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r I DEPOSITION EXHIBIT 'cKj.ro n ft- cKw lOT 2 PLAINTIFF'S | EXHIBIT j D-c .jo MwmiWw fv Ifea taaar4 ImWr 15, 1944 WA PHMIU1I far laatalllnc Plkarelwa in Shippar4a 1____ Ta*a f hwa far laatalllag Plkarglaa laaulatiaa la ahl|grtr4i karra kaaa appratal kp tka Bklpkuil41j* r--ilnlaa t U Bktiaaal war lakar Baar4 la aw laatt ala part* la tka Atlas*la Zaaa aa4 taa par4a la tka Ikraat Ukaa Xaaa. Za a441tlaa, Hta "Taatatirr Oaaalaaiagw* lai4 kp ka Shtyt*114fc ff--laalaa la lta "alf Baart *a ftrrlaw* daWW iaptaakar *, 1M4# prariAaa a praain af 10/ far kaar far nakar* lartalliac Ott* ami flkra Bua* Tba attaaka4 liatia* af WLB Sklfkall41ac CaaatiaaiaB aaaaa aa4 raliaga, aaaiklaO fall arise a trip ta Vaahlactaa an Baiarkar 10, 1544, LaAlaatas tka aaapa aa4 aataat af tka jraalaa, rkiak arlclaaWW la tba Craap Ihlpyar4 (PVllaAalfkla) aaaa af Murk 1, 1K1 Tba Craap aaaa, wkiak raj ban41a4 an a TIB fan 10* -- i.a., kp aataal wen --at af aaplapar aoi Balaa -- fallavaf rltkla a far raaka tka lawiaaaa af a jaist krp-ttrtMar Oaaatiaaiaa pakllaatlaa aa "Tlnlraa Bapairaaaata far Bafalgr la Oaatraat Matrit** This kaaklat aaatalaaf a ttataaaat aa Plkarglaa laiiaatlag tkat tka aatarlal la hasar4aaa Ffelllp Printer, aklaf haaltk mmwIWuW af tka kiitlM CaaiMlaa, la a latter ta T. a. kuH 4ata4 1ay 14. 1H4, atataf tkat tka aaatlaa if ta ka rtaaIrAa4, Ta 4ata, kararrar, aa atpplurtary atataaaat iltkliartac ar rarrlslag tka aaatlaa )M kaaa laaaaf* But tka kaaia kaa kaaa 4aaa, aa4 tka Pikarelea aaatlaa la tkla pakllaatlaa (ltra a ayaalaaa kaala ta ailaa aaaartl-- Hat thair ram ara axtltlaf ta axtora pap far katellng Mkarilu. Ta hm kaaa aslaap at tka arltak rklla tdi traaf kaa kaaa 4aral aping i mt tka aaWla mm Ftkergla i aau 1MI af tka kaaklat) kp rap af Tkltar Palaa, , la a aaaaal raaark ta Aaaa at a Baaltk Zartltata la Prrrliaaaa* t. af a paailjf aaaa wkarala tfaa raj jtlll m4ar L'a afflaa la 1044, rhaa tka Dlraatita u Wfkt taI. I. It taak a trip ta Bar Crlaaaa ta laara (aa Oatator SB, 1*44) akaat tka Oalf Waga Waaler. (Baa Baa Qrlaaaa trip rapart attaakaf)* Ta attaak tka jraklaa bn U Ilka trplag ** F jmi ui a kBlfi 2% itiakii aa aatapap aa a ba4p karl*4 far a Bat kara la rfcat ra ara 4tingi 1* Ta pnrwalla4 rpaa tearlaaa Skip ta yratast Hkrrglaa yraaira la lta >||i>l / $ 01 500 4014-,, . frm the Shipbuilding CsnBiation1 a Diraotir* Qrdar, (Sea Cleveland trip report ef Septan ear 12, 1944) and subsequently (Ootobar 13, 1944) we submitted a a ta tenant rrar Mr. Zlnaeman'e signature, which baeaaa part of tha raoord in tha American Ship ease. g. At tha request ef Jtr. J. H. 1/rrm, Industrial ralatinna Mntrtr of fadaral ship building and Dry Daak Ca. (U. S. Staal aubaidiary), Aiwa taatifiad at a Shipbuilding Caaotiaaion hearing in Haehingten on Ootobar 23, 1944, raiding inta tha raoord a state ment ainilar to that uaad in tba Aaeriean Ship aaaa. 3. Staps have boon init la tad through II. G. Hasard, now diractor of tha Now Jersey Bureau of Industrial Health (Tran ton), to got Drinker to iasuo tha supplement ra afinding tha atataaaant on Piberglas in "klnlnua ftsquir amenta." Meamhlle wa have baan uaing photostats of Drinker's lattar to Haaard of May 24, 1944, to eaabat that aaetien, 4* While tha American Ship and Federal Ship eaaaa ara atill pending, wa hara mst Informally with tha industry Misbsrs of tha Shipbuilding Cesnsisslom (Messrs. Paul and Howlatt) requesting than to inltiato an aBandaant to tha Tentative Caaaluaiona af tha Gulf Coast Saga Eariaw, Thia atap waa takan at a lunohaon at tha Hillard in Washington an levomber 10, 1944, at whiah, baaidaa Maaara. Paul and Hewlett, Messrs. Aaaa, Densvnn, Brought, and Lieut. Traay E. Parguaan (Bevy Labor Halations Offlear) wara present. Maaara. Paul and Hewlett agraad that tbs award of a prawiia wag a on "spun glaaa and fibrw glaaa" waa diaerlwinatory Lika Lieutenant Shlalda, Havy Labor Halations Offiaar of tho Bighth Baval District, law Orlaana, howarar, thay adalttad that thara is ns ahanoo af a rallbaok naw -- that tha praaiua haa baan In affaet so long and is to widoapraad that "It's almost a owt and drlad thin.:* f*wm a praaadant angla. It ia recognised that thara is na aotual health haaard involved, that thara ia an alawant of diaooafort and diaagrwaahla handling Wi lch la sufflalant to justify a praalun on a "dirty job" basis wndor audi tions paauliar ta tha shipbuilding industry, auah aa working in oonfinod apaaas, lade of silaqws 1 a rvntllatloa, look of wash-up and looker rasa faoilItlas. To ov argument that Flberglaa la a fans af alnaral waol and that we would harra wa aerions ebjeetlen to a praaiua -- area theugh it ia raaegnlaad that auah a praaiuw ia a subterfuge ta evade wage stabilisatian regulatiena -- 17 tha pawmlnm ware applied ta ALL farwa af winaral weal and 17 it ware paw dies tad, I0T upan a haalth haaard, but upaa "dirty jab oendltiena paauliar ta tha shipbuilding industry, they replied that thay did net wish W be in the paaltlfca af evtmidlng tha prewluw to reak waal and slag waol, inplying that thay know thia would bring dawn upon thaw tho wrath af J-M, and ether nauwafaoturora af raak and slag waal. Than Anas painted out that wa ware odor na illusions that FMsiml Ship or any shipyard was fighting eur battls far mb, and that Federal1 a real eeearn was last they bs engulfed by a tidal wava af eaapeasatisai alaiaa baaed an an allegation af haaard -- olaina that night bo soda ta stamd up under eoadltlens surroundlng tha adniniatration of tha warkars' eeapsnsatlon laws in Saw Jarsay, who ra tha CowBissian'a grant of a praaiua wago would bo misinterpreted or niaaenatrwod as judisial finding that tha natorlal waa haaardsws. This argnssnt atruak home. "Oantlaaan," Awss said, "you ara used ta dealing is quid pro quaa. Tou nay net want to throw to labor saaaothing that labor hasn't askad far. But you haws told us you believe this prow law as it is now written into yam* rulings is dlsorlmlnatery. Tau have told us it oazmst be reselnded. Wa have been tba abject of unwitting dlserinlnattaw on yeur part, probably beeauae our notarial* aeeount far neat ef tha Insulation uaad in shipyards. Bat Plberglas ia a forw af mineral waal -- aa shewn by tha spaaiflaatisBS, br freirht rata s lass ifleatiea, and by trade ss assistlan daflnltlan. And what jrej bSBM 01 500 0922 i 11-1S-44 itli la yeur rulings 1* equivalent te tailing a famer that ha haa to pay a prwnlun far harraatara whan they thraah wheat, but nat toon they thraah rya, barley, ar oorn. Sew, why don't you work tha quid pro qua angle and uaa thla situation to nake a trad# wad got MMtklag alaa that ywu want fro* tha labor ropraaantatiToa an tha CoauisalasT" Than wa offarad tha draft af a raaalutlon (copy attaehad) whloh night ba ussful in tha *5pun Class and fibre Class* ltan in tha Tentative Conclusions of tha Culf Caart Wage levies* Messrs* Paul and Hanlett laokad it orar, oeHnented that thay "aauldn't da it that way*, but lndieatad that tha ruling in tha Anerloan Ship aaaa, than in draft farn, praridad a premium far installing "Minaml waal (including glaaa) insulation." Inos oeuntorad that this was Ilka saying "grain (ineluding wheat) thrash ing* and urged than te nahs it "Mineral weol (including reek, glass ar slag) insulatlsn.