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By S. M. Minor
1N SPITE 01“ the fact that the
problem of the General Motors strike
has been discussed before in this col—

umn, it is still of such prominence
as to necessitate further discussion.
The situation is really impressive
when it is realized that (at the time
of Writing) some six plants have
joined in the ”sit-down” strike and,
of necessity, some nine more have
had to he closed down. In all, there
are about 88,000 men who have
either withdrawn voluntarily (that
is with the strikers) or have been
thrown out of work by the necessity
of closing up other departments or
plants.

 

WITH CONDITIONS in a tur-
bulent state for almost a month now,
settlement seems no nearer than at
the very beginning. Both opponents
have claimed that they are ready to
negotiate IF; and that one little
word has held up, and threatens to
hold up, the possibility of any set-
tlement. With the company it is H“
the employees will vacate the plants,
and with the employees it is IF the
company will guarantee not to on-
erate or move the machinery.

 

FROM THE LAYMAN’S stand—
point, the problem is not so much a
question of what the men want as it
is one of whether these demands are
wanted by THE MEN. If the union
claims are to be believed, then a ma-

FORMAL~

(Continued from page one)
of the winter social season, the ideal
time for such an afl‘air. Realizing
that the transformation from the
heterogeneity of appearances at
school into dazzling white and black
of evening attire is an expensive and
exacting proposition, the social com-
mittee has overcome these problems.

First, they have made arrange-
ments with the DeLuxe Rental 00.,
of 39 South State Street, for spe—
cial rates of three dollars for a com-
plete outfit consisting of tuxedo
coat, trousers, shirt and tie. Business
cards may be obtained from the com-
mittee.

To further reduce the evening’s
expenses the dance has been changed
from a dinner dance to a table dance.
Supper will be optional at a dollar
per person. The committee has se-
cured one of the city’s most beauti-

THE ENTIRE difficulty is an-
other step in the gradual trends of
labor and capital relationships and
for a further analysis of these prob-
lems reference should be made to
texts and periodicals on the subject.

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With this issue of the TECH
NEWS, the staff completes its efforts
and turns mim- the work to a new
group of journalisticolly incliincd
students. To the new staff, and par—
ticularly to the next writer or writers
of SIDELINES, we wish. to crichd
our best wishes for a. successful pub-
lication. May you continue the efforts
of this column to interest the engi-
neering students of Armour in the
problems of modern civilization and
may you have every success in that
endeavor. SYDNEY M. MINER

HERMAN M. ROSS

 

 

ARMOUR TECH NEWS

Kenneth Reynolds to
Present Song Recital
Ken Reynolds, the physics labora-
tory assistant, will give a song recital
on Sunday, February 7 in Perrin
Hall in the auditorium building at 3

 

.m.

Mr. Reynolds has taken lessons for
three years from Maurice G. Ivens,
and has sung with several South Side
choirs and with the Lyric Singers of
Chicago. He will sing a group of
classical songs, an aria from the Mes—
siah by Handel, a number of Scotch
songs and character songs.
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ful ballrooms, so that their prom will
be thoroughly worth-while. In one
of Chicago’s newer and certainly
swankier hotels, the Drake ballroom
is the ultimate in panoramic beauty.
Beautifully finished in classic furs
nishings its mellow atmosphere will
provide proper setting for amorous
Armourites and their charming com~
any.

Table reservations may be made
through Eugene Hanson, and those
who plan to do so are requested that
the earliest time possible be utilized
for this matter, so that there will be
no last minute changes or prepara—
tions.

Bids at three dollars a couple may
be purchased from the following
members of the social committee: C.
Dunbar, E. Hanson, C. Modersohn, S.
Osri, M. Schuman, G. Stober and 1.
Thomas.

For those men who would like to
preserve their memories of the Junior
Prom in the form of a photograph
of themselves in their evening
clothes, arrangements can be made

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with a photographer in the Drake,

Hotel.

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(Continued from page one)
‘gincering in Germany and Switzer—
land.
| Dr. Ziegler, the foremost scientist
in the field of x-ray crystallography
in the Chicago area, also joins the
1, Institute staff. and will be in charge
of the new x—ray research laboratory
of the Research Foundation and a
member of the faculty in the physics
department. Dr. Ziegler spent his un-
dergraduate days at the University
of Chicago, earning his 8. S. in 1929
and his PhD. in 1952. Considerable
of Dr. Ziegler’s researches have been
directed toward the x-ray analysis
of crystals in inorganic substances.
The research at Armour Tech will be
especially directed toward oil film
x-ray analysis.
To Replace Dr. Hobson

Dr. C. M. Wolfe, who is at present.
serving as assistant professor of
Electrical Engineering at New Mex-
‘ico State College of Agriculture and
Mechanical Arts, comes to the Insti-
tute to join the Ecctricul Engineer—
ing department staff replacing Dr.
Hobson who is leaving to join Westv
inghouse Electric. Dr. Wolfe’s un—
dergraduate days were spent at West
Virginia University, earning his B.
S. in electrical engineering there in
.1925. California Institute of Tech-
nology next claimed him, conferring
the degrees of M.S. and Ph.D. upon
him in 1929 and 1932 respectively.
Dr. Wolfe has been quite prominent
in research work, having designed
and constructed an optical oscillo-
graph for measuring lightning cur—
rents. and investigated the electrical
dehydration of crude oil emulsions
for the Petroleum Rectifying cum-
pany of California.

