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PLATTSBUBGH PRESS-REPUBLICAN,
PERSONALS
PLATTSBURUH, X. V.
PAGE FIVE
WILLARD D. PORTER
DIED HERE TUESDAY
Miss Marion Bessett of 78 Broad
street, has received her commission
Willard D. Porter, 66, of 133
for the Navy Nurses Corp. She is Miller street, passed away at the
leaving December 1 for Brooklyn, Champlain Valley hospital yesterNX
day after illness of many months.
Mr. Porter is survived by his
Mrs. Leighton O. Miller of Pittsvidow, Mrs. Amelia Porter and two
burgh, is t h e guest of her sister,
sons, Willard and Harold Porter;
at the house of Mr. and Mrs. John
llso two stepsons, Glen D. MacStoughton.
Donald and Benjamin F. Clark:
also one brother, Emmett Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Lucia of Mooers Forks.
of Chazy have received word t h a t
Funeral services will be held at
their son, Pfs. Clarence B. ^ucia,
who is now stationed at San F r a n - the Porter home, 138 Miller street,
cisco, Calif., has returned to the Thursday afternoon at 2:30. I n terment will be in Riverside cemeLetterman General hospital in S a n
tery.
Francisco. He first entered t h e
hospital in the early part of May
with a fractured skull. He had returned to t h e Bakery in September,
to do slight duties. Pfs. Lucia entered the TXS. Army t h e 1st of
May in 1941.
Funeral services for James Linus
Costello were held at St. John's
Miss Marie Mastic of 38 William
church, Tuesday morning a t nine
.fit itotf iWtimml itlfflT ifl-f^r
M t e t t l8t*. MlMMfcllMK llrBWiP
week's Visit' M'NfeW Tftrtf dity.
celebrated the Mass of requiem.
Montgomery Ward's Reply to the
NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
JAMES LC0STELL0
Pall bearers wore Harold DeMr. and Mrs. Harold Burdeau of
129 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, spent laney, Norman Trudeau, Lawrence
last week with friends and rela- Farrell, Thomas Smith, Adelard
Larocque, and Jerry Gervais.
tives in Chazy and Ellenburg.
Interment was in the family plot
Mrs. Mary Horvath has returned in Mt. C'armel cemetery, where
to her home in this city after prayers were recited by Rev. Morris
spending a week in Columbia, S.C. Dwyer.
While there she received her citizenship • papers on November 13
and thereby became an American
citizen.
Mrs. Arthur Sharron of this city
is spending a few days in New
York.
Burdeau-Forkey
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Forkey of
Chazy, N. Y., announce the m a r riage of their daughter, Lorraine
Norma, to Mr. Harold Burdeau, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Philburt Burdeau
of Ellenburg, N. Y.
The wedding took place on Saturday, 'Nov. 7 a t 6 a. m. in t h e
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Buffalo, N. Y., with t h e
Rev. Father Gill performing the
ceremony.
They will make their home for
the present in .Buffalo where, t h e
groom is employed in defense work.
BORN
BEG'HARD—To Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Bechard of Chazy, a son,
Floyd . Hector, on November 3rd,
1942!
SEYMOUR—At the Champlain
Valley hospital, Nov. 16, 1942, a
son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sey-.
mour of Plattsburgh, N.Y.
GOFF—At t h e Champlain Valley
hospital Nov. 17, 1942, a son to
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Goff of Plattsburgh, N.Y.
ANTHONY—At the Champlain
Valley hospital, Nov. 17, 1942 a son
to Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert
Anthony of Plattsburgh Barracks,
N.Y.
BOUCHARD—At the Champlain
Valley hospital, Nov. 17, 1942, a
daughter t o Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel
Bouchard of Plattsburgh, N.Y.
TROMBLEE — At the Champlain
Valley hospital, Nov. 17, 1942, a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William
Tromblec of Keescville, N.Y.
DIED
HUDSON —' William P., a t
Champlain Valley hospital, on
vember 17, 1942. The time
place of t h e funeral will be
nounced a t a later date.
the
Noand
an-
BRAULT—Mrs. Edmund, at 32
Beekman street, Plattsburgh, on
November 17, 1942. Funeral services
will be held at St. Peter's church
on Thursday morning at 9 'clock.
Interment will be made in St,
Peter's cemetery.
OUR MEN IN SERVICE
Pvt. Leo Bourey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Bourey of Standish,
N . Y., is in the air corps and is receiving his training as a n airplane
mechanic at Lincoln, Nety-aska,
'following his induction in September. He h a s completed three phases of his training and writes t h a t
lie is very happy there and likes
his work very much. Before his
induction he was employed at Republic Steel Corp. a t Lyon Mountain.
The Navy recruiting officer r e ,ports two enlistments during the
p*»t week t h a t are of Interest in
GRAND UNION
SELF-SERVICE
MARKETOPENS
New Market, Located at
159 Margaret Street, Has
Meat Self-Service Unit
Grand Union, America's second
oldest food chain, and well known
to Plattsburgh residents for many
years as successful operators of low
price, quality food stores sin.ee 1872
has brought to Plattsburgh a modern, streamlined Self Service Market.
This fhie,. all,-inipne icod shopping
center planned, designed, and
equipped to make shopping a simple and pleasant is now open at
159 Margaret street.
Lloyd E. Caesar, well known here
in Plattsburgh, having been about
10 years with t h e Grand Union at
Margaret St. store, is in charge of
the Grand Union Self Service Market. Oswald L. Lawliss, also about 10,
years here at the Grand Union
Margaret St., is in charge of the
Meat department.