* Thay ware Untit an Hits point, howarar, and thought thay ware going a reasonable way te waka this oonsession, although their attitude was antiraly friendly* Probably outcome is that tha Anarloan Ship ruling will ba issued with this award t *A prwniuw of 11^ par hour for workers aotually engaged in installing aiseral waol (Ineluding glass) insulatlsn.* and that this phraseology will establish a pattern to bo followed in tho Padaral Ship aaaa and in an awsndwent to tha Fibarglas itan in tha Tanta tiro Cano lasions of the Saif Coast Wage Barlow. Zt la ergently ruggo tod that tho Waohlagton offioo keep In eleee too oh with tho Ship building CcHiiasian and prewptly relay ta Talada up-ta "data and aonplete infaraatiaa an the status af all eases where ear interests are affected* In tho antine, Awes will undertake ta follow through Hazard to Drinker ar John Reeh* af tha Motional Safety Council (Drinker and Roohe wrote "Minim Requirements*) ta saa ta it that an offlsial supplement withdrawing tha statement on FIberglas la issued* Meantime, tea, it is suggostad that tha appartunity ba wada for Awes ta present a story an thla at tha branch Managers Meeting Bevamber SO - Decanter 1 and S, pointing nt tha iaplioatlona of thla situation, with special aphasia an tha necessity af getting in bed with tha (ITO0KA-CZO and Ship CUrpontors-API<) te stimulate them to Inrefca tho precedent of tbs newly established, generalised, all-forms-ef-mineral^eol pattern ta --*-- labor ta its opportunity to extend the wage promitm to rook wool and slag wool, if-and-whan tha need arises. Oar s--petition isn't going to like no, and we're going to have a fight on our hands with tha rash weal - slag weal people when thay wake up ta whnt baa happened* But unless wa da this, wa are going to ba in a bad competitive petition, and if we're going ta haws a fight, thaaa tootles will aaka an industry fight, and nat a lone company fight* We aast watok alaaaly, tea, ta sake sure that the pattern established by tha Shipbuilding Cwnslssien along tbs linos lndieatad above is ftlloaed in aaeh ruling, that the prwnlwn la granted an tha baala af disagreeable conditions -- eonflned working spaces, lack af trantUatlon, eto. -- peculiar to tha shipbuilding industry, and that tha assumption af health haaard la expunged frost the record. In this fight, wa nay ba obliged to enlist tha help ef~sueh nan as Mr. Bawls, president af Lasal (84 af the Ship Carpenters Union, law Orleans, af tha international reprosontotlvw of this group (Sonry Blunbarg, total Axnapalia, Washington) and oven of ear semantic frland, to* Oeldatein, attorney far IUMSXA, to gat tha pattern righted along proper lines* 01 500 0923 lCA/4 Idward C. Asms GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION National Archives and Records Service II to follow fhrsr presents shall come, (Brerting: jy virtue of the authority vested in me by the Administrator of General Services, 1 his behalf, under the seal of the National Archives of the United States, that icd reproduction (s) is a true and correct copy of documents in his custody. SIGNATURE 0 y NAME CATE ' l I'LL Janet L. Hargett 2-27-85 Chief, General Branch ?NAM; ASL ADOfiESS Of 0 E C SlTCPv Civil Archives Division The National Archives Washington, D. 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