Another famous scientist, Dr. Olaf

Second Conop Group
to Begin February 8

Approximately one hundred young
men from the Chicago area will enter
Armour’s cooperative course in me-
chanical engineering on February 8.
The new co-ops will have the same
set-up as the present ohms; they will
be grouped in pairs, one student at~
tending school while the other works,
thus providing the cooperating firm
with one employe continuously.

The two students alternate every
eight weeks for five years. This
method 01' obtaining a college edu-
cation is made possible through the
cooperation of numerous firms in and
around Chicago, together with the
efforts of the coordinator, Professor
L. J. Lease.

According to Professor Lease, dif—
ficulty has been met in finding
enough capable young men to fill
the industrial positions available,
and he would like to interview any-
one interested in taking the course.
Hougen, nationally prominent in the
field of chemical engineering, also
joins the Institute stuff this Febru»
any as Professor of Chemical Engi-
neering and will devote some of his
time with the Research Foundation.
Dr. Hougon spent 20 years at the
University of Wisconsin, gaining; na-
tional scientific acclaim for his work
on unit processes in chemiCal engi-
neering. Hougen came to Wisconsin
in 1916 and in 1934 he was called to
organize the research department of
the United States Testing 00. (text—
ile), returning to Wisconsin later.
He was also consultant for various
textile and leather industries and a

 

 

 

research chemist for the Carborun-
dum company of Niagara Falls.

   
 
    
    
    
   
   
    
  

Tuesday, January 26, l 937

 

 

with to near
a cutout stoves
mu scram ram;

For the second straight year Ar—
mour is prepared to Send a team of.
its pugilists to the annual Golden
Gloves boxing tournaments, which
are to open in Chicago next month.
The eight entries were submitted last
week by Sonny Weissman, Armour’s
boxing; coach.

At the request of Weissman, the
team will compete in the north seca
tion trials which begin February 16
at Loyola university. This choice was
allowed because the boys were en-
rolled for the tournament prior to the
date of the first physical examina-
tion. At this examination all boxers
were allowed to choose the sectional
tournament in which they ,wished to
compete.

The team representing; Armour
consists of Stober and Simeon, light-
heavyweights; Rothcnberg, Popper
and Calhoun, niiddleweig'hts; Wins—
low, featherweight; Fowler, light—
weight; and Moore, welterweight.
Some of these will be entered in the
novice division, while those who en-
tered and fought in the novice divi-
sion last year will move up and do
their scrapping in the open divisions.

  

 

 

 

 

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Mai-y Dilerro Restaurant
" 3258 l’riuceton Ave.
Menu changed, daily. Home cook-
,ing‘. Complete steak or chop
dinners, 35c.
Special 30c dinner

 

 

 

jority of the men (while they may
not all be members of the union) are
in favor of the union policies and of
allowing the union to speak for them.
On the other hand, the company now
claims that 80% of the men are op—
posed to the policies of the strike and
have only been involved because of
proximity or of luck of materials.

PRINCIPAL AMONG the de-
mands of the men (or at least their
supposed spokesman) are a national
conference between General Motors
and the United Automobile Workers
of America in order to negotiate a
national agreement—this has been
one of the aims of the automobile
workers in every one of their con-
trovcrsies, the attempt to put col-
lective bargaining on a national
scale and thereby do away with the
weakening effect of individual plant
settlements; recognition of the union
as the sole bargaining agency of the
men—showing the opposition to cm—
ployer-d o m in a 1; c d representation
plans; mutual regulation of produc-
tion rates—the attempt to counteract
the results of shortened hours and
modern time and motion study meth-
ods; restoration of the seniority em-
ployment standard-”to prevent dis-
crimination against union men and
to attempt a stronger sense of “job
security." That all of these and its
other demands will not be attained
must be fully realized by the union.
A simple glance at any previous
labor difficulty will serve to show
that settlement is merely a series of
concessions by both sides. In the
present instance, any attempt at pre-
dicting the outcome, would only be a
guess. The “sit-down" strike is still
rather new, and from labor’s view-
point is an efficient method. How
long they will be able to hold out,
though, and still maintain public
sympathy it is hard to tell.

 

THE COMPANY, on the other
hand, is faced with a relatively new
problem in the “sit-down” strike.
The old strike-breaking methods of
Pearl L. Bergoff are no longer ad-
visable (although such methods are
certainly at hand in case they should
be wanted). Instead the company now
seems to be trying to break down the
“public opinion support" of the strik-
ers, which has been tying their
hands; witness the legal attempt at
eviction, the promises of arbitration.
cooperation, and the organization of
citizens and employee groups favor-
ing the return to work (some of
which are almost definitely known to
be supported by the company). Their
principal aim seems to be to break
down the attempt at national settle-
ment and to obtain smaller settlements
with each plant. Of course, this
would be a heavy setback in the grow-
ing tendency toward “industrial
unionization" as opposed to “com-
pany organizations."

 

 

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