Weekly Report

IMPORTANT EVENTS AND PROBLEMS 

This week the WMC, in response to my request for information, informed me that training for the Reynolds Metal Corporation in Macon, Georgia began last week. This is the case on which we have been asking joint Navy Department, U. S. Office of Education, and War Manpower action. I sent a teletype to the region to verify this information.

A new report was submitted this week by the Post Office Department on Durham, North Carolina. The Post Office Department reported that the two complainants were hired and that the postmaster will observe the requirements of Executive Order 9346. It denied that the Post Office in Durham had submitted a discriminatory order to the USES. From the explanation it appears that the Employment Service is to blame. I have asked the region to check on whether the USES included the discriminatory provision in the report. Meanwhile, we have received a new case involving the San Antonio Post Office which has been sent to the Chief of the Operations Board, Mr. Gartland.

The Navy Department has sent a letter stating that it is giving consideration through the Bureau of Ships to our proposals concerning the Mingledorff Shipbuilding Company in Savannah.

I have also discussed with the Maritime Commission our complaints against the Todd Houston Company. I expect some helpful action out of Mr. Ring’s office on this case, although it is difficult to tell how significant this will be since a cutback is scheduled for this company.

Cases involving a number of St. Louis contractors have been sent to General Greenbaum for War Department assistance as was agreed in our conference of February 15.¹

The St. Louis office sent in three new cases against the General Cable Company which were referred to the Legal Division on Saturday, February 24, for inclusion in the cases set for a hearing. In this connection I discussed briefly with Mr. Johnson, the Deputy Chairman, the necessity for setting a dead line after which new complaints cannot be considered for inclusion in any given hearing. In my opinion this is a very needed action since I presume it must cause some difficulty when a statement of charges goes to an employer and thereafter new complaints are submitted.

ASSIGNMENTS

The following cases were received from the regions:

1. San Antonio Post Office, 10-GR-363.
2. U.S. Naval Drydock, 12-GC-1101 (Assigned to Examiner Beall).

The following cases were returned to the regions:

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, 4-BR-417.
Fredericksburg Post Office, 4-GR-85.
Durham Post Office, 4-GR-446.
Key Company, 6-BR-83.

The following cases were referred to the Legal Division:

1. Goodyear Corporation, 5-BR-350[.]
2. Key System, 12-BR-170, 462, 464. (February 2, 1945)
3. Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America, 12-UR-534 (February 2, 1945):

The following case was returned from the Legal Division:

1. Key Company, 6-BR-83.

The following FDR’s were reviewed and acted upon by me: