confronted our predecessors which were solved by them in their day. Organization, education and publicity are the trinity, coupled with real cooperation, which will aid us more than anything else in their solution. Attendance at meetings; securing new members is real organization work; to inculcate a thorough knowledge of what our movement stands for in each and every member, is real education; to let the general public know what we stand for and the service we have rendered society by our accomplishment, is real publicity. In cooperation with these activities we should let no opportunity pass which will cause American-earned money to be spent for American-made goods. How can this be done? The American Labor Movement is the only movement in the world which uses the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button to designate the product of its members or where they render service. By demanding that these emblems be displayed whenever we make a purchase of goods or service, we will be rendering real cooperation to all who are enrolled in the great army of organized labor. The use of these emblems by any employer indicates that he is in harmony with our demand for industrial democracy. Industr ial democracy is founded upon a trade agreement, and it is only through such an agreement, under which the workers have an equal voice with the employer in establishing standards for conditions of labor, that this democracy is secured. Let us, therefore, on this day dedicated to labor, resolve that if we have been negligent in our duty to the great cause in which we are enlisted, we will gladly assume our share of this work in the future, to the end that we will merit the heritage given us by our predecessors. OFFICERS International Photographers of the Motion Picture Industries, Local 659 Alvin Wyckoff President Jackson B. Rose 1st Vice President H. Lyman Broening 2d Vice President Ira B. Hoke 3d Vice President Arthur Reeves Recording Secretary Roy H. Klaffki Financial Secretary Chas. P. Boyle Treasurer Wm. H. Tuers Sergeant-at-Arms Howard E. Hurd Business Representative BOARD OF EXECUTIVES International Photographers of the Motion Picture Industries, Local 659 Alvin Wyckoff Paul P. Perry Jackson J. Rose L. Guy Wilky H. Lyman Broening J. O. Taylor Ira B. Hoke Archie J. Stout Arthur Reeves Harry Zech Roy H. Klaffki Jean C. Smith Chas. P. Boyle S. C. Manatt Wm. H. Tuers R. B. Hooper Faxon M. Dean James R. Palmer Paul Hill THE UNION LABEL Following are excerpts from an address given by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor at the convention of the Union Label Trades Department at Los Angeles, California, in September, 1927. "It is the duty of every trade unionist to demand the Union Label and the Union Shop Card. There are, approximately, in the different organizations of labor in this country, five million members. Now there are dependent upon these five million members many millions more, and we can reckon in a conservative way that these millions have friends outside of the labor movement who are sympathetic. None of them are opposed to us. They are not against us. "If they would demand the Union Label upon the goods they purchase what a wonderful thing it would be. It would be much easier for National and International Unions to carry on their work. It would be easier for us to go out and spread the doctrine of trade unionism and of organization and to educate men and women as to the value and the service of our great organized labor movement. "We want to make life worth living, not work, work, work, earning a meagre (Concluded on Page 12) Look for This Label International <*£^ (REGISTERED) VnloD Label of Bftkera »nrf Confectioner* On Your Daily Bread When you demand this Label you are not only supporting the Bakery and Confectionery Workers, protecting them against the low wage, long hours, and inhuman conditions, but you are also protecting yourself and your family against the spread of disease-breeding germs which exist in unsanitary bake-shops. The Union Label is not only a sign of wholesome, cleanly standards of manufacture, but it is a symbol of Americanism, as the Union Label appears only on American made products.