Housewives will enjoy t h e friendly atmosphere of this spic and span
market and t h e great convenience
of buying all their food needs under
one roof in compactly arranged departments. Wide inviting aisles give
you plenty of room to select your
needs at your leosure or as quickly
as possible. Prices are plain to be
seen on everything in every department; meat, produce, dairy and
grocery.
, You will be sure to get a thrill
out of shopping in the ultramodern Self Service Dairy and
Meat department, so inviting, so
easy to help oneself. The Self Service Meat department, or Meateria
as it is' called, is one of t h e most
outstanding features of t h e self
service market. Here you may help
•yourself to your choice of quality
meats, whether it be a steak, chops.'
roast, hot dogs or turkey. Every
cut of meat is already packaged
in sanitary flavor-sealing cellophane
together with size, price, etc. No
guesswork, no bother, you simply
serve yourself to your choice out of
the refrigerator cases'. It's quicker,
it's easier, it's more convenient
shopping.
Crisp, sparkling fresh vegetables
and fruits are in abundance, and
in these days when not too much
of the canned varieties are available, we suggest that you load your
basket with these "faTm-fresh" products.
All through the 70 years that
Grand Union has been in business
it has been known for t h e exceptionally fine quality of it's products and the friendly manner of
doing business. I t has built up a
spirit of confidence in it's integrity
and reliability. I t is certain t h a t
Plattsburgh housewives are going
to enjoy this new modern Self
Servce Market immensely.
Plattsburgh. Howard Robert Harkness of 47 Lorraine and Robert
Paul Gibeau of the State road,
both enlisted as apprentice seamen
Naval' Reserve. They have been
sent to the Naval Training Station at Sampson, N. Y., on Lake
Seneca.
November 13, 1942.
fltotomai vr%rfijflfeftrgnm\Department of Labor Building,
Washington, D. C.
V
Gentlemen:—
We have the National War Labor Board's order of November 5.* In this order the
Board demands that Montgomery Ward & Company enter into a contract establishing a form
of closed shop called "Maintenance of Membership," together with a check-off cf uricn dv.es
from wages. Under this form of closed shop, the employees who are members of the Union
would not be free to resign from the Union without being discharged, and Ward's would not be
free to retain a competent worker who had resigned from the Union. This making of Union
membership a condition of employment is the essence of the closed shop, whatever form it may
take. "Maintenance of Membership'' is the starting phase which inevitably leads to the full
closed shop.
The President of the United States is quoted as having said, on November 14, 1941:
"The Government of the United States will not order, nor will Congress pass Legislation ordering, the so-called closed shop." Ward's is in agreement with this statement and believes
that the Board's order is not in accordance with the President's principles. Ward's believes
that the Board's demands not only violate the fundamental principles of liberty but are economically unsound and are illegal under the terms of the National Labor Relations Act. If
the Board's order against Ward's is enforced, the pattern will be established by which all
Unions in all industries can secure a form of closed shop and check-off merely by appealing to
the War Labor Board. The Board further ordered a form of. compulsory arbitration for
Ward's. Ward's is not opposed to voluntary arbitration. However, Ward's management should
not, as demanded by the Board, abandon responsibilities whieh have been vested in it by the
owners of the corporation, and so surrender to outside arbitrators the final decision on all
matters which the Union may wish to treat as grievances. The Board further ordered that
Ward's guarantee its wages and other working conditions for a one-year period. Ward's believes that a fixed duration of one year is unsound in these uncertain times. Ward's operates
in a highly competitive field composed of one million seven hundred fifty thousand retail establishments. It is unfair to impose burdens upon Ward's and not upon those with whom it
is in competition. Ward's efforts to preserve the essential freedoms between itself and its employees have not been prompted by any feeling of anti-Unionism. The report of the meditation panel expressly recognizes this fact. Ward's policy has been to obey the law. Ward's has
twenty-nine Union contracts with both A.F. of L. and C.I.O. Unions. Ward's has already given
its employees the increases in wages previously recommended by the Board, Ward's did this
even though its wages were already as high as or higher than those prevailing in the industry
and had been increased an average of over 21% since January 1941. Ward's is willing to include these increases in a contract with the Union. There is no issue over wages.
The War Labor Board was created by the President to replace the old defense mediation board. The mediation board was destroyed by the resignation of the Union members following the Board's vote of nine to two against a closed shop in the Captive Coal Mine case".
The War Labor Board, in name only, is composed of representatives of the Unions, of industry, and of the public. The Union representatives are men chosen for leadership by the Unions,
and have actually protected the interests of the Unions. On the other hand, neither industry
nor the public have had any voice in the selection of those who presumably _ represent them.
By their decisions, the supposed representatives of industry and of the public have because of
inexperience, prejudice or lack of understanding, abandoned the interests of those whom they
were appointed to represent. Under the Constitution, Congress is the sole law-making, authority. If closed shops and compulsory arbitration are to become requirements upon employers,
it is Congress and not the War Labor Board which should make them so. Congress has not empowered the Board to order any employer to do any of the things it demands of Ward's. Accordingly, Ward's rejects the order of the Board. If Congress imposes closed shops, compulsory arbitration or contracts for a year's duration on employers, or if ths President of the
United States, as commander-in-chief in time of war, directs that Ward's accept, the Board's
rulings, which we earnestly believe are illegal and uneconomic, we will respectfully obey.
Yours Very Truly,
MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY
(Signed)
SEWELL AVERY.
President
* This order affects Ward's Mail Order House and Store at Chicago.